If you want to take over the Ditmarshen area, you must face 1,000 well-trained militias in the Ditmarshen area, and about 3,000 people and strong people.
If it was a face-to-face force, the 4,000 militias on the other side would definitely not be the opponent of Marin's army. However, Marin was also worried that the other party would use old methods, such as building a dam, then breaking the dike and releasing water, and flooding his own army.
Therefore, before entering Dietmarshen, Marin asked Saul to spread the reconnaissance forces and focus on reconnaissance rivers and dams in the Dietmarshen area, so as not to repeat the mistakes of the Danish army.
Then, Marin began to gather a large army and prepare to march into Hyde, the capital of the Dietmarshen region, to strive for a quick march and to surround Hyde City in the shortest time.
With the in-depth investigation by Sauer's scouts, Marin unexpectedly discovered that the main ethnic group in the Dietmarshen area turned out to be Friesians...
The Friesians are widely distributed in the North Sea region of Germany, from the Netherlands to the west coast of Denmark, all of which are distributed.
For example, the western coastal areas of the Principality of Schleswig were dominated by Friesian fishermen. Unexpectedly, the Dietmarshen area in the south was also dominated by Friesians.
In fact, in this era, not only West Friesland, but also East Friesland's coastal areas were dominated by Friesland. For example, Oldenburg's country, Archbishop of Bremen, Holstein's Principality and Schleswig's North Sea coast were dominated by Friesland.
Even the Anglo-Saxons who moved to England were mixed with a large number of Friesians. Or, it can be said that the later Friesians were the group of people left by the Anglo-Saxons who moved to England...
Therefore, in the Middle Ages, English and Friusian were so similar. Even the two were completely communicative. However, the writing methods of the two were completely different. Friusian used German writing, while English was written in English. The differences between the two were somewhat similar to those of inner and outer Mongolian writing. Inner Mongolia also used traditional Mongolian writing, while Outer Mongolia used very funny Slavic alphabet due to the reason of Russian colonization. However, people from inner and outer Mongolia could directly communicate orally in words, but they could not communicate with each other in words...
Marin has always claimed to be the co-lord of the Friesians. Moreover, these Friesians are mostly familiar with water and good at fishing, and are very excellent sources of sailors. According to information, the Dietmarshen area has a population of more than 20,000, most of them are Friesians.
Therefore, no matter what, Marin wants to take over Diet Marshen. Not to mention his very excellent geographical location, the 20,000 Friesians alone are enough to make Marin's heart moved.
In fact, another information shows that the reason why the Dietmarshen region was able to resist Denmark without being annexed was that Lubeck's support for it was very important.
Whenever the Danish army gathered and wanted to attack Dietmarshen, the Lübecks would get information from Copenhagen early and then quickly send it to the Dietmarshen region. When the Danish army arrived, the Friesians in the Dietmarshen region were already on high alert.
The Battle of Hemingstet that broke out before was the Dietmarshen people after they obtained information about the attack of the Danish army, and commander Woolf Esbrand decided on the plan to flood the Danish army.
For this reason, Dietmarshen's army voluntarily gave up its capital Hyde and retreated to the village of Hemingstet, which was on a higher terrain. Then, it attracted the siege of the Danish army, and then opened the gate to release water, flooding countless Danish army...
However, now that Lubeck is a ally of Marin, he will naturally no longer rule Dietmarshen's own combat intentions. Moreover, Marin's 20,000 troops are now retreating and have not disbanded. At this time, attacking Dietmarshen will not have to spend time mobilizing, and you can enter directly.
After Sauer's reconnaissance troops found out the situation in the Dietmarshen area, Marin did not care about appeaseing the out-of-favor nobles who were about to be arranged to go to the city of Las Vegas, which did not exist yet. He left 5,000 troops to guard the Principality of Scholesweg, and led a 15,000 army to the Dietmarshen area according to the path that Sauer's reconnaissance was investigated.
