The Rise of the European Emperor

"We divided the army into two groups and attacked the city in turns, day and night. Our army could take turns to rest, but the Italians in the city had no chance to rest. I think, if it doesn't take two days, the other side will be unable to support..." Gai Charles, Earl of Aldon, made a recommendation.

"That's a good idea!" Several other princes immediately agreed.

In fact, in order to come up with a good strategy, Charles, Earl of Geldon, also thought for a long time. In the end, he thought - since we have a lot of soldiers, why not take advantage of this advantage?

More than 40,000 people beat 10,000 people, which is already an advantage in numbers. When attacking a city, there is absolutely no need for 40,000 people to act together. If the city is attacked in groups, the Italian mercenaries who defend the city can be overwhelmed.

Especially in the night siege, the Italian mercenaries in the city could not get a good rest, making the opponent extremely tired. One or two days is no problem, more than two days, people will definitely not be able to bear it.

To this end, the eight princes made a decision after careful discussion - more than 40,000 people were divided into two groups, each group of about 20,000 people. Among them, the elite troops are responsible for sieging the city during the day. The second-line troops, which are mainly conscripts, are responsible for sieging the city at night and disturbing the opponent's rest.

In order to achieve this goal, the coalition forces built a new camp 2 kilometers away from the camp outside the city. After completing the siege task during the day, the elite troops went to the new camp 2 kilometers away to rest at night to avoid being disturbed by the siege at night.

Similarly, after the night siege task is completed, the second-line troops will go to the new camp 2 kilometers away during the day to sleep in the daytime to replenish their physical strength.

After the arrangement was made, the combined forces of the eight kingdoms and princes began to rotate the battle to siege the city...

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In fact, to deal with such a method, Marin knew how to crack it—that is, divide the defending troops into two groups, one group guarding the city during the day, and the other group defending the city at night. As for the rest time, afraid of being disturbed by the sound of the siege? It's very simple, just put cotton in the ear...

But Europeans have never seen such a common-sense response in China. So, the Italian mercenaries guarding Oldenburg were recruited...

Because they did not know how to rest in batches and sleep with stuffed ears, Italian mercenaries had to insist on defending the city with fatigue. Even many soldiers brought their quilts to the city wall, taking every opportunity to squint for a while.

However, in the face of the 24-hour harassment of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, even if the Italian mercenaries brought the quilts to the city wall, there was no chance to rest...

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Just as the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms princes were fighting with the Italian mercenaries day and night in Oldenburg City, Marin also received news that the Eight Kingdoms princes sent messengers to contact the Second and Third Corps.

However, the messenger sent to the Third Army was taken to Steindorf, but the messenger sent to Jutland was intercepted by the Cossack cavalry...

After all, Alsace left 2,000 Cossacks in Schleswig, blocking the roads. The messengers sent to Jutland were intercepted by these Cossacks.

"My lord, what should we do?" Kohler asked.

Marin tapped the table with his fingers, and after thinking for a while, said:

"You tell Steindorf to entertain that messenger. Then, try to hold back the other party and don't rush to respond. At the same time, let him tell the other party - if you don't see the cash, you won't agree. At the same time, put on a pose of going south at any time. attitude..."

"You mean to make Steindorf pretend to agree?"

"That's right, if Steindorf didn't pretend to agree, they would probably be scared away. If you want to wipe out all of them, it will be difficult." Marin nodded.

"What about Wagner's Legion Commander? The Second Legion is all shipped to the mainland! What if the messenger they sent can't find anyone?" Kohler asked again.

"This is a problem. If the envoy of the other party can't find the Second Army, they will definitely doubt..." Marin fell into deep thought...

After a while, Marin made a decision—

"The fleet that brought the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Second Corps to the mainland hasn't left?"

After getting a positive answer from Kohler,

Marin continued:

"Let the fleet transport 5,000 new recruits of the newly formed Second Army, disguised as the Second Army. At the same time, Wagner brought a few backbones of the Second Army and returned to Jutland to deal with the messengers of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms..."

"But it's too late! My lord, the speed of the fleet is not comparable to the speed of horse racing on land. What if the enemy's messenger rushes to Jutland before the fleet arrives and doesn't see the Second Army?" Kohler grimaced. road.

