The Rise of the European Emperor

After the riots in Ocean City were quelled, Merck also discovered that a French immigrant named Choudhury was trying to get on a merchant ship traveling between mainland China and the Delaware Peninsula, intending to return to Europe. Afterwards, it seems that this person has no family.

As a former spy, Merck not only worked as a spy, but also happened to be in Paris. Otherwise, Marin would not have chosen him as the lord of Ocean City. After all, the Delaware Peninsula is dominated by French immigrants, and people who understand French need to communicate with the immigrants.

Looking at the behavior of that humble French immigrant trying to steal a boat, ordinary people would think that this person misses his hometown and intends to return to France. But Merck judged from the calluses on his tiger's mouth-this is a swordsman. If it weren't for being pointed at by a few muskets, this man would certainly not have been caught without a fight.

But a swordsman mixed into the immigration team, and wanted to take a boat back to Europe... Obviously, this is a spy!

He took the boat back to Europe, probably to report on the situation in the Delaware Peninsula...

Merck did not deal with this person, but asked Albert for instructions. After all, this person did not incite immigrants to riot, nor did he claim to be the envoy of the King of France. If it is killed, the French will pursue it, and it is difficult to explain.

Albert also had a headache when he received the letter. Because, if this person goes back and reports that the war with the "orcs" continues to break out, there will be problems. If you kill him... the spies are all wiped out, and the French will be suspicious...

After much deliberation, Albert also decided to act in a play...

The content of the play was "Earl Kahn brought an army of 10,000 to the Delaware Peninsula to fight the orcs." Because Marin had informed Albert before that Kahn would pretend to bring 10,000 people to America to "fight the orcs."

But in fact, Kahn made a detour to Murmansk and never came to America. If this spy named Choudhury returns home and reports that Kahn did not bring troops to America...

Therefore, Albert decisively dispatched 20 250-class armed merchant ships and 5 500-ton warships that had just been launched at the Long Island Shipyard in New York, which were full of 2,000 regular army soldiers and horses from the New York colony, including 1,000 militiamen, a total of 3,000 people. Headed to Ocean City in a mighty way.

In order to create the illusion of an "army of ten thousand people", Albert decided to adopt Dong Zhuo's "bluffing" strategy when he entered Luoyang. When Albert was a child, he heard Marin tell the story of the Three Kingdoms. It was the first time Marin returned to Hoffman Manor after crossing. At that time, Marin not only carried out reforms in Hoffman Manor, but also promoted bathing. When I have nothing to do, I also tell some stories to Albert, Simon and sister Anne, including the story of the Three Kingdoms.

It is said that when Dong Zhuo led Xiliang cavalry into Luoyang, there were only three thousand troops. In order to frighten the tens of thousands of imperial troops and Ding Yuan and other warlords in the city, Dong Zhuo used Li Ru's trick to bluff and let his three thousand cavalry,

Every four or five days, they quietly leave the city in the middle of the night, and enter the city in a big way the next morning, giving people the illusion that the Xiliang army is coming in an endless stream. This move really bluffed all the soldiers and horses in the city and bought Dong Zhuo time.

Albert also decided to use this method. He asked Merck to deliberately imprison Choudhury near the pier, and gave him a small window facing the pier.

Then, 20 armed merchant ships and 5 warships, carrying 3,000 soldiers and horses, will dock at the port. Then, the army landed and lined up, passed through Ocean City, and rushed northward, as if heading to a battlefield.

But in fact, shortly after leaving Ocean City, the army will rush to a small bay 20 kilometers north of Ocean City. Then, the fleet will arrive here at night to transport people away.

Then, fleets change flags and even sail colors across the board. The soldiers also deliberately changed their clothes. The next day, the fleet will dock again. Then the soldiers landed and headed north...

In this way, if you perform three times, you can basically perform the feeling of an army of ten thousand people...

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As for Choudhury, the spy, Albert decided to let him go back after the show was over. After all, after the drama of "The Great Army Expedition", people have to report the results to France. Otherwise, isn't it a waste of time?

However, the boat that this cargo will take when going back must be an ordinary boat, and the speed of the boat cannot be too fast. It took several months to send people back.

And Merck also made a careful investigation. Before discovering this Choudhury had been very honest, not wandering around and inquiring. Otherwise, it would have been exposed long ago. This also gave Albert confidence, because he didn't ask around, so he definitely didn't know much. Let him "witness with his own eyes" the landing of tens of thousands of troops, and he will have something to confess when he goes back.

In order to act realistically, Albert also selected a tall and strong man in New York who was similar in size to Kahn, and let him wear a full set of plate armor to pretend to be Kahn. When passing through Ocean City, the fake Kahn would leave Ocean City surrounded by a group of tall guards without stopping. In this way, you are not afraid of being recognized as true or false. As for Choudhury, he was locked in a hut with only a small window to look out, and it was impossible to see anything wrong.

As for the small harbor north of Ocean City where a large number of people were found, Albert didn't care at all. Because, the rest of the people have no chance to leave the Delaware Peninsula. And the spy Choudhury, who acted as a "microphone", has no chance to verify it. Because, after the performance, he will be sent to the ship and sent back to France.

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A month later, Marin received a letter from Albert in Aurich. When Marin learned that Albert had used the strategy in the Three Kingdoms story he told more than 20 years ago to fool the French, he was also amazed. After all, this kind of operation is too good in Europe in this era.

However, at this time Marin had no time to pay attention to the affairs of the Americas. Because, he has more important things to focus on - the Grand Duchy of Moscow has sent troops!

Yes, the Grand Duchy of Moscow sent troops to Smolensk. However, it was not the 200,000 army that Marin imagined, but 50,000. Moreover, infantry is still the main force, and there are only 10,000 cavalry.

Marin also felt strange at first, but then the spies from Moscow sent back top-secret news-it turned out that Glinski was afraid that the Lithuanians would not come, so he deliberately sent 50,000 people there first. If 200,000 people are touched at one time, maybe the Lithuanians will really be too scared to send troops.

In addition, the 150 artillery purchased from Austria did not act with the army this time. It is said that some of the wooden carts mounted on the artillery have not yet been completed.

In this way, under the leadership of Glinski, the 50,000 troops rushed to Smolensk unhurriedly. The average daily marching speed was only about 20 kilometers, which seemed very slow.

Glinski, however, is in no rush. why? Because Lithuanians will react more slowly. After all, it is a parliamentary system. After the Grand Duchy of Lithuania learned that the Grand Duchy of Moscow sent troops to Smolensk, the first reaction was definitely not to send troops, but to quarrel...

After all, it is not to attack Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. If that is the case, Lithuania's Great Sejm will definitely make a decision soon. After all, the door is closed, there is no time to argue. But Smolensk is a frontier area in Lithuania, and it is still the area of ​​​​the Rus, not the territory of the Lithuanians.

Therefore, the parliamentarians of Grand Sejm, Grand Duchy of Lithuania will definitely have to quarrel for a while before making a decision. After making a decision, there are still quarrels, how many soldiers to send, and how many people from each noble family to send... Then there is a fight over who will be the commander...

It will take at least a month or two until they finish their quarrel. No matter how slow the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow moved, it would have arrived in Smolensk long ago. Then, it was a stalemate siege battle...