In Newcastle, England, the Morgan Chamber of Commerce Escort Group, a group of 2,000 Frisians led by Saqqara, has successfully gained a foothold and has begun to organize a large number of men to resume the development of the local coal mines.

At this time, Newcastle City was already extremely depressed. Anyone who had a way would have fled Newcastle City a long time ago. It's just that the people who fled were miserable - they all left on foot.

Because, in the first place, the Scots not only robbed all the food, but also killed all the livestock, including the horses of the rich families in Newcastle. Of course, the belongings of those rich families were also robbed.

However, the rich are rich after all, and their social circle is much broader than that of the poor. Many rich people have their own industries in London. There are also many people who have relatives and friends in the south. Moreover, when the Scots robbed at the beginning, they were not so careful, and some wealthy families still had some gold, silver and jewelry, which were hidden in secret places and were not found. Therefore, those wealthy families can live a chic life as long as they bring gold, silver and jewelry to the areas in the south where there is food. It's just that if you want to get out of Newcastle, you can only rely on foot at the moment. The men were fine, but the women, children and the elderly were in difficulty. Therefore, even in wealthy families, many people died on the way to escape the famine, especially the elderly, weak women and children. Because, they have no rations, and halfway through, they pass through areas without food, and money has no effect. Only those wealthy who managed to reach the grainy regions of the South could be given a chance to live.

The rich people in the city have run away, so the remaining city dwellers are mainly some handicraft families. In order to obtain food, some local women in Newcastle were forced to seek out Saqqara's soldiers and seek physical bargaining to obtain food.

In Newcastle, coins are now not universal. The only thing that is common is food. Now, with just a brown loaf of bread, you can sleep with the most beautiful girl in the area......

However, Saqqara was from an authentic East Frisian army and was extremely important to discipline. Moreover, in East Friesland's military discipline, there is a strict military law that "women shall not be humiliated". Therefore, Saqqara forbade the soldiers to make such transactions with the women, so as not to corrupt the military discipline.

Of course, if it is a soldier who is in free love with some unmarried girl, Saqqara does not interfere. In addition, soldiers and female branch girls who had a legal "license to sell their bodies" were also allowed to be traded by the soldiers. But the premise is that this female branch girl must be able to prove that there is no disease.

As a result of the strict enforcement of military discipline in East Friesland in Saqqara, many women from local families who deliberately "went to the sea" lost access to food. So, they came up with a way to find a former clerk in the city who didn't run away (in fact, this guy didn't run away because of his leg problems) and elected him as the interim mayor. Then, the interim mayor, Edura, issued "warrants to sell their bodies" to 1,500 women in a single day. In this way, Newcastle suddenly had 1,500 more legal women.

It is strange that the husbands of these women have acquiesced......

Why? At this time, if there is no food, the whole family will have to starve to death. And getting food from the "Morgan Chamber of Commerce Guard" is almost the only means of survival. So, in the face of life, what is some honor and disgrace?

So, in the following time, near the barracks in Saqqara, some special tents appeared, which were dedicated to certain aspects of trading. The price of each transaction was two slices of brown bread, and then, as the interim mayor who issued the license, Eduro would collect a small corner of a slice of brown bread as a "tax". Although there are very few, a small corner of many slices of bread adds up to more than one loaf of bread.

In this way, the family of the interim mayor Eduarro did not have to worry about food at all......

And the women who do business can also bring life-saving food to their families......

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When Saqqara learned about the situation, he didn't say anything. However, he expressed infinite contempt for men whose wives acquiesced in special occupations, and forbade the army to recruit such unseeded men.

In fact, in order to survive, there were many English farmers who came to Newcastle in search of food as soldiers. It didn't take long for Saqqara to recruit 10,000 horses as Marin had requested. Among them, there are 5,000 farmers who are familiar with archery.

In fact, these 5,000 English farmers who were proficient in archery were all people who were not selected as official longbowmen.

In England, longbowmen were a special class between the knightly class and the commoner class. They have some political privileges and are given more land by the state than ordinary people.

And, most crucially, the English longbowmen were selected from among the common people. Therefore, becoming a longbowman is the only way for ordinary people to advance to the "master" class. Since Edward III ordered the whole population to shoot archery, many farmers would practice archery in their spare time in order to be selected into the official army of longbowmen and gain certain privileges and land.

Of course, the selection of longbowmen is very demanding. It requires the longbowman to be at least 1.75 meters tall (because the longbow itself is 1.5 meters long, too short for anyone too short to handle), and it also requires enough strength to draw the bowstring and shoot 12 long arrows in one go, each time with the bow full. At the same time, there are certain requirements for the quasi-head.

It was precisely because of these high requirements that despite the fact that England had a population of three million and almost all of them were archery, the longbowmen who were actually selected into the king's army were often only about 10,000.

Of course, this is not to say that only 10,000 people meet the requirements. Rather, the English royal family can't afford too much military expenses for longbowmen. Therefore, the number of longbowmen recruited generally did not exceed 10,000. Otherwise, it will be financially unbearable.

Therefore, of the 5,000 farmers selected by Saqqara who are good at archery, 1,000 are fierce men who meet the requirements for the selection of longbowmen. Another 4,000 people, either because they are not tall enough, or for some other reason. Of course, the level is not bad, otherwise Saqqara would not have chosen them.

As for the other 5,000 English farmers, they were more honest and honest, but they were still physically strong. Moreover, their main characteristic is - more obedient......

Such a person is easy to be trained into an elite soldier, this is what Ma Lin himself said. Of course, when it comes to selection, Saqqara and his officers will watch carefully during the competition......

What to observe? Observe whether these people are brave and afraid of getting hurt during the competition......

Why is that? Quite simply, the battlefield is a desperate place, and it takes a lot of courage. If you are too timid during a martial arts competition, it is easy to run away on the battlefield. Those who are not afraid of being injured when selecting martial arts competitions are also more likely to fight desperately on the battlefield than to run away like cowards.

Therefore, the people selected by Saqqara, especially the 5,000 who were going to be trained as spearmen, were strong, honest, and brave farmers.

Their mission was to fend off the enemy's attack with their spears and cover the enemy's 5,000 archers to shoot the enemy. When the enemy has received enough blows from the archers, these 5000 spearmen still have the task of charging forward and completely solving the enemy.

Therefore, in the 10,000-strong English legion, the 5,000 strong, honest, and brave farmers are the real main force. As for the other 5,000 archers with good archery ability, they can only be regarded as fire support, and the requirements are not so high.

After recruiting these 10,000 troops, the ambitious Saqara, carried out strict military training for these 10,000 people, using the Spanish phalanx to train these people.

Of course, the original musketeer, was replaced by Saqqara for an archer. As for where the bow and arrow come from? Newcastle interim mayor Aduro had something to say – he opened Newcastle City's arsenal and found 3,000 spare English longbows. It's not enough, but it's still useful. As for the shortage of 2,000 bows, Saqqara has already found specialized personnel to step up their construction.

Lacking the time to tame the bow as is the case with traditional English longbow making, Saqqara simply asked the craftsman to make an ordinary bow by scorching the bow to shape it. Although this affects performance, many archers do not meet the selection standards of English longbowmen, and it is just right to use a second-class bow......