The Rise of the European Emperor

Of course Marin wasn't crazy. If it was just for a little food, there was no need for him to send someone to burn the fields. It's just that he was afraid that the secret of the grain yield of 500 pounds per mu would be leaked.

The granary was ransacked by the enemy, and Marin was not worried. Because the opponent will not infer the yield per unit of Beihai's grain from the amount of grain in the granary. But if the enemy sends someone to supervise the autumn harvest, the fun will be great. Under the on-the-spot weighing, the secret of Beihai's super high grain yield could no longer be kept.

Therefore, in desperation, Marin could only choose to set fire to the fields to avoid giving clues to the enemy.

However, he did not expect that the farmers were so stubborn. In two nights, 8 manors were slaughtered. These manors were slaughtered because they were determined not to burn the fields, and they also killed the messengers.

In normal times, Marin might have enough time to convince them. However, since the light cavalry was actually operating in the enemy-occupied area, there was no time to explain it slowly. So, Marin allowed them to use the most drastic means.

As a result, more than 1,500 farmers in 8 estates were slaughtered. In fact, there were also farmers who fiercely resisted and were killed in other estates, adding up to about 200 people. After all, in order to set fire to the fields, Marin's men killed more than 1,700 of their own farmers...

Hearing this data, Marin closed his eyes in pain...

After a long time, he opened his eyes and asked Kohler:

"How many people know about this?"

Kohler listened for a while, then replied:

"About half of the hussars know, they just got back. You mean..."

"Separate the light cavalry who participated in the slaughter of the village from those who knew it, and then send it to North America! Remember, tell everyone - those farmers died at the hands of the armies of the eight kingdoms..."

The slaughter of the peasants under his own rule was a last resort, but it was indeed very bad. If it spreads out, the impact will be very bad.

Therefore, in order to be politically correct, the farmers of the eight manors can only "die at the hands of the enemy", not under the knife of their own people...

Kohler nodded and said:

"I understand, I will let people spread the news - the soldiers of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms and princes set fire to the fields in our manor, became angry and slaughtered several villages..."

Just when Kohler was about to leave, Marin suddenly had a better idea:

"Wait, tonight you will send people to those eight manors, bring some more black oil, and burn down the village. Just say - the fire is too big, and the village is also burned down..."

Marin thought for a while and felt that he still couldn't reveal the secret of Tu Village. It just so happened that the fire was so fierce that it could be said to be a raging flame. Therefore, it is better to set a fire and destroy the corpse. As for why the village disappeared, it might be better to say that it was burnt down by mistake.

As for putting the blame on the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, that is not very feasible. Because people will deny it. Also, the hussars killed some obstructers in other manors. If they knew that 8 manors were massacred, those in the manor where someone was killed would definitely understand that the whole manor was killed by the light cavalry...

Therefore, it is best to cover up this massacre against one's own people with a fire. After all, with such a big fire, it's normal for an accident to happen...

...

The next day, Marin thought of another important question and called Kohler to ask:

"By the way, are there any military members in the 8 manors that were slaughtered?"

Marin suddenly remembered something last night - if there were military dependents in those 8 manors, then it would be a big deal. Family members were killed, and the soldiers involved were not...

Kohler shook his head and said:

"No, the military members are generally placed in the manor under your name. And the manor under your name, all our people are in charge, none of them disobeyed, and they all carried out the order. Those eight manors that collectively disobeyed are not you. The estates under his name naturally have no military members. Moreover, most of the military members of the North Sea are located in East Frisian mainland. There are also many Schleswig provinces, but there are really not many in the Oldenburg area..."

"That's good, that's good..." Marin let out a long sigh of relief. He was most afraid of accidentally killing the family members of his soldiers, who would sacrifice their lives for him,

He killed someone's relatives... Fortunately, there is no such thing, otherwise Marin would not know what to do...

However, Kohler was right. Most of the manors where military family members are housed are those under the name of Marin, which are semi-military villages. In such a manor, the steward must be someone from Marin, not an outsider, nor will he be disobedient.

