The Rise of the European Emperor

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However, the poisoning of the Spanish princess Catherine was too important. If the news leaked out, Marin would not be able to eat and walk away. why? Because Catherine is the sister of Juana, the daughter-in-law of Emperor Maximilian. If the news is leaked, not to mention that Spain will hate him, he will be unlucky in front of Crown Prince Philip.

It's not that Philip, the prince, can do with himself, but, if it is other than this matter, he has no place to stand...

After all, Marin is also nominally the count of Spain. As a result, poisoning the Spanish princess is definitely a typical example of chaotic courtiers and thieves...

Therefore, Marin emphasized that this operation must be kept secret. In order to keep secret, agree with Moore to kill. Even, Marin wanted to secretly ask Moore - after the fact, the killer who had done it was either killed or sent to the UK without leaving any traces.

In addition, if Henry VII really found something, he would push the Scots and help to create some false evidence... Anyway, Scotland and England are feuds, and there is nothing in the pit. Even, Marin thinks, even if he didn't do it himself, Henry VII would choose to dunk the shit pot on the Scottish or French head. Only in this way will Britain not completely turn against Spain.

Spain is different from France, the French are landlubbers, and the United Kingdom can ensure that the mainland will not be invaded by France. But Spain is different, that is the existence of sea power no less than that of Britain. If the Spaniards were offended, the British mainland was vulnerable. Because the strength of the Spanish fleet is even higher than that of the United Kingdom.

Of course, Spain will not really go all out to attack Britain. After all, that's a silly thing to make the French happy. So, in the end the UK may declare that the French did it or the Scots did it. Then, the two countries ostensibly reconciled. Of course the UK has to pay something...that's politics...

The next day, on April 5, Marin finally raised the army and food and planned to go out. To this end, he also held a swearing-in meeting before the expedition.

This time, Marin planned to lead 20,000 regular troops and 50,000 strong civilians, with some provisions and ammunition. At the same time, artillery and ammunition, as well as most of the food and forage, were sent by the Navy to 0 250-class armed merchant ships and transported to the city of Lübeck.

Lübeck is a port city, although no longer coastal, but also located near the estuary, close to the sea. It is very convenient to use 0 warships to transport goods in the past.

Moreover, now that Denmark has completely lost its sea power, it is relatively safe to take the sea route to Lübeck.

It stands to reason that Marin's army is a reinforcement, and Lübeck should be responsible for the food and grass. However, Marin considered that the lack of preparation on the Lübeck side made them suddenly gather the food and grass needed by the tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time.

is unrealistic. So, Marin simply let his own ships transport the food there. Anyway, I have a lot of food.

After the swearing-in meeting, before Marin had time to start, Kohler sent a piece of information:

"Master, the intelligence officers discovered that a group of people with suspicious behavior came to the military camp of the Duchy of Saxony on the west bank of the Ems River!"

"Suspicious?" Marin was a little puzzled.

"They were apparently sent by George, Duke of Saxony, but after arriving at the barracks, they didn't stay in the barracks, but ran outside the barracks all day. Some even tried to run to Aurich. But it was stopped by our people."

"Then, a few of them went to the open place of Port Emden, and frequented the pub. When they saw people in soldiers' clothing, they invited people to drink, and if they drank too much, they inquired about military affairs... So, I suspect , they are spies sent by the electorate of Saxony..." Kohler's analytical skills are very good, he believes that this should be a spy sent by the elector of Saxony Frederick III to inquire about the military situation in East Frisian. After all, Frederick III was George's cousin, and it was no problem to place a few spies in the temporary camp of the Principality of Saxony in East Frisland.

Marin nodded, agreeing with Kohler's inference. Indeed, with the ability of Frederick III, someone will definitely be sent to supervise the actions of the East Frisians. If not, Marin would be surprised.

However, Frederick III underestimated the intelligence capabilities of the counties of East Friesland. Their people asked, and Kohler's spies guessed their intentions. Because there is no military conflict between the people of the Principality of Saxony and Marin, it is impossible to inquire about the military secrets of East Frisian casually.

