Chapter 444: Karn's Stratagem
For now, the only people who know about the 18,000 reinforcements are Hamburg Speaker Heisenberg and a few leading Hamburg parliamentarians.
However, Heisenberg did not know much about the real reinforcements of Marin, only that he borrowed ships capable of carrying 20,000 troops to the army of the Duchy of Schleswig in Marin.
According to Heisenberg and several Hamburg parliamentarians, it was probably the Schleswig Principality that sent 10,000 regular troops, plus 10,000 people, as well as all kinds of supplies and baggage, that was why so many ships were needed. What he didn't know was that most of these ships were actually used to load the main battle soldiers.
According to Marin's design, if the 18,000 main forces can successfully lurk near the Bossa coalition army and complete the surprise attack on the enemy army from behind, then the Bossa coalition army will definitely be defeated, or at least defeated.
At that time, these 18,000 people will be able to join the main force, and there will be no need for so many people. Moreover, if you go by water, because you use a boat, you don't need too many people to do it. Moreover, the sailors on those ships provided by the Hamburgers were enough to make a cameo appearance.
Only a long-distance march by land required enough men to pull carts to transport grain and carry baggage. If they all go by water, they will need very few people. Because, all the baggage is carried on the ship......
After sending off the Speaker of the Tagfacht Parliament, Marin immediately summoned Schwarz, Sauer and others to study the change of the battle plan.
Obviously, after the Bossa coalition left the large battalion southeast of Lübeck, the previous battle plan had to be reversed. And Woolf. The reinforcements of Esbrand and Saqqara could no longer follow the original plan and follow the predetermined route. If you still go like that, you will definitely collide with the Bossa coalition army. Because, now, the Bossa coalition is slowly advancing along the banks of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal in the direction of Hamburg. If the ships of the reinforcements still take this canal, it is equivalent to meeting the Bossa coalition army head-on, and then they will attack a P?
However, if reinforcements were to land on the east bank of the Elbe near Hamburg, the possibility of leaks would be too great. Because, Hamburg is a metropolis where people come and go. Here, if you want to walk an army of 18,000 people, you still want to keep it secret - dream about it......
Marin estimated that at the moment, around Hamburg City, there were scouts sent by hundreds of countries to infiltrate, and that would not be a problem. After all, the scale of the war, which could determine the future direction of Germany, must have attracted the attention of all countries.
And, unlike Lübeck. Lübeck's side was already besieged by the Bossa coalition army, and many of the Bessa coalition scouts were scattered. The scouts of other vassal states may not dare to approach. Otherwise, it is easy to be eliminated by the scouts of the Bossa coalition as enemies.
On the Hamburg side, because there has not yet been a large army, and there is no cavalry outside the city to clean up the scouts, those who want to find out the news are wandering around Hamburg, which is perfectly normal. Even the Bossa coalition may have sent a large number of scouts over.
In such a situation, even if Marin dispatched the 200 scout cavalry who specialized in intercepting the scouts, I am afraid that it would not be too late to intercept the scouts of various countries near Hamburg.
After all, in the city of Hamburg, Hamburg can also help clean up. And around Hamburg, it's more difficult...... 200 people, definitely not enough......
If one of the scouts escaped, report it to the Bossa coalition army that nearly 20,000 troops had landed on the Hamburg side. Special meow, that's a sneak attack......
Therefore, Marin needed to divert the attention of the scouts in and outside the city of Hamburg as a way to cover the landing of reinforcements.
The best way to do this is to make a big news story in the city of Hamburg and attract all the scouts in the neighborhood. Then, the 18,000 reinforcements under his command chose a place not close to the city of Hamburg to land, and headed east overnight, directly attacking the enemy's camp......
"Make big news in Hamburg and get the attention of scouts from all over the world?" Schwartz asked rhetorically.
"Yes, Hamburg is a center of right and wrong anyway. It's also easy to make a big news out there. As long as the Hamburgers steal the limelight, then our reinforcements will not be noticed. ”
Everyone was silent for a long time, obviously, trying to figure out a way......
At this time, Karn, who had always been used as a mascot by Marin on such occasions, suddenly spoke:
"Young master, I have a solution...... Karn said suddenly.
"What else can you do?" Marin was taken aback, and several other high-ranking generals also looked at the "muscle stick" Karn in surprise - obediently, you are a thug with a head full of muscles, and you still want to steal our jobs? It's not going to be funny, is it?
Karn ignored the surprised stares of the others, and said to himself:
"Young Master, if you want to let the Hamburg side attract the attention of the enemy, it's very simple - it won't be long before the Hamburg Council recruits 10,000 troops on its own?"
"That's it?" Schwartz asked with a blank expression.
"What else do you want? It's just eye-catching. There are so many people in Hamburg City, just find 10,000 people to make up the number and scare the next person! Karn said nonchalantly.
After thinking about it for a while, Marin slapped his thigh and said:
"Sure enough, it's a good way, an army of 10,000 can indeed attract everyone's attention. Even if you recruit 10,000 pigs, it is estimated that you will be able to attract everyone's attention! ”
The big scene is the most eye-catching, after all, no matter what era, most people love to watch the excitement. Hamburg is recruiting 10,000 troops with great fanfare, and it is difficult not to attract attention. What's more, Hamburg is also a cosmopolitan city with a lot of people coming and going.
As long as the city of Hamburg recruits troops with great fanfare, it will definitely attract the attention of scouts from all over the world. At that time, no one will pay attention to the countryside outside Hamburg. After all, something big is happening in Hamburg......
Everyone in the vicinity of Hamburg turned their attention to the newly formed army of 10,000 in Hamburg, and the real reinforcements from Marin's side happened to land quietly, and then rushed to the camp of the Bossa coalition army overnight......
At this time, in order to find out the news, those scouts from various countries will definitely pour into the city of Hamburg. And the city of Hamburg is now under curfew, and in the middle of the night, Marin's reinforcements landed in the countryside north of Hamburg, and the scouts from all over the world who poured into the city of Hamburg to inquire about the news did not have a chance to come out to find out the news......
At this time, it is absolutely enough to use Sauer's 200 professional scout cavalry to intercept and kill scouts and block the intersection to the east. After all, most of the scouts from all over the world were attracted by the big move of Hamburg City at this time, and they were also trapped in the city by the curfew......
Marin smiled and patted Karn on the shoulder, and said:
"I didn't expect you to come up with such a good idea with this muscle stick! Tell me, how did you come up with this great idea? ”
Karn scratched his head and said:
"I didn't think much of it, but it suddenly occurred to me, Woolf. Didn't that guy in Esbrand get 8,000 people to pretend to be reinforcements to deceive the Bossa coalition army? I thought, let's just learn from that guy and let Hamburg get a fake army to attract everyone's attention, okay? It's very simple......"
Looking at Karn's honest smile, everyone's hearts were a little blocked - Nima, it's so simple, why can't I think of it? Plainly let Karn's muscle stick be compared......