The Rise of the European Emperor

On the eastern border of Lyle County, it is not too far from the city of Oldenburg, only less than 40 kilometers. The horses run for an hour, rest for half an hour, then run for another hour, and it's almost there. Then, a little oatmeal will help you recover.

For this reason, before the expedition, each horse used by the army had a sack on the neck of the horse, which contained a dozen catties of fried oatmeal. And Marin's war horse Karl's neck is more advanced, it is fried soybeans... Who told Amerigo Island to send a few bags of soybeans back...

After the assembly, taking advantage of the faint moonlight from the crescent-like moon in the sky, 5,000 veterans mounted their horses, armed with weapons, and ran wildly in the direction of Oldenburg City...

Because the weapon is a large shield with a large door panel, the large shield soldier suffers the most on horseback. Therefore, Malin specially equipped the accompanying 100 large shield soldiers with two horses. Because the shield is quite heavy... As for the other 100 large shield soldiers, they were sent to Hamburg by ship. In the middle of the night, they will meet with Schwartz's army outside Hamburg... In addition, Donny Tszre's blasting team is also suffering, bringing a few powder kegs, and also needs one person and two horses...

With 5,000 cavalry, the marching momentum was very large, but it was not chaotic at all. This is because Marin has already trained to drive at night once before, and everyone has experience.

Leading the team were the scouts under Sauer's command. These days, they have to walk this road every night to familiarize themselves with the situation and prepare for the large army as guides. After such a long time, they are very familiar with this road.

Under the leadership of the scout guide, the army roared past in the moonlight, and the sound of horse hooves made the earth tremble. Although the manors passed by along the way were disturbed, no one dared to come out to inquire about the news, and no one dared to report to Oldenburg City. Because no one is a fool, not to mention the danger at night, as long as someone sees someone riding in the direction of Oldenburg City, they will definitely be hunted down.

In this way, Marin led a total of 100 large shield soldiers, 1000 musketeers and 3900 spearmen to gallop, and it took more than three hours to arrive outside Oldenburg.

According to the previous arrangement, the army quietly went around the east gate of Oldenburg City. Because Marin had already sent someone to declare war during the day, and at this time, he was facing the west gate of the counties of East Friesland, and his defenses must be the strictest. Therefore, attacking from the east gate is the best choice.

Then, Marin took the army and rested for an hour farther from the east gate, and fed the horses with oats. After that, Marin took out the special double-shot cannonball of the army, and threw one into the sky and blasted it... At the same time, everyone got on the horse again...

The 100 East Frisian scouts who had been waiting in the east gate of Oldenburg for a long time rushed out of the nearby houses and attacked the defenseless defenders of the east gate of Oldenburg...

At the same time, Marin's army also began to ride horses, approaching the city gate. After arriving outside the city gate, everyone dismounted and handed over the horses to a small number of soldiers to take care of them, and then began to form a rapid formation. Among them, 100 large shield soldiers are in the forefront...

The movement of the army outside the city alarmed the defenders on the city tower. However, by the time they responded, it was too late. Because, the 100 scouts who attacked the Dongcheng Gate have already opened the Dongcheng Gate at this time...

Then, 100 large shield soldiers took the lead, holding a shield the size of the door, and rushed into the city...

Marin suddenly remembered that he couldn't let the enemy run away. So, he immediately ordered 1,000 of his men to guard the North Gate of Oldenburg to prevent members of the Oldenburg family from escaping.

The city of Oldenburg is bordered by the river to the south and East Friesland to the west. If the east gate is breached, there is a high possibility that the opponent will flee north. Therefore, Marin sent 1,000 people to block people outside the North Gate. In addition, Ximen also went to 300 people. If someone at Ximen breaks out of the siege, the people sent to Ximen will take the initiative to release a double-barreled cannon to send a signal.

At this time, there was chaos in Oldenburg City. There were only 1,000 defenders in the city.

Half of them are on the city walls, and the other half are protecting the royal palace in the center of the city. And those residents didn't dare to go out when they heard the screams of killing in the middle of the night, they just jumped around at home.

Therefore, at this time, there were no people on the streets of Oldenburg. Therefore, Marin directly brought an army of more than 3,000 people and quickly approached the direction of the palace...

At this time, John V and other members of the Oldenburg family were awakened:

"What's wrong? What's wrong?" John V, who hurriedly got up, asked loudly when he saw the chaos outside.

"My lord, the East Frisian army is coming!" a palace guard shouted anxiously.

"What? So fast? They only issued the gauntlet during the day..." John V looked pale. At this time, the Oldenburg army was defenseless, and only the west gate blocked the gate in the city with something. Other city gates are not ready for defense at all.

John V was still in a daze, and Marin's army had rushed to the center of the city and quickly completed the siege of the palace. In addition, Marin also sent people to control the other three gates. When he learned that the west gate was blocked with bricks and wood by Oldenburgers, Marin reassured and divided his troops to the north gate and south gate to seize the city gate.

