Chapter 418： Lubeck

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Just as Marin began to gather troops and prepare to move east, Lübeck City and Hamburg City, but they jumped into chaos ...

After all, they suddenly received news that they were about to be attacked. Who could not panic? What makes Lübeck and the Hamburgers even more nervous is that 20,000 of them are famous Swiss mercenaries who attacked their army!

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree. The famous Swiss mercenaries gained fame in Europe through battles such as the Battle of Nancy that killed bold Charles.

Other countries have not thought about long-term employment of Swiss mercenaries, but there is more interference on the French side. Therefore, the main force of Swiss mercenaries generally serves France.

For example, before Marin supported Prince Philip of the Principality of Cliff as the head of the Teutonic Knights, he suggested that the Teutonic State recruit large numbers of Swiss mercenaries, but the French prevented it.

Because, at that time, the French were dealing with Italian mercenaries, and the main Swiss mercenary needed to give priority to serving the largest customer, France, and Philip had not hired many Swiss mercenaries.

This time Denmark was able to call on Elector Frederick III of Saxony and Joachim of Elector Brandenburg to hire 20,000 Swiss mercenaries. This is also a rare opportunity.

Because, since the last defeat to the Spaniard in Italy, France has been recuperating and has no plans to return to Italy for the time being.

In addition, Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, also had a high prestige in Shinra, and the Swiss sold him his face. In fact, Frederick III was not only the elector of Saxony, but also the leader of the nobles who united against the actual **** of Germany by Maximilian. The Swiss were originally dead enemies with the Habsburg family. When facing the enemy's enemies, they regarded the Elector of Saxony as a friend. Moreover, Frederick III also told them-their main opponent this time is the Habsburg family's number one "dog leg" Marin ... so the Swiss made this big order ...

The city of Lübeck was very close to the northwestern corner of Brandenburg as described by the messengers sent by Marin. So, the Speaker of the Lübeck Speaker Tagfacht immediately dispatched people and quickly rushed over the principality of Mecklenburg to the border Investigation. Then they saw a large barracks, hidden in a remote village ...

Obviously, Marin's warning was correct and he didn't talk nonsense. At this time, the Lubeck people suddenly panicked ...

Why? The main reason is that there is not enough time. If the news was received earlier, the Lübeck had enough time to send people to the southern region of Germany to hire the old mercenaries. As long as there are enough people, and the city is still fighting, the Lübecks can stand up.

However, according to Marin's intelligence, the enemy's army has begun to gather, and it may have launched an attack within ten or twenty days. Where can I find mercenaries in such a short time? You know, sending people to the South to hire those mercenaries, back and forth, at least two or three months. After all, in addition to the rush time of Lubeck's dispatched personnel, the employed mercenary regiment also required a lot of time to assemble and rush. Especially the journey, from the south to Lübeck, at least two months. Mainly because the military march of this era is too slow. After all, everyone marches on foot and bears heavy loads.

However, according to information, the electoral states of Brandenburg and Saxony, and the 20,000 terrible Swiss mercenaries, as fast as 20 days and slow for more than a month, will inevitably attack Lübeck . Therefore, Lübeck couldn't sustain the mercenaries ...

Because of this, the dignitaries in Lübeck suddenly panicked and jumped up and down, not knowing how to deal with it.

Right now, there are only about 3,000 mercenaries in the city of Lübeck, hired by the Lübeck people, and guarding the city of Lübeck and the eastern half of the Principality of Holstein, where they are placed under Lübeck.

However, according to intelligence, the number of enemy troops is large. In addition to the 20,000 Swiss mercenary accident, there are an estimated 20,000 local troops. That is to say, the total number of troops on the opposite side adds up to at least 30,000 or 40,000 ...

Three thousand people match up to thirty or forty thousand people. Even if the Lübeck people are fools, they know that the situation is not good. Therefore, they seemed to be panicking, and the whole city made them jump.

In addition, the Speaker of the Tagfakht believes that if the enemy forces gather so many troops, they will certainly bring a lot of artillery for siege.

However, Lübeck City has not yet replaced the all-iron gates, making it difficult to withstand the artillery bombardment. However, it seems that it is too late to cast a few large iron gates. So, the Speaker of Tagfacht thought and decided again and again-outside the city gate of Lübeck, he was covered with two or three layers of iron sheet to guard against shelling.

This time, the iron plates used by the Lübeck people were the most common ones, neither galvanized white iron plates nor tinplate iron plates. In other words, the corrosion resistance of these iron skins is definitely not good, even if they are covered by the city gate, it will not last long. In the long rainy season, the iron skin is very easy to rust and break.

However, now the Lübeck people can't control that much. Although, the bare iron skin is indeed not resistant to rust. However, it will take a long time for those iron skins to rust.

But after covering the city gate with iron skin, it was enough to resist the enemy's shelling in a short time. After all, the Speaker of Tagfaht believes that this war will not last long. At least, during the period of the siege of Lubeck, these ordinary iron skins will not be rusted. With the iron skin outside, and the enemy also lacking enough heavy artillery, it must not be so easy for the enemy to destroy the city gate ...

As for the serious lack of soldiers in the city, the Lübeck parliament has no choice but to mobilize among the citizens. In Lubeck, there are also many strong people. They are certainly not opponents of the regular army in face-to-face battles. But relying on the city wall, it can also take on some defensive work.

Also, although Lübeck City can't do it ~ www.novelhall.com ~ relies heavily on mercenaries. However, the navy is still very strong ...

There are thousands of young sailors on Lübeck ’s thousand ocean-going merchant ships ...

Therefore, the Parliament of Tagfacht and Lübeck finally decided to suspend any commercial ship ’s outing, and the young sailors on the ship must also go ashore, carry weapons, and assist the city of Lübeck ...

In this way, Lubeck can instantly increase thousands of young and strong. Moreover, many of these young men have fought in the war against Denmark, and can be regarded as half a sailor. It is also good to distribute weapons to them to defend the city.

However, this decision was strongly opposed by many shipowners. After all, it affected them to do business. However, the Speaker of the Congress of Tagfacht and the Lübeck Council believed that if the city of Lübeck was broken, the consequences would be terrible. After all, too much wealth has gathered in the city of Lübeck. Therefore, they would rather sacrifice some of the trade benefits in front of them, and also protect the security of Lübeck City. Compared with the safety of Lübeck City, that point of trade interest is insignificant at all ... even if a commercial breach of contract, Lübeck can afford to pay that amount of money .... () "The Rise of the Emperor" only represents the view of the author Taishang Lao Niu. If you find that its content violates national laws, please delete it. Your position is only to provide a healthy and green reading platform. 【】,thank you all!