The Rise of the European Emperor

The city of Las Vegas at the mouth of the Elbe is currently very depressed. Because of the outbreak of the war, the situation in the entire lower Elbe region is very tense. Therefore, the guests who usually come to Las Vegas to look for Mao Mei and gamble money have not come.

Even, not only Las Vegas, but even Hamburg's commercial activities have basically stopped. Because, Hamburg is also one of the protagonists of this war. Knowing that there was going to be a war in Hamburg, business activities here naturally stopped.

In the past, there was basically no boat activity in the section from Hamburg to the estuary in the lower Elbe River. Even Cuxhaven, a sub-port of Hamburg built by the sea, has few ships docked at present.

The reason why Hamburg is so depressed is because when Frederick III declared war, he declared Lübeck and Hamburg as the base camps of pirates, and made a high-profile announcement to eradicate these two base camps of pirates...

Obviously, the Bosa coalition led by Frederick III wanted to destroy the two major Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Hamburg. In this way, the Hanseatic city in the Saxony business circle, the second largest business circle, has the opportunity to rise and replace the leadership of Lübeck and Hamburg in the Hanseatic League. The Hanseatic cities in Saxony, although nominally independent from the vassal states, are still secretly controlled by the Electoral State of Saxony and the Duchy of Saxony. Therefore, as long as the Hanseatic city of Saxony has the right to speak of the Hanseatic League, it means that Frederick III and George control the Hanseatic League.

Many discerning people have also seen this, knowing that the Bursa coalition is very determined to eliminate Lübeck and Hamburg. So, during the war, they simply stopped doing business with Lübeck and Hamburg. After all, no one knows whether the cities of Lübeck and Hamburg will continue to exist after this war.

As a result, there are now very few boats on the wide lower reaches of the Elbe. Moreover, there are basically no merchant ships, only the small fishing boats of some fishermen occasionally appear.

Such a depressed environment has provided convenience for the transfer of the army under Marin's command. Because if there are fewer people coming and going on the river, the ships carrying reinforcements will not be so conspicuous...

After Marin's order was delivered, the next day, Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara led an army of 18,000 troops to rest in Las Vegas.

At night, 18,000 soldiers, who had been full of sleep during the day, boarded the transport ships borrowed from Hamburg and drove into the inland area...

A few hours later, the fleet arrived at the edge of several riverside villages a few kilometers north of Hamburg...

At this time, the scout cavalry led by Sauer's adjutant Loew had been waiting here for a long time...

With 200 interceptor-type scout cavalry and another 300 ordinary light cavalry, Loew swept away several nearby villages, captured all the outsiders, and took away all the horses, avoiding the possibility of information leaking. Then, they forced the local farmers to build a number of simple docks on the banks of the Elbe River to facilitate the docking of the fleet and the landing of the army.

That night, after the arrival of the fleet carrying reinforcements, the 18,000-strong army, supported by Loew's men, quickly landed in batches and began to repair in several nearby villages. And those ships carrying soldiers and food and grass left before dawn...

When all the 18,000 reinforcements landed, the sky was getting brighter.

Although Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara completed the landing with their soldiers, they did not immediately order the march. Because, if you are in a hurry to march eastward in the daytime, the probability of being discovered by the scouts of the Bossa coalition is extremely high.

Therefore, after entering several villages on the east bank of the Elbe River, Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara directly ordered the soldiers to start repairing and resting, so that they would have enough energy for the sneak attack at night.

However, both Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara watched the soldiers live and cook, and only allowed them to eat dry food. Because, if the 18,000 troops lived and cooked, the filled cooking smoke would attract the attention of the scouts of the Allied Forces of Bursa.

so,

Whether it's Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, or those ordinary soldiers, they can only eat black bread that can be used as a brick to eat during the day.

After eating some brown bread, Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara arranged for the soldiers to sleep. Because there is still a big battle to be fought tonight. If you can't sleep well, it will affect the battle at night...

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And when 18,000 real reinforcements hid in several small villages on the east bank of the Elbe during the day to make up for sleep, the 10,000 fake reinforcements in Hamburg also began to leave the city with great success to attract the attention of the Bursa coalition. went.

The 10,000 fake reinforcements sent by Hamburg this time were all pretending to be non-professionals. So, when we marched, it was very chaotic, not like an army march at all, but like 10,000 villagers going to the market...

On the other side of the Bursa coalition, they were already ready to destroy them...

At first, Frederick III was not sure whether the army of 10,000 fakes was real or not. In case of being deceived, the army sent to deal with this fake reinforcement may be in bad luck.

Therefore, Frederick III first sent a large number of scouts to monitor the "Hamburg reinforcements" on the march. It wasn't until half a day later that the scouts found that this 10,000-strong team did not look like an army, and they sent a signal to Frederick III and Joachim I, who were anxiously waiting for news...

After receiving the exact signal, Frederick III sent tens of thousands of regular troops to attack the fake "Hamburg reinforcements" of tens of thousands of people...

When the 10,000 people of the Bursa coalition army arrived at the place where the tens of thousands of fake reinforcements were stationed, the fake reinforcements who had been preparing to scare the Bursa coalition army were all terrified.

Although, the Hamburg parliament allowed them to surrender themselves after being attacked by enemy troops. However, these fake reinforcement soldiers from farmers and citizens are still in chaos.

After all, this is war, not a game. These people will inevitably panic when they see a large number of enemy troops approaching. Moreover, many soldiers of this era are no different from robbers. These fake reinforcements from ordinary people are also very afraid of being hacked and killed by the tens of thousands of enemy troops in front of them...