After a while, a young priest with thick eyebrows, big eyes, Zhu Shimao's style, and a very positive image at first glance, led by the fat Jeffrey, came to the Emden Palace where Marin was temporarily stationed...
"It's no wonder that this person can fool people, just because of the appearance of this positive person similar to Zhu Shimao, what he said is easy to believe..." Marin thought secretly. If it was changed to Chen Peisi's wretched appearance with small eyes, even if he was fooling around, someone would have to believe it...
After Jeffrey brought people into Marin's room, he withdrew. As soon as Jeffrey closed the door, the stern face of Assistant Bishop Taylor immediately changed into a flattering face, coupled with his positive image with thick eyebrows and big eyes, how weird it looks...
"Assistant Bishop Taylor, I have met the Earl!" Bishop Taylor is also clever. Although Marin's Earl title has not been recognized by the outside world, it does not prevent him from directly acknowledging it. Moreover, after hearing what Taylor said, Marin really felt comfortable.
Marin doesn't care about anything, anyway, if this person is useful to him, that's enough. It's not that he was asked to participate in military affairs, but just to help fool the public, it's no big deal.
Marin knew what this kid wanted, so he promised to recommend him as the Archbishop of East Frisia after the death of the old Bishop Rich. Taylor, who has always followed suit, is naturally willing to do so. Moreover, before leaving, Marin also gave him a bag of gold coins, which made Taylor very excited, and he walked much more briskly...
"This is a villain who is greedy for money and profit!" Marin commented. However, he is in great need of such a talent right now. Therefore, it is natural to win over.
Moreover, Taylor's appearance is so positive that it is hard for people to believe that he is a villain. This reminded Ma Lin of a line in Jet Li's version of "Yi Tian Shou Long Ji"-"Not only beautiful women can't be trusted, but even men who look loyal can't be trusted." Obviously, Taylor is a seemingly loyal, but Very deceiving scum. However, the appearance of this guy is too deceptive, so the success rate of deceiving people is also extremely high...
However, while promoting Christianity, this fellow helped the lord to advertise and brainwash him. It was really creative, and the effect was excellent.
Originally, Marin wanted to establish a trainer system in the future. However, in this era, whether it is an instructor or a political commissar, it is more difficult to survive.
The main reason is that people in this era are very Catholic. If you send someone to promote things other than Catholicism, the soldiers and the people may not be willing to buy it.
Moreover, in this day and age, it is really difficult to find a political propagandist who has nothing to do with the church. Because the literacy rate of civilians is extremely low, where can we find political propaganda talents
But the church is different. The priests in the church are all cultural people. Also, they have been trained to spread religious teachings. When it comes to propaganda, they are the overlords of propaganda in this era. Also, combining preaching and brainwashing is really a genius idea...
Therefore, Marin decided to recruit a group of unsatisfactory young people among the missionaries in the future, and let Taylor teach them how to fool and brainwash them. Then take these young priests for a walk to the churches in various towns. After long-term propaganda by these people, I believe it is not difficult to win the hearts of the people. Not to mention getting the effect of those citizens in Emden fighting for Edsard I, at least it can guarantee that the people will not rebel.
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After taking control of Emden and capturing Edsard I and his wife, Marin is ready to march on Aurich and Lyle. As for the small town of Norton by the sea, it is just a salted fish wholesale center by the sea, so there is no rush for now.
However, the city of Aurich is extremely strong and difficult to conquer. Moreover, Marin once asked Mrs. Mary if there was any secret passage, but there was no news. Therefore, this time, Marin cannot rely on authenticity.
However, it is really difficult to besiege the strong city of Aurich. Although, there are only 500 defenders in the city of Aurich, and none of them are elite straw hat swordsmen. But relying on the tall and solid city walls, even with 3,000 soldiers, it will take a long time to conquer.
As for Lyle County, although the population is small, it also has 300 garrisons. After all, there is an important grain base over there, and there are large-scale granaries built there.
Therefore, it is very difficult to storm these two cities. Even if the attack is successful, the loss will be huge, and it will take a long time.
And what Marin lacks most now is time. It is certain that once the news of the fall of Emden is known, the Saxon army will definitely find a way to join in the fun and share the fruits of victory.
