The Rise of the European Emperor

After all, the gates of Neumünster were made of oak, and could not withstand the constant blow of 18-pound iron balls. Therefore, from the afternoon of the first day to the morning of the next day, it took half a day to add up, and the north gate of Neumünster City was blasted with a large hole by more than a dozen short-barreled Karen heavy artillery of Marin... …

Likewise, bricks and logs were piled up behind the city gates. But does this work? Dedicated to meritorious deeds, Doni Tserui hurriedly picked up the iron door panel shield, and carried the powder keg on his back to blow up the city gate. But Marin stopped him, because, upstairs at the city gate, the guards holding big stones were waiting.

So, Marin transferred more than a dozen three-pounder guns and began to bombard the defenders on the north gate of Neumünster. After bombarding for a long time, none of the defenders dared to come forward, so Marin ordered Doni Tserui to attack.

Duny Tserui was already a veteran of bombing doors, so naturally he buried the powder keg into the city gate hole easily and covered it with a lot of bricks. After igniting the fuse, Doni Tserui picked up the large shield on the door panel, put it on his head, and quickly escaped from the city gate...

"Boom--" With a loud noise, the north gate of Neumünster was blown open. Just like the last time in Jever Castle, after the oak gate was destroyed, the bricks piled in the gate began to "slide", and the upper part of the gate was exposed...

"Large shield soldiers, come on!" Schwartz shouted, and 100 soldiers carrying large shields on the door panels, carrying the large shields on the door panels, rushed up and took the lead to start from the empty part of the upper half of the city gate. "Climb" to the city. Behind them are the 200 two-handed swordsmen who are responsible for covering them.

These two-handed swordsmen were all martial arts masters selected from the 5,000 mercenaries in Hamburg. While speaking of overall warfare, Marin's army despised these mercenaries. However, when it comes to personal martial arts, Marin's warriors from rural youth are still unable to compare with these seasoned mercenaries. Therefore, in this battle for the city gate that requires personal bravery, Marin still activated the two-handed sword masters among the 200 mercenaries, and equipped them with chest plate armor and helmets with masks to protect the large shield soldiers. And responsible for certain offensive tasks.

In addition, Marin also has his own small thoughts. This time it was a joint operation, and it would be foolish for my own army to keep rushing ahead. These 5,000 Hamburg mercenaries are fighting on a large scale in the wild, and Marin may not trust them. However, this kind of street battle into the city has high casualties, but it is not difficult. Using these mercenaries with good personal martial arts is the best choice.

In the city of Neumünster, there were originally only 500 regular troops, and the rest were all temporary recruits. These strong people may still have fighting power relying on the city wall, but after being attacked into the city, the strong people are useless. It is no exaggeration to say that it is not a problem for those mercenary two-handed swordsmen with high martial arts skills to fight a few people. Even against those 500 veterans, they have an advantage...

In this way, after half a day of fierce fighting, all 500 veterans in the city were wiped out. As for the strong people, they all surrendered. The garrison commander, Hamilton, was reluctant to surrender, so he was killed by Marin's musketeers during the counter-charge.

As soon as Hamilson died, and most of the veterans died in battle, the people who were temporarily recruited immediately lost their fighting spirit, put down their weapons, and chose to surrender.

In this siege, Marin only sent 100 large shield soldiers to rush ahead, and the other teams followed behind the mercenaries. Therefore, Marin's army did not have many casualties, and only one large shield soldier was hacked to death. Others have nothing to lose. On the contrary, the Hamburg mercenaries, because they were dispatched by Marin to face the enemy at the front, suffered dozens of casualties.

To this end, the Hamburg army commander Weizmann euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction. After all, Marin clearly hid his selfishness and let the Hamburg mercenaries go to the forefront and die.

However, this question is untenable. Because the 100 large shield soldiers rushing in the front are all East Frisian soldiers. so,

Weizmann could not find a good excuse to express his dissatisfaction publicly, and could only express his dissatisfaction euphemistically.

Who is Komarin? Pragmatic! After the influence of the "interests first" trend of thought in the Chinese society in later generations, he didn't care about his face, what about being shameless? I just favor my own soldiers, what can you do? Moreover, the Principality of Holstein was not shot by Marin. Therefore, Marin had already made up his mind that any siege operation in the Principality of Holstein would choose to use Hamburg's mercenaries to take the lead. Of course, it is not accurate to say that they are leading the charge. Because, at the top of the line are the large shield soldiers under the command of Marin... So, even if Weizmann wants to question Marin, because of the existence of the large shield soldiers, there is no excuse...

