The Rise of the European Emperor

When Saqqara proposed to take the army south to support Lübeck, Woolf Esbrand frowned, and then said worriedly:

"I heard that there are more than 10,000 troops in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, all of which are the main force. What if our two troops go south and the Danes go crazy and attack the Principality of Schleswig?"

Saqqara thought about it, it was true. However, he had no choice but to say:

"Otherwise, I will take the 10,000-strong army of the headquarters to the south, and your troops will not move?"

"No, if only your 10,000 troops go south, if they are met by the main force of the Bursa coalition, they will definitely be defeated. Therefore, I will provide at least 8,000 veterans to go south with you. In this way, even if you encounter When the main force of the Bursa coalition forces is contained, there is also the power of a battle. If the opponents are less, they will definitely not be able to eat you. If there are too many people, the Duke can go directly out of the city and attack us."

Saqqara nodded, Woolf Esbrand's concerns were justified. Although it was said to be quick and concealed this time, the Allied Forces of Boza would not have dispatched scouts to find them. If they were unfortunately discovered early by the enemy's scout cavalry, then they would definitely be blocked.

If you only take 10,000 people from your headquarters to the south, and the other party only needs to stop the 10,000 people from your own side, and then dispatch superior troops to surround them, then you will have no choice but to wait to be eliminated.

But if there are more than 8,000 veterans of the Principality of Schleswig, it will be different. 18,000 people faced the 50,000 Bosa coalition forces, and even if they lost, they could protect themselves for a long time.

Moreover, if the enemy wants to eat the 18,000 troops on his side, at least 30,000 or 40,000 people must be dispatched. In this way, the enemy's siege of Lübeck had to be relaxed. And with the ability of his own protagonist, Marin, he would never miss such a good opportunity. At that time, taking advantage of the relaxation of the encirclement outside the city, more than 20,000 people in the city will definitely be killed. Then, the two sides will attack back and forth, and the enemy is very likely to fail.

Of course, this is the worst case. In fact, there are best-case scenarios. For example, these 18,000 people were not discovered by the spies of the Allied Forces of Boza. Then, they suddenly attacked the camp of the Bosa coalition, and it was a night attack...

But the premise is that after the army went south, the Danes did not lose their nerve and suddenly dispatched the army to attack them behind. If they had just left, the Danish army suddenly attacked Jutland from the island of Zealand, and it was easy to take advantage of the emptiness of the Duchy of Schleswig and occupy the area. And the most dangerous thing is that more than 10,000 people in Denmark have flanked them from behind.

If it's a little north, that's fine. If it happened to be near the camp of the Allied Forces of Boza, the fun would be great. Under the front and back of the Bursa coalition and the Danish army, these 18,000 people will surely die without a place to be buried.

Therefore, both Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara felt very embarrassed and did not dare to easily lead their troops south.

Then, the two wrote a report on this situation, and sent people south. At night, the intelligence personnel crossed the river in a boat, entered the city of Lübeck, and handed the report to Marin.

After Marin was reported, he felt a little pity he didn't kill Prince Christian. However, I am very happy that the army has eliminated 20,000 Danish main forces. In addition to the 2,000 people who escaped, Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara got a total of 12,000 prisoners of war.

Although the poor finances of Denmark and the civilian origin of most of these prisoners of war made it extremely unlikely that Marin wanted to extort ransom from these prisoners of war, Marin didn't care. Because, more than 10,000 people can be used as labor,

Pull to build roads and dig canals. As it happens, there is a canal that needs to be excavated in the South Münster area. These more than ten thousand prisoners of war just happened to be pulled over to dig the canal, regardless of the season...

As for the main army of more than 10,000 people in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, which Woolf Esbrand and Sakara were worried about, it was indeed a big problem, and it was also an unstable factor affecting the war situation. If they followed closely behind the army of Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, it would indeed affect the safety of the reinforcements.

Therefore, it is necessary to come up with a way to make the 10,000-strong army in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, stay in Copenhagen honestly, so as not to run around and affect the war situation.

Obviously, the best way is to let the Swedish army put on a posture of attacking Copenhagen. In this way, the Danish army in Copenhagen would not dare to attack casually. After all, in Copenhagen, there is a core group of people in Denmark who need to be protected.

However, it will take a long time to wait until Sweden gathers a large army and then drives to Malmö, which is across the sea from Denmark. It would be too late if the Danish army went straight to land before the Swedes came.

In fact, Marin had previously judged that since the last time Copenhagen was broken, the Danes might be frightened and dare not attack the main force, lest Copenhagen be broken again. Just like the last time, Denmark's 10,000-strong army was deeply trapped in Sweden, and Copenhagen was later broken by Marin. Then, there is no need to fight...

However, that is only Marin's inference, but it does not rule out that the Danish King Hans is hot-headed and sends the main force out desperately. After all, as long as the battle of Lübeck is won, even if the Danish capital city is broken, it will be fine. Because, even if the city of Copenhagen is broken, no one dares to kill the great Danish nobles. Then, the losses in Copenhagen can be recovered through negotiations after the victory of the coalition forces.

If King Hans had the courage to go all out, he would send the main force to follow the army of Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, and start the battle before the support army raided the camp of the Allied Forces of Bursa, and then drag the army out. Arrive at the main force of the Allied Forces in Bosa. Then, this reinforcement of 18,000 people may really be finished. As long as this support army is finished, Marin will not even think about winning, the best result is to lead the troops to break out of the siege, and then run away...

