The Rise of the European Emperor

Because the city of Lübeck is surrounded by water on several sides, the Electorate of Brandenburg and Electoral State of Saxony, who are also landlubbers, cannot immediately attack the city across the river, nor can they fully surround it. Therefore, as long as a light boat is sent across the river in the middle of the night, it is still possible to communicate with the city of Lübeck. After reaching the city of Lübeck in a light boat in the middle of the night, the communication soldiers would ride the hanging baskets up and down the city wall, which was quite convenient.

When Marin received a joint report from Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, everyone appreciated:

"This guy Woolf is really an outlier among Europeans, and he is good at using tricks!"

In fact, Woolf Esbrand was forced by reality to be helpless, so he specialized in the strategy. why? The reason is very simple, Woolf Essbrand was born in the weak Dittmarschen area and was the leader of Dittmarschen's army against Denmark.

However, the total number of soldiers in the Ditmarschen area was only over a thousand. Denmark, on the other hand, can easily dispatch tens of thousands of troops.

With such a disparity in strength, if the weaker party is not clear-headed and thinks of a head-to-head confrontation, it will be mentally disabled.

Hang Si, who has no strength, is facing Gao Fushuai directly, and his brain is definitely kicked by a donkey. If the weak want to defeat the strong, there is only one way to go through intrigue. Even if someone praises the conspiracy and devalues ​​the conspiracy, it is the deliberate guidance and propaganda of those who are powerful.

Because conspiracy is the only way out for Diaosi to defeat Gao Fushuai. If Diaosi's brain is not clear, he easily gives up the conspiracy and changes to play Yang Conspiracy with Gao Fushuai's opponent, he must die very ugly. The rich and handsome are also afraid of being smeared, so they manipulate public opinion, belittle the conspiracy, and praise the conspiracy. In fact, this is to make the hanging silks lose the opportunity to counterattack and maintain the stability of their privileged class.

In fact, throughout the past and present, all the wise generals who use the less to win the more, and the weak to win the strong, all use conspiracies. Only through conspiracy and tricks can a sling general like Woolf Esbrand lead a thousand militiamen to defeat the tens of thousands of Danish troops and drown seven thousand Danish soldiers.

It is precisely because the strength gap between the Dietmarschen region and the Kingdom of Denmark is too great that for freedom, Woolf Esbrand was forced to use intrigues and tricks to deal with the Danes, and finally flooded the kingdom and won. that war.

For military strategists, only by "combining odd and positive" can they be invincible. Only odd, too risky. And only positive, there is a lack of flexibility, and it is easy to be plotted by conspiracy and tricks. Therefore, the truly great military strategists generally need "the combination of odd and positive", not only Qi and Zheng.

Woolf Esbrand was one of the few generals in Europe who knew how to strategize in this era, coupled with the traditional "positive" education in Europe. Therefore, his ability exceeds that of most generals in this era. Of course, if he wants to win the battle, the premise is that he must have a strong strength. Otherwise, if only by surprise,

When encountering a cautious enemy, as long as you block his Qi, it is easy to be unlucky.

Therefore, while Marin is good at using conspiracy and tricks, he also attaches great importance to the training and improvement of his own army's combat effectiveness. If you only rely on odd, it will not last long. Only when Qi Zheng takes care of it at the same time can he truly become an overlord-level prince.

Of course, in this day and age, Europeans are out of fashion for intrigue. So, most of them are too straight. If you encounter a cunning opponent, it is easy to suffer a big loss. So, in this day and age, in Europe, it's pretty effective.

However, after all, Woolf Esbrand is a conspirator with half a bucket of water and lacks ability. The one who is really good at conspiracy and tricks is Marin who has experienced the "information explosion" in later generations. After all, Marin has seen too many examples of ingenious strategies in books and online.

For example, in the report submitted by Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, Marin saw a lot of room for improvement...

Take the matter of dispatching 8,000 people to disguise themselves as the main force to go south. Originally, Marin's request was for Woolf Esbrand to pretend that the 8,000 main force was going south. Woolf Esbrand also did it, but he made a very fatal mistake - he did not send the people to accompany him, but only sent the "eight thousand main force" to the south.

This is very unreasonable. Because now countries use large armies, they will certainly dispatch a huge number of people to be responsible for transporting military rations and baggage at the same time. Otherwise, if the combat troops are also responsible for pulling carts to transport military supplies and baggage, once they encounter an emergency combat situation, they simply have no energy and physical strength to fight, and it is too late to change their formation. After all, transporting military rations and baggage is very labor-intensive.

Fortunately, Prince Christian, the commander-in-chief of the Danish army, was young and inexperienced. If an old fox like Frederick III heard that there were only 8,000 people heading south, he would definitely doubt the truth—how could there be an army that didn’t bring the people along with him…

Therefore, Marin wrote to the Hamburg Council, asking them to borrow a boat and impose a curfew, and also wrote back to Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, asking them to recruit another seven or eight thousand people and disguise themselves as civilian men. Follow the 8,000 people before heading south. As a result, this looks more reasonable. Second, there are more people and more deterrent...

