The Rise of the European Emperor

But Marin did not rush to join Kahn and the others in front of the main castle. Instead, he sent people to the other three city gates and opened the gates.

Because Edo Wilmken retracted the remaining Yevre warriors back to the main castle, Marin's soldiers opened the other three doors effortlessly. In this way, less than 2,000 soldiers under Marin's command surrounded the main fort.

After Marin arrived at the main fort, he scratched his head a little when he saw the structure of the main fort. Because, the main castle is like a sealed box with only a few gloomy windows. But wanting to enter through the window is simply delusional. Because at this time, there were more than one hundred Yevre warriors in the main castle. If you want to climb the window, you will definitely be stabbed out...

If it was a big yard, Marin would have sent someone to throw burning straw bales in and smoke the people inside, just like he did with Sivag in Friesland. However, this main fort is like a sealed box with no place for straw bales. It's impossible to throw it in through the window. Because, Marin clearly saw that behind the window of the main fort, there were full of Jever soldiers...

The only good news is that there is no balcony above the main castle, which is probably a design problem. Because, the Wilmken family did not expect the enemy to break through the strong walls of the castle. Therefore, the main castle is not like the city wall, where the defenders can smash things down.

And, despite the windows, when Marin's men approached, they didn't throw bricks down and smash people. What does this mean? It means that Edo Welmken and his subordinates retreated into the main castle in a hurry, and they never thought of bringing the smashing bricks in.

Therefore, Kahn took a group of people directly, stood in front of the oak door of the main castle, and began to smash the door...

But as the only gate of the main castle, its firmness is obviously not bad. Kahn's hand was numb, and he failed to smash the main castle gate.

Marlin took a look and stopped Karn's bullying:

"Don't smash it, Kahn, your two wives have already got it! I'll give it to you when you go back!"

The officers and soldiers on the side burst into laughter, making Kahn a little embarrassed...

After Schwartz rushed over with a large army, he asked:

"Master, do you want to bring the artillery to the door?"

Marlin thought about it, but didn't agree. Because he was worried that the ricochet would injure himself.

There is no big open space in front of the main fort, just a wider street. The artillery can only be placed across the street and bombard the main fort gate.

However, at such a short distance, if the iron ball shell did not break the door, it would easily bounce back. And the artillery position is so close, the iron ball bounces back, and it is easy to kill the artillery. This was not the result Marin wanted. So, you have to think otherwise.

At this moment, Donny Tserai ran over carrying his tattered oak door and volunteered to fight:

"Lord Count, let me set the tinderbox and blow up this gate!"

"No, the door was not smashed out of the hole, the powder keg was placed under the door, and the deflagration gas spread directly in the opposite direction of the door, and there was no explosion effect just now..."

Gunpowder needs to be placed inside the object being blasted for maximum effect. If you want to blow up the door, you can leave it outside. Of course, later generations of high-energy explosives may be able to do it. However, a mere powder keg, if not buried deep, is very difficult to have a big effect.

In a previous life, when he was a teenager, Marin had done experiments. He put the gunpowder peeled from the gun battle into the glass bottle and the Coke can and ignited. As a result, the glass bottle just cracked and made little noise. And the gunpowder in the cans exploded...

Because, when the gunpowder gas expands rapidly, the greater the binding force, the stronger the explosive force as the reaction force. Therefore, the shells of future grenades are all made of steel. In addition to the need to create shrapnel to hurt people, it is also an important reason to give the maximum binding force to the charge inside.

The binding force of the wooden barrel is not much better than the glass bottle that Marin experimented with in the previous life. The explosive power of black powder is weak.

Putting an oak powder keg in front of the gate will cause limited damage.

...

However, Doni Tsering's words reminded Marin...

Originally, Marin was going to knock down the beams in the residence in the castle to knock the door. However, that would be too labor-intensive and not necessarily effective. But, blow it up...

"Send a few people, go to the campsite, and find some shovels..." Marin told Schwartz.

