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After making the decision, Marin quickly wrote two secret letters, which were sent to Königsberg and Stockholm, respectively, to Chief Philip and the former Swedish regent, Sten Sture.

Then, after thinking about it, Marin wrote another letter, which was also sent to Königsberg to his uncle Jules, who was Philip's chief clerk in the Teutonic State, explained the situation to him, and asked him to serve as the superficial clerk. The owner of the "Whitewater Company".

After his messengers rushed to Königsberg and Stockholm without hesitation, Captain Philip, old Sten Stuley and Uncle Jules all received secret letters.

Although the three people's reactions were different, they all agreed with Marin's opinion in the end. Among them, Chief Philip began to hesitate. After all, it is not a trivial matter to let outsiders put 10,000 troops on their own territory.

However, Marin told him in the letter that the reason why the army was placed in the Teutonic state was because the surrounding forces put too much pressure on Marin. And Marin will have a big move in two years, so he has to train tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Moreover, for the quality of the training of the new army, Marin sent out Schwartz, the number one general who followed him from start to finish, which shows how much he attaches importance to it.

You know, Schwartz is not comparable to other East Frisian generals. Schwartz has been around since before Marin made his fortune, and he is very senior. Of course, this is not the most important thing. Most importantly, Marin told Chief Philip that the training of the East Frisian army was basically carried out by Schwartz himself. And Marin himself is only responsible for giving guidance and directing military training, all of which are managed by Schwartz. It can be said that the East Frisian army was trained by Schwartz under the guidance of Marin.

And the combat effectiveness of the East Frisian army, as is known throughout Europe, is stronger than that of the Saxon army. Although there are elements of Marin's scheming in this, it is an indisputable fact that the East Frisian army is strictly disciplined and strong in combat.

The condition given by Marin was to allow the new army newly formed by the commander Philip to train with Marin's new army, all under the guidance of Schwartz.

In this way, the 5,000 new army formed by the Teutonic leader Philip will completely learn the original "Marin phalanx" and East Frisian-style training methods.

Not only that, Marin also gave a timetable. Marin said that in 1503 at the latest, these 10,000 troops would leave the Teutonic State and perform their own tasks, which could be regarded as a promise to Chief Philip.

In fact, this timetable was set by Marin for Archbishop Rovere. The year 1503 was the original time of the poisoning of Alexander VI. But in fact, because of the appearance of Marin in this life, Archbishop Rovere got "Cantrella" early. Marin estimated that Alexander VI was poisoned much earlier.

After receiving Marin's assurance, Chief Philip finally made up his mind and allowed Marin to place the new army in the Teutonic State and train with the new army under Philip.

Although the area of ​​the Teutonic State has been greatly reduced under the joint attack of Poland and Lithuania, it still has an area of ​​about 36,000 square kilometers.

Previously, Philippe carried out an enclosure in the Teutonic State following Marin's suggestion. However, the Teutonic state was a commercial country, and the knights were more keen to do business. Therefore, the 300,000 people of the Teutonic State are mainly concentrated in the four major Hanseatic cities such as Konigsberg. In other areas, the population is relatively sparse. Especially the eastern inland areas are sparsely populated. Before, the 5,000-strong new army of the Philip Grand Commander was hiding in the sparsely populated places in the eastern inland region for training. The new army of Marin came, and it could also be with the new army of the Teutonic state.

On the other hand, Uncle Yule naturally agreed to Marin's request without hesitation. On the other hand, Old Sten Stuley was shocked after receiving the secret letter from Marin.

Because he is secretly preparing for anti-Denmark matters, but that is a secret matter. How did Marin know?

However, after thinking it over and over again, old Sten Stuley decided to accept Marin's kindness. As a former Swedish ruler, the old Sten Stulay is very aware of the filth between the main forces in major European regions.

First, the Hanseatic League and the Kalmar League were hostile relations. As the leading force in the Baltic business circle of the Hanseatic League, the Teutonic state has no doubts about its anti-Denmark stance. Therefore, old Sten Stuley is also very relieved to send people to the Teutonic countries for training.

Moreover, old Sten Stuley also knew the filth between Marin and Oldenburg. The Yevre problem, old Sten Stulay didn't believe that Marin didn't want to solve it.

Obviously, this letter shows Marin's determination to solve the Yevre problem. So, after thinking it over and over again, old Sten Stulay chose to believe in Marin.

Then, old Sten Stuley sent a group of capable men to the Teutonic Kingdom to learn new military command methods. The leader of the team is a young noble named Eric Johansson Vaasa... If Marin knew the surname of the leader, he would definitely exclaim. Because, the surname of the future Swedish royal family is Vasa. The world-famous Gustav II belonged to the Vasa Dynasty. In fact, this man was the father of Gustav I, the founding monarch of the Vasa Dynasty...

