Lübeck was surrounded by water on several sides, so the Electors of Brandenburg and Saxony, both landlubbers, could not immediately cross the river to attack the city, nor could they fully encircle it. Therefore, as long as you send a light boat across the river in the middle of the night, you can still communicate with the city of Lübeck. After arriving at the city of Lübeck in a light boat in the middle of the night, the signal soldiers would take a hanging basket up and down the city wall, which was also convenient.

When Marin picked up Woolf. After the joint report of Esbrand and Saqqara, everyone appreciated:

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

In fact, Woolf. Esbrand was also forced by reality to be helpless, so he specialized in stratagem. Why? It's simple, Woolf. Born in the weak district of Dietmarshin, Esbrand was the leader of Dietmarchen's resistance to the Danish army.

However, the total number of soldiers in the Dietmarshin area combined was only more than 1,000. Denmark, on the other hand, can easily dispatch tens of thousands of troops.

Under such a disparity in strength, no matter how much the weaker side is not sober and thinks about a head-to-head showdown, it is brainless.

The sling silk without strength, and Gao Fushuai are just facing each other, 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 and trickery. Even if someone praises the conspiracy and belittles the conspiracy, it is also the deliberate guidance and propaganda of those who have the strength.

Because, conspiracy is the only way out for the sling to defeat Gao Fushuai. If the sling silk is not sober-minded, he easily gives up the conspiracy and plays the conspiracy with the rich and handsome opponent instead, he will definitely die an ugly death. The rich and handsome are also afraid that they will be yin, so they manipulate public opinion, belittle the conspiracy, and praise the yang conspiracy. In fact, this is to deprive the Silks of the opportunity to counterattack and maintain the stability of their privileged class.

In fact, throughout the ages, all wise generals who win more with less and defeat the strong with the weak are all conspiracies. It is only through intrigue that Woolf. Generals like Esbrand, who led a thousand militiamen, defeated the Danish army of tens of thousands, and drowned seven thousand Danish soldiers.

It is precisely because the difference in strength between the Dietmarschen region and the Kingdom of Denmark is too great that for the sake of freedom, Woolf. Esbrand was forced to use intrigue to fight the Danes, and eventually won the war by flooding.

For military strategists, "the combination of odd and positive" can be invincible. Only strange, too risky. And only positive, it lacks flexibility and is easy to be plotted by intrigues. Therefore, a truly great military strategist generally needs a "combination of Qi and Zheng", rather than only Qi and Zheng.

Woolf. Esbrand was one of the few scheming generals in Europe at this time, coupled with the traditional "right" education in Europe. Therefore, his ability is more than that of most generals in this era. Of course, if he wants to win, he must have strong strength. Otherwise, if you only rely on surprise to win, if you encounter a cautious enemy, as long as you block his odd, it will be easy to be unlucky.

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

Of course, in this day and age, Europeans are not popular for intrigues. So, most of them are too upright. If you encounter a cunning opponent, it is easy to suffer a big loss. So, in this day and age, the use of ingenuity in Europe was quite effective.

It's just that Woolf. After all, Esbrand is a conspirator with half a bucket of water, and his abilities are insufficient. is really good at intrigue and trickery, or Marin, who has experienced the "information explosion" in later generations. After all, there are too many examples of intrigues and tricks that Marin has seen in later generations in books and on the Internet.

For example, in Woolf. In the reports submitted by Esbrand and Saqqara, Marin sees a lot for improvement......

Take the matter of sending 8,000 people to the south in disguise as the main force, originally, Marin's request was Woolf. Esbrand made the illusion that the main force of 8,000 was heading south. Woolf. Esbrand did the same, but made a very fatal mistake - he did not send Minzhuang to accompany him, but only sent "8,000 main forces" to the south.

This is very unreasonable. Because, now that countries are using large armies, they will definitely send a huge number of people to transport military rations and baggage at the same time. Otherwise, if the combat unit is responsible for pulling carts to transport military rations and baggage at the same time, it will not have the energy and physical strength to meet the battle in an emergency battle situation, and it will not have time to change formation. After all, transporting military rations and baggage is very physically demanding.

Fortunately, Prince Christian, the commander of the Danish army, was young and inexperienced, and if an old fox like Frederick III heard that there were only 8,000 men going south, he would definitely doubt the truth - how could there be an army without a man......

