"Unlucky Johnny" is indeed a qualified diplomat. He used a tactful tone to explain Marin's attitude of "the more he thinks, the more he becomes angry, the more he loses" afterwards. In addition, his bitter and revengeful appearance made the Portuguese monarch and ministers easily believe Marin's attitude of "the more he thinks, the more he becomes angry, the more he loses" as he thinks.

In addition, Manuel I was a little guilty and was afraid that Marin would find out about his actions on the old ship. So he agreed to Marin's request more happily and signed an affiliated agreement. Of course, he also sent someone to know about it before signing the affiliated agreement. According to the information obtained from Arab merchants, the Luzon Island was indeed south of Dongfan Island, and there should be no problem. Therefore, after this matter was confirmed, Marin did not have to conceal the Philippines, but could publicly order Conte to occupy it.

In Europe, as long as Portugal nods, basically no one will have any objections. At least, before the rise of the Netherlands and England, no country would have any objections to this.

There was no problem with the Ming Dynasty. Although during the Yongle period, barbarian chiefs on Luzon came to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute in the name of "Luzon". However, since then, there has been no official exchanges between the two sides. However, the people still have exchanges, but because there has been no official exchanges for more than 90 years, the Ming Dynasty should not maintain them. Besides, Cebu Island is not on Luzon Island, but the second is on the south of Luzon Island.

Now that Portugal has agreed to the North Sea Kingdom to occupy the Luzon Islands (Philippine Islands), Marin does not have to rush to occupy Luzon Island. Second, he can send people to occupy Cebu Island first and develop copper mines on Cebu Island first. When the relationship between the Ming Dynasty is opened up, he will surely not anger the Ming Dynasty and then send troops to occupy Luzon Island.

Of course, that was open occupation. In the early stage, it was fine to send "exploration teams" to cruising around Luzon Island and find a suitable landing point to colonize ashore. Even if the Ming Dynasty asked about it, it would be said that they were going to do business.

If it really doesn't work, Marin could also support a native leader of Taiwan to become the new "Luzon King" and then pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty... Anyway, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty would not care about an overseas island. They didn't even care about Taiwan, which was close to them, let alone Luzon Island, which was farther away?

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Of course, these are things that will happen in the future. It may take nearly a year to send people to notify Kong Tai. Kong Tai will send people to Japan to recruit wandering samurai, recruit indigenous soldiers on Taiwan, and then arrest the indigenous people of the Philippines to mine. Then recruit landless farmers in Fujian to reclaim land on Cebu Island... All of this will not be able to produce copper in less than three to five years...

Therefore, there is no need to worry about it. Marin's actions on the Grand Principal of Moscow are the most anxious. Because according to information, as long as the weapons and armor that the Teutonic Kingdom helped to purchase, the Grand Principal of Moscow will immediately launch a war against the Smolensk region, and take the opportunity to defeat the Grand Principal of Lithuania and force it to ced the Smolensk region. This time will probably happen within a year at most.

Therefore, the war against the Grand Duchy of Moscow is currently the top priority. But now, Marin has a problem, that is, the area span of this war is too large!

From the East Friesland region to Moscow, the distance is more than 2,500 kilometers. It is converted into Huali, which means more than 5,000 Huali!

People say that exile is three thousand miles away, which is only three-fifths of this distance! That is already considered a separation from life and death, and the distance between these five thousand miles...

Alas, that guy is not that difficult!

At the beginning, Napoleon's expedition to Russia was farther than this. Moreover, Napoleon began to prepare since 1811. But it was not until June 1812 that hundreds of thousands of French troops arrived at the border between Poland and Russia. Then, after the war was launched, all kinds of difficulties were not going well. However, Tsarist Russia did not take the initiative to fight, but the second was to retreat, avoid the French army, and dragged the time from the summer of June to the winter of December. Finally, due to the severe cold and hunger, it dragged down Napoleon's hundreds of thousands of troops.

Therefore, while Marin was seeking to defeat the Grand Duchy of Moscow, he was also afraid of following in Napoleon's footsteps (previous?) and being dragged down by the cold winter of Eastern Europe.