Therefore, Marin next decided to send 1,000 troops to garrison the border area between East Frisia and West Frisia to build a strong line of defense against the invasion of the Duke of Saxony.
Fortunately, there is an Ems River near the western border of East Frisia, which can be used as a natural line of defense. As long as the east bank of the Ems River is held, the Saxon army will never succeed in crossing the river. However, the Hexi area also has a land of about 200 square kilometers, and it is all agricultural areas. Marin is very reluctant to give up. After thinking about it, Marin still decided to put the main force on the east for defense. As for the land in Hexi, a few blockhouses will be built as an outpost to top it up temporarily.
After arranging the defense on the western front, Marin is now starting to have a headache about the offense of Aurich and Lyle. Coincidentally, Sauer came to report the situation.
Sauer reported that in the past few days, he has detained hundreds of businessmen and passers-by traveling to and from Emden in order to keep them secret...
Having said this, Marin suddenly stood up. He asked Saul seriously:
"Saul, are you sure our news hasn't been leaked out? Didn't someone slip through the net and take the news away?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Master, with the binoculars you provided, it is very difficult for ordinary people to escape my observation. With so many cavalry chasing us, how many of them can escape?"
"That's good. It seems that I can still use deception to capture Aurich and Lyle..."
"By the way, young master, speaking of Aurich, my subordinates arrested a messenger yesterday, who came to send a letter to ask King Edessaad I when he would send a convoy to deliver food..."
"Food? What kind of food? Saul, call Jeffrey to ask, show him, and ask what's going on."
"Yes!"
After a while, Jeffrey came over. After seeing the letter, he explained:
"My lord, the autumn harvest is coming to an end in a few days. Usually, after the autumn harvest, Edsard I would send a convoy to the cities of Aurich and Lyle to transport grain. Before that, The grain from the east and the south will be concentrated and transported to the two cities first. Then, Edsard I will send two huge convoys to pull the grain to the Emden granary... "
"A huge convoy? Is there an army for protection?" Marin's eyes suddenly lit up.
"Of course there is military protection. Generally, there are 500 soldiers to escort the food convoy..."
"It's great!" Marin was very happy.
He has already made up his mind. Before the two cities have received information about the fall of Emden, Marin can completely send his soldiers under the banner of Edsard I to pretend to be food transporters sent by Edsard I. Team, go to two cities to pull food. Just go into town and... hehe...
On the second day, Marin collected a large number of carriages and trolleys from Emden, formed two huge grain transportation teams, and headed for the cities of Aurich and Lyle respectively.
Among them, there were 800 people who went to Aurich, including 500 elite fighters and 300 fighters disguised as civilian husbands. Moreover, those 500 elite fighters were all wearing the armor of the most distinctive straw hat swordsman in Emden City. These armors and straw hats are all taken from the straw hat swordsmen who surrendered...
There were also 800 people sent to Lyle County. Because, regardless of the small size of Laer County, the grain produced in Laer County is no less than that of Aurich.
Moreover, it was Geoffrey Palace who led the team to Aurich. This fat man, Marin promised him, as long as he completes this task, he will be appointed as the official palace minister. At the same time, Marin also detained Jeffrey's family and forced him to agree. Who said that this fat man was the prince of East Frisia before? With him leading the team, the officers guarding Aurich dare not give face? Moreover, this fat man Jeffrey is not the first time Auriciela has pulled food.
You know, it's a fat job to go to Aurich and Laila for food. Because the officials sent to collect grain can accept bribes from local officials. Generally speaking, local officials naturally hope to hand over less food and keep more for themselves. However, on the Earl's side, he hoped to collect more food. Therefore, if you want to pay less food to the earl, you must bribe the chief officer who is responsible for pulling the food. Therefore, even though he was the prime minister, Jeffrey couldn't help but go down to pull food a few times and reaped a lot of benefits. This time Marin sent him, which was reasonable and easy to paralyze the defenders.
As for the chief officer sent to Lyle City, it was another official who surrendered very early. This person is called Pace, who served as Jeffrey's deputy and was also an important figure in the former East Frisian County. It is also reasonable to let him go to Lyle. Moreover, this guy's family is also controlled by Marin.
