The Rise of the European Emperor

Chapter 1263 Desperate Bet

Because Johnny is a grassroots secretary, he has never been to Aurich at all, let alone know Marin. Therefore, Marin is not worried about Johnny revealing the secret that he is still alive.

When training Johnny's acting skills, Marin didn't tell Johnny that he was talking, but said that he was Cameron, and asked Johnny to call himself a card director...

At first, Marin was full of confidence. But when it came to the specific training, Marin felt how difficult it was to make an ordinary person without acting skills cry as soon as he said it.

Although Johnny had a bad look, his face looked like he was about to cry, but he just couldn't cry...

Marin yelled "cut" many times, but Johnny couldn't cry. When he asked why, it turned out that Johnny's dead father had told him—man, blood doesn't shed tears...

"Nimma, I don't want you to bleed, I only want you to shed tears!" Marin was a little angry.

In desperation, Marin had no choice but to use psychological suggestion to remind Johnny that he had paid so much in the past 15 years but could not get promoted...

However, Johnny's pain is pain, his face is almost distorted in pain, but he just can't cry...

Marin also remembered that he couldn't help it, and walked around anxiously. Finally, he shouted loudly and said:

"Come on, get the props!"

Then, an erhu brought back from Daming was delivered to Marin...

Marin can play the erhu. In later generations, in the countryside, there are three musical instruments that are very popular - suona, erhu and flute (gongs, drums and wooden fish are not included)...

why? Because these three instruments are easy to make and cheap...

Suona ranks first, because in rural areas, no matter it is a wedding or a funeral, people can invite people to play suona, which can be said to be widely used. The erhu is mainly used in funerals because of its sad sound, but also widely used in performing arts. As for the flute, it is purely because the cost is low and it is easy to get started...

In the previous life, some old people in the village could play the erhu, and they often came to play for a while. Marin liked to join in the fun when he was a child, and he also followed him to learn, and he played well. However, this is of no use. Because, after going to college, people who pick up girls use guitars and play the erhu on campus, and it is easy for classmates to throw coins in front of you...

But now, the erhu finally comes in handy, and that is - with sad background music for Johnny...

Ma Lin used the erhu to play the three famous songs "Erquan Yingyue", "Jiangheshui" and "Farewell to the Newlyweds". At the same time, he told Johnny's tragic experience in a sad tone, and also helped Johnny forcefully recall the scene when his parents died...

Listening to the sad erhu tune, although Johnny didn't quite understand it, he also felt quite sad. Coupled with Marin's forced help to recall, Johnny finally remembered those unbearable past events...

Finally, after Marin tossed for a long time, Johnny, a middle-aged man who believed in "a man bleeds but not tears", cried sadly. It seemed that the grievances of many years were vented together this morning. Johnny cried uncontrollably. After crying for a long time, his voice became hoarse from crying...

But Marin didn't have time to sympathize with him, but repeatedly told him——

"Yes, that's the feeling! You must remember this feeling, you can use it in Worms!"

And since Johnny cried out, he seemed to let go of his defenses, and he didn't reject crying. Johnny was still crying the next day,

Not as sad as the day before, but at least I was able to cry. On the third day, without the help of the erhu, he was able to cry...

...

And while Marin was busy training the hapless Johnny crying scene, far in the south of Lucerne, Switzerland, Marin's former subordinate and student Frundsberg was receiving several hunters from the mountains south of Basel...

At this time, Karlsruhe, the capital of Baden, had been besieged for many days. According to the spies' report, it is said that Christopher I, Earl of Baden, is ready to abandon the city and escape. The direction in which Christopher I fled was obviously the city of Basel. Because the roads he fled in other directions were blocked by the coalition forces.

Moreover, as Frundsberg estimated-the coalition forces of the princes deliberately drove the Earl of Baden to Switzerland. In this way, they can justifiably "pursue" into Switzerland, and then catch the Habsburg family army by surprise.

So far, the coalition forces of the princes have not shown any hostile attitude towards the Habsburg family. If James Bond, Marin's spy, had not obtained confidential information from Wittenberg, he would not be so sure about the movement of the coalition forces of the princes. After all, it is normal for the princes to help the princes fight territorial disputes and wars in Germany. Moreover, the allied forces of the princes deliberately concealed their clumsiness this time. They clearly had an army of 50,000 to 60,000, but they declared 30,000 to the outside world. Obviously, they were afraid of scaring the Habsburg family and arousing their vigilance.

