Chapter 73: Pre-war supplies preparation

Sees that there will be a war in February next year, and it is a large-scale expedition of 20,000 people. Therefore, in terms of material preparation, Marin must be fully prepared. Otherwise, once the supply of materials is replenished, there will be a mess.

Happens to be that there are tens of thousands of people in East Friesland, who used to be the people in the Saxon invasion army, so Marin ordered that this group of people be summoned, discipline training, and let them be responsible for the transportation of materials.

Schwartz was also responsible for the training of 5000 recruits with Stade before leaving for Lübeck. At the same time, after the autumn harvest ended, Old Hoffman also brought 7,000 militiamen with the 5000 recruits and started military training.

According to the plan, after leading the main forces to quickly capture the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg, Marin will draw some troops from the militia, station them in Oldenburg, and monitor the members of the Oldenburg family. Moreover, the two small cities of Jever will also be led by Adler to attack. After conquering Jever, Adler will also lead troops into the city of Oldenburg to ensure safety.

As for Marin, he personally led the 10,000 troops, joined the other 10,000 troops to the east and the troops of Lübeck and Hamburg, and served as the army general commander, leading the 30,000 troops to the north to attack the Principality of Schleswig and Jutland.

Because the national militias were mobilized, Marin was afraid that the people of Oldenburg would be informed. Therefore, he took both recruits and militia to the central region for training. Moreover, the contacts with the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg were also closed, and businessmen were also prohibited from entering the country, to avoid being seen by the visiting businessmen, which caused the alert of the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg.

Fortunately, there were very few exchanges between countries in this era. The serfs were confined to the manor and could not go out casually. There are only special professionals such as merchants, nobles, beggars, mercenaries who walk freely on the European continent. Among them, merchants have the strongest liquidity and the largest scale.

However, the businessmen of East Frisian Lambert are basically affiliated with the Chamber of Commerce established by Marin through Kohler. In other words, the East Frisian businessmen are actually Marin's men. Foreign merchants came to East Friesland and were squeezed away by all means. Therefore, East Frisian Lambert has few foreign businessmen. Even if the eastern border is blocked, the impact on business can be ignored.

Therefore, Marin ’s army can train peacefully in the country without worrying about being discovered by other merchants passing by. As for the reason for the blockade of the eastern border, it is also very simple-I was ceded the land, and my heart was not good, and broke off with you ...

In the Palace of Aurich, Marin is discussing the supply of logistics with several civilian officials such as Prime Minister Jeffrey, Deputy Prime Minister Heidel, and Finance Minister Kohler.

Is different from the last resistance to the invasion of the Saxony army. Although tens of thousands of troops were also used last time, it is very convenient to supply because of the actual domestic operations. Therefore, not many people are used.

But this time, Marin needed to take an expedition with 20,000 troops and 10,000 laborers, and too much preparation was needed. If nothing else, food alone is an amazing number. The ration of 30,000 people! Because of the long journey, the soldiers consume a lot of energy and must eat more than usual. Therefore, Marin arranged an amount of 3 pounds of rye every day to let the soldiers eat open.

Fortunately, Marin has saved a lot of grain in recent years, and only sold grain once (the pound of nobles selling grain is not counted). Therefore, the grain reserves are enough to keep the soldiers open.

But it ’s not okay to bring rye alone. After all, the soldiers do n’t know how to make bread. Therefore, Marin ordered that the male bakers from all over the country be recruited to join the army. As for the domestic bread supply, it is temporarily handed over to women. After all, the women of this age, almost everyone will make black bread, but it is not the petite girls who were spoiled by Marlin's previous life.

For this reason, Marin also deployed some officers to manage and train the bakers. What makes Marin depressed is that half of the thousands of bakers recruited are unqualified and unsuitable for long-distance expeditions. Because these people are either too old or too fat to go the same way. After all, in this day and age, the baker can still be full. He has a big head and a thick neck. He is either a noble or a husband ... Therefore, those fat bakers who are fat and tired after walking a few miles cannot go out with the army. In this way, Marin can only take 500 bakers and follow the army to make bread for the soldiers ...

