The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin's face is still relatively sufficient. After receiving Marin's letter, Heisenberg, the Chancellor of Hamburg, immediately approved Marin's request to borrow 100 ships for troop transport.

Most of these ships have a displacement of about 200 tons, which is just right for the "Elbe-Lübeck" canal. If it is bigger, it will be difficult to pass. After all, the Duchy of Saxony-Lauenburg does not have the strength to dig a larger canal. Even most of the money for digging the canal was borrowed from Lübeck and Hamburg.

Moreover, in order to keep it secret and to avoid being informed by the spies sent by the Bursa coalition to Hamburg, Heisenberg’s external statement was to let the 100 ships assist the Swedish Army in attacking Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Moreover, for fear that the other spy would not believe it, this statement was revealed half-covered. In this way, the persuasion is higher. Because, if you declare it directly, the other party's spies may doubt its authenticity. And such a half-covered "accidentally" leaked out, it is easier for the enemy to believe.

After that, Heisenberg and the Hamburg parliament, also adopted Marin's suggestion, promulgated the "Wartime Regulations" and announced a curfew in Hamburg. If anyone is out at night, they will be arrested as spies.

At the same time, anyone who rides out of the city must obtain the approval of the sheriff of Hamburg, so as to avoid spies riding to report to the enemy... That is to say, the owners of the horses in Hamburg cannot easily ride out of the city, and must obtain the approval of the sheriff.

This move is too cruel, and the Saxon spies who infiltrated Hamburg are now frowning. Even if you find out any news, you can't ride out of the city to report to the camp. Knowing this, they hid the horses outside the city. Too bad they knew it too late...

In fact, Hamburgers are also very nervous right now. They know that the outcome of Lübeck's side is related to the life and death of Hamburg. If the armies of Lübeck and Marin were defeated, Hamburg would also be doomed. For this reason, some wealthy businessmen are now secretly transferring property. Because, if the Allied Forces of Bursa break through Lübeck, the next target must be Hamburg. If the city of Hamburg is broken, their property will certainly not be preserved. Therefore, many wealthy businessmen began to transfer property privately. Of course, the Hamburg Parliament absolutely forbids this. Therefore, those wealthy businessmen can only quietly transfer some gold and silver that are easier to carry. Other materials cannot be transported for the time being.

Moreover, in the city of Hamburg, there are only 4,000 defenders, and the strength is very weak. Although the Bursa coalition has not yet come to besiege Hamburg, Hamburg is now unable to hire mercenaries. Now these 4,000 troops still have contracts before...

why? After hearing that the Bursa coalition had 50,000 troops and 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, many mercenary groups were directly scared and flinched. Even if Hamburg was willing to pay a high price, the German mercenaries would not come. Because, in their view, this is a losing battle. Although the mercenaries are bloody and brave, they are not fools. In the face of a powerful enemy army of 50,000 people, no one is willing to come to die without signing a contract before...

Therefore, even if burgers are rich now,

Nor can they hire mercenaries willing to help them fight. After all, the German mercenaries in this era have not yet defeated the Swiss mercenaries. Psychologically, the German mercenaries are still a bit frightened at this stage as the Swiss mercenaries. I heard that there are 20,000 Swiss mercenaries in the Allied Forces of Bursa, as well as a large number of Saxon knights and Brandenburg knights. Many mercenary regiments are so frightened that they are afraid to come, no matter how much money they give.

Therefore, the Hamburg people at this time are very desperate...

When they learned that Marin not only had 18,000 troops to support the Lübeck battlefield, but before that, these 18,000 troops had defeated the Danish army of 20,000 in the north...

Immediately, the Hamburg Council felt like it had been beaten with blood, and it felt like it had seen hope again. Therefore, for Marin's request to borrow the boat, the Hamburg parliament passed unanimously in a very short time. Then the curfew or something, also passed unanimously.

These Hamburg MPs are human, they know the ambitions of the Saxons to replace Lübeck and Hamburg. If the city of Hamburg is attacked by the Bosa coalition, they will lose everything, including property and status.

Therefore, they all desperately hope that Marin can defeat the Bursa coalition. Only in this way can they keep their wealthy status. Otherwise, they will be robbed of the poor by the enemy, and even themselves may be killed...

Lübeck and Hamburg are not far away, so Marin received a reply from the Hamburg Parliament that night. So, Marin is now starting to think about how to prepare himself to meet the 18,000 reinforcements...

After thinking about it, Marin thought that the most important thing at this time was to clear the scouts of the Allied Forces of Boza along the Elbe River and along the "Elbe-Lübeck" Canal. Because, once the troop transport ship arrives and fails to intercept the enemy scouts reporting the news, the consequences will be very serious.

Even if there is a fish that slips through the net, the secret of the arrival of reinforcements will be revealed to the Bursa coalition. As long as the 50,000 Bursa coalition forces are ready for containment in advance, the 18,000 reinforcements, let alone attack the Bursa coalition forces, may be difficult to join with Marin's main force.

Therefore, Marin decided to scatter all the 200 elite interceptor-type scout cavalry brought by Sauer, and do a good job in intercepting any direction along the Elbe River and the "Elbe-Lübeck" canal to the Bosa coalition camp. the horseman, whether he is innocent or not. It is better to kill by mistake than to miss one...

Of course, the ship sent by Hamburg has just set off to transport the 18,000 troops of Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, and it will take a few days.

Therefore, in the past few days, Marin could not send troops to intercept the scouts of the Bursa coalition forces in advance.

why? Because, if Marin had started intercepting the scouts of the Allied Forces of Bursa in this direction a few days in advance, it would have attracted the attention of the resourceful Elector Frederick III of Saxony. If he sent more people to pay attention to this area to the west, the 200 scout cavalry under Sauer who were specially used to intercept messengers would not be enough to kill the enemy messengers. As long as one escapes, it will cause a catastrophe.

After all, the "Elbe-Lübeck" canal is not wide, and it is the limit that a wooden boat of one or two hundred tons can travel. If the Elector of Saxony, Frederick III, sent people to sink several ships in the canal, as in the Suez Canal during World War II, traffic would be cut off before the sunken ships were salvaged. At that time, the fleet will not be able to reach the city of Lübeck at all and join Marin, let alone a sneak attack...

Therefore, when deciding to release the 200 interceptor scout cavalry, Marin made a decision-he decided to send these 200 people to cross the river by boat overnight, and then head north to intercept the northern Bursa coalition reconnaissance first. soldier...

The reason for making this decision was in fact that Marin deliberately confuses the enemy. Marin sent someone to intercept the scouts of the Bossa coalition, then, Frederick III would judge that the other party was trying to keep secrets and prevent his scouts from getting useful information. Even, it will be deduced that the enemy army will definitely take the main route to the north. After all, Europeans still don't know what it means to "sound the east and hit the west". These strategies are currently not popular in Europe. Even if you are as smart as "Zhu Ge Te Lie", you have never seen such a method...

Of course, Marin will also send some scouts at the same time, abandon horseback riding (horse riding is too ostentatious, it is obvious to tell others that you are a scout), and walk to both sides of the "Elbe-Lübeck" canal to scout all the roads.

As long as you find out all the roads on both sides of the "Elbe-Lübeck" canal leading to the Bosa coalition camp, and when the fleet transporting reinforcements really arrives, two hundred interceptor-type scout cavalry will come over and directly follow the instructions of these people. Just guard every intersection leading to the Bosa coalition camp. Anyone who finds that they are riding east will shoot and kill them, leaving no one behind. In this way, the secret whereabouts of the reinforcements can be fully protected...