The Rise of the European Emperor

Because of the large amount of artillery, artillery shells, food and various materials seized from Denmark, the marching speed of the army was very slow. But Marin was not in a hurry, because even if Dittmarschen was given more time, the other party would not be able to make enough people.

Even if the Lancers kept sending people to report that the Dithmarshens had mobilized several hundred people from the west of Hyde City to enter the city, it did not make Marin feel a little turbulent. Because, even if all the people in the Ditmarshen area were gathered, there were only four or five thousand people, and they were still no match for Marin's army.

Along the way, the morale of the army was not high, and there was no excitement or anxiety when they went to attack Denmark. Because, in the eyes of everyone, things like Dietmarschen are really not worth mentioning.

And, most importantly, the wife they robbed in Denmark was not with the army! I thought that after arriving in the Principality of Schleswig, Marin would hold a mass wedding for them. Then, the soldiers can live a shameless sex life with the robbed Danish girls. Unexpectedly, Marin did not fulfill his promise immediately, but pulled them to Dietmarschen...

Marin could also see that the soldiers were in a low mood, but he had nothing to do. After all, he couldn't let the soldiers go out with women, right? Therefore, he can only let the military clergy, when they rest every day, to brainwash the soldiers with sermons.

Now, Marin has only 30 full-time brainwashed priests trained by the sycophant Assistant Bishop Taylor. All these priests were brought out on this march. Marin's army of 15,000 people, with an average of 500 men, was equipped with a priest. Although it can't keep up with the level of one instructor in each company of our army in later generations, the difference is not too big.

Fortunately, Assistant Bishop Taylor has now produced about 80 more priests. However, these people were distributed by Marin to various churches in cities and villages. In addition, several were dispatched to the colonies.

When he returned to East Frisland this time, Marin also planned to let Taylor send dozens of apprentices to the Principality of Schleswig and the Earl of Oldenburg to take over the work of local missionaries and be responsible for propaganda and promotion of local people. Brainwashed to avoid local dissatisfaction with Marin and resistance.

In the past, these military priests had a great influence on the soldiers. As long as you preach for a while, most of the soldiers can be quiet. This time, however, the teachers failed. Because, these hairy boys were hooked away by their easy-to-get daughter-in-law. Now they just want to end the war as soon as possible, and then go back and hold their daughter-in-law...

"It seems that relying on military priests alone is not enough. You have to get some art troupes. If you have nothing to do, sing a song, dance, and appease these big soldiers..." Marin thought of the art troupes of later generations.

Before television became popular, soldiers in our army's barracks could only rely on the radio, or from time to time a group of beautiful girls from the art troupe would perform for them, so as to comfort the lonely hearts of those soldiers.

Although it is said that the girls in the art troupe who look like fairies are not like those ordinary food soldiers, but showing them a glance from time to time can comfort their lonely hearts. People, when you have thoughts, you have motivation. When you have motivation, you can move forward. Otherwise, a team that eats and waits to die will definitely only be hanged and beaten.

In the loneliness and turmoil along the way, the army finally arrived at Hyde City and completed the siege of Hyde City. At this time, in Hyde City, there were only 1,000 well-trained main militiamen and 1,200 people recruited from various places...

It stands to reason that after the arrival of the army, a siege should be arranged immediately. However, after Marin arrived with the army, he did not immediately order a siege. Instead, he selected Frisian soldiers from the East Frisian country from the army, holding an earth trumpet, and began to face the city in Frisian language. Shout out to persuade the Dietmarschens in Hyde to surrender and avoid the bloodshed...

Why is this so? Because Marin took a fancy to Woolf Esbrand...

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Marin was not interested in the body of Woolf Esbrand, a middle-aged uncle in his forties, but his ability and wisdom.

To be able to use such tactics as "Flooding the Seven Armies" at the end of the rigid and dogmatic European Middle Ages, Woolf Esbrand is definitely a European military genius.

You must know that in Europe today, you have not had contact with the Orientals, so naturally you don't know about Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-Six Strategies. Woolf Esbrand was able to come up with a plan to flood the Danish army entirely by his own wisdom. Moreover, this person is not rigid dogma.

Marin cultivated Schwartz for a long time, and found a problem, that is - although Schwartz is smart, he also loves to learn. However, probably because he was born into a knightly family, there are always some dogmas and guidelines in his mind. When it comes to fighting, Schwartz and others are no problem. However, it is difficult to learn to obtain the greatest victory with the least cost. This is entirely due to the influence of the dogmatism of the knights, and it is difficult to change.

On the other hand, Woolf Esbrand was different. He was born in a commoner family. He started as an ordinary militia captain. He did not have the dogmatic thinking of the nobles. Activists". As long as it is beneficial to oneself, the mountains, rivers and mountains can become a boost for it to fight the enemy.

Therefore, Marin is very appreciative of Woolf Essbrand. Although the other party is in his forties, in Marin's view, his talent is better than that of Schwartz. If you teach it for a while, you will definitely be able to cultivate a famous general.

Therefore, after besieging the city of Hyde, Marin did not order an attack, but sent soldiers from Frisian origin who kept shouting to the city to persuade the Dietmarschens to surrender.

If Woolf Esbrand was willing to surrender, Marin would not mind taking a high-ranking position. Even Marin planned to make Woolf Esbrand the garrison general of the Principality of Schleswig in the future, responsible for defending against Denmark's attack.

After all, the Danes will certainly not be reconciled after losing the Duchy of Schleswig and Holstein. Because the Principality of Holstein was in the south, it was difficult for the Danes to reach it, and it was necessary to capture the Principality of Schleswig before reaching the south.

Therefore, in the future, the Principality of Schleswig is destined to not be peaceful. Marin also needed a strong general to defend the local area against the Danish counterattack.

But now, Marin is extremely short of generals. Although Schwartz and Stade and others have the ability to complete the task of guarding the Duchy of Schleswig. However, they have other tasks as well. For example, in the future, Marin will also plot West Frisian, use them. As a result, Marin was very short of senior officers. And those wandering knights who came from knight families, most of them can only serve as middle and lower-level officials. With the ability to command tens of thousands of troops, Marin's subordinates could not find a few.

It is precisely because of this that after seeing such a highly talented military commander as Woolf Esbrand, Marin suddenly moved in love and planned to recruit peacefully. That's why he ordered the army to only surround Hyde City without attacking, hoping that through persuasion to surrender, military geniuses like Woolf Esbrand would be brought under his own name and help him expand his territory or expand his territory. Stand guard...