() Waiting is a very test of patience, but the most important thing I need to do in my strategy this time is to wait.

Whether it is a siege or waiting for Carl to fall into the trap.

For Rostock, the worst outcome of my plan is to capture the city, because it is a strategic goal.

The capture will not be of any benefit to our strategy against the Swedes. Instead, there will be an additional place to defend. Therefore, not only is the waste of troops, but the army's spirit is consumed. However, if there is no attack, and there is a lot of troops to be sent and no results are obtained, it will also damage the army's spirit. So from February, that is, the coldest time, if Karl Twelve has arrived, I will cross the ice layer of the river port and launch a surprise attack into the city. As a port with a population of only 10,000, Rostock City is fragile and its defensive position is within a relatively easy range to attack, which is completely without pressure on our 20,000 army.

In order to deal with the worst situation, I set up the artillery position on the high ground outside the city. I asked the artillery to use Rostock to carry out sheer training. Any artillery group that can hit my command target will be rewarded with 50 tales.

On 14ri, the cold wind blew the flags and looked at the ice floes outside the Bay of Rostock, I closed my open collar and said, "The weather is getting colder and colder. Where do you think Carl Twelve will land? West Prussia, or the Post Pomerania under our control, or the most unlikely place, here, Rostock?"

"Carl Twelve's army appeared in Rostock, which can only prove that he is a fool. When he appeared in the rear Pomerania, he is undoubtedly a lunatic. If he was in the port of West Prussia, this was what a normal person should do." Morris said disdainfully by slashing his nostrils.

"The landing in West Prussia does have many advantages. From there, the local area is their territory. Unless they arrive from West Prussia to the Prussian border, it will be difficult for us to know the movements of the Swedish army in a short time. However, the Swedish army has to face a problem when they fight from the Eastern Front to Berlin. Last time they passed there, they have snatched a lot of local people and destroyed farmland. This time, they passed through the counties of Newmark, and the Swedes had to spend a lot of time and effort to collect grain. However, these problems should not be too serious. After all, if Carl Twelve intends to attack our main force and occupy Berlin again, a number of forced marches can throw away all the troubles."

I think so about Constance's view, and others think so. Schweiling also thinks that from the Swedes, they will land in the Swedish territory in West Prussia. However, no matter how much Carl Twelve got the second place and arrogant, he is still the strong man who beats many famous Russian generals. In other words, he still has the capital of arrogance and second place.

On January 23ri, a panicked man came to us to provide us with the news that Carl Twelve landed and marched into the Kingdom of Prussia. The news said that the Swedes came, but not from West Prussia to the east, nor from the rear Pomerania, because the guy claimed to be the groom sent by the mayor of a small town on the western border of Prussia. The night before he left, the Swedes were preparing to pass by their town, and now, probably at the moment we received the news, they had entered the border of the Kingdom of Prussia and were rushing towards Rostock!

Calling everyone over, I confirmed the news to Schweiling, who was the most experienced and experienced here: "The coast of Mecklenburg is sure to land the right fleet?"

"The northern shore of the Baltic Sea is the coldest, so when winter comes, that place is the first to freeze. The entire sea area is, the more it is easier to freeze the longer it goes south, and the more west the Baltic Sea becomes, the less likely it is to freeze."

OK, Schweiling's implication is that the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg does have the conditions to allow the Swedes to land, and the news we received from the Prussian border did not look like a false report.

On the map, the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg is adjacent to the Baltic Sea coast in the north, the former Pomeranian province of Sweden in the northeast, and the Grand Duchy of Greatness is adjacent to the Brandenburg region of Prussia to the south. The Swedes landed in Mecklenburg, and as long as they go all the way east, they cut off our retreat to Berlin.

But the people of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg were involved in the dispute over Prussia?!

They don't consider the consequences?

It is probably the Austrians who stumped the French, and the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg smelled the opportunity to take advantage of loopholes. After all, the war between Sweden and Prussia seemed to be Sweden as having the advantage no matter how it looked.

The combination of Mecklenburg now makes me in a bit troublesome.

According to my plan, the Swedes set out from West Prussia and led their troops to threaten Berlin with Karl Twelve's son, but forced us to fight halfway, and then used our heads to force the landing in Berlin. And we used the trick. Once the Swedes appeared around Berlin, Prince Dessau led his army to attack the Swedes and delayed them. Then, our strong and powerful man rushed back from Rostock in a forceful manner, gathered Prince Dessau, and used his superior forces to attack Sweden, thereby defeating Karl Twelve.

