The war in West Frisland has been going on for months, affecting farming and the autumn harvest. Fortunately, www.biquge.info warring parties do not rely on local agricultural production, otherwise the army will be starved.

After the start of the autumn harvest, the two sides suspended military operations. At present, the West Frisian Resistance Army, under the leadership of Sivag, occupies Leeuwarden, the largest city in western West Frisland, and is defending against the attack of the Saxon army with its strong walls.

As for the area east of Leeuwarden, it was under the control of Duke George. However, due to the lack of food, the two sides are currently temporarily truce. Duke Georges left a large army to be stationed east of Leeuwarden, while he himself returned to the Duchy of Saxony with some of his men to supervise the autumn harvest and collect military rations. After all, with tens of thousands of troops and many cavalry, the consumption of food is very large.

The Friesian Resistance Army also sent people to the Duchy of Gedes to ask for help. As a country in the Lower Rhine Plain, the Duchy of Gedes is naturally rich in grain. Therefore, the armies of both sides will not be short of food.

It's just that the local people of Friesland have suffered. Because of the war, it has brought a devastating blow to local agricultural production. West Friesland, with a population of 200,000, has lost 20,000. And, because of this year's war, 40,000 refugees have been created. Without food, most of the 40,000 refugees would starve to death.

Marin regarded these Frisian people as his own people, and naturally could not sit idly by and watch them starve to death. As a result, Marin ordered Sauer's sentries to quietly enter Friesland, blend in with the local victims, and spread the word that East Friesian Lamber had grain in the country. If you flee and are willing to accept the employment of the estate (become a serf), you will be provided with enough food.

And so, the refugees boiled......

Under the guidance of Sauer's sentries, the refugees avoided the battlefield area and poured eastward from the southern border......

Duke George's men also found out, but they had to keep an eye on the Frisian Resistance in Leeuwarden, and they couldn't muster their men to stop them. Besides, why stop it? The army itself is short of food, so should it be given back to the refugees? So, in the end, they also turned a blind eye.

During the truce, the Frisian Resistance Army was not idle. At present, the Friesian Resistance Army controls a small area, only the area west of Leeuwarden. However, the section from Leeuwarden to the western fishing port of Harlingen was the most important supply route for the Frisian Resistance Army.

Today, the Saxon army is on standby and has stopped attacking, and the supply line is very open. So, the commander of the Frisian Resistance, Sivag, quietly left Leeuwarden through this supply line and boarded a ship bound for Emden in Harlingen......

On the third day, Sivag arrived in Aurich, the capital of Marin, and met Marin......

"Sivarg, you're not commanding the army on the front line, why are you running here? Are you going to give up over there and come and mess with me? Marlin joked. Sivag had been here for a long time, and he had some friendship with Marin.

"Lord Earl, I'm here to ask you for help!" Sivarg smiled wryly.

"Asking for help? What do you want? Let's say okay first, I can't borrow soldiers, this matter is too sensitive! Marin said.

"It's not about borrowing soldiers, I'm trying to ...... Borrow a gun! ”

"What?" Marin was taken aback - why are you borrowing a gun, do you want to borrow a gun, is this trying to violate the gun control regulations? However, Marin quickly reacted - he was not in Huaxia in his previous life......

"Yes, borrow a gun! Count Count, our army had a great battle with the Saxon army outside Leeuwarden. As a result, we lost ......"

"Isn't that normal......" Marin pouted. Saxony's heritage is still very strong, speaking of which, in the battle of Lyell County, although he defeated the Saxon army, he did not kill many people, most of them were prisoners. After all, he didn't have the courage to kill 400,000 people in vain...... After these captives were ransomed by the Duchy of Saxony, they were fighting again. So, except for some knights who were hammered to death on the spot, most of the regular Saxon army was still there. Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the army of Saxony did not decline much, but because of the indemnity, it was crushed financially.

