The Rise of the European Emperor

Facing the formidable firepower of East Frisian muskets and artillery, both Frederick III and Joachim I had lingering fears. Frederick III also completely understood why his powerful uncle, Duke Albrecht, lost to Marin's 10,000 horses with an advantage of more than 20,000 troops.

After all, if it is a frontal confrontation, the power of the opponent's guns is too great. The Saxons were rich enough to be equipped with dozens of artillery pieces. When encountering a poor elector like Brandenburg, there is not a single cannon. However, that boy Malin actually took out more than 60 guns, and the caliber is still large. The most important thing is - the deployment of the opposing artillery is fast, and the shooting must be accurate!

In fact, Frederick III did not know that there were many Marin guns, but not enough gunpowder. If there are more than guns, Marin can pull two or three hundred guns to the battlefield. However, there is not enough gunpowder, otherwise, Marin will not say a word, just blast from the beginning to the end.

In order to save as much gunpowder as possible, Marin only pulled more than 60 artillery pieces in front of the battle, mainly used to suppress the enemy's artillery. Because, Marin's immobile defensive battle formation is most afraid of the enemy's shelling. Therefore, Marin used the limited gunpowder to suppress the opponent's artillery to avoid the waste of gunpowder.

After all, the three-pounder used by the opponent, although not as powerful as the six-pounder, could not penetrate half a company. However, it is not a problem to penetrate 10 8 infantrymen. If you stand there and let the other party bomb, you will definitely suffer. Moreover, the effect of the shelling was too terrifying, either the head flew off, or the arms and legs were missing. Therefore, Marin chose to use the limited reserves of gunpowder for artillery fire to suppress the opponent's artillery.

In the following days, the Bursa coalition no longer dispatched the main force to confront Marin's army, but chose to set up camp outside the range of Marin's artillery, quietly waiting for the rain to come. At the same time, during the day, the Bursa coalition forces also sent a large number of cavalry to roam around the Marin army's battle formations, to guard against any new moves by Marin. Most importantly, prepare for Marin's army to retreat across the river.

Of course, these Brandenburg and Saxon cavalry did not dare to approach the front of the East Frisian army. Because, there are thousands of musketeers waiting for them to be delivered. Therefore, these cavalry generally wandered on both sides of the Marin army, deterring the Marin army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marin sent a boat to transport the more than 1,000 Lübeck farmers who escaped to the east bank, but not into the city, but in the countryside outside the city. This is because Marin is worried about the presence of spies from the Allied Forces of Bursa.

Germany in May is the best time for the climate. At this time, Germany is full of spring, with blooming flowers and thriving green grass and young leaves everywhere. If it weren't for a war going on, Lübeck at this time would have been a good time for aristocrats and wealthy businessmen to go on a spring outing.

The area around Lübeck, although not far from the ocean. However, the Baltic Sea's influence on the terrestrial climate is extremely limited. Therefore, the climate near Lübeck is closer to a continental climate. Unlike Aurich, it has a maritime climate because of its proximity to the North Sea.

Therefore, it seems a bit difficult to wait for rain in Lübeck, which is close to a continental climate...

After two or three days of waiting, there was no rain. Frederick III and Joachim I were both restless.

At this time, the 18,000-strong army of Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara, with more than 100 ships, was already close to the mouth of the Elbe. However, for the sake of secrecy, they were not in a hurry to go south, but temporarily parked in the Las Vegas area of ​​the estuary, ready to take advantage of the night to go south. Then, log in at the login point. So as not to be too swaggering to go south during the day and attract the attention of the enemy.

At the same time, more than 10,000 people from the north who pretended to be reinforcements gradually approached the battlefield. Even Hamburg City has completed the recruitment of 10,000 strong people, and began to go to the frontline areas to scare the Bursa coalition.

The 10,000 hamburger reinforcements all knew their mission, which was to scare the enemy. Therefore, they would rather not really go all out with a thousand and Bossa coalition forces.

In fact,

In the whole of Hamburg, only the core elder-level councilors knew that the 10,000 people were to cover the real reinforcements. As for the others, they really thought that these 10,000 people were just to scare and attract Brandenburg's army to intercept them.

The false information that Marin made up was too realistic, and it was very feasible to read. So much so that the vast majority of Hamburg officials believed that false information. In this way, Saxony's spy hidden in Hamburg also confirmed the "authenticity" of the false information through various channels, and sent it out at the risk of death. On the night that Frederick III's hidden senior spy in Hamburg sent the information out, the Hamburg city guards deliberately relaxed their vigilance and let the Saxon spy lurking in the house of a low-ranking parliamentarian successfully send the information out. ...

In the tent of the head coach of the Allied Forces of Bursa, Frederick III walked around with his hands behind his back, frowning and thinking about the problem.

Suddenly, the voice of the messenger came from outside the tent:

"Report! The scouts in the north have found the enemy!"

Frederick III was shocked, and then ordered loudly:

"Come in!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a Saxon scout entered the tent and reported:

"Report, Lord Elector, our army scouts, found a large number of enemy troops near the village of Pronstor in the north. It is estimated that there are as many as 10,000 people. This should be the northern reinforcements in the information. However, after the opponent arrived at the village of Plonstorf, they stopped advancing, but stopped on the spot, and then set up camp on the north side of the Wadsee River, seeming to make a defensive posture!"

"Thousands of reinforcements? It should be the reinforcements with half of them recruits... Shouldn't it be fake?" Frederick III said suspiciously.

"Reporting to the Elector Lord, according to our observation, the possibility that the other party is fake is relatively low. Because, we found dozens of artillery pieces and a large number of iron balls in their team!"

Frederick III and Joachim I both had drastic changes in their faces. Before, they were stunned by the artillery under Marin's command, and they had lingering fears.

So Frederick III asked solemnly:

"Are you sure you have a lot of artillery?"

"Yes, we have seen several scouts, probably dozens of them. Behind the artillery, there are many carts that transport iron balls. It is precisely because of these artillery and carts that transport artillery shells that the marching speed of this unit is caused. very slow."

After listening to the scout, Joachim I said worriedly:

"How can this be good? Why are there so many artillery pieces on the other side? You have also seen the power of the artillery pieces. If they are attacked from both sides and they use a lot of artillery pieces, I'm afraid we will have trouble..."

Frederick III nodded and said:

"Yeah, being shot by hundreds of artillery salvos will really cost you a lot. Especially, the opponent's artillery is well-trained and has a high accuracy!"