Chapter 213: Western Front confrontation

West Friesland's southwest border. Garrison here to guard the army of the original Frisian nobles who fled for a short time. Several former Frisian nobles were not stupid. I heard that the enemy mobilized 4,000 soldiers and horses. Without thinking, they accepted Marin's original suggestion-running.
When the Saxon army rushed to the southwest border, the 2000 soldiers and horses of the former Frisian aristocracy all withdrew into the Principality of Gerdes and took away a lot of food and livestock. However, they also emptied the local people's food and property, leaving behind a group of local people who have nothing.
After the Saxon army arrived at the border, they wanted to collect food in situ according to medieval rules, but there was no shadow of the food. The locals were digging wild vegetables and fishing from the freshwater river ...
Helpless, Prince George had to send someone to collect food elsewhere. Now that the autumn harvest has just ended, the granaries in all places are full and it is easy to collect them.
At the same time, Prince George is not stupid. He realized that the enemy might have fled into the Duchy of Gerdes. However, the Principality of Gerdes is not a weak country. If Saxony is fully mobilized, it will surely stabilize the Principality of Gerdes. However, West Friesland was too far from Saxony to mobilize enough troops to suppress the Duchy of Gerdes. The tens of thousands of troops who attacked West Frisian last time still asked the Elector of Saxony to borrow thousands of talents.
In peacetime, in West Friesland, George can use up to 5,000 troops to participate in the battle. So, facing the Duchy of Gerdes, George was also under pressure.
Therefore, he did not easily pursue the Principality of Geddes, but excluded the messenger, sent the Principality of Geddes, and asked the other party to allow himself to lead his troops into the Principality of Geddes to wipe out the insurgents.
But while he was waiting for a reply from the Principality of Gerdes, there was a sudden news in the east that the East Frisian country changed hands ...
Marin blocked Emden for ten days. After all, Emden was a busy commercial port. So, ten days later, Marin realized that the blockade was no longer valid, and he withdrew it. Then the news began to spread slowly. When the Saxony officials in Groningen heard the news, they first sent someone to Emden to check the news, and then sent someone to report to George on the front line.
"Tell me what's going on?"
"That's it. At the end of last month, some people found that Emden Port's trade seemed to be suspended. I don't know what happened. A few days ago, when a businessman went to Emden to trade, he had already found Emden's head. The banner changed ... "
换 "Changed? Which aristocrat's hand? See clearly?"
"Not an aristocratic alien, but a person within East Frisian."
"Internal people? Is it a rebellion?"
"It's not a rebellion, Your Highness, have you heard of the Bullock family in East Frisian?"
"The Brock family? Have you heard that, wasn't that the family that ruled East Frisian sixty years ago?"
"Yes, it is the descendants of that family who have come back. It is said that the entire Emden blood flowed to death after killing the descendants of the nobles who participated in the rebellion ..."
好 "Well, what's your name now?"
"Your Highness, you may not even know who he is ..."
"No bullshit, who is it? Send someone to beat your board if you sell it again!"
是 "Yes, that person is Baron Varden, Marin ..."
"What? It turned out to be him? Wasn't he Huffman? How did he become the heir to the Bullock family?"
"That's it. Marin Huffman's mother was the granddaughter of the last Earl of Brock. The only main line in the Brock family was his mother. So, Marin Huffman was indeed Heir to the Brock family. "
不可能 "Impossible, Marin Hoffman is a homeless knight. That is to say, there is a big brother in his family. Even if his mother is the heir, the title cannot be inherited by Marin Huffman."
"You're right, he does have a big brother. However, his big brother has signed the instrument giving up inheritance!"
原来 "That's it ... But East Frisian is a place that the old man has long liked, this kid, even dare to grab food from our Wetting family ..."
对 "Yes, how many soldiers are there for this kid? How long did it take Emden?" Prince George suddenly thought of an important question. The Duke of Saxony had watched East Frisian before and planned to find a chance to annex East Frisian in the future. However, East Frisian suddenly changed hands. Prince George wondered how Marin's military strength was, and whether it was easy to annex ...
"This ... the villain does not know the specific strength of Marin Huffman. However, Emden had 1400 defenders before. 1000 of them were still strong straw hat swordsmen. Therefore, Marin Huffman It ’s better to have more than 3,000 troops. Otherwise, Emden ca n’t be beaten ...

"If it was 3,000 people, we still have the opportunity to win East Frisian. Now, while he is not stable, we can mobilize a large army from home to grab East Frisian. However, if there are more troops, then Trouble ... "
"Hatch (admiral of Prince George), you continue to stay at the border with 2,000 people and wait for the reply from the Duke of Gerdes. I'll take the 2,000 men back first and go to the East Frisian border to see ..."
"Her Highness, what are you doing? 2000 people are not enough to attack East Frisian!"
"I know, I just brought people to the East Frisian border to deter the other side. By the way, frighten Xia Marin, and then, most importantly, see how many soldiers and horses it can assemble with me ..." George confident Said quietly.
"How many soldiers are mobilized?"
"Yes, now that our army is under pressure, the other party is bound to be nervous, and we will draw the main force to guard against it. At that time, we will be able to see at a glance the size of the other main force and the appearance of the army. If it is a strong army, we will know at a glance. Not stupid. Therefore, he decided to use a very simple trick to test the current strength of East Frisian and the speed of the opponent's reaction ...
If East Friesland is weak, then the Principality of Saxony does not mind sending troops again to take over a large area. But if the opponent is strong, you may have to give up first. After all, the Wetting family will not do what is not cheap.
