Marin, far away from Copenhagen, did not realize that he had been pitted by the old fox, Frederick III. Because it was judged that Saxony could no longer find an army, Marin relaxed his focus on the South.
Also, this year's Saxony system is unfavourable. Needless to say, the Principality of Saxony lost to the Principality of Geddes, and a large number of prisoners of war are still being held in West Friesland.
As a family ruler of Saxony, the situation was pretty good. However, since the defeat of Lübeck and the loss of most of the army, the two great powers of Saxony are all over.
At this time, Frederick III just wanted to summon the entire Saxon nobility to send troops, don't think about it. Because the fighting power of the Saxony nobility is basically lost to West Friesland and Lübeck.
Besides, even if Frederick III could gather thousands of soldiers, he would never dare to go north. Even 50,000 strong soldiers are finished, what can thousands of second-line troops do? Dare to come, just a pan ...
Under the premise of such judgment, Marin relaxed. Anyway, Copenhagen is short of food. Marin now has no particularly good way to quickly break the city. Therefore, the siege became the best choice.
So, in the following days, after Marin asked the army to encircle Copenhagen, he would not care much. As for the sea, the fleets of Lübeck and Hamburg, as well as the 10 warships led by Kidd, will definitely not allow anyone in Copenhagen to flee or have supplies brought in.
Due to insufficient gunpowder reserves, Marin now does not allow warships to fire. Unless, encounter Danish ships. After all, the caliber of the naval gun on the battleship is too large, and if the salvo is fired, the gunpowder consumption will be extremely alarming.
Therefore, now Marin only allows army artillery, and randomly shoots a few guns into the city of Copenhagen every day, which can be regarded as creating psychological pressure on the other party.
When everything is fine, Marin goes to the beach and grabs some oysters to cook oyster sauce as a side dish ...
Marin relaxed, and his soldiers naturally relaxed. Of course, the rotating soldiers are still very vigilant, and will not give the Danish army a chance to sneak out of the city.
In this barracks, you can relax and get together when the soldiers are fine. In addition to eating, drinking, and bragging ...
Among them, mainly veterans bragging against recruits and bragging about the great achievements of the year. After all, the East Frisian army is an army of great merit, and the veterans do have a lot of merit to show.
As for the recruits ... well, it is mainly those less than 10,000 English mercenaries and 10,000 militia. They have nothing to brag about, and they dare not make it in front of the veterans. They can only sit there and listen to veterans bragging.
Of course, the mercenaries in England mainly listened to bragging of Frisian veterans in the army. After all, Frisian is common to English in this era. The 10,000 militias, mainly Germans, naturally stop the German veterans to brag ...
"In those days, when I was a serf at home, I couldn't eat enough. Because of the large amount of food and the manor's surplus labor, the manor drove me out." Veteran Jia brags to a group of recruits leisurely Road.
"Later?" The recruits were also very face-saving, without waiting for the veterans to cushion themselves, and asked directly.
"Later ... I will go to the city to find short-term workers ... Unfortunately, short-term workers in the city are not easy to find. Because, we are poor, there are many men who come out to work short-term ... coincidentally, I saw the number one under the Duke Admiral Schwartz went to our Württemberg to recruit new recruits. I thought that being a soldier would at least be able to eat enough food, otherwise, I would n’t find anything to do, maybe I would starve to death. Selected ... "
These militiamen did not pass the selection of regular soldiers, so naturally these are not clear. Marin did not train them as front-line troops. So, naturally curious. So, someone asked:
"Brother, may I ask how the regular army soldiers are selected? We are militiamen and have not participated in it. Moreover, Lord Duke said that because we have not been selected, we are considered second-line troops and can only defend the city and assist the attack, and cannot fight alone. ... "
Veteran Jia said solemnly after thinking about it;
"This is something that most people don't know very well, but I happen to know a little bit. Because, I accidentally mentioned it when Master Schwartz chatted with people ..."
"Oh? What is that?" Everyone's appetite was suspended, mainly the militia.
"A meal!" Veteran Jia had sold Guanzi and refused to speak directly.
However, drinking alcohol during the war in the barracks is forbidden and can only be honored when the war is over.