"How do we deal with it? Shall we arrest them all?" Kohler asked.

Marin thought for a while and said:

"It is better to block it. Since they can send the first batch of spies, it is not uncommon to send the second batch. At least we have noticed this group of people. If they are caught, the next group will be more hidden. So, I plan to send People mislead them and deliberately pass false information to them!" Marin said confidently. In China, this method is called countermeasures...

Countermeasures were widely used in ancient China. The more famous countermeasures were used in the "Battle of Changping" between Qin and Zhao. The state of Qin used countermeasures to let King Zhao replace Lian Po and Zhao Kuo, and lost Changpingzhi. The war also lost 400,000 young men...

In addition, Zhou Yu "played Jiang Gan with a group of heroes" and deliberately let Jiang Gan steal fake letters is also a famous case. And Huang Taiji's use of countermeasures to get rid of Yuan Chonghuan is also a famous example of countermeasures... In short, the ancient Chinese people played very smoothly, and Marin has read a lot of similar histories, so it is relatively clear...

This time, he intends to learn from the ancient Chinese sages, use the second countermeasure, and tease the spies of the Electorate of Lower Saxony...

"By the way, Kohler, did those Saxon spies figure out anything?"

"No, when the people of the 3rd Corps were stationed in Emden a few days ago, they made a few shots, but they were all in contact with the soldiers at the bottom, and they didn't know any secrets. Today, the army of the 3rd Corps gathered in Ori. Here comes Xi, Prince Simon and his militia have just arrived in Emden to take over the defense... Those militiamen, who only arrived in Emden today, probably haven't had time to go out for a drink, and those spies can't get in touch..."

Marin's army was divided into three corps - the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd corps, each with ten thousand men. Among them, the First Army was stationed in East Frisian mainland, the Second Army was stationed in the Principality of Schleswig, and the Third Army was stationed in the North Münster area.

In order to defeat the enemy's coalition, Marin rallied all the 3rd and 3rd Corps together. The original defense areas of the two legions were handed over to Wan Mibing. Among them, the old Hoffman led 5,000 militiamen to garrison the city of Aurich, while Simon led 3,000 to station Emden...

After thinking about it, Marin ordered:

"In this way, you pass my order to Simon, and let him restrain the soldiers and not allow them to go out at will. During this time, try to be under martial law."

"At the same time, you send a few spies with good acting skills and a good appetite for alcohol, disguised as officers, and go to a tavern frequented by some Saxon spies to drink. Then, pretend to be drunk and tell them false news..."

"By the way, you asked Simon to use the banner of the Third Corps, which means that the Third Corps took over the defense of the homeland. When your spies deliberately revealed false information, they also told them that the Third Corps temporarily gave up Mings. The defense of the special area, taking over the Legion to defend East Frisian mainland. And I, with the Legion and the 10,000 Militia, went to reinforce Lübeck..."

After listening to Kohler, he nodded, and after thinking about it, he suddenly asked:

"How would they respond if they asked why we sent troops?"

"Just tell them that our spies have found 20,000 mercenaries in Switzerland who were hired by the Electorate of Brandenburg to attack Lübeck. I'll take Wan veterans and Wan new soldiers to reinforce, that's enough..."

This reason is very reasonable. Lübeck is an ally of Marin, and of course he must be saved. And getting information from Switzerland, only know 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, is also a very reasonable explanation. Moreover, ten thousand veterans and ten thousand new soldiers, plus the tall city walls of Lübeck itself and thousands of defenders, are indeed enough to withstand 20,000 Swiss mercenaries...

To this end, Marin ordered the soldiers of the Third Army to remove the flag of the Third Army, and to fly the flag of the non-existent "Fourth Army" to confuse the enemy. And the ten thousand militia troops responsible for guarding the homeland hoisted the flag of the Third Legion...

After arranging the cut, Marin stepped onto the war Makart and officially set off with the army... () "The Rise of the Emperor of Europe" only represents the author's point of view. If you find any content that violates national laws, please delete it. The position is only committed to providing a healthy and green reading platform.

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