King of German Mercenaries

In the battle with Saxony, Marin also obviously needed the militia. Because he can make up to 10,000 regular troops in his hands. However, these regulars were to fight the main force of the Saxon army in the wild.

Therefore, Marin still needs a lot of people to guard several cities and various bunkers. This task, of course, has to be handed over to the militia.

However, although the current East Frisian militia has five or six thousand people, the biggest problem is the lack of officers. Because, the senior officers of the previous militia, those nobles who followed the Serksner family, were already killed by Marin. The middle and low-level officers of the militia were mainly the 1,000 straw hat swordsmen who had previously defended Emden.

Although Marin captured 600 straw hat swordsmen, he did not dare to release these straw hat swordsmen from prison and appoint them. Because these straw hat swordsmen are all warriors raised by the Serksner family for many years. Ancient people were not as easy to betray as modern people, and if some of them suddenly defected while commanding the militia, it would easily cause great trouble for Marin.

So Marin decided - to re-select the militia commander...

Picking a militia commander was not easy, because it was impossible for Marin to promote a serf to an officer. Not to mention whether the serfs had that ability, if Marin arbitrarily promoted the serfs to officers, he might offend the local nobles and lose their hearts.

Although many of the team leaders in the Marin army were also serfs in the past. However, the captain of the regular army, he is not a local, but a mercenary recruited from places such as Württemberg and Alsace. Even if Marin promoted them, it would not break the local class composition of East Frisian Counties. Therefore, the local nobles have no way to object.

However, if Marin promoted the local serfs as officers, but not the children of the local nobles, he would definitely anger the local nobles. And Marin's men were severely lacking in literacy. Therefore, at this stage, he can only rely on the children of the local nobles. The selection of militia officers must also be selected from local noble families.

Fortunately, before, Marin was ruthless enough to kill all the hostile noble families without giving them a chance to flee abroad and become the opposition. Therefore, the small nobles left behind are either descendants of former Bullock family supporters, or families who surrendered early.

However, Marin didn't trust the capitulation faction's family very much either. And the descendants of the Bullock family supporters, because of decades of decline, are not as talented as those capitulation faction families.

In the end, Marin selected 100 direct and collateral children of each family from the two camps of the Bullock family supporters and the surrender faction. Among them, among the supporters of the Bullock family, Marin selected 50 people, similar to the surrender faction. In fact, the Brock family supporters are not as talented as the surrender faction, but Marin still selected 50 of them as officers, and even some illegitimate children were counted. Although the capitulation faction is somewhat dissatisfied, it is not too bad to get half of the positions.

In this way, Marin got enough officers to command the militias. However, most of those who were selected to be officers actually had little experience in commanding the army. Especially the supporters of the Brock family, because they have been in decline for many years, they have no experience in commanding the army at all.

But this is not a problem. Marin selected a group of good instructors from the regular army and trained these 100 officers first, so that they would be familiar with the strict military discipline and training methods in the Marin army. During the training, the instructors not only let the 100 reserve officers know what to do, but also often explained the key points of the training to them, so as to facilitate the practice of these people in the future.

After all, these 100 people are more or less people who have read a little book, and their ability is much stronger than that of ordinary serfs. Training them is not the same as training ordinary serfs. Some requests that seem simple in the eyes of these people may be difficult problems for the serfs. And the instructors who are responsible for teaching these reserve officers have pointed out these difficulties one by one.

let them remember.

In addition, in order not to waste talents, Marin also invited his old man and boss Adler to help control the militia.

Marin can completely trust his old man. Therefore, Marin appointed the old Hoffman as the militia commander, commanding more than 6,000 militiamen across the country. Adler, on the other hand, was appointed as the first phalanx commander of the militia.

Naturally, everyone had no problem with Marin's appointment. Adler actually wanted to be the militia commander. However, in front of the old Hoffman who had beaten him since he was a child, Adler did not dare to make a mistake, so he had to be the leader of the phalanx.

