Of course, Marin was not crazy, if it was just for a little food, he didn't need to send someone to burn the fields. It's just that he is afraid that the secret of 500 pounds of grain per mu will be leaked.

The granary was sacked by the enemy, but Marin was not worried. Because, the opponent will not deduce the grain yield of the Beihai country from the amount of grain in the granary. But if the enemy sends someone to oversee the autumn harvest, then the fun will be great. Under the on-the-spot weighing, the secret of the extremely high grain yield of the Beihai Kingdom could not be kept immediately.

Therefore, in desperation, Marin could only choose to set fire to the fields to avoid giving clues to the enemy.

However, he did not expect that the farmers would be so stubborn. In two nights, 8 estates were slaughtered. These estates were slaughtered because they refused to burn the fields and killed the messengers.

In normal times, Marin might have had enough time to convince them. However, because the light cavalry was actually operating in enemy-occupied areas, there was no time to explain slowly. So, Marlin allowed them to use the most drastic means.

As a result, more than 1,500 farmers were slaughtered in eight estates. In fact, there were also farmers on other estates who resisted fiercely and were killed, adding up to about 200 people. In total, in order to set fire to the fields, Marin's men killed more than 1,700 farmers of their own family......

Hearing this data, Marlin closed his eyes in pain......

After a long time, he opened his eyes and asked Kohler:

"How many people know about this?"

Kohler was stunned for a moment, then replied:

"About half of the hussars knew that they had just returned. What do you mean ......"

"Isolate the hussars who participated in the massacre from those who knew about it, and send them to North America! Remember, tell everyone that those peasants died at the hands of the armies of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms......"

The massacre of the peasants under his rule was a last resort, but it was indeed very bad. If it spreads, the impact will be very bad.

Therefore, for the sake of political correctness, the farmers of those 8 estates can only "die at the hands of the enemy", not under the knife of their own people......

Kohler nodded and said:

"I see, I'll let people spread the news - the soldiers of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries were angry and slaughtered several villages because our manor set fire to the fields......"

Just as Khloe was about to leave, Marin suddenly had a better idea:

"Wait, you send someone to those 8 manors tonight, bring more black oil, and burn the village clean. Let's just say - the fire is so big that it burns down the village......"

Marin thought about it and felt that he still couldn't reveal the secret of the slaughter village. It just so happened that this fire was very ferocious, and it could be said that it was a raging flame. Therefore, it is better to set a fire and destroy the corpse. As for why the village is gone, it is better to say that it was burned down by mistake.

As for blaming the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, that would not work very well. Because, people will deny it. Also, the hussars killed some obstructors in other estates. If it were known that 8 manors were slaughtered en masse, those of the manors where people were killed would surely understand that the entire manor was killed by light cavalry......

Therefore, it is better to cover up this massacre against your own people with a misfire. After all, the fire is so big, it's normal for something to happen......

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The next day, Marin thought of an important question and called Kohler and asked:

"By the way, are there any military dependents in the 8 manors that were slaughtered?"

Marin suddenly remembered one thing last night - if there were military families in those 8 manors, then the matter would be a big deal. The family members were killed, and the soldiers involved were not ......

Kohler shook his head and said:

"No, military families are generally housed in manors under your name. And the stewards of the manor under your name are all our people, and none of them disobeyed the order, and all carried out the order. Those 8 manors of collective disobedience are not manors in your name, and naturally there are no military families. Moreover, most of the military families of the North Sea State are located in East Friesland proper. There are quite a few in Schleswig, but not much in the Oldenburg area......"

"That's good, that's good......" Marin let out a long sigh of relief. He was most afraid of accidentally killing the family members of his soldiers, and people worked for him, but he killed other people's relatives...... Fortunately, there is no such thing, otherwise Marin would not know what to do......

However, Kohler was right. Generally, the manors where military families are housed are mostly manors under the name of Marin, which belong to semi-military villages. In such a manor, the steward must be Marin's people, not outsiders, and he will not disobey orders.

