"We divided our army into two groups and took turns to attack the city, day and night. Our army can take turns to rest, and the Italians in the city do not have the opportunity to rest. I think that in two days, the other party will be difficult to support......" Charlie, Earl of Geldon, suggested.

"That's a good idea!" Several other princes immediately agreed.

In fact, in order to come up with a good plan, Charlie, Earl of Geldon, also thought about it for a long time. Eventually, he thought to him - since we have a lot of troops, why don't we take advantage of this?

More than 40,000 people beat 10,000 people, which already has a numerical advantage. During the siege, it was not necessary for 40,000 men to act together. If you attack the city in groups, you can make the Italian mercenaries defending the city tired.

In particular, the siege at night can make the Italian mercenaries in the city unable to get a good rest, making the opponent extremely tired. One day or two is fine, more than two days, people will definitely not be able to stand it.

To this end, the eight princes made a decision after careful discussion - more than 40,000 people were divided into two groups of about 20,000 people each. Among them, elite troops were responsible for the siege during the day. The second-line troops, which were mainly conscripts, were responsible for attacking the city at night and interfering with the rest of the opponent.

In order to achieve this goal, the coalition forces built a new camp 2 kilometers outside the city. After the elite troops completed the siege mission during the day, they went to the new camp 2 kilometers away to rest at night to avoid being disturbed by the siege at night.

Similarly, after the completion of the siege mission at night, the second-line troops would go to the new camp 2 kilometers away during the day to sleep during the day to replenish their strength.

After the arrangement was made, the princes of the eight countries joined forces and began the battle of rotating sieges......

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In fact, to deal with such a method, Marin knows the way to crack it - that is, to divide the garrison into two groups, one to defend the city during the day and the other to defend the city at night. As for the rest time, afraid of being noisy by the sound of siege? It's very simple, just stuff cotton in your ears......

But this kind of common-sense response in China has never been seen by Europeans. So, the Italian mercenaries guarding the city of Oldenburg were recruited......

Because they did not know how to rest in batches and sleep with stuff plugging their ears, the Italian mercenaries had to stick to the city with fatigue. Even, many soldiers brought their bedding to the city wall and seized every opportunity to squint for a while.

However, in the face of the 24-hour non-stop harassment of the allied forces of the princes of the eight countries, even if the Italian mercenaries brought the bedding to the city wall, they had no chance to rest......

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While the allied forces of the Eight-Nation Princes were struggling with the Italian mercenaries in Oldenburg day and night, Marin also received news that the Eight-Nation Princes had sent envoys to contact the Second and Third Legions.

However, the envoys to the Third Army were taken to Steindorff, but the envoys to Jutland were intercepted by the Cossack cavalry......

After all, Alsace left 2000 Cossack cavalry in the province of Schleswig, blocking all roads. The emissaries sent to Jutland were intercepted by these Cossacks.

"My lord, how are we going to deal with it?" Kohler asked.

Marin tapped his fingers on the tabletop, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Tell Steindorff to entertain the messenger. Then, try to hold off the other person and don't rush to respond. At the same time, let him tell the other party - if he doesn't see the cash, he won't agree. At the same time, put on a posture of going south at any time......"

"You mean to make Steindorff pretend to say yes?"

"Yes, if Steindorff hadn't pretended to say yes, they would have been scared away. If you want to annihilate them all, it will be difficult. Marin nodded.

"And what about Wagner's Commander? The Second Legion has been transported to the mainland! What if the messenger they sent could not find anyone? Kohler asked again.

"That's a problem, if the other emissary can't find the Second Legion, he'll be suspicious......" Marin pondered......

After a while, Marin made a decision -

"The fleet that brought the remaining 5,000 soldiers and horses of the Second Army to the mainland hasn't left yet, has it?"

After receiving Kohler's affirmative reply, Marin continued:

"Let the fleet carry 5000 recruits of the newly formed Second Army Corps over and disguise the Second Army Corps. At the same time, Wagner returned to Jutland with several backbones of the Second Army to deal with the envoys of the allied forces of the eight princes......"

"But it's too late! Lord, the speed of the fleet is not comparable to the speed of the horse on land. What if the envoys of the other side went to Jutland before the arrival of the convoy and did not see the Second Army? Kohler said with a bitter face.

