Chapter 2016： Eastern Europe

Marin began to think quickly about gains and losses, after careful thinking. Marin believes that the German soldiers may be difficult to adapt to the icy climate of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

However, the Eastern European Cossacks recruited by Marin were also born in Eastern Europe. They are accustomed to the severe winter there. Even the Eastern European Mongolian horses imported by Marin from the Crimean Khanate are very suitable for the severe winter.

In this way, Marin decided to start recruiting a large number of Eastern European Cossacks and then train to become an army. Once the training is completed, look for opportunities to cooperate with the Lithuanian army and fight against the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and defeat it ...

It should be pointed out that Marin wants to defeat, not destroy. Because he did not want Lithuania to annex the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Therefore, Marin only needs to send troops to defeat the armies of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and force the other party to defend the city. Then, the army he sent can go to the countryside of the Grand Duchy of Moscow to **** the children ...

As for cooperating with the army of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to attack the strong city of the Grand Duchy of Moscow? Only a fool would do that ...

In this way, Marin achieved his goal of plundering the population by means of war. At the same time, it does not kill the Grand Duchy of Moscow, so that the Grand Duchy of Moscow still retains the strength and capital of the contest against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and does not let the Grand Duchy of Lithuania dominate the Eastern Europe.

To this end, Marin ’s decision was-to be simple, only recruit Ukrainian Cossacks and make up 10,000 cavalry mercenaries. Then, shape its training and cooperate with the Lithuanian army.

This cavalry did not appear at first, but was hidden behind. When the Lithuanians and the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow started to fight, they suddenly rushed out from the back, hit the flanks of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, and defeated them ...

Then, he deliberately kept his hands and allowed the troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow to evacuate. When the siege battle is over, he directly flashes people on the grounds that "cavalry is not suitable for siege" and goes to the countryside to catch children ...

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Here, we need to mention the current situation in Eastern Europe. In the past, when Duke Vasily III of Moscow reigned, he launched a comprehensive invasion and strike against Lithuania. He annexed the Kursk region in the northeast of the Ukrainian region (formerly Lithuania) around 1508, and annexed the Pskov Noble Republic in 1510. Then, in 1512, he sent troops to Smolensk. After two years of siege, he finally attacked the trade center of Ksmolensk. At this point, the three major Russian trading cities of Novgorod (conquered by the father of Vasily III, Ivan III), Pskov and Smolensk all fell into the hands of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, making the Grand Duchy of Moscow financially increase.

It should be pointed out that the time when the famous Siegmont I spent 15,000 gold coins to buy off the Crimean Khanate and attacked Moscow occurred in the year when Vasily III sent troops to siege Smolensk. Originally Vasily III was in a dilemma, but after learning that the Crimean Cavalry cavalry could not conquer Moscow City, he decisively ordered the army to continue to siege Smolensk, and it took two full years to conquer it. This shows that Vasily the Third was a decisive ruthless man.

The fall of the three major Eastern European trade centers in Novgorod, Pushkov and Smolensk also allowed the German merchants of the Hanseatic League to completely withdraw from the Ross region.

Of course, this is the original thing in history. In this time and space, because of Marin's intervention, Lithuania bought the Crimean Khanate early, and was not rubbed on the ground by the Grand Duchy of Moscow as it was in history. This also led to the Kursk region still under the control of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. In addition, the Pskov Noble Republic and the Smolensk Noble Republic were also not annexed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Only Novgorod, which was annexed by the father of Vasily III in the last century, Ivan III, is already in the pockets of Moscow.

However, the alliance between Lithuania and Crimea against the Grand Duchy of Moscow seems to have problems. Strictly speaking, the Crimean Khanate is not a hard-line ally of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, but a temporary buy-in to fight for the benefit.

Therefore, the armies of the two countries did not cooperate closely to deal with the Moscow people. Therefore, it gave Vassily III a chance to breathe. If it is heads-up, the strength of the Grand Duchy of Moscow is still stronger than that of Lithuania. After all, the Principality of Moscow has a population of tens of millions and the violent soldiers are too strong. Moreover, the savage officials of the Grand Duchy of Moscow do not treat ordinary soldiers recruited as human beings at all, but only as cannon fodder, without fear of casualties.

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is a noble parliamentary country, and the army is made up of nobles. Although it is called a unified country, the nobles each have a small abacus in their hearts and refuse to fight for their own armed forces. Therefore, when fighting, the Lithuanian army could not get out, but Maozi dared to drive and sacrifice ordinary soldiers as cattle. In addition, Mao Zi's territory is more bitter and cold, and people are more brutal and fierce. Therefore, one-on-one Lithuania is not an opponent of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Moreover, Vasily III discovered that when the Moscow army attacked Kursk, a southern region close to Ukraine, the Crimean Khan Parliament quickly responded and mobilized cavalry across the Ukrainian prairie to support Lithuania. However, when the Moscow army attacked Lithuania on the northern border, the cavalry of the Crimean Khanate failed to arrive in time. This is because the Grand Duchy of Moscow established several lines of defense in the southern frontier area and arranged many fortresses, so that the cavalry of the Crimean Khanate could not smoothly go north to reinforce.

In addition, the Crimean Khanate is not the same as Lithuania, but also happy to see that both Lithuania and Moscow are losing power. It would be better if the two died together, and then the Crimean Khanate came out to pick them up together ...

