Chapter 91: Grab a horse
Mid March is a good time to start spring cultivation. In the Danish region, because of high latitudes, spring cultivation has just begun. However, due to the war, spring ploughing was suspended in many places in the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig.
Whether it is Marin, Lübeck or Hamburg, he is unwilling to see it. Therefore, after taking the Ribe City, Marin temporarily stationed with a large army.
At the same time, Marin sent people to the estuary of the Ribe River on the edge of Ribe City, and built several long bridge piers to connect with the mainland. Mainly, let the homeland provide the materials needed for the war.
After the army was stationed, Marin recruited a group of locals and ordered them to go to the Principality of Schleswig to inform those manors and resume spring cultivation immediately. The army assured that they would not interfere with them during the spring cultivation.
And the representatives of the two Hanseatic cities of Weizmann and Hermann also quickly responded, sending a group of people and rushing back to the Principality of Holstein, according to the principle of division of east and west, respectively in the eastern part of the Principality of Holstein and In the west, locals are urged to continue plowing.
Because Marin restrained his soldiers with strict military discipline, the damage to the two principalities was very small despite the crossing of the army. Only some stubborn barons or knights ’estates were attacked, and some young men who participated in the resistance were killed.
However, most of the serfs did not participate in the resistance because of their timidity, and naturally they did not suffer much. At this time, it's nothing to let them continue plowing.
In the era of war and chaos, a large number of civilians died, not because of slaughter. Rather, when the army is crossing the border, it is easy to barracks and grab food. Even some chaotic soldiers will steal the seeds left by farmers ... The rations and seeds have been robbed, and the farmers have to starve to death or rebel ...
Marin deeply understands that whether it is the Principality of Schleswig or Holstein, it will be the territory of himself and his allies in the future. If you want to keep these two places from chaos, you must not grab the people's food. In addition, we must ensure the normal progress of spring cultivation and autumn harvest.
Therefore, after winning the city of Ribe, Marin hired locals and rode to the manor houses to promote policies to encourage spring farming and posted notices stating that his army would not be robbed. Even, when I captured several cities before, the rewards were all Marlin ’s own money. Of course, the money was also looted from the city's official bank.
Marin knew that if nothing went wrong, Ribe would later become the border area of the Principality of Schleswig and Denmark that he occupied. Therefore, it must be a frontline city.
To this end, Marin started to mobilize the city residents here, as well as his own soldiers and people, began to repair the city of Ribe, preparing to use this place as a fortress for a long time.
Marin gave very generous treatment to the nobles who surrendered voluntarily in the city, but temporarily deprived them of their military power to avoid their repetition.
Today, the nobles of the Principality of Schleswig who surrendered to Marin have reached thousands of people. These people are also a burden in the hands of Marin. Marin needs to guard against them at all times, so it needs a lot of manpower.
Moreover, if you let them go back to their territory, it would be equivalent to putting the tiger back to the mountain. God knows when these people will rebel ...
So, Marin thought of a gambling plan that came to mind when he conquered the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg. That is-to build a casino and entertainment city similar to Las Vegas, specifically for these nobles who surrender and their children and grandchildren to eat and drink. As for their territory, Marin intends to send someone to take care of it. Then, return the benefits that they could receive before. As for the use of new fertilizers to produce the excess part of high yield, naturally belongs to Marin.
In addition, those small nobles who were killed because of stubborn resistance were naturally confiscated by Marin. Then, take out a part of it to reward brave soldiers. Suddenly occupying 9,200 square kilometers of the Principality of Schleswig, Marin's land was nearly three times larger than the local area. Therefore, Marin now has enough land to reward the soldiers.
When the time comes, as long as several fertilizer farms are built in the Principality of Schleswig, it will be possible to properly increase the grain production of the local estate. However, after leading the army into the Principality of Schleswig, Marin discovered a problem, that is, the land on the Jutland Peninsula is sparsely populated ...
Yes, according to the local nobility, the entire Danish kingdom (including several islands such as Jutland and Zeeland, 42,000 square kilometers, including the Danes in North Schleswig), was only 600,000 at this time. population. The Kingdom of Norway has a population of 240,000; Sweden has 550,000; Finland has 300,000 ...
In other words, the total population of Sweden and Finland is 850,000. The total population of Denmark and Norway is only 840,000, which is even less than that of the old Steen Sturre. Therefore, Swedish talents have the confidence to resist.
On nearly 40,000 square kilometers of land, there are only 600,000 Danes. Moreover, the bulk of the population must be in the core area of Denmark-Zealand. Therefore, the Jutland Peninsula, which counts more than 3,900 square kilometers in North Schleswig, and on the land of 25,400 square kilometers in the Convention, has only a population of 200,000 ...
