Chapter 244： Force down Osnabruck

There is no decent city in the entire western half of the northern region of the Bishop of Münster. It was not until the army turned to the east that it found a city-Cloppenburg.

This city is located in the northern part of the Bishop of Münster near the border of the Old State of Oldenburg. At the beginning, the Old Kingdom of Oldenburg relied on the support of Denmark, and seeing the lack of management in the north of the Bishop of Münster, he had the idea of ​​secretly encroaching on the northern territory of the Bishop of Münster. As a result, the Bishop of Münster was angered.

In 1483, while the Danish King Hans had just ascended the throne, he was busy with the opportunity to conquer Norway and Sweden. At that time, the East Frisian Lambert (Sexner Family) and the Bishop of Munster once organized a coalition Surrounded the old country of Oldenburg, forcing Gerhard, the earl of Oldenburg, to abdicate. This city of Kloppenburg was originally a small town. Only in order to prevent the cannibalization of Oldenburg, it was built and became the military and political center of North Münster.

Here, of the 5,000 standing troops of the Bishop of Münster, 1,000 are stationed here ...

When Marin's army arrived in Cloppenburg, it was a coincidence. why? Because this day is Sunday, and it is morning. By convention, most believers go to church to pray.

As a religious country, the Bishop of Münster has a habit of praying more deeply into the hearts of the people. When the Marin Vanguard cavalry arrived in Kloppenburg, most of the thousands of Kloppenburg garrisons went to church for worship ...

At the gate of the city, only a few people were left to guard. Moreover, under the combined efforts of Sauer ’s 500 Scout Cavalry and 800 Black Shirt Knights, no one was able to bring a report to Cloppenburg. So, Cloppenburg, who was busy doing the service, was out of luck ...

After stopping the army in a place invisible to the enemy, Marin asked a group of soldiers to take off their military uniforms and pretend to be ordinary people. At the same time, a group of horse-drawn carriages filled with food were brought to the front ...

While the enemy didn't know the news, Marin let his soldiers dress up as a caravan, with a dozen carriages, near the west gate of Cloppenburg ...

Seeing a large caravan coming, the goalkeeper's pawns immediately got excited. Because, it's time for them to blackmail ...

Marin, who had passed the customs, did pay a lot of city gate taxes, but when the carriage went into the city gate cave, a carriage suddenly broke and blocked the city gate ...

In fact, the carriage was intentionally broken. And it is broken in the city gate hole, that is, the city gate cannot be closed deliberately ...

At this time, Marin, who saw this situation in the telescope, immediately asked the brigade soldiers to gallop toward the city gate from a few kilometers away ...

When the sound of the horseshoe reached the gate, the dozens of old guards who guarded the gate immediately felt wrong, and they shouted anxiously:

"Enemies, enemies!"

Then, this group of veterans wanted to push the blocked carriage together and then closed the city gate.

It is a pity that those "businessmen" who had just paid the city tax just now pulled out their swords from under the carriage ...

When the cavalry rushed over, everything was late ...

After controlling the west gate of Kloppenburg, the soldiers hurriedly removed the hindered carriage and drove the large troops into the city and went straight to the direction of the barracks in the city ...

It turned out that, according to the prisoner's account, the soldiers in the city generally did not bring weapons when they went to worship, but placed them in the barracks.

When Marin's cavalry arrived at the barracks, some soldiers had already returned to the barracks to get their weapons. But Werner, the cavalry captain who led the team, did not care about the small number of soldiers who broke into the barracks, but blocked the gates of the barracks and prevented the Munster soldiers returning from the church from entering the barracks to obtain weapons.

The Munster soldiers without weapons could not beat the cavalry who blocked the barracks. The small number of Munster soldiers who rushed into the barracks did not dare to go out and attack the cavalry.

When the tens of thousands of main forces that Warner supported to Marin rushed in, the soldiers in the city chose to surrender. A local priest in charge of management, after seeing the Pope's decree presented by Marin, also chose to cooperate wisely. Because resistance is meaningless, and it will not succeed.

After leaving a thousand soldiers to stay in the city, Marin continued to go south with the army and went straight to the Bishop of Osnabruck ...

From Kloppenburg to Osnabrück city is relatively far, almost 80 kilometers. Marin's army carries a heavy load. Although the marching efficiency is already very high, it can only march 40 kilometers per day.

Two days later, Marin ’s army appeared under the city of Osnabrück. However, this time Marin did not have any luck in Kloppenburg. Because the defenders of Osnabrück City are ready ...