So, Marin wrote to the Hamburg parliament asking them to borrow a boat and impose a curfew, and on the other hand, to Woolf. Esbrand and Saqqara wrote back, asking them to recruit another seven or eight thousand people, disguise themselves as people, and follow the previous eight thousand people south. For one, it seems more reasonable. Second, there are more people and more deterrents......

However, in order to cover the movement of the real army, the main force of these eight thousand fake cannot march too fast. Otherwise, if the Bossa coalition is brought in to attack too soon, everything will be exposed. With Frederick III's cunning, he would have been able to guard against a surprise attack of real reinforcements.

So, Marin decided to perfect Woolf. Esbrand's and Saqqara's ploy creates a shocking deception to make old foxes like Frederick III believe that the fake reinforcements are the real main force......

After thinking about it, Marin believed that a main force consisting of eight thousand main forces would definitely march quickly. Therefore, in order to deceive the Bossa coalition, it is necessary to convince the Elector of Brandenburg, Joakim I, and the Elector of Saxony, Frederick III, that there are too many new recruits in this support army, so they will not be able to go quickly......

Recruits are poorly disciplined and require long hours of training. Marching with new recruits, it was reasonable for the large army to go slowly, and it would not arouse the suspicion of Frederick III. Therefore, Marin needed to convince Frederick III that there were many new recruits in this support army, which was slowing down the march......

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

How to deliberately leak it, it's simple, Marin will let Woolf. Esbrand deliberately sent messengers to Lübeck with "secret letters" semi-openly to attract the enemy to intercept them.

If the messenger were alone, it is believed that the scouts under Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, would not give up intercepting him. At this time, it is necessary for the lone messenger to deliberately flee for his life, and then "accidentally" lose the secret message, and then let the Saxon scouts pick it up......

In this "secret letter", Woolf. Esbrand will report to Marin - on the northern border of the Duchy of Schleswig, he himself is leading 5,000 veterans and tens of thousands of strong people to desperately resist the attack of the Danish army. Therefore, only half of the main force, that is, 5,000 veterans, can be sent south with 5,000 recruits......

In this way, it makes sense that reinforcements are going slowly. After all, what about half the newbies......

As for how eight thousand people disguised themselves as an army of ten thousand, it was too easy - it would be enough for the ranks to disperse a little......

If this "secret letter" fell into the hands of the enemy, they would understand that half of the 10,000 troops who went south to rescue were "parallel goods...... In fact, these people are all parallel goods, and there are not 10,000 people......

As for whether the news of the defeat of Denmark will be known to the Bossa coalition forces? Don't worry about that. For, Jutland and Germany are separated by the sea and the Duchy of Schleswig. Today, the Duchy of Schleswig is under total martial law, and outsiders simply cannot pass through. And the Danes were now unable to send intelligence to land by sea, after all, the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg would certainly not let it. Therefore, for a long time, it was not easy for the Bossa coalition to know the situation in Denmark. The fake secret letter said that half of the veterans of the Duchy of Schleswig and tens of thousands of people were relying on the city to resist the Danish army, which was very reasonable and easy to believe. If the 10,000 troops of the Duchy of Schleswig wiped out the 20,000 Danish troops in a short period of time, no one else would believe it......

Of course, the excuse that "there are half recruits in the ranks" is not enough to make the fake main army go very slowly. So, Marin came up with other tricks to deceive - pretending to transport a lot of artillery and baggage......

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

To this end, Marin wrote to Woolf. Esbrand ordered him to gather a large number of carpenters in the Duchy of Schleswig, cut some logs into the shape of a cannon, paint the outside, and seal the "muzzle" (moisture-proof) to make it look like a real cannon. Then, the carpenters built and assembled the East Frisian gun carriages.

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

So many "artillery" and "iron ball shells" need to be transported, which definitely affects the speed of the march. Add to this the oak barrels for "gunpowder" and sacks for enough food for so many people, and the baggage troops must have been mighty. It is reasonable and reasonable to affect the speed of the army. Even the resourceful Frederick III had difficulty seeing the flaws. After all, with half of the recruits, and piles of artillery, iron balls, shells, powder kegs, and food to transport, is it strange that the army marches slowly? It's strange if it's not slow......

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

When Marin's "guidance" was sent to Woolf. After Esbrand's hands, Woolf. Esbrand, a person who is good at scheming, also gasped when he saw it - such a shocking scam, as long as no one leaks inside, anyone can succeed in deceiving anyone...... After all, who would have come up with the unethical idea of disguising logs as artillery and wooden pellets as cannonballs...... In Europe in this era, only a sinister person like Marin can come up with such an insidious trick......