If you want not to be dragged down by the cold winter in Eastern Europe, then the Beihai Kingdom must fight quickly. Moreover, the army must be flexible and maneuverable and move fast!

As a result, the Cossack cavalry became the most suitable. But when it comes to the problem, the Cossack cavalry is a light cavalry and is not suitable for attacking. The infantry has poor mobility and only marching forty or fifty kilometers a day, which is still the army of the Beihai Kingdom. If it were infantry in other countries, it would be good to march 30 kilometers a day. In this way, the distance of 2,500 kilometers will have to run for more than 50 days.

This is based on the fact that the other party did not send troops to block it. In addition, it did not consider the large amount of waiting time required to cross the river when blocking it along the way.

Including the baggage, it is estimated that it will take several months to marching and fighting and transporting food and grass...

Even if we set out in spring and arrive outside Moscow City, it is probably autumn. It would be fine if we could quickly take down Moscow City. If we were dragged by the enemy, we would definitely not be able to survive the winter...

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Fortunately, Marin did not lead troops to occupy Russia, but just defeated the opponent's main force, and then robbed hundreds of thousands of serfs. Therefore, there is no need to fight steadily, and there is no need to fight the opponent's main force.

In this way, the army sent by the Beihai Kingdom is not only strong in combat power, but also in a strong maneuverability. For example, if a Cossack cavalry with one man and three horses is only carried a pack of compressed biscuits, the average marching can reach hundreds of kilometers per day. 2,500 kilometers, which only takes more than twenty days.

However, the Moscow army generally uses spears, and can form formations, and there are musketeers. Sending Cossack cavalry alone is to deliver vegetables. Therefore, Marin must also dispatch musketeers and cannons to break the enemy's formation.

But the cannons were too bulky and had to follow the infantry. And those who could keep up with the cavalry were Gustav II's cavalry cannon - the three-pound cannon.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The three-pound cannon is lighter, and you can travel dozens of kilometers a day with a pull-up horse. Although it cannot catch up with the light cavalry marching, it is much faster than following the infantry. As long as you bring a large number of horses and change to the three-pound cannon, you can still carry enough artillery to the battlefield.

As for the musketeers... Marin thought about it and decided to get out the Dragoons that appeared only after 1552 decades in advance. Moreover, it was used as the main force in the attack on the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

The so-called dracostal is actually a musketeer riding a horse. With the ability to provide maneuvering, the dracostal can quickly rush to the battlefield like a cavalry. Then, it is also very convenient to escape...

Of course, in this war, Marin planned to bring a large number of steel nail single-headed bullets, so he was not worried about losing. As long as there was sufficient ammunition, he would definitely beat the opponent to doubt his life. After all, the accurate head of the single-headed bullet is too high. An ordinary smoothbore gun has a hit rate of only one-seventh of the time outside. 70 meters above, if he can win...

But this single-headed bullet can still hit a human-shaped target at a distance of 100 meters, with a hit rate of more than half. A distance of 150 meters, and half the chance of hitting... This terrifying hit rate can hit the opponent when facing the musketeers of the Grand Duchy of Moscow...

But, this number is not enough...

Even if Marin's current 1,000 muskets and guards are converted into dragoons, there are only 1,000 muskets. They are lined up in three teams, with only 333 people per team. Even if 333 people hit the target, they will only kill and injure 333 enemies in one round. After three rounds of shooting, they will kill and injure 1,000 enemies at most. This amount of damage is really nothing to the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, which is tens of thousands of people...

So, Marin decided to expand the number of musket guards to a scale of 3,000. Moreover, they all turned into dragon cavalry. Their shooting skills were not too big. The problem was that they learned to ride horses and learned to ride horses for a long distance...

So, in the following time, Saul was ordered to go to the military and military schools in various places to recruit young and loyal musketeers, join Marin's musketeers, and fill up the number of people with three thousand. Then, these young musketeers would use Eastern European Mongolian horses bought from the Crimean Khanate to practice a long-distance marching of three horses, and the dragoon tactics that quickly dismounted and lined up to shoot in a row...
Chapter completed!