Chapter 2155: Straw shoe mercenary group

How to recruit 50,000 elite mountain people under the eyes of the princes? This problem has troubled Marin for a long time. Even if you convene a meeting with your subordinates, they have no clue. After all, the German princes are now too strict on Marin.

This is not to blame for the princes to guard strictly, because Marin has too many troops. In the local area alone, there are 40,000 legions on the surface. Previously, even Austria, with the largest standing army, had a standing army of only about 14,000. This is because Austria is an emperor's territory, and with more enemies, it maintains a standing army of tens of thousands.

For an ordinary prince, he usually maintains a standing army of up to three to five thousand people. What is like Marin, there are 4 ten thousand corps in the country, and there are two ten thousand corps in England.

What's the matter, if we increase the number of troops, what is it going to do? Want to unify Germany? Therefore, it is reasonable for the princes to prevent the North Sea State from continuing to recruit troops.

Not to mention that the princes were wary, even the ally of His Majesty the Emperor was very jealous of Marin. The 30,000 Austrian immigrants sent this time are basically thin and poor, and they are not suitable for military service. Those who are suitable for military service have long been intercepted by His Majesty the Emperor himself. After all, Austria is about to launch an offensive on western Switzerland and needs to expand its troops.

The criteria for recruiting troops in Austria is almost the same as that of the North Sea countries. Because, Austria's current top prize, Frenzberg, was mixed in the North Sea Army. Regarding Marin's recruitment guidelines, I don't say I fully understand it, but I can understand it in general.

Therefore, these 30,000 Austrian farmers have long been screened by Frenzberg. Those who were weak or weak, who were not suitable for soldiers, were given to Marin. This group of people, even after training, would at best assist in defending the city, which is basically difficult to use in field battles.

On the contrary, the 10,000 immigrants sent by the Netherlands contained some seedlings suitable for military service. However, the Dutch peasants' military talent was far worse than that of the mountain folks in southern Germany, and was at most similar to that of the serfs in the North Sea. Even if they are selected, they can be used by second-line troops at most. The main battle force must be fierce mountain people. After all, brutal people come out of poor mountains and bad waters.

Well, it can also be said that poor mountains and bad waters lead to evil people. Just like the later generations of China, in some mountainous areas in the north, there was a slogan saying "It is illegal to rob a police car." Recruiting troops in this area is definitely a good choice...The premise is to be obedient. Otherwise, mutiny at every turn will be unbearable.

In fact, why are later generations fierce? Because most of Guizi is mountainous. Guizi has a series of islands, but there are only a few plains in total. The largest Kanto Plain is only 17,000 square kilometers, which is slightly larger than the capital.

So, strictly speaking, most of Guizi is mountainous, and most people are also mountain people. Of course, that was before the industrial development. By the time of the 21st century, most of the population of the country is basically in the big cities on the coastal plain. Unlike before World War II, Japan’s urban population was only 24, and most of them were farmers in the mountains. The Osaka Division formed by the people of the affluent Osaka region was the weakest division of the Japanese army during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it had contact with the fruit army.

In other words, Japan in the 21st century is not terrible. Because before World War II they were so many fierce mountain people. In the 21st century, Japan has many dead houses. I really want to do it, it's not that scary at all.

Of course, on China's side, people's bravery has also degraded. A group of only children is also embarrassed. Therefore, compared to bravery, the 21st century is actually worse than everyone. If you really want to be brave, you have to be an Afghan gangster who is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes...they are authentic mountain people, and they have faith blessings, and they are both horizontal and stunned. That is to say, in the 21st century, everyone is better than advanced weapons. If they are more brave, the world's powers will have to stop in front of them.

Of course, this is about personal bravery. In addition to personal bravery, there are also military qualities. Huaxia has done a good job in this area, trained hard, and ideological education is in place. But within China, there are also differences. The soldiers who came out of the poor ravines in the north and west were obviously more aggressive than the soldiers in the city and the southeast. Without him, the barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes.

Moreover, this is not static. In ancient times, because the Central Plains were developed, the southern Chu land was a barren frontier with a low degree of development. Therefore, the Chu people at that time were more aggressive. Therefore, the main force of anti-Qin was the warriors of the Chu area, not the people of the Central Plains. The soldiers of Danyang during the Three Kingdoms period were also mountain people in Danyang County at that time.

