Chapter 1451: Foreign Legion

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Poland is a noble parliamentary country dominated by knights. Although there are also kings, nobles have great power. Therefore, although Poland looks at a large population, its national strength is strong. However, due to the declining kingship and too much power, Poland's national power has not been able to exert its power.

People in later generations often argue about whether centralization is better or local self-government. Marin feels that this depends on the situation. If it is a peaceful age, both can be. However, if there is a war, the centralization is definitely far superior to local autonomy.

Because centralized power can mobilize the power of the whole country to the greatest extent and contend with the enemy. And local power is too large, it is easy to pull back legs at a critical time.

Moreover, it is more convenient for countries with centralized power to want to do big things. For example, building a high-speed rail and digging a canal can easily be solved. But if the power is decentralized, it is not easy. what? Province A is going to dig a canal? However, that canal does not pass through our province B, which is not good for us ... so, veto ... disagree, strongly oppose ... we want to make trouble ...

So if you want to do big things, you still have to concentrate power, so you can concentrate a lot of resources, and do a few things with all your might. If the power is dispersed, it will be noisy ...

Of course, there is no future problem with the decentralization of power in Poland, and Marin does not care. Even, he would love to see this. Otherwise, Poland becomes a threat to Germany. And a wave of decentralized power can reassure Germany a lot.

The result of the decentralization of power is that Poland, a divided country, has many traditional knight families. In Poland, if you want to form a cavalry, as long as you have enough money to raise it, you can still recruit many people. Because the number of homeless knights in Poland is also huge ...

In Poland's foreign war, the size of the cavalry was very large. The pair of base friends in Poland and Lithuania sent 20,000 or 30,000 troops mainly dominated by cavalry. Even the cavalry powers such as the Teutonic Knights were defeated by the army formed by Poland and Lithuania. At the Battle of Greenwald, where the two sides decided to fate, Poland and Lithuania sent 39,000 people against the 27,000 Knights of Teutonic Order.

At that time, Poland dispatched 42 plate squadrons, while Lithuania dispatched 40 squadrons. The number of Cavaliers Squadrons in Poland and Lithuania is generally 180. It can be seen that in the Battle of Greenwald, Poland and Lithuania each dispatched about 7560 and 7200 plate armor knights ...

But under normal circumstances, it is unlikely that all the domestic knights will be recruited in every war. It ’s not that they ca n’t be recruited, but that there is not so much grain to feed all the knights ... Moreover, every war, each knight family has at most one knight, and even the duty of the courtiers is fulfilled ...

Therefore, whether it is Poland or Lithuania, the respective knight families should be over ten thousand. Otherwise, so many plate armoured knights will not be able to participate in the war.

In the vicinity of Vienna in 1683, the Polish King Sobesky brought a large army of 27,000 people, mainly cavalry. At the time, Sobeski brought only Polish soldiers and horses, and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania had not had time to mobilize the country.

This decisive battle was the first battle of the Polish wing cavalry. With a coalition of more than 70,000 troops, it defeated more than 200,000 Turkish troops and kept the Christian world safe.

Therefore, the number of Simon's knights who have no inheritance rights in the knight families of Poland and Lithuania is not a worry. After all, the cavalier families of both countries may be broken. And each knight family cannot have only one male, as long as there are more people, they can be recruited. Those knight children who have no inheritance rights are also happy to find a lord to serve. If you can mix it with a knight, you can make a lot of money ... after all, for those traditional knight children, serving a monarch and gaining a knight is a goal they have pursued for life ...

Of course, except for the noble children of Italy. The business atmosphere in that place is too strong, and the noble children have gone to be businessmen, and no one is willing to fight. The reason for the development of Italian mercenaries is that the children of the knights who do business are not willing to fight, and they spend money to hire people to replace themselves to serve the monarch ... Then the profession of Italian mercenaries developed ...

And Germany is not the same. Germany is because there are too many wars here, and the artillery is not enough to consume. Then, there was no fear of death to earn this money, and then the German mercenaries developed ... And, the German princes were poor and could not afford the fiefs, so they like to use mercenary regiments that do not fend. As long as a few commissions can be sent, it is much more cost-effective than giving land ...

But that is only the case of Germany. After all, Germany is divided into two or three hundred vassal states. The vassals themselves are very small in their own land. How can there be extra land for the people? So, you have to hire mercenaries who only need salary ...

But Simon ’s side is different, because of the harassment of the Crimean Khanate and the Cossack robbers, the vast Ukrainian black land was not developed. Want to seal the land? Too many, as long as you can hold it, you are not afraid of enemies to harass ...

