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In fact, although he was distressed that Albert was injured by an arrow, Marin secretly rejoiced in his heart. Why? Because he finally found an excuse to use troops on the North American continent......

Originally, Marin bought Manhattan Island in New York, which was meant to be used as a springboard. It's just that Marin's men have a good relationship with the Dravaares, and they really lack an excuse to use force. Even against Indian tribes other than the Dravaares, Marin lacked the excuse or opportunity to use force.

And this time, the initiative of this Mohican tribe called Wild Wolf really brought a pillow to Marin when he was sleeping......

With Albert's injury as an unquestionable excuse, Marin was able to pull his army across the North American continent without raising the question of the Dravaares. After all, Governor Albert was injured and the goods were robbed, can he do it without bowing?

In this way, Marin can take the opportunity to transfer the army to the North American land, and then happily make trouble on the North American continent......

Moreover, after the landing of troops this time, Marin did not plan to withdraw. From then on, he would use New York as a base and expand inland......

Just as Kaiser Wiji reacted when the news of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Sarajevo reached Berlin before World War I, Marin wanted to say happily at this time: "This is really a golden opportunity!" ”

Of course, if he really dared to say this sentence so excitedly, it was estimated that old Hoffman would have to beat him. After all, Albert was shot......

But that's the case, anyway, Albert doesn't have any big problems now, but the fact that he was hit by an 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 unleash a bold tongue to destroy the Mohicans......

In fact, Marin only needs to destroy the wolf tribe of the Mohicans. Marin's clamoring to kill all the Mohicans was just an excuse to keep the army on the North American continent. The Mohican people are divided into multiple tribes, and it is simple to kill all the wolf tribes, as long as you find a place, fence it off, and don't let one go. But to get rid of all the Mohicans, it will be quite difficult. After all, the Mohicans are more than one wolf tribe. It will take a long time to clear the Mohican people...... Then, Marin's army can rely on it in a grand manner......

By the time the Drava people reacted, Marin's army had already taken root in the local area......

Of course, not only did he keep the army in the area, but Marin also increased his trade with the local Drava people, providing them with salt, iron tools, and other goods on a large scale.

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

You know, with the Indians, salt and iron, that's absolute hard currency. The Indians of North America did not know how to boil salt, and it was difficult to replenish salt. Therefore, table salt was precious on the part of the Indians. Salt can even be used as currency. And the reason why the wolf tribe among the Mohicans sent people to attack Manhattan Island was because they heard that there was a lot of salt in the bazaar, so they had a bad intention and sent people to rob it.

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 lot of game from the Indians, as well as wood.

In order to further weaken the strength of the Drava people and make it easier for the army to encroach on the local territory, Marin finally decided to recruit a group of Indian mercenaries among the Drava people......

The Indians were brave and good at fighting, and even the more friendly Drava people, the men of the tribe, did not lack the courage to fight. Of course, although these Indians were brave, their combat effectiveness was not high because of the backwardness of their weapons, as well as problems with discipline. But in the vast forests of North America, their abilities should not be underestimated.

As long as a group of the strongest men were recruited from the villages of the Drava people as mercenaries, then Marin would be able to obtain a large number of warriors. Marin will equip the Delaware warriors with advanced European bows and arrows, so that those Drava warriors will become auxiliary troops to assist the main army under Marin's command.

Most of these Indian men were good at archery, but because they used earthen bows and arrows before, they were less powerful and had low accuracy, so the hunting effect was not very good. Especially when encountering animals with thick skin such as wild boars and bison, it is difficult to shoot through the hides without metal arrows. Therefore, equipping the Indians with European strongbows and European-style bows with metal cone-shaped armor-piercing arrows would greatly increase their combat effectiveness.

In fact, the combat effectiveness of those Indian mercenaries was secondary. Mainly, Marin wanted to weaken the military power of the Drava by recruiting Indian mercenaries - the bravest men in their tribe had joined his army, and if the two sides were hostile, would the other side still have enough warriors?

Then, if you have enough troops, but the opponent lacks troops, you still need to ask about the outcome of the conflict?

This is only one thing, and if the men of the Delaware villages are "working" under their own hands and become their food and clothing, then how can those villages oppose their own rule?

The Drava people are matrilineal clans, and the big things in the clan are decided by older women. How do women buy? Can Marin still be familiar with it as a person in later generations? Beautiful clothes, fine food, and other shiny things like glass beads......

By recruiting the strong men of the Drava people under his command and bribing the older women of the Drava villages, he can quietly annex the Draware without making a sound......

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Besides, these Indian mercenaries are not without combat effectiveness. If you equip them with European-made bows and arrows, which are more powerful than earthen bows and arrows, their combat effectiveness will also be greatly improved. In addition, I am sending people to give them simple training, so that they are more disciplined...... Maybe it is a little insufficient to let them be the main battle force, and they can be used as auxiliary troops and protect the flanks, but it is not too much of a problem.

In the future, the battles between Marin and those Native Americans will definitely take place in the dense forests of North America. Marin's soldiers who are not from the Black Forest may not have adapted to the dense jungle environment, but those Indian mercenaries must have walked on the ground in the forest and were more mobile. It may be a problem to let them take the lead attack, but it is not a problem at all to let them run errands and reconnoiter the enemy's situation or something.

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

In addition, in the future, after Marin conquered those North American jungles, he would definitely have to bring in a large number of Japanese farmers, Indian untouchables, and Indonesian farmers to reclaim the area. Perhaps, those Indian soldiers could be used as overseers to prevent those laborers from escaping?

As for whether those Indian warriors awakened national self-esteem or anything, Marin was not worried. Indians were uneducated, and it was not the 19th century when nationalism was on the rise.

Moreover, the use of those Indian mercenaries is only temporary. When European immigrants gain a firm foothold, the number is sufficient, and there is no shortage of manpower, there is nothing to turn around.

Anyway, Marin only equipped the Indian mercenaries with European bows and arrows, and did not give them muskets. Even if the other party wants to make trouble, they can't make any waves......

To put it bluntly, Indian mercenaries are just a temporary solution that Marin has come up with when there is a 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, rebellion against such things is usually oppressed, or there are careerists who incite them...... Marin will certainly not oppress and abuse the mercenaries under his command, and careerists don't seem to have any soil for production in uneducated Indian tribes...... Generally speaking, a careerist must at least have some culture, and the most basic thing is to know the simplest truth of "princes and generals, rather have a kind......

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