"The strength of our infantry is not bad, after all, I have also learned some ways to train infantry from you. However, we could not stop the onslaught of the Saxon knights...... If it hadn't been for the method of digging the hole I learned from you, perhaps our army would have been crushed by the Saxon knights......" Sivag said with a sigh of relief.

The defense method of the second pit of Marin and the oblique wooden stakes is very good at resisting the charge of the knights. In that battle, Sivag commanded his Frisian resistance forces by digging two pits and inserting sloping wooden stakes.

However, the command of the 5,000 soldiers and horses sent by the Duchy of Gedes was not in his hands. The Geddes did not learn to dig a pit in Sivag, so their army was crushed by the Saxon knights and almost perished.

Fortunately, Sivarg and his men fought desperately to save him, and finally protected Gedus's soldiers and horses. But in the process of being impacted, Geddes lost 800 of his 5,000 men......

Luckily, they weren't far from Leeuwarden. Then, with his large army, Sivag quickly fled back to Leeuwarden and began to defend against the fortified city......

However, the defense was not easy either, and the Saxon knights were too brave. They climbed the city walls, and they were also fierce. Rushing to the top of the city will also inflict heavy casualties on the defenders.

It just so happened that Sivarg heard from Danish merchants who had stopped at Harringen that the Swedes had inflicted heavy casualties on the Danish army besieging Stockholm with 1,000 muskets. So, he was moved......

Sivarg knew that Marin's army was generally equipped with muskets. Of the 10,000 troops, there were at least 2,000 musketeers. So, he also wanted to borrow a gun to use against the Saxon knights wearing plate armor......

Therefore, Sivag personally rushed to East Friesland, hoping to borrow 1,000 arquebuses from Marin, or, by virtue of the friendship between the two sides, or, a few hundred......

Marin thought about it for a long time and weighed the pros and cons in his heart......

However, he ultimately refused to lend the Mushkert muskets on active duty to the Friesian Resistance Army. Because, this is too characteristic of East Friesland. When the time comes, the Duchy of Saxony will be able to tell at a glance that this is Marin's gun. After all, the Saxon army had suffered great losses under the muskets of Mushkert before.

When the time comes, if George, Duke of Saxony, makes a fuss in the Imperial Diet, he will not be able to eat and walk around. Perhaps the Saxons will initiate impeachment and lose the Reich parliamentarian......

Therefore, Marin could not lend the muskets of active musketeers to the Friesian Resistance Army. However, it was possible to create a batch of muskets of different calibres for the Friesian resistance, like the ones that supported the Swedes......

However, this batch of muskets also did not come out for no reason. After all, West Friesland is just on the edge of East Friesland and is too sensitive.

So Marin demanded that Sivarg send some representatives to the south to Cologne, Nuremberg, and other large cities where fine craftsmen gathered, to openly and aggressively buy arquebuses, and to buy gunpowder and lead...... This money, Marin will help out. For this purpose, Marin directly sponsored 30,000 gold coins......

In fact, Marin asked Sivag to do so, in order to clear his suspicions - you see, the muskets were bought in places like Cologne and Nuremberg, and they had nothing to do with me......

Moreover, Nuremberg in this era was indeed a gathering place for skilled craftsmen. It is said that the world's first practical rifled gun was born in Nuremberg in 1520......

Therefore, in Nuremberg and Cologne, where there are also many great craftsmen, it is not at all surprising to buy a batch of arquebuses......

Now, there are nearly 1,000 craftsmen in the musket workshop under Marin's command. They were all skilled at making muskets, and could produce hundreds of muskets per day. Even if you help the Friesian Resistance to design and produce a new caliber arquebus, the manufacturing speed will be reduced, and one or two hundred will be produced a day, there will be no problem.

Eventually, Sivag went contented, and immediately sent men to Nuremberg and Cologne to openly buy muskets to cover Marin's support.

On the other hand, Marin also ordered the craftsmen of the musket factory to engrave fake craftsmen from Nuremberg and Cologne on the barrel when making muskets, indicating that they were produced there......