Heisenberg was dissatisfied and continued:
"After all, my ten thousand people have made great contributions..."
Of course, Marin knew that the 10,000 people in Hamburg did make contributions, but now it is time to negotiate and divide interests, so he naturally has to belittle the other party's role and exaggerate his own role. So he said:
"Indeed, Lord Heisenberg, the ten thousand people in Hamburg have indeed restrained some of the attention of the enemy. But don't forget that war depends on strength. Without my 18,000 army of attacks and defeating the intercepted Swiss mercenaries, and capturing Jokiem I, this battle may not be won. After all, fighting depends on the strength of the army. Although your ten thousand people are useful, if they do not have my reinforcements, they can defeat the enemy? No, they will only have the fate of being captured..."
Speaker Heisenberg suddenly didn't know what to say, but after a while, he smiled and said:
"When it comes to your 18,000 reinforcements, I almost forgot that they were transported from the fleet borrowed by Hamburg. Without the hamburger, they were still in the Principality of Schleswig... Look, how useful is hamburger..."
Ma Lin was stunned for a moment and found that it was really the case. However, he insisted on saying:
"Without Hamburger providing ships, my 18,000 people can still reach the battlefield by land!"
Speaker Heisenberg said proudly:
"Don't think I don't understand military affairs. I know very well. The old fox Frederick III, the electorate of Saxony, sent many scouts to inquire about the news on the north land. If your 18,000 army had been discovered by someone on the land, it might have been blocked halfway, the war might have failed. Therefore, it is very important to go by sea to avoid the Saxony scouts. Moreover, as far as I know, the movement of recruiting soldiers in Hamburg and catching tyrants outside the city has attracted all the enemy scouts outside the city into the city. In addition, the curfew has avoided the possibility of reinforcements being discovered when they land. So, Hamburg has made great contributions..."
At this time, there were ten thousand horses whizzing by in his heart, because - these were all what Marin told Heisenberg in the letter before. After all, hamburger needed to cooperate at that time, so Marin naturally had to explain the reasons in the letter to seek the other party's initiative to cooperate. Unexpectedly, it has become an excuse for hamburger to seek credit...
Seeing that both Marin and Hamburg were desperately boasting about their contributions, Lübeck Speaker Tagfaht was naturally not willing to fall behind. However, he did not know the military and did not know how to professionally boast about Lübeck's contributions. However, he would mess around...
So, Speaker Tagfaht said shamelessly:
"Ahem, let me say a few words. I think the speeches of both of you just now make sense. Of course, our Lubeck's contribution to this war is also huge..."
Marin and Heisenberg were stunned - You Lubeck also made great contributions? Why don't you guys know...
Seeing that both allies looked like "I don't believe it", Tagfaht certainly could not show weakness. So he quickly ran his brain, and his mouth didn't stop:
"Well... this... you two have also seen it. The walls of our Lubeck City are tall and strong. Moreover, they are surrounded by water, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack... and so what..."
"Wait..." Marin suddenly interrupted Tagfaht's intermittent speech and asked with confusion:
"I know that Lubeck City is easy to defend but difficult to attack, but what contribution does it have in the decisive battle? We didn't seem to be fighting in Lubeck City..."
Tagfaht was a little exhausted at once, but as a long-time politician, he still reacted quickly. He argued:
"Although the decisive battle was not fought in Lubeck, did your army's bread be made by the bakers in Lubeck?"
Marlin was stunned:
"That's all? Then when I marched along the way, I purchased a large amount of bread in the Archbishop of Bremen. Wouldn't that mean that they made great contributions this time?"
"This...this..." Tagfaht ran his brain quickly. Then, he seemed to have thought about the words and said with confidence:
"We can't just watch the last battle in this war, right? We'll also watch it in the early stage..."
"You just say what contributions Lubeck has made?" Heisenberg, the speaker of Hamburg, said impatiently. If Lubeck had not been the leader and Hamburg was the deputy leader, Heisenberg would have started to swear on the spot.
At this time, Lubeck and Hamburg were equivalent to the strong Zuo Lengchan and Zuo Alliance leader in "The Swordsman", while Hamburg was equivalent to Yue Buqun before the rebellion. His strength was not enough to challenge Lubeck, so he had to give face...
The left leader... Ah... it was the Speaker of Tagfaht who cleared his throat and said:
"In the early stage, did the 50,000 soldiers of the Bossa coalition entrenched under the city of Lubeck and launched multiple attacks?"
Marlin rolled his eyes immediately - it was a tentative attack, right? He didn't use his strength...
"By the tall, strong and magnificent walls of the city of Lubeck, we repelled the crazy attacks of the enemy..."
Marin couldn't help it:
"It seems that the army on the city at that time was mainly my 20,000 troops, right?"
Tagfaht said without blushing and his heart was not beating:
"You are a lot of people, but without Lubeck's tall city walls, your 20,000 people may not be able to withstand the attack of the other party's 50,000 people..."
"Mr. Tagfaht, I must remind you that during the decisive battle, my army was in the wilderness west of Lübeck, and resisted the enemy for many days..."
"Well... you think about it, did our city of Lubeck also hold back the Bossa coalition for a long time? If the Bossa coalition went to attack Hamburg early, would Has the Hassburg not be able to defend? Moreover, there was not enough time to prepare for the ten thousand people. With the more than 3,000 useless mercenaries in Hamburg, we could not resist the attack of the 50,000 troops of the Bossa coalition?"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Hamburg Speaker Heisenberg was immediately unhappy and said angrily:
"It seems that Lubeck's mercenaries are very strong, and