Marlin waved his hand:

"That's not a problem! Didn't the three groups of envoys sent by the princes of the Eight Kingdoms to find the Second Army all intercepted by the Cossacks? When our fleet has departed, you send someone to inform the Cossacks to return the messengers. At the same time, tell the messengers that there is no land route to Jutland. When the time comes, the princes of the eight countries will definitely send another envoy to find Wagner by sea. They were just as unhappy as they were by sea, and when they reached Jutland, Wagner was already waiting there with 5,000 recruits. ”

Moreover, what the princes of the Eight Kingdoms really valued was the Third Army of Steindorff in Schleswig. Because, the Third Army Corps moved south the fastest, and it was the easiest to threaten the coalition forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms. As for the Second Legion, in fact, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms didn't care very much. Because, between the Second Army and the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, there is a third army corps. Without knowing that we had a large fleet to transport the Second Legion, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms would not have paid so much attention to the Second Legion. ”

Kohler nodded, and quickly went about doing things according to Marin's arrangement......

And Steindorff's side, after receiving the order, immediately changed to a greedy face, saying that he would not agree not to interfere until he got the money, and on the other hand, he also put on a posture of going south to King Qin. But that gesture, no matter how you look at it, looks like taking the opportunity to blackmail......

"What? That Steindorff is going to increase the price? 500,000 gold coins is not enough for 700,000? Why didn't he go and grab it? ”

After hearing Steindorff's request, several princes showed indignant expressions. But Charles, Earl of Geldon, smiled and said:

"I'm not afraid that he won't be greedy, I'm afraid that he won't be tempted in the face of money, and he will be determined to return to Marin! As long as he doesn't return to Marin with his troops, we won't be defeated! ”

The other princes suddenly realized that if the other party did not love money, but chose to return to Marin, it would be a fatal blow to them.

When sending the second group of negotiating envoys, Charles, Earl of Geldon, repeatedly told the envoys—

"When they went to Steindorff, on the one hand they negotiated with him about the amount of money, and on the other hand, repeatedly stressed to him that Marin pardoned their betrayal was only a stopgap measure. When the battle is over, he will definitely be liquidated. So, it's better to cooperate with us! ”

Count Charles's words are actually right. Under normal circumstances, even if the betrayer returns to the original owner, he will definitely receive suspicion, and it is difficult to have a future. Even, it is easy to be liquidated.

But only if the betrayal of Steindorff and Wagner is a real betrayal......

In the case that the betrayal was fake, Marin would certainly not dispose of Steindorf them. But the outside world doesn't know, and they think that Steindorff and Wagner really betrayed. In a preconceived situation, the princes all decided that Steindorff would make the right choice if he did not return to Marin......

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The words were divided into two ends, and while the representatives of the princes and Steindorff were arguing, the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Nations attacked the city of Oldenburg day and night.

After a few days and nights, the Italians finally couldn't take it anymore. Before, the excitement and enthusiasm because of the huge wealth suddenly dissipated under the devastation of not sleeping for a few days. Then the combat effectiveness of the Italian mercenaries returned to normal levels......

Finally, after holding out for four days and three nights, the Italian mercenaries began to doze off while standing, all with dark circles under their eyes......

Seeing that the Italian mercenaries at the head of the city were standing nodding and dozing off, the eight princes finally smiled proudly......

"Okay, the general attack is today. Today, 40,000 troops are out together! This time, we're here for real! ”

In this way, the allied army of 40,000 princes of the eight kingdoms launched the most fierce attack on the city walls at noon, while the Italian mercenaries in the city were dozing off while eating lunch......

A thousand elite dead soldiers, selected by the eight princes, dressed in high-grade leather armor and carrying knives on their backs, suddenly rushed up the city wall under the cover of ordinary soldiers, and launched the most fierce attack on the Italian mercenaries who were dozing off for lunch on the city wall. Then, this thousand elites quickly rushed down the city wall and occupied the south gate of the city gate, resisting the counterattack of the defenders in the city while letting people clean up the debris piled up in the city gate......

Half a day later, after paying the huge price of more than half of the 1,000 elite dead soldiers, the city gate was finally opened. And the 40,000 troops of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms also took the opportunity to pour into the city of Oldenburg......