As for the transportation of food, Marin is now using ships to transport large quantities of rye from Emden to Hamburg for storage. In this way, there is no need for the civilians to transport the grain to Hamburg by land. After all, transporting grain by road is much more troublesome and more labor-intensive than transporting grain by sea.

When the time comes, the people only need to bring enough military food from the local march to Hamburg. After arriving in Hamburg, you can use the food that was transported here.

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 people eat. Because horses eat oats.

This time Marin intends to use all the horses in the country, except for those foals and old horses, a total of 5,035 horses have been registered. Among them, a small part are horses, and most of the rest are horses. After Marin bought more than 20,000 cattle from Poland, the farming tasks in the territory were taken over by the cattle. These horses are also used for transportation and breeding. Near Aurich, Marin also gathered a large number of horses and donkeys to concentrate on breeding mules ...

Don't look at the number of more than 5,000 horses, no one has more, but it can be eaten, but there are more than people. Fortunately, horses don't eat food purely, they can also eat grass to match. But even so, the number of oats that need to be carried is not less than the rye that people eat ...

Marin is a little bit big, but I didn't expect that so much for one expedition. Moreover, this is just a food issue.

In addition, the soldiers' clothes, shoes, tent fabrics and pointed wooden piles needed for camping are also transported with the army, which is very troublesome.

Fortunately, Marin promoted straw weaving shoes in the army long ago, and wearing straw shoes is also suitable for long journeys. The most important thing is-it is cheap ...

Long distance travel, it is easy to run out of shoes. How much would it cost to change to the current popular leather shoes in Europe? The cheap clogs are not suitable for long journeys, otherwise they will break easily. Therefore, cheap and practical straw shoes are the best choice. At the same time, using straw shoes can also save a lot of expenses. After all, the cost of straw shoes is too low. You can make them by pulling some grass everywhere. The only cost is about labor. But this year's labor is so worthless ...

As for the soldiers' clothing, Marin did not distribute a full set. After all, these troops are mercenaries, not conscripts. Therefore, Marin only gave each of them a white vest with a very square black cross drawn in black ink, which was very fabric-saving. As for the clothes inside, the soldiers solved it themselves. Of course, Marin will prepare chest plates and helmets with movable masks for the soldiers standing in the first three rows. After all, the soldiers in the first three rows are the most dangerous and elite, and Marin needs to ensure their safety.

In addition to food and clothes, Marin also arranged Kohler ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ to purchase a large amount of bacon and sausages that are easy to preserve, easy to carry on the march, and supplement the soldiers with nutrition.

In addition, the ammunition needed for guns is also an important part of transportation. To this end, Kohler also sent ships to go to Spain to purchase lead blocks. There are many musketeers in the East Frisian army, and lead bullets are very expensive. The European lead production areas are mainly in southern Europe such as Spain and Italy. Marin needs so much lead to fight large-scale battles, so he can only go to southern Europe.

In the war, casualties are inevitable. Therefore, Marin also needs to prepare enough medicines, gauze and alcohol. To this end, Marin also asked Kohler to buy a large number of undyed linens, which were washed, dried, and packaged. After reaching the battlefield, boil and dry at any time, used to bandage wounded soldiers. As for alcohol, the dark beer brewed by the brewing master who had just sent someone to it had also brewed a lot. Marin extravagantly removed many barrels of dark beer and took it directly to start multiple rounds of distillation with a steamer to get the alcohol the soldiers needed. The aroma of the wine from the steaming room made many drunkards drool. But there is no way. It is alcohol intended to bandage the wounded. No one can make an idea.

As for the medical staff in the army, Malin directly ordered the transfer of the disciples of the palace doctors dug from the Golden Horde, and after teaching them their modern medical knowledge, let them take a large amount of gold sore medicine and follow the action of Marin ’s army The soldiers healed ...

Had a full day of meetings before the materials were prepared and put in place. Marin was also extremely headache-especially, the labor expedition was really annoying. There are many things to prepare, the most important thing is that there are many tricks. It was so complicated that Marin felt dizzy after a day of meetings ...

Fortunately, these specific tasks, Marin has arranged for others, do not have to prepare for themselves. Otherwise, he would go crazy ...