Chapter 1430： Pigeon Buster-Hai Dongqing

In Europe, cavalry can't make long-distance attacks. The key is that the European war horses consume too much feed. In this era of no soybeans, European war horses mainly used oats and barley as feed for war horses. Oatmeal has better nutrition, but lower yields and higher prices. Therefore, in addition to the noble lord who loves his own horses, the general military horses feed will choose barley.

Based on the French infantry training in World War I, the weight of barley per horse per day is 4800 grams, which is close to 5 kilograms. If you dispatch 10,000 cavalry and one horse and two horses, the barley consumption alone would be 960,000 kilograms per day, or 2.11 million pounds. At this time, the price of barley in Europe is about the same as the price of rye, which is about 1 fenny per pound. Therefore, the food consumption of 20,000 horses per day is worth more than 3,500 gold coins.

This is because the time of sending troops was selected after spring cultivation. At this time, spring returned to the earth, everything recovered, and there was no shortage of grass in the wild. Therefore, a lot of horse feed can be saved. If you choose to send troops in the winter, you will be killed. Because they ca n’t feed on grass, the food consumed by war horses doubles every day.

Therefore, in this era, nobles generally do not choose to fight in winter. Especially the army with a lot of cavalry cannot afford to fight in winter.

The European warhorse, which consumes 48 kilograms of food every day, is obviously not suitable for long-distance raids. Because, I can't bring so much grain ...

Only rough-feeding war horses, such as Mongolian horses, can be maintained by eating grass to achieve long-distance raids. The reason why the Mongolian empire can hit Europe in one go is very much related to the quality of Mongolian horses. The reason why Tsarist Russia can attack Siberia actively for the vast majority is also because the horses that the Cossack cavalry they rely on are descendants of Mongolian horses, suitable for long-distance expeditions, and not allowed to bring so much food.

War horses in farming countries, including Europe, will not work. These horses are used to eating food, and their bodies will collapse if they do not eat food for a few days. As a result, cavalry in farming countries is very expensive. Even a great empire like the Han dynasty has emptied the state treasury because it has repeatedly sought the Huns.

If, like the previous Marin's army attacked Florence from Rome, it only took a day or two to return, and only need to hang a sling around the horse's neck, containing 10 kilograms of oats and barley, it can be solved. No matter how far away, a long-distance raid across most of the Apennines from Milan to Naples would be difficult.

After all, it is impossible for a warhorse to carry a few sacks of grain on its back for a long distance. According to cavalry rituals, the general long-distance march, put a maximum of 20 kg of food in the sling hanging on the neck of the war horse. No matter how much, the horses ca n’t move, which affects the horse ’s mobility ...

In other words, if the cavalry leaves the heavy army, they can only survive for more than 4 days. Of course, except for looting people in grain-producing areas. However, long-distance raids usually have precious time, and it is impossible for the cavalry to stop to grab food. Moreover, the large cavalry troops consume too much food, even if they grab food, it is difficult to maintain. The reason why Charles VIII was blocked by the Northern Italian Allied Forces in the Battle of Fornovo was because there was not enough food.

Therefore, Marin arranged for people to store a lot of food halfway through the French cavalry. When the French cavalry passed by, they were sold to them.

Of course, John Rafi, who proposed to Louis XII, would not say that this was from Marin, but that he had made use of the relationship he had used to do business in Germany.

John Rafi used to do business in Münster, and it was normal to meet some friends in business.

Louis XII was a bit skeptical about the relationship provided by John Rafi. After all, it was 10,000 cavalry. If the food supply is not available halfway, then it is over. Therefore, he first sent people to explore the Roman avenue. As a result, at the point marked by John Rafi, I saw the jointer who sold the grain and the grain.

In this way, Louis XII only assuredly sent 10,000 cavalry in light, and a pair of horses went south. Along the way, with the money snatched from the city of Milan, buy barley for the war horses from the grain merchants along the way. And the leader of the 10,000 French cavalry is the Baron Boman who previously competed with John Rafi ...

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At this time, Marin, who was far away from Aurich, also received the Flying Pigeon Biography from Italy. Knowing that Ludovico Fulza actually fled without a fight, he also sent 220,000 artillery gray soldiers to Louis XII. Marin had 10,000 mmp to talk about.

He does support France now, but he is just afraid that the French will lose. However, Marin ’s real intention was to let French and Spanish dogs bite dogs, not to support France in full force.

Originally, the deployment of 60,000 troops in France was relatively stable. Well now, there are 220,000 more people, and it is a steady win. But is this the result Marin wants?

But things have happened, and Marin has no choice. To blame, you can only blame yourself for missing this point, did not notify Ludovico Forza in time.

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When Marin was furious after receiving the information, there was no movement on the Spanish side, and no carrier pigeons flew back home.

Why is this? Because the Spanish pigeons that were released in Milan were intercepted ...

what? Homing pigeons can still be killed? Is this the Mongolian archer? Not ...

You know, the Spanish spy released six pigeons in the Principality of Milan. Even if the hero of shooting hero Guo Jing came, I can't guarantee that all 6 pigeons will be shot down. However, since those few childcare publicly "requested" Louis XII to send troops to the Kingdom of Naples, someone began to specifically clean up the pigeons flying southwest.

What is going on? It turned out that since the few childcare publicly "requested" Louis XII to send troops to the Kingdom of Naples, Marin had originally arranged a team near Milan City to start cleaning up all the pigeons flying southwest.

And the method used by this team to clean up the pigeons is very unique-with a falcon ...

This eagle master is also legendary-this person is called Bai Geri. It was Marin's Ewenki who bought it from the emperor of Yehe when he bought the old ginseng from the tributary of Yehe. Ethnic slave. I bought it with Baigeri ~ www.novelhall.com ~ and there is a Haidongqing falcon in Baigeri's hand.

At that time, Marin was very envious of seeing Bai Geri driving Hai Dongqing to explore the way for Ye Hebu's mission. So, proposed to buy Haidong Qing. However, he doesn't know how to train eagles. So, he simply offered to buy it with Bai Geri.

The Yeh Herald disagreed at first, and as a result Marin threw money hard. Then, the Yehebu messenger agreed. After all, Begri is not a Yehe tribe, but a slave that Yehe captured from the Ewenki tribe. There are so many people like Ye Hebu. Yehebe is close to the Ewenki area, and it is very simple to catch a few Ewenki falconers. Moreover, Jurchens themselves can also train eagles, which is not unusual in the Northeast. Then, Marin got Berger and his Haidongqing Falcon.

Originally, Marin bought Bai Geri and his Haidongqing Falcon purely out of curiosity. After all, Haidong Qing is a legendary existence.

In the beginning, Marin only asked Bai Geri to take Hai Dongqing with him to go hunting, using Hai Dongqing as a scout. However, at a later chance, Marin discovered that Hai Dongqing had killed a carrier pigeon and got the above biography. Then, Marin realized-what a special weapon for killing carrier pigeons ...

After the experiment, Berger and his Haidongqing Falcon intercepted many homing pigeons that flew only from Aurich and Emden, and learned about several foreign spy dens in the North Sea.

Then Berger became a professional pigeon hunter under Marin. To this end, Marin also equipped him with a service team to ensure his safety.

This time, the team was sent to Italy by Marin, dedicated to killing any homing pigeons flying towards Spain. Then, the Spaniard's message passed slowly. It wasn't until after the city of Naples was besieged for a period of time. But by then, it was too late ...