In the battle with Saxony, Marin obviously also needed the militia. Because, he can gather up to 10,000 regular troops in his hands. However, these regular armies are going to fight the main force of the Saxon army in the open.
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 to complete.
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 militia, that is, the nobles who followed the Sexner family, had been killed by Marin long ago. The middle and low-level officers of the militia are mainly the 1,000 straw hat swordsmen who originally defended Emden.
Although Marin captured 600 straw hat swordsmen, he did not dare to release these straw hat swordsmen from prison and use them. Because these straw hat swordsmen are all fighters raised by the Sexner family for many years. The ancients were not as easy to betray as modern people. If some of them suddenly turned back when commanding the militia, it would easily cause Marin great trouble.
Therefore, Marin decided to re-select the militia commander...
It is not easy to select a militia commander, because it is impossible for Marin to promote a serf to become an officer. Regardless of whether the serf has that ability, if Marin promotes the serf to an officer at will, he may offend the local nobles and lose their hearts.
Although many small captains in the Marin Army used to be serfs. However, those small captains in the regular army are not local, but mercenaries recruited from places such as Württemberg and Alsace. Even if Marin promotes them, he will not break the local class composition of East Frisian Counties. Therefore, the local nobles have no way to object.
However, if Marin promotes local serfs as officers instead of promoting the children of local nobles, he will definitely anger the local nobles. And Marin's men are seriously 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, Marin was ruthless enough to kill all the hostile noble families before, without giving them a chance to flee abroad and become the opposition. Therefore, the remaining minor nobles are either the descendants of former Brock family supporters, or the families that surrendered earlier.
However, Marin did not trust those capitulator families. As for the descendants of the supporters of the Bullock family, because of decades of decline, they are not as talented as those surrendering families.
In the end, Marin selected 100 direct and collateral children from the two camps of the Block 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 faction of the Bullock family supporters has fewer talents than the surrender faction, but Marin still selected 50 of them as officers, and even counted some illegitimate children. Although the surrender faction was a little dissatisfied, it was not too bad to get half of the positions.
In this way, Marin obtained enough officers to command the militia. However, most of those who were selected as officers had no experience in army command. Especially the supporters of the Bullock 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 to familiarize them with the strict military discipline and drill methods in the Marin Army. While training, the instructors not only let the 100 reserve officers know what to do, but also often explained the main points of the training to them, so as to facilitate their future practice.
After all, these 100 people are more or less educated people, and their abilities are much stronger than ordinary serfs. Training them is not the same as training ordinary serfs. Some seemingly simple requirements in the eyes of these people may be difficult problems for serfs. And the instructors who were in charge of teaching these reserve officers pointed out all these difficulties for them to remember.
In addition, in order not to waste talents, Marin also invited his old man and boss Adler to help them control the militia.
My old man, Marin can be trusted. Therefore, Marin appointed old Hoffman as the head of the militia, commanding more than 6,000 militias across the country. And Adler was appointed as the leader of the first phalanx of the militia.
Naturally, everyone has no opinion on Marin's appointment. Adler actually wanted to be the head of the militia. However, in front of the old Hoffman who beat him up since he was a child, Adler didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to become the leader of the phalanx.
However, for Adler, who had never commanded more than 30 people, commanding a phalanx of 1,250 people was definitely a qualitative leap. So, after hearing the good news, he immediately rushed from his fiefdom in Lyle County to Aurich. This made cleaning Liv very dissatisfied and wanted to suppress it. But faced with the temptation to lead the army, Adler disobeyed his wife's wishes for the first time. Liv had no choice but to follow her to Aurich to raise her baby.
In fact, this is what the old Hoffmans strongly demanded. As a border county, Lyle County is still not very safe. What's more, Adler's castle was built outside Lyle County. And Liv, who was pregnant with the third generation of the Hoffman family, was obviously very dangerous to stay outside the city of Lyle. So the old Hoffmanns 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 the old Hoffman to the instructors for training...
Both of these two belonged to the old-school knights. Although they had also learned simple military command, they were all backward things. Therefore, Marin specifically asked Schwartz and Frundsberg, two experienced commanders, to teach the father and son how to command a "Marin-style" modern army. In fact, Marin could also know about the two of them, but Marin knew that old Hoffman liked face, and if Marin dared to point fingers at him, he might be beaten. 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 was trained, Marin planned to let the old Hoffman lead the second and third formations to garrison Aurich to 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 garrison the granary in Lyle County. However, considering that Adler's original fiefdom was in Lyle County. If Adler is arranged to be stationed locally, it will be easy for Adler to become bigger and stronger in the local area.
After much deliberation, Marin decided to let Adler lead the first phalanx of the militia to garrison Emden. The city of Emden is currently the number one trading port in East Frisia and is of great importance. However, the residents of the city are not very loyal to the Hoffman family. Sending Adler in the past can not only do a good job of defense, but also prevent him from becoming bigger in Emden.
In fact, Marin was not worried that Adler would have other thoughts. However, his sister-in-law Liv is not a cheap lamp. Of course, Liv doesn't have bad intentions, she just wants to try her best to win more benefits for her man.
If Adler is made the garrison officer of Lyle County, Marin can believe that Liv will invite family members from the Hamler family to work under Adler. Marin had inquired, and the men in the Hamler family were not brainless. Once they are under Adler's hands, it is easy to control the entire large granary in Lyle County, which is very unsafe for Marin.
But letting Adler guard Emden is different. The city of Emden has just been bloodbathed by Marin. Therefore, the people in the city have a certain amount of hostility towards the Hoffman family, which will not dissipate for many years. Even if Liv brought the family's brothers and uncles under Adler's command, it would be difficult for them to use it here. After all, this is not the simple agricultural county of Lyle County, but an area where businessmen gather. Wanting to fight against the well-informed businessmen and citizens here, the members of the Hamler family are not that capable, and it is difficult to form a control...
Although Marin believed in Adler, he thought he would not threaten his status. However, he didn't trust Adler's men. You know, in ancient China, Zhao Kuangyin had an example of being "added in 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 plans to send it to Lyle County for defense. As for the commander, Marin decided to choose one of the remaining 22 knights from the country of Mark to guard it.
In addition, the 4 militia phalanxes actually only have 5,000 people, and there are more than 1,000 people left. Marin plans to disperse them in various bunkers in the future to protect the safety of food reserves in various places. At the same time, he is responsible for giving Marin a warning.
Of course, before this, these militiamen need to undergo rigorous training before the autumn harvest. At the very least, be disciplined. Before the autumn harvest, the only remaining work in the field is loose work such as pulling out weeds. Women can do this kind of work, and the militiamen can take advantage of the autumn harvest and carry out certain training so that they can be competent in defending the city...