A few days later, Prince George, with 2,000 troops, appeared outside the western border of East Friesland and began to camp ...
When the news reached Orich, Marin was taken aback:
"What? The Saxony Army? Are you sure? How many people?"
"Only 2,000 people, but led by Prince George of Saxony in Friesland."
"And, strangely, Prince George did not launch an attack, it seemed like he was waiting ..."
"Waiting for reinforcements? No, there are only 5,000 soldiers and horses here in Saxony ... Is it necessary to mobilize soldiers and horses from Saxony? But it's not right ... There is no need for this to send people to the west to fight grass and snakes ..."
After thinking for a long time, Marin patted his head:
"I see, he's peeping at our reality!"
Now that he wants to understand this, Marin decides to be polite. He is not willing to fight the Duchy of Saxony right now. So, he decided to take out the strength of the bottom of the box and show the muscles to Prince George ...
"Jeffrey, now the entire East Frisian Land, how many troops can be mobilized, the fastest!"
啊 "Ah? Lord Earl, are you going to fight again?" Jeffrey was a civilian, and he was most afraid of fighting.
不是 "No, the Saxons in the west are provocative at the border, and I am going to gather enough troops to scare them!"
原来 "That's it ..." Jeffrey patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sir, the 6,000 soldiers and horses you took, 1250 went to the east and 1250 to the south. The west itself also has 1,250 people ..."
也就是说 "In other words, I still have more than 2,000 people to move?"
"It's not like that. You know, there is a square array on the western border. Your lord will take more than 2,000 people, isn't it more than 3,000 troops? And, don't forget, there are still 600 straw hat swords. Soldiers and more than 2,000 prisoners of war who have not yet been released to join the country aristocracy rebellion. Originally, you planned to shut them back for a while ... "
"600 Straw Hat Swordsmen ... More than 2,000 captives ... The 600 Straw Hat Swordsmen must be elite, but not too reassuring ... As for those 2000 captives, they can be counted ..."
"Yes, how much more can you mobilize if you mobilize?"
"Every East Frisian can mobilize five or six thousand people. However, it takes half a month ..."
"Why didn't these people mobilize to confront me before?"
"Master, you have to be commanded by the officer when you mobilize. Do you know? The commanders of these mobilized soldiers are in the original 1,000 straw hat swordsmen. These 1,000 straw hat swordsmen are both elite soldiers and grass-roots officers! No officer command It's useless to mobilize soldiers ... "
"Then the 600 Straw Hat Swordsmen will continue to be detained, and the other 2,000 prisoners will move with the army!"
"this is?"
"These guys are all military officers. If they are allowed to contact the mobilized soldiers, they won't be able to get started right away? It's too dangerous, these guys can't let it go now. Wait until it stabilizes."
还有 "Also, Jeffrey, you use the fastest speed to mobilize strong men to gather in nearby areas, giving you two days, how much can be mobilized. Two days later, I will take the army to the western border ..."
"Yes!"
Two days later, Marin left 300 men to guard Orich. He took the 2000 main force, 2,000 prisoners, and 1,700 temporary mobilized soldiers to the western border ...
Walking on the Ames, Marin's men recruited enough ships to spell a few pontoons on the river to let the army cross the river ...
西 On the west side of the Ames River, about 200 square kilometers of land belongs to East Friesland. At this time, the original garrison here had all crossed the river and confronted the Saxon army outside the border under the command of the previously arrived Frentzberg.
When the ascended Prince Saxony George saw thousands of troops coming across the river, his face changed greatly:
"Where is this with so many troops? By the way, this guy is a mercenary, isn't it all hired? But this guy has so much money to feed so many people?"
The main force of Tamarin crossed the river very quickly and in an orderly manner. However, more than 3,000 East Frisian indigenous forces in the back, the crossing of the river was a bit messy and the efficiency was relatively low.
Marin didn't have time to pay attention to those low-mobility mobilized soldiers, and arranged some people to coordinate and direct ~ EbookFREE.me ~, and took the 2000 main force to go forward and arrange with the original square array ...
The main players of Marlin are all very rigorously trained. Therefore, they formed a very rapid array, and soon reached the border, forming a very tight line of defense with the Frenzbergers and horses. That speed, that discipline, see Prince George cold sweat ...
"It is indeed a man who can defeat the King of France. Training is great! But what happened to the army behind it? Crossing the river is so procrastinating ... I see, those are conscripts ..."
"That is to say, the elite troops of the other side, including the more than 1,000 people before, there are more than 3,000, and the recruits are more than 3,000 ... there are more than 6,000 people? Mad, too many ..." George Swallowed.
This is not enough. Three days later, the Fourth Front in the southern border was also transferred. They were replaced by a conscript. Because there is no hostility with the Bishop of Münster. Therefore, recruiting troops is enough.
I saw Marin assemble another elite square, George continued to swallow, and his hands trembled ...
A week later, the Eastern Front also came over, and they were replaced by a 2000 conscript ...
I saw the 5,000 to 6,000 elite troops neatly arranged in front of me, plus more than 3,000 conscripts, and the total was almost tens of thousands. Prince George was frightened a little. Really want to fight, more than 5,000 people under his own hands are not opponents ...
Fortunately, Marin also jeopardized the powerful strength of the Saxony Department. He did not take the initiative to attack, but just demonstrated. Otherwise, all of Prince George and his 2,000 people will be finished.
王子 Prince George knew this, so he evacuated with his men, but took away a large psychological shadow. And Marin, after reaching the goal of scaring his opponent, also returned to the army with the army division ...