This is because when Marin ’s army attacked Cloppenburg from North Münster from west to east, someone in the west of North Münster took advantage of the Scout cavalry and black shirt knights that Marin used to intercept the messenger All went to the east, riding a horse to the newspaper of Osnabrück.

After receiving the report, the bishops in Osnabrück were very nervous. On the one hand, they strengthened their defense. On the other hand, they sent out a request to Bishop Conrad, far away in Münster, and asked how to respond.

However, there are only 800 mercenaries in Osnabrück. Even if the whole city is mobilized, plus 1,200 people, only 2,000 people. Before the people who went out to call other places to collect the strong people had returned, Marin's 11,000 army had sealed the city of Osnabruck.

Looking at the more than 10,000 troops outside the city, Henry, the assistant bishop in charge of Osnabrück, was frightened. You know, the number is over 10,000, and there is no limit. Marin already had an army of 11,000, plus 10,000 people, it looks really endless. Moreover, the East Frisian army was rejuvenated and the queue was neat. Together with the number of people who broke 10,000, the Osnabrücks above the city looked really terrifying.

However, Marin did not come to war, but to take over the site. Therefore, it is best to not fight that.

Therefore, after the siege of the army, Marin sent people to use the horn to scream into the city and read the Pope's decree.

Hearing the Pope's decree, the Osnabrücks in the city suddenly commotion. As a bishop, it is natural to know that the pope is the boss of their boss (the boss is the archbishop of Cologne). If it violates the Pope's decree, it seems a bit wrong ...

Assistant Bishop Henry also knew that public disobedience to the Pope's decree was a serious act. So after thinking over and over again, Archbishop Henry asked the people in the city to tell Marin that he did n’t know if the Pope ’s decree was true or false Rad IV verified the truth of the matter ...

"Mad, really a cunning guy!" Marin was annoyed.

This bishop Henry was too cunning, he did not openly reject the Pope's decree. If he publicly refused the Pope's decree, Marin could directly attack the city, and then punish the person in the name of defying the Pope's law.

However, this guy said that he needed to verify the authenticity of the news, which made Marin a little depressed. Because people did not make mistakes, they just sent people to verify the authenticity ...

But how can Marin have time to ink with him? He has to rush to Münster ...

So Marin looked at Osnabrück, which was still the oak gate, and waved his hand:

"Take care of him, shell the city gate!"

"In what name?" Schwartz asked.

"Military exercises ..." Marin gave a very rogue excuse ...

According to jurisprudence, Marin is now the lord of the bishopric of Osnabruck. It is reasonable and legal to engage in a military exercise in your own territory ...

When the artillery began to bombard the city gate, Assistant Bishop Henry on the head of the city jumped. Then, the angry Bishop Henry sent a missionary to hang the city with a gondola, and came to the Marin army to raise a strong protest against Marin's army to rush to the city without a final conclusion.

"Am I attacking the city? Please, this priest, according to the Pope's decree, I am now the legal lord of Osnabrück City. I am now engaged in military exercises ..."

The priest as the messenger opened his mouth:

"Perform ... exercise?"

"Well, exercises. Or, you can also understand violent demolition ..."

As an aboriginal in the early 16th century, this priest as an emissary understood the meaning of violent demolition. If a traverser from a later generation of China came over, he would definitely strongly agree with the definition given by Marin-indeed it is very similar to violent demolition ... However, the later generations of violent demolition used bulldozers. And Marin is even crazier, using artillery ...

Half a day later, the oak city gate of Osnabrück ~ www.novelhall.com ~ finally couldn't stand the heavy pounding of 24 pounds of iron ball rain, and was smashed out of the big pit. Then, Donny Curry was carrying a gunpowder barrel, carrying a metal-clad door panel, ready to go, ready to blow the door ...

At this time, the priest, who was the messenger, took the gondola again and returned to the city, telling Assistant Bishop Henry what he saw and heard. Henry was almost vomited by Marin's shameless speech, but when he heard that the priest said that the Pope's decree in Marin's hand was indeed true, Bishop Henry was silent ...

And when Assistant Bishop Henry was silent, a loud noise came and the north gate of Osnabrück was blasted ...

"Well, after all, it is the Pope's decree, let's surrender ..."

In this way, at the critical moment of the city break, under the leadership of Assistant Bishop Henry, the soldiers and civilians of Osnabrück suddenly dropped their weapons and chose to surrender ...

Marin and the soldiers were a little bit injured by internal injuries-I am ready to explode the small universe, you actually don't fight ...

However, although it was a bit uncomfortable, Marin was very happy to win Osnabrück without any casualties. After all, the city of Osnabrück was not destroyed by the fighting.