Vasily III clearly understood that as long as the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania are equally matched, the Crimean Khanate will not send troops. Unless Moscow defeats Lithuania, the Crimean Khanate will intervene.

Therefore, Vasily III adopted a simple and brutal approach against the Grand Duchy of Lithuania-Dzizi ...

The so-called punishment means that part of the military strength and part of the opponent's military strength are both destroyed. As long as one's own losses are not much greater than the other's, it is not a loss.

Moreover, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has a large population, and the domestic aristocracy is not as powerful as the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. As long as the ordinary Maozi with animals and the aristocratic private soldiers of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania consume each other, Lithuania must be the first to bear.

In this way, in the past few years, the Grand Duchy of Moscow has always mobilized the army to fight against the Lithuanian army in the northern border area. However, every time Moscow ’s army looks powerful, it just does not break into the hinterland of Lithuania and only consumes it in the border area.

Over the past few years, the two countries have each lost tens of thousands of troops. The large nobles in the eastern frontier of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were so overwhelmed that they requested the support of the Lithuanian nobility in the central and western regions. However, other nobles are only willing to support supplies and weapons and armor, not to support soldiers and horses.

On the other hand, the Grand Duchy of Moscow seems to have suffered a lot. But in fact, most of the losses were captured by the strong men. You know, when confronting the army of Ahe Mahan in the Golden Horde on the Ugra River, the father of Vasily III, Ivan III, dispatched 200,000 troops. This amount, keeping those states that can scare Western Europe,

Although the majority of these 200,000 troops are counted together, the number and momentum alone can scare a bunch of opponents. In other words, Lithuania is struggling to fight against it. Without the barriers of Poland and Lithuania, let the Grand Duchy of Moscow enter the German region, and the ghost knows how many small states will be destroyed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

You should know that the three noble republics of Novgorod, Pskov, and Smolensk, which were destroyed by the Grand Duchy of Moscow, are all powerful forces capable of dispatching 10,000 or 20,000 troops. Putting it in Germany is definitely a powerful one. However, before the tactics of the sea of ​​men and women of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, more than 1.2 million troops, all three commercial republics hated.

Therefore, the conflict between the two countries in recent years seems to have caused similar losses in Moscow and Lithuania. But for the Grand Duchy of Moscow, it was nothing more than tens of thousands of "grey animals". The feudal lords on the eastern border of Lithuania were mostly crushed and dragged down. However, the lords of central and western Lithuania, out of selfishness, refused to fully support the lords of the east.

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After Marin sent people to Eastern Europe to collect a lot of intelligence, after analysis, Marin was shocked to find that the Grand Duchy of Moscow seemed to be ready for war. And their goal this time is the wealthy Pskov aristocratic republic ...

Even, in order to deal with the Pskov aristocratic republics bordering Moscow, Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights simultaneously, Vasily III secretly bought the Teutonic Knights and asked them not to help Pskov in time. The Teutonic State really agreed, because, at present, Pskov is on the Lithuanian side. Lithuania happens to be the enemy of the Teutonic Knights. Although under Marin's mediation, the Teutonic countries have been peaceful with Poland and Lithuania in these years. However, the hatred between the two sides is very deep. This time I can see that Lithuania has suffered, and the Teutonic State is also very happy. Moreover, the Teutonic State also has its own small abacus-they intend to take the opportunity to swallow the independent Livonian Knights ... In exchange for the neutrality of the Teutonic State, Vasily III expressed support for the Teutonic State ’s annexation of Livoni In order to support the annexation of the Pskov Republic by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in exchange for the Teutonic State. If both parties achieve their goals, then they both make a profit. Because, the Livonia Knights and the Pskov Republic are very rich commercial states ...

In addition, Vasily III also sent someone to secretly bribe the Crimean Khanate, asking the Crimean Khanate to stand by in the next conflict between the two sides in the northern region.

The Crimean Khanate was the kind of thing that money saw. The money sent by Vasily III was not enough to allow the Crimean Khanate to attack Lithuania, but it remained okay to keep the Crimean Khanate neutral ...

Do n’t ask Marin how he knows these secrets ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin ’s uncle Yule is now the civil servant of Teutonics, a close friend of the head of Philip, knowing these secrets is normal, and Marin knows it. Normal. As for the information of the secret contact between the Crimean Khanate and the Grand Duchy of Moscow ... The Crimean people saw the money and threw a bag of gold coins to the Crimean officials who knew it, so they could easily hear these secrets ...

"It's getting more and more interesting ..." Marin touched his chin and smiled.

In Eastern Europe right now, the chaos is really coming. The Grand Duchy of Moscow is calculating Lithuania and intends to annex the wealthy Pskov Republic. The Teutonic State also intends to re-engage the independent Livonian Knights.

And Marin, also intends to cross the foot, intends to play the carduelis, come to a "mantis catching cicada cardinals". He intends to let Moscow fight Lithuania first. Lithuania is definitely not a rival of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. When Lithuania was disabled, Marin sent his troops to help his brother-in-law as "Uncle of Grand Duchy of Lithuania", and then beat the life of the Grand Duchy of Moscow besieging Pskov . By that time, the two countries that had been beaten up could only continue to peck at each other. Marin happily sent people to the Grand Duchy of Moscow to catch children ...

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