However, for Adler, who has never commanded more than 30 people, commanding a phalanx of 1,250 people is definitely a qualitative leap. So, after hearing the good news, he immediately flew to Aurich from his fief in Lyle County. This made Sweeping Liv very dissatisfied and wanted to suppress it. But in the face of the temptation to lead the army, Adler violated his wife's wishes for the first time. Liv had no choice but to follow Aurich to raise a baby.

In fact, this is what the old Hoffmans strongly demanded. Lyle County, as a border county, is still not very safe. What's more, Adler's castle was built outside Lyle County. And Liv, who is pregnant with the third generation of the Hoffman family, is obviously very dangerous to stay outside the city of Lyle. Therefore, the old Hoffmans naturally wanted Liv to come to Aurich. Although Liv didn't like being disciplined by her mother-in-law to be a lady, she had to follow her husband to Aurich.

After Adler arrived in Aurich, Marin sent him and old Hoffman to the instructors for training...

These two are old-school knights, and although they have both learned simple military command, they are all backward things. Therefore, Marin specially asked Schwartz and Frenzberg, two experienced commanders, to teach father and son how to command a "Marin-style" modernized army.其实马林也可以知道两人的，但是，马林知道老霍夫曼爱面子，要是马林敢对他指手画脚的，没准会挨揍。 Therefore, it is more appropriate to let two outsiders guide them.

For the arrangement of the militia, Marin had a plan in mind. After the militia had been trained, Marin planned to let the old Hoffman lead the second and third formations to garrison Aurich and ensure the safety of the capital. After all, in the decisive battle with Saxony, Marin will personally supervise the battle. Aurich's defense in the rear, is there anyone more trustworthy than old Hoffman?

As for Adler, Marin originally planned to send him to lead the first phalanx to guard the granary in Lyle County. However, considering that Adler's original fief was in Lyle County. If Adler is arranged to be stationed in the local area, it is easy to make Adler bigger and become a local tyrant.

After much deliberation, Marin decided to let Adler lead the first phalanx of the militia to be stationed in Emden. The city of Emden, currently the No. 1 trading port in East Friesland, is of great importance. However, the residents of the city were not very happy with the Hoffman family. Sending Adler over can both defend well and prevent him from getting bigger in Emden.

In fact, Marin wasn't worried that Adler had other thoughts. However, his sister-in-law Liv is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Of course, Liv didn't have any bad intentions, she just wanted to try her best to get more benefits for her man.

If Adler is made the vigilante of Lyle County, Marin can believe that Liv will invite family members from the Hamler family to work under Adler's hands. Marin has inquired, and the men in the Hamler family are not mindless people. Once they are under Adler's hands, it is easy to control the entire large granary of Lyle County, which is very unsafe for Marin.

But letting Adler guard Emden, a city that had just been bloodbathed by Marin, was different. Therefore, the people in the city have a certain hostility towards the Hoffman family, which will not dissipate for many years. Even if Liv brought her brothers and uncles under Adler's command, it would be difficult for them to do anything here. After all, this is not the simple agricultural county of Lyle County, but an area where businessmen gather. Wanting to fight with the well-informed businessmen and citizens here, the Hamler family members are not so capable, and it is difficult to form control...

Although Marin believed in Adler, he believed that he would not threaten his position. However, he did not trust Adler's men. You must know that in ancient China, Zhao Kuangyin had an example of being "added by a yellow robe" by his subordinates. Therefore, it is also necessary to make certain precautions in advance.

As for the fourth phalanx of the militia, Marin planned to send it to Lyle County for defense. As for the commander, Marin decided to choose one of the 22 remaining knights from the Earl of Mark to guard.

In addition, the four militia phalanxes actually have only 5,000 people, and there are more than 1,000 people left. Marin plans to disperse them into various bunkers in the future to protect the safety of food reserves in various places. At the same time, he was responsible for giving Malin a warning.

Of course, before this, these militiamen had to undergo rigorous training before the autumn harvest. At the very least, be disciplined. Before the autumn harvest, the only work in the fields is to remove weeds. Women can do this kind of work, and those militiamen can take advantage of the fact that the autumn harvest does not come, and carry out certain training, so that they can be competent in defending the city...