Marin didn't understand Denmark's choice to use 20,000 new recruits to participate in the war. Why? Because it is best for pure new recruits to participate in the war for the first time. Otherwise, if they fight against the war, they will easily collapse.
However, the second piece of information sent to relieve Marin's doubts...
It turned out that the Denmark King Hans was scared by the previous city of Copenhagen, and he was forced to sign a humiliating treaty. Therefore, while considering sending troops, King Hans prioritized his own safety. If Copenhagen was broken again, it would be a big fun. Maybe, a large area of ​​land would be cut off.
Therefore, King Hans, the former 12,000 veterans from Denmark, released 2,000 in Oslo, the capital of the Norwegian Kingdom. The other 10,000 main force was placed in Copenhagen.
The reason for this choice was not only because King Hans became less courageous, but also because he lost his power to the sea, which was the main reason why King Hans made such a choice.
Because in the last war, the Danish Navy was completely plundered by Lübeck and Hamburg, which completely lost its naval power, Denmark.
Not only that, Lübeck and Hamburg also sent fleets to station in Sweden on the other side of the Ore Strait to monitor Denmark and prevent the Danish navy from rising again.
But, Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, is right next to the Ore Strait...
If Copenhagen does not leave enough troops to station in the sea, it will be easy for Lubeck and Hamburg's fleet to fight a landing battle and a city-breaking battle. At that time, Denmark will still be in trouble.
Therefore, King Hans finally chose to use 20,000 new recruits to participate in the battle. Moreover, all of these 20,000 new recruits were trained by Swiss mercenary instructors, and after training for a year, I guess the combat effectiveness was enough...
Moreover, according to the intelligence, the Danes' strategy was to remain calm in the early stage. After the coalition forces of Brandenburg and Saxony besieged Lübeck, the Danes estimated that the 10,000 troops of the Duchy of Schleswig would divide their troops to rescue. After all, there were too many coalition forces in the south. According to the intelligence from the Danish nobles, the total number of coalition forces in the south this time was about 50,000. In addition to the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, the Brandenburg Electoral State and the Saxony Electoral State each sent 15,000 troops. In addition to the 30,000 strong people, a total of 80,000 people were as large as 15,000.
The Danes believed that Marin had insufficient troops and would definitely be dispatched from the Principality of Schleswig to the south for reinforcements.
At that time, Denmark's 20,000 troops will suddenly invade the Principality of Schleswig. With the remaining troops of Schleswig's Principality, it should not be the opponent of the 20,000 troops...
It has to be said that the Danes' strategy is indeed not wrong under normal circumstances. However, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Marin army.
Moreover, the Danes believed that Marin could bring up to 12,000 people from the 20,000 troops in Marin. After all, the local people also had to guard it. However, they ignored the existence of the East Friesian militia.
The miscalculation in these two aspects led the Danes to make a wrong decision - to use 20,000 new recruits to attack the Duchy of Schleswig, which was stationed in 10,000 elite veterans...
After receiving the second piece of information, Marin was immediately happy. So he decided to use the trick...
Marin wrote a secret letter to Woolf Esbrand, ordering him to recruit 8,000 people and soldiers in the Principality of Schleswig. Then, he made 8,000 black cross vests on white background...
The purpose of doing this is to make these 8,000 people strong, pretend to be the main force, and "go south to rescue Lubeck" in a swagger...
After the war began, if the Danes learned that 8,000 troops of the Principality of Schleswig and 8,000 people would go to reinforce Lübeck, they would definitely not miss this "good opportunity". At that time, 20,000 Danish troops would definitely take the opportunity to raid the northern cities of the Principality of Schleswig. At that time, the fighter plane will come...
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Then, the third piece of information came from Copenhagen. This piece of information shocked Marin very much...
Why? Because the person who sent the information was Jim, the king spy under Marin...
After Jim purchased the poison "Cantrera" from Spain, Mikel quickly arranged Jim into the home of a general as a entourage through his personal relationship when he was the Danish prime minister...
This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that this time Denmark sent troops, and this general was the adjutant of the Danish commander...
Moreover, the Denmark's head coach is the Denmark Crown Prince Christian, who is the target of Jim's poisoning...
Jim's information is asking Marin for instructions - when will he take action...
Marin thought about it and gave an answer - take action on the battlefield...
As for the specific time, it was a few days after the Danish army besieged Riber City. Why choose this time period? Because at that time, the English army led by Sakara could almost reach the vicinity of Riber City.
If the Danish commander suddenly died of poison at this time, the morale of the army will definitely be in chaos. At that time, the defenders in the city and 10,000 English mercenaries outside the city will take the opportunity to attack, and there will be no worries that the 20,000 Danish troops will not be eliminated...
Of course, the drug must be taken in advance. Because Canterrera is a chronic poison and will only occur in a week. Therefore, before the Danish army arrives in Riber, it is necessary to calculate the time to poison it. Then, a few days after the battle to defend Riber City started, Prince Christian suddenly became poisoned and died... The Danish army must be in chaos...
However, Marin emphasized in his reply that Jim must escape from the barracks before Prince Christian was poisoned and brought accurate information to Sakara.
Moreover, before escaping from the Danish military camp, Jim needed to "inadvertently" reveal to the people around him that he could speak Swedish...
In this way, as long as Jim escaped, the Danes would infer from these details that the Swedes poisoned Prince Christian...
At that time, let the Danes and the Swedes fight. Anyway, Marin will never admit that he poisoned the Denmark crown prince. After all, this kind of thing is too bad, so it is better to let the Swedes take the blame...
Anyway, the Swedes and Danes are in a very stalemate for the issue of sovereignty and independence, and it is not wrong to have a grudge between each other. If you put the pot on the Swedes, outsiders will believe it more.
Moreover, Marin had specially left clues in Spain before, making people believe that the Swedes did visit Caesar Borgia.
Then, based on this information, the Danes would also get the inference that "it was indeed the Swedes who poisoned Prince Christian." In this way, the Swedes could not even get rid of the blame...
At that time, let the Danes and the Swedes fight... No, there may be no time for the fight... Because, once the coalition forces of Brandenburg and Saxony are defeated, Marin will not give Denmark a chance, and will also lead the army to Denmark for a while, and then tear off a large piece of "meat" from Denmark...
Chapter completed!