In Italy in October, the autumn tiger has just passed, and the temperature is still high. The soldiers engaged in wading and landing performances, and they would not be afraid of the cold sea. At the same time, the temperature in East Friesland was several degrees lower than in Italy, and the sea began to get colder. Because, the latitude of the two places is quite different.

The village of Doromia is located near the city of Rome, at a latitude of about 42 degrees north. Aurich, on the other hand, is located at 53 degrees north latitude and further north. The difference in latitude between the two places is more than 11 degrees, and a latitude is almost 111 kilometers, and 11 dimensions have reached more than 1,200 kilometers. The difference in latitude between the north and south of the two places is more than 1,200 kilometers, and the climate is naturally very different.

However, even though Italy is very far south and the climate is much warmer than that of northern Germany, the official start of the war is after November, which is already early winter. Even though Italy was relatively warm, it was a very cold time. So, Marin planned to stock up on firewood in the small fishing village on the coast of Grosseto, which had been laid out in advance. As soon as the army waded into the water, a fire was immediately erected for the soldiers to be roasted. Otherwise, in the cold season of early winter, if you do not bake the fire in time after wading landing, there is a high possibility of catching a cold. In this era, there was no cold medicine, and the European race was relatively poor in their resistance to colds. One is not good, it is easy to die if you catch a cold.

Marin rushed to the small fishing village of Doromia and met with the main generals who led the troops - Kahn, Staad, Steindorff and Heynckes......

Needless to say, Karn was a close confidant of Marin, and although he generally did not lead troops, he had a transcendent position in the Beihai Army; Stade was the second-highest general in the North Sea State after Schwarz; Steindorff was the commander-in-chief of the firearms forces of the North Sea State; As for Heynckes, he was a young general who was newly promoted and reused by Marin.

Speaking of which, Heynckes was able to be noticed by Marin, and his name took a big advantage. Before Marin crossed over, Big Bayern, under the leadership of the old coach Heynckes, beat the arrogant Barcelona, and in the two-legged knockout round, with a total score of 7-0, humiliatingly eliminated Barcelona, known as the "Cosmos Team", and shot Barcelona out of space and fell into the mortal world. Therefore, "Grandpa Hai" (Heynckes) has also become a legend for Bayern.

When Marin first heard the young officer's name Heynckes, he wanted to laugh. Because, this contrast is too big - Father-in-law Hai is an old man in his seventies, and the Heynckes in front of him is only in his twenties.

But it was precisely because of this legendary name that Marin noticed the young man. Then, Marlin found out - ouch, this young man is not bad......

Heynckes, like Kahn, came from the Württemberg mountains. However, unlike Karn, who was born into a commoner, Heynckes was born into a family of knights, and was skilled in martial arts since childhood, and received a systematic military education.

It's just that Heynckes' father, the old Heynckes knight, offended the powerful nobles of the Duchy of Württemberg and was ostracized. As a result, Heynckes was thwarted in every way when he wanted to go to Stuttgart, the capital of Württemberg, to become an official knight as an adult. The other party even released a word to end the inheritance of the knights of the Heynckes family.

In a fit of rage, Heynckes mounted his horse and rode his spear to take refuge in Marlin. Of course, he was not recruited by Marin himself, otherwise he would have attracted Marin's attention based on his name alone. After a few years under Stader, it was by chance that he caught Marin's attention.

Previously, Heynckes had become an excellent phalanx leader, commanding an infantry phalanx. Moreover, he performed well in the Battle of Lübeck and was canonized as a hereditary knight by the Beihai Kingdom for his military exploits.

After that, Marin noticed him because of his name and began to nurture him, intentionally or unintentionally. And Heynckes is also a bachelor, and he directly took his father and the whole family to the North Sea Kingdom, and completely broke with the Duchy of Württemberg. Because of this, Marin admired him even more.

At present, Marin has dozens of knights from the knightly family serving as officers of various ranks. However, there are not many people who really moved the entire family to Beihai Kingdom and completely surrendered to Marin, only about a dozen people. The families of the other people were obviously unwilling to bet their treasures on Marin. In fact, some officers had brothers who served as officers in other vassal states.

It stands to reason that this behavior of not putting all your eggs in one basket is correct. But that was only for those knight families, and for Marin, the lord, it was very unpleasant. Obviously, these people can't be completely trusted......

