The Rise of the European Emperor

Jim, who was in a state of drama, complained while wiping his nose and tears:

"My lord, you two don't know. When Mr. Marin seized the East Frisian Country, he killed most of the nobility of the East Frisian Country. Moreover, the whole family was killed together, and all of them were killed. Don't let it go!"

Frederick III nodded and said:

"I've heard of this. How did your family survive?"

Jim sobbed:

"Our Kovac family is related to Prime Minister Jeffrey's family. My father is Prime Minister Jeffrey's cousin..."

"Oh, it's still a big fish!" Joachim I said excitedly. The relatives of the Prime Minister's family should know a lot of information...

"What did you mean when you said 'the whole family died'?" asked Frederick III.

"Lord Marin... oh no, it's the tyrant of Marin. He is ruthless and likes to kill the whole family. If I dare to reveal the secret and he finds out, my whole family will be hanged if they can't escape!"

"Hey - so vicious! However, that's fine, just after defeating him, we have one more reason - this guy likes to kill noble families... um... we are just..." Joachim I said. And Frederick III listened and nodded in agreement.

Frederick III thought for a while and said:

"Well, while that guy Marin doesn't know yet, you can send someone to inform your family and let them make preparations and escape from East Friesland. When the battle is settled, bring your family to Saxony. Here At that time, I still canonized your family as a baron family and gave it a fief."

"Of course, the premise is that the information you said has that value..."

"There is, of course, there is value!" Jim said, pretending to be very interested.

"Let's talk, when you're done, write a letter, plus a token, and give it to my subordinate, and let him send someone to your family to tell your family to escape..."

"But... East Frisian is very strict with the management of foreign population... Your subordinates are sure that they can enter the small town of Norden?"

"Then it's easy to handle. Aurich, Emden and Lyle City may not be able to get in, but Norden should be fine. Because, I heard, after Marin came out with the main force, the army guarding the home all shrunk. In several major cities such as Aurich, Emden, and Lyle..."

"Why not let me run away with my family?" Jim said, pretending to be puzzled.

Frederick III smiled:

"Hehe, I'm afraid that what you gave is false information. Therefore, you must follow me in the days to come. If the information you give is wrong, I will kill you..."

Jim pretended to be frightened, but in his heart he was in admiration—as expected, the Duke's prediction was absolutely right...

In the end, Jim got the promise to "send someone to inform his 'family'", chose to "give in", and told the "real secret" to Frederick III...

Frederick III and Joachim I were shocked when the double layer of parchment was torn - and this...

When seeing Marin's "real plan", Frederick III and Joachim I suddenly realized - so it is...

The arrangement of this "true information" was so reasonable that Frederick III and Joachim I could not find any problems. Therefore, whether it was the wiser Frederick III or the young and impulsive Joachim I, they all believed in this "true information". After all, this intelligence arrangement is so reasonable and in line with their cognition. Unlike the statement above a layer of parchment, it is not in line with their cognition. Because their intelligence personnel have absolutely no idea about the 10,000 army...

Soon, under the deliberate "negligence" of the Hamburg side, some scouts risked their lives to bypass the blockade of the Hamburg cavalry in the east, and rushed to the camp of the Allied Forces of Bursa at night, and reported the news that Hamburg had suddenly started recruiting strong people and recruiting strong men. Frederick III and Joachim I...

Because this is exactly in line with the "true information" sandwiched between the double layers of parchment,

In this way, Frederick III and Joachim I completely believed Jim's confession. Then Jim was detained by them and stayed by his side. Moreover, Frederick III really sent a Saxon messenger to the Kovak family in Norden to inform the family to "run away quickly"...

Of course, when the courier arrived in East Friesland, because Marin had arranged it in advance, the Kovak family would welcome him warmly. Also, pretending to be really planning to run away with the family to cover Jim.

At this time, Jim began to pay close attention to the officers and men of the Bursa coalition around him to see who had the most beards and was about the same height as himself. At that time, it is also good to imitate the appearance of this person. As long as you steal the military uniform, you can disguise yourself as this person and leave the barracks of the Bursa coalition...

...

At the same time when Jim was showing off his acting skills in front of the two electors, Marin also sent someone to land on the west bank of the Trave River west of Lübeck and began to fight for the army to cross the river.

Before, the hundreds of trebuchets that the Saxons had dug in the West Bank to attack the ships under Marin's command were all captured by Marin's men and turned around.

Moreover, before the appointed time, Marin sent a large number of civilians to the front of the battle formation on the west bank to dig tunnels...

Marin's tactics this time are to fight a positional battle with the Bosa coalition, and it is mainly defensive. Therefore, the two trench tactics with strong defensive ability are naturally the first choice. Therefore, although Marin's army had not yet begun to cross the river, the civilians had already started digging two trenches in front of the predetermined battle formation with their shovels.

As long as the two trenches are dug and filled with pickets, I don't believe the enemy can rush over smoothly...

Of course, in order to facilitate a full-scale attack at a critical moment, Marin also devised a way for his army to cross the trench when attacking—that is, prepare many rafts. When their troops attacked, their soldiers pulled out some of the slanted wooden pickets that were used to block the enemy's charge in front of the second trench, and then spread the raft on the two trenches as a temporary wooden bridge. Then, the soldiers can step on the rafts that cross the two trenches, cross the two trenches filled with pickets, and rush to the enemy line...

As for whether the enemy will use a temporary wooden bridge to cross the two trenches? Marin said - that's no problem. Because the musketeers on this side will teach the other party's soldiers carrying the wooden bridge how to behave in minutes...

Marin inspected the terrain of the scene and knew that his army was going to form an array against the water this time. But Marin is not worried, because the defense of the Spanish phalanx is very strong in this era.

Moreover, the backwater of this backwater array is not a dead end. For, since occupying the pits where the trebuchets were buried, there was nothing on the Trave that threatened the ships of Marin and Lübeck.

Now, although they are fighting against the water, Marin's 20,000 army can easily supply food and ammunition through the ships on the Travo River. The soldiers don't have to worry about supplies, they can naturally rely on the Spanish phalanx with high defense and hold on for a long time. At least, there is absolutely no problem when Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara's 18,000 reinforcements arrive and attack the enemy camp...