The Rise of the European Emperor

Heisenberg was suddenly dissatisfied and continued:

"After all, my 10,000 people have also made huge contributions..."

Of course, Marin knew that the 10,000 people in Hamburg had indeed contributed, but now that it was time to negotiate and divide profits, he naturally wanted to underestimate the role of the other party and exaggerate his role. So he said:

"Indeed, Mr. Heisenberg, the 10,000 people in Hamburg did divert some of the enemy's attention. However, don't forget, war depends on strength. Without my 18,000-strong army to attack and defeat the interceptor The Swiss mercenaries of the 19th century, capture Joachim I, this battle may not be won. In the end, the battle depends on the strength of the army. Although your 10,000 people are useful, they can defeat the enemy without my reinforcements. Army? No, they only end up being captured..."

Speaker Heisenberg didn't know what to say, but after a while, he smiled and said:

"Speaking of your 18,000 reinforcements, I almost forgot, they were transported by a fleet borrowed from Hamburg. Without the ships from Hamburg, they still can't come here in the Principality of Schleswig... Look, Hamburg How useful is it..."

Marin was stunned for a while, and found that it was really the case. However, he still insisted:

"Without the ships provided by Hamburg, my 18,000 people can reach the battlefield by land!"

Speaker Heisenberg said proudly:

"Don't think that I don't understand the military, but I know very well that the old fox, Frederick III, the elector of Saxony, sent a lot of scouts to inquire about the news on the land to the north. If your army of 18,000 went on land, it would have been taken by others long ago. Found it. If you get stuck in the middle of the road, maybe the war will be lost. So it is very important to go by sea and actually avoid the Saxon scouts. And, as far as I know, we are in the city of Hamburg The movement of recruiting soldiers and catching strong men outside the city attracted all the enemy scouts outside the city into the city. With the addition of a curfew, it was considered to avoid the possibility of reinforcements being discovered when they landed. So, Hamburg's contribution is great..."

Marin had 10,000 horses whizzing past in his heart at this time, because—this was what Marin had told Heisenberg in the letter before. After all, Hamburg needed cooperation at that time, and Marin naturally had to explain the reasons in the letter in order to get the other party to cooperate actively. Unexpectedly, now it has become an excuse for Hamburg to ask for credit...

Seeing that both Marin and Hamburg are bragging about their contributions, Lübeck Grand Chancellor Tagfacht is naturally not far behind. However, he did not understand the military and did not know how to professionally boast about Lübeck's contributions. However, he will be messing around...

So, the Grand Speaker of Tagfach said shamelessly:

"Ahem, let me say a few words. I think the speeches of the two of you just now are quite reasonable. Of course, our Lübeck's contribution to this war is also huge..."

Marin and Heisenberg were stunned for a moment - you Lübeck also made a great contribution? Why don't you know how to pinch...

Seeing that the two allies had expressions of "I don't believe it", Tagfaht certainly couldn't show weakness. So, he ran his brain quickly, without stopping:

"Well... this is it... The two of you have also seen it. Our city wall in Lubeck is tall and strong. Moreover, surrounded by water, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack... What else..."

"Wait..." Marin suddenly interrupted Tagfaht's intermittent speech, and asked with a puzzled face:

"I know that Lubeck City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but what contribution does it have in the decisive battle? We fought in the decisive battle, and it seems that we did not fight in Lubeck City..."

Tagfacht was at a loss for words, but, as a veteran politician for many years, he still responded quickly. He quibble:

"Although the decisive battle was not fought in the city of Lübeck, is the bread of your army made by the bakers in the city of Lübeck?"

Marlin was a little dumbfounded:

"That counts? Then I bought a lot of bread from the Archbishopric of Bremen when I marched along the way. Doesn't that mean that they have also contributed a lot this time?"

"This... this..." Tagfacht ran his brain quickly.

Then, he seemed to have made up his mind, and said confidently:

"This war, we can't just watch the last battle, can we? We also need to watch the early stage..."

"Just say Lübeck's contribution?" Heisenberg, the Chancellor of Hamburg, said impatiently. If it weren't for Lübeck as the leader and Hamburg as the deputy leader, Heisenberg would probably have fired on the spot.