Although he was sure that Hans was not so bold, Marin still did not dare to gamble. So, he came up with a compromise solution - send a fleet to bombard Copenhagen and make a gesture of attacking Copenhagen. In this way, the Danes did not dare to send troops out.

Moreover, it is also very convenient to send warships to bombard Copenhagen. Because Kidd was on the sea in the Gulf of Lubeck with 10 warships. With just one order, Kidd was able to take 10 warships to shell Copenhagen. After all, Copenhagen is on the edge of the Øresund Strait and belongs to the seaside city.

Now that the Danish navy has been destroyed, Lübeck and Hamburg often go to the Danish ports and snatch all the ships. Therefore, the Danes now have no strength to resist the shelling of the ten 250-class armed merchant ships.

If ten 250-level armed merchant ships are bombarded at the same time, there will be hundreds of heavy artillery bombarding Copenhagen at the same time, its power should not be underestimated.

The only worry is that if the artillery salvo fires, it will consume too much gunpowder. After all, the ship that went to India to buy saltpeter hasn't come back yet. Marin doesn't have a lot of gunpowder in the army now, so he has to save some...

It's just that it's impossible to bombard all day, but it's still possible to scare the Danes with a heavy bombardment for a day or two. Next, let the warship fire a few guns sporadically to scare the opponent.

Of course, this is not enough, Marin still needs to pretend that the Swedish army is about to attack Copenhagen in order to really scare the Danish army.

Marin looked at the map of Denmark and suddenly smiled...

It turned out that Marin saw on the map that on the sea a few kilometers east of Copenhagen, there was a small island of more than ten square kilometers called Sarter Island. This small island is only four kilometers away from Copenhagen. On a sunny day, standing on the city wall of Copenhagen can definitely see the distant view of Salt Island.

Marin planned, while shelling Copenhagen's walls, to send someone to set up a barracks on the island of Sarthe. Of course, it was a fake military camp just to scare the Danes.

Anyway, now that the Danes have no navy, it is unlikely that they will send someone to the island of Sarthe to see what happens.

Therefore, Marin only needs to build a large-scale camp on the island of Sarthe, and then, under the banner of the Swedish army, can quell the Danes.

As for the people in the camp? This is easy, anyway, Marin's fleet and Lübeck's fleet, there are many sailors. At that time, it would be fine for them to make cameos and pretend to be Swedish soldiers.

Don't look at the battle in Lubeck City at this time, but over the Lubeck Bay, maritime trade has not stopped. Moreover, there are also fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg stationed in Malmö. From the Lübeck merchant ship in the Gulf of Lübeck, it is no problem to find a few thousand sailors.

As long as the Danes saw the flag of the Swedish army on Sarthe Island, and the men coming and going in and out of the fake barracks, they would not dare to move. Coupled with the fact that Marin's fleet fired at Copenhagen from time to time, the possibility of the Danish army leaving Copenhagen was very low. Unless, King Hans and the great Danish nobles become as fearless of death as the revolutionary martyrs... But this is impossible...

In this way, Marin signed an order to send them out of the city overnight and send them to the fleet in the Bay of Lübeck, asking Captain Kidd to fire at Copenhagen to deter the Danes. However, Marin also specifically explained that the shelling was only a little more intense in the first three days, so as to scare the Danes. After three days, sporadic shelling was used to save gunpowder.

At the same time, Marin also asked Lübeck Grand Chancellor Tagfacht to issue an order document and send it to Lübeck Bay and Malmö. It was requested that thousands of sailors be temporarily recruited from those merchant ships to act as Swedish infantry for a period of time on the island of Salt near Copenhagen. Anyway, Denmark has no navy now, and it is impossible to land on the island of Sarthe. Therefore, this show is relatively safe.

Moreover, in a Hanseatic city like Lübeck, most of the sailors on the merchant ships actually received some combat training. Of course, most of it is naval combat training. Because basically all Hanseatic merchant ships and sailors on merchant ships have signed an agreement with the Lübeck Parliament - that is, in times of war, the Parliament has the right to requisition merchant ships and sailors to fight for Lübeck. Of course, the ships and sailors who participated in the war afterwards will receive certain financial compensation or tax breaks.

Because most of these sailors have some military foundation, it is not a problem to play the Swedish army. It's just that thousands of spears are needed as "props" for acting. But it's not difficult, because Sweden is a country full of forests, and any tree can be cut into long sticks for making spears. Anyway, it's not a real spear for combat use, but a prop for acting. So, those sticks don't need special treatment, just brush a little paint on the head to make it look like a spear, and you can fool the Danes...

In this way, Marin let Kidd's fleet bombard Copenhagen while getting thousands of sailors to pretend to be the Swedish army on Salt Island, four kilometers east of Copenhagen. With the urgency of the Danish monarchs and ministers, if they dare to send troops to land and participate in the war, there will be ghosts... After all, the great nobles are very afraid of death, otherwise Europe will not have the tradition of money to redeem people...

Basically, the nobility in the Middle Ages in Europe fought for territory, in addition to grabbing territory, it was also a battle between "kidnapping" and "meat tickets". Whoever wins is the "kidnapper", and whoever loses is the "meat ticket", and generally seldom kills the great nobles...