It is obvious that the war will be held in February next year, and it will be a large-scale expedition of 20,000 people. Therefore, when preparing materials, Marin must be fully prepared. Otherwise, once the supply of materials is filled, there will be a big mess.
Just so happened that there were tens of thousands of people in East Friesland who had served as people in the Saxony invading army. So Marin ordered that these people be gathered together and conduct discipline training to be responsible for the transportation of materials.
Before leaving for Lübeck, Schwartz had to be responsible for the training of 5,000 recruits with Stade and others. At the same time, after the autumn harvest, Old Hoffman also led 7,000 militias across the country and the 5,000 recruits to carry out military training.
According to the plan, after Marin led the main force to quickly capture the Oldenburg Kingdom, he would withdraw some troops from the militia, station Oldenburg, and monitor the members of the Oldenburg family. Moreover, Adler will lead his troops to attack the two small cities of Yeffer. After capturing Yeffer, Adler will also lead his troops to Oldenburg City to ensure safety.
As for Marin, he personally led an army of 10,000 to the east, joined the other army of 10,000 and the troops of Lübeck and Hamburg, and served as the commander-in-chief of the army, leading 30,000 troops northward to attack the Principality of Schleswig and the Jutland Peninsula.
Because the militias across the country were mobilized, Marin was afraid that the people from Oldenburg could get the news. Therefore, he brought the recruits and militias to the central region for training. Moreover, he closed the contacts with Oldenburg, and the merchants were also prohibited from entering the country to avoid being seen by the merchants who were communicating, which aroused the vigilance of Oldenburg.
Fortunately, in this era, there were very few exchanges between countries. Serfs were restricted to manors and could not go out casually. Those who walked freely on the European continent were only special professions such as merchants, nobles, beggars, and mercenaries. Among them, merchants had the strongest mobility and the largest scale.
However, the merchants of the East Friesland are basically affiliated with the chamber of commerce established by Marin through Kohler. In other words, the merchants of the East Friesland are actually all under Marin. Foreign merchants who come to East Friesland are squeezed away by them by various means. Therefore, there are actually very few foreign merchants in the East Friesland. Even if the eastern border is blocked, the impact on business can be ignored.
Therefore, Malin's army can train safely in the territory without worrying about being discovered by other merchants passing by. As for the reason for blocking the eastern border, it is also very simple - I was ceded and my mood was not smooth, so I broke off diplomatic relations with you...
In the palace of Orich, Marin is discussing the logistics supply issues with Prime Minister Jeffrey, Deputy Prime Minister Haider, Secretary of the Finance Minister Kohler and other civilian officials.
Unlike the last time that it resisted the invasion of Saxony, although it also used tens of thousands of troops last time, it was very convenient to replenish supplies because it was really domestically fighting. Therefore, it was not used too many civilians.
But this time, Marin needed to take an army of 20,000 and 10,000 people to go on an expedition, and there was too much preparation. Not to mention, food alone was an astonishing number of food for 30,000 people! Because of the long journey, the soldiers consumed a lot of energy and ate more than usual. Therefore, Marin arranged 3 pounds of rye every day to let the soldiers eat openly.
Fortunately, Malin has saved a lot of food in recent years and has only sold it once (it is not counted for other nobles selling grain). Therefore, the grain reserves are enough to allow the soldiers to eat openly.
But it is not enough to just carry rye. After all, the soldiers did not know how to make bread. Therefore, Marin ordered that male bakers from all over the country be recruited and went to war with the army. As for the domestic bread supply, they will be temporarily handed over to women. After all, almost everyone in this era can make black bread, but they are not the cute girls who were spoiled in his previous life who could not make anything.
For this reason, Marin also dispatched some officers to manage and train the bakers. What made Marin depressed was that half of the thousands of bakers recruited were unqualified and were not suitable for long-distance expeditions. Because these people were either old or too fat to go the same way. After all, in this era, bakers could still eat enough. They had big heads and thick necks, either nobles or kids... Therefore, those fat bakers who were fat and exhausted after walking a few miles could not go to the battle with the army. In this way, Marin could only take 500 bakers away and cook bread for the soldiers with the army...
