The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin's siege along the way was as easy as drinking water, and the Danes were terrified. Of course, by chance, his "three-axes" can be considered to be figured out by the Danes. No, the Danish Royal Palace once again held a royal meeting to discuss countermeasures because of Marin's siege tactics.

"Knight Heisen, are you saying that Marlin's bastards attacked the city with artillery, and didn't send anyone to climb the city wall?" King Hans was surprised after hearing the report of the spy Heisen. Because, this is not customary. Moreover, the speed at which Marin broke the city was a little faster, and it was as simple as eating and drinking water to capture a city in three or two days. It was really scary.

"Yes, I escaped from Flensburg in the Principality of Schleswig. Before, I never understood it, but in Flensburg, I saw with my own eyes the methods of Malin's demon, and it really was the same as that. Different..."

"First, they used dozens of heavy artillery to bombard the city gate. After the oak gate was bombarded with a big hole, they stuffed gunpowder into the hole and blew up the city gate... Then, the enemy's army poured in like a tide. In the city..." Recalling that scene, the Hessian knight is still terrified. Had it not been for the Heisen knight who took off his armor in time and hid in the toilet of a dwelling after the city was broken, he would have been captured as a prisoner.

Later, while Marin's army continued northward, the defenses in the city were slack, and Knight Hessian dressed up as a beggar, escaped from Flensburg all the way, found a fishing boat, and returned to his hometown of Zealand.

The Hessian knight was a native of Zealand and was sent to garrison Flensburg as one of the adjutants of the local garrison general. After escaping back, Heisen understood that if he could not make merit and atonement, his knighthood and fief manor would be in danger of being taken back by the imperial court. So he went to Copenhagen, and in the name of the survivors, in front of the ministers, reported to the Danish king Hans the siege tactics of Marin that he had seen with his own eyes.

"What a powerful tactic! Although the method of burying gunpowder cannot shake the city wall, it is no problem to blow up the oak gate and the bricks and wood piled up behind the oak gate..." Minister of War Simonson commented.

Of course, that was Simonson's ignorance. Even a well-built city wall can collapse if enough gunpowder is buried under the wall. A barrel of gunpowder can't blow up a solid city wall, then dozens of barrels...

"Knight Haysen, what do you mean, the other party must blow a hole in the city gate before burying the powder keg?" Admiral Thomason asked with a frown.

"Yes, that's it. I heard from the soldiers who escaped from Schleswig City that every time the other party opened a hole in the city gate before putting the powder keg in it. If the hole was not opened, it seems that Use a powder keg."

"So, that means the powder keg has to be in the hole for it to explode?" Thomason asked.

"I don't know about the humble position..." Heisen had only seen this scene, but he didn't understand the reasoning.

"That's it, let's find a door and try it out..." Foreign Secretary Erickson suggested.

This time, Eriksson brought back 200,000 gold coins, 50 bronze cannons, and a lot of gunpowder and shells from France. He took out a few barrels of gunpowder and tried it, and it was nothing.

So, King Hans of Denmark, with his ministers, went outside the city and asked an earl to borrow two doors of a castle he had in the outskirts of Copenhagen to start an experiment...

Behind the two doors, like a siege scene, there are piles of things behind them, and they are dead behind the doors. However, one gate was intact, and the other gate had a carpenter using a tool to drill a large hole in the middle of the gate, so that the powder keg could be easily put in.

It took half a day and dozens of carpenters to drill a large hole in the middle of the thick castle gate, which could accommodate the gunpowder keg.

Then, the two doors were subjected to the powder keg blasting test...

After two loud bangs of "Boom-Boom-", the Danish ministers saw different scenes...

No digging a hole but just put the powder keg outside the door for an explosion test,

Although the gate is broken, the city gate is still intact. After all, the harder you hold a bomb, the stronger it explodes. Gunpowder can be used as a bomb when placed in a tin can, and can only be used as a firecracker when placed in a paper bag...

As for the castle gate where the hole was dug, the powder keg was thrown inside and exploded. The huge impact force smashed the heavy castle gate from the inside. Of course, the masonry piled up behind also received a huge impact, but it did not collapse.

This is because the Danes use powdered gunpowder. In the Marin army, especially the artillery, the use of granular gunpowder has been promoted. Only the musketeers, because of the production of granulated gunpowder, still use the powder form for the time being. The gunpowder barrels used to blow up the city gates were naturally taken from the artillerymen. Naturally, they were granulated gunpowder, and the explosive force was two or three times stronger than that of powdered black powder. Therefore, the effect is naturally better.

Although powdered gunpowder was used and the burial was not good, the Danish ministers could see that the gunpowder keg stuffed into the city gate hole overturned the heavy oak city gate.

Therefore, the Danish monarchs and ministers present all came to a conclusion - that is, the oak city gate, basically no solution to the rogue siege tactics of Marin, and will definitely be broken...

Once the city gate is broken, unless the defenders in the city are no less than the attackers, nor are they less capable than the attackers, the fall of the city is almost inevitable.

"How can this be good? How can this be good..." King Hans of Denmark was nervous. If there is no solution to this siege method, then the fall of the city on Jutland is only a matter of time. Also, the time will be short.

Even if the coalition forces attacked Zealand and besieged Copenhagen, using this method, the city gate of Copenhagen can be successfully blasted. Then, Hans may become a prisoner... Thinking of this, King Hans trembled with fear, fearing that day would come...

Returning to the palace, the ministers were all contemplating countermeasures. Faced with such a complicated situation, everyone is a little sad...

Chancellor of the Exchequer Dawson's eyes began to wander. He did not understand the military and was only responsible for funding. Every time money is allocated to the army, it is a quarrel. Since he didn't understand, he simply didn't bother to comment.

However, after seeing the gate of the inner hall that was covered with gold skin for showing off, Dawson suddenly brightened up:

"Your Majesty, I have come up with a solution!"

"Aiqing, tell me quickly, how to deal with it?" Hans looked expectantly at Dawson, a layman who didn't understand the military.

"Your Majesty, let's replace the city gate with an iron gate!"

"Iron door?" King Hans was stunned.

"Yes, I heard from the Heisen knight that the other party used artillery to bombard the oak city gate for at least half a day. If it was replaced by an iron city gate, would the other party still be able to open it?" Dorson was full of excitement. said.

"Iron gates... artillery... oops, what a great idea!" Thomason, Secretary of the Navy, said excitedly with a slap on the thigh after thinking about it.

"Then... let's try?" said Foreign Secretary Erickson.

"Okay, just try it! Come on, get all the blacksmiths in the city, and I want them to build a heavy iron gate together!"

In this way, the blacksmiths in Copenhagen were called by the royal family, and they were instructed to use iron materials to build a strong city gate and use it for experiments...