Then, the officers on the colonel field returned to the camp and prepared to go to the expedition. The colonel area was limited, and it was impossible for 15,000 people to come, only a part of them came. Therefore, the army needed to go to the expedition.
In addition, it was just evening, and the tsunami just now must have alarmed the French. So Frenzberg was preparing to lead his troops out of the city at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night...
Seeing that the person was about to leave, Frenzberg quickly winked at his confidant and said:
"Come on, carry the platform dedicated to the gods and these gold coins into the command room and lock them! Be careful, this is a miracle!"
Several confidants understood and immediately went to the stage and carefully carried the stage back to the command room. After entering the command room, while there was no one, they quietly replaced the gold coins with big heads on both sides of the glued gold coins with normal gold coins, which were also facing upwards and the same position... In this way, they would not be afraid of being exposed after returning from the battle...
Ancient Europe was different from ancient China. During the Song Dynasty, Confucianism was the dominant rule of mind, and "the son did not speak of strange powers and confusing spirits." Di Qing used this trick, although he was later discovered to be fake, it was fine, but it became a good story.
However, it was not possible in ancient Europe. Because Frenzberg deceived everyone in the name of God and Jesus. If he was discovered later, a crime of "blasphemy" would not be eliminated. No matter how great the contribution is, he would be ruined.
So, Frenzberg later asked his confidants to replace all the gold coins with normal ones and destroyed the previous batch of gold coins with problems. Even two confidants were left behind and the so-called "Master William" was silenced...
After arranging these, Frenzberg breathed a sigh of relief and quietly led his army out of the city in the middle of the night...
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Before leaving, Shachirika, the leader of the East Swiss militia who was in charge of staying in Lucerne, found Frenzberg with a bitter face and said:
"Sir, I'm afraid I can't stop the French army by my more than 4,000 eastern Swiss mountaineering people!"
Frenzberg comforted:
"It's okay, I didn't expect you to stop..."
Shaqirika suddenly choked - what is this? Although this is the truth, is it really good to say it at this time?
Frenzberg continued:
"Your mission is to pretend to be us in the next few days. I have left you enough military uniforms, and you can just put on the city wall and wander around it. In addition, put more double-headed eagle flags on the city wall!" This is also the "suspicious plan" that Marin once taught him.
In addition, the "military uniforms" of Frenzberg's army were also learned from Marin's army. However, the Beihai Army had a black cross on a white vest, and Frenzberg's soldiers also wore white vests, but the two-headed eagles of the Habsburg family were drawn on it. Of course, this was not drawn, but was printed in large-scale woodblocks. After all, a two-headed eagle is difficult to draw and is not as easy to hand-paint as a black cross.
After wearing a white vest with the Habsburg double-headed eagle, the military appearance of the "Swiss Army" of the Frenzberg Habsburg family looked much neat. Moreover, this white drawing vest is very low-cost and is made of inferior wool woven with inferior wool. The vest is also made of simple in making, so there is no cost. Of course, the soldiers in the front row are also equipped with breastplate and helmets, which is a bit higher...
Shachirika was still worried and asked:
"What if the French see through it, what should we do if we come to attack the city? We will definitely not be able to stop it..."
Frenzberg lowered his head and pondered for a while, and said:
"If the French really come to attack, you will hold on for 5 days. After 5 days, I will allow you to surrender and will not be held accountable!"
"Okay!" With Frenzberg's promise, Shachirika felt relieved.
After explaining it clearly, Frenzberg led his army to march towards the northern mountainous areas under the night...
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However, many soldiers brought half-length engineer shovels commonly equipped by soldiers in Beihai Kingdom...
During the march, Frenzberg sent people to Basel and informed Basel's garrison general Burki, and ordered him to hold on for two days, take Christopher I, Earl of Baden, and his family retreated from the south gate and headed to the Costa Valley along the main road. Moreover, Frenzberg took care of Burki - asking him not to hurry up, but to rush to the Costa Valley...
This is because Frenzberg predicted that in order to make reasonable advances into Switzerland, the coalition forces of the princes would not rush to catch up with Christopher I, the Earl of Baden, but would chase them slowly, just like a cat teasing a mouse. Only after getting close to Lucerne and Christopher I was useless will they chase them seriously, catch Christopher I, or simply let them go. After all, their real target was the Habsburg army of Lucerne, not Christopher I...
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When Frenzberg's messenger arrived in Basel, Christopher I and his family had just fled into Basel. Basel's garrison Burky only had two thousand troops in his hands. Facing the 60,000 vassal coalition, he almost pissed his pants.
However, Frenzberg told him in the letter that the coalition of princes would not really attack desperately, but would only force them to run away...
Sure enough, after the coalition of princes, who followed Christopher I, the Earl of Baden, arrived at the city of Basel, he did not rush to attack the city, but built camps in the east, north and west directions of Basel, leaving behind no troops stationed in the south...
"The commander of the legion is really amazing!" Bulky finally settled down and began to defend. After all, Frenzberg asked him to hold on for two days...
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The reason why Frenzberg allowed Burki to hold on for two days was to buy time for his army to set up ambush. After all, there were many things to prepare for setting up ambush on the hillsides on both sides of the valley.
First of all, you must block the road... This is fine. Scatter all the cavalry and prohibit anyone from going to Basel, so you can keep it confidential.
Then, if you want to ambush, you must dig a hole on the hillsides on both sides to hide the soldiers. Otherwise, if you see the hillsides on both sides of the Costa Valley from afar, the fool will continue to move forward...
Also, enough horse pits should be dug in front of the valley to prevent the enemy from moving forward desperately. At the same time, enough stones must be prepared on the hillsides on both sides. Because throwing stones down from the hillside is very harmful. Even if you wear a full body of armor, facing "big rocks from the sky", you will either die or be injured.
Among them, round stones are the best. Because the round stones will roll and roll into the enemy's formation, making the enemy's formation fall into pieces, completely disintegrating its battle formation and morale...
Therefore, in the past two days that Burky fought for in Basel, Frenzberg used it to dig pits and collect stones...
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On the side of Burki, the coalition of princes did not make any effort to siege Basel, but just pretended. So he easily held on for two days.
But on the third day, Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, was impatient and asked the coalition forces of the princes to attack once, causing hundreds of casualties to Burki's defenders.
Anyway, the time has come, and Bulkey directly took more than a thousand remaining people, the protector Christopher I, the Earl of Baden, and his family fled from the South Gate in a hurry. In order to delay the pursuit, Christopher I, the Earl of Baden, deliberately sprinkled a lot of silver coins on the road...
This was learned from the Battle of Fornovo many years ago. At that time, the French army wanted to run away, but were afraid that the Italian light cavalry would be entangled. So Charles VIII simply ordered the shamans of gold, silver and treasures on the road. Then, the light cavalry soldiers of the Italian coalition indeed dismounted and picked up money, forgot to chase the French...
However, this move was easily seen through Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony. But Frederick III did not stop the soldiers from stopping to pick up money, because he was not in a hurry to catch up with Christopher I. Now he stopped to pick up money, and he just found a reason for not being able to catch up with the other party...
Chapter completed!