Chapter 556： Trooping West Friesland

The next day, Marin divided the territory into East Friesland, West Friesland, Oldenburg, Bremen, Schleswig, Jutland, South Münster, North Münster, Austria A total of nine provinces of Snabbruck were published as documents.

But what embarrassed Marin was-he suddenly discovered that Severisland hadn't seem to have it yet ...

So, after a few days of rest, Marin ordered the army to regroup. Then, 20,000 troops were selected, one pair of horses, ready to march towards West Friesland.

Of course, Marin is not willing to fight this tough battle. Because, he won, why should he desperately? Now the Principality of Geddes lacks strength. Since the Swiss mercenaries have left, only about 7,000 people remain in the army stationed in the Duchy of Geddes.

According to intelligence, the seven thousand Gede Division army is divided into two parts. Three thousand of them are stationed in Groningen, guarding this Hanse commercial city that can bring a lot of taxes. The remaining 4,000 people watched over 10,000 prisoners of war who twice defeated the captives of the army of the Principality of Saxony.

West Friesland has a large population, about 200,000 people, and it belongs to a place with a large population. In addition, the area is not small, and has been coveted.

However, with the wars of the past few years, the population of West Friesland has dropped, and a loss of 30,000 or 40,000 people has been lost. Some fled, some starved to death, and the labor force was reduced a lot.

Now the Gede people hold more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, and they originally wanted to change the money. It is a pity that George has no money to redeem people. Even if the money can be withdrawn, it is estimated that it will take many years.

However, these prisoners of war cannot be kept in vain. Even for the worst food for them, the ration of tens of thousands of prisoners of war is a big expense.

Therefore, Charles II, Duke of Geddes, decided to learn Marin, and pulled the prisoners of war to reclaim the wasteland and open up new farmland, which belonged to Charles II. Or, take out part of the newly reclaimed farmland to reward the soldiers.

In this way, for more than half a year, the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners actually helped Charles II, Duke of Geddes, to reclaim 10,000 eugrams of arable land in the west of Friesland. Even part of the cultivated land is planted with grain, just waiting for the autumn harvest in October. Of the seven thousand garrisons stationed in West Friesland, four thousand people escorted the Saxon prisoners of war to the west of West Friesland to reclaim the wasteland.

The intelligence was reported by Coke's spy arranged in West Friesland. Marin had long coveted West Friesland, and naturally had long paid attention to sending people there to collect intelligence. Therefore, Marin now knows where the enemy is.

Moreover, this occupation of West Friesland is actually just one of the characters. Another mission is also very important, that is-to help George recapture the more than ten thousand Saxony prisoners of war.

Therefore, the 20,000 troops dispatched to West Friesland were divided into two groups-a monthly group of 6,000 people, surrounded by Groningen; another group of 40,000 people, went straight to the west of West Friesland, surrounded the 4,000 The Gede Division army, and those more than 10,000 prisoners of war.

Of course, this time Marin did not intend to fight. The 20,000 troops were sent only to frighten the Gede people and force them to surrender the land obediently.

In addition, if the military is really used, the forced Gedesi army is likely to kill the prisoners and release their anger. By that time, his promise to help George solve the prisoner of war problem would be defeated.

Therefore, this time, Marin intends to use the method of military intimidation and negotiation as a supplement to solve the problem of West Friesland.

First of all, Marin must send a large army, but also to send a superior force that makes the Gede people feel desperate, so that they can not give birth to resistance. In this way, forcing him to surrender West Frisian, there is no big problem.

Secondly, the issue of prisoners of war is also an important issue. According to the habits of Europeans, prisoners of war are eligible for redemption. However, if the defeated person cannot pay the ransom, the winner is qualified to deal with the prisoners of war. The nobility is better, if it is a waste of food, it is still possible to kill a group of civilian prisoners of war. After all, those prisoners of war from serfdom are not individuals in the eyes of nobles.

The problem is that when George defeated for the second time, most of his army was sponsored by his allies, including the four thousand Dutch soldiers loaned to him by Emperor Maximilian I.

He had to redeem these troops, including those civilian soldiers. Otherwise, there is no way to explain to allies. Therefore, Marin had to get the prisoners of war intact and return them to George. Otherwise, even if Marin did not complete the agreement between the two parties, it may be deemed that the purchase of West Frisian failed.

Therefore, for safety's sake, Marin does not intend to use force with the Gedsi army at this time to prevent them from jumping into the wall and killing Saxon prisoners on a large scale.

Moreover, Marin had already planned to wait until he found evidence of the collusion of the Geddes with France, and then sent troops to the homeland of the Principality of Geddes. Therefore, there is no need to fight the grass and startle the snake at this time, and fight with the Gede people prematurely.

Therefore, Marin ’s method is-on the one hand, relying on the army ’s strong combat power, intimidating the Gedsi people, forcing them to voluntarily abandon West Friesland; POW ...

As long as Lincoln pays, the Duke of Geddes will not be angry to kill the prisoner to vent his anger. After all, more money is less money.

Of those more than 10,000 prisoners of war, Marin intends to bid 300,000 gold coins. In fact, it is the 250,000 gold coins sold to the emperor's second-hand weapons, and a fraction of 50,000 gold coins is added.

This price may not be comparable to the actual value of more than one million gold coins. However, that is a huge sum of money.

Whether to hand over the more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners in exchange for the 300,000 gold coins, or to kill the prisoners to vent their anger, I believe that the old traitor Charles Duke of Geddes still knows how to choose.

Of course, in order to prevent accidents, the main purpose is to prevent the Gedesi from transferring prisoners of war. Therefore, Malinte dispatched 40,000 main troops, a pair of horses, and hurried to the western plains of West Friesland, blocking the road to the south of the Gedes.

The reason for this is that the Gedsi army, which oversees more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war, will decisively take the prisoners of war south after learning that Groningen was attacked. If they brought those prisoners of war back to the territory of the Duchy of Geddes, Marin was really unlucky to pursue.

After all, he will pretend to be a peace pigeon for a long time, and try not to do anything if he can. Moreover, if they do not go to war, they can fully confuse the Principality of Geddes and make them think they are safe. After Marin found the evidence and then raided the Principality of Geddes, it would be easier. Spend some money today to redeem the prisoners of war safely. After real discovery of Gedsi's betrayal of the country, and then captured Gedsi, the loss can be recovered, and you can get more.

This time ~ www.novelhall.com ~ In addition to intimidating opponents, it is also to prevent the enemy from killing or transferring those Saxon prisoners of war. Then, spend a small amount of money to redeem the prisoners of war. In this way, he not only occupied West Friesland, but also fulfilled his promise to recapture more than 10,000 Saxon prisoners of war.

Therefore, while excluding 20,000 troops into West Friesland, Marin also sent a letter to the Principality of Geddes to send a letter to Charles II, Duke of Geddes, first to tell the other party that he had sent 20,000 troops Entering the fact of West Friesland, then, strongly demanded that 300,000 gold coins be used to purchase prisoners of war worth more than one million gold coins.

Under the threat of his own army, I believe that Charles II, Duke of Geddes, still knows how to choose ...

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