No matter what, Marin will annex the eight vassal states next. Next, he will have to control Britain. It is okay to annex the eight vassal states, but if the French annex the English, they will definitely not stand idly by.

After all, France has always claimed sovereignty over England. If Edward died suddenly, if the French had the energy, they would definitely take the opportunity to send troops to England, which would have a great interference with Marin's control of England.

Therefore, the best way is to turn the French away and let them and the Spanish go to bite the dog. Both countries are very powerful, and they will definitely be earth-shaking when fighting.

In terms of national war potential, France won. But in terms of financial resources, Spain won completely. Because after Spain divided the Indian spice market with Portugal, it had a strong financial resources. In this era when there was money to hire the army, the Spanish even had the upper hand.

But France is not without a chance, because Marin had already thought of a countermeasure for them - United Venice...

The French have no money? It doesn’t matter, borrow it from the Venetians!

The Venetians had long hated Spain for the Indian spice business by Spain and Portugal. Therefore, the Venetians were eager to show off their might and beat Spain hard, so it would be better to crippled Spain.

Therefore, as long as the French speak, they will definitely borrow money from the Venetians. As long as it is used to deal with Spain, the Venetians will definitely not hesitate to purse. Anyway, lending money to France is not without interest.

Therefore, as long as France unites Venice, its financial shortcomings can be filled. Marin is preparing to let John propose this method at the right time. In this way, he can make great contributions and even the title can be improved. Even if the title cannot be improved, it is no problem to be favored by Louis XII.

Once John is doing well in France, then he will have a better chance to get close to Margaret and Henry Jr. Then, there will be a convenience of arranging the assassin in order to kill Henry Jr., the so-called "Henry VIII" and make France lose the excuse to interfere in England.

In fact, if it weren't for being trapped in the Swiss battlefield, France might have been preparing to send troops to England under the pretext of "helping Henry VIII to seize the throne". Even if the navy is not good, it can prepare warships in the Mediterranean. After all, even if English merchant ships pretend to be pirates to attack French ships, they will affect the Atlantic coast at most. In the Mediterranean, the English people can't reach that far away when they reach their hands.

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And now, Marin threw a bone... Oh no, it should be a serving of "braised pork" in front of the French. It has a huge temptation and there is no need to worry about France not taking the bait.

In this way, Marin not only lacks a strong competitor on land, but also drags Spain, which is now in great momentum, into the quagmire of war. If Spain and France have made their brains, they will naturally have no energy to do a large sailing. After all, the cost of large sailing is not low.

By then, Marin will only have Portugal as a parallel country as its competitor. In terms of army combat power, Portugal is not worthy of carrying shoes to the North Sea. At present, due to the scale of the naval force and the output of Chilean saltpeter, it is still impossible to compete with the Portuguese at sea. But as time goes by and the increase in Chilean saltpeter production, then, as long as Marin explodes the ship and expands the scale of the naval force, it is not a problem to beat Portugal down...

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However, Marin's many grand plans had to be temporarily put on hold when the enemy was at the city. The Eight-Nation Alliance had completed the occupation of the Ruhr area of ​​the North Sea Kingdom and began to turn north. According to spy reports, their next target was Oldenburg Province...

Oldenburg Province was one of the earliest provinces occupied by Marin and the core area controlled by Marin. If it was lost here, it would cause great harm to Marin. In addition, the border between Oldenburg is East Friesland, the real core area of ​​the North Sea Kingdom. Among them, the border between Oldenburg and East Friesland is only thirty or forty kilometers away from Orich, and it will be a day after marching.

Once the enemy enters Oldenburg, it means that the enemy can attack the city of Orich at any time...

So, Marin had to react. Of course, on the surface, Angela had to react...

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Angela responded indeed - under the instructions of Marin, he joined hands with Schwartz and others to announce the abolition of the original No. 2 Legion of the North Sea Kingdom. Then, he announced the reconstruction of the Second Legion.

As for the source of the Second Legion, Schwartz announced on behalf of the North Sea National Army Department to recruit those Beihai nationals who often follow the army to form a new Second Legion.

Moreover, the Second Legion also invited the powerful army that he had served in the Sexner family - the Straw Hat Swordsman...

The so-called "straw hat swordsman" is a very ethnic group in East Friesland. Because East Friesland is located on the beach and the climate is humid and rainy. Therefore, locals like to wear straw hats to cover the rain (by the way, there were no umbrellas in ancient Europe. Umbrellas were learned from the East and only found in the 18th century). In addition, there were many swamps in East Friesland before, so a military group in East Friesland appeared in East Friesland - a straw hat swordsman wearing a straw hat, a strip shirt, wooden shoes, and a big sword with both hands...

It should be pointed out that in ancient times, those who used two-handed swords were generally fierce generals. Because using two-handed swords was equivalent to giving up defense. This kind of courage to die without life is not available to ordinary soldiers. Moreover, those who can use heavy two-handed swords as weapons are also powerful men with amazing arm strength.

However, after Marin seized East Friesland, he felt that the Straw Hat Swordsman's combat method was too reckless and backward. In addition, the two-handed Swordsman was once the direct unit of the Sexner family who was destroyed by Marin, Marin neglected them and classified them into the militia.

Now, the Sexner family has been in its destruction for more than ten years. Many of the former straw hat swordsmen were in their thirties and forties. Fortunately, they could still fight at this age. So Marin asked Angela to recruit thousands of not-old straw hat swordsmen to serve him and give him a higher salary.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Then, Schwartz, who had become the Secretary of Military Affairs, once again came back and announced the reinvention of the Second Legion.

At the reconstruction ceremony of the Second Legion, Schwartz swears in front of the envoys of various countries that he would surely build the new Second Legion into a powerful legion like the First Legion. Then, with two elite legions, he could defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance...

The envoys from all countries curled their lips in their hearts - I believe what you said, but the question is, will the princes of the Eight Kingdom give you time to train troops slowly? I'm afraid, before you can train the new Second Army, the coalition forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdom will come to your door...

But they didn't know that at this time, the real Second Legion far away in the Jutland region had already divided 5,000 veterans and quietly boarded the ship at the port of Aalborg, the northern Jutland Peninsula, and transported it to the local area. Then, they quietly replaced the Minzhuang who were recruited on the surface...

In other words, Marin planned to use the guise of "rebuilding the Second Legion" to quietly transport 5,000 veterans of the former Second Legion back to the country and insert them into this new Second Legion. In this way, without training, the combat effectiveness of this Second Legion will be extremely powerful.

At that time, the First Legion, plus half of the Second Legion, which is veterans and a thousand martial straw hat swordsmen, will be more than 40,000 troops from the Eight-Nation Alliance. After all, half of the Eight-Nation Alliance recruited soldiers and had low combat effectiveness. Only more than 20,000 people can fight. Facing the two North Sea Legions with strong combat power, although the Eight-Nation Alliance has a large number of troops, it cannot take any advantage...

This is still the first batch. When these 5,000 people are in place, Marin decided to transport the remaining 5,000 people from the Second Legion back. Then, the system of the Second Legion will be complete. Two reorganized regular corps can definitely defeat the group of mobs of the Eight-Nation Alliance...

However, half of the Second Legion now "confronted" with the Third Legion in the southern part of the Jutland Peninsula, pretending to conflict. Therefore, it will take some time for them to rush back to the local area to replace the new recruits. As soon as they come back, Orich's combat effectiveness will immediately double.

As for the Third Legion, because there are too many internal spies, it is not suitable to be sent back to China. We have to wait until Marin "returns" before we can openly go south to "salvation for the king"...
Chapter completed!