The logistics and baggage units are equipped with shovels. Because the camp is also to dig pits around the barracks, and place slanted wooden pickets to prevent the enemy from stealing the camp.

Although Schwartz was a little puzzled, he quickly executed the order...

After a while, several shovels specially used for digging trenches were sent over...

"You guys, pry open the stone slabs in front of the gate of the fort!" Marin sent only a few soldiers at random and asked them to use tools to pry open the stone slabs in front of the gate.

"Master, are you going to bury the powder keg?" Schwartz is not stupid, otherwise Marin wouldn't train him. Seeing that Marin sent someone to pry the stone slabs in front of the gate of the fortress, plus a few sappers he had taken earlier, he finally understood.

"Well, not stupid!" Marin nodded.

In ancient wars, a large amount of gunpowder was buried in the city walls and feet to blow up the city walls. This trick was commonly used by the army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom period, the Taiping army often used the method of digging tunnels, digging tunnels below the root of the city wall. Then, the Taiping army will use a large number of coffins, wooden boxes, filled with gunpowder, and place them in the tunnel through the tunnel. Then, drag out a long fuse. After pulling out the fuse, the Taiping soldiers would once again plug the coffin filled with gunpowder and the area outside the large wooden box with soil to create a better sealing effect.

After that, they lit the fuse that had been laid in advance...

Then, the city wall collapsed, and the Taiping army swarmed in...

Marin had actually thought of using this trick to deal with Jever Castle, but it was useless because he was afraid that others would learn it and use it against himself.

But now, when the enemy did not retreat into the main fort with bricks and stones, Marin asked people to dig a pit in front of the city gate, which would not be disturbed, and the construction could be done with confidence.

And this trick, no one else can learn. It's no use learning. When attacking a city, it is impossible for the enemy to let you dig a pit under the city gate, and they have to kill you with bricks and stones. Therefore, digging a pit in front of the city gate can only be done when the enemy has no power to fight back, and the scope of application is relatively narrow...

And if the tactics of the Taiping Army were learned by Europeans in this era, it would be very terrifying. Because, if the Danes have learned, they can successfully conquer the old Sten Sture's Stockholm and pacify the independence of Sweden, which is obviously something Marin does not want to see; if the Turks learn it, it will be even more terrible. Maybe Vienna It won't be as unbreakable as it has been in history. Once Vienna is broken, the whole of Germany will be exposed to the iron hooves of the Turks...

Therefore, Marin was reluctant to use the Taiping army's trick to attack the city. However, in this particular situation, it can still be used...

Soon, in front of the gate of the fort, a deep pit was dug out, and he dug into it. Marin ordered a powder keg to be buried and pulled the fuse. Then, Marin ordered the hole to be filled up, and stepped on it...

Then, under the orders of Marin, the East Frisian soldiers retreated very far. Then, Marin lit the long fuse...

"Boom--" The gate of the strong fortress was quickly blasted open. The solid oak door is funny at this time, the upper part still has residue, but the lower part has been blown up...

As soon as the gate of the fortress opened, Kahn immediately picked up his mace and took the lead in rushing in...

Unfortunately, soon, Kahn flew out...

Malin was stunned—Nima, all the fierce generals like Kahn were knocked out, and there were Lu Bu and Xiang Yu in them?

But soon, Kahn told the truth:

"Master, there are a lot of hammers in there. Seven or eight big hammers slammed on me, and almost broke me. Fortunately, the plate armor is of good quality, otherwise I will definitely be seriously injured..."

Kahn's plate armor is not made of inferior iron of this era, but made of high-carbon steel produced by the steel factory, with very high strength. So, despite being smashed by several warhammers, Karn's plate armor didn't deform. It's just that people were smashed into the air, and they couldn't breathe for a long time. That is, Kahn's animal-like physique. If it is replaced with a poor physique, or a plate armor of average quality, it may fail...

Marin frowned and waved his hand:

"Let the musketeers come!"

Then, several strong Yevre warriors who were blocked in the main gate were directly bombed and killed...

