Outside Vienna, Hou Shilu, the deputy marshal of the Ming Empire, was staring at the newly drawn map and frowning and pondering, it was not so easy to build the railway from the Austrian border to the Dutch border, and it would take at least three territories controlled by the Elector family in the middle.

None of these electors had anything to deal with, because they were originally the same powerful power as the Habsburgs.

Hou Shilu thought about it for a long time, and finally chose a route to the west, which also passed through the territories controlled by the three electors' families, but it seemed that the route was a little shorter.

The first obstacle on this route was the Duchy of Bavaria, which was controlled by the Elector Wittelsbach's family.

The Wittelsbach family was the main founders of the Protestant Union, and at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War was almost as powerful as the Habsburgs, but in the Thirty Years' War, they suffered heavy losses and were not as strong as before.

The second obstacle on this route is the state of Hesse controlled by Archbishop Elector Mainz, the exact strength of which is not too clear for the time being, after all, there is a Bavaria in the middle, but it must not be far behind.

The third obstacle on this route is the Vest ** region controlled by the Archbishop of Elector Cologne, the exact strength of which is also not too clear, but it is bordered by the Netherlands, and it will definitely be supported by the anti-Habsburg coalition, which should be the most difficult to deal with.

In the case that the specific strength of the six elector families is not very clear, the only way to choose is to choose the nearest route.

He didn't know, because by cutting corners like this, he avoided a terrifying opponent.

This opponent is the Duchy of Brandenburg controlled by the Elector Hohenzollern, the Hohenzollern family and the Duchy of Brandenburg seem to be not very famous, but if the wheel of history is allowed to run according to the original trajectory, fifty years later, this Duchy of Brandenburg will develop into a super terrifying existence.

In the Austro-Prussian War, the Kingdom of Prussia defeated Austria controlled by the Habsburgs, and at that time, that is, just a few decades later, the Kingdom of Prussia developed to 600,000 troops.

Anyway, the route has finally been decided, and the next step is to prepare for the battle.

At this time, the railway station outside Vienna had long been surrounded by 300,000 Ming troops and 100,000 soldiers of the construction corps.

The people of the Holy Roman Empire finally saw the strength of the Ming Empire, not to mention the vast sea of camps, not to mention the mountains of grain and grass, the weapons and equipment of the Ming Empire alone made them staggered.

Like artillery, it is still a rarity in the Holy Roman Empire at this time, it is scary enough to have dozens or hundreds of guns lined up, the artillery of the Ming Empire, it is row after row, row after row, there are more than ten rows, and each row is two miles wide!

Like cannonballs, there are generally more than a dozen next to each artillery, that is considered a lot, the Ming Empire is a box by box, how many boxes there are, I can't count them, anyway, it is longer than the city wall, of course, the height is only about one person high, the pile is high, and I don't know how many people will be killed when it falls.

Like gunpowder, the standard powder kegs are also piled up like the city wall, and the total length adds up, I am afraid that it is more than ten miles long!

There is also the legendary armored chariot, like a steel monster, emitting a faint cold light, and its huge size is simply overwhelming.

There are also the army officers of the Ming Empire, they don't want to be lazy and lazy like the mercenary army of the Holy Roman Empire, crooked, and not neatly lined up.

The delivery capacity of the Ming Empire is equally terrifying, in less than a month, all the military supplies are almost ready, Hou Shilu directly convened all the generals of the legion to hold a combat meeting in the tent to arrange the next specific tactics.

There were not many participants, and on the side of the Ming Empire, except for Hou Shilu, Qin Gongming, the chief general of the Dingliao Army, and Shi Kefa, the chief general of the Second Army of the Praetorian Guard.

There are four generals from the Holy Roman Empire, and they seem to have only 50,000 horses under each general's command, this is the rule of the people, and Hou Shilu didn't care much, he just numbered these four legions for the convenience of command, namely the First Legion of the Gods, the Second Legion of the Gods, the Third Legion of the Gods and the Fourth Legion of the Gods.

This god, of course, does not mean that they have great powers and amazing combat power, but they are just the abbreviation of the Holy Roman Empire.

Seven of them stood in a circle around a large table in the middle of the tent, on which were the newly drawn maps of the German Union and the Netherlands.

The generals sent by Ferdinand III were all proficient in Chinese, and Hou Shilu didn't need to call an interpreter, he directly took the ash pole, pointed to the map and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, this campaign is carried out in two stages, the first stage is to start from Vienna, advance while building the railway, and reach Münster on the Dutch border through the Duchy of Bavaria, Hesse and the West** region. In the second stage, with Münster as a base, an attack on the Netherlands was launched. That's the rough plan, you know? “

It's a very simple overview, and there are no specific requirements, so everyone will understand it as soon as you hear it.

As soon as Hou Shilu's words fell, everyone nodded one after another, indicating that they understood.

Immediately afterwards, Hou Shilu began to arrange specific tasks.

He pointed to the map and continued: "The focus of the first phase of the operation is to clean up the enemy troops along the railway line and ensure the safety along the railway, I will personally lead the first corps of the expeditionary force to open the road in front and clear all the enemy troops within twenty miles on the left and right sides of the railway. The 1st Divine Army was responsible for the defense of the railway line from Vienna to the Duchy of Bavaria, the 2nd Divine Army was responsible for the defense of the railway in Bavaria, the 3rd Divine Army was responsible for the defense of the railway in Hesse, and the 4th Divine Army was responsible for the defense of the railway line in the West** region. “

What he meant by this was that the Ming army was in charge of the attack, while the four legions of the Holy Roman Empire followed behind to take over the defense, responsible for the defense along the railway.

Later, he pointed to the cities and fortresses along the railway line and began to arrange specific offensive and defensive work.

He made detailed arrangements for each fortress, every city, and even every town, who was responsible for attacking and defending, and how many troops were to be stationed there.

Qin Gongming and Shi Kefa were accustomed to this, and every time the Ming army went to war, they would hold similar combat meetings to arrange specific battle plans, which had become a fine tradition of the Ming army, and neither of them knew how many times they had experienced it.

The Imperial generals of the Holy Roman Empire present were a little surprised, this has not started yet, every step has been arranged, it turns out that this battle can still be fought like this!

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