Chapter 208: Black city

After a while, a young priest with a big eyebrow and a very Zhu Shimao style, who was very positive at first glance, led by Fat Jeffrey to the Emden Palace where Marin was temporarily stationed ...
"It's no wonder that this person can fool around, just aiming at the appearance of a positive person like Zhu Shimao, what he said is easy to believe ..." Marin thought secretly. If you change to the insignificant look of Chen Peis's small eyes, even if you go to Huyou, someone must believe it ...
After Jeffrey brought the man into Marin's room, he quit. Jeffrey had just closed the door, and the former assistant Bishop Taylor, who had a serious face, immediately changed into a charming face with a positive figure with his thick eyebrows. What a weird look ...
"Assistant Bishop Taylor, Lord Earl!" Bishop Taylor was also clever. Although Marin, the earl, has not yet been acknowledged by the outside world, it does not prevent him from directly admitting it. And, after hearing Taylor's name, Marin was really comfortable.
Marin doesn't care, anyway, this person is useful to himself, that's enough. It's not about letting him participate in major military affairs, it's just asking him to help the people, and it's not a big deal.
Marin knew what the boy wanted, so he promised to be Archbishop of East Frisian after the death of Archbishop Richie. Taylor, who had seen the rudder of the wind, was naturally resolute. Moreover, before leaving, Marin gave him a bag of gold coins, which made Taylor very excited, and he walked a lot lighter ...
"This is a villain who is greedy for money!" Marin commented. However, he still needs such talents. Therefore, it is naturally drawn.
Moreover, Taylor's sloppy appearance is so positive that it is difficult to make people believe that he is a villain. This reminds Marlin of a line in Jet Li ’s version of "Eternal Dragon Slaying"-"Not only beautiful women can't believe, but even men who look like loyalty, can't believe it." Obviously, Taylor is a plausible loyal, But it is very deceptive. However, the appearance of this product is too deceptive, so the success rate of deception is also very high ...
However, at the same time that he was promoting Christianity, advertising and brainwashing for the lord was really creative, and the effect was very good.
Originally, Marin wanted to establish a trainer system in the future. However, in this era, both the trainer and the political commissar, it is more difficult to survive.
The main reason is that the people of this era believe in Catholicism. You send someone to promote something other than Catholicism. Soldiers and people may not buy it.
Moreover, in this era, it is really difficult for you to find a political propaganda talent that has nothing to do with the church. Because the literacy rate of civilians is extremely low, where can I find talents for political propaganda?
But the church is different. The priests in the church are all cultural people. Moreover, they have been trained to spread religious teachings. When it comes to propaganda, they are the propaganda overlords of this era. And, combining mission with brainwashing is really a very talented idea ...
Therefore, Marin decided that in the missionaries, he would win over a group of young people who were unwilling to let Taylor teach them how to flicker and brainwash. Take these young priests to churches in towns. After long-term propaganda by these people, I believe that it will not be difficult to gain popular support. Not to mention the effects of the citizens of Emden City fighting for Edsad I, at least it can guarantee that the people will not rebel.
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After taking control of Emden and capturing Edsad I, Marin was ready to enter Orich and Lyle. As for the seaside town of Norton, it's just a salty fish wholesale center by the sea. Don't worry.
However, the city of Orich was extremely strong and difficult to conquer. Moreover, Marin had asked Mrs. Mary if there was any secret or anything, but there was no news. Therefore, Marin cannot rely on authenticity this time.
However, it was really difficult to besiege the strong city of Orich. Although, Orich had only 500 defenders, and they were not elite straw hat swordsmen. But relying on the tall and sturdy city walls, even if it goes to 3,000 soldiers, it will take a long time to overcome.
Lier County, although small in population, has 300 garrisons. After all, there is an important grain base there, and there are also large-scale grain silos.
Therefore, in these two cities, it is very difficult to storm. Even if the attack is successful, the losses will be huge and it will take a long time.
And Marin now, the most lacking is time. It is certain that once the news of Emden's fall is learned, the Saxony army will certainly find a way to make fun and share the fruits of victory.