It is very easy to seize the city gate from the inside of the city gate, because the opponent never thought that he would be attacked from behind. In this way, the North Gate and the South Gate were quickly captured, and only some of the defenders of the South Gate escaped from the city and boarded the boat by the Hunter River and escaped. But according to the captives, those who escaped were ordinary soldiers, not members of the Oldenburg family that Marin valued.

In fact, the members of the Oldenburg family basically lived in the palace compound and did not have a residence outside the palace. Of course, it is better to say that it is a large castle complex than a palace.

The largest castle in the middle is apparently the residence of John V. There are several small castles on the edge, which are all inhabited by the clan of John V. However, for security, several castles are within a tall enclosure and are guarded by a large number of troops.

When the north gate was opened, 1,000 men and horses outside the north gate also came in and participated in the siege of the Oldenburg Palace. In addition to more than 800 soldiers guarding the other three gates and 300 people outside the west gate, the remaining 3,800 soldiers surrounded the Oldenburg Palace, which was only defended by 500 people.

The 500 defenders on the city wall surrendered from time to time. They were tied down from under the city wall with ropes and escaped overnight. After all, they were facing 5,000 soldiers and horses. If you can't win wisely, how many people are willing to fight to the death? Moreover, the most loyal guards of Oldenburg County are all in the palace compound...

Thinking of Edsard I's experience of escaping from the tunnel, Marin waved and called Sauer:

"Sauer, you sent some scouts with binoculars to guard outside the city. If you see people in luxurious clothes running on horseback, be sure to stay!"

Sauer obviously also remembered what happened when Edsard I escaped, and immediately arranged for 200 scouts to go out on horseback to patrol the city.

But Marin didn't know that because of Denmark as a big backer, the members of the Oldenburg family never thought of running away. So, they didn't dig any tunnels at all. At this time, the members of the Oldenburg family were all in a hurry in the palace...

Marin did not attack at night, but waited until dawn before letting Doni Tsri's blasting team come forward...

It's still the original formula. After using the sapphire shovel to dig open the stone slab in front of the east gate of the palace, the blasting team dug a hole under the gate of the palace and buried a powder keg...

After a loud bang, the gate of the Oldenburg Palace collapsed...

Then, a large shield soldier, holding a large shield, rushed in first, and smashed it with a large shield when he saw it...

Marin's bodyguard, Kahn, also had itchy hands. He put on full-body plate armor and carried a mace, and also killed him...

As for Marin himself, he did not go deep, but chose to observe the battle situation with binoculars on the city wall of the east gate of the palace.

After about two hours, most of the guards in the palace were cleared. Only a few dozen guards remained, guarding the main castle where John V was.

"Earl of Marin, I'm John V, I ask for negotiation! I ask for negotiation!" John V shouted in the castle. He was very afraid, afraid of dying like his brother-in-law Edo Wilmken. So, he was cowardly and wanted to save his life through negotiation.

Hearing the voice of John V, Marin was also happy. This is a war of annihilation of the country. You even said that negotiation, when I am a vegetarian? Where can I spit out the meat in the mouth?

So, Marin ignored him at all and continued to order the attack.

When Doni Tserui's blasting team blew up the gate of the main castle of the palace again, Marin was not in a hurry to attack. He sent people to find a lot of firewood from the homes of nearby residents, lit it at the gate, and threw it into the castle...

Terrified, John V thought that Marin was trying to burn him, so he hurriedly surrendered and demanded treatment as a captive of the nobles.

In fact, Marin was just going to smoke them. However, there are many wooden furniture in the castle, and it is indeed easy to cause fires. No wonder John V misunderstood.

Marin agreed to John V's request to be treated as a captive by the nobles. Anyway, he did not intend to kill John V. However, it is impossible for this person to rule Oldenburg in the future...

Of course, Marin was not in a hurry to talk about the territorial issue, but forced John V to sign an order ordering the surrender of Farrar City. John V refused, and Marin immediately asked the fierce-faced Kahn to take out a bloody knife, saying that he would help him bleed to "heal"...

In desperation, John V had to sign an order, ordering the unconditional surrender of Farel's defenders...

After getting the documents, Marin immediately asked Sauer to send his subordinates, one person and two horses, to go outside Farrell City to find the team led by Stade.

Responsible for the attack on Farrell were the recruits led by Stade and the 3,000 mercenaries in Hamburg. At the same time, the team also brought a lot of heavy artillery and other baggage.

When Sauer's scout arrived with the order document, the army led by Stade had not yet reached the city of Farel. After all, they were advancing on foot...

On the same day, Adler also led 2,000 elite East Frisian militiamen and launched an attack on the two small towns in the Yevre region - Yevre Castle and Wangland...