Marin waved his hand:

"That's not a problem! Didn't the three groups of messengers sent by the princes of the Eight Kingdoms to go to the Second Army were intercepted by the Cossacks? After our fleet leaves, you will send someone to notify the Cossacks to release those messengers. At the same time, tell those messengers to go. Jutland's road is not accessible by land. At that time, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms will definitely send another messenger to find Wagner by sea. They are not as fast as they go by sea. When they reach Jutland, Wagner has already waited there with 5,000 recruits."

"Moreover, what the princes of the Eight Kingdoms really value is Steindorf's Third Army Corps in Schleswig Province. Because the Third Army Corps moves south the fastest and is the easiest to threaten the combined forces of the Eight Kingdoms princes. As for the Second Army Corps, in fact the Eight Kingdoms The princes don't care too much. Because there is a third army between the second army and the combined army of the princes of the eight countries. Without knowing that we have a large fleet to transport the second army, the princes of the eight countries will not pay that much attention. The second legion was wooed."

Kohler nodded, and soon went to work according to Marin's arrangement...

On the side of Steindorf, after receiving the order, he immediately put on a face of greed for money. On the one hand, he said that he would agree not to interfere until he got the money. But that gesture, no matter how you look at it, it looks like taking the opportunity to extort...

"What? That Steindorfer wants to increase the price? 500,000 gold coins are not enough for 700,000? Why doesn't he go grab it?"

After hearing Steindorf's request, several princes showed indignant expressions. But Charles, Earl of Geldon, smiled and said:

"I'm not afraid that he won't be greedy, but I'm afraid that he will not be tempted in the face of money, and he is determined to return to Marin's command! As long as he does not bring troops to return to Marin's command, we will not lose!"

The other princes suddenly realized that they were right. If the other party did not love money and chose to return to Malin's command, it would be a fatal blow to them.

When sending the second batch of envoys to negotiate, Charles, Earl of Geldon repeatedly told the envoys—

"When I got to Steindorf, I negotiated the amount of money with him on the one hand, and on the other hand, I repeatedly emphasized that Marin's pardon for their betrayal was only a temporary measure. When the war was over, he would definitely be liquidated. So, it's good to work with us!"

What Count Charles said was actually right. Under normal circumstances, even if the betrayal returns to the original owner, it will definitely be suspicious, and it will be difficult to have a future. Even, it is easy to be liquidated.

But the premise is that the betrayal of Steindorf and Wagner is a real betrayal...

In the case that the betrayal was false, Marin certainly would not have dealt with Steindorf and them. But the outside world didn't know, and thought that Steindorf and Wagner were really betrayed. In the case of preconceived ideas, the princes all believed that Steindorf did not return to Marin's command, it was the right choice...

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The words were divided into two parts. Just as the representatives of the princes were wrangling with Steindorf, the allied forces of the Eight Kingdoms princes never stopped attacking Oldenburg City day and night.

After a few days and nights, the Italians finally couldn't take it anymore. Previously, the excitement and blood that had been exhilarated because of the great wealth had dissipated immediately after being devastated by not sleeping for a few days. Then, the combat effectiveness of Italian mercenaries returned to normal levels...

Finally, after persisting for four days and three nights, the Italian mercenaries also started to doze off while standing, all with dark circles under their eyes...

Seeing the Italian mercenaries standing at the top of the city nodding and dozing off, the eight princes finally smiled smugly...

"Okay, the general attack is today. Today, 40,000 troops will be dispatched together! This time, we will come for real!"

In this way, at noon, while the Italian mercenaries in the city were dozing off while eating lunch, they launched the most violent attack on the city wall...

Under the cover of ordinary soldiers, a thousand elite dead men selected by the subordinates of the eight princes, wearing high-grade leather armor and carrying a knife, suddenly rushed up to the city wall, dozing at the Italian mercenaries eating lunch on the city wall, launched the most violent attack. Afterwards, the thousand elites rushed down the city wall and occupied the city gate hole in the south gate. While resisting the counterattack of the defenders in the city, they had people to clean up the debris accumulated in the city gate hole...

Half a day later, after paying a huge price of more than half of the 1,000 elite dead soldiers, the city gate was finally opened. And the 40,000 troops of the Eight Kingdoms Allied Forces also took the opportunity to pour into Oldenburg City...