Chapter 697： Send the captive to dig coal

Here two Marin and Edward gangsters are planning for Scotland, and the statistics of the results there have come out. Quartermaster Walder made a guest role in the statistics of the results, which came from the merchant's family, and the calculation is better.

"Dagong, the results of the war have come out!" Wald doesn't understand English, only German, so he can only report to Marin.

"speak!"

"According to statistics, this time 10,000 enemy soldiers suffered a total of 2700 casualties. Among them, 2154 were wounded and 546 were killed on the spot. But of the 2154 wounded, it is estimated that more than 700 will be injured because of injuries. Die to death ... "

"How come the mortality rate is so high? We should be treated by our military doctors, so many people should not die?" Marin was puzzled. Most of his army and wounded soldiers can be cured.

"Dagong, this is the case. These wounds that are difficult to cure are basically injured by muskets. The damage caused by lead bullets is too serious, and the military doctors said that it is difficult to save ..."

"It turns out ..." Marin suddenly. The damage of cold weapons is easy to heal, but the spherical lead ball weighing 30 grams will roll over in the human body, causing huge trauma. Severe, it will cause a blood hole in the mouth of the bowl, which is very difficult to cure. In addition, lead is toxic. Being hit by a lead bullet not only caused a large wound, but also was difficult to heal. Therefore, it is indeed difficult to save people who have been shot.

"In addition, there are 7,300 healthy captives. 465 of them have noble status. This is the situation on the side of the war barracks. Healing the civilian strong camp, there are a total of seven thousand civilian strong, all surrendered, no casualties ..." Wald continued to report.

"None of the 465 nobles were injured?"

"No, 326 people were injured, basically the same group of knights who fled with James IV. In addition, there were 52 nobles who died in battle, not counted among these 465." Knights are also nobles, but they are the lowest nobles.

Malin suddenly felt abrupt, and it seemed that the nobility was still afraid of death. Moreover, there are rules in Europe where nobles are allowed to be redeemed. Therefore, in critical situations, nobles generally choose to surrender and save lives. Only a small number of nobles, who were unlucky, were killed before the overall situation was decided.

"The 326 injured knights are included in the 2,700 casualties?" Marin asked.

"Yes, Grand Duke."

"That is to say, 139 nobles were not injured, including James IV?"

"That's right!"

"So, of the healthy prisoners, 7161 are not nobles?"

"Dagong, you are really good at counting, and you can do it mentally. It's really amazing! Unlike your subordinates, you have to do it by writing." Wald clapped.

"Well, I ’m not mathematics, I just want to say that the 7161 healthy non-noble Scottish prisoners of war have sent me to the Newcastle coal mine to dig coal!"

"Digging coal?" Wald was dumbfounded. He couldn't keep up with Marin's rhythm of thinking.

"Nonsense, so many prisoners of war, and the daily food consumption is a big problem. Instead of raising them in vain, it is better to rush them to the coal mine to dig coal! It happened that this time because the Scots invaded the coal mine and stopped working for a while, this The crowd rushed to dig coal to make up for the loss some time ago! "Marin waved impatiently. At present, local coal-fired coal is supplied by Newcastle coal mines. Some time ago, due to war shutdowns, local coal mines are expected to have short supply difficulties.

"Then ... how about the Newcastle miners hired before?"

"Similarly dig coal! However, the two groups of people are separated. These Scottish prisoners arranged for them to go to the coal mines where the terrain is dangerous and difficult to escape! But they must be shackled!"

"understand!"

"Duke Marin, what are you talking about?" Edward didn't understand German, and he didn't know what Marin was talking about.

"Your Majesty, I'm arranging things about prisoners of war." Marin turned his head and said with a smile.

"Prisoner of war? How did you arrange it?"

"Digging coal! There are so many coal mines in Newcastle. It is time to arrange the uninjured prisoners of war to dig coal!"

"However, it is not good for you to decide the arrangement of prisoners of war like this ..." Edward was somewhat dissatisfied that Marin decided the arrangement of prisoners of war without consulting with himself.

"Your Majesty, this is more than seven thousand prisoners of war. I don't object if you want it. However, can you get the ration of more than seven thousand strong men?" Marin asked.

"This ..." Edward was suddenly speechless. He was a poor ghost. If Marin and the French had helped to pay a lot of money, he wouldn't get up. Speaking of food, his own food is provided by Marin.

"So, I let the more than seven thousand prisoners of war mine in Newcastle. I provide food, isn't it good?"

Edward thought about it right, nodded, but asked again:

"Are there any nobles among the more than 7,000 prisoners of war? It is a bad rule to let nobles dig for coal."

"No, nobles. We went south with the army. Those who stayed in Newcastle to dig coal were civilian Scottish soldiers."

"That's fine, but are you not afraid of the riots of these Scottish soldiers? They are combative."

"It's okay, I'll bring them shackles. In addition, I will let 5000 people of the Siwag's Fifth Legion to stay and supervise the prisoners to dig coal. At the same time, be prepared to send people to rob people in Scotland.

"That's fine ..." Edward nodded, but still regretted. Because, he originally intended to win over Siwag for his own use. But the northern side does have to guard against the Scots attacking again. After all, although these 10,000 people are the main force of Scotland, there are still some old and weak second- and third-tier troops in Scotland. If they attacked and no one was defending, these prisoners of war might have been robbed back, allowing Scotland to restore its military strength. Therefore, it is necessary to keep people on defense.

As for the remaining seven thousand Scotsmen's arrangements, Marin and Edward once again disagreed. Edward believes that these seven thousand people are relatively honest, and can be used as a coolie to help transport to the south.

But Marin objected, and Marin ’s reason was that he had previously captured 15,000 English soldiers and about 14,000 English prisoners of war. In addition, the Marin Army itself has brought more than 10,000 people, and they are staying in Grimsby at the moment. If these seven thousand Scotsmen are taken southwards, the food supply of the army will be extremely difficult.

"Can be placed in Newcastle, the food supply is not as difficult?" Edward asked rhetorically.

"No, Your Majesty, Newcastle is a port. I can ship food from Emden. The transportation is very convenient. And it is very troublesome to take these people to the road and transport food on the way. It is very troublesome. These people do not have to do anything else. , Just transport the grain. "

After thinking for a while, Edward agreed to leave the seven thousand Scotsmen temporarily in Newcastle. Then, Marin felt that he could not keep these people as uncles ~ www.novelhall.com ~ had to work ... So, these seven thousand Scotsmen have become coal miners ... Of course, because they are honest , There is no fighting power, no need to wear shackles ...

Sivagg, who came to Marin to accept the order, said in shock:

"Erdi, God, this time there are more than 14,000 more coal laborers digging coal, how much coal have to be dug up? However, my current task seems to be to first create fetters for the more than 7,000 prisoners of war. In addition, I have to order coal shovel for more than 14,000 people ... "

"You are not stupid? Who asked you to send more than 14,000 people to dig coal? And more than 14,000 shoveles. Don't dig out the coal and ship it to the pier? Those prisoners of war let them All go to dig coal. As for the people, they can arrange for two or three thousand people to transport the digged coal to the wharf by cart to ship! "

"Understood, I will arrange this!"

In this way, the coal mine in Newcastle suddenly poured more than 10,000 labors, and the mining speed of the coal mine has soared ... As for whether these unfortunate Scottish captives will die from the explosion of underground gas, it is not a horse. Lin is concerned. Anyway, there is no Scottish nobility in it. If you are killed, you will be killed. There is no need to pay for money ... This is the case in this era. Only nobles have human rights ...