"Let's say, our brothers gathered money to buy you a pot of wine!" Several militiamen discussed it and agreed to the extortion of veteran armor. Because they also want to be regular soldiers. The regular army has better treatment. Moreover, if you become an officer, you can still get rid of the serf status. Naturally, it is very attractive to those who are usually serf and war militia.
"You can't be fooled!"
"You are indispensable!" Several militiamen responded. Buying a pot of wine for veteran armor alone may be a bit of a struggle. If several people join together to make money, it will be nothing.
"Okay, let me tell you. When the regular army was selected at that time, it was played with wooden sticks. That is to simulate the appearance of piercing with a spear ..."
"You won the competition? So you became a regular army?" The militia asked curiously.
Veteran Armor said calmly:
"No, I lost, but I passed the selection and the one who won was eliminated ..."
"Why?" The militia puzzled. According to normal thinking, won't the winner pass the selection, the loser eliminated ...
"This is also a feature of our army's selection of soldiers-don't look at martial arts, look at courage!"
"What do you mean?" The militia puzzled.
"Well, I heard Master Schwartz say that because I was defeated, I did not fear injury and still fought bravely. And the eliminated winner, in the face of my desperate attack, left and right, Fear of injury ... Lord Schwartz said-our army wants a brave man who is not afraid of death, not a strong cub ... "
"His old man also said-on the battlefield, what is needed is not high martial arts, because no matter how high the martial arts are, they can't stand the group fights. Only the ruthless people who are not afraid of injury or death can survive. Of course, this person has to listen to the command ..."
"Oh--" The militia exclaimed. They finally understood why the militia was a militia and the regular army was a regular army. Feelings, the regular army are heroes who are not afraid of death ...
...
What is said here is normal, and Veteran Armor is still very honest.
Not far away, to a group of Frisian veterans bragging about a group of English mercenaries-veteran B, I said something restrictive ...
"Let me tell you, my lady-in-law, called Martha ... Is the name ordinary? Isn't the body unusual? That figure ... that pair of **** in front of my chest ... I see this pair of **** every time I go home and I immediately Can't stand birds ... "
With the in-depth description of Veteran B, the surrounding English mercenaries and recruits were all fascinated, and they blushed and accelerated ...
You know, this group of people was also selected by Saqqara from a large group of English refugees. They also do not have strong martial arts, only the unyielding and courageous of Wu Shi. More importantly-even in England, they are poor. Even if there is no famine, they will not be able to eat enough. So, one bad life, just a desperate job as a soldier ...
Even if that man-made famine did not occur, these poor English ghosts could not marry their wives. Those with wives are generally reluctant to be soldiers. In Newcastle, most of those who joined the army were bachelor young men. Most of them have joined the ranks of coal miners, and some have become miners. Although it is also dangerous, it is much safer than being a mercenary, and you can go home every day with your family ...
Therefore, most of the mercenaries in England who listen to the bragging of veterans are bachelor youths from poor families. And the younger men who don't have wives, the more they pay attention to things between men and women. On the contrary, those who have married their wives for many years, but do n’t care about it ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Because, their own wives all vomited ... No matter how beautiful their wives, every day, they will feel boring ... Therefore, many men and their wives are beautiful, but they find a relatively ugly lover ...
The small bachelors in England are clearly in a state of craving and desperation. Holding the bragging veteran of Veteran B, they listened intoxicated ...
Finally, the veteran God mysteriously told the little bachelors in England:
"Actually, I have never been able to marry a daughter-in-law before. But, after the last defeat of Denmark, we asked Master Marin to allow us to take my daughter-in-law back. So, I grabbed a beautiful Danish girl with a good figure-also It ’s my family ... "
"What?" The English recruits were shocked-the daughter-in-law can still be robbed?
"Daidi, since we defeated Denmark last time, those of our veterans who did n’t have a wife, all snatched their wives. The Danish girls in the water are all unmarried and of good looks ... after all, they are selected by themselves. of……"
The English recruits are all greeted:
"We also want a Danish girl with a good figure, and we also want to grab a wife!"
After the noise, a group of English bachelors went to Marin to petition ...