Chapter 425： Confrontation and waiting

A few days later, until all the active shooting sheds were completed, 50,000 Bossa coalition forces, including 30,000 civilians and a large number of grain and grass supplies, came too late ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Pavilion WWW. ΩkanΩshuge. la

These days have been rainy and rainy, so in the era when there was no road, the Bossa Allied Forces who took the dirt road suffered. Fortunately, the distance is not very far, and there is only one Principality of Mecklenburg. Otherwise, this army must be exhausted.

"I heard that Marin's army is good at using matchlocks?" Asked the elector of the Brandenburg Houchokimu I.

Elector Frederick III of Saxony nodded and smiled:

"Haha, although the march is uncomfortable these days. But on this rainy day, I think, the East Frisian musketeers on the city wall must not be able to use muskets? Without muskets, I see how they defend."

"Yeah yeah, on a rainy day, their muskets can't be used, and our bows and arrows are still barely usable, and we dominate!" Jokim I said with satisfaction. Although it has an effect on the bow and arrow on a rainy day, it is at least much stronger than the matchlock.

However, as the army arrived under the city of Lübeck, Frederick III and Joachim I were a little dumbfounded-what are those small wooden sheds on the city wall?

Then, a team of infantry was sent to carry the ladder to make a siege gesture ... Then, they understood what the small wooden sheds are for ...

"Pap Pap Pap--" A burst of gun-like gunfire came out of the wooden shed, frightening the coalition forces ...

"I x! Is there such an operation?" Joakim I couldn't help but swear ...

The moment before, he and Frederick III were fortunate that it was not possible to use the matchlock gun on a rainy day. How long is this? Slap came ...

Frederick III was also stunned-especially, the old man was also beaten ...

However, Xiao Zhuge is Xiao Zhuge. After thinking about it, Zhuge Trey said:

"It's okay, we won't attack today. When the rain stops, burn those small wooden sheds with rockets! Later, when it's raining, their firearms will be abandoned!"

Joachim I nodded, then looked at the thousands of small wooden sheds on the city's head angrily.

As it happened, the army struggled for a few days in the muddy rainy day, and then took a rest first. However, Zhuge Treite specifically instructed-must do a good job in the prevention of night raids.

Because, the grandson opposite Marin is the best at night attack ... At that time, King Charles VIII of France all ate this grandson's huge losses ...

At night, Sauer and his scouts used a telescope on the city's head to conduct a night of reconnaissance, and then issued an admiration:

"The opponent's defense is very tight at night. At least a few thousand people are on the night. He also brought a dog. With such a defense, the night attack is difficult to succeed!"

Subsequently, Sauer reported to Marin. Marin was undeniable. He had long known the difficulties of Frederick III. If you didn't accidentally get information from Venice, you might have been deceived by the other party. In addition, Marin was surprised if he started his own night attack, and the opponent was not tightly guarded in the middle of the night. Maybe it's a trap.

The third day after the coalition arrived, the rain finally stopped. Early in the morning, Joachim I took the archers of the electorate of Brandenburg and the barrels of oil and spirits, and intended to bring a firewood shed to Marin. It's a pity that when the thousands of archers of the coalition army arrived under the city wall, they were surprised to find that those wooden sheds were gone ...

Of course it's gone. After discovering that the rain had stopped, before breakfast, Marin arranged for the men to lift the wooden shed off the city wall ...

"There is such an operation?" Joakim I stunned again ...

Frederick III sighed, but also admired Marin's cunning. Then he ordered the archers to throw a few waves at the head of the city. However, when their archers shot, the musketeers all shrunk their heads next to the battlement, and the shot arrows could not hurt them.

When the coalition infantry once again launched a tentative attack, these musketeers showed up and opened fire on the infantry, causing considerable casualties to the coalition.

Jokim I was not reconciled, so he ordered the soldiers to dismantle the gate of the nearby dwelling and let the soldiers carry the gate forward to resist the bullets on the city head.

Unfortunately, this trick uses the wrong place. If the defending army uses bows and arrows, carrying a wooden door can indeed resist. But Marlin ’s musketeers used the Musquete muskets with a projectile weight of 50 grams. They were so powerful that they could n’t stop the plate armor, and the wooden door could n’t stop it ...