You must know that the county where Marlin lives in later generations has a population of more than 800,000, and the area is only more than 1,000 square kilometers ...
Therefore, at this time, the Jutland Peninsula is still very sparsely populated. In order to use the land, the locals are more engaged in animal husbandry, cattle and sheep breeding are more developed, and many people also raise horses. The rye cultivation and oat cultivation are only about the population, and most of them are cultivated on the fertile soil beside the big river.
After learning the information from the surrendered Danish nobleman, Marin was very coveted by the vast Jutland Peninsula. However, he also knows that Denmark is not currently able to eat. This time, he finally found an excuse for attacking Denmark, and the removal of the Principality of Schleswig was already excessive. If you want to cut off the Jutland peninsula, which is much larger than the Principality of Schleswig, let alone Denmark's unwillingness, others will also protest against it. In the case that his own strength is not enough to single out all of Germany, Marin can only temporarily endure and suppress the ambition to annex Denmark.
However, since he has had an enmity with Denmark, Marin has no reason to make each other feel better. Right now, when it is time for spring cultivation in the Danish region, Marin made the Principality of Schleswig smoothly plowing, but not necessarily willing to plowing the Danes.
Plus, Marin needs a lot of horses, and the horses in Denmark are relatively tall. To this end, Marin intends-to send cavalry, cross the northern border of the Principality of Schleswig, penetrate the Jutland region, and grab horses everywhere ...
The reason why wants to **** horses is not only to increase the number of horses, but also to fight against Danish agriculture. The Danes, like the rest of Europe, were popular with horse farming. Therefore, the horse is the most important animal power for Danish farmers. As for cows, the Danes obviously do not understand what a cow nose ring is, and naturally cannot easily drive the cow to work. Therefore, the spring farming in the field is basically a tall Nordic horse.
Marin doesn't have the heart to kill people, but if he doesn't kill people, he will destroy Danish agriculture. Then, snatching the Danes' horses is the best choice.
Moreover, the cavalry machine has strong power. After snatching the horse, the cavalry can whizz away as long as they put on the reins and steer the horse while holding the snatched horse, which is very convenient.
According to the surrendering nobility, there are about 100,000 serfs on the Jutland Peninsula and about 10,000 horses. Not only that, several important horse farms on the Jutland Peninsula are also an important source of war horses in the Danish King Hans army.
Heard this, Marin was immediately excited. Therefore, according to the instructions of the surrendering nobility, he planned to send all cavalry, first to seize the several horse farms belonging to the royal family, and snatched thousands of horses inside. Then, grab the horses used by the serf to cultivate the land. In this way, the grain production in Jutland, Denmark will inevitably be greatly reduced this year. At that time, even if Marin retired, the serfs would cause trouble for Danish king Hans because of hunger ...
The 1,000 cavalrymen recruited from the Teutonic Kingdom heard that there were several royal horse farms set up by the Danish King Hans on the Jutland Peninsula ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Without Marlin agitation, they became excited.
After all, it was the horse farm of the King of Denmark, but not the horses used by the serfs. There are certainly a lot of good horses suitable for war horses. For these cavalrymen, who are horse lovers, how can it be missed? Moreover, Marin also promised them to allow them to choose a good horse to replace the horse they used to ride.
So, after getting specific directions from Marin, 1,000 cavalrymen roared, and went to the several Danish royal horse farms.
In addition, Marin also selected more than a thousand well-riding infantry, so that they also stepped on the cart to pull the horse, went to the manor on the halfway of Jutland, snatched the horse ...
Marin believes that after this horse-robbing operation, the spring cultivation of the Danes on Jutland will definitely be greatly affected. By the autumn, famine on the Jutland Peninsula is almost certain. By then, the Danish King Hans will surely be burnt. And this is exactly what Marin wants to see. Otherwise, if it ’s okay to be idle, the Danish King Hans will not be ready to avenge himself ...
It's just that Marin has a heart to mind that many innocent Danish civilians will starve to death after the fall. But he quickly threw these thoughts out of his mind. If you want to participate in the hegemony game, you can't have the slightest kindness of women. All the Virgin bitches, even if they cross, are only suitable for being peaceful people. This kind of person, in the hegemony game, will definitely die ugly. Marin didn't want to die, but could harden his heart and do many cruel and vicious things. Like Emperor Wu Wu, who believed in the Buddha's benevolence for women, he was only worthy of being killed and became a stepping stone for others. Even heroes like Xiang Yu, because of the benevolence of the woman, were finally turned over by shameless Liu Bang, and they became the stepping stone of Liu Bang by the side of the Wujiang River ...