And the 8 manors who disobeyed the order this time are not manors under Marin's name, and the stewards are also from someone else's family, so naturally they will not listen to greetings so much.

……

Hearing that most of the wheat fields in the Oldenburg area had been burned by fire, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms were furious and cursed Marin together. Then it occurred to them that if it had been any longer, perhaps the wheat fields of East Friesland would have been burned down by order of the madman Marin......

So, after the arrival of the noble private army of Bremen, the princes' coalition army gathered more than 40,000 troops, left Oldenburg, and pounced in the direction of the city of Aurich. In addition, they also divided 10,000 troops (conscripts) to the province of Bremen, and with the cooperation of the old nobles who had defected to the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, they held on to the west bank of the Elbe River in case the Third Army advanced west to support Marin.

After sending these 10,000 levies to defend the Elbe, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms obviously felt that the rear was safe, so they no longer mentioned the matter of bribes to the Third Army. After all, it's a little bit to be able to save......

……

Hearing that the alliance of the princes of the eight countries was pressing the border, Ma Lin did not dare to slack off. He left 5,000 militiamen to defend the city of Aurich, and then personally led the 20,000 troops of the First and Second Legions to the border to resist the invasion of the enemy.

At the same time, Adler also led 40 knights and 2000 levies to accompany the battle and cooperate with Marin's actions......

The First Army and the Second Army are both veteran legions, and the soldiers have high military literacy. So, despite setting out behind the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, they reached the border ahead of their opponents. Then, the encampment began, and a large number of trenches were dug with sapper shovels......

When the soldiers of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries rushed to the border area, Marin's temporary camp had already been built......

……

Seeing the hedgehog-like camp of the Beihai Kingdom, the eight princes all felt very tricky. Even the most powerful Earl of Charles, the most powerful of the princes, had to admit after seeing the layout of the camp of the Beihai Kingdom:

"This bastard is a genius of war!"

At present, the way forward is blocked, and the eight princes have no choice but to order to set up camp.

After that, the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms sent men and horses to carry out a tentative attack, but they were all beaten back.

Marin didn't seem to have any intention of fighting the enemy head-on, so the army didn't leave the camp at all, but relied on the fortifications and trenches of the big battalion, and kept firing cold guns and arrows outward, so that the soldiers of the alliance of the eight princes who were in charge of the attack had no temper......

"It's so difficult, or shall we bypass their camp?" Seeing that the attack had been frustrated, Simon V, Earl of Lipper, was a little frightened and made this suggestion. This suggestion is very constructive, because the allied army of the princes of the Eight Nations is now outnumbered, and they are not afraid of field battles, but they are afraid that the Marin turtle will not be able to retreat. So, as long as they bypassed Marin's camp, Marin would have to chase out of the hedgehog-like camp and stop the coalition army from advancing west......

The other princes seemed to be tempted, so the coalition sent out scout cavalry and began to reconnoiter the roads to the south and north of the Marin camp......

"Are they going to bypass our camp? How does this work? Seeing that I have to find a way to keep them......" Marin saw through the enemy's plan and began to think of countermeasures......

Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Marin's subordinates climbed the earthen wall of the temporary camp and began to collectively "hang their voices"-

"Listen up, on the other side - Duke Henry is Sabi! One, two, three—"

"Duke Henry is Sabi!"

"Duke Henry is Sabi!"

……

The 20,000 troops of the Beihai Kingdom shouted in unison, which shook the earth......

At this time, the two Duke Henry were in the camp and six other princes discussing the matter of bypassing the enemy camp. Then, coldly, the chorus of "Duke Henry is Sabi" was heard into the big tent......

"it!" Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttle, was so angry that he smashed the wine glass in his hand.

And Braunschweig, Henry, Duke of Lüneburg, was also angry......

Although I don't know which Duke Henry the other party is scolding, it must be one of the two of them. So, both of them were furious......

"I'm going to kill him! I'm going to kill him! Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, cried out in anger.

Braunschweig, Duke of Lüneburg, Henry, was also full of anger:

"If you don't kill this guy, you swear not to be a person!"

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