After occupying Neumünster, Marin was too lazy to enforce strict military regulations. Moreover, he also needs to give some rewards to those Hamburg mercenaries who charge at the forefront.

Of course, it's impossible for Marin to reward those Hamburg mercenaries with his own money. After all, that's not his subordinate. So, Marin thought of a very immoral reward method - allowing those Hamburg mercenaries who were charging in front of the city to loot freely in the city...

In fact, this is Marin's "generous generosity." Because this city that belongs to the Principality of Holstein must not belong to itself in the future. Let the Hamburg mercenaries go to loot, and the loss is not yourself or your future subjects. Therefore, Marin was generous, and let the remaining 180 two-handed swordsmen (the other 20 killed) among the 200 Hamburg mercenaries in the front, freely loot in the city as a reward for their brave battle, time limit for one day.

Of course, this is only limited to the 200 people who rushed in front of the city during the siege. Others are not allowed to rob. Who dares to do it in private, the law enforcement team is waiting to kill you...

To this end, Malin specially asked Schwartz, who is an adjutant, to sign 180 permits and let them wear special clothes to avoid being "enforced" by the law enforcement team.

Moreover, Marin has repeatedly asked them that robbery is allowed, but murder is strictly prohibited, and women are not allowed to be raped, otherwise warlords will serve...

In this way, under the surveillance of the law enforcement team, the 180 lucky ones started the happy time of "robbery by order" early the next morning...

When the 180 mercenaries were "ordered to rob", Marin also quietly sent people to empty the official silver vault and granary in Neumünster, in the name of "replenishing military supplies". In fact, these money and grain have entered Marin's pocket...

Marin regretted a little, why did he install the Virgin in Glückstadt before. That is the capital of the Principality of Holstein, and it has a lot of money and food. It's a pity that at that time he emphasized too much discipline, and as a result, all the money stored by the government was shared equally with Hamburg and Lübeck. Now, Marin has decided that in cities in the Principality of Holstein, the official storage of food and grain must be put into their own pockets first...

In addition, Marin also made a distinction for the merchants in the city. All Hanseatic merchants belong to the friendly camp, and naturally they must be protected. To this end, Marin sent guards in front of every Hanseatic merchant's shop and residence, and organized the 180 guys who were "ordered to rob" to enter. As for other businessmen or civilians, they were all targets of arbitrary looting with 180 people.

In this way, by the second night, these 180 brave mercenaries had all kinds of property all over their bodies, making other Hamburg mercenaries envious.

After all, only 180 people participated in the robbery, so, on average, everyone's benefit was more. If everyone grabs it together, there may not be so many. But others dare not. After all, there are 20,000 men under Marin, and they can't beat him. If there is no permission to loot randomly, it is easy to be dragged by the military court and hanged...

In the evening, Marin also specially organized a group of Hanseatic merchants to recover the property stolen by the mercenaries. Although it was half price, it also made the mercenaries happy. In the end, each of the 180 mercenaries grabbed property worth at least hundreds of gold coins, which was worth their salary for a few years.

These pure mercenaries, don't they come out to work for money? After seeing that all 180 people made a fortune, it is inevitable that my heart will be moved...

Therefore, they found Marin or Schwartz one after another, saying that they were also very brave, and next time they attacked the city, they must be the vanguard...

On the contrary, the mercenaries under Malin's command, although they are also mercenaries, are not very keen because of their strict discipline and no experience of robbery. Besides, the treatment given by Marin is not bad, and there are rewards for military exploits, but there is no need to envy the 180 Hamburg mercenaries. Besides, they don't have that kind of traditions and habits.

However, because of this little trick, Marin directly and fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the 5,000 Hamburg mercenaries. The next time they siege the city, needless to say, they will also rush to fight.

Weizmann, the Hamburg mercenary commander, had nothing to do with this. Although he didn't like Marin's behavior very much, it was undeniable that this move was very morale-boosting. Moreover, those mercenaries are not locals in Hamburg, they are just hired by them. Even in death, Hamburg will not be too distressed. It's just that they are currently affiliated with Hamburg, and Weizmann is a little uncomfortable to be calculated by Marin like this. Moreover, the city they robbed may also belong to Hamburg in the future... However, because mercenaries in this era generally have the habit of robbing, Weizmann can't say anything. Otherwise, it will be blocking the way of people's money and making enemies of mercenaries...