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After negotiating the relevant matters, Marin began to worry about the officer affairs. Ten thousand troops, at least 40 companies, need 40 company captains. Generally speaking, even the captain needs a wandering knight to serve. Because the civilian education level and tactical literacy are not enough.

Although Marin began to run schools on a large scale in the counties of East Frisland, the current education stage is only at the primary level. Until the day when officers are trained, God knows it will be a few years later. What Marin lacks most at the moment is time. Therefore, although it is the safest way to raise those children, time really waits for no one...

To this end, Marin decided to do a crash course for teenage officers...

The so-called crash course for juvenile officers means that Marin intends to select bright and brave young people between the ages of 15 and 20, focus on education, and strive to quickly train them into officers.

Although it is said that they are not like those children, they start from the primary school culture, which may lead to a weak foundation. But Marin can't control that much, because, he is very short of time.

To this end, Marin intends to implement a simplified version of military education and cultural education for these young people...

The so-called simplified version is to omit the knowledge that the young reserve officers do not need in the cultural class, and only teach them military-related knowledge and even words.

To this end, Malin took the time to write an infantry training syllabus, which shared 800 different words, mainly "stand at attention", "take a break", "turn left", "turn right", "forward", " "Fire", "Cannon"... and other words for training and combat instructions issued by officers.

And Marin intends to teach the crash course teens only these 800 common military words. As for other words, they will not be taught together for the time being. If you are interested, you can naturally learn by yourself, and if you are not interested, you will fall down.

What Marin wanted was just a group of officers who were familiar with combat instructions. Maybe they are average. However, because they have training methods and tactics that are beyond the times, they can make up for their shortcomings. When the children who received militarized education from childhood came up, Marin could completely replace this half-finished young officer...

At present, the education that Marin is promoting in East Frisland actually only includes children under the age of 15, and there is no corresponding education plan for teenagers over 15 years old. Because, in Marin's view, these 16-year-old teenagers will soon be able to work as laborers and put them to waste in school. Also, starting education at 16 is too late to learn much. Because time doesn't allow it. When they are adults, even if Marin wants to keep them in school, their parents are not happy.

But now, in order to quickly obtain a group of suitable grass-roots officers, Marin has to recruit a group of smart and brave young people. Because, Marlin really can't wait.

You must know that Marin implements a mercenary system, and grass-roots officers are very important. If the recruited wandering knights are used as commanders, after Marin sends the army out to fight for the employer, there is a possibility that the officers who were born wandering knights will be bribed. Because those wandering knights were not East Frisians, and they had no sense of belonging to the East Frisian country. Even if you betray Marin, there will be no burden.

However, Marin chose to educate those children from the country. These children are all from families in the country of East Friesland, and their families are all in the country of East Friesland. If they dare to betray, the family will suffer. Moreover, in this era of Europe, there is also the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism. As an East Frisian, it is inevitable that you will be more inclined to the monarch of your own country. Even those wandering knights, under the same circumstances, will pay more attention to the monarch of their own country.

However, no matter how "quick" Marin wanted, it would take time to train young officers. Marin thought again and again and felt that it would take at least a year. Before that, Marin planned to temporarily borrow Teutonic wandering knights as grassroots officers when training the army in the Teutonic Kingdom.

In this way, the wandering knights under the command of the Teutonic leader Philip can also learn the authentic advanced command method, and Marin also has enough time to train young officers.

To this end, Marin selected 200 bright and brave teenagers from the national economy to participate in this crash course for young officers. Their task is to memorize the 800 words that appear in the infantry training syllabus within a year. In the future, when military orders are issued, unfamiliar words beyond the 800-word range will not be used. This will also facilitate unified command in the future.

And because the one-year period given by Marin is too short, Marin selected 200 teenagers between the ages of 16 and 20. However, not all of these 200 men will eventually become officers. During the period, Marin will strictly implement the elimination system, until a year later, select the best 40 people to serve as the grass-roots officers of the 10,000 army. The remaining 160 people will be eliminated, but they can serve as team leaders who do not need much culture...

This new army, and this group of young officers, were actually prepared by Marin for his father-in-law, Archbishop Rovere. In the future, they will bring 10,000 mercenaries to escort the Archbishop of Rovere back to Rome and help the Holy See attack Florence in the future. Although, they may not meet the requirements in Marin's mind. However, these 10,000 people were sent to Italy to fight. The Italian army was generally weaker than the German army. Therefore, even if their tactical literacy is not enough, under the advantages of trap command methods and guns, it is enough to bully the Italians...