Marin was quite proud of his face. After receiving Marin's letter, Hamburg Speaker Heisenberg immediately approved Marin's request to borrow 100 ships for troop transport.
Most of these ships have a displacement of about 200 tons, and they can just walk the "Ebel-Lubeck" canal. If it is too big, it will be difficult to pass. After all, the Principality of Saxony-Luenburg does not have the ability to dig a larger canal. In fact, most of the money for digging this canal was borrowed from LUbeck and Hamburg.
Moreover, in order to keep it a secret and avoid being learned by the spies sent by the Bossa coalition to Hamburg, Heisenberg's statement to the outside world was to let these 100 ships assist the Swedish army in attacking Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. Moreover, if the other spies don't believe it, this statement is still half-covered and half-covered. In this way, it is more persuasive. Because if you announce it directly, the other spies may doubt its authenticity. If you "accidentally" leaked out in such a half-covered way, it will be easier to convince the enemy.
Later, Heisenberg and the Hamburg Parliament also adopted Marin's suggestion and promulgated the "Wartime Ordinance" to declare a curfew in Hamburg. If someone appears outside at night, they will be arrested as spies.
At the same time, anyone who rides out of the city must obtain approval from the Hamburg Sheriff to avoid any secret spies riding horses to report to the enemy... In other words, the owners of Hamburg City can no longer ride out of the city easily, and must obtain approval from the sheriff.
This move was too ruthless. Several Saxon spies who sneaked into Hamburg City were now frowning. Even if they found out about any news, they could not ride out of the city to report the news to the camp. If they had known this, they would have hid the horses outside the city. Unfortunately, they knew it too late...
In fact, the Hamburgers are also very nervous now. They know that the victory or defeat of Lubeck is related to the life and death of Hamburg. If Lubeck and Marin's army were defeated, Hamburg would not escape. For this reason, some wealthy businessmen have begun to secretly transfer their property. Because, if the Bossa coalition forces defeated Lubeck, their next target would definitely be Hamburg. If Hamburger city is broken, their property will definitely not be kept. Therefore, many wealthy businessmen began to transfer property privately. Of course, the Hamburg Parliament absolutely prohibited this behavior. Therefore, those wealthy businessmen could only quietly transfer some gold and silver that were easier to carry. Other materials could not be transported away for the time being.
Moreover, there are only four thousand defenders in Hamburg City, and their strength is very weak. Although the Bossa coalition has not yet come to besiege Hamburg, Hamburg cannot employ mercenaries now. The four thousand troops still have contracts before...
Why? After hearing that the Bossa coalition had a 50,000 army and 20,000 were Swiss mercenaries, many mercenaries were frightened and retreated. Even if Hamburg was willing to hire at a high price, the German mercenaries refused to come. Because, in their opinion, this was a battle that would be lost. Although the mercenaries were passionate and brave, they were not fools. Faced with a powerful enemy of 50,000, no one was willing to die without signing a contract before...
Therefore, even if Hamburg has money, it cannot hire mercenaries who are willing to help them fight. After all, in this era, the German mercenaries have not yet defeated the Swiss mercenaries. Psychologically, the German mercenaries are still a little afraid of the popular Swiss mercenaries at this stage. I heard that the Bossa coalition had 20,000 Swiss mercenaries, as well as a large number of Saxon Knights and Brandenburg Knights. Many mercenary commanders were so scared that they were timid and did not dare to come no matter how much money they gave.
So, the hamburger people at this time were very desperate...
When they learned that Marin not only had 18,000 troops to support the Lubeck battlefield, these 18,000 people also defeated Denmark's 20,000 troops in the north...
Suddenly, the Hamburg Parliament felt like he was injected with chicken blood and felt like he saw hope again. Therefore, the Hamburg Parliament passed the request for Marin to borrow a boat in a very short time. Then the curfew and other things passed the vote.
These Hamburg MPs are all wise, and they know that the Saxons' ambition to replace Lübeck and Hamburg. If Hamburg City is broken by the Bossa coalition, these MPs will lose everything, including property and status.
Therefore, they all urgently hope that Marin can defeat the Bossa coalition. Only in this way can they protect their wealth and honor. Otherwise, they will be robbed by the enemy and may even be killed...
Lubeck and Hamburg were not far away, so Marin received a reply from the Hamburg Parliament that night. So Marin now began to consider how to prepare himself to welcome the 18,000 reinforcements...
After thinking about it, Marin believed that the most important thing at this time was to clear out the scouts of the Bossa coalition along the Elbe River and along the "Ebei-Lubeck" canal. Because once the transport ship arrived and the enemy scouts who reported the news would not be intercepted, the consequences would be very serious.
Even if a fish that escapes the net appears, it will reveal the secret of the arrival of reinforcements to the Bossa coalition. As long as the 50,000 Bossa coalition is ready to encircle in advance, it may be difficult for these 18,000 reinforcements to sneak attack the Bossa coalition, not to mention sneak attacking the Bossa coalition, it may be difficult to meet with Marin's main force.
Therefore, Marin decided to spread all the 200 elite intercepting reconnaissance cavalry brought by Sauer, and do a good job of intercepting and killing any horse riders along the Elbe River and the "Ebei-Lubeck" canal to the Bossa Allied camp, regardless of whether they are innocent or not. He would rather kill them by mistake than miss one...
Of course, the ship sent by Hamburg had just set off to transport the 18,000 troops of Woolf Esbrand and Saccarat over, which would take a few more days.
Therefore, during these days, Marin could not send troops to intercept the scouts of the Bossa coalition in advance.
Why? Because if Marin started intercepting the Bossa coalition scouts in this direction a few days in advance, it would attract the attention of the resourceful Elector of Saxony Frederick III. If he sent more people to pay attention to the western part, the 200 scout cavalry under Saul who were specifically used to intercept the messenger were not enough to intercept the enemy messenger. As long as one ran away, it would cause a disaster.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The "Embo-Lubeck" canal is not wide after all, and it is the limit to be able to walk a wooden boat of one or two hundred tons. If Frederick III of the Saxony Elector sent people to sink a few ships in the canal, just like the shipwreck in the Suez Canal during World War II, the canal would be cut off before salvaging the wreck. At that time, the fleet would not be able to reach the city of LUbeck and meet with Marin, and there would be no question of sneak attacks...
So, when he decided to release the 200 intercepting reconnaissance cavalry, Marin made a decision - he decided to send these 200 people to cross the river by boat overnight, then go north, first intercepting the Bossa coalition reconnaissance in the north...
The reason for this decision was actually that Marin deliberately confused the enemy's audio-visual. Marin sent someone to intercept the scouts of the Bossa coalition. Then Frederick III would judge that the other party was to keep it secret and not allow the scouts under his command to obtain useful information. He would even infer that the enemy would definitely go to the main route north. After all, Europeans did not know what "speaking east and attacking west" meant. These strategies are not popular in Europe at present. Even if they are as smart as "Zhuge Trek", they have never seen such a method...
Of course, Marin will also send some scouts to abandon horse riding (the horse riding is too silly, obviously telling others that you are a spy), walk to both sides of the "Ebei-Lubeck" canal, and reconnaise all roads.
Chapter completed!