What bold ideas? Marin planned to select 10,000 out of the tens of thousands of Hungarian prisoners of war and form an army to deal with the coming war.

Marlin is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the situation on the English side, because Edward is now making small moves and is doing his best to eliminate Marlin's influence in order to achieve the goal of not being controlled by Marin.

To be honest, Edward's approach was undoubtedly quite correct from his own point of view. But from Marin's point of view - what kind of scene did you rob a "supporting role" who was supposed to die and was rescued by me? Can't you honestly be a supporting role? You have to steal the protagonist's role! This is forcing the protagonist to let you get a boxed lunch early......

Not only did Edward do this, but the nobility of England was also unhappy that there was a foreign prince with a strong army in his hand. The point is that Marin's 20,000-strong army is still stationed in England. Although half of them were transferred to Scotland and Ireland by Edward and the English ministers, 10,000 men were still in England itself.

You know, this is not a levy, but a standing army with strong combat effectiveness! And how many standing troops did England have? Previously, there were only a few thousand standing troops in England. However, after Marin released two legions, in order to prevent these two legions from rebelling, Edward had to recruit two 10,000-strong legions as his descendants, in order to protect himself. However, because there were still many remnants of the Tudor dynasty, it was true that so many troops were needed to ensure safety.

But now, with the murder of Margaret, the last princess of the Tudor dynasty, and the so-called "Little Prince Henry", and Edward's years of purging the domestic rebels, England has basically stabilized. Then, it was time for peace to "put swords and guns into Kuma and put them on Nanshan".

Edward was eager to disband most of the army, but he saw that Marin's 20,000-strong army was still there, showing no sign of disbanding or withdrawing. Therefore, he did not dare to easily disband the 20,000 troops under his command.

But 20,000 standing troops! Even at a threepence per person per day, the cost would be more than £90,000 a year. But the problem is that the annual revenue of the English royal family is only a few hundred thousand pounds. The burden of such military spending is too heavy.

Therefore, in the past few years, Edward's finances have basically been in serious deficits every year! Fortunately, he killed all the great nobles of the Tudor dynasty at the beginning, and confiscated a lot of money and grain, so as to maintain the expenses of these years.

But Edward knew that if he continued like this, within two or three years, all the money he had obtained by confiscating the property of the great nobles would be spent. And, in order to keep the army afloat, he had to borrow from the bankers at loan sharks.

It was for this reason that Edward was eager to remove most of Marin's garrison in England. In this way, he was able to disband most of the standing army, and only keep seven or eight thousand standing troops. In this way, he was able to save more than half of his military spending, allowing the English court to break even.

Edward was not a tyrant like Marin, and it was not difficult to maintain an army of tens of thousands. According to the financial level of England, maintaining a standing army of seven or eight thousand is the normal range of bearing. Anything more, that's exceeding.

Therefore, Edward planned to reduce Marlin's garrison in England to less than 5,000 men within two or three years. Of course, the Irish and Scottish sides were unstable, and Marin needed to help them guard for a few years free of charge.

This is not a secret, but the consensus of the government and the opposition in England. Marin knew, so he also planned to let Edward get the boxed lunch in a year or two. Then he himself took control of England.

However, once he annexed England, a major war with France was inevitable. After all, the French would never allow such an army power as England and the North Sea States to unite.

In order to prepare for the war, Marin deliberately cooperated with the emperor before, and openly expanded the army, intending to form the Seventh Army. The princes also seem to have been deceived and acquiesced in his recruitment of mountain dwellers in southern Germany.

But Marlin knew that that was not enough......

Even if another 10,000 regiments were recruited, there would be 5 regiments of 50,000 people in Beihai Province itself, plus a non-reserve Cossack cavalry regiment that grazes and cultivates land in peacetime and is only called up in wartime.

An army of 55,000 looks like a lot, but it can face more enemies......

As long as Marin annexes England, the French Congress will be angry, and the other German states will also be jealous and crazy, and it is likely to join forces with France to deal with Marin.

Therefore, when the time comes, the war will basically be regarded as a life-and-death battle for the Beihai Kingdom. If you lose, you will lose the Beihai country.

In this case, the army, naturally, the more the better, and the stronger the better.

Previously, Marin had planned to recruit a 10,000-strong army from among the tens of thousands of German immigrants in the North American colonies. Once there is a war on the mainland, the 10,000-strong army will be mobilized to return to China to participate in the war.

But that's not enough!

The 65,000-strong army could only defeat the French army alone, but it could not resist the attack of the German princes behind it. Therefore, Marin intends to prepare at least 75,000 or even 80,000 troops. In this way, you can guarantee undefeated!

In other words, Marin also wants to expand the army of 10,000 people!

But where do people come from?

Previously, Marin had also considered the fifty or sixty thousand Hungarian prisoners of war. After all, they are all strong men with combat experience. As long as you choose well, 10,000 elites can still be selected.