However, before Marin was happy, a few more people rushed out, rushed into the musketeers, and hacked them to death. The musketeers had just finished firing their bullets and had not had time to reload. At this time, they were at their weakest and had no resistance. I can only watch myself being hacked to death...

Marin was immediately worried. Before, he didn't send the musketeers to rush into the city, that is to say, he was afraid that the musketeers would not be able to resist after a round of shooting. Now, as it is...

Marin then began to think about how to make use of the musketeer's attack power and ensure that they don't die...

So, Marin thought of the battle of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic army who had ambushed Siwag in Frisland...

Marin remembers that in that battle the musketeers climbed to the roof to shoot, so the Frisian army had nothing to do with the musketeers.

"Yes, shoot from a height!" Marin thought of a countermeasure.

You say how to shoot from high in the castle? This one is easy:

"Go find a dozen or so strong soldiers!" Marin ordered.

Schwartz was puzzled, but quickly brought people in.

"You, in pairs, carry the musketeers, make sure they are taller than the average soldier..."

Marin's method is to let the melee soldiers in plate armor stand in front and block the enemy. And the musketeers are behind, higher than the soldiers in front, in the sky, use muskets to kill the resisting enemies...

The effect of this move is surprisingly good. The soldiers in front of them only need to withstand the enemy, and they don't have to work hard. And the raised musketeer behind is the ultimate move...

Relying on this tactic, Marin's soldiers quickly killed and injured dozens of enemies, while he only injured a few. Because the soldiers in the front row mainly focus on defense and don't fight with the enemy...

When he arrived at the main room where Edo Wilmken was, at this time, the main room was full of the elites of Edo Wilmken. Marin's subordinates rushed several times, but they were all blocked, and several subordinates died.

Moreover, Marin did not dare to use a musket casually. Because, there is an untouchable Princess Hedwig inside...

That was the first cousin of the King of Denmark, and if Hedwig died, Marin would suffer the wrath of Denmark. So, he tried his best to spread the siege...

In this way, Marin sent troops to surround the main room, and also arranged for the outside of the main room's window to be full of people to prevent the other party from escaping...

In this way, after four days of siege, the people inside were finally too hungry to bear...

However, Marin didn't expect that the desperate Edo Wilmken went mad...

He probably knew that he was going to die, because Marin had never let go of Edsard I's entire clan before. Therefore, Edo Wilmken held the belief that he must die...

He knew that Marin would not hurt Hedwig. Because, Hedwig is the cousin of the King of Denmark. However, now that he knew that he was going to die, Edo Wilmken went mad...

He coaxed his eyes and said softly to Hedwig:

"Darling, do you love me?"

Hedwig didn't know why, and nodded blankly.

Edo Wilmken said happily:

"If that's the case, then, let's go to heaven together as a family!"

Then, before Hedwig understood what was going on, a long sword was inserted into his chest...

"Edo...why?" Until she died, Hedwig didn't understand why her husband killed her...

"Because, our family is going to reunite in heaven..." Edo Wilmken laughed wildly.

In fact, the thought in his heart was - my Wilmken family has been exterminated, and it will not make your Hoffman family any better. Offend the Oldenburg family, the Hoffmann family should be buried with the Wilmken family! Even if you can't be buried with you, you will be unlucky...

Then, Edo Wilmken, who had fallen into madness, used a velvet quilt to cover his daughter Maria, who was not yet one year old. While covering it, he muttered to himself:

"Baby, let's go to heaven together as a family..."

After choking Maria, who was under a year old, Edo Wilmken drew his sword and slaughtered himself. Before committing suicide, he said to his subordinates:

"You surrender, the Wilmken family is sorry for you!"

Then, Edo Wilmken drew his sword and killed himself, lying beside the corpses of his wife and children...

When Marin entered the room after the surrender of the soldiers of Yevre and disarmed them, he saw three corpses lying on the bed at a glance, especially the female corpse...

Marin's face changed suddenly:

"Bad, this is a disaster!"