The Rise of the European Emperor

When the east gate of Lüneburg City was pushed open, not to mention Prince Otto was stunned, even Marin was also a little stunned—isn't there still a blasting link? Skip it?

But Schwartz was the first to react:

"Warriors, go!"

But Marin immediately stopped him:

"Wait! Send someone to sprinkle lime powder first!"

Marin has studied chemistry and knows the power of Shui Wang. If you accidentally get it on your skin, something serious will happen. After all, Wang Shui is the legendary water for transforming corpses in later generations, and its power is extremely powerful.

Moreover, when corroding the iron gate before, a lot of aqua regia was poured on the gate, but most of it actually flowed to the ground. Now, the ground in front of the east gate of Lüneburg City is full of water - full of aqua regia...

If a charge is launched at this time, and the running feet of the soldiers splash on the aqua regia, the consequences will be very serious. Even the soldiers responsible for corroding the city gates with aqua regia wore several layers of thick leather-soled boots. Otherwise, the feet will be in bad luck. After all, when the aqua regia was tested, a soldier's foot was corroded by the aqua regia.

For this reason, Malin specially prepared several soldiers. They carried quicklime powder in leather bags. Quicklime is a strong alkali, which can be neutralized with strong acid aqua regia when sprinkled on the ground. After sprinkling lime powder, the acid and alkali are neutralized, and the soldiers are not afraid of being corroded by aqua regia on the ground.

Following Marin's order, several soldiers wearing gas masks each carried a leather bag filled with lime powder, held the removed door panel in their hands, and rushed up cautiously to the big iron gate. forward.

Then, they began to scatter lime powder violently, making the city gate hole smoky.

Fortunately, neither they nor the soldiers sent to corrode the iron gate with aqua regia had all put on gas masks and were completely unaffected by the lime powder.

However, the soldiers sent by the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg to rob the city gate suffered a disaster...

When Prince Otto saw that the east gate was forced, he was stunned at first, and then ordered troops to retake the east gate in horror. For this reason, 1,000 veterans who had been standing on the east city wall in a defensive posture, divided 300 people, hurriedly went down the city wall, and went straight to the city gate of the east city gate.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they got off the city wall and rushed into the city gate, they encountered several "biochemical soldiers" who were throwing quicklime powder violently. The unsuspecting 300 Brunswick-Lüneburg veterans were directly recruited...

"Ah, my eyes!" A group of veterans of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg rushed to the front, and their eyes were directly covered by the terrible quicklime powder...

Quicklime is a strong base and reacts violently with water. A group of Brunswick-Lüneburg veterans who rushed to the front had their retinas burned by lime powder...

Many of the veterans of the Brunswick-Lüneburg Principality who followed behind were also recruited. Those who reacted in time and were about to be caught did not dare to open their eyes at this time, so they could only close their eyes tightly to avoid being caught...

In the distance, Marin's eyes immediately brightened when he saw this scene with a telescope - a good "biochemical tactics". Let the "biochemical soldiers" wearing gas masks scatter quicklime powder to see who dares to open their eyes?

But it wasn't long before Marin was complacent, and he realized the error of this idea—because Beihai's own soldiers were recruited...

When the few Cossack cavalry who rushed up first rushed into the city gate, the quicklime powder inside had not dispersed.

Then, the horses of these Cossack cavalry were hit first...

Lime powder was put into the horse's eyes, which caused a reaction and burned the cornea. Then, startled...

Just like that, the horses of the Cossack cavalry who rushed into the city gate first began to go crazy.

Because of the damage to the eyes, the already timid war horse was a little hysterical, and ran around in fear. After a horse was caught in the eye by quicklime powder, it closed its eyes and slammed into the wall of the city gate. The horse died on the spot, and the Cossack cavalry on the horse was also seriously injured...

There was even a horse that turned around and ran back—its eyes were closed. Seeing that the horse was about to hit where Marin was, his men had no choice but to shoot and kill the horse...

