Chapter 1357： Easily break the iron door

Saxony-The Principality of Fort Launce is called the Principality. In fact, it only has an area of ​​more than 1200 square kilometers, which is only equivalent to a county in later generations. Compared with the Grand Duchy, which is often thousands of square kilometers or even tens of thousands of square kilometers, the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg is really weak. Therefore, in the princely courts of the Holy Roman Empire, the Principality of Saxony-Fort Laurn also has no say, just like the general berth.

However, even if it wants to expand, it is not so easy. Because, Saxony-the Principality of Fort Launce is the Principality of Holstein in the north, Hamburg in the northwest, Brunswick on the other side of the river-Principality of Lüneburg ... No matter which one it is, it is not an existence it can afford. . Even if the land area of ​​Hanseatic City in Hamburg is not as big as the Principality of Saxony-Fort Laurn, but people have more financial resources. In this era of mercenary rampage, the strength of the Principality of Pisaxen-Fort Launce is much stronger.

Coincidentally, this turmoil in the North Sea country allowed the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg on the other side of the river to see the opportunity for expansion-southeast of Bremen Province, and the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg was separated by only one Elbe. As long as the coalition forces can defeat the North Sea State, they will have the opportunity to acquire part of the land in Bremen ...

But it is a pity that the coalition army was defeated, the dream of expansion of the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg also ended, and Marin also led troops to the door ...

In fact, Brunswick, the capital of the Principality of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, is not far from the capital of the principality of Saxony-Lauenburg, just across the Elbe River, and then arrives more than ten kilometers southwest.

However, Marin chose to go to the east bank of the Elbe River first, to settle the capital of Saxony-Fort Laurn, the capital of the Duchy of Saxony-Fort Launce.

Why? Because Marin was worried about attacking Lüneburg first, the people of the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg, especially members of the royal family, would be scared to leave the city and flee to exile. In this way, it is very troublesome.

Therefore, Marin chose to lay siege to Fort Lauen first, and arrested the family of Magnus I, Duke of Saxony-Fort Launce, to prevent them from exile.

As for the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg, will he leave the city and escape after learning that his army is going south? Marin is not worried. Because the city of Lüneburg is much taller and sturdier than the city of Fort Raun, and the heavy iron gate was replaced, so I am not afraid of blasting with gunpowder barrels. Therefore, the Werff family will not easily give up the city of Lüneburg.

Moreover, Lüneburg is a famous salt-producing place in Germany, and it is the salt city of Germany. At the beginning, the reason why the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg on the other side of the river built the Strxnitz Canal from Fort Lauen to Lübeck was to facilitate the transportation of the mineral salts of Lüneburg to Lübeck in the Baltic region It is then sold to Poland and Lithuania, where salt prices are high.

It can be said that, sitting in the salt mine of Lüneburg, the Werff family will not worry about eating and drinking. If it is not a last resort, they will never give up Lüneburg, a city of salt mines that produces "white gold"-table salt.

Therefore, Marin simply sent someone to siege the small town of Fort Raun on the east bank of the Elbe, so as not to run away the family of Magnus I.

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When Marin led a 30,000 army to encircle the small Fort Lauder, the left-behind soldiers and civilians of the Principality of Saxony-Fort Laurn in the city were scared ...

Magnus I brought more than 3,000 soldiers and horses out of the city, and stayed in the city of Fort Launce, but seven or eight hundred old and weak and sick, plus two or three thousand people. There is no resistance to Marin's 30,000 troops.

Moreover, because of the general financial resources, none of Fort Launce ’s city gates were changed to the big iron gate, or the most common oak city gate.

What should I do when facing the Oak City Gate? Of course I used gasoline ...

Marin directly let people carry a blend of gasoline, splashed on the woodpile piled under the gate in advance, and then ignited ...

After the fire was extinguished, the west gate of Fort Laurn was directly burned and collapsed. Marin sent another demolition hand to explode the debris pile behind the door ...

Seeing the city gate fall, and Marin ’s tens of thousands of troops are about to swarm in, Mrs. Catherine, wife of Magnus I, who knows she ca n’t resist, holding his 2-year-old son, Prince Francis, and crying with a left-over minister Come out and surrender ...

