It can be said that after sending 15,000 troops to the south, the Beihai Kingdom fell into a state of emptiness. Counting the 5,000 men left behind by the First Legion and the 5,000 policemen transferred to Aurich, Aurich only had 10,000 men capable of fighting at this time. As for the 20,000 recruits who were formed with the army and civilians, at most they could only help defend the city, and could never be used in field battles.

Therefore, at the moment, the entire Beihai country is a bit empty. Fortunately, after defeating the 8 vassal states before, Marin concentrated the original few captured princes, as well as most of the nobles of the 8 countries, in the Bremen region. Half of Steindorff's Third Army was stationed in the province of Bremen to guard against the forced relocation of the princes and nobles of the Eight Kingdoms.

With the guard of the Third Legion, I didn't worry about what the captured princes and nobles would do. What's more, for the sake of safety, Marin simply asked Steindorff to temporarily move to Bremen Province with the other half of the Third Army to ensure that these captured princes and nobles could not escape and rebel.

Marin did a very beautiful job, and if these nobles were allowed to stay in their hometown, once they saw that the Beihai Kingdom was empty, they would definitely take the opportunity to cause chaos. And in the face of these rebellions in his hometown, Marin wants to suppress it, and the price he pays will be very great. Therefore, he simply moved the main nobles of each country to the province of Bremen with each victory. In this way, although the province of Bremen has been scourged, the other provinces are not in danger of rebellion.

As for the eight vassal regions conquered last year, Marin's control over them is still relatively weak. However, this summer, there are probably a large number of veterans to retire. Its total number is estimated to be as high as 2,000 people. Marin plans to disperse the officers of these veterans into the territory of the eight vassal states and let them serve as sheriffs. Then, more police forces will be formed by drawing on the local population. If there are 500 veterans serving as sergeants, training 25 people per person is equivalent to adding 12,500 police forces to the North Sea State. With these policemen present, and the fact that the original nobles were basically emigrated to Bremen, Marin's control over the eight vassal states could be roughly completed. For now, all Marin had to do was make sure that there would be no rebellion in those places.

Fortunately, now Marin is most afraid of the vicious French, and the main force is now all in Italy, and it is impossible to threaten the mainland of the North Sea Country. As for the German princes, they were free to deal with themselves. It's just that they haven't died right now, and they have no reason to do it. Moreover, he sent 15,000 troops to the south, but he helped King Vladislas II of Bohemia, one of the seven electors of Germany, to suppress the peasant uprising. At this time, whoever organized the centaur and Marin could not get along, was to slap Vladislas II in the face. In any case, Vladislas II was the number one of the secular princes of the HRE Empire (only he was not in charge of things, so Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, took the lead).

The nobles were clearly more hostile to the rebellious peasants than Marin. In their view, the dispute with Marin was nothing more than a hostile political disagreement. And for the rebellious peasants, the attitude of the nobles was the same - they must be exterminated!

Therefore, when Marin sent troops to help other nobles suppress the peasant uprising, others could not find an excuse to target Marin. Even if someone didn't care about it, it would be difficult to get all the princes of Germany together. As long as there are not many vassal states coming, Marin will not be afraid even if he only has two legions to guard the homeland, plus 20,000 new soldiers. The only fear was that outside of East Friesland was destroyed by enemy forces. After all, with this amount of troops, they can definitely only give priority to defending the core area. As for the outlying areas, they can only be abandoned for the time being......

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However, Marin actually doesn't have such a small number of troops. For example, he has tens of thousands of sailors at his disposal......

Marin now has more than 10,000 sailors in his service, and the end of May and the beginning of June is not the peak season for maritime trade. Therefore, Marin simply gathered 5,000 sailors in Emden, the largest seaport, and held a sailors' jousting meeting......

What is a sailors' jousting tournament? It is very different from the martial arts of the land infantry. Martial arts competitions on land, either on horseback or on foot. And the sailor's joust is completely different from it. Mounted combat is impossible, and infantry combat is very different from infantry combat on land.

