After arriving near the main battlefield, the signal corps arranged by Marin came to meet them. Why would Marin send someone to meet with them? Because it is no longer possible to send people into Marin's camp.

In order to block the enemy army, Marin dug all the surrounding areas of the camp into tunnels, and there were also pointed piles in the tunnels. It was very difficult to send people into the camp.

Of course, Marin's men were still able to deliver news to the barracks. The technique is simple - use carrier pigeons......

Steindorff certainly did not have a large battalion dedicated to Pemarin, after all, this camp had only recently been built and was not a regular docking point for pigeons. Pigeons are not human after all and will not remember new stops so easily.

Therefore, in order to contact the outside, Marin specially sent people to bring a lot of carrier pigeons to the high platform in the camp, so that the carrier pigeons are familiar with the environment here. When the allied forces of the Eight-Nation Princes arrived, Marin specially sent a group of his men to leave with carrier pigeons.

Moreover, in order to force these taken carrier pigeons back to this new docking point, Marin's men deliberately broke up dozens of pigeon couples, taking only one of the pigeon couples, and leaving one in a high platform cage in the main camp.

Pigeons, on the other hand, have only one mate in their lifetime and will not die until they die. So, for the sake of the other half, as long as the communication corps releases them, they will definitely fly to the spouse. And this is the means by which Marin's subordinates deliver news to the camp.

As for the big camp to send the message out, it was a different way – to let the pigeons fly back to the Orich station......

After all, the whereabouts of the signal corps who went out were uncertain, and it was difficult for the pigeons to locate. So, the pigeons brought out by Aurich had to send the news back. Then, Kohler, who was in Aurich, sent someone on horseback to deliver the news.

Answering Steindorff's signal corps, he opened the cages and released three pigeons in batches to fly into the camp with intelligence. The main thing is - the communication corps is afraid that the pigeons will be intercepted halfway.

The pigeon had letters tied to its legs, and these were digital letters, using Morse code, so that even if the enemy shot the pigeon and got the letter, it would not be readable.

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After seeing the news that Steindorff had successfully led people to the vicinity of the battlefield, Marin was overjoyed and sent someone to reply:

"Continue to intercept the messenger while clearing the enemy scouts as little as possible to alarm the enemy. Then, let's do it together after 4 days! ”

Later, several pigeons flew out of the Marin camp and flew to the city of Aurich......

In fact, Marin had planned to agree to do it together in three days, but he knew that Orich had received information and needed to delay for a day when he sent someone to the Steindorf camp dozens of kilometers away. So, it can only be agreed in 4 days.

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In fact, Marin's side was a little ill-prepared. Because, he did not expect Steindorff's army to come so early. After all, the 3rd Army and the Cossack cavalry were trapped on the eastern bank of the Elbe and it was difficult to quickly reach the battlefield. Therefore, Marin didn't expect them to arrive at the battlefield in ten days, so he didn't have enough preparations, and he originally planned to continue to consume them.

Now, Steindorff arrived in time with someone, and he had to start the ...... ahead of time

So, the whole battalion began to move. The soldiers began to sort out their weapons and equipment. The officers, on the other hand, climbed the earthen wall of the camp and used binoculars to observe the movement of the enemy troops.

At the same time, a large number of guns were also taken out of the warehouses under the large camp......

Before, for fear of scaring the opponent, Marin didn't take out many guns and put them on the city wall, just for fear of scaring the opponent.

Moreover, Marin also deliberately released the news that the stock of gunpowder in Beihai was insufficient. As for the reason for the shortage, it is because of the difficulties in purchasing saltpeter in India. After all, when Spain and Portugal also intervened in the purchase of saltpeter in India, it was indeed difficult for the North Sea countries to buy enough saltpeter.

When the news reached the camp of the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, Charles, Earl of Geldon, did not believe it and sent people to Spain and Portugal to verify the matter. As a result, both the Spaniards and the Portuguese admitted that they had purchased a lot of saltpeter in India, which did make it difficult for the North Sea country to purchase saltpeter.

