Chapter 501： Waterway march plan

Although Frederick III wanted to form a coalition to fight, Marin obtained the opportunity to draw a line with the emperor and become independent, but Marin was not grateful to Frederick III and did not intend to let go of each other.

After all, if Marin had no money or enough military strength, maybe he was really killed by Frederick III this time. Therefore, in this war, Marin intends to let the electorate of Saxony make a good blood.

It is certain that the Brandenburg electorate has made a big blood. After all, the Brandenburg electorate has fallen into his own hands, and the Brandenburg army has basically been captured. Therefore, it is difficult for Brandenburg to not be pinned by Marin this time.

And the electorate of Saxony, because Frederick III ran away, did not have much bargaining chips in the hands of Marin, and he could not get too many benefits from Saxony.

But this is not a problem, because Marin intends to march into Wittenberg and seize John, the heir to the Elector of Saxony, Frederick III's brother, and John's children. The effect of seizing the other's heir is the same as seizing Frederick III himself. Because Frederick III had no descendants. Seizing John and his children is equivalent to seizing the next Elector of Saxony. By then, when negotiating, the bargaining chips will be enough.

This time, Marin intends to cut a big piece of meat from the electorate of Saxony anyway. Mainly, Frederick III's threat to himself was too great, and he must be taught an unforgettable lesson.

Moreover, Marin, who is familiar with history, knows that negotiations are useless just by playing tricks. In the end, the negotiating table depends on strength. The representatives of the powerful countries, even if they have a bad taste, can still gain the upper hand by relying on the sufficient power given by the powerful countries behind them. The representative of the weak country can't change the fact that the motherland is weak, no matter how sharp it is. The ability of the negotiator can only be used if the strength of the two parties is not too different. Of course, the strength of allies is also a part of strength.

In addition, Marin read the history of China and knew that during the Civil War, on the eve of the signing of the "Double Ten Agreement", neither side had stopped military operations. Because whoever has the upper hand on the battlefield is also more confident when negotiating.

Therefore, after solving the diplomatic problem, Marin must do the next thing to dispatch the army, break Wittenberg, and arrest John and his children to gain the initiative at the negotiating table.

To this end, Marin sent a spy to go to Wittenberg to monitor the members of the Wetting family to prevent them from fleeing. If John and others fled Wittenberg, then Marin will also change the combat objectives, with the primary goal of arresting John and others. After all, the importance of important members of the Wetting family, such as John, is a bit higher than that of Wittenberg.

Of course, Wittenberg is also to be captured. Because, as the capital of the rich electoral country of Saxony, Wittenberg's wealth is relatively objective. After breaking Wittenberg, Marin does not need to be ransacked throughout the city. As long as the treasury of Lower Saxony and the residences of the big nobles and big merchants are stolen, it will be enough to return the capital and there will be a lot of surplus.

After all, the Saxony region is the second largest commercial district of the Hanseatic League, and there are still a lot of taxes. The Saxony business district is different from the Wende business district. The Hanseatic city of the Wende business district has strong autonomy, and taxes are basically dominated by the Hanseatic city itself. The Hanseatic city of the Saxony business district, although nominally autonomous, was actually secretly controlled by the Saxony princes, and did not provide a large amount of taxation. Therefore, Saxony has always been one of the strongest princes in the German region. As long as the capital of Saxony's electorate, Wittenberg, is defeated, a large amount of gold and silver will surely be obtained. Although it is incomparable with the richest Hanseatic cities like Lubeck and Hamburg, it is certainly much richer than ordinary cities.

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Wittenberg is called "Lutherstadt-Wittenberg" in later generations, and Stadt means city in German. Lutherstadt means "City of Luther", and there are also translators who directly translate Lutherstadt into the city of Luther.

The reason why the "Luther City" was added in front of Wittenberg was because Martin Luther initiated it with the support of Frederick III during the Reformation in Wittenberg.

Ludzong's influence on Germany was extremely great. The electorate of Brandenburg, the later Prussian kingdom and the predecessor of the German Empire, was the hard-core Lutheran state. Therefore, in the case that Lutheran Prussia unified Germany, Martin Luther became a sage of Germany, and in a vote on German TV No. 2 next year, after the first German Prime Minister Ardener, became "The Greatest German" ranked second, ranking higher than Ma Beard.

Then, because he was too great, the original Wittenberg was directly changed by the Germans into "Luther City-Wittenberg" and became a holy place for Luther.

Of course, now that Martin Luther hasn't made his mark, Wittenberg is still called Wittenberg. This is a city located on the banks of the Elbe River, located in the middle reaches of the Elbe River. The Elbe River is very wide, and even if you reach the middle reaches of Wittenburg, you can still sail. Of course, only one or two hundred tons of medium-sized ships can walk here. The main reason is that sailing ships often need to move forward in a "Z" shape and require a wider water surface. Only machine-driven vessels, or paddle boats, can move straight ahead. Therefore, the later generations of Wittenberg can run thousands of tons of cargo ships, and in this era, only small or medium-sized sailboats of one or two hundred tons ...

"Running the boat ..." Marin's eyes suddenly brightened ...

Before, Marin had intended to let the army go by land. However, it is too much trouble to go by land. Food needs to be transported by trolley, and a large number of civilians and soldiers are required to follow the army, which is very inconvenient and very expensive.

However, if you take the waterway, it will be different. Because it doesn't require too many people to transport food and load, Marin can bring less people.

If Wan Dajun took the land route, it would be said that it would also bring nearly 20,000 civilians to transport food and load. If you take the waterway of the Elbe, there is no need to bring a lot of people, thousands of people can. Even, because there are sailors on board, you can make guest appearances.

Thinking of this ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin decided immediately-the army took the Elbe waterway and rushed to the capital of the electoral country of Saxony, Wittenberg. Then, land near Wittenberg, then surround Wittenberg, then break the city and capture John and other core members of the Wetting family ...

It's just that Marin doesn't have so many inland vessels. Therefore, he can only repeat the same trick-help Hamburg ...

The Elbe is the basic dish of Hamburg, and the Hansa merchants of Hamburg have a great say in this river, and also own many inland transportation vessels. Therefore, Marin wanted to march easily and had to resort to Hamburg, asking them to go out and help transport the army to Wittenberg.

Marin immediately wrote a letter to Hamburg Speaker Heisenberg, asking them to send enough ships and sailors to help transport the 10,000 troops, as well as a large amount of food, as well as artillery and ammunition.

Marin is not worried that the Hamburgers will refuse, because the Hamburgers also hope that Marin can win. Moreover, after breaking through the wealthy Wittenberg, Marin agreed to distribute to Lübeck and Hamburg. In this way, Hamburg is less likely to refuse ...

Then, Marin made various preparations, and pulled the army and the grain load to the port on the west coast, preparing for boarding. As soon as Hamburg's fleet arrives, it can be pulled directly onto the ship and headed towards Wittenberg ...