The Rise of the European Emperor

A few days later, when all the active shooting sheds were completed, the 50,000 Bosa coalition troops, including 30,000 civilians and a large amount of food and grass supplies, arrived long overdue. Ω Δ Reading Pavilion WWW. ΩkanΩshuge. la

It has been rainy and rainy these days, so in the era of no roads, the Bursa coalition troops who took the dirt road suffered a lot. Fortunately, the distance is not very far, only one Mecklenburg Principality is separated, otherwise, the army will be exhausted.

"I heard that Marin's army was good at using arquebuses?" asked Joachim I, Elector of Brandenburg.

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony nodded, then smiled:

"Haha, although the march is very difficult these days. However, in this rainy day, I think the East Frisian musketeers on the city wall must not be able to use muskets, right? Without muskets, I see how they defend."

"Yes, yes, their muskets can't be used on rainy days, and our bows and arrows are barely usable, so we have the upper hand!" Joachim I also said with satisfaction. Although rainy days also affect bows and arrows, at least it is much stronger than the inability to use arquebuses.

However, as the army arrived at the city of Lübeck, Frederick III and Joachim I were a little dumbfounded - what are those small wooden shacks on the city wall?

Then, a group of infantrymen were sent forward to carry the ladders and make a siege gesture... Then, they understood what those small wooden sheds were used for...

"Papapapa——" A burst of gunshots resembling fried beans came from the wooden shed, which startled the coalition forces...

"I'm x! There is still such an operation?" Joachim I couldn't help but swear...

A moment ago, he and Frederick III were glad that the other party couldn't use the arquebus on a rainy day. How long has it been? The face is coming...

Frederick III was also stunned - what's the matter, the old man was also slapped in the face...

However, Xiao Zhuge is Xiao Zhuge. After thinking about it, Zhuge Trie said:

"It doesn't matter, we won't attack today. When the rain stops, we will burn those small wooden sheds with rockets! Later, when it rains, their arquebuses will still be scrapped!"

Joachim I nodded, then looked indignantly at the thousands of small wooden sheds above the city.

As it happened, the army struggled in the mud on rainy days for a few days, and then rested first. However, Zhuge Treud specifically instructed—we must do a good job in preventing night attacks.

because,

The grandson on the opposite side named Marin is the best at night raids... Back then, King Charles VIII of France suffered a huge loss from this grandson...

At night, Sauer and his scouts used binoculars on the top of the city to conduct reconnaissance all night, and then exclaimed:

"The other party's defense is very tight at night. There are at least thousands of people on duty at night. They also bring dogs. Such a defense, it is difficult to succeed in a night attack!"

Sauer then reported to Marin. Marin could not deny that he had long known the difficulty of Frederick III. If he hadn't gotten the information from Venice by chance, he might have been deceived by the other party. In addition, since he started his career by attacking at night, Marin would be surprised if the opponent was not well-defended in the middle of the night. If you don't get it right, it might be a trap.

On the third day after the coalition arrived, the rain finally stopped. Early in the morning, Joachim I excitedly brought the archers of the Electorate of Brandenburg and a vat of grease, intending to set a fire for Marin. Unfortunately, when thousands of archers of the coalition army arrived under the city wall, they were surprised to find that those wooden sheds were gone...

Of course gone. After finding that the rain had stopped, before breakfast, Marin arranged for the villagers to lift the wooden sheds down the city wall...

"There is such an operation?" Joachim I was stunned again...

Frederick III sighed, but he also praised Marin's cunning in his heart. Then, he ordered the archers to throw several waves at the head of the city. But the musketeers huddled close to the battlements as their archers shot, and the shot could not have hurt them.

When the coalition infantry launched a tentative attack again, these musketeers appeared one after another and opened fire on the infantry, causing a lot of casualties to the coalition.

Joachim I was not reconciled, so he ordered the soldiers to remove the gates of the nearby houses, and let the soldiers carry the gates forward to resist the bullets on the city.

Unfortunately, this trick is used in the wrong place. If the defenders are using bows and arrows, they can indeed withstand the wooden door. But the musketeers of Marin use the Musikt muskets with projectiles weighing 50 grams. The power cannot even be blocked by plate armor, let alone wooden doors...

