Chapter 505： Propaganda war

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After surrounding Wittenberg, the first thing Marin did was to recruit the spies who had been sent to monitor Wittenberg, and asked if Frederick III's younger brother John and his children had fled Wittenberg.

As a result, Marin was very satisfied. John probably believed too much in the political skills of his brother Frederick III, so John did not run away, nor did his children run away. Of course, John now has only one son, John Frederick, who is only two years old, and it is difficult to run. Such a young child, Saddle Horse, is probably dead.

Moreover, Frederick III left Wittenberg, and Wittenberg also needed to keep people in town. John used to play such a role before-his brother Frederick III went out for activities, but he himself stayed at home. In fact, he may not be able to do anything. However, if he sits there like a Buddha, he can give people a sense of security that "the country has a master". To a certain extent, John is the mascot of the electoral state of Saxony ...

According to intelligence, because Saxony's main force was captured by Marin, now in Wittenberg, there are only three thousand regular army infantry and eight thousand militia recruited from various places, and the combat effectiveness is not strong.

However, because of the strong financial strength of the electorate of Saxony, the wall of Wittenberg was also built to be tall and strong. There are 3,000 regular troops and 8,000 militiamen stationed, and if Marin attacks, it will be difficult to get them in a short time.

But Marin was not in a hurry to attack, because many soldiers were uncomfortable after the officers and men took a boat for a few days. In particular, many German mercenaries were seasick and vomited.

Fortunately, Marin prepared a lot of **** and cut it into **** slices to keep those seasick soldiers in his mouth to ease his discomfort.

Speaking of that, the 10,000 English mercenaries deservedly came from the nautical country, and there was basically no seasickness. Among the German mercenaries, only the Frisians have no seasickness. Many of the soldiers from the southern mountains were seasick. There are also few seasickness soldiers in Alsace. Because the Alsace region is located on the banks of the Rhine, many people have also taken boats on the Rhine, and are more suitable for inland navigation.

Fortunately, Marin had already prepared and shipped a large amount of **** from China. Now, Grenada produces **** and ships **** domestically. Precisely, before Marin's expedition, Grenada transported another ship of **** back and was directly used as war material for expropriation.

Looking at a lot of German veterans from the southern mountains that spit out, Marin can only rest for a few days before they can let them fight.

However, the soldiers rested, but Marin did not. Frederick III still bewitches those princes in Worms, so Marin decided to send someone to Worms to publicly despise and ridicule Frederick III, and accused him of coaxing the princes to help him fight personally. .

Of course, Frederick III was not the end. Marin ’s real purpose was to reveal to the princes Frederick III ’s ugly face that he wanted to use everyone to help himself fight.

However, Marin thought that those princes may not be willing to see the representatives they sent. If you want to create a sensational effect, you must advertise it.

Therefore, Marin thought of a very simple method of publicity-posting notices and distributing flyers ...

As long as signs are posted everywhere in the city of Worms, exposing Frederick III ’s ugly face, then it will not take long to spread throughout the city. Even if those nobles did not go to the posted notices themselves, their followers were literate. You can also see what was written on the notices. Only the notice, I will definitely go back and tell my master ...

In addition, Marin was also prepared to see the notice, and Frederick III sent someone to tear off the notice. Therefore, Marin intends to send three hundred cavalry to Worms, protect the notice, and even clash with the Saxons.

The distribution of leaflets is to prevent people from seeing the notice after it has been torn off. After all, there are many nobles who have made good relations with Frederick III. The 300 cavalry might be able to block the men Frederick III brought, but it was difficult to block the sum of the soldiers of Frederick III and his friends.

Therefore, the distribution of leaflets is a supplementary method when the notice is torn off. Marin intends to print tens of thousands of copies so that his men will see them when they are dressed up.

This year, paper is very valuable. In addition to Marin owning the papermaking base on Cape Breton Island and the low papermaking cost, the paper price in other countries is very high. Sending such a large piece of paper to the other party is equivalent to giving money ... otherwise, the blank on the reverse side of the leaflet can be used for writing and painting ...

As for the Archbishop of Mainz, the owner of Worms, would he allow posters and leaflets to be posted in the city of Worms? This is too easy. As long as Marin sent someone to see Archbishop Mainz, he revealed to him the relationship with the Pope. Of course, Marlin will not be told that this is the secret of the Pope's son-in-law, only those who can speak.

Religious princes are different from those secular princes. Secular princes may play a role and may ignore the Holy See. But religious princes are different, as long as they annoy the pope, a punishment can make religious princes die.

Absolute punishment means expelling a member of the church. If you are expelled from the church, can you stay in the position of archbishop? The other bishops of the bishoprics will deliberately turn you over. This is why those religious princes chose to wait and see, rather than join the anti-Marin coalition.

Of course, Marin will not let the Archbishop of Mainz freely approve. It happened that Kohler was in Worms and was busy bribing the worldly princes. Marin decided to let Coller take out 20,000 gold coins and send them to the Archbishop of Mainz. Anyway, the 400,000 gold coins of Lübeck and Hamburg have already been delivered, and Kohler is not short of money now.

Even in this propaganda war, Marin also planned to let Kohler take the lead role. Because, Marin has no other suitable candidates for the time being.

Mikel, Jeffrey, Heidel and others are suitable for this position, but they are all civil servants, and it takes a long carriage to reach Worms. At the moment, Marin is surrounded by generals and is not suitable for this job. However, this matter is relatively urgent, and can't wait for those civilians to rush to Worms.

So ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Koller, who is now in Worms, has become the most suitable candidate. After all, Kohler is also a literary minister, at least more capable than those generals. Moreover, Kohler had the title of a baron, to visit those princes, so that they would not be seen all over, or even rejected.

Moreover, Kohler is currently bribing those princes. Therefore, it would be better for Kohler to promote the sinister intentions of Frederick III to use his help to achieve his personal purpose while bribing.

Then, as long as Archbishop Mainz agreed, posting notices and distributing leaflets, Kohler could do it with the cavalry. In addition, he can also pay to hire local gangsters to do this. As long as money is given, and with the acquiescence of the ruler Archbishop of Mainz, more people are willing to distribute leaflets ...

I believe that after the wave of notices and leaflet distribution, many princes will wake up and are unwilling to be the pawns of Frederick III. Only the true brothers of Frederick III will continue to follow Frederick III. However, these people are not climate-friendly, and Marin doesn't take it seriously. As long as they dare to come, Marin has full confidence to play them out. What Marin wanted was the princes who were not the iron brothers of Frederick III, so that they would not be blinded by Frederick III. And these people account for most of the secular princes. If they don't come, Marin won't be beaten by groups ...