The Rise of the European Emperor

At this time in Copenhagen, the number of defenders was very large. In addition to the 7,000 regular troops, there are more than 10,000 strong people, reaching more than 20,000 people.

Of course, for those strong people, if they help defend the city, they can still play a certain defensive ability, but for face-to-face battles, the strong people are not as good as the regular army, and it is easy to be repulsed.

Therefore, when the city gate was broken, most of the coalition soldiers who poured into the city were regular soldiers who were densely arranged on the street to block the advance of the coalition army. Every step forward of the coalition forces is very difficult. Because, on their road to the Danish Royal Palace, there are thousands of regular soldiers...

The coalition fighters were not as familiar with Copenhagen as the Danish army, so after the northeast gates were opened, under the command of Danish officers, the minstrel took over the tasks of the regular army. The Danish regular army officers and soldiers, from various alleys, quietly converged on the street leading to the palace from the northeast gate, desperately blocking the coalition forces.

When thousands of people are crowded on a street, the coalition fighters really can't move an inch. Fortunately, the large shield soldiers were able to resist the enemy's attack, and the musketeers who were carried to the heights also killed the Danish soldiers in a leisurely manner. However, because there were too many people, the advance of the coalition forces was blocked...

Standing on the top of the northeast gate that had just been controlled, Marin looked at the dense array of enemies on the central street, and Marin was also a little frightened. He understands that it is too difficult to move forward when the enemy is ruthless.

Through the binoculars, Marin discovered that on the city wall, many enemy torches were pouring into the city—obviously, the enemy troops on the city wall were supporting the street...

Marin's heart moved, and he called his subordinates, and called Weizmann, the commander-in-chief of the Hamburg army...

"Lord Marin, are you looking for me?" Weizmann came over quickly.

"Well, Weizmann, I found that the Danes' army is pouring into the streets. In this case, we are moving too slowly. Take two thousand Hamburg mercenaries and kill them from the top of the city to the southwest! "

"The head of the city? The head of the city to the southeast? There are quite a few enemies on the city wall... Are 2,000 people enough?" Weizmann scratched his head.

"I observed it just now and found that most of the enemy's regular army ran to the street to block the main force of our army. Most of the people left on the city wall had no armor and should be strong people. 2,000 soldiers are enough to deal with them. And The southeastern city wall faces Copenhagen Bay, and the defensive task is light. Before, there were not too many people arranged by the Danes on the southeastern city wall. The main force was on the southwest and northeast walls. "

"That's it, okay, I will immediately organize mercenaries and kill them from the top of the city towards the Copenhagen Palace!"

Soon, Weizmann organized 2,000 Hamburg mercenaries to kill from above the northeastern city wall in the direction of the southeastern city wall. Walking in the forefront was a two-handed swordsman wearing a breastplate and a helmet. The breastplates and steel helmets worn by these two-handed swordsmen were lent to them by Marin to reduce their casualty rate.

As Marin guessed, most of the defenders who stayed at the top of the city were young men in the city. It was no problem for them to stand at the top of the city and smash rocks below, but facing the two-handed swordsmen in armor, they were somewhat unable to resist. After all, these strong people have never practiced martial arts, and their fighting ability is terrible. Under the charge of the two-handed swordsmen in Hamburg, the Danish people on the city wall were retreating.

And because of the cover of the night, the Danish officers who had brought the regular army down the city wall to participate in the street battle did not notice the changes on the city wall. Moreover, they did not expect that the enemy would break through the weakest defense of the southeastern city wall...

Under the obstruction of thousands of Danish regular army soldiers, the main force was unable to move an inch on the street in the direction of the palace, and almost moved forward. But at the same time, two thousand Danish mercenaries were advancing rapidly on the southeastern city wall of Copenhagen.

Seeing that the Hamburg mercenaries were progressing smoothly, Marin simply dispatched an additional 2,000 troops to assist the 2,000 Hamburg troops.

Of course, these 2,000 soldiers and horses did not help the Hamburg mercenaries to attack. Because the city wall is so wide, there are only a few people rushing in front, and sending 2,000 more people will not help. However, they could control the stairs along the way to prevent the Danish reinforcements from climbing the wall again and attacking the Hamburg army from the rear. Hundreds of people can be placed at each stairway to the city wall, which can resist the army of the Danish city and rush to the city. In this way, the 2,000 Hamburg soldiers attacking on the city wall have no worries.

It was not until dawn, on the street leading to the Copenhagen Royal Palace, that the coalition troops advanced 300 meters with difficulty, almost moving forward. And on the southeastern city wall, 2,000 Hamburg mercenaries are about to reach the city wall near the Danish Royal Palace...

Seeing this, Marin immediately dispatched 4,000 elites to run along the controlled city wall towards the Danish Royal Palace...

