Ma Lin also suddenly realized at this time that for more than ten years, Ma Lin had been building regularized and mercenaries, and he had been in contact with the regularized mercenaries of the Beihai State for a long time, so that he almost forgot the virtues of ordinary German mercenaries.

How to put it, ordinary German mercenaries are almost a group of armed floating population. These brave guys, after leaving their hometowns, followed the mercenary group to travel all over the world and accept different employers.

These people live a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and the day is precarious. Therefore, many mercenaries are very indulgent. They love to drink because they can anesthetize themselves by drinking. I also love to recruit women, because they are young and strong, they are full of energy and have nowhere to vent.

Therefore, many liquor dealers and female branch girls, because of the needs of these mercenaries, choose to follow behind those rich mercenaries and earn commissions for mercenaries' hard work.

Of course, there are also some mercenaries who love their families and choose to take their wives and children with them and act with the mercenary army. Others brought their parents with them to follow the army.

The families of these mercenaries are not in vain. In normal times, the families of these mercenaries will also be responsible for cooking for the mercenaries, helping them sew clothes, and solving the mercenaries' worries.

Only when the war starts, the mercenaries will be temporarily separated from the family members and vendors and female branch girls who are with the group. After the fight, they will mix up again.

Even, some lords like this kind of mercenary group with family members very much, helping them defend the city. Why? Because with family members, these mercenaries will not surrender casually. This is because the army of this era has the habit of slaughtering cities. If the city is destroyed, the families of those mercenaries will not escape death. Therefore, it will make those mercenaries work harder when defending the city.

Therefore, Schwartz's suggestion is still very reliable. It's just that there's a problem......

"Schwartz, your idea of having young immigrants pretend to be mercenaries is a good idea. However, in the ordinary situation, there is no pretending to be a mercenary's fierceness. You know, a lot of serfs, they are scared when they see those officers and soldiers. In front of those officers and soldiers guarding the gates, they will show their stuff......"

Schwartz thought for a moment and said:

"That's a problem...... However, we can give them a few days of emergency military training before they leave. Don't train any combat skills, just train the queue. Also, train them not to look around. As long as you don't make eye contact with the officers and soldiers guarding the pass, those people will not be so easy to expose! ”

"Also, we can train in the queue while we are on the road. As long as the queue goes well and looks like a regular army, it's fine! ”

Ma Lin thought about it, it was really, this kind of army that was good-looking and really fought and coerced by war, there were many in the future. Anyway, they don't need to face the army of the vassal states that just defended the pass, it's just for show, there should be no problem.

However, in order to pretend to be more like, Marin decided to send some veterans to serve as instructors for these immigrant youth. With veterans in front of them, it looks more like a regular mercenary team.

At this point, Kohler asks another question:

"By the way, if there are too many mercenary groups coming north, no matter how stupid others are, they can guess that they are coming to Beihai Country. Once you guess it, you will definitely continue to stop it. How to solve this problem? ”

Marin and Schwartz were stunned......

Yes, if a few mercenary teams go north, others won't suspect anything. However, Marin wants to immigrate for a long time, and the number must be very large. If there is a "mercenary group" rushing to the direction of Beihai Country every day, it will be difficult for others not to suspect it.

After thinking for a long time, Marin said:

"In this case, we will divide the German region into several regions and divide them into regions. Those in north-central Germany close to the North Sea Country directly disguised themselves as mercenaries and entered the North Sea Country. ”

"As for the eastern and southeastern regions, they can first go east, into the territory of Poland. The King of Poland is my brother-in-law, and when he enters Poland, he must have made a smooth journey, and then arrives on the Baltic Sea, and is loaded on a ship and transported back to the North Sea Country......"

"As for the immigrants from the southwest of Germany...... Divide into two roads, those close to the Rhine, try to take the waterway. Those who did not rely on the Rhine turned to Austria and asked them to issue a certificate that Austria itself had gone to the Netherlands. When you reach the Netherlands, the North Sea Kingdom is on the border......"

Kohler nodded repeatedly:

"It's a good idea, so that the only people who need to enter the North Sea country directly are immigrants from the central and northern regions. Migrants from the southeast and southwest could borrow from Poland and the Habsburg fiefdoms, respectively, or take the Rhine. In this way, it will be more difficult for those princes to intercept. ”

Schwartz added:

"If you are afraid that the princes are worried that there will be too many people passing through, you can also divide the people who pretend to be mercenaries into two parts—one part continues to pretend to be mercenaries and accompany their families; The other part continues to walk the trail ......"

Kohler chimed in:

"Aren't those who walk on the path afraid of being intercepted?"

Schwartz Road:

"Don't be afraid, the two teams move forward together, echoing each other. When the team pretending to be a mercenary group on the surface passed the level, the officers of those vassal states would never dare to divide their troops to intercept the team that took the path. Because, they have to guard against the 'mercenary' team......"

"I see......" Kohler realized.

In this era, the difference between a mercenary and a robber was not very great. Therefore, the mercenaries crossed the border, although those princes did not want to provoke easily, but they must be full of vigilance. Therefore, their army must be on guard against "mercenaries" crossing the border. As for the wanderers in the mountain paths, they are not so important. By the time the team had passed, the people who had taken the path had almost left that side. At this time, even if the army of the vassal states went to check, they could not find the team that took the path...... In this way, with the help of the "mercenary group" on the surface, the team that takes the small road can also avoid the interception of the armies of those vassal states......

……

After discussing these details, Marin arranged for Kohler to arrange the matter. Kohler has been in charge of the intelligence organization "North Sea Chamber of Commerce" for many years, and he has become very proficient in these private tasks, and nothing will go wrong.

However, Marin still wrote a note asking Kohler to go to Sauer's side and seconded a group of scouts. After all, when it comes to the ability to walk paths in the field and avoid enemy officers and soldiers, those scouts are professional. With those scouts leading the way, the team will have a smoother path walk.

……

After finishing these things, Marin just wanted to rest for a while, but his guards came to report:

"Grand Duke, the representative of the Crimeans came and said to bring the 2000 Cossacks you wanted!"

"What? So soon they were ready? Marlin was taken aback. You know, when he placed the order, it was November. Jama Khan will have to go back from the North Sea Kingdom for a month. It's only February, and the Crimean Khanate is sending Cossack families to a long time. That is, in the middle they caught 2,000 Cossacks, which was very short......