Just as Prince Christian led an army of 20,000 to the south from the northern part of Jutlandon Island, Woolf Esbrand also hurried to the city of Riber, an important city in the northwest of the Principal of Schleswig, with the real eight thousand main forces of the Principal of Schleswig.
According to the latest information sent by the spies sent by Marin to Denmark, the 20,000 army led by Prince Christian was in the remote northwest of the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. From the camp station, the first one to bear the brunt is the city of Riber.
Moreover, the city of Riber is of great significance to the Oldenburg dynasty in Denmark. It was in Riber, where Christian I signed the famous Treaty of Riber in 1460, declaring that the Principality of Schleswig and the Principality of Holstein "never separate."
Therefore, for Denmark, Riber City is not only an important town in the north of the Principal of Schleswig, but also a historical town with legal significance. Taking it down means that the inseparability of the Principal of Schleswig and the Principal of Holstein is of great significance to Denmark.
Of course, in order to keep it secret, the Danish army camp was not close to the border area, but was relatively north and remote. Because only remote points were not easy to be discovered by the enemy.
Similarly, Marin sent 10,000 English mercenaries to the Principal of Schleswig were also arranged in a remote village a distance from Riber City. When Woolf Esbrand led 8,000 main forces to reinforce Riber City, Sakala also led 10,000 troops northward. However, Sakala and his 10,000 British troops were not in a hurry. Because their mission was to arrive at the battlefield after a few days of fighting the offensive and defensive battle in Riber City.
At that time, the morale of the Danish army was frustrated, and the sudden appearance of this 10,000 army could severely damage the enemy. Even the eight thousand main forces led by Woolf Esbrand had 5,000 people who would join Sakara, while Woolf Esbrand would only bring 3,000 reinforcements into the city.
Because, defending the city does not require too many people. Moreover, it is just a few days to stick to it, not a long time.
There were originally a thousand defenders in Liber City, and three thousand reinforcements, and there were four thousand veterans. If you recruit some strong people in the city and outside the city, it would be fine to collect five or six thousand people.
Moreover, if you use tens of thousands of regular troops to defend the city and scare Denmark, it is not good. Since it is delaying time, you have to let the other party see some hope. Otherwise, if the Danish army is scared away and they will come to defend the city, it will be really difficult to conquer.
Therefore, the defenders need to defend Ribe, but they also want to let the Danes see some hope. Otherwise, if they shrink back, it will be difficult.
After all, it was an army of 20,000. The front might not be able to defeat Woolf Esbrand's 10,000 Shileswig defenders and Sakara's 10,000 English mercenaries. But when they were to defend the city, Woolf Esbrand and Sakara had no choice. After all, they had no artillery.
Therefore, the defenders in the city should not exert too much force and scare the Danes back.
If the Danes retreated, then Woolf Esbrand and Sakara would be uncomfortable. If you want to attack, they lack siege equipment. But if you don’t attack, they will be in trouble - should they continue to fight, or go south to join Marin and attack the Bossa coalition?
Therefore, in this battle in Riber City, Woolf Esbrand and Sakara hope to solve Denmark in one battle. Even if the opponent cannot be wiped out completely, the opponent must be crippled. In this way, the main force of the two armies can move south to "rescue". Otherwise, as long as the opponent exists, it will be a threat and will restrain its large number of troops...
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While the war was in full swing, Marin was not idle outside the battlefield. He asked Geoffrey to send representatives to Wolms to file a lawsuit against Jacob, the Speaker of the Empire Mainz, Archbishop of Mainz, suing Frederick III of Saxony and Jockim I of Brandenburg, accusing the two of them of being stubborn. They were obviously the great nobles of the Holy Roman Empire, but they colluded with Denmark to maliciously attack the "good business capital of Lübeck" of the Holy Roman Empire.
Therefore, Marin proposed to deprive Frederick III of Saxony and transfer him to George Duke of Saxony; to deprive Jokiem I of Brandenburg, and to other nobles of the Hohenzollern family. For example, Brandenburg, a member of the Hohenzollern family in the Ansbach branch...
