Chapter 2149: Stade's suggestion
Just when all parties were gearing up for the battle, His Majesty the Emperor sent the third batch of 10,000 Austrian immigrants. In this way, the number of Austrian immigrants in the North Sea country has reached 30,000, with a total of more than 120,000 people. His Majesty the Emperor also received 900,000 gold coins with satisfaction.
After the money is taken back, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely prepare to go to war to take the entire territory of Switzerland. At that time, the balance will be broken, and there will be flames on the land of Western Europe.
Of course, Marin would definitely hope that the emperor would be more aggressive. In this way, the attractiveness of the French and the princes will be shifted. But His Majesty does not seem to be in a hurry to send troops, but intends to send troops again at the autumn harvest. According to the information obtained by the spies in Austria, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor believes that during the autumn harvest, all countries are busy with the autumn harvest, and even the knight master will participate in the harvest to avoid rainy weather. At that time, even if France and the vassal states were prepared to intervene, they had no time to respond. After all, it is unlikely that the two countries will send troops without finishing the autumn harvest. It is impossible to cause people in their own country to starve to death in order to rescue the Swiss.
Similarly, the Swiss Resistance Army must have been under-prepared at that time. After all, the resistance forces are all mountain people in Switzerland, and they also want the autumn harvest. Although there is more arable land in the Swiss mountains, this is even more valuable. At that time, the Swiss Resistance Army is afraid that it will not be too late to assemble.
For the view of His Majesty the Emperor, Marin agrees very much. Fighting the enemy by surprise has always been a good offensive method. This is the truth about the blitzkrieg. And if you send troops during the slack period, your own side will be fully prepared, but the enemy will also be fully prepared, and you won't be able to take advantage of it. It would be better to catch the opponent by surprise when the enemy is separated for the autumn harvest, and you can get a better result.
The arrival of more than 120,000 Austrian immigrants has made the North Sea country busy. Ma Lin held daily meetings to divide residential and reclamation areas for these 120,000 people.
Originally, Marin intended to break up these people and charge them to the various manors. But after discovering that the emperor had sent a spy last time, Marin began to be more careful. Of these 30,000 households, apart from the thousands of households allocated to each manor in the early stage, there are about 24,000 households left. Marin plans to gather them first and send them to various places to dig ditches and clear up wasteland. At the same time, the North Sea country spies were mixed into it, and the Austrian spies were screened out.
Although because of allies and giving face to the emperor, Marin would not attack those Austrian spies. However, proper monitoring and "reasonable" arrangements are still necessary. Allies belong to allies, but the core secrets cannot be let Austria know.
Austria has great war potential. It has a population of several million and has great war potential. If it weren't for poor finances, the emperor, who has a righteous reputation, would really be able to unify Germany.
Just like Charles V in the original history, after having the gold and silver support of Spain and America, he immediately slammed France and deterred the German princes. In the end, the powerful France had to form an alliance with the Christian's mortal enemy Ottoman Turkey, only to reluctantly protect itself. What's intriguing is that France blatantly colluded with infidels, and the Holy See actually chose to be silent. Obviously, the Pope was also afraid of the wealthy Habsburgs... If he stayed at another time and colluded with infidels, he would definitely be excommunicated.
Later, Spain and Austria separated, and Europe was relieved...
In fact, if Marin and Maximilian I join forces now, Western Europe will be basically invincible. Together, the alliance of princes and France is not as good as the alliance between the North Sea State and Austria.
Why? The North Sea country is not only strong in combat power, but also has the most scarce resource in Austria-money and food. Therefore, the combination of the two is definitely a strong combination of 1 plus 1 greater than 2. But Marin did not choose to do so, why? Still giving the righteous name to make trouble.
Austria has the righteous status of the throne, and if the two jointly flatten Germany and finally divide the spoils, there will be problems. People have the righteous status of the throne, and they must definitely ask for the big head. In the end, Marin probably made a wedding dress for Austria. Therefore, Ma Lin would rather stay behind than to form an alliance with Austria.
