The Rise of the European Emperor

Glückstadt, the capital of the Principality of Holstein, Marin has been here for some time with a large army. During this period of time, in addition to conquering the palace that was besieged by a group of local nobles led by the minister of the palace, Ben Theim, Marin also reorganized the army of 25,000 gathered here.

Not only these troops, but also the 5,000 people in Hamburg serving 5,000 mercenaries, and the 10,000 people brought by Marin. The size of the entire team has reached as many as 40,000 people.

It is indeed troublesome to command such a large-scale team. So, Marin simply stopped for a while, mainly for the integration of the entire team. The most important thing is to incorporate the 5,000 mercenaries and 5,000 civilians in Hamburg into the system of their own army.

Therefore, Marin asked Schwartz and other generals to conduct surprise training for the 5,000 Hamburg mercenaries and 5,000 Hamburg civilians, mainly to conduct simple queue training for them, and repeatedly emphasized the issue of discipline.

In particular, the 5,000 Hamburg mercenaries are probably old habits, always thinking of "getting rich" by robbery in the captured city of Glückstadt. This old habit is basically a common vice of mercenaries in this era.

Within days, patrols from the East Frisian army had prevented hundreds of robberies by Hamburg mercenaries. In desperation, Marin had no choice but to set up the Military Law Division to specifically punish those mercenaries who did not listen to advice, and repeatedly emphasized the importance of discipline.

In fact, the Principality of Holstein was to be allocated to Lübeck, the Hamburg industry, and Marin did not care much about whether the area was damaged by mercenaries. However, the Principality of Schleswig, which was going to attack next, was planned to be assigned to its own territory, and Marin would never allow bad things to happen there. So, while he was still in the Principality of Holstein, Marin planned to rectify the military discipline. As for whether the Danes will take advantage of this time to strengthen their strength? Marin didn't care. Because even if the Danes increased their strength, they were just recruiting more militia. How is the combat effectiveness of the militia? Within a few days, it is difficult to form combat effectiveness, at most it can only be regarded as cannon fodder. Marin is confident enough to crush all enemies who are trying to block in front of him...

At the same time, after the palace minister Bentheim was captured, Marin forced him to issue an order ordering the unconditional surrender of other cities in the Principality of Holstein.

Bentheim originally wanted not to cooperate, but Marin tied Bentheim's son and the most beloved grandson in front of him, and as soon as they disagreed, he was about to force Bentheim's most beloved little grandson. The grandson threw it into the boiling cauldron and threatened to force Bentheim to drink the broth cooked by his younger grandson...

Bentheim was frightened by Marin's "brutalism", and in desperation, he chose to compromise and personally issued an order, ordering the unconditional surrender of other towns in the Principality.

In fact, Marin was just scare Bentheim. If Marin really boiled Bentheim's grandson and forced Bentheim to drink the broth, it is estimated that Marin would soon become a famous brutal figure in Europe, leaving a long infamy, just like forcing Zhou Wenwang Jichang Like King Zhou who ate the meat soup made by his son Boyi Kao...

After Bentheim's order was issued, it still received some effects. About half of the subordinate towns chose to obey. Besides, even if they didn't obey, they didn't have the confidence to resist the coalition's front. In addition, with Bentheim's order, they also have to go down the steps, since someone has carried this pot, why do they still work hard? But Neumünster, the third largest city in the Principality of Holstein after Glückstadt and Kiel (it should be the fifth largest after Hamburg and Lübeck), chose to resist.

Neumünster is located in the heart of the Principality of Holstein and is the central hub of land transportation between the east, west, north and south of the Principality of Holstein. The local garrison commander, Hamilson, was originally a Dane. He was sent by the Principality of Holstein as a garrison commander as a confidant of King Hans.

Therefore, this person belongs to the diehard loyalist of King Hans of Denmark. Moreover, his family is not here, but in the mainland of Zealand. Therefore, he did not have any worries, so he chose to resist to the end. In other cities, many of them were dominated by local nobles. In order to allow the family to continue without being destroyed, most chose to surrender. Anyway, there is Prime Minister Bentheim's order document, and they also have steps down. Even if King Hans of Denmark takes back the Principality of Holstein in the future, they can still take the blame with Bentheim's order document as endorsement. So, they chose to surrender rather than resist.

Therefore, if Marin wants to conquer the entire territory of the Principality of Holstein, he must capture the important town of Neumünster, which is blocking the road to the north, and remove this "nail"...

After several days of continuous training in the queue, the originally rebellious Hamburg mercenaries were finally beaten up by the veterans under Marin's command. As a result, they are now barely able to obey orders.

Feeling the time was right, Marin continued his journey north with an army of 25,000...

Because he had 20,000 troops, which accounted for the majority of the coalition, Marin became the commander-in-chief of the coalition. Along the way, the army was invincible. For the manors of the small rural nobles in the Principality of Holstein, Marin adopted the strategy of "letting it go if you surrender" and "taking it if you don't surrender".

Most of the nobles are not fools, and they all chose to surrender when they saw tens of thousands of troops overwhelmed. Only a small number of knight families, probably due to the influence of the knight's glory, did not surrender, but chose to resist.

However, these knight families are often relatively poor, and they can't even build a castle. How can they have the strength to resist the 25,000 army?

At this time, Marin chose to send 5,000 recruits under his command to use the manor of these rebellious little nobles to practice their skills and train their courage and combat skills...

Along the way, Marin commanded the recruits to uproot more than 20 manors that refused to surrender, killing blood in a river. The wealth of these manors was naturally "confiscated" by Marin. And the 5,000 recruits under his command have gradually grown up in many battles. Although there have been some losses, Marin believes that it is worth it. A soldier who has not experienced fighting is not a qualified soldier. And attacking those resisting manors, the difficulty is very small, it is suitable for training new recruits.

In this way, after capturing 30 recalcitrant knight manors in a row, Marin took the army and finally arrived at the city of Neumünster and surrounded the city.

After that, Marin transferred more than a dozen short-barreled 18-pounder Cullen heavy artillery along with the baggage unit, focused on the north gate of New Münster City, and carried out continuous bombardment...

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Marin did not choose to attack. Because, the forcible attack method of climbing the city wall can easily bring huge casualties to the side. Therefore, Marin intends to replicate the previous tactics of besieging Yevre Castle, first blasting a hole in the city gate, and then sending a blasting team to go forward, bury a gunpowder keg in the hole, and blow up the city gate...

So, after besieging Neumünster, Marin did nothing but arrange for artillery to bombard the city gates. And the demolition team led by Doni Tserui is also gearing up, ready to step forward to blast the city gates at any time...