In this way, two days later, two huge transport convoys appeared under the city of Aurich and the city of Lyle respectively. Seeing Fatty Jeffrey leading the way, Aurich's guard opened the city gate without asking any questions.
But this time, for the sake of safety, Marin also asked Jeffrey to bring dozens of barrels of barley wine to "reward" the local defenders. With Jeffrey's approval, the general of the local garrison happily distributed the Instant Tong barley wine.
In the evening, Geoffrey was invited to attend a banquet hosted by the local guard and Uko, the younger brother of Edessaad I. The banquet was held in the old palace built by the Bullock family in the center of Aurich City. Moreover, Jeffrey also quietly brought in 200 fighters. In this regard, Aurich defender and Uko do not care about this. Mainly, they never thought that Fatty Jeffrey would be bad for them.
In the evening, when everyone was having a good time drinking and getting a little drunk, Jeffrey suddenly followed the plot designed by Marin, "throwing the glass for a sign", and dropped a precious glass on the ground...
Everyone else at the banquet looked at Jeffrey in a daze, not knowing why the fat man went mad. But soon, they figured out...
After the fat man threw the quilt, the 200 "straw hat swordsmen" who followed into the palace suddenly rushed into the banquet hall in the palace. The leader was Schwartz... Then, all the officials and officers in Aurich who participated in the banquet were wiped out in a daze...
Then, Schwartz ran outside the palace, lit a double-cannon made by Marlin, and exploded in the sky...
Then, the other 600 soldiers rushed into the barracks in the city and controlled the defenders who were still drinking barley wine. What made Schwartz dumbfounded was that out of the 500 defenders in the city, more than 200 were drunk. No wonder, soldiers like to drink. But this time, Fatty Jeffrey brought dozens of barrels of barley wine and opened it up for them to drink. How could they bear it? As a result, nearly half of the people were drunk...
There are more than a dozen soldiers who were originally guarding the city gate. Seeing what happened in the city, these people took the opportunity to escape from the city. However, it seems that he has gone to Emden to report. Feelings, these people thought Emden was fine. In fact, Emden was the first to have an accident. These men went to Emden and fell into the hands of Sauer's men.
In Lyell County, Frundsberg encountered a more troublesome situation. Because, although he also brought wine, the local guards were willing to drink it.
It's just that Pace's status is not high, not as good as Jeffrey's. Therefore, neither the local guard nor Prince Almut held a banquet for him. Therefore, the script of "throwing a cup for a number" is no longer needed.
Fortunately, those big soldiers also like to drink. So, in the middle of the night, Frundsberg, who led the team, easily controlled most of the 300 defenders in the city. Only the Governor's Mansion, where Prince Almut is located, is still stubbornly resisting. The walls of the Governor's Palace were so tall and strong that Frundsberg couldn't get in for a while.
Until a team leader who followed Marin and participated in the "Long Street Ambush" against the army of the Frisian Noble Republic proposed the method of fire attack...
"Fire attack? This Governor's Mansion is a stone building, how to attack it with fire?" Frundsberg was puzzled.
"My lord, set fire to a haystack and throw it into the wall..."
"They hid in the house, wouldn't it be impossible to burn it?"
"Hey, the baron once said that even if you can't burn the enemy to death, you can smoke them to death!"
Frundsberg thought about it for a while, so he found a lot of haystacks, tied them into bundles, and sprinkled some pepper on them under the guidance of some wretched people. After the bale was ignited, it was thrown into the wall by the Hercules...
The ash from the grass and trees, together with the pungent smell of burning pepper, caused the defenders in the Governor's Palace, including Prince Almut, to cough uncontrollably.
After Frundsberg ordered to throw straw bales for two or three hours, dozens of defenders in the Governor's Palace were finally smoked and lost their combat effectiveness... Next, Frundsberg's men broke away Go in at the gate of the Governor's Mansion, grab the defenders who are almost fainted from the smoke, and tie them into rice dumplings...
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In this way, relying on the claims of the information force and the betrayal of the leading party, Marin successfully defrauded the two strong cities of Aurich and Lyle, and completed control overnight.
Moreover, to Marin's relief, the citizens of these two cities did not rise up to resist. It can be seen that Jeffrey's statement that only the citizens of Emden were fooled is correct...