"This..." Marin immediately learned the lesson—it seems that throwing quicklime violently not only harms others, but also harms himself. Unless, all of us are wearing gas masks.

However, people can wear gas masks, but horses cannot. Horses are inherently timid, if you put on a mask, it will definitely scare the horse...

Therefore, it seems that lime powder is only suitable for small-scale special warfare, not for large-scale battlefields. At the very least, it is not suitable for the presence of cavalry.

Fortunately, one's own army did not rush into the city, and the opponent's soldiers also failed to break into the city gate. After all, the most serious lime powder is the inside of the city gate.

Later, a group of sword and shield soldiers rushed into the city gate. They don't have gas masks, but they can squint and try to keep the lime powder out of their eyes...

After the lime powder was completely dispersed, Marin's soldiers completely controlled the east gate of Lüneburg City and defeated the defenders steadily.

After all, the absolute advantage in numbers is there. Moreover, Kahn put on a full set of plate armor and took the lead in the charge...

Before Prince Otto could react, he and his mother were taken prisoner by the swarming soldiers of the North Sea Kingdom. Also captured with them were Prince Otto's sister Elisabeth and brother Ernst.

It should be pointed out that his sister Elizabeth would have married Charles II, Duke of Geddes in 1518, who is now Charles, Earl of Geldon. However, she was captured by Marin's army before she got married...

After arresting the family of Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marin asked Prince Otto to order the unconditional surrender of the entire Principality of Luneburg. Then the family was sent to Oldenburg to be reunited with Henry, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, who was imprisoned there.

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Next, it is natural to search for land...

The Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg is not a poor country like the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg. The finances of the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg rely purely on the "road tax" paid by the merchant ships of Hamburg and Lübeck and the salt ships of Lüneburg when they pass through the Stecknitz Canal. Brunswick-Lüneburg Principality, but the annual output of salt mines in the city of Lüneburg is a huge amount.

Even, for a long time, most of the salt in the Baltic region was provided by the Lüneburg Salt Mine.

Originally, the annual salt production value of Lüneburg exceeded one million gold coins. Although many of them are monopolized by the big Hanseatic merchants, the Welf family can still earn hundreds of thousands of gold coins from salt mining every year. They are well-known local nobles in the German region. And the Duchy of Lüneburg is also one of the few vassal states in this era that does not have a fiscal deficit.

It's just that after Marin's rise, he came up with the business of boiling salt with briquettes. Moreover, the quality of washed sea salt is higher than most of the Lüneburg mine salt, and the cost is cheap, which has grabbed a lot of business. Therefore, in the past few years, the income of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg has declined, and Duke Henry began to envy the secret of the North Sea country's high grain production. In the past, when Marin did not intervene in the salt trade in the Baltic Sea region, Duke Henry had a lot of money, so he might not covet the agricultural secrets of the North Sea country...

To what extent was the former Principality of Lüneburg? Because there are salt mines in the territory, the people of Lüneburg disdain to engage in agriculture. The huge Duchy of Lüneburg covers an area of ​​tens of thousands of square kilometers. However, because the residents focus on mining salt mines, they have no intention of developing domestic land. This also led to the Lüneburg Wilderness, the largest grassland in Germany, within the Principality of Lüneburg.

The Lüneburg Wasteland is a famous scenic spot in later generations of Germany. This grassland covers an area of ​​7,200 square kilometers. In later generations, it is the famous grassland where heather flowers bloom, which is extremely beautiful.

What is the concept of 7200 square kilometers? The two East Frisian provinces are big!

The reason why Marin wants to annex the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg is not only coveting the salt mines here, but also coveting this prairie...

why? Because this prairie can raise horses and train cavalry...

After all, Germany is an agricultural country with relatively little grassland. It was hard for Marin to find a large grassland. It just so happens that there is such a large grassland in Lüneburg, which is very suitable for raising horses and training cavalry, so it can't be wasted...

As for farming, Marin does not lack the arable land in the Lüneburg area...

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