Chapter 1263: A desperate bet
Because Johnny is a grassroots secretary, he has never been to Orich at all, let alone know Marin. Therefore, Marin is not worried that Johnny will reveal the secret of his still alive.
When training Johnny's acting skills, Marin did not tell Johnny that he was saying that he was Cameron, and asked Johnny to call him director...
At the beginning, Marin was very confident. But when it was the specific training, Marin felt how difficult it was to let an ordinary person with no acting skills cry just by crying.
Although Johnny looked depressed, his face looked like he was about to cry, but he just couldn't cry...
Marin called "cut" many times but failed to make Johnny cry. When asked the reason, it turned out that it was Johnny's dead father who told him - a man, bleeding but not crying...
"Damn, I don't want you to bleed, as long as you cry!" Malin was so anxious that he was a little angry.
In desperation, Marin had to use psychological suggestion method to remind Johnny that he had paid so much in the past 15 years but had not received any pain of promotion...
However, Johnny's face was almost distorted in pain, but he just couldn't cry...
Marin also remembered that there was no way to do anything, and walked around anxiously. Finally, he shouted loudly and said:
"Come on, come on props!"
Then, a handful of erhu brought back from the Ming Dynasty was delivered to Malin...
Malin can play the erhu. Later generations, in the countryside, there were three very popular instruments - suona, erhu and flute (gongs and drums and wooden fish are not included)...
Why? Because these three instruments are simple to make and cheap…
Suona ranks first because in rural areas, people can be invited to play suona, whether it is a marriage or a funeral, which can be said to be widely used. The erhu is mainly used for funerals and is also widely used for art. As for flutes, it is purely because of its low cost, so it is easy to buy...
In my previous life, some old people in the village were good at playing erhu, and they often had a good time. When Malin was a child, he liked to join in the fun and studied with him. He also played well. However, this was useless. Because after going to college, people picking up girls use guitars and playing erhu on campus, and classmates can easily throw coins in front of you...
But now, the erhu finally came in handy, that is - to match Johnny with sad background music...
Marin used the erhu to pull up three famous songs: "Erquan Yingyue", "River Water" and "Farewell". At the same time, he used a sad tone to tell Johnny's tragic experience, and helped Johnny to forcefully recall the scene when his parents died...
Although Johnny didn't understand the sad erhu song, he felt quite sad. Coupled with Marin's forced help in memories, Johnny finally remembered those unbearable past events...
Finally, after Marin struggled for a long time, Johnny, a middle-aged man who believed in "a man bleeding but not a cry", started crying sadly. It seemed that years of resentment was vented together in this dynasty. Johnny cried out in control. He cried for a long time, and his throat was hoarse...
But Marin didn't have time to sympathize with him, but repeatedly reminded him-
"Yes, this is the feeling! You must remember this feeling, and it can be used by Walms!"
Since Johnny cried, he seemed to have taken off guard and cried out without reluctance. The next day, Johnny still cried. Although he was not as sad as the previous day, he could at least cry. On the third day, he could cry without the help of the erhu...
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Just as Marin was busy training the unlucky Johnny to cry, in Lucerne, Switzerland far south, Marin's former subordinate and student Frenzberg were meeting several hunters from the mountains in southern Basel...
At this time, Karlsruhe, the capital of Badenberg, had been besieged for many days. According to the spies, it was said that Christopher I, the Earl of Baden, was ready to abandon the city and could not escape. The direction of Christopher I's escape was obviously the city of Basel. Because the roads he fled to other directions were blocked by the coalition forces.
Moreover, as Frenzberg estimated, the coalition of princes was intentionally driving the Earl of Baden toward Switzerland. In this way, they could just "chasing" into Switzerland and then catch the Habsburg family army off guard.
Until now, the coalition of princes has not shown any hostility to the Habsburg family. If it weren't for Marin's spy James Bond, he would not have been so sure about the movements of the coalition of princes. After all, it would have been normal for the princes to help the princes fight territorial disputes and wars in Germany. Moreover, the coalition of princes deliberately kept their weaknesses this time, and it was obvious that it had a 50,000 or 60,000 troops, but it claimed to be 30,000 to the outside world, which was obviously afraid of scaring the Habsburg family and arousing the other party's alertness.