And the eight manors that disobeyed this time were not manors under the name of Marin, and the managers were also owned by others, so naturally they would not listen to greetings like that.

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Hearing that most of the wheat fields in the Oldenburg area had been destroyed by fire, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms were very angry and cursed Marin together. Then, they thought - if it was later, the wheat fields in East Frisian might also be ordered to burn down by the madman Marin...

So, after the private army of the nobles in Bremen Province arrived, the allied army of princes gathered more than 40,000 troops, left Oldenburg, and rushed towards the city of Aurich. In addition, they also divided 10,000 troops (conscripts) and went to Bremen Province. With the cooperation of the veteran nobles who had joined the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, they stayed on the west bank of the Elbe River to prevent the third army from advancing westward to support Marin.

After sending these 10,000 conscripts to defend the Elbe River, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms obviously felt that the rear was safe, and they no longer mentioned the matter of bribing the Third Army. After all, saving a little is a little...

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Hearing that the allied forces of the eight kingdoms and princes were pressing down on the territory, Marin did not dare to neglect. He left 5,000 militiamen to guard the city of Aurich, and then personally led the 20,000-strong army of the First and Second Corps to the border to resist the enemy's invasion.

At the same time, Adler also led the 40 knights and 2,000 conscripts he brought along to go out and cooperate with Marin's actions...

The First Corps and the Second Corps are both old-fashioned legions, and the soldiers have high military literacy. Therefore, even though they set off behind the allied forces of the eight kingdoms, they arrived at the border before their opponents. Then, set up camp and dig a lot of trenches with shovels...

When the soldiers of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms rushed to the border area, Marin's temporary camp had been built...

...

Seeing the hedgehog-like Beihai Kingdom's camp, the eight princes felt very troubled. Even Count Charles, the most powerful of the feudal lords, had to admit after seeing the layout of the Beihai Kingdom camp:

"This bastard really is a war genius!"

The road ahead was blocked, and the eight princes had no choice but to order to set up camp.

Afterwards, the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms and Princes sent troops to conduct a tentative attack, but they were all beaten back.

Marin didn't seem to have any plans to fight the enemy head-on, so the army did not go out of the camp at all, but relying on the fortifications and trenches of the camp, they kept firing cold guns and arrows, and the officers and men of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms who were in charge of the attack had no temper. ...

"It's so difficult, why don't we bypass their camp?" Seeing that the attack was frustrated, Simon V, Earl of Lipper, was a little scared and made this suggestion. This suggestion is very constructive, because the coalition of the eight kingdoms and princes is now so numerous that they are not afraid of field battles, but they are afraid that Marin will not be able to retreat. So, as long as they bypassed Marin's camp, Marin would have to chase him out of the hedgehog-like camp to stop the coalition army from advancing westward...

The other princes also seemed to be tempted, so the coalition sent scout cavalry to start reconnaissance of the roads to the south and north of the Marin camp...

"They're going to bypass our camp? How can this be done? We have to find a way to keep them..." Marin saw through the enemy's plan and began to think of countermeasures...

Early the next morning, after breakfast, Marin's men boarded the earth wall of the temporary camp and started a collective "hanging their voices"——

"Across the street, listen up—Duke Henry is Sabie! One, two, three—"

"Duke Henry is Sabie!"

"Duke Henry is Sabie!"

...

The 20,000 troops of Beihai Kingdom shouted in unison, earth-shattering...

At this time, the two Dukes of Henry were negotiating with the other six princes in the main camp to bypass the enemy camp. Then, suddenly, the chorus of "Duke Henry is Sabie" spread into the tent...

"Fuck!" Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was so angry that he smashed the wine glass in his hand.

Brunswick - Henry, Duke of Lüneburg, his eyes were burning with rage...

Although I don't know which Duke Henry the other party is scolding, it must be one of them. So, both of them were furious...

"I'll kill him! I'll kill him!" exclaimed Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

Brunswick - Henry, Duke of Lüneburg was also full of anger:

"If you don't kill this fellow, you will never be a human being!"

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