Then, the princes of the Eight Kingdoms were very relieved. After all, without enough saltpeter, the sharp guns of the Beihai Kingdom lacked gunpowder and became a complete ornament.

In several tentative attacks, the defenders of the North Sea did not use much artillery. Even, in order to repel the enemy, Marin sent archers......

In fact, these archers were selected from among the people. Because the Beihai Kingdom forbade people to hold guns, many people who wanted to hunt had to practice archery. Just like Marin who traveled through the previous and subsequent lives, because the country banned guns, he had to practice the ability of archery with one hand, and in the early stage of crossing, he made great contributions.

Moreover, muskets were just beginning to become popular in this era, and it was still the age of bows and arrows before that. Therefore, it is not difficult to find archers, and even there are a large number of shops selling bows and arrows, which are very good for purchasing bows and arrows.

Before setting out on the expedition, Marin casually purchased a batch of inferior bows and crossbows that the merchants were about to obsolete, and some rusty arrows, and rationed them to the soldiers and civilians who could shoot arrows, so that they could help guard the camp.

These inferior bows and arrows allowed Marin to achieve his goal of showing weakness. The eight princes believed that the storage of gunpowder in the Beihai Kingdom was indeed running out......

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But now that Steindorff's 3rd Army and the Alsack cavalry were in place, Marin did not need to hide. Before, I was afraid of scaring my opponent away, but now, I want to keep my opponent......

However, how to get out of this makeshift earthen city is a big problem......

In the past, in order to improve the defensive power, several ditches were dug outside the earthen castle, and wooden stakes were buried in the ditches. These are indeed blocking the enemy's pace, but at the same time, they are also blocking the way for their own soldiers to leave the camp.

Even if people blew up the earthen walls and filled in a few trenches, they would not be able to make room for battle. After all, outside the trench was the enemy camp.

Filling in the trenches is also a big undertaking. Don't wait for your own army to attack when they are filling the ditch......

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So, Marin came up with an idea - to ask the other party to help fill the ditch......

How do you get your opponent to help? It's easy - Marin has organized another army to fight......

Under Marin's instructions, a group of Beihai soldiers greeted the two women of Duke Henry's family, as well as the women of several other princes. Moreover, while scolding them, they despise each other and conclude that the other party has no way to take it......

Enraged, the two dukes of Henry drove the people to fill the pit with dirt, intending to fill in a few trenches to make room for the army to attack.

As a result, what the coalition forces did not expect was that when the coalition army of the princes of the eight countries sent Minzhuang to fill the pit with cloth bags and soil, the city tower did not attack those Minzhuang much......

You must know that the first few times the coalition army sent people to fill the pits, they were resolutely attacked by the soldiers of the Beihai State at the head of the city. In order to hinder the allied civilians from filling the earth, the defenders of the Beihai State at the head of the city kept attacking the allied civilians with bows and arrows and a small number of muskets. But this time, only a small number of arrows were shot at the top of the city, and the obstacles were not resolute at all......

"What's going on? Why didn't they attack the farmers who filled in the soil? Magnus I, Duke of Saxony-Raunburg, was surprised.

"Maybe, the other party has no arrows?" Simon V, Earl of Lipper, guessed.

Actually, Simon V was right. Those inferior bows and arrows that Marin brought with him really didn't have any arrows. After all, bows and arrows are not the main weapons of the army of the North Sea State, and Marin does not bring much.

But Charlie, Earl of Geldon, instinctively felt that something was wrong, because Marin would not send someone to insult them for no reason, and it must have a purpose. So, he thought for a moment and said:

"Why don't we send someone to test him and see how he reacts?"

Several of the other princes nodded in agreement, and Charles, Earl of Geldon, sent an officer to the city to protest against the insults of the eight princes by the army of the North Sea State. At the same time, he deliberately mocked the weakness of the North Sea Army in archery and pointed out that the North Sea Army had no arrows......