At this time, Lubeck and Hamburg, Lubeck is equivalent to the strong Zuo Lengchan Zuo ally in "Swordsman", while Hamburg is equivalent to Yue Buqun before the rebellion, and his strength is not enough to challenge Lubeck, so he must save face... …

The leader of the left alliance... Abu... It was the Grand Speaker of Tagfaht who cleared his throat and said:

"In the early stage, did the 50,000 soldiers of the Bursa coalition occupy the city of Lübeck and launched many attacks?"

Malin rolled his eyes immediately—that was a tentative attack, okay? Didn't make any effort...

"Relying on the tall, strong and magnificent walls of the city of Lübeck, we repelled the crazy attack of the enemy..."

Marin couldn't help it a little:

"It seems that the army on the top of the city at that time was mainly my army of 20,000 people, right?"

Tagfacht said without blushing:

"You have a lot of people, but without the tall city wall of Lubeck, your 20,000 people may not be able to withstand the attack of the other party's 50,000 people..."

"Lord Tagfacht, I must remind you that during the decisive battle, my army was in the field west of Lübeck City, resisting the enemy for many days..."

"Well... do you think that our city of Lübeck has also delayed the Bursa coalition for a long time? If the Bursa coalition attacked Hamburg early, wouldn't Hamburg be able to hold it? Moreover, it is not enough. It’s time to prepare the 10,000 people. With the more than 3,000 mercenaries in Hamburg, you can’t resist the attack of the 50,000-strong Allied Forces of Bursa, right?”

Heisenberg, the Chancellor of Hamburg, suddenly became unhappy and said angrily:

"It seems that Lübeck's mercenaries are very strong, and I haven't seen your army leave the city and fight side by side with Mr. Marin's 20,000 army..."

"This... Aren't we also going to send troops to stay in Lubeck City? After all, we also have to prevent the enemy from attacking Lubeck City..."

"Please! At that time, the Bursa coalition had already crossed the river to the west, and all moved towards Hamburg. There was no threat to Lübeck at all. You haven't come out yet..." Heisenberg said angrily. Then, he said:

"Speaking of the strength of the city, our Hamburg is not bad! Our city walls are also tall and strong, and our city is also surrounded by water, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack..."

Seeing that the two Great Speakers were boasting that their city was surrounded by water, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Marin couldn't help it. So he said contemptuously:

"Who said that Lubeck and Hamburg are easy to defend and difficult to attack? I have a way to easily capture them!" Marin said this, obviously to undermine the self-confidence of the two, but also to gain the initiative in the negotiation.

Speakers Tagfacht and Heisenberg both had the expressions of "I don't believe it if I kill you", so it's almost as if Marin was bragging.

"It seems that you won't be able to restrain you if you don't show your hands..." Marin thought.

So, Marin told the two of them the "Battle of Jinyang" that broke out in 455 BC and led to the division of Jin, and then explained:

"Look, the Trave River in the east of Lübeck is relatively narrow. I can build a dam here. When the water level is high, I will dig a dam in the direction of Lübeck and flood Lübeck with floods... On the ground, the Elbe River branches to the east of Hamburg, and the river channel is relatively narrow, which is more suitable for damming the river, and then it can also burst the embankment and flood the city of Hamburg..."

As he spoke, Marin saw panic in the eyes of the two Great Speakers...

Tagfacht and Heisenberg asked in horror:

"Lord Marin, how many people know about this terrible tactic?"

Marin thought for a while and said:

"For now, in Europe, as far as I and my subordinate Woolf Esbrand know it. You also know that he used a flood to drown more than 7,000 Danish elites, and he is also good at this. …”

"No one else?" The two asked timidly.

"There is no one else in Europe, as for China, there are more..."

"That's good... that's good..." Now that Europe has not contacted Daming at all, they are naturally not worried.

However, the method of flooding that Marin said did frighten the two of them. Therefore, Tagfacht and Heisenberg earnestly begged Marin not to spread this evil tactic and prevent the enemy from using this method to capture Lübeck and Hamburg.

Marin naturally took the opportunity to ask, and in the end, both Lübeck and Hamburg agreed to give up their territorial claims. After all, they are commercial cities, and giving more land may not be of much benefit. So, why not ask for cash benefits...

In the end, the three parties agreed that the territory ceded by the enemy would be acquired by Marin. As for the ransom, it will be divided equally among the three parties...

After the negotiation was successfully concluded, Marin was also relieved, thinking to himself:

"If I knew that I could scare these two people by saying the method of flooding, I don't have to pretend to vomit blood, just say this method and scare the two people soon? However, although the process is tortuous, the result is still equally gratifying... …”