The Rise of the European Emperor

In the northern part of the Bishopric of Münster, there was no decent city in the entire western half, until the army turned east and found a city - Cloppenburg.

The city is located in the northern part of the Bishopric of Münster near the border of the Earl of Oldenburg. At the beginning, Oldenburg relied on the support of Denmark, and seeing the lack of management in the north of the Bishopric of Münster, they had the idea of ​​secretly encroaching on the northern territory of the Bishopric of Münster. As a result, it angered the Bishopric of Münster.

In 1483, when King Hans of Denmark had just ascended the throne, he was busy conquering Norway and Sweden. At that time, the counties of East Friesland (the Serksner family) and the Bishopric of Münster once organized a coalition. Besieged the Earl of Oldenburg and forced Gerhard, then Earl of Oldenburg, to abdicate. And the city of Cloppenburg was originally just a small town. Only, in order to prevent the encroachment of the Earl of Oldenburg, it was built and became the military and political center of the North Münster region.

Here, 1,000 of the 5,000 standing troops of the Bishopric of Münster are stationed here...

When Marin's army arrived at Cloppenburg, it was a coincidence. why? Because this day is Sunday, and it is morning. By convention, most believers go to church to pray.

As a religious country, the Bishopric of Münster has made the habit of praying more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When the Marin vanguard cavalry arrived in Cloppenburg, most of the thousands of Cloppenburg garrison went to church for worship...

At the gate of the city, only a few guards were left. Moreover, under the combined force of Sauer's 500 scout cavalry and 800 black knights, no one could bring the battle report to Cloppenburg. So, out of luck for Cloppenburg, who was busy with church...

After stopping the army where the enemy could not see, Marin asked a group of soldiers to take off their uniforms and disguise themselves as ordinary people. At the same time, a batch of carriages full of grain was brought to the front...

While the enemy still didn't know the news, Marin ordered a group of soldiers to dress up as caravans and bring a dozen carriages to the west gate of Cloppenburg...

Seeing a large caravan approaching, the guards at the gate immediately became excited. Because, the time has come for them to extort...

Marin's subordinates who passed the customs also paid a lot of city gate tax, but just as the carriage entered the city gate cave, a carriage suddenly broke down and blocked the city gate...

In fact, the carriage was broken on purpose. And it was broken in the city gate hole, that is, the city gate could not be closed on purpose...

At this time, Marin, who saw this situation in the telescope, immediately asked the soldiers of the brigade to start galloping towards the city gate from a few kilometers away...

When the sound of hooves reached the city gate,

The dozens of old soldiers guarding the city gate immediately felt that something was wrong, and they shouted anxiously:

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Then, the group of old soldiers wanted to push the carriages that blocked the door together, and then closed the city gate.

It's a pity that those "businessmen" who honestly paid the entry tax just now suddenly pulled out their swords from under the carriage...

When the cavalry of the brigade rushed over, everything was too late...

After taking control of the west gate of Cloppenburg, the soldiers quickly moved the carriage that was in the way, and let the large army rush into the city, heading straight for the barracks in the city...

It turned out that, according to the confession of the prisoners, when the soldiers in the city went to worship, they generally did not bring weapons, but placed them in the barracks.

When Marin's cavalry arrived at the barracks, some soldiers had already returned to the barracks to get their weapons. But the leader of the cavalry, Werner, did not care about the small number of soldiers who broke into the barracks, but blocked the gate of the barracks, preventing those Münster soldiers returning from the church from entering the barracks to obtain weapons.

The Münster soldiers without weapons could not beat the cavalry blocking the entrance of the barracks at all, and the few Münster soldiers who rushed into the barracks did not dare to go out and attack the cavalry at the gate.

When the tens of thousands of main forces that Werner supported to Marin rushed over, the soldiers in the city chose to surrender according to the situation. A priest in charge of the local area also wisely chose to cooperate after seeing the Pope's decree presented by Marin. Because resistance is pointless and will not succeed.

After leaving 1,000 soldiers and horses to continue to garrison the city, Marin continued to lead the army south and headed for the Bishopric of Osnabrück...

The distance from Cloppenburg to Osnabrück is about 80 kilometers. Marin's army carried luggage, although the marching efficiency was already very high, but it could only march 40 kilometers per day.

Two days later, Marin's army appeared under the city of Osnabrück. This time, however, Marin didn't have the luck he had in Cloppenburg. Because the defenders of Osnabrück are already prepared...

The reason for this is that when Marin's army was attacking Cloppenburg from west to east from North Münster, some people in the western region of North Münster took advantage of the scout cavalry and black knights that Marin used to intercept the messenger. They all went east, and rode to Osnabrück to report.