After many offensive frustrations, the coalition finally stopped ...

"Shut up for now, let's wait for the Danish army to come together!"

"Can the fighting strength of the Danish army be stronger than us?" Joakim retorted dissatisfiedly.

"It's not as strong as us, but it can be used to consume Marin's ammunition! 20,000 people can't consume Marlin's ammunition!" Frederick III said cruelly.

"This ... isn't that good ..." Joakim said hesitantly.

"What's wrong? We are fighting for Denmark this time. Should we still use our people to die?"

Joakim thought about it, really. They helped Denmark this time. Although they had a relationship with their in-laws, in fact, it was also for the purpose of looting Lübeck and Hamburg, not for Denmark.

When they reach their status, few emotions are used. Generally speaking, the national interest comes first. Even if the Danish King Hans is his ancestor, if it was not for the elector of Saxony, Frederick III, told him that he could rob the rich and oily Lubeck and Hamburg, he would not be willing So vigorous. At most, it ’s great to give a few thousand reinforcements to Denmark, just like Frederick III treated his cousin Duke George.

In fact, Frederick III also had an ambition in his mind-that is, to destroy the two main leaders of the Hanseatic League of Lübeck and Hamburg.

Then, when Lübeck and Hamburg were finished, Frederick III wanted to take the opportunity to let the Hansa merchants of the Saxony business district stand out and become the leader of the Hanseatic League.

The Hansa merchants in the Saxony business district were privately influenced and partly controlled by Frederick III. In this way, it is tantamount to that the electorate of Saxony secretly controlled the Hanseatic League with huge economic power. In the future, it is not impossible for Saxony to be the boss of Germany ...

After all, the Saxony business district is the second largest business district in the Hanseatic League after the Wende business district where Lübeck and Hamburg are located.

If Lübeck and Hamburg were destroyed by the coalition forces, then as the second largest business district, the Saxony business district could easily take over the flags of Lübeck and Hamburg and become the new leader of the Hanseatic League. As the real boss of the Saxony region, Frederick III will fully influence and control the German region politically and economically ...

Although, Frederick III did not intend to be the emperor of Shinra. However, Frederick III, known as Zhugeterie, likes to secretly control Germany, and is a wise character who likes to be behind the scenes.

In fact, he did not intend to be the emperor of Shinra, mainly because he was not married and had no offspring. Even when he became an emperor, he didn't make much headway. All he did was to pave the way for his younger brother John to take over the electorate of Saxony in the future.

Therefore, in this war, Frederick was more concerned about how to strengthen the strength of the electorate of Saxony, rather than trying to help the Danes desperately.

As for the Danes fighting for the 20,000 troops? Frederick III thought it was nothing. Because the 20,000 army is a new army recruited from the people, not the main force of the Danish royal court. So, even if it's wasted, it's nothing.

Besides, although some troops were lost ~ www.novelhall.com ~ but as long as the coalition forces win, all the losses that Denmark lost will be recovered, which is not too bad. After all, it was two principalities. Moreover, the capital of Denmark, there is still the main force of more than 10,000 troops, does not affect national security.

And Saxony and Brandenburg will take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune, grab the wealth of Lübeck and Hamburg, and strengthen themselves ...

Based on this plan, Frederick III decided to suspend the offensive against Lübeck and instead only siege.

Then, Frederick III placed a heavy soldier in the north of Lübeck, waiting for the intelligence to "come from the Principality of Schleswig to support Lübeck's 8,000 army" and intend to destroy this army. Counting this, this is also a "surrounding aid."

Without the support of the city walls, Frederick III did not believe that the eight thousand reinforcements had fought a powerful coalition ...

In this way, outside the city of Lübeck, attacking and defending the two sides, fell into a situation of confrontation and waiting ...

However, Frederick III and Joachim I were waiting for the "eight thousand reinforcements from the Principality of Schleswig" and the Danish army, and Marin was waiting for Schleswig after the elimination of the Danish army. The main force of the Principality and the 10,000 English mercenaries in Saqqara ...