Therefore, Marin next decided to send 1,000 troops to the border area of ​​East and West Friesland to build a solid line of defense against the invasion of the Duke of Saxony.
Fortunately, near the western border of East Friesland, an Ames River serves as a natural line of defense. As long as it held on the east bank of the Ames, Saxony's army never expected to cross the river successfully. However, Hexi area also has about 200 square kilometers of land, and it is an agricultural area, and Marin is reluctant to give up. After thinking about it, Marin still decided to focus on the defense of Hedong. As for the land in Hexi, a few bunkers were built to serve as outposts and temporarily topped one.
Arranged for the Western defense, Marin now has headaches for Orich and Lyle's offense. It happened that Sauer came over to report the situation.
Sauer reports that in recent days, he has detained hundreds of businessmen and passers-by from Emden for confidentiality ...
Having said that, Marin suddenly stood up. He asked Sauer seriously:
"Sauer, are you sure that our news has not been disclosed? No missing fish took the news away?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Master, with the telescope you provided, it is very difficult for most people to escape my observation. How many people can escape with so many cavalrymen to chase after me?"
"Well, it seems that I can still deceive Orich and Lyle by deceiving ..."
"Yes, Master, speaking of Orich, his subordinate caught a messenger yesterday to send a letter asking Edsad I to ask him when he would send a convoy to transport food ..."
"Shipping food? What kind of food? Shaw, you call Jeffrey to ask, show him and ask what is the situation."
"Yes!"
After a while, Jeffrey came over, and after seeing the letter, he explained:
"Master, seeing that the autumn harvest is coming to an end these days. Often, after the autumn harvest, Edsad I would send a convoy to the cities of Orich and Lyle to transport food. Before that, The grain from the east and south will be concentrated to two cities first. Then, Edsad I will send two huge transport teams to pull the grain to the Emden granary ... "
"A huge convoy? Is it protected by the army?" Marin's eyes suddenly lighted.
"Of course, it is protected by the army. Generally, 500 fighters are required to transport food convoys ..."
"That's great!" Marin was delighted.
He had already planned, and while the two cities had not yet received the information of Emden's fall, Marin could use the banner of Edsad I and send his soldiers to disguise himself as the food sent by Edsad I Team, go to two cities to pull food. Just enter the city, and ... hehe ...
The next day, Marin collected a large number of horse-drawn carriages and trolleys from Emden, formed two huge grain delivery teams, and headed for Orich and Lyell.
Among them, there were 800 people traveling to Orich, including 500 elite warriors and 300 warriors disguised as civilians. Moreover, the 500 elite warriors all wore the armor of Emden City's most distinctive straw hat swordsman. These armors and straw hats were brought from the surrendered straw hat swordsmen ...
There were also 800 people sent to Lyle County. Because, don't look at the small town of Lier County, but the food produced by Lier County is no less than that of Orich.
Moreover, it was Jeffrey Palace Minister who led the team to Orich. This fat man, Marin promised him, as long as this task is completed, he will be appointed as the official palace minister. At the same time, Marin detained Jeffrey's family and forced him to promise. Who called this fat man the former palace official of East Friesland? Did he lead the team and the officer who guarded Orich would not give face? Moreover, Jeffrey this fat man is not the first Orichella food.
You know, to go to Orich and Lerla for food, it's bad. Because officials who are sent to collect food can accept bribes from local officials. Generally speaking, local officials naturally want to hand in less food and leave more for themselves. However, the count was hoping to collect more food. Therefore, if you want to give less food to the count, you must buy the master responsible for pulling the grain. Therefore, even if you are the prime minister, Jeffrey couldn't help but pull a few trips to the grain below and received a lot of benefits. Marin sent him this time, which is also reasonable and easy to paralyze the defenders.
As for the main officer sent to Lyle City, it was another official who surrendered early. This person was named Pace, who had served as Jeffrey's deputy, and was an important figure in the former East Frisian Lambert. It was reasonable to let him go to Lyle. Moreover, the family members of this goods are also controlled by Marin.
