The Rise of the European Emperor

Because the rest of the Danish naval fleet has all shrunk into the narrow Copenhagen Bay, there are basically no Danish warships outside, so the combined fleet of East Friesland and Hamburg, almost unhindered along the way, passed the Oresund smoothly, It merged with the Lübeck fleet outside Copenhagen Port.

Everyone was confident, and they didn't pay any attention to the remaining Danish fleet huddled in the long and narrow Copenhagen Bay. As a result, several Lübeck warships rushed into the Copenhagen Bay like a narrow canal. only……

The first batch of 4 Lübeck warships rushed in, and were beaten out in a very embarrassing manner, and two other ships were burned...

It's not that the Danish warships moored in Copenhagen Bay are showing their power, but the Danish soldiers guarding both sides of the "river" are showing their power...

Originally, there were only 9,000 Danish sailors left on the remaining 80 Danish warships. At this moment, the Danish Naval Minister knew that if it was a battle of warships, these 80 warships would definitely not be the opponents of the coalition forces. So Thomason simply let the sailors get off the warships, armed with catapults, bows and arrows and other weapons, and directly guarded the two ends of the Copenhagen Bay, which is similar to a canal, preventing any warships from entering and preventing the warships from being destroyed.

In order to ensure safety, the Danes also built a temporary fortress at this estuary as a bunker to protect the safety of the Danish sailors deployed here.

In this way, the "hekou" at both ends has more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, which is considered to be very strong. And Copenhagen Bay is such a long and narrow "river" that at most three or four ships can come in at a time, and it is still crowded and close to the shore. In this way, the Danish sailors on the shore were given a lot of room for attack.

The trebuchets on the shore threw fireballs directly at the Lübeck warship, and the Danish archers also shot rockets at the Lübeck warship. What's more, many Danish sailors threw torches directly at the Lübeck warships close to the shore. Since the ships were so close to the shore, it was convenient for the sailors to throw torches.

In this way, under such circumstances, the first four Lübeck warships that rushed in were instantly burned down by two warships. Of the warships that were not burned, many parts were burned and damaged.

This time, the coalition fleet was a little dumbfounded. Seeing that the entrance of this long and narrow river channel was so dangerous, everyone was a little overwhelmed. Then, Kidd led the East Frisian warship out...

Facing the Danish fortress at the mouth of the river, the East Frisian fleet turned its guns on them...

However, after some bombardment, it was found that the effect was very limited...

It turned out that the Danes' fortifications made of stones were so strong that even shelling would not work. What's more, this time the Danes dug a lot of tunnels, and most of the personnel hid in trench-like tunnels.

In fact, the Danes didn’t know that tunnels could be very good against shelling. They just dug a lot of tunnels to save time when building fortifications.

Under the shelling, the trebuchets deployed by the Danes on the ground were destroyed a lot. However, because the personnel hid in the tunnel, there were not many casualties.

When Lübeck's ships, seeing the catapults destroyed, tried to enter the river again, the Danes came out again to shoot rockets and throw torches...

And when the East Frisian warships came up to shell again, they retreated into the tunnel again...

Then, the commanders of the Combined Fleet did not know what to do. The three-way commander held a meeting for two days, but could not come up with a suitable solution. Then, the Combined Fleet was deadlocked there, only besieging and not fighting, and surrounded the outside of Copenhagen.

At the critical moment, it was Kidd, who thought of his own count, a man of great wisdom. Therefore, Kidd sent two warships to Aubenro, a port on the east side of Jutland, which had been occupied by Marin, and wrote to Marin for advice.

In fact, Marin is currently stationed in Ribe City with a large army. However, Auburn Rowe is not far from Ribe City. A group of second-line troops (selected from the strong people,

Have certain military skills. All the cities in the Principality of Schleswig, which Marin had captured along the way, were all stationed with strong people, all of whom had received military training. .

Marin spread out the map, observed it carefully for a while, and found that there was only one way to deal with the defenders on the Danish shore—that is, to send ground troops to deal with the Danish sailors guarding both ends of the river.

Although the Danish sailors guarding both ends of the river had an advantage against warships, when they encountered ground troops, they were a little rested. As long as the ground troops are arranged to land from other parts of Zeeland and then surround them from the side, these Danish sailors stationed at both ends of the river can be completely wiped out.

Moreover, once these Danish sailors stationed at the estuary were wiped out, then the 80 Danish warships would be left without sailors. That way, the Allies could capture those 80 Danish warships effortlessly...

Soon, this strategy was sent to Kidd. Seeing Marin's strategy, the three commanders were very sure of Marin's strategy. However, when it comes to arranging the landing, Lübeck and Hamburg are hesitant...

The main reason was that Lübeck and Hamburg were reluctant to let sailors participate in the landing battles and land offensive and defensive battles where the casualties were relatively high. You know, both Lübeck and Hamburg are Hanseatic cities that rely on maritime trade. Warships and sailors are their roots. If these sailors are allowed to land and then attack the fortress, they will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, the fleet commanders of Lübeck and Hamburg hoped that the task of landing and attacking the fortress would be handed over to the army. Kidd is of course not happy. After all, the main force of the army is the family of his own East Frisian country.

Therefore, after intense discussions, the three decided to let the mercenary infantry hired by Hamburg and Lübeck, as the forward for landing and attacking the fortress, to capture the Danish sailors guarding the estuary.

Anyway, those mercenaries were not Lübeck and Hamburg's own people, but were hired from outside for money. Lubeck and Hamburg were reluctant to give their sailors to work hard, but they were very willing to give their mercenaries to work hard.

Then, the admirals of Lübeck and Hamburg sent the idea back to Lübeck and Hamburg respectively, waiting for the approval of their respective parliaments.

Marin also received a report from Kidd. Although Marin despised the practices of Lübeck and Hamburg, he also thought it was a good way.

Sailors are sailors after all. Whether they are sailors in Lübeck and Hamburg, or sailors in Denmark, they are actually very bad at ground offensive and defensive warfare.

To be honest, even the mercenaries of East Frisian Country are not very good at that kind of head-to-head ground offensive and defensive warfare. Because they all rely on firearms to win.

For the Danish sailors who dug the tunnels, Marin's artillerymen and musketeers were all helpless. For this reason, Marin agreed with Lübeck and Hamburg's proposal to let the mercenaries they hired take the lead.

Moreover, the most critical point is that once Marin's army has eliminated the thousands of Danish sailors guarding the estuary, they can take advantage of the situation to surround Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.

If Copenhagen is captured and the Danish King Hans is captured, the war is over...

Therefore, Marin decisively revised his strategy, temporarily stopped attacking other parts of Jutland, and landed on Zealand instead, first eliminated the Danish sailors, captured the Danish warships, and then surrounded Copenhagen, trying to capture the Danish king alive, forcing him to sign a cession Unequal treaties of land...