The Rise of the European Emperor

"Then how do we change the battle plan?" asked Schwartz on the side.

Schwartz is now the Minister of Military Affairs, but because Wagner needed to "act" in Jutland, he had to go out and temporarily serve as the commander of the real II Corps himself. Fortunately, he has been in the legion for a long time, and he is a skilled player, and he can get started right away.

Marin tapped the table with his fingers, pointed to the map and said to the commanders of Schwartz and Stade:

"According to the original plan, we led the first and second armies to take the initiative to go to the border areas of East Friesland and Oldenburg provinces, and set up a decisive battle with the allied forces of the eight kingdoms. However, defense is the main thing."

"Then, 10 Cossack cavalry regiments led by Steindorf and the Third Army and Alsace suddenly came from the east and attacked the enemy's rear. The two corps in front of us also took the opportunity to attack, attacking front and back, completely destroying the enemy. …”

"However, because of the betrayal of the old nobles in Bremen Province, it was difficult for the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry Regiment to reach the battlefield within the stipulated time. Therefore, this plan had to be cancelled..."

"However, it won't take long to transport the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry by sea..." Kohler wondered.

"No time!" Marin shook his head helplessly and continued:

"The transport fleet is now transporting 5,000 militiamen to Jutland to pretend to be the Second Army. Jutland is hundreds of kilometers away from the mainland. It takes half a month for the fleet to come and go. Then, to pick up the Third Army, back and forth. It will take half a month."

"Moreover, the fleet can only transport 5,000 soldiers at a time. Even if the Third Corps is transported, it will take two round trips. And transporting Cossack cavalry is even more troublesome. You must know that a Cossack cavalry is at least one person with two horses. Transporting people People can still squeeze, but it is impossible for war horses to squeeze. Once some bad-tempered warhorses are crowded together, they are likely to bite each other and hurt the warhorses. Therefore, a ship can transport many people, but The number of horses transported is limited..."

"According to the transportation capacity of the professional troop transport fleet, the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry have to be transported back. It is estimated that it will take four or five trips, and the time is estimated to take two months... However, Oldenburg City is far from Aurich. It is only a few dozen kilometers away, and the enemy army will arrive in two or three days after marching... So, there is no time..."

Kohler was a little dumbfounded:

"Then how do we adjust now?"

Marin closed his eyes, and after thinking for a long time, opened his eyes and said:

"What we lack most now is probably time. However, now that the autumn harvest has begun, we can't let our opponents harvest crops. Once the other party participates in the autumn harvest and learns the real yield per mu of grain, our secret will definitely be passed on. All over Europe. At that time, the fire will not be contained in the paper..."

"So, I need a team now to go to the Oldenburg area to do something..." Marin said, closing his eyes in pain, as if making a difficult decision...

"What?" Schwartz asked curiously.

"Set fire to the fields!"

"What?" Several people present were stunned...

You know, it is now mid to late September, and the autumn harvest in the four provinces of Oldenburg, East Friesland, North Münster and West Friesland is about to start.

At this time, the rye straw in the field has withered and yellowed, and the wheat ears are mature. At this time, the field was set on fire, and the yellow straw was simply unstoppable. Once the wind is set on fire, the large tracts of mature rye fields will have no grains...

Schwartz and others don't know what to say anymore. If they set fire to the crops before the autumn harvest, it would be a heinous crime... How much wheat would be burned, and the property damage would be huge...

Marin's idea was no different from a lunatic's decision. Therefore, several people disagreed.

But Marin asked blankly:

"Then what do you say? If the princes of the Eight Kingdoms are allowed to send people to harvest the crops, then the secret of the yield per mu will not be kept! Once the secret spreads,

Then the 50,000 princes' coalition army, and the strong men of more than 30,000 princes' coalition forces will all know. At that time, for the sake of confidentiality, do you want me to slaughter the more than 80,000 insiders? "

Several people were silent for a while...

For the sake of secrecy, 80,000 people were massacred. If this reputation spreads out...the title of a devil can't escape properly...

Therefore, Marin's seemingly crazy idea is more reliable...

"Okay, I agree to set fire to the fields. But who should go? Now, Oldenburg is under the control of the enemy..." Schwartz said helplessly.

Marin said lightly:

"Nominally, the Oldenburg area is indeed under the control of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, but, don't forget, the stewards of those manors are all our people..."

"You mean, send someone to notify those manor stewards and let them arrange to set fire to the fields?" Kohler immediately understood.

Most of the estates in the Oldenburg region are under the management of the Hoffmann family. Only a small part of the land was given to the nobility. Moreover, many manor managers are actually intelligence officers under Kohler's command, helping Kohler to monitor the people. Even if they are not official intelligence personnel, many manor managers are also "informants" of the intelligence bureau, and they are more obedient to orders.

Of course, Marin was also afraid that some manor stewards would disobey orders because they were reluctant. Therefore, he ordered:

"Send someone to inform each manor that the order to burn the crops must be strictly implemented. If you don't implement it, you will be executed!"

"Who to send? The province of Oldenburg is now under the control of the enemy..."

"Send all the cavalry to inform the various estates of Oldenburg and force the fields to be burned!"

"What if the enemy cavalry blocks it?"

"Then send the lancers of the First Army to attract the enemy's cavalry to chase and intercept. The other cavalry, including the scout cavalry, are fully responsible for notifying the setting of fires! The enemy must not know the real food production!" Marin said decisively.

"Will the whole province of Oldenburg be burned? What about East Frisian province?" Kohler asked with a painful face. It was all money...

"It seems that the Oldenburg area must be burned, and it is basically under the control of the enemy. If we don't do anything, the enemy will send people to harvest. As for East Friesland... Well, let's take the two legions and follow the original plan. It is planned to enter the eastern border of East Frisian. In this way, it will not only attract the enemy troops, so that they will not dare to divide their troops to harvest grain. At the same time, it can also protect the local grain fields of East Frisian..."

After all, Marin was not willing to burn the grain fields in East Friesland, because East Friesland, as the core area of ​​the North Sea, has the most grain fields. If a large-scale burning of fields is ordered, the loss will be immeasurable...

As for the Oldenburg area... If we can keep the food in East Friesland this year, we can still subsidize the manor there...

...

Soon, more than 3,000 light cavalrymen in East Frisian, including the horse-riding police in the countryside (there are no police cars these days, and the police can only ride horses when they go to the countryside to handle cases. Of course, it was Marin who had a lot of money to give these police officers in charge of law enforcement in the countryside. Equipped with so many horses), divided into groups, quietly infiltrated multiple estates in Oldenburg Province, and secretly ordered them to set fire to the grain fields that were about to be harvested.

Moreover, they are not only responsible for notification, but also for supervision. If there are disobedient people, these people will also be responsible for killing disobedient people on the spot...

At the same time, a total of 1,000 lancers from the two regiments were also dispatched to the Oldenburg area to provoke and lure the coalition cavalry.

In order to make it easier for the Lancers to march, Marin asked them to replace the heavy plate armor and wear light rhino leather armor to facilitate their long-term mobility (otherwise the horses would not be able to bear it). At the same time, the most elite 500 scout cavalry under Marin's command, who were good at using muskets, also followed the two Lancer regiments.

If the opponent sends light cavalry to chase, then let the lancers kill. If the opponent sends an opponent with too high protection such as plate knights...then leave it to the scout cavalry who use muskets to "kite" and "kill" one by one...

In short, this 1,500-strong mixed cavalry team was designed to hold back the cavalry forces of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms and prevent the other party from sending cavalry to hinder the action of setting fire to the fields...

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