Therefore, Heynckes, who dared to break with the Duchy of Württemberg, where he was originally located, did not hesitate to hand over the original knight's manor, and moved his family to join Marin, was appreciated by Marin. Coupled with the fact that he is relatively talented in his own right, Marin plans to train him to be the new Legion Commander. During this attack on the Republic of Siena, Marin brought Heynckes with him to accumulate credit so that he could find an excuse to promote him.

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While Marin was inspecting the Mountain Infantry Corps, the city of Rome, Julius II, also began to attack the Republic of Siena according to the plan......

Why bother? Apparently they were trying to find an excuse for the Papal States to send troops to attack Siena......

Wars between countries must find suitable excuses. Otherwise, if the division is unknown, it will not only be vulnerable to the joint opposition of many countries, but also the morale of its own army will be damaged. Only by standing on the side of reason can the troops be sent in an upright manner and with high morale.

And the excuse for Julius II's attack was also very simple - the question of the collection of "tithes......

According to the rules of the Holy See, in all Catholic countries, the Church has the right to levy "tithes" on all its citizens. Of course, after these "tithes" are collected, they will not all be handed over to the Holy See, but the local churches will retain half of them and then hand over the rest to the Holy See.

However, this is only a theoretical situation. In fact, the church doesn't receive ...... Or that they can't collect half of the tithes......

There are many reasons for this, such as the fact that the local church lies about the numbers and is greedy for taxes. In addition, the great nobles of many countries refuse to pay "tithes", and it is actually the commoners of various countries who really bear the "tithes". But in this era when serfdom was still dominant, most of the land was controlled by the aristocracy, so the collection of "tithes" was naturally greatly reduced. Sometimes, in some countries, the "tithe" can be given to the Holy See, which is considered good.

For example, France, because of its strong national strength, does not bird the Holy See at all. When the tithes in France were collected by the local church, they were not very happy to pay half of them to the Holy See. In order to confront the Holy See, the Church in France even colluded with the French authorities to put pressure on the Holy See. The Holy See is obviously jealous of France's strength, you must know that France once did something to hijack the Holy See to Avignon, France, which discredited the Holy See.

Therefore, the Holy See does not actually levy any tithes in France now. The tithes paid by the French Church to the Holy See are not as much as those given by a larger episcopal state in Germany. After all, the appointment of bishops of those German episcopal states requires a nod from the Holy See. The official hat was in the hands of the Holy See, and the episcopal state had to pay some more tithes. But generally speaking, every country will honestly "tithe" and will always find a way to give less.

For example, dozens of cardinals in Rome were in charge of collecting tithes in some regions.

But as corruption in the papacy increases, these cardinals may not really be bent on collecting tithes. For example, the cardinals who were responsible for collecting tithes in Spain often colluded with the Spanish Church. Originally, Spain should have paid a "tithe" of 400,000 gold coins to the Holy See. However, the Spanish Church would bribe the cardinal in charge to give him 10,000 or 20,000 gold coins. Then, enumerate a bunch of difficulties and deceive the Holy See. And the cardinal, who received the money, will also help to deceive. Then, the "tithe" that should have paid 400,000 gold coins became 200,000 gold coins or even 100,000 when it entered the Holy See...... How much this discount depends on how much the local church bribes and whether the country is strong or not. For example, France, a first-class power in Europe, the church can give the Holy See 10,000 gold coins every year to save face. Even, sometimes simply don't give. The reason is that there is a disaster in the country...... And the Holy See has no way to turn against France......

The Republic of Siena is on the border of the Papal States, and it stands to reason that it should be under the control of the Holy See. But in reality, the Republic of Siena has long stripped the Church of its power to rule in the region. As for the "tithes", they were also given relatively little.

In fact, the Holy See has been putting up with Siena for a long time and has long wanted to move Siena. However, the Republic of Siena was relatively wealthy and had the money to hire enough troops. And, most importantly, the terrain of Siena is complex, and Xiongguan stands in the way. If you want to attack Siena, it will be quite difficult.

In addition, the military strength of the Holy See has always been very average, so it can only stare at the disrespectful Republic of Siena.

Just in time, the autumn harvest began. Julius II made a fuss about "tithes", and the Sienaeans were certainly not happy to pay "tithes" honestly. When the time comes, the Holy See will have an excuse to use force against Siena - tax evasion is a good reason to send troops......