Marin, however, did not trust the Hungarians. After all, the idea that "those who are not of my race must have different hearts" is deeply rooted. Moreover, those Hungarian prisoners of war are all rebellious and belong to bandits with "criminal records", which is even more unreassuring.

So, those Hungarians, Marin had planned to make them peasants and develop the American colonies.

But the plan could not keep up with the change, and since the plan to take hundreds of thousands of people from the island of Haiti to farm in North America, Marin suddenly found that there seemed to be no shortage of working people in the North American colonies......

Coupled with the report from the Haitian side, Marin suddenly realized that the more than 60,000 Hungarian prisoners of war could also be used......

However, due to the question of loyalty, Marin called Kohler and asked him to send someone to investigate the situation of the more than 63,000 Hungarian prisoners of war left in the Goslar mines. Mainly, there is a question of recognition of Germany......

Kohler sent someone to the church in the Goslar mine to find out the progress of his German studies......

The reason is simple - those who learn German tend to have a higher sense of identity with the North Sea country. And those prisoners of war who refused to learn German were often die-hards and refused to cooperate.

Fortunately, most POWs know how to be flexible. A few days later, the data came back that only a little over 10,000 prisoners of war were die-hards, insisting that they did not want to learn German properly and that they did not want to integrate into German society. The remaining 40,000 people are just ordinary people who follow the crowd and are still willing to learn German and integrate into the society of Beihai Kingdom. After all, Marin had made it clear before that learning German would be better.

Marin then picked up the roster and began to check the situation of the more than 40,000 prisoners of war who were willing to integrate into the North Sea State......

As a result, Marin found that the Hungarian prisoners of war, who seemed to be willing to integrate into the society of the North Sea State, were mostly young people. And the more than 10,000 prisoners of war who refused to integrate seem to be mostly middle-aged, and even some elderly......

Marin immediately understood......

After all, young people are more receptive to new things and ideas. And older people prefer to keep their original habits and ideas, and it is difficult to change them.

But Marin conscription, just like young people. Because, they have better physical strength and explosiveness, and they can serve for a longer time. What made Marin happiest was that more than 20,000 of the more than 40,000 young Hungarian prisoners of war who had learned German were once cavalrymen!

O Hungarian cavalry! It was a well-known class of troops during the war period, and it was also a representative of the European light cavalry! Even, the Polish hussars were developed by borrowing the fighting style of the Hungarian hussars. Specifically, in fact, it is just that the hussars put on cuirass armor and iron helmets.

Most of these Magyar cavalrymen from Hungary grew up on horseback and were skilled in horsemanship. Moreover, they are also good at using sabers and spears, much like the fighting style of the Polish hussars. After all, the Polish hussars also learned from them.

In general, in the first round of charge, the Hungarian hussars charged with spears. But when charging with a spear, it is difficult to draw the spear after it penetrates the enemy's body. After all, there is no lingering complex on the spear that is easy to draw.

So, after the first charge, many Hungarian hussars had to abandon their spears after stabbing the enemy. Otherwise, their arms will not be able to bear and will even break their bones.

Then, if the group charge continues, the Hungarian hussars will draw their European-style straight swords and continue the charge. In the case of a scuffle, they will draw their scimitars at their waists and slash at the enemy......

In other words, both the Hungarian hussars and the Polish hussars generally carried three weapons at this time - the spear of the first charge, the knight's straight sword and the scimitar. Depending on the situation, they will use different weapons.

This requires a high level of quality from the cavalry itself, because they need to be proficient in the use of three different weapons, and they are skilled in using them on horseback.

Therefore, it was difficult to pick people from among the peasants and train them into hussars. Later, in the 19th century, in order to avoid the shortcomings of the peasants' ability to fight on horseback, they simply developed a wall charge that did not rely much on individual ability, which can be regarded as a divine operation out of desperation.

However, in terms of mobility and use, it is clear that the agile hussars are much better than the peasant cavalry that can only charge against the wall.

These Hungarian cavalry can not only charge in battle, but can also be used to attack enemy supply lines in peacetime, and can also infiltrate enemy territory to wreak havoc. Or, to act as a scout and courier.

Moreover, the Hungarians (i.e., Magyars) were originally a people on horseback, but in the past few hundred years they have gradually turned to agriculture, and most of their people, nomadic characteristics, have been retained. Therefore, among the more than 60,000 prisoners of war, there are more than 20,000 light cavalry alone, which is a very high proportion. And most of them, young people, are happy to accept Marin's solicitation. After all, there's no one who doesn't like good treatment......

After much thought, Marin decided to select the strongest 10,000 men from the more than 20,000 Hungarian hussar prisoners to form a new cavalry legion.

Once the war with the French began, these 10,000 Hungarian hussars would have a huge effect. Not to mention anything else, but the destruction of the supply line would make the French army unbearable. Coupled with the fact that the mainland is fortified and cleared, the supply problem alone can drag the French to death.

Moreover, the Hungarian hussars already had a strong assault ability. If they find a flaw in the enemy's army, these men will use their spears to launch a merciless assault and slaughter on the enemy line......