...

Frundsberg can now be sure that after the coalition forces of the princes drove the Count Christopher I of Baden into Basel, they would continue to besiege the city, and then deliberately leave a gap in the south to force the Count Christopher I of Baden to flee to Switzerland... In this way , the allied forces of the princes had an excuse to chase into Switzerland, and they were not suspected by the Habsburg family...

Moreover, in order to avoid the surrender of Christopher I, Earl of Baden, Duke of Lorraine, at the instigation of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, deliberately sent someone to tell Christopher I, Earl of Baden-in order to vent his personal anger, as long as you are caught , just strip you naked and parade in the street for an exhibition...

This kind of threat is more unacceptable than being killed for a big nobleman. After all, as a nobleman, the most important thing is the so-called honor. It would be embarrassing to be stripped naked and parade in the street!

Therefore, even in the face of the tens of thousands of princes' coalition forces, Christopher I, who had been frightened for a long time, did not dare to surrender. Because if you surrender, you will suffer a huge humiliation...

When Frundsberg summoned several hunters, Christopher I had already taken his whole family and fled south overnight under the protection of a team of knights. However, because Baden is a long and narrow north-south country, it is about 180 kilometers from Karlsruhe in the north to Basel in the south. And Christopher I fled with his family, and there were many carriages in the team. In addition, the road in the Rhine Valley is not smooth (this is already considered upstream), it is estimated that it will take two or three days to arrive.

...

Frunzberg had a long talk with those hunters and gave them a lot of gold coins. Eventually, Frundsberg identified several mountain passes from Basel across the mountains to the south. However, he was not sure which mountain road the coalition forces of the princes would take...

At this time, a hunter named Ryan suddenly said:

"My lord, although there are several mountain roads going south to Lucerne, if you want to pass carriages and baggage, you must take the road to the southeast of Costal. Because this road is the widest and the flattest. The other mountain roads, Either too narrow, or too rugged for a carriage..."

"Yes, carriage!" Frundsberg's eyes lit up.

If Marin sends troops south, Frundsberg may not know which way Marin will go. However, for the 50,000 to 60,000 princes' coalition forces, there must be a lot of baggage. Moreover, it will also carry cannons. As a result, there are a lot of vehicles that can only take the road.

In this way, the army going south must not take the small road, but can only take the relatively spacious road in the Costal Valley.

The elated Frundsberg rewarded Orion Ryan with 100 gold coins, and then sent them to rest, but did not send them home. After all, he was afraid that Ryan and the others would tell the princes and allied forces about the ambush he set up after they returned...

"Pass my order to leave more than 4,000 Swiss mountain troops, put on our uniforms and flags, and guard at the head of Lucerne. The main force of our army is more than 14,000 people. The whole army will gather and follow me to Costal Go to the valley to ambush the allied forces of the princes!"

Adjutant Karl dissuaded:

"My lord, please think carefully! We are only the elite now, if we fail this time, we will never have a chance to stand up again!"

Frundsberg smiled and asked:

"Think I'm risking my all-or-nothing?"

"Very risky!" Lieutenant Karl nodded desperately.

But Frundsberg smiled wryly:

"Do I have any other options? If I don't take this risk, once the coalition forces of the princes and the French join forces, we will have to lose most of Switzerland and retreat to the southeast corner. At that time, the Habsburg family will almost Years of hard work will be in vain. And I am the best scapegoat! Even if His Majesty the Emperor does not execute me, it is certain that I will be revoked from all positions and be reduced to a commoner. Moreover, I will always bear the shame, and I will be killed after death. It can't be washed off!"

After a pause, Frundsberg continued:

"So, Carl, this is my last chance and the only chance! It's better to be a scapegoat after failure than to be a scapegoat after failure! Even if I die, I will bite off a large piece of the enemy's flesh! Moreover, we may not will lose..."

After finishing speaking, Frundsberg strode out of the command room and went out to gather all the soldiers of the regular army...

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