As for the transportation of food, Marin is now using ships to transport large quantities of rye from Emden to hamburgers for storage. In this way, the villagers do not need to transport food from land to hamburgers. After all, transporting grain by land is much more troublesome and consumes more manpower than transporting grain by sea.
At that time, the civilians only need to bring enough military rations from the local marches to the hamburger. After arriving in the hamburger, they can use the food they had transported here before.
In addition to the food that 30,000 people eat, Marin also needs to prepare food for more than 5,000 horses. Moreover, this is to be separated from the food that people eat. Because horses eat oats.
This time, Marin planned to use all the horses across the country. Except for the foals and old horses, a total of 5,035 young horses were registered. Among them, a small number were war horses, and most of the rest were horses. After Marin bought more than 20,000 cows from Poland, the land plowing task was taken over by the cows. These horses were also used for transportation and breeding. Near Orich, Marin also gathered a large number of horses and donkeys to breed mules...
Although there are not many more horses in the 5,000 horses, they eat more than people. Fortunately, horses do not eat purely food, but they can also eat grass and match them. But even so, the amount of oats that need to be carried is not less than the rye that people eat...
Marin was a little overwhelmed, but he didn't expect that there would be so much consideration for an expedition. Moreover, this was just a food issue.
In addition, the soldiers' clothes, shoes, tent fabrics and pointed wooden stakes needed to set up camp were also transported with the army, which was very troublesome.
Fortunately, Marin promoted weaving straw sandals in the army long ago, and wearing straw sandals is also very suitable for long distances. The most important thing is that it is cheap...
It is easy to break the shoes when traveling a long distance. If it were the leather shoes that were popular in Europe, how expensive would it be? Cheap wooden shoes are not suitable for long distances, otherwise the bottom will be easily broken. Therefore, cheap and practical straw sandals are the best choice. At the same time, using straw sandals can also save a lot of expenses. After all, the cost of straw sandals is too low. You can woven a little grass everywhere. The only cost is about manual labor. But the labor in these days is so worthless...
As for the soldiers' clothing, Marin did not distribute the full set. After all, these troops were mercenaries, not conscripts. Therefore, Marin only gave each of them a white vest, and a square black cross was drawn in black ink, which was very fabric-free. As for the clothes inside, the soldiers solved it themselves. Of course, Marin would prepare breast armor and a steel helmet with a moving mask for the soldiers standing in the front three rows. After all, the soldiers in the front three rows were the most dangerous and the most elite, and Marin needed to ensure their safety.
In addition to food and clothing, Marin also arranged for Kohler to purchase a large amount of bacon and sausages that are easy to preserve, so that they can be carried by marching and replenish nutrition for the soldiers.
In addition, the ammunition required for guns and cannons is also an important part of transportation. For this reason, Kohler also sent a ship to Spain to purchase lead blocks. There were many musketeers in the East Friesian army, and the consumption of lead bullets was very large. The European lead production areas were mainly in southern Europe such as Spain and Italy. If Marin wanted to fight a large-scale battle, he needed so much lead and could only go to southern Europe to purchase it.
In the war, casualties were inevitable. Therefore, Marin also needed to prepare enough medicines, gauze and alcohol. For this reason, Marin also asked Kohler to buy a large number of undyed linens, washed and dried, and packed them. After arriving at the battlefield, boiled and dried to bandage the injured soldiers. As for alcohol, the dark beer brewed by the brewer who had been sent to invite before also brewed a lot. Marin luxurydly moved away many barrels of dark beer and took them to use a steamer to start multiple rounds of distillation to obtain the alcohol needed by the warriors. The aroma of wine radiated in the steaming room made many drunkards saliva. But there was no way, that was the alcohol prepared to bandage the wounded, and no one could make any idea.
As for the military medical staff, Malin directly ordered the transfer of disciples of court doctors dug from the Golden Horde, and taught them modern medical knowledge, and asked them to bring a large amount of golden sore medicine to follow Malin's army to heal the soldiers at any time...
After holding a meeting all day, Malin was also very troubled to prepare supplies. Damn, the Expedition of Lao Shi was indeed very annoying. There were many things to prepare, and the most important thing was that it was a variety of tricks. Such complicated things made Malin feel a little dizzy after a day of meeting...
Chapter completed!