Edward did not give Marin the 15,000 people to Marin after all. Because the army went south, it really needed the civilians to help transport supplies. Moreover, these 15,000 people were basically recruited from several counties in the southeast. They all had families in several counties in the southeast. If they were taken to Northumberland alone, what should their families do? Without a pillar, the family would collapse...
Marin originally wanted to ask Edward to find their family and send it to Northumberland County. But after thinking about it, this workload is too great and too complicated. Moreover, some elderly, weak, women and children may not be suitable for such long journeys.
In the end, Malin gave up on the 15,000 civilians who transported the baggage and continued to send them to help transport supplies, and followed the army south.
And Marin is not a pity for losing these 15,000 strong men. Because sooner or later, England will be his, and these 15,000 people will be his people under his rule. As for now, let's give Edward face... Moreover, more than 60,000 young men and women are enough to develop Northumberland County.
When the army headed south, it was not Henry Percy who led the army north, but Lincolnshire to the east. The reason for walking this path was because Lincolnshire was located near the sea and it was more convenient to transport food and supplies.
While crossing the Humber River, which borders Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, Marin stopped on the south bank of the Humber River...
The reason why he stopped was that Marin was waiting for the local food and grass to transport the local food and grass. Now Marin's army has reached a terrifying scale of more than 30,000 people. In addition, there are 15,000 English civilians who accompanied the army, as well as more than 10,000 captured British soldiers... Together, there are a total of 50,000 mouths...
If Sivag, who escorted refugees north, comes back, the total population of this huge team will reach more than 60,000 people... This is not a calculation of those horses that are more edible than humans...
With so many people, the consumption of food is astronomical. Most of the large amount of food seized in the British camp was given to the refugees who followed Sivag north, and they also needed food to persevere to Northumberland. This wave of food delivery to the people allowed Marin to gain popularity. However, this also led to insufficient food and grass for the army to move south...
In desperation, Marin had to send someone to send a letter to Newcastle - transporting another batch of food...
With a few thousand mouths and horses, the daily consumption of food and grass is more than 100,000 pounds. Only large households with a lot of food can afford it. If you change to another person, the consumption of food alone can eat people down...
Marin's grain reserves are in units of billions of pounds. Before, he had taken out a lot of grain to brew Erguotou and even fed pigs. Before, because he was afraid that other countries would know the secret of high grain yield, he naturally did not dare to sell it on a large scale.
Nowadays, Marin is not worried about the United Kingdom. Britain is isolated overseas and does not know much about the things on the European continent. Although Marin transported a lot of grain, people in the United Kingdom do not know that Marin's grain is produced in their own country. Even Edward did not know that Marin's grain source. In Edward's view, some of Marin's grain must be produced by itself. But many parts are purchased from other countries. After all, Marin's territory is not very large, and the grain output must be that way. Marin was originally a merchant, and he participated in the exploration of Indian routes and the trade of spices. It is estimated that he bought a lot of grain supply for this war.
Even Edward himself and his seven thousand French troops and three thousand German mercenaries were enough to eat with Marin's help. Otherwise, Edward's men would have starved to death. Without Henry VII's troops, he could destroy his army by starvation...
Marin paid so much, so after the war, Marin had already been very kind to ask for Northumberland and the Isle of Wight. After all, Marin had spent too much food before. Edward's army basically supported the food and grass.
By doing this, Marin probably will find it difficult to recover the cost in many years. But he didn't know that Marin didn't care about the investment in this cost at all. In Marin's view, as long as he can finally annex England, no matter how much investment is, it is worth it.
England's location advantage is too great. It guards the Channel and is the biggest obstacle for Germany to lead to the Atlantic Ocean.
I have read so many novels about the Second and Third Reichs of Germany in my previous life and have read a lot of history. Marin knew very well that if the problem of control of the English Channel was not solved, Germany's road to the ocean would be cut off at any time.
So, if Germany wants to become a colonial empire, it either annexes France or annexes Britain...
If it were the Second German Empire, France would naturally be better annexed. Because Germany was a landslide and did not have the ability to cross the sea to annex England. France and Germany bordered and were the best targets of annexation... Of course, the difficulty of annexation of France was very, very great with the intervention of other countries...
However, it was the end of the 19th century. Now it is the beginning of the 16th century, and the situation is completely different. The British have not experienced the Queen Elizabeth period in the second half of the 16th century. The navy is not strong, and the army is even worse.
Moreover, England has a population of less than 3 million, which is easier to manage. Unlike France, which has a population of 15 million at this time. Even if France is annexed, it will be difficult to control the 15 million French people...
Not only that, France is also a "land of four wars" - its east is the territory of its enemy Habsburg family, the southwest is the territory of its traditional rival Spain, and the north is also the existence of British pirates... No matter how you look at it, it is much more difficult to control France in this era than England...
England's conditions are much better than France. First of all, in England, there is only a small country with low strength in northern Scotland. That is, a small country like England, which has an army fighting against the five scumbags. If it were Marin's army, it would have swallowed the Kingdom of Scotland long ago.
Even without Marin, England, which has always been frustrated by the army, can steadily suppress Scotland and beat it up...
So, England has the only enemy left - France...
As long as we are guarding against the maritime attacks from France on the south side of the English Channel, England's national security will be fully guaranteed...
After such a comparison, Marin quickly made the most favorable choice - choosing to annex England...
As long as England is annexed, it can not only control the English Channel, a waterway that is crucial to Germany. It can also be of great help to Marin's overseas colonization. After all, England is a traditional navigator. With Britain, there are enough sailors, which is very conducive to colonial expansion...
While Marin was thinking about it, the Newcastle Pier warehouse finally sent a large amount of food one after another, and the food crisis of tens of thousands of people was fully established. Otherwise, before Marin sent troops, the food problem alone would be able to destroy the army...
Chapter completed!