Carl Twelve could not have thought that we would have so many troops. Prince Dessau's army would have no problem persisting for a while. Moreover, the Swedes lost a lot of physical strength because of forced marching, so we have a great chance of victory. But at present, our main force to become the savior is likely to be the Swedes alone. To be honest, fighting alone, I may not be Carl Twelve's opponent. Although I am not afraid of confronting him, if we are unfortunately wiped out, even if Berlin can be defended, the wealth in the surrounding areas will probably be squeezed out by the Swedes!

"Do you want to withdraw?" Constance asked with a frown.

I looked up at him and said, "You didn't see the flaw?"

"He is not like a lie," replied Constance. "Besides, I am not a Prussian, how do I know if he is really a groom?"

"Send provocates to the north and west, two squads each, and in addition, all the troops that have been occupied are recalled. Now the entire army distributes rations for the next seven days. If the situation is true, we will retreat to Berlin in the southeast. By the way, the messenger will be sent, well, 11, who will arrive in Berlin first, and tell them about the Swedes. I want Prince Dessau and his men to enter the state of war."

Good things come true, and disasters never come alone. At noon the next day, snow fell on the sky in Rostock.

After a long time of snow, snow accumulated up to 4 cm thick.

On the afternoon of the second rift, we learned about the Swedes' dynamics. They were indeed rushing towards Rostock, less than 50 kilometers away. According to the judgment of the sentry, the Swedes' army was large and the speed was maintained within the normal range of march.

That night, we quickly organized the transfer, and one battalion of hunting cavalry was sent out, and the others followed, three artillery companies in Austria and three infantry regiments with dissatisfaction in the 33rd Spartan Legion, and three artillery companies had about 5,500 people in the rear.

Due to the cover of the night, our movements made the Swedish troops in Rostock think that we were going to launch an attack in the early morning, so they actively prepared for defense. After three o'clock in the morning, Morris retreated with the last unit, and the Swedes in Rostock did not come out. The only remaining hunting battalion was spread out to the left of the retreating troops, and they reported that the communications of several Swedish cavalrymen had been intercepted in the early morning.

The Swedes in Rostock were not just informing their king. These people were stuck at a very fast speed in the second ri. It was observed that the Swedes had more than 2,000 people. If they wanted to eat this army, they would have to stagnate the speed of the army's advance, which was not worth the effort.

The snow fell again at noon on the fourth day. Looking at the snowflakes falling in the sky, my heart was dark.

"Is God going to kill me?"

Originally, the snow had made it difficult to walk on the road. Even if you could force yourself to run out, you would lose the ability to fight the Swedes in a short period of time. Now, look at the snow that is getting heavier and heavier. The soldiers walked here with one foot deep and the other shallow, and they could not jump out of the encirclement of Carl Twelve!

"Don't you want to discard the cannon?"

In the military discussion, facing the intelligence that the closest unit to Carl Twelve was approaching 25 kilometers, Schweilin suggested: "The cannons have seriously delayed our speed. We can bury the cannons in the ground and drive Hessian prisoners of war to the Swedes. As long as we grit our teeth, even if several troops fall behind, our main force can still jump out of the Swedes' blockade."

"No, cannons are our only weapon that has an advantage over Sweden. If we throw away the cannons, we will be at a disadvantage if we face the Swedes!" Constance opposed.

"As far as I say, I should go back and kill the Swedes who followed us, and then set up a formation here to fight the Swedes." Morris continued to stumble his nostrils, and his voice received the support of Moritz and a series of middle-level generals. Of course, there were other voices in the team, and Austria complained, "If I had known, I would have heard the jing of the person who reported the news. If I had listened to his words, we would not have been so miserable if we had done so one day."

However, Morris' voice was ignored by Schwerin and Lewald. Lewald said: "According to our current marching speed, we would bite the Swedes in less than two days. At that time, we were only 3,40 kilometers away from Berlin at most. Prince Dessau's reinforcements could not arrive from Berlin in this weather without 5 or 6 days! But at that time, we might have all been wiped out by the Swedes!"

After thinking about it, I made a decision: "The opinions of the two honors Schweiling and Lewald are correct. The Swedes landed in Mecklenburg and maintained their hidden actions from the beginning, so their army also maintained their best condition from Mecklenburg to Prussia. In addition, the Swedes had already taken the lead in occupying the road to the south, and it was not feasible to throw away their ideas. Along the way, the Swedes moved as we moved and took the lead, from Kraco
Chapter completed!