In March, the ships that had gone to southern Europe and England to sell grain returned, and they also brought back a large amount of coins, which made Marin suddenly turn from a poor man to a tyrant again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Previously, in order to facilitate trade, Marin gave all the cash to Amerigo to take to India to buy goods. He even borrowed 100,000 gold coins from Hamburg for urgent use.

But with the return of the grain ship, Marin suddenly had a cash flow worth more than 2 million ducats and a large amount of high-value cargo. All in all, 100 million pounds of rye this time sold for a high price of 2.8 million ducats. Because there was not enough money, many grain merchants had to exchange goods of equivalent value.

With this money, Marin immediately sent people to Rome, Cologne and other places, and began to throw a lot of money and bribe various relevant high-level officials to obtain the greatest support.

In addition, Marin continued to throw money around, and continued to recruit 5,000 mountain people as mercenaries in the mountains of the German interior. In this way, the total number of troops in the native country of East Friesian Lamber, in addition to 8,000 veterans and 7,000 recruits, reached 20,000. Of course, the militia army led by Adler stationed in Oldenburg was not counted.

Under Marin's urging, Schwartz, the first person to train troops in East Friesland, once again went full full force and devoted himself to the cause of training new soldiers. Moreover, there are now many veterans of the East Friesian Lamberan who have adapted to Schwarz's way of training. Arrange some outstanding veterans at random to enter the recruits as junior officers, and soon they will be able to catch up on military training.

And, coincidentally, the "crash course for junior officers" (see Chapter 347 of the King of German Mercenaries) that Marin had conducted two years ago was basically formed. The 200 intelligent teenagers between the ages of 16 and 20 two years ago have basically been cultivated, and they are all adults.

Taking advantage of the new establishment of the army, Marin just arranged these 200 fast-track young officers into the new army, becoming the officers and main backbone of the new army, responsible for leading the new army.

These 200 teenagers, although they are fast-paced, are also the seedlings of officers cultivated by Marin with his heart. These people have a certain ability to read and write, and at least can read and understand military orders. Moreover, he has a solid military literacy, and has been insisting on military training for two years. plus Marin and Schwartz and others, when they have nothing to do, they also teach them the experience of leading troops. At present, among these 200 people, 100 percent are basically qualified to serve as grassroots officers. There are also many who can be qualified for middle-level officers.

With this officer seedling, these 12,000 recruits are faster than the 5,000 recruits recruited by Marin to bring to the Danish battlefield. This is because most of their junior officers are high-quality fast-track young officers, not "tall of the short" selected from the ignorant mountain people.

Because of the Danish question, Marin offended the two powerful princes of the Elector of Saxony and the Elector of Brandenburg. In addition, Denmark and the Duchy of Saxony will not be able to forget the hatred of the two defeated men, so Marin now has many potential enemies.

You know, since the withdrawal of Marin, King Hans of Denmark has begun the reconstruction of the country. It's just that because of the destruction of Denmark's spring plowing by the coalition forces last year, Denmark will not be able to slow down for a while. However, the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg seem to be supporting Denmark in its reconstruction, and it is foreseeable that the rebuilt Denmark will not see the Duchy of Schleswig and Holstein continue to be occupied.

Even more dangerous than Denmark is the Duchy of Saxony. Duke George had defeated the West Frisian Resistance and taken control of Leeuwarden. Now, George, Duke of Saxony, has his hands free.

Of course, George would definitely not dare to face Marin head-on. However, Marin was now preparing to lead his troops south and take the Bishopric of Münster. If the number of troops was not enough, it was still the original 8,000 men, and once the main army left East Friesland and went south to take over the Bishopric of Münster, it would be difficult to resist the surprise attack of George's army behind the West Frisland.

Therefore, for the sake of local security, Marin specially expanded the local army from 8,000 to 20,000. When the time comes, when the army is sent to control the Bishopric of Münster, it will not be left unguarded.

Moreover, the 10,000-strong army of George, Duke of Saxony, has always been subordinate to Groningen and has not withdrawn, which makes Marin very worried. Fighting alone, Marin didn't look down on George's soldiers. However, the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg would organize a coalition to attack from the east. When he leads the main force to the battle, George's 10,000 soldiers and horses will stab him in the back.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Marin felt that it would be better to find something to do for George, so as not to threaten him with his army.

So Marin thought of Fyskefrijheid, the former governor of West Frisland, and Baron Zitle, Leeuwarden, who had fled to the Duchy of Gedes, and the tenacious and alive West Frisian commander Sivag......

Of course, Marin didn't still want to support the two West Frisian nobles who were still alive. These two goods are not enough to succeed and more than to lose, and they are not as capable as Siwag. But Sivag is their subordinate, and he doesn't have much say and doesn't play much.

Therefore, the most practical scenario is to support the occupation of West Frisland by Charles II, Duke of Guedes. As long as Charles II sent troops, it was possible to defeat George. Moreover, once Charles II sent troops, George's army of 10,000 would not be able to free up his hands to deal with East Friesland. In that way, Marin's army would be able to control the Bishopric of Münster with peace of mind. What's more, the West Frisian Resistance Army still has 3,000 soldiers and horses left.

Thinking of this, Marin immediately wrote a secret letter in support of Charles II's army to recapture Leeuwarden. As for the siege method, it is the same as the method used by Duke George - it is still artillery bombardment + powder keg blasting.

As for why this is so, it is because Marin's intelligence officers discovered that after George's army captured Leeuwarden, they did not replace the large iron gate for Leeuwarden, but continued to use the oak gate. How could Marin let go of such a loophole?

As a result, Marin planned to provide Charles II with 20 heavy guns and several large iron gates. When Charles II's army captured Leeuwarden, he replaced Leeuwarden. In this way, George had no way to use the city-breaking method invented by Marin again.

As long as Leeuwarden was recaptured, Charles II's army could rely on Leeuwarden to continue the confrontation with the army of the Duchy of Saxony. Even, you can have a counterattack or something. After all, the regular army of the Duchy of Gedes was not comparable to the makeshift army of the West Friesian Resistance Army.

Historically, in the "Gedes War", the army of the Duchy of Gedes was defeated by the army of the Duchy of Saxony. Charles II, too, was far more cunning and capable than George, Duke of Saxony.

Of course, Charles II, the cunning Duke of Gedes, would definitely ask for his troops to help in the war. Marin decided to agree to come down first, in order to deceive the Duchy of Gedesi into sending troops.

Anyway, as long as the Holy See declares the Bishopric of Münster to be its own, it will definitely send troops to the Bishopric of Münster. At that time, he used this as an excuse to explain to Charles II that his inability to send troops was "force majeure...... Then, you can watch with peace of mind as the Duchy of Geddes and the Duchy of Saxony tear each other apart...... And their own potential enemies can also have one less......