In this way, two days later, two huge traffic convoys appeared under Orich and Lyell respectively. Seeing Fat Jeffrey taking the lead, Orich's defender asked nothing at all, and opened the gate directly.
And this time, for the sake of safety, Marin asked Jeffrey to bring dozens of barrels of barley wine to the past, "toil" the local garrison. With the approval of Jeffrey, the local defending general happily divided the instant barley wine down.
In the evening, Jeffrey was invited to attend a banquet hosted by the local defender and Uko, Edsad's brother. The banquet was held in the old palace built by the Brock family in the center of Orich. Moreover, Jeffrey also quietly brought in 200 soldiers. In response, Sergeant Orich and Uko didn't care. Mainly, they never thought that Jeffrey's fat would be against them.
In the evening, everyone was drinking happily, and when they were all drunk, Jeffrey suddenly dropped a precious glass wine glass on the ground according to the plot designed by Marin, "throwing the glass" ...
Everyone else at the banquet looked at Jeffrey stupidly, wondering why the fat man was soaring. But soon they understood ...
After the fat man fell off the quilt, the 200 "straw hat swordsman" who entered the palace suddenly rushed into the banquet hall in the palace. The leader is actually Schwartz ... Then all the officials and officers of Orich who participated in the banquet were beaten by a net ...
Then Schwartz ran outside the palace, lit a double-gun made by Marin, and exploded in the sky ...
Then, the other 600 soldiers quickly rushed into the barracks in the city and controlled the city defenders who were still drinking barley wine. What made Schwartz crying was that more than 200 people in the city were drunk. No wonder, soldiers like to drink alcohol. This time, Fat Jeffrey brought dozens of barrels of barley and opened it up for them to drink. Where could they stand? As a result, nearly half of them were drunk ...
There are more than a dozen soldiers who were guarding the city gate. Seeing an accident in the city, these people took the opportunity to escape from the city. However, it seems that he went to Emden to report. Feelings, these people thought Emden was fine. In fact, the earliest incident was Emden. These people went to Emden and fell into the hands of Sauer.
On the side of Lyle County, Frenzberg encountered some troublesome situations. Because although he also brought the wine, the local defender would also drink it.
However, Pace is not high-ranked, not as bullish as Jeffrey. Therefore, neither the local defender nor Prince Almut hosted a banquet to entertain him. As a result, the script of "Throwing the Cup" is no longer needed.
Fortunately, those big men also like drinking. So, at midnight, the team led by Fronzberg easily controlled most of the 300 defenders in the city. Only the governor's house, where Prince Almut is located, is still persistent. The wall of the Governor's Palace was so tall and strong that Frentzberg could not attack it for a moment.
Until a small captain who had followed Marin and participated in the "Long Street Ambush" against the Frisian Aristocratic Republican Party, proposed a method of fire attack ...
"Fire attack? This governor's palace is a stone building. How to fire attack?" Franzberg was puzzled.
"My lord, I lit it with a haystack and threw it into the wall ..."
"They hid in the house, wouldn't they burn it?"
"Hey ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The Lord Baron once said that even if the enemy is not burned, they can be smoked to death!"
Frenzberg thought it was true, so he found a lot of straw bales, bundled them, and sprinkled some pepper under the guidance of some insignificant people. After the bale was lit, it was thrown into the wall by the Hercules ...
The plant ash, coupled with the pungent smell of pepper when burning, caused the garrison in the Governor's Mansion, including Prince Almut, to cough.
After Flenzberg ordered the bales to be thrown for two or three hours, dozens of defenders in the Governor's Palace were finally smoked and lost their fighting power ... Then, Frenzberg's men, hit Open the door of the Governor's House, go in and grab the smoked guards, and bind them into mules ...
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In this way, relying on the information force, coupled with the betrayal of the Leading Party, Marin successfully scammed the two strong cities of Orich and Lyle, and completed the control overnight.
Moreover, what made Marin relieved was that the citizens of the two cities did not rise up. It can be seen that Jeffrey's statement that only the citizens of a city in Emden was flickered is correct ...