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Frenzberg is now sure that the coalition forces of the princes drove Christopher I of Baden into Basel and would continue to siege the city, and then deliberately left a gap in the south to force Christopher I of Baden to escape into Switzerland... In this way, the coalition forces of the princes had the excuse to chase into Switzerland and not be suspected by the Habsburg family...
Moreover, in order to avoid the surrender of Christopher I, Earl of Baden, Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, deliberately sent someone to tell Christopher I, Earl of Baden, to vent his personal anger, as long as you catch you, you will be stripped naked on the streets and parade on the exhibition...
This threat is harder to accept for a great nobleman than being killed. After all, as a nobleman, the most important thing he values is the so-called glory. If he is stripped naked and marched on the street, he will be completely disgraceful!
Therefore, even if faced with a coalition of tens of thousands of princes, Christopher I, who had been scared, dared not surrender. Because surrender would be greatly humiliated...
When Frenzberg summoned several hunters, Christopher I had already taken his family with his family and fled south overnight under the protection of a team of knights. However, because Badenberg is a narrow country that runs north and south, it is about 180 kilometers from Karlsruhe in the north to Basel on the southern border. Christopher I was fleeing with his family, and there were many carriages in the team. In addition, the road in the Rhine Valley was not smooth (it is already considered upstream), and it is estimated that it will take two or three days to arrive.
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Frenzberg talked with the hunters for a long time and gave them a lot of gold coins. In the end, Frenzberg confirmed several mountain roads that Basel crossed the southern mountainous areas. However, he was not sure which mountain road the coalition forces of the princes took...
At this moment, a hunter named Ryan suddenly said:
"Sir, although there are several mountain roads to Lucerne, if you want to pass the carriage and supplies, you must take the southeast Costall road. Because this road is the widest and flattest. The other mountain roads are either too narrow or too rugged, and are not suitable for carriages..."
"Yes, the carriage!" Frenzberg's eyes lit up.
If Marin sent his army south, Frenzberg might not be able to figure out which road Marin would take. However, for the 50,000-60,000 vassal coalition, there would definitely be a lot of baggage. Moreover, they would carry cannons. In this way, there would be many vehicles and they could only walk on the avenue.
In this way, the army heads south and will definitely not be able to take the small road, but can only take the relatively spacious road in the Costa Valley.
The cheerful Frenzberg rewarded the hunter Ryan with 100 gold coins, and then sent them to rest, but did not send them home. After all, he was afraid that Ryan and others would tell the coalition forces of the princes to set up their own ambush after they returned...
"I passed my order and left more than 4,000 Swiss mountaineering troops, put on our clothes and flags, and guarded the city of Lucerne. The main force of our army was more than 14,000, and the whole army gathered and followed me to the Costa Valley to ambush the coalition forces of the princes!"
Adjutant Carl dissuaded:
"Sir, please think carefully! We are the elites now. If we fail this time, we will never have a chance to turn over again!"
Frenzberg smiled and asked:
"I think it's risky to take a gamble?"
"Very risky!" Adjutant Carl nodded desperately.
But Frenzberg smiled bitterly:
"Do I have any other choice? If I don't take this risk, once the coalition of princes and the French join forces, we will have to throw away most of Switzerland and retreat to the southeast corner. At that time, the efforts of the Habsburg family for several years will be gone. And I am the best scapegoat! Even if His Majesty the Emperor does not execute me, it is certain that he will be removed from all positions and be demoted to a civilian. Moreover, he will always bear shame and cannot be washed away after death!"
After a pause, Frenzberg continued:
"So, Carl, this is my last chance, and the only chance! Just bet on it, it's better than being a scapegoat after failure! Even if I die, I will bite off a large piece of meat from the enemy! Moreover, we may not lose..."
Chapter completed!