King of German Mercenaries

"Before Emden raised the butcher's knife to the rebellious civilians, I was just a player of the hegemony game. But after I experienced this mental torment, I gradually grew from a player of the hegemony game to a cold-blooded player. The general and the deep ruler. What about the civilians? As long as they take up arms and fight with me, that is the enemy that needs to be eliminated. 'A general will die', maybe the thousands of citizens of Emden are just withered A small part of the bones."

——Excerpted from "Memoirs of Marin I, Overlord of Europe"

Marin climbed to the top of a three-story building and used binoculars to observe the battle in the city. He found that the other party had too many troops and people, and they came to the east to block his army. Because, along the way, Marin was the only army that entered the city.

Marin patted his head and suddenly understood. So, he found one of his company captains:

"Goering, you take your company, turn around and go back, then, along the corner, go to the north gate, open the north gate, and put Schwartz's second phalanx in. Then, tell Schwartz, after entering the city , send someone to the west and put in the third formation of Franzberg." Marin realized that his army was advancing too slowly, so he decided to let Schwartz in the north of the city bring people in. . So he called the company captain of the last company in the army.

"Will there not be enough people here? Sir, your safety is the most important thing."

"It's okay, the street is so narrow, and there are definitely enough people on my side. Come on, it's not the way to keep entangled with this group of citizens."

"Yes!"

Then, with his company, Goering broke away from the rear of the army and retreated to the foot of the city wall at the east gate. At the foot of the city wall, there is a road close to the city wall, a little wider than the street where Marin is located. This ring road in the city is to facilitate the transportation of ordnance when defending the city.

At this time, because Marin suddenly invaded the city, the defenders in the city had no time to mount the east wall for defense. And, that doesn't make sense anymore. Because the east gate has been broken. Many soldiers who were originally responsible for guarding the east wall simply ran from the alleys in the city to the front of the Marin army, blocking the advance of Marin's first phalanx and the Frisian cannon fodder.

Therefore, Goering's company received little resistance. Only when they reached the foot of the northern city wall were they attacked by the defenders on the city wall. Several soldiers were killed and injured on the spot by stones thrown from the city head. But Goering didn't stop at all, and with his men, he trotted all the way to the north gate.

The defenders at the top of the city panicked immediately, and they shouted:

"Protect the North Gate! Protect the North Gate! The enemy is attacking!"

But it was of no use,

Because, the total number of defenders in the city was only 1,400, including 1,000 straw hat swordsmen and 400 auxiliary soldiers. Those auxiliary soldiers are actually militiamen. Let them rely on the city wall to guard, and they can still fight. If it goes to the ground, it is not the opponent of the regular army at all.

Sure enough, when 100 auxiliary soldiers descended from the northern city wall, Goering's company rushed up without hesitation...

After a fierce fight, Goering's army quickly took control of the north gate and opened the city gate after paying dozens of casualties...

"How's the situation? Goering, is the baron okay?" Schwartz hurriedly asked as soon as he entered the city.

"Fortunately, the resistance in the city was too fierce. The people in the city seemed to have fallen into sorcery, desperately resisting the footsteps of adults. Moreover, the street was also very narrow, and the first phalanx could not advance quickly, and the advance speed was very fast. Slow. So, he sent me to meet you. In addition, your lord asked you to send a company to capture Ximen and put in the third party outside Ximen."

"Okay, no problem!" Schwartz quickly shot a company and went to Ximen. Then, he left some people to guard the city gate, and he took the main force of the army and marched along the street to the center of the city.

The road from the north gate to the palace is also relatively narrow. In the entire city of Emden, only the north-south avenue that leads from the palace to the south gate is very fast. So, Schwartz is not moving fast either.

However, it seems that the defenders and people in the city were attracted by Marin's army. So, the second phalanx encountered little resistance, with only a few civilians.

However, these civilians did not have the straw hat swordsmen in front, and their combat effectiveness was too weak, and they were cleaned up by the soldiers of the second phalanx in a few moments.

More than an hour later, the west gate was also opened, and Frenzberg's third-party formation also entered the city. At the same time, Frenzberg also sent someone to open the south gate...

At two o'clock in the afternoon, 500 soldiers also entered the South Gate. However, the fourth phalanx of the South Gate is very cautious. In order to prevent the enemy from escaping from the south gate, seize the pier. Therefore, the fourth phalanx at the South Gate retained most of the troops to guard the city gate and pier, and only sent 500 people into the city.

But thousands of troops suddenly flooded into the city, which also made the defenders in the city completely desperate. Originally, relying on the narrow streets, the defenders and people in the city could still resist Marin's first phalanx and cannon fodder vanguard. However, after the other three city gates were opened, the desperate resistance on East Street lost its meaning...

In the fierce battle, except for the trapped Marin, the other three troops quickly approached the palace of Emden...

"Quick, let the heavy armored swordsmen retreat into the palace and stay there!" In the palace, Edsard I hurriedly ordered the heavy armored swordsmen who were originally guarding outside the palace to retreat into the palace.

The palace in Emden is not a palace in the traditional sense, but a solid castle with strong defense capabilities. Therefore, if 500 heavy armored swordsmen entered the palace, they could definitely stay there for a long time.

As for the other 500 heavy armored swordsmen who were sent to resist Marin's first phalanx, they were already entangled with Marin's army, and they couldn't go back and could only give up. Moreover, these 500 people have already lost one hundred and dozens of people. Wearing heavy armor won't help after a few hits from Marin's musket troops. Although the street is small, Marin ordered the musketeers to climb the roof and shoot...

And the other three-way troops, after encircling the Emden Palace, sent their elites to East Street, together with the first phalanx, to double-team the defenders on the street...

By evening, most of the Frisian army on East Street had been wiped out. Then, the remaining 100 straw hat swordsmen were all captured.

However, for Emden Palace, Marin has nothing to do. This castle, much larger than his newspaper castle, was also more sturdy and luxurious.

Moreover, there are 500 straw hat swordsmen with good combat power. If it is a strong attack, there is no certainty at all...

In desperation, Marin could only leave half of his men to continue the siege. Others, began to control other areas in the city...

At this time, blood was splattered on the four main roads, and there was even a river of blood on East Main Street. Marin's victory was basically obtained from the bones of the Emden people. However, Marin has no regrets. Because, this is not his initiative to raise the butcher's knife. Those civilians who were killed were killed because they were armed against Marin's army, and they were not innocent.

In this fight against civilians, Marin's heart became colder and harder. He knows that, as a qualified commander, it is very taboo to show mercy to the enemy. Of course, in the face of those civilians who have not resisted, they can't be chaotic. Killing the resisting civilians is self-defense. And killing civilians who have not resisted, that is animal behavior...