After many setbacks in the attack, the coalition finally stopped...

"Stop for now, let's wait for the Danish army to come and join us!"

"Can the Danish army be stronger than us?" Joachim I retorted dissatisfiedly.

"It's really not as strong as us, but it can be used to consume Marin's ammunition! 20,000 people can't use up that boy's ammunition!" Frederick III said cruelly.

"This... this is not good..." Joachim I said hesitantly.

"What's wrong? We are fighting this time just to pound Denmark. Are we going to use our people to die?"

Joachim thought about it, and it was true. They helped Denmark this time, although they were related by in-laws, but in fact, they were also trying to loot Lübeck and Hamburg, not entirely for Denmark.

In their position, they are less emotional. Generally, the national interest comes first. Even if King Hans of Denmark is his father-in-law, he may not have been willing to rob the rich Lübeck and Hamburg if the Elector of Saxony, Frederick III, told him that he could rob the wealthy Lübeck and Hamburg by the way. So much energy. At most, giving a few thousand reinforcements to Denmark would be a big deal, as Frederick III had done to his cousin Duke George before.

In fact, Frederick III still had an ambition in his heart-that is, to destroy the two leaders of the Hanseatic League, Lübeck and Hamburg.

Then, when Lübeck and Hamburg were finished, Frederick III wanted to take the opportunity to let the Hanseatic merchants in the Saxony business circle stand up and become the leader of the Hanseatic League.

The Hanseatic merchants in the Saxony business circle were privately influenced and partially controlled by Frederick III. In this way, the Electoral State of Saxony secretly controlled the Hanseatic League with huge economic power. In the future, it is not impossible for Saxony to be the boss of Germany...

After all, the Saxony business district is the second largest business district among the four major business districts of the Hanseatic League after Lübeck and the Wende business district where Hamburg is located.

If Lübeck and Hamburg were destroyed by the coalition forces, then, as the second largest business district, the Saxony business district could easily take over the banners of Lübeck and Hamburg and become the new leader of the Hanseatic League. As the real boss of Saxony, Frederick III will fully influence and control the German region politically and economically...

Although, Frederick III himself did not intend to be the emperor of Shinra. However, Frederick III, known as Zhuge Terry, likes to control Germany in secret, and is an intelligent figure who likes to be the mastermind behind the scenes.

In fact, he has no intention of being the emperor of Shinra, mainly because he is not married and has no descendants. Even if you become the emperor, there is no rush. All he did was to pave the way for his younger brother John to take over the Electoral State of Saxony in the future.

Therefore, in this war, Frederick cared more about how to strengthen the strength of the Electoral State of Saxony, rather than foolishly helping the Danes desperately.

As for the Danes fighting all the 20,000 troops? Frederick III thought that was nothing. Because the 20,000 army is a new army recruited from the people, not the main force of the Danish royal court. So, even if it's lost, it doesn't matter.

Besides, although some troops have been lost, as long as the coalition forces win, everything that Denmark has lost will be taken back, and it is not too bad. After all, those were two principalities. Moreover, in the capital of Denmark, there are still more than 10,000 main forces of the army, which does not affect national security.

And Saxony and Brandenburg will take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, grab the wealth of Lübeck and Hamburg, and grow themselves...

Based on this plan, Frederick III decided to suspend the attack on Lübeck and change to only besiege.

Then, Frederick III arranged a heavy army in the north of Lübeck, waiting for the information to "come from the Principality of Schleswig to support the 8,000-strong army of Lübeck", and planned to destroy this army. After all, this is also a "circle point fight".

Without the support of the city wall, Frederick III did not believe that the 8,000 reinforcements could beat the powerful coalition...

In this way, both the offensive and defensive sides in Lübeck city and outside the city fell into a situation of confrontation and waiting...

It's just that Frederick III and Joachim I were waiting for the "eight thousand reinforcements from the Duchy of Schleswig" and the Danish army, while Marin was waiting for Schleswig after destroying the Danish army. The main force of the Principality and the 10,000 English mercenaries of Saqqara...