After receiving the letter, the bishops in Osnabrück were very nervous. On the one hand, they strengthened their defenses, and on the other hand, they appealed to Bishop Conrad, who was far away in the city of Münster, and asked for instructions on what to do.

However, there were only 800 mercenaries in Osnabrück. Even if the whole city is mobilized and 1,200 strong people are added, there are only 2,000 people. Before the people who went out of the city to recruit the strong people came back, Marin's army of 11,000 surrounded the city of Osnabrück.

Looking at the 10,000-strong army outside the city, Henry, the assistant bishop in charge of managing Osnabrück, was a little weak in fright. You know, there are thousands and thousands of people. Marin originally had an army of 11,000 people, plus 10,000 people, it seemed really boundless. Moreover, the East Frisian army was refreshed and neatly lined up. With the number of people over 10,000, in the eyes of the Osnabrück people at the top of the city, it is too terrifying.

However, Marin did not come to war, but to take over the turf. Therefore, it is best not to fight that.

Therefore, after the army besieged the city, Marin sent people to shout loudly into the city with earth horns and read the Pope's decree.

Hearing that it was the Pope's decree, the Osnabrück people at the top of the city immediately became agitated. As a person from a bishopric, it is natural to know that the Pope is the boss of their boss (the boss of the boss is the Archbishop of Cologne). If you violate the Pope's decree, it seems a bit wrong...

Assistant Bishop Henry also knew that public disobedience to a papal decree was a serious act. Therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Archbishop Henry asked the people in the city to shout and tell Marin - he did not know whether the Pope's decree was true or not, and he needed to report to the real Bishop of Osnabrück, who was far away in Münster. Rad IV to prove the truth of the matter...

"Mad, what a sly guy!" Malin was extremely annoyed.

This Bishop Henry was too cunning to openly reject the papal decree. If he publicly rejected the Pope's decree, Marin could just attack the city and punish the man in the name of disobeying the Pope's decree.

However, this guy said that he needed to verify the authenticity of the news, which made Marin a little depressed. Because, they did not make a mistake, they just sent someone to verify the authenticity...

But how could Marin have time to ink with him? He still has to go to Munster city...

So, Marin looked at Osnabrück, which was still the oak gate, and waved:

"Never mind, bombard the city gate!"

"In what name?" Schwartz asked.

"Military exercise..." Marin gave a very rogue excuse...

According to law, Marin is now the lord of the Bishopric of Osnabrück. It is reasonable and legal to conduct a military exercise in one's own territory...

When the artillery began to bombard the city gate, Assistant Bishop Henry on the city head jumped with anger. Then, the angry Bishop Henry sent a missionary to tie down the city head with a hanging basket, came to the Marin army, and made a strong protest against Marin's army rushing to attack the city without a conclusion.

"I'm attacking the city? Please, this priest, according to the Pope's decree, I am now the legitimate lord of Osnabrück. I am now engaged in military exercises..."

The priest as a messenger opened his mouth wide:

"Act... exercise?"

"Well, an exercise. Or, you can also understand it as violent demolition..."

As an aboriginal in the early 16th century, how could this priest as a messenger understand the meaning of violent demolition. If a traveler from China in later generations came over, he would definitely agree with the definition given by Marin—it was indeed very similar to violent demolition... However, bulldozers were used for violent demolition in later generations. And Marin is even more crazy, with artillery...

After half a day, Osnabrück's oak city gate finally couldn't bear the slamming of 24 pounds of iron balls, and was smashed out of the pit. Then, Doni Tserui carried the powder keg and the iron-covered door panel on his back, ready to go, ready to blow up the door...

At this time, the priest, who was the messenger, took the gondola again, returned to the city head, and told Assistant Bishop Henry what he had seen and heard. Henry almost vomited blood because of Marin's shameless remarks, but after listening to the priest saying that the Pope's decree in Marin's hand was indeed true, Bishop Henry fell silent...

And just when Assistant Bishop Henry was silent, a loud noise came, and the north gate of Osnabrück was blown open...

"Forget it, it is the Pope's order after all, let's surrender..."

In this way, at the critical juncture of the city's collapse, under the leadership of Assistant Bishop Henry, the soldiers and civilians of Osnabrück suddenly put down their weapons and chose to surrender...

Marin and the soldiers under his command were a little bit injured from internal injuries - I was about to explode into a small universe, but you didn't fight anymore...

However, although it was a bit uncomfortable, Marin was very happy to win Osnabrück without a single casualty. After all, the city of Osnabrück was not destroyed by the fighting.