It should be pointed out that the wife of Magnus I, Mrs. Catherine, was the daughter of Henry of Duke of Wolfenbüt, Braunschweig. Otherwise, the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg will not easily respond to the call of Henry, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbiter, to deal with the North Sea State together. Even with ambitions for the North Sea's state-owned territories, Magnus I had little confidence, and he had been hesitant. It can be said that this time he was considered to be pitted by the old man ...

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After catching Magnus I's wife and children, Marin's goal was basically achieved. As for the two brothers Eric and John of Magnus I, they were not in Fort Launce. Because, both of them are church clergymen, and they are bishops in other places. Marin did not want to arrest them. After all, they were all monks and would not have inheritance rights, which would basically not affect Marin's rule over the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg.

Furthermore, Marin did not intend to kill Magnus I and his son, but would only monitor their residence, similar to the ban on the Ming dynasty (defining the scope of activities) after the Manchus. As long as their father and son do not die, his brothers will not be able to inherit the title of Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg and fight Marin.

Obtained Fort Lauen, and after catching the people who wanted to catch, Marin only left a few hundred garrisons, and then directly took the soldiers to cross the river and went straight to the Principality of Brunswick, Brunswick across the river. As for the rest of the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg outside of Fort Launce, Marin was not in a hurry to occupy it. For him, seizing members of the country ’s ruling family is more important than occupying the territory ...

After crossing the river, Marin's 30,000 army marched for more than ten kilometers, and then surrounded Brunswick, the capital of Lüneburg, the principality of Lüneburg.

However, Prince Otto, son of Henry, Duke of Lüneburg, Brunswick in the city, was not too worried. His mother, Margaret of Saxony, had already sent people to Switzerland to find his uncle Saxony, Frederick III, and asked for help.

17-year-old prince Otto believes-as long as his uncle Frederick III, who is the leader of the German princes, came forward, Marin had to give a face. Of course, the premise is that he can persist until his uncle comes from Switzerland.

However, Prince Otto is not worried about this. Because there are four thousand regular troops in Lüneburg. In addition, more than 7,000 people with certain training experience were called up to help defend the city together.

The walls of Europe are much stronger than the walls of ancient China. Because most of them used stone castles. Unlike ancient China, many cities are made of bricks, and the two are not as strong.

In addition, the four heavy iron gates also gave Prince Otto enough confidence. As long as he did not easily allow the army of the North Sea to attack the city wall, he was confident that he could insist on the uncle Frederick III coming to the rescue ...

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However, Prince Otto thought it was too simple ...

"Shang Wangshui!" Seeing the sturdy and thick iron gate, Marin had no pressure.

Then, a cart loaded with royal water was carefully pushed over ...

The royal water is a super potion that can corrode gold and silver and can only be filled in glass bottles. But the glass bottle is fragile, so the person who transports the aqua regia must also be careful to avoid accidents ...

After the king water was in place, the soldier responsible for using the king water put on a gas mask, holding a few bottles of king water, got into a metal wagon, and rushed to the city gate ...

This kind of metal car was actually modified by Yu Dayou's chariot. That is, a metal roof is added to the wheelbarrow to guard against the impact of bows and arrows and stones on the city head. Of course ~ www.novelhall.com ~ This kind of metal shed roof is much stronger than ordinary metal sheds, it can resist the stone hitting, so as not to hurt the soldiers who use the royal water ...

Under the protection of a wheelbarrow mounted with a metal roof, the soldiers using the royal water successfully arrived in front of the city gate, and then began to corrode the city gate with the royal water ...

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Because of prior information, the soldiers directly poured Wang Shui onto the iron gate of a predetermined height. Under his careful control, it took only a few hours for Wang Shui to corrode the location of the latch of the large iron gate at the east gate of Lüneburg.

What surprised the soldiers responsible for the corrosion of the iron gate was that after the corrosion of the latch of the large iron gate at the east gate of Lüneburg, the city gate was pushed open directly ...

It turned out that Prince Otto was confident that the big iron gate could withstand the bombardment and impact, so he did not accumulate debris such as logs and masonry in the gate hole behind the gate. After corroding the latch, the soldiers using the royal water easily pushed open the east gate of Lüneburg ...

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