However, in order to cover the movement of the real army, these 8,000 fake main forces should not march too fast. Otherwise, if the Bosa coalition forces are drawn out to attack too early, everything will be exposed. With the cunning of Frederick III, he would certainly guard against the surprise attack of real reinforcements.

Therefore, Marin decided to perfect the plan of Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara and create a shocking deception, so that old foxes like Frederick III also believe that the fake reinforcements are the real main force...

After thinking about it, Marin believed that a main force consisting of 8,000 main forces would march very quickly. Therefore, in order to deceive the Bursa coalition, we must convince the elector of Brandenburg, Joachim I, and the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, that there are too many recruits in the support army, so I can't go fast...

Recruits are poorly disciplined and require long training. Marching with new recruits, the large force went slowly and reasonably, and did not arouse the suspicion of Frederick III. Therefore, Marin needs to convince Frederick III that there are many recruits in this support army, which slows down the speed of the march...

To this end, Marin came up with a way - deliberately leaking false information...

How did he leak it on purpose? It was very simple. Marin asked Woolf Esbrand to deliberately send a messenger to carry the "secret letter" to Lübeck semi-openly, attracting the enemy to come and kill him.

If the messenger is alone, I believe that the scouts under Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, will definitely not give up intercepting it. At this time, the messenger who was alone was required to flee for his life in a panic, and then "accidentally" lost the secret letter, and then let the scouts of the Saxons pick it up...

In this "secret letter", Woolf Esbrand will report to Marin - on the northern border of the Principality of Schleswig, he himself is leading 5,000 main veterans and tens of thousands of strong people, desperately resisting the city. The attack of the Danish army. Therefore, we can only send half of the main force, that is, 5,000 veterans, and 5,000 recruits to go south together...

In this way, it makes sense for the reinforcements to go slowly. After all, what about half the newbies...

As for how 8,000 people can disguise themselves as an army of 10,000, it's too easy - the team can be scattered a little...

If this "secret letter" falls into the hands of the enemy, they will understand that half of the 10,000 troops who went to the south to rescue are "parallel imports"... But in fact, these people are all parallel imports, and there are no 10,000 troops. people……

As for the news of Denmark's defeat, will the Bursa coalition know about it? Don't worry about this either. Because, Jutland and the German region are separated by the sea and the Duchy of Schleswig. Today, the Principality of Schleswig has been under a comprehensive martial law, and outsiders are simply unable to pass. And the Danes are now unable to pass the sea and send the information to land. After all, the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg will definitely not allow it. Therefore, for a long time, it was not easy for the Bursa coalition to know the situation in Denmark. The fake secret letter said that half of the veterans and tens of thousands of people in the Principality of Schleswig were relying on the city to resist the Danish army. It was very reasonable and easy to believe. If it is said that the 10,000-strong army of the Principality of Schleswig wiped out the 20,000-strong army of Denmark in a short period of time, others will not believe it...

Of course, the excuse of "half of the recruits in the team" is not enough to make the fake main army go very slowly. So, Marin came up with another trick of deception - pretending to deliver a lot of artillery and baggage...

It is very difficult to transport artillery and baggage by land. Therefore, it is very reasonable to affect the speed of the army.

To this end, Marin sent a letter to Woolf Esbrand and ordered him to convene a large number of carpenters in the Duchy of Schleswig, cut some logs into the shape of a cannon, and paint the outside. The "muzzle" part is also sealed (moisture-proof), making it look like a real gun. Then, let the carpenters build the East Frisian-style gun mounts and assemble them.

At the same time, some wooden balls of the same size as iron balls were also cut out, painted with black paint, very much like iron balls, and placed on carts, so that the people "difficulty" transporting them...

So many "artillery" and "iron ball shells" need to be transported, which must affect the speed of the march. In addition, with the oak barrels "loaded with gunpowder" and the sacks loaded with enough food for so many people, the baggage troops must be mighty. It is reasonable and reasonable to affect the marching speed of the army. Even the resourceful Frederick III could hardly see the flaw. After all, there are half of the new recruits, and there are piles of artillery, iron balls, gunpowder barrels, food and other baggage that need to be transported. Is it strange that the army marches slowly? It's weird not to be slow...

Moreover, carrying so many "artillery" and "ammunition", people have to believe that it is the main force. Because, these days, artillery is made of copper, which is very precious. There are so many artillery pieces, if it weren't for the main force, I wouldn't believe it if I told others...

When Marin's "guidance" was delivered to Woolf Esbrand, Woolf Esbrand, a man who was good at scheming, took a deep breath when he saw it - so shocking As long as no one leaks secrets inside, anyone can be successful... After all, who would have come up with the wicked idea of ​​disguising logs as cannons and wooden balls as cannonballs... In this era of Europe, only Only a scumbag like Marin can come up with such insidious tricks...