The Rise of the European Emperor

In fact, although he felt distressed that Albert was injured by the arrow, Marin was secretly delighted. why? Because he finally found an excuse to use soldiers on the North American continent...

Originally, when Marin bought Manhattan Island in New York, he intended to use it as a springboard. It's just that Marin's subordinates have a good relationship with the Delaware, and they really lack an excuse to use force. Even against Indian tribes other than the Delaware, Marin lacked an excuse or opportunity to use force.

And this time, the active provocation of the Mohican tribe called the Wild Wolf really brought a pillow to Marin when he was dozing off...

With the unquestionable excuse of Albert's injury, Marin could pull the army to the North American continent without questioning the Delaware. After all, the dignified Governor Albert was injured and the goods were robbed. Can it be done without worship?

In this way, Marin can take the opportunity to transfer the army to the North American continent, and then happily engage in the wind and rain on the North American continent...

Moreover, after sending troops to land this time, Marin did not plan to withdraw. In the future, he will be based in New York and expand inland...

Just like the reaction of the Kaiser Wilhelm II after the news of the assassination of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Ferdinand in Sarajevo before the First World War reached Berlin, Marin wanted to say happily at this time - "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! "

Of course, if he really dared to say these words so excitedly, it is estimated that old Hoffman would have to beat him. After all, Albert was hit by an arrow...

But that's the truth, anyway, Albert doesn't have a big problem now, but the fact that he was shot by the arrow gave Marin a very direct excuse to send troops to the North American continent.

To this end, Marin decided - to show infinite anger, and to release the rhetoric of destroying the Mohicans...

In fact, Marin only needs to exterminate the wolf tribe of the Mohicans. The reason why Marin clamored to kill all the Mohicans was just to find an excuse to keep the army on the North American continent. The Mohicans are divided into several tribes, and it is easy to kill all the wolf tribes, as long as you find a place, surround it, and don't let one go. But getting rid of all the Mohicans is pretty hard. After all, the Mohicans are more than one wolf tribe. It will take a long time to clear the Mohicans... Then, Marin's army will be able to hang on in a dignified manner...

By the time the Delaware reacted, Marin's army had already taken root there...

Of course, not only will the army stay in the local area, but Marin will also increase the scale of trade with the local Delaware, providing salt, iron tools and various other commodities to the local Delaware on a large scale.

In this way, the local Delaware will become dependent on the Marin people, making it easier for Marin to annex and manage the Delaware territory...

You know, in the Indians, salt and iron, that is absolute hard currency. The Indians in North America do not know how to cook salt, and it is difficult to add salt. Therefore, salt was very precious on the Indian side. Even salt can be used as currency. And the wild wolf tribe among the Mohicans sent people to attack Manhattan Island because they heard that there was a lot of salt in the market, so they became malicious and sent people to loot.

As long as you are willing to pay a certain amount of salt, or iron, or even glass beads and other worthless things, you can exchange a large amount of prey and wood from the Indians.

In order to further weaken the strength of the Delaware and facilitate the army to invade the local territory, Marin finally decided to recruit a group of Indian mercenaries among the Delaware...

The Indians are brave and good at fighting, and even the friendly Delaware, the men in the tribe, have the courage to fight. Of course, although these Indians were brave, their combat effectiveness was not high due to backward weapons and discipline. But in the vast forests of North America, their abilities should not be underestimated.

As long as he recruits a group of the strongest men from the Delaware villages as mercenaries, then Marin can obtain a large number of warriors. Marin will equip those Delaware warriors with advanced European bows and arrows,

Let those Delaware warriors become auxiliary troops to assist the main army under Marin's command.

Most of these Indian men are good at archery, but because they used soil bows and arrows before, they have low power and low accuracy, so the hunting effect is not very good. Especially when encountering animals with thick skins such as wild boars and bison, it is difficult to shoot through animal skins without metal arrows. Therefore, as long as those Indians are equipped with European strong bows and European-style bows and arrows with metal conical armor-piercing arrows, their combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of those Indian mercenaries was secondary. Mainly, Marin wanted to weaken the military strength of the Delaware by recruiting Indian mercenaries—the bravest young men in their tribe had all become soldiers under him. Once the two sides were hostile, would the other side still have enough warriors?

Then, if one's own troops are sufficient, but the opponent's troops are lacking, what is the outcome of the conflict?

This is just one of them. In addition, if the men in the Delaware villages are all "working" under their own hands and become their parents, then how can those villages oppose their own rule?

The Delaware is a matriarchal clan, and the decisions of the clan are determined by the older women. How do women buy in? As a later generation, can Marin still be familiar with it? Beautiful clothes, exquisite food, and other shiny things (like glass beads, etc.)  …

While recruiting the strong men of the Delaware under his command, while bribing the elderly women in the Delaware villages, he can quietly annex those Delaware people...

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Besides, these Indian mercenaries are not without combat effectiveness. After equipping them with European-made bows and arrows that are more powerful than earth bows, their combat effectiveness will also be greatly improved. In addition, I am sending people to conduct simple training on them, making them more disciplined... Maybe it is not enough to make them the main battle troop, but it can be used as an auxiliary troop and protect the flanks, but it is not a big problem.

In the future, the battles between Marin and those native Indians will definitely take place in the dense forests of North America. Those soldiers under Marin who did not come from the Black Forest may not have adapted to the dense jungle environment, but those Indian mercenaries must be walking on the ground in the forest, and their mobility is stronger. There may be a problem with letting them be the main offense, but there is no problem with letting them run around and scout the enemy's situation.

With the cooperation of these native warriors, Marin's conquest of those Indian tribes will become smoother. Moreover, it can greatly solve the problem of insufficient manpower.

Also, in the future, after Marin conquered those North American jungles, he would definitely bring in a large number of Japanese farmers, Indian pariahs and Indonesian farmers to reclaim the area. Perhaps, we can use those Indian soldiers as overseers to prevent those workers from escaping?

As for whether those Indian warriors have awakened their national self-esteem, Marin is not worried. Indians have no culture, and this is not the 19th century when nationalism was on the rise.

Moreover, the use of those Indian mercenaries is only temporary. When European immigrants have gained a firm foothold, there are enough numbers, and there is no shortage of manpower, and there is no point in turning their faces.

Anyway, Marin only equipped those Indian mercenaries with European bows and arrows, not muskets. Even if the other party wants to make trouble, there will be no waves...

To put it bluntly, Indian mercenaries are just a temporary solution for Marin's current shortage of manpower in North America. Moreover, without giving them the most advanced weapons and armor, plus the officers all use Europeans, as long as they don't abuse them, they have no reason to resist. After all, to resist this kind of thing is usually oppressed, or there are ambitious people who instigate them... Marin will definitely not oppress and abuse the mercenaries under his command, and things like ambitionists are in the uneducated Indian tribe. It seems that there is no soil to produce... Generally speaking, a careerist must at least have some culture. The most basic thing is to know the simplest truth like "a prince and a general, it is better to have a seed"...

Modified... um, it's so cold, I dozed off for a while before I woke up and continued to code, my feet were freezing and numb, I had to go to the warm bed, I was cold and sleepy...