Because he brought a large number of artillery, shells, food, and various materials stolen from Denmark, the army marched very slowly. But Marin was not in a hurry at all, because no matter how much time Ditmarshen gave him, the other party would not be able to make enough men.
Even though the Lancers kept sending people to report that the Dietmarshen people mobilized hundreds of civilians from the west of Hyde City to enter the city, they did not make any noise in Marin's heart. Because, even if all the civilians and majesties in the Dietmarshen area were concentrated, there were only four or five thousand people, and they were still no match for the army under Marin.
Along the way, the morale of the army was not high, and there was no excitement or anxiety when attacking Denmark at all. Because, in everyone's opinion, a person like Dietmarshen is really not worth mentioning.
Moreover, the most important thing is that their wives robbed in Denmark did not follow the army! I thought that after arriving in the Principality of Schleswig, Marin would hold a group wedding for them. Then, the soldiers could live a shameless and happy life with the Danish girls they robbed. Unexpectedly, Marin did not fulfill his promise immediately, but pulled them to Dietmarshin...
Marin also saw that the soldiers were not in high spirits, but he had no choice. After all, he could not let the soldiers take women to the war, right? So he could only let the soldiers and brainwash the soldiers during rest every day.
Now, Marin has only 30 full-time brainwashing priests trained by Assistant Bishop Taylor. This time, these priests were all brought out. Marin's 15,000 troops, an average of 500 people were equipped with a priest. Although it could not keep up with the level of instructors of each company of our army in later generations, the difference was not very big.
Fortunately, Assistant Bishop Taylor has now trained about 80 priests. However, these people were all assigned by Marin to various churches in the city and rural areas. In addition, several were sent to the colonies.
When he returned to East Friesland this time, Marin also planned to ask Taylor to send dozens of apprentices to the Principality of Schleswig and Oldenburg, to take over the work of local missionaries, and be responsible for propaganda and brainwashing the local people, so as to avoid local people being dissatisfied with Marin and resisting.
In the past, these priests in the army had a great influence on the soldiers. As long as they were briefly told, the soldiers would probably be able to calm down. However, this time the teachers failed. Because these young boys were caught by their own daughter-in-law. They just want to end the war quickly and then go back and hold their daughter-in-law...
"It seems that relying on military priests alone is not enough. You have to get some art troupes, sing a song, dance a dance, and comfort these big-headed soldiers..." Marin remembered the art troupes in later generations.
Before the television became popular, in our army's barracks, soldiers could only rely on listening to the radio, or from time to time, a group of extremely beautiful art troupe girls performed programs for them to comfort the lonely hearts of the soldiers.
Although those girls in the art troupe who look like fairies do not have the share of ordinary food soldiers, letting them look at each other from time to time can also comfort their lonely hearts. People, with thoughts, have motivation, and with motivation, they will strive for progress. Otherwise, a team that is eating and waiting to die will definitely be beaten up.
Amid the loneliness and uneasiness along the way, the army finally arrived at Hyde City and completed the siege of Hyde City. At this time, there were only 1,000 well-trained main militias in Hyde City, and 1,200 civilians recruited from all over the country...
Logically speaking, after the army arrived, it should be arranged to attack the city immediately. However, after Marin arrived with the army, he did not immediately order the attack. Instead, he selected Frisian soldiers from the East Frislander country from the army, holding a trumpet, and began to shout at the city in Frisian, persuading the Dietmarshen people in Hyde to surrender and avoid bloodshed in conflict...
Why is this? Because Marin fell in love with Woolf Esbrand...
Of course, Marin did not fall in love with the body of Woolf Esbrand, a middle-aged man in his forties, but rather his ability and wisdom.
Woolf Esbrand was definitely a European military genius who could use the strategy of "flooding the Seven Armies" in the late European Middle Ages.
You know, in Europe today, I have never had contact with Oriental people, so I naturally don’t know what Woolf Esbrand from "The Art of War" and "Thirty-Six Strategies" can come up with a plan to flood the Danish army, and it depends entirely on his own wisdom. Moreover, this person is not rigid in dogma.
Marin trained Schwartz for a long time and found a problem, that is, although Schwartz was smart and also loved to learn. However, it was probably because he was born in the Knights family that there were always some dogmas and principles in his thoughts. When fighting, Schwartz and others had no problem fighting head-on. However, it was difficult to learn to achieve the greatest victory at the smallest price. This was entirely because it was influenced by the knight's dogmatic ideas and it was difficult to change.
Woolf Esbrand is different. He was born into a civilian family and started as an ordinary militia squad leader. He did not have the dogmatic ideas of the nobles and was flexible in his thoughts. He was a "pragmatist" like Marin. As long as it was beneficial to himself, mountains, rivers and mountains could become his help in attacking the enemy.
Therefore, Marin admires Woolf Esbrand very much. Although the other party is in his forties, in Marin's opinion, his talent is better than Schwartz. If he teaches him for a while, he will definitely be able to train a famous general.
Therefore, after surrounding Hyde City, Marin did not order an attack, but sent soldiers from Friesians to keep calling out to the city and persuade the Dietmarshen to surrender.
If Woolf Esbrand is willing to surrender, Marin would not mind a senior official position. In the future, Marin plans to make Woolf Esbrand a garrison general of the Principality of Schleswig, responsible for defending against Denmark's attack.
After all, the Danes would definitely not be willing to accept it after losing the Principality of Schleswig and the Principality of Holstein. Because the Principality of Holstein was in the south, it was difficult for the Danes to contact, so they needed to conquer the Principality of Schleswig first to reach the south.
Therefore, in the future, the Principality of Schleswig is destined to be unsatisfied. Marin also needs a powerful general to guard the local area and fight against Denmark's counterattack.
But now, Marin's subordinates are extremely short of generals. Schwartz and Stadt, and although they are capable of completing the task of guarding the Principality of Schleswig, they have other tasks. For example, in the future, Marin will also have plans to use Sifriesland. Therefore, Marin lacks senior officers in his hands. Most of the wandering knights who come from the Knight family can only serve as middle and lower-level officials. Marin's subordinates cannot find many of them who are capable of commanding thousands of troops.
Chapter completed!