Later, due to the great development of the Jiangnan, the southerners became rich and their combat effectiveness declined... Then in the Ming Dynasty, dozens of Japanese pirates could rampage across the Yangtze. However, the 200,000 Japanese pirates of Toyota Hideyoshi could not defeat the Ming Dynasty's northern frontier in North Korea. Of course, the price paid by the Ming Dynasty was also very heavy. After losing tens of thousands of elites, it lost its ability to suppress the various ministries of Liaodong Jurchen, allowing wild boar skins to rise.

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Marin's distress lasted for a long time, and it was not until the arrival of a person that he was greatly inspired...

This man was called Scherber, a mercenary leader from the Principality of Württemberg. This Shibel has a certain origin. Of course, it's not that he has a big background, but that he has a certain connection with Marin.

Scherber was a mountain citizen in a mountain village in the Principality of Württemberg, and he didn't know Marin himself. However, his uncle, Baucher, was once a mercenary under Ma Lin's command.

This happened more than 20 years ago. It was 1494, the year Marlin had just crossed. In that year, Schebel's uncle Bauch left home to make a living, joined Marin's mercenary, and followed Marin, ambush King Charles VIII, and won a great victory. At the same time, all the mercenaries at that time were given the benefit of hundreds of gold coins.

However, Bauch did not continue to follow Marin. At that time, there were only 400 mercenaries with thousands of soldiers who followed Marin to the territory of Texel Island. Most of the others took the money and returned to their hometowns.

This is the case for Bauch. He took the money and returned to his hometown, built a house and married his wife. However, after experiencing the glory of defeating the King of France, Bauch would inevitably always like to mention the glorious past that year.

And Scherber, as Bauch's eldest nephew, often listened to his uncle telling this legend. Therefore, Scherbel became a fan of Marin under the influence of Bauch. Moreover, when he grew up, he pulled up a bunch of friends and formed a mercenary group.

In the early days of the formation of the mercenary group, his uncle Bauch also gave a lot of guidance. For example, how to train, how to play straw sandals. Therefore, the Mercenary Corps of Siber later not only learned the basic training methods of the Marin army. Moreover, everyone wears straw sandals and is known as the "straw shoes mercenary group".

Later, Shibell's "Strawshoe Mercenary Group" expanded to 500 people, and participated in many battles for supremacy among the princes and performed quite well.

However, because Shibel is an admirer of Marin, he often defends Marin in public and quarrels with others. So immortal, his previous employer was an opponent of Marin. After hearing Schebel's remarks, he terminated the employment contract with him.

Shibel was a little dumbfounded and wanted to find a new owner to make a living. But the lord greeted the nearby princes and said that Siber was a supporter of Marin. Then, he had a cup...

Originally, Shibel planned to take his hand to go to the emperor's majesty. However, the nearby lord guarded strictly, and UU reading www.uukānshu.com refused to let him go to the emperor.

In desperation, Shibel took people to Bohemia to look for opportunities. But Bohemia has recently been calm, and there hasn't been much war. Originally, Vladislas II also planned to provide more reinforcements to Lithuania where the war broke out, and planned to hire Shibell's "strawshoe mercenary group". But the Lithuanians were afraid of spending money. As long as they had 2,000 mercenaries, the mercenary group Shibel failed to get the contract. Of course, he was lucky, he didn't catch up with his death...

Without an employment contract, everyone has to drink northwest wind. Then, many people under Shibel 500 ran away, leaving only more than 300 people.

At this time, Shibel suddenly remembered-maybe he could go to his idol Marin?

Originally, when in Württemberg, the princes not only prevented him from going to the emperor, but also prevented him from going north to Marin. However, the kingdom of Bohemia did not restrict the "strawshoe mercenary group" from going to the North Sea country because of the marriage relationship between the Jagiellonian dynasty and the Hoffman family.

Then, with more than 300 subordinates, Siber took a trip to Poland and came to the North Sea country...

Originally, Marin didn't think much of a pheasant mercenary group like the "Strawshoe Mercenary Group". However, the arrival of Scherber gave Marin a great inspiration. Therefore, Marin made an exception to personally meet with Spel, and accepted the "strawshoe mercenary group"...