First, Marin led his army to cross the pontoon bridge prepared by the scout troops, and crossed the natural dividing line between the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig, the Ed River. Then, the army marched south in a mighty manner and rushed towards Hyde, the capital of the Dietmarshen region.
In order to prevent the enemy from repeating the same trick, Marin asked 1,000 Lancers to go first, cut off the road from Hyde to the village of Hemingstet to the south, and patrolled the nearby rivers to prevent the enemy from "flooding the Seven Armies".
The 14,000 people of the main force, carried a lot of artillery, shells and food supplies, and rushed towards Hyde City slowly...
In Hyde, the capital of Dietmarshen, an officer rushed into the city in a hurry and ran towards the city hall. Then, regardless of his sweat, rushed directly into the office of the ruling Woolf Esbrand:
"Report, Lord of the Governor, the army of the East Friesland State has invaded Dietmarshin!"
"What? More than 10,000 people? Why was there no news in advance?" Wulf Esbrand, the ruler of the Peasant Republic of Dietmarshen, was also a little panicked. Usually, before Dietmarshen was attacked, there would be Lubeck's people warning him. However, this time, the Lubeck people did not come to warn him. Without any preparation, the enemy suddenly came more than 10,000 troops, which made Wulf Esbrand, who was known as "resourceful", also panicked.
"It is not clear that the East Friesland State is said to have formed an alliance with Hamburg and Lübeck. The Lübecks are now ally of East Friesland, so they did not warn us."
"Don't worry, you go and call General Anriel over and ask him to issue a mobilization order to recruit the country's strong men to assist in the defense. Then, look for an opportunity to retreat to the village of Hemingstet..." Woolf Esbrand planned to repeat the same trick and drown the enemy with heavy water...
"I'm afraid it won't work, ruling lord. When I came, the enemy sent out a thousand cavalry, one man and two horses to control the main road outside Hyde City. Moreover, according to my observation, those cavalry are not ordinary light cavalry, but heavy armored knights wearing armor and high-skilled martial arts... If our army leaves the city, the 1,000 cavalry alone can easily destroy us... Before, I could have rushed into the city from the west of the city. The east and south of the city are now controlled by the 1,000 enemy cavalry..." The officer said dejectedly.
Woolf Esbrand was depressed when he heard this very bad news. However, he quickly made a decision:
"No matter what, since flooding cannot be achieved, then please go to the towns and villages west of Hyde, and let them send more militias to defend Hyde. By the way, let them ride horses and don't delay on the road. When the main enemy forces arrive, we may not be able to connect to reinforcements..."
"If you can't beat..."
"There is no if! Even if we can't win, we have to fight. Of course, if it really doesn't work, we can negotiate with the enemy. But first of all, we must fight a beautiful battle. In that way, even if we negotiate, we can take the initiative..."
"I understand..." The officer left quickly and went to execute the order.
Wolf Esbrand sat at the table with a sad face, thinking about countermeasures. Wolf Esbrand was also familiar with Marin. When Denmark helped Oldenburg, when he forced Marin to cede land for compensation, Wolf Esbrand even thought about forming an alliance with Marin. Because he had already found out that Marin was a military genius with strong military training and command capabilities, he was said to have invented the very powerful "Marin Square". But what he didn't expect was that in a blink of an eye, Marin not only avenged Denmark, but also went directly to Copenhagen.
Obviously, the combat effectiveness of Marin's army was unreasonable. At least, it beat the Danish army to cry and call her parents. Originally, Woolf Esbrand was very happy that Denmark was unlucky. However, before he was happy, the army of East Friesland turned to deal with Dietmarshen, which caught Woolf Esbrand off guard...
What made Woolf Esbrand even more helpless was that the other party seemed to be on guard against his replay of the same trick. He used flooding and had already sent cavalry to block the road to the upper reaches of the eastern river, causing Woolf Esbrand's flooding strategy to lose its place to be used...
Speaking of which, Woolf Esbrand can be regarded as the "Zhuge Kongming" of Europe. Being able to defeat more than 10,000 Denmark's army with 1,000 militia is definitely enough to be recorded in history.
Chapter completed!