Chapter 1369: Intimidating the Princes
Originally, Marin just planned to lead a large army south to intimidate the princes, but he didn't expect that because of the scourge of the princes' coalition army, the southern region of Alsace and the country of Baden were so badly harmed that the common people could not survive. → eight → eight → read → books, .↓.o≥
Seeing such an opportunity, if Marin didn't pick up the bargain, it wouldn't be him. Then, there are so many 10,000 high-quality soldiers and tens of thousands of immigrants in Beihai.
However, Marin was not willing to fall out with His Majesty the Emperor. Therefore, he also sent a letter to His Majesty the Emperor in Innsbruck, expressing his pity for the miserable life of the people of southern Alsace after the food had been robbed, and he recruited a group of immigrants to go so that they would not starve to death...... However, after recruiting some of the victims, they remembered that they were Habsburg lords, and it was inappropriate for them to do so...... Therefore, he decided to stop soliciting and gave the emperor a batch of grain for disaster relief......
Marin wrote in the letter with an understatement, and tens of thousands of immigrants were said to be "part of." His Majesty the Emperor did not know the exact number, but thought that it was really a little bit of people, and he was glad that Malcoln had sent him a batch of grain to save the lives of the people. But later, after he learned that he had no tens of thousands of people, he was so depressed that he almost vomited blood......
However, Maximilian I did not turn against Marin after all. Because, even if Marin didn't recruit those tens of thousands, he wouldn't be able to give them money and food. In that case, they would still starve to death......
In the "Thirty Years' War", why did Germany, which had more than 12 million people, lose 8 million people? Most of them died not from the plague of war, nor from the plague, but from famine......
The war has led to the suspension of agricultural production, and without food, how can the people live? Counting on those poor nobles to help the victims? Why not expect the sow to go up the tree......
The same is true now, if Marin does not emigrate tens of thousands of people, there will be a great famine in the local area, and many people will die. The Marin immigrants who took tens of thousands of people and provided a quantity of food for disaster relief could ensure that most of the people in southern Alsace and Baden would survive......
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Of course, after the recruitment of recruits and refugees was completed, it was impossible for Marin to arrange the transportation of these victims himself. So he sent people back to the country as quickly as possible, and asked Kohler to prepare a large number of river boats, go through the Münster Canal, enter the Rhine, and then come to the Alsace region to transport the victims back to the North Sea Country.
Marin, on the other hand, regrouped his army of 40,000 men, left Strasbourg in high spirits, and headed south to Basel, where he could terrorize the princes......
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"Bumble,
Bang Bang,
Awesome awesome awesome
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Along the way, 40,000 soldiers of the Beihai Kingdom sang the song of the German mercenaries - "Our Beloved Lady......
The 40,000 boys sang "Our Beloved Lady" with confidence on their faces, and strode south with neat steps. Only those three thousand Ukrainian Cossacks could not sing this song and could only silently follow the ranks, but their eyes were full of envy......
The atmosphere of the Beihai ** team was very good, and Marin had nothing to do with it, so the soldiers played and sang with each other in a phalanx, and it was a neat chorus. When there is nothing to do, they also engage in activities such as football matches, so that the lives of the fighters are colorful.
Of course, Marin also allowed some down-and-out women to do business near the barracks. After all, under Marin's propaganda, Europe even controlled syphilis. Even if those big-headed soldiers ask women to "talk about life and ideals", there is no risk of syphilis. It can be said that Marin has done this with immeasurable merit.
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The Strasbourg Way to Basel is not far away, just over 140 kilometers away. It took just over three days for the North Sea army to march from Strasbourg to the north of Basel.
Then, Marin left 20,000 people to build a camp. And he himself went with 40,000 troops to the outside of Basel to show off his might......
Marin did not intend to attack the city, but planned to hold a large military parade outside Basel to show his force......
What kind of parade is it? After leaving more than 10,000 men to guard against the coalition of princes in the city, Marin built a high platform north of Basel and cleared a square. But there was no military parade that day, after all, the soldiers were quite tired after three days of marching. The next morning, everyone had rested enough and was in good spirits, and then the big parade began......
First, marching bands were brought together to play......
This time, the repertoire was a bit of a mouthful—the "Soviet March......
Yes, this is the game theme song of the famous "Red Alert 3". In later generations, many military fans used this song as BGM {background music}, accompanied by a military parade picture, which was simply explosive......
However, this piece was improvised, which Marin was on his way south from Strasbourg. Because he intended to intimidate the princes of Basel. Therefore, there needs to be some music with a strong sense of oppression.
And when it comes to oppression, who can compare to "March of the Soviets"? This explosive music seems to have been born to coincide with military parades and displays of force......
However, due to time constraints, for three days, Marin only taught the military band to play the "Soviet March". As for the lyrics, Marin changed them several times, but he didn't change the lyrics as domineering as the original lyrics. So, in the end, Marin only made slight adjustments to the lyrics, and only modified the lyrics of Maozi's characteristics such as "Soviet" and "Neva". Then, simply let the soldiers sing directly in Russian......
So, on the temporary square in the north of Basel, there was a spicy-eyed scene -
The elite veterans of the 1st and 2nd Legions, marching through the square in a phalanx, marched in orderly steps......
When each phalanx passes by the high platform where Marin is standing, it will immediately switch from walking in unison to walking in a positive step, and the posture is very PLa, very chic......
Of course, this is not spicy eyes, but the real spicy eyes are on the edge of the square, next to the military band, a group of German men are singing "Soviet March" in unison in not very proficient Russian -
"We furry bears will punish the whole world,
From the British Isles to the Baltic Sea;
The earth will hear a war song at any time,
The capital, whiskey, the giant bear of the North Sea Country
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Then, the German princes, who were watching at the head of Basel, were stunned - what are these guys singing? Still, it sounds like a mouthful......
Can you not take it? Although he didn't know Russian, this song became a global phenomenon. Even if they can't understand what they sing, it doesn't prevent the men's blood from boiling......
In fact, at this moment, not only the princes at the head of Basel were confused, but also the Ukrainian Cossacks who were listening on the sidelines were also confused......
Many Ukrainian Cossacks can understand Russian, and when they hear the phrase "We hairy bears will punish the whole world", many Ukrainian Cossacks who understand Russian are not good - what do you mean? Who is a hairy bear? Then look at your body hair...... Well, it's quite a lot, and hairy bears are hairy bears......
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Not to mention the confusion of the two groups of people, "March of the Soviets" is indeed a war song full of jī qíng. Even if they didn't understand it, the German princes at the head of Basel could feel a powerful momentum coming from the winning side......
The bloody and fierce "Soviet March", with the uniform pace of the veterans of the First and Second Legions, is simply handsome......
And, like "Inferno March", one of the theme songs of "Red Alert 3", from time to time a soldier with a loud voice shouts in German - "Die affen- legt an!", which means "Get your weapons ready!" ”
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Such a perfect and domineering BGM, plus the veterans of the 1st and 2nd regiments were imposing and disciplined in themselves. The whole parade put great pressure on the German princes at the head of Basel......
"This is no ordinary army, this is the Grim Reaper from hell!" An earl said in fear.
No one refuted him, for the other princes were also frightened. Moreover, they quite agree with this sentence......
In this way, Marin used a military parade with a strong **GM to scare the princes in Basel and make the people in Basel panic......