Marin has been waiting, waiting for Austria to ask him. In this way, he has the opportunity to claim the Byzantine throne bought by His Majesty the Emperor. As for the Habsburg family and the French royal family arbitrated by the Holy See, who can ban the army in Constantinople, and be crowned at the Sophia Cathedral, and whoever belongs to the throne. This is difficult for Austria and France, but it is not particularly difficult for Marin. . After all, it is not difficult for Constantinople to be on the seashore, it is not difficult to conduct a landing operation, to invade the city in a surprise attack, and to leave after being crowned in the Sophia Cathedral.
In fact, Marin had already prepared. He has dispatched spies to enter Constantinople, looking for opportunities to dig tunnels. At that time, once landing operations are carried out, after the army is besieging the city, the inner should help to quickly break the city.
Because there is no need to worry about this, the spies have a lot of time to dig tunnels. Even one foot a day is enough to dig several tunnels in a few years.
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At a meeting to discuss how to resettle Austrian immigrants, the third warlord of the North Sea State (behind Schwartz and Kahn) Stade suddenly put forward a point-since Marin is going to send troops to Eastern Europe, he is also worried about homeland security. Thirty thousand Austrian immigrants were temporarily resettled in the core area of the mainland. At the same time, 35,000 out of the 30,000 Austrian immigrants were given basic military training.
The intention was that after Marin sent troops to Eastern Europe, because the rear defense was vacant, he might as well put the 35,000 trained men into various important cities to help defend the city.
Although these immigrants are ordinary farmers, after training, they may not be as good as regular soldiers in the field. However, it is no problem to help defend the city. After all, with the cover of the city wall, the gap between combat effectiveness and fighting will will be wiped out.
Moreover, Stade believes that these Austrian immigrants are trustworthy. Although there may be spies of the emperor, Austria will never be hostile to the North Sea country. Even those spies, when the North Sea State is attacked by the princes and the French, will fight for the North Sea State. Without him, France and the League of Princes are also enemies of Austria. In this regard, the interests of both parties are the same.
In addition, military training is also more conducive to screening Austrian spies. Why? Because most of the spies in this era came from the military, similar to the "Than Ma" in the ancient Chinese "Tan Malay News", that is, scouts.
Therefore, spies must have a certain military skill base. Unlike ordinary farmers, it is difficult to distinguish between left and right.
Once the military training begins, it is easy to distinguish between professionals and farmers who have no grounds. Those who are difficult to distinguish between left and right, and who can adapt to the orders of the army for a long time, are basically not spies. And those who adapt quickly and perform well, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is more likely to be a spy. Coupled with the previous means of eye identification, it is easier to distinguish Austrian spies.
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After listening to Stade's advice, Marin found it very reasonable, and others thought it was good. After all, training these 35,000 strong men into militias is indeed very conducive to the defense of important cities in Beihai.
As for arranging for land reclamation, in fact, there is no need to be too rushed. Because the North Sea country is currently not short of food. A lot of rye piled in the granary is about to moldy. Fortunately, Marin promoted tabular statistics and prioritized the consumption of Chen Mai. Otherwise, there will be a lot of food spoiled in vain.
Only when hundreds of thousands of people from the Grand Duchy of Moscow are returned from captivity, the North Sea country may have a certain food crisis. But Marin has arranged for 300,000 Tainoites to grow sweet potatoes in the earls of Philadelphia. When the time comes, sweet potatoes with stale grains and catches from Newfoundland fisheries should not have food shortages.
Therefore, do not rush to open up wasteland. On the contrary, Stade said that his defensive problem after leaving the homeland is more important than the land reclamation. In this way, the 35,000 Austrian farmers who originally planned to go to farm were dragged to the training ground with a face full of confusion, and began the basic training of distinguishing between left and right...