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How big is Ukraine? Afterwards Ukraine, but there are 600,000 square kilometers. Moreover, most of them are fertile black land, which is extremely suitable for agriculture. Once, it was the largest granary of the Red Empire Soviet Union. Not only that, Ukraine also has extremely rich coal and iron resources, and is properly a country with the potential to become a world power.

However, after independence, the Ukrainian leaders were determined to be licking dogs in the West, and every day they challenged Mao Zi, which is not good for economic development. Therefore, Bai was blind to such good conditions. Director Zhang Da once regretted this. If the leaders are reliable, there will be another big country with developed industry and agriculture ...

But now, the Ukrainian black land is covered with wild grasses, and it is also part of the Eastern European prairie where the wind blows grass and the sheep are rare. Probably every winter, weeds turn into dry grass, fall into the soil and spoil, and pile up from generation to generation, then there is the fertile black land of Ukraine ...

To be honest, if it is not that Ukraine ’s estuary is not good, and it is easy to be blocked by the Turkish Strait, Marin wants to go to Ukraine to develop.

Like the Maozi of later generations, the Black Sea Fleet has a Mao? Even the Turkish Straits were blocked. Even if there is an aircraft carrier in the Black Sea, it can only be hailed in the "giant inland lake" of the Black Sea ...

Therefore, later generations of Ukraine will sell the Varyag to Huaxia. Because they knew that the aircraft carrier was useless in the Black Sea, and they could not drive out of the Turkish Strait casually. Just like Huaxia bought the Varyag, it was blocked in the Turkish Strait for two years before it was allowed to pass ...

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It is precisely because Ukraine does not have a good estuary, and Marin, who is dedicated to big sailing, did not think about the past development. However, it is a pity that such a good land is wasted there. Therefore, Marin only operated Simon in the past as a lord and developed local. Of course, also provide yourself with population and cattle and sheep. After all, the conditions for raising animals in the Ukrainian prairie are so good ...

But obviously there is not much to be confused, not to mention the fierce Crimean Khanate in the south. Even the Ukrainian Cossacks on the grassland are not good. In this chaotic and disorderly era, those who can mix on the grasslands are not good people. Otherwise, there will be no bone residue to be eaten sooner or later.

In later generations, the society ruled by law, people came to the grasslands, they met warm herdsmen, delicious roasted whole sheep, and horse milk ... But in this era, why do you just go to the grasslands? Come here, eat me a knife ... roast whole sheep? Kill you and bake it ...

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However, Marin asked Simon to form several Polish wing cavalry regiments, which is currently only a plan. Even Sigmund I, the pioneer of Polish wing cavalry, is currently trying to explore the construction of Polish wing cavalry, and the scale is not large.

Therefore, Simon should have his own power first. As for the Wing Cavalry Regiment, it must be formed slowly. After all, as a child of a knight, no one is a fool, and you won't be fooled by you in a few words.

Adler went to County Wicklow on the Irish Island. The reason why so many wandering knights came to vote was because everyone knew that there were no opponents on the Irish island, so they signed up actively. But the Ukrainian prairie is different, that is the ruthless world. It is dangerous to go there.

Therefore, Simon first needs to prove that he can gain a foothold in the ruthless Ukraine ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ before he can recruit people.

To this end, Marin had to provide Simon with an army first, allowing him to take the lead in the Ukrainian prairie. Wait until Simon gets a foothold there, and then recruit all the heroes to serve him ...

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According to the current situation of Simon, Marin believes that his primary goal is to complete the defense work of Kiev City so that it will not easily fall. Therefore, this first requires a force that is good at defending the city.

As for the experience of defending the city ... Marin thought for a while and found that the most experienced were actually Italian mercenaries ...

Why? Because the Italian mercenaries are weak ...

If they are strong, they will directly fight each other in the wild. Only the weak army will shrink in the city and rely on the city wall to defend ...

So, looking at Europe, the most experienced defender is the Italian mercenary ... It seems that the Italian-made bastion was made by the Italians ...

Simon is in urgent need of an army that is good at defending the city. Marlin refused to give it to several legions of the Beihai Kingdom. That is all veterans. After the baptism of war, it is too precious. Moreover, Marin also worried that the princes or France would attack the North Sea ...

So, after thinking about it, Marin decided to spend money on hiring a group of Italian mercenaries and first help guard the Kiev city. They have rich experience in defending the city and can help Simon in the early stage.

But it is not enough to count on Italian mercenaries, because they are also experienced in defending the city, and nothing else. Therefore, Marin also intends to equip Simon with some German mercenaries. In addition, there will be Polish mercenaries in the future, and even Polish homeless knights ...

Such a complex national composition is comparable to the foreign legion of France in later generations ...

Therefore, Marin decided to name this newly formed legion to protect Kiev as "foreign legion" ...

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