Because, the sailors are fighting with the enemy on the ship, which is rocking from side to side. However, the jousting in Emden Harbor obviously can't be contested on a ship. Otherwise, the audience can't see it.

So, Marin came up with a plan - he had people make huge planks, and then, drilling holes at the ends of the boards, stringing iron chains, and hanging them in the air. Then, it became something like a swing.

However, this plank is long and wide, a bit like the deck of a small boat. And when people push and swing the swing, it is very similar to the scene of a ship swaying from side to side on the sea.

At this time, Marin asked the sailors on both sides to jump onto the wide plank, draw the sailor's scimitar, and compete with each other, which can easily simulate the battle on the ship.

Of course, the scimitar used in the competition must have no blade, and the blade is wrapped with strips of cloth to prevent the players from hurting the opponent.

At the same time, both sides of the competition will also wear wood chips and armor and wire masks and helmets to avoid accidental injuries during the competition......

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Marin personally led his guards to the square outside Emden to watch the jousting of 5,000 sailors, and set up a high prize.

In addition, when the sailors jumped on the wide wooden planks that swayed from side to side for a joust, Marin sent violinists to play the theme song of the previous life "Pirates of the Caribbean" - "He is a Pirate". Of course, Marin had already named this piece "He's a Knight". However, such a passionate music is also very appropriate to set off the sailors' competition. In fact, the song was originally called "He's a Pirate", and it couldn't be more appropriate to show the sailors to compare their swords on the wooden planks that swayed from side to side......

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"I declare that the Sailors' Tournament shall begin now!" After Marin made a loud announcement with a loudspeaker, the contestants jumped onto the wide planks that were rocking from side to side, wearing steel wire masks and helmets, and holding unbladed sailors' scimitars wrapped in strips of cloth......

The referee looked at it and loudly announced:

"Simulate the sea conditions at the end of the storm!"

Subsequently, the wide planks were manipulated and rocked from side to side with minimal amplitude. The two sailors who participated in the competition, armed with a cutlass wrapped in cloth, slid forward and fought with their opponents. At the same time, the stirring violin song "He's a Pirate" sounded on the side......

Amid the cheers of the audience, the two fought back and forth on the plank until one was stabbed in the chest......

Subsequently, after the referee announced the victory, he announced:

"Now, simulate a moderate wind and waves!"

The wide planks swayed from side to side increased, which also increased the difficulty of the contest between the two sailors. But both sides were old sailors, and this shaking did not bother them. Eventually, one of the sailors suddenly kicked off the plank in the middle of the fight......

Of course, the plank is very close to the ground, and if you fall off the plank, you will not be injured. However, according to the rules, falling off the plank is equivalent to falling into the sea in a naval battle, which is equivalent to losing......

In the end, the two sailors fought on a wide wooden plank that shook very much from side to side in a simulated situation of strong winds and waves. This time, one of them did not stand firm, fell down by himself, and was directly sentenced to lose......

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Then, the competitors of the other groups took the stage one by one and presented a wonderful simulated boat fight for the audience, which made the audience enthusiastic. In particular, there is also the passionate song "He's a Pirate" as a dubbing on the side.

Because of this wonderful sailors' tournament, many East Friesian teenagers actually came up with the dream of becoming a sailor. For a time, the number of applicants for the seafarers' school increased a lot......

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At the same time, this sailors' tournament also made the foreign spies who came to watch the battle realize one thing - even if the Second Legion left the homeland, Marin could still draw thousands of sailors with superb swordsmanship from the sailors to defend the homeland.

These sailors may not be able to defeat regular infantry in the field. However, in the defense of the city, these sailors, who are good at fighting in small spaces, are better suited to repel incoming enemies on the walls......

And this is exactly the original intention of Marin to hold this sailors' tournament - to let people know that he can also send thousands of sailors to help defend the city......

As a result, some vassal states that originally took advantage of the fire to rob dispelled some bad ideas. They understood that if they could not take advantage of the opportunity to quickly break through the city of Orich and get rid of Marin, they would be doomed when Marin's troops outside the country reacted and returned home for reinforcements......