Chapter 2166： Shinra Traitor

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"Deduction? What's the deduction?" Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, was a little inexplicable.

"Deduced how you destroyed me! Didn't you threaten to destroy Beihai State? That's good, now, let's publicly deduct it and see if you can destroy Beihai State!" Ma Lin replied confidently.

The princes looked at each other, but they were all angry-this is so arrogant!

Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, said angrily:

"Marin, don't think that the North Sea Nation is so powerful that you will be deceived! Although your North Sea Nation is strong, but if our princes unite together, you can gather more than 200,000 troops, and you are afraid that you will not defeat the North Sea Nation?"

Marin sneered and said:

"I know that if you put your all together, maybe you can really make up an army of two hundred thousand. But, you guys, do you have enough money to feed an army of two hundred thousand?"

After a pause, Marin continued:

"At that time, the North Sea country does not need to fight head-on with you, just stick to the fortress and delay time. With your financial strength, as long as you drag it for two or three months, many of you will go bankrupt!"

The expressions of the princes changed suddenly, because Marin spoke to their hearts. It's okay to make up an army of more than two hundred thousand. There are not enough people. You can pretend to be a farmer as a conscript to make up the number. However, the problem of money and food is difficult to solve.

More than two hundred thousand young people, including civilian husbands, are at least 500,000. During the war, the 500,000 army consumed at least 500,000 to 600,000 pounds of grain every day. If it drags on for three months, it will be forty to fifty million pounds. The price per pound of rye is 1 pfennig, and 50 million pounds is 50 million pfennig, which is almost worth more than 830,000 gold coins.

This is only the consumption of food, in addition, it also needs to be paid. For an army of more than two hundred thousand, at least 100,000 must be mercenaries. 100,000 mercenaries, according to the amount of employment per person of 3 pfennigs per day, 300,000 pfennigs per day, and 27 million pfennigs for three months.

But the actual situation is not so calculated, the actual consumption is much higher than this. Because it is impossible for an officer's salary to be 3 pfennigs a day, which is much higher than this. For example, the average Cavaliers earn 1 shilling and 8 pfennigs per day, which is 20 pfennigs per day. The commissions of general grassroots officers are the same as this, but the daily salary of officers in higher positions is much higher.

For example, in Napoleon's French army, less than one franc. The recruits are even worse. The French captain's daily salary is as high as 8 francs, more than eight times that of ordinary soldiers. The daily salary of the commander of the group army and the quartermaster is as high as 100 francs, which is more than a hundred times that of ordinary soldiers. The marshal's daily salary is 111 francs, which is more than one hundred and ten times the daily salary of ordinary soldiers.

Therefore, the salary expenditure required by the army of more than 200,000 pfennigs per day is far more than 300,000 pfennigs, and should exceed 400,000 pfennigs.

In addition, the food consumption of war horses in the army is also an extremely terrifying figure. Generally, the daily food consumption of each horse is more than five times that of humans. For example, in the French military code, it is more than 10 pounds.

According to this standard, if you come with 10,000 war horses, the daily food consumption is worth the consumption of a 100,000 army...

However, the core military forces of each vassal state are precisely those plate-armored knights. In Germany, the children of nobles who are suitable to be heavy horses in plate armor are estimated to be more than 200,000. Of course, there are tens of thousands of people who belong to the emperor's camp. The Anti-Habsburg League can mobilize up to a hundred thousand.

But the power of knights really can't be used. If a knight plays in battle, it will bring 5 attendants. Moreover, the knight has spare horses and consumes a lot of food every day. As for the knight servants, at least two or three combat servants also ride horses, and their horse feed is also provided by the party sending troops.

If 100,000 plate-armored knights are dispatched, just to feed the horses every day, at least 400,000 horses must be fed. However, the consumption of food for horses is more than five times that of ordinary people. So, this will be scary!

In the face of extremely huge expenses, the poor German princes, at most tens of thousands of plate armor heavy cavalry, and a large number of auxiliary light cavalry, and levies.

Even if we save more, we should form an army based on the size of an army of 200,000. When the time comes to fight, once a protracted war falls, the finances of the princes will definitely collapse!