However, the wall on the other side of the Danish Royal Palace is not so easy to control. Because, the Danish Royal Palace Copenhagen Palace (later called Christian Palace), is not in the main city, but on an island in the city called "Castle Island".

On the southeast side of Castle Island is the long and narrow Copenhagen Bay, and the main city is also separated by a river. In fact, Castle Island is the heart of Copenhagen. Here, Copenhagen's earliest fortresses and fortresses are built. To put it more bluntly, Castle Island is the earliest core urban area in Denmark. It was only later that Copenhagen became more prosperous and expanded, and the Castle Island expanded and became bigger.

Therefore, the Hamburg mercenaries who hit the core area of ​​Castle Island encountered a gap that blocked the connection between the main city wall and the old city wall of Castle Island.

Moreover, Castle Island and the outside world, only a stone bridge in the northeast can connect...

If you want to enter the castle island from the main city, you must first lie down from the main city wall, and then pass the only bridge to enter the castle island city wall...even, there is a city gate on the city wall on the castle island...

When Marin rushed from the city wall to the gate of Castle Island, he was relieved. Because this city gate is not an iron gate, but an oak gate...

Marin organized a large number of musketeers, went up to the stone bridge, and shot against the Danish Guards at the top of the city. Under the continuous hail of bullets, the Danish Praetorian Guards were no match and were suppressed too much to lift their heads. Of course, the stones they threw and the arrows they shot also caused certain casualties to the musketeers.

Taking this opportunity, the demolition team led by Doni Tserai, under the cover of several large shield soldiers, brought chisels to the city gate under the old city gate of Castle Island, and began to pry open the stone slabs on the ground. Then start digging... As for digging a hole? Of course it's a powder keg...

After a loud bang, the gate of Castle Island was directly blown up. Donny Tserai was afraid that the explosion would not break, so he specially placed two powder kegs. As a result, the oak gate of Castle Island was directly blown to pieces. Even the foundation of the stone bridge leading to Castle Island was almost shaken.

As soon as the city gate was broken, the coalition soldiers rushed directly to the old city. At this time, there were only a thousand Danish Praetorian Guards in the old city, so where was the opponent of the thousands of coalition troops?

Those Danish guards are indeed very skilled in martial arts, and they can beat several ordinary people one at a time. However, in front of Marlin's musketeers, no matter how good you are, you will be killed by one shot, even if you don't wear plate armor...

Then, the army continued to advance and arrived at Copenhagen Palace on Castle Island...

It is not too troublesome to conquer this larger castle. Because, its gate is also made of oak...

"When I go back, I will definitely make the city gate and the palace gate made of iron!" Marin told himself.

Now, in the context of Marin's burial of powder keg and fried oak doors, this technique is sure to spread quickly. At that time, the armies of other countries will also learn this vulgar method. If it is used to attack Aurich, it will be dangerous. Therefore, Marin planned to learn from the Danes when he went back, and replace all the gates of the city and the palace with iron ones. Even if the other party buried the gunpowder keg, it wouldn't blow up...

When the gate of Copenhagen Palace was blown up, coalition soldiers poured into Copenhagen Palace. There are only more than 300 palace guards left in front of the Danish king Hans.

It is a pity that these palace guards were also afraid of being hit by muskets. Because, the palace guards who rushed forward were all beaten into sieves by muskets...

At this time, King Hans also had a gray face and a look of no love. Even if he was killed, he didn't believe that he would be defeated by an alliance formed by a newly promoted count and two Hanseatic cities.

King Hans, who had nowhere to go, roared loudly at Marin:

"What are you going to do? Do you want to kill them all? Don't forget, my two brothers-in-law, one is King James III of Scotland, and the other is Frederick III, Elector of Saxony. In addition, my eldest son-in-law is Brandon. Elector Joachim I of Fort!"

Seeing that he must be captured, the King of Denmark began to look for a backer...

Marin's eyelids jumped, and he almost forgot that the Queen of the Electorate of Brandenburg was the eldest daughter of King Hans of Denmark. It seemed that she got married last October.

As for the King of Scotland, Marin never took it seriously. Because Scotland and Germany are separated by a North Sea. Not to mention the rotten Scottish navy, even if they have enough ships to bring the Scottish army to land, Marin has the confidence to defeat them. Moreover, if James III wanted to transport his army to Denmark, he had to ask the nobles of Scotland whether they would agree. Because, on the edge of Scotland, there is England, the enemy of life and death.

So, in the end, King James III of Scotland could only rely on diplomacy to put pressure on himself. The only trouble was the joint pressure of the Elector Frederick III of Saxony and the Elector Joachim I of Brandenburg. Under pressure from the two electors, Marin also felt that Alexander...

But whatever, let's catch the old guy King Hans first...