In short, in addition to the war, Marin also created public opinion in Germany, attacking Frederick III and Jockim I to collude with foreign countries and invade his own "good" forces...
Of course, Marin would not act foolishly alone. In addition, he also brought Lübeck and Hamburg, as well as dozens of younger brothers from the two Hanseatic cities to write to the book together.
Not only that, Marin also joined forces with two cities to promote the "traitor" in the German region, and vigorously smeared the two.
In addition, Marin also sent people to spread false news near the war zone, saying that after hearing that most of the Swiss mercenaries were hired by Brandenburg and Saxons, he felt that the opportunity had come and planned to launch a large number of troops to capture the thirteen states of Switzerland to recover his homeland...
After all, Switzerland was indeed the territory of the Habsburg family before. However, during the Luxembourg Dynasty, he was separated from the Habsburg family by coercion and temptation by the Luxembourg family emperor Sigismund.
Because the Habsburg family is a strong competitor to the Luxembourg family's throne. Therefore, it was suppressed by the Luxembourg Dynasty. With the support of the emperor, the Swiss were independent from the Habsburg family and also formed enemies with the Habsburg family. However, when the Habsburg family regained the imperial power, they found that the Swiss were hard and the Swiss mercenaries were very powerful...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! In order to regain the ancestral land, the Habsburg family fought many battles with the Swiss. In order to resist the Habsburg family's comeback, the thirteen Swiss states formed an alliance to jointly fight the Habsburg family.
Now, most of the Swiss mercenaries have been hired by Brandenburg and Saxony, and the rest of the troops are also in the Principality of Gedes and France respectively.
Therefore, this is indeed the most empty time in Switzerland. If the Habsburg family army attacked Switzerland at this time, it would be a good opportunity...
Therefore, Marin sent someone to spread such rumors mainly to shake the morale of the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries of the Bossa coalition.
With powerful enemies like the Habsburg family, the Swiss will indeed be worried, thus absent-minded, affecting their combat effectiveness...
As for the complaints in the Imperial Parliament, Marin never thought about what results would be obtained. Because other electorates would not look at the end of Saxony and Brandenburg Elector. However, they would not support Saxony and Brandenburg now.
Why? Because if the Electoral Electoral State of Brandenburg and Saxony win this time, they will be very powerful in the future. From now on, the seven Electoral Electoral will follow the alliance of these two Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Electoral Elector
Therefore, even if the other electorate were in the same group as these two electorate, they would not want these two to win. Of course, they would not want Marin to win.
In the eyes of other electors, the best ending is that both sides suffer losses, and then no one wins...
But now, it is the Bossa coalition that has the advantage. Therefore, Marin accusing the two electors of treason will receive private support from several other electors. Even if Frederick III and Jockim I cannot defeat them, they will make them feel disgusted and feel uncomfortable...
Moreover, most importantly, this kind of propaganda is actually a preparatory preparation for Marin. Because he is currently at a disadvantage, other princes will acquiesce to his highly aggressive propaganda to combat the reputation of Frederick III and Jockim I. In addition, through propaganda, the two electors will be portrayed as villains.
When they suddenly turn around, it will be too late for the princes to stop this propaganda. At that time, defeating the Bossa coalition will become a justice side in public opinion.
The self who became the justice side also greatly reduced the risk of being beaten by other princes afterwards. After all, although the princes in the German region had a tradition of fighting together, they generally beat the "evil" side rather than the righteous side. Because in this era when aristocrats dominated, they were very particular about "famous divisions". Even if the Bossa coalition sent troops to besiege Lübeck, they still took the name of revenge for their in-laws Denmark and did not send troops casually.
If he becomes a justice side, those irrelevant princes will not find an excuse to participate in the alliance of fighting him. Although these princes are usually useless, they will be beaten by Marin a hundred times when they fight one-on-one. However, if there are many people and many princes, they will be extremely powerful. If there are more than 100,000 troops, Main will not be scared, but his subordinates will also be scared...
Chapter completed!