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This is by no means a joke. You must know that at present, in Europe, except for Marin, who is good at bombing city gates and burning city gates with gasoline barrels, other countries are seriously lacking the means to break the city. Therefore, it is often necessary to conquer a fortress and be besieged for months or even more than a year. Encountering a very strong fortified city, it is possible to besiege for a few years.

However, whether it was Marin or Frederick III and other princes, it was clear that the princes did not have the money and food needed to besiege the city of the North Sea country for a long time...

"We can **** North Sea country's money and food for our own use!" Duke Anthony's eyes lit up and deduced.

Marin smiled and shook his head, saying:

"Your Excellency Anthony, you may be disappointed. The granaries of the North Sea country are basically built on the banks of the big river, with the Munster Canal leading directly to Aurich. Moreover, every granary is stationed by loyal troops. If the princes really enter The North Sea country, those loyal troops guarding the granary either took the grain away by the river or set it on fire! Therefore, there is no problem of seizing grain from us to feed the army. Maybe you can seize some scattered grain , But the big granary will never be seized."

"Burned? Are you crazy? The locals don't want to eat food?" Duke Anthony didn't understand.

Marin sneered:

"Huh, don’t burn it, are you still waiting to be snatched by your army? I know very well that mercenaries crossing the border and grabbing grain are only basic operations. Even if I leave the grain in the granary, your army will never divide it. Food is given to the locals. Therefore, as long as they fall, the locals will inevitably be starved to death. Instead of this, it is better to ignore the enemy's invasion and burn the stock directly!"

"It's a big deal, everyone starved to death! The people who starved to death here are just ordinary farmers who can be recruited in the future. And you starved to death, that is a large number of soldiers, let's see who is the best deal!"

"This trick is called'Strengthening the Wall and Clearing the Country' in the military, and it does not leave any food for the invading army!"

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"It's a vicious'strong wall and clear country'!" The princes suddenly numbed their scalp. If an army of more than two hundred thousand people is short of food, let alone killing the enemy, there may be direct infighting.

Afterwards, everyone continued to deduct. Duke Anthony proposed that not only can we make up an army of more than one hundred and two hundred thousand, but the French side can also make up an army of more than 100,000! If the two join forces, there will be no problem in breaking the North Sea country.

After looking at Duke Anthony deeply, Marin asked:

"My lord, are you the high lord of Germany or the servant of the French? Your position is very wrong. First of all, you are a high lord of Germany, and your main fief is in Germany, not France! When thinking about problems, Please put the interests of Germany first, not the interests of France!"

Marin hates this person. He is obviously a German, but UU reading is only for France. In history, after the death of Maximilian I, when he was running for the emperor, this guy unexpectedly launched Francois I to compete with Charles V! Who is Francois I? That is the King of France! If it becomes the emperor, then France has an excuse to annex Germany. At that time, the whole of Germany will be finished. Fortunately, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, was more sober and was not blinded by the contradiction with the Habsburg family. He took the lead in choosing Charles V of the Habsburg family and rejected the King of France. The French found an excuse for annexation.

Use one word to describe the Lord Duke, that is-Virtuous...

Of course, this is related to his growth experience. This duke had an excellent relationship with the late French King Louis XII. Moreover, he and his brother Claude lived in the French court of Louis XII for eight years, until they returned to China in 1508 to inherit the title of Duke of Lorraine.

Even, in the original history, this cargo participated in the French army twice and entered Italy, once following Louis XII and once following Francois I.

Of course, because of Marin's relationship in this time and space, the time of Louis XII's entry into Italy changed, and Anthony did not participate. Otherwise, Marin could point his nose directly to curse.

In addition to growing up at the French court, Duke Anthony is also the Duke of Barr of France. But the duke of France actually has no real power. After all, the French king has centralized power, and the duke has no real power. But the Duke of Anthony, he is so irony, he loves France, not Germany.

Moreover, his personal relationship with François I was excellent, which is why he elected François I as emperor in 1519. But no matter how good the personal relationship is, you can’t ignore the interests of Shinra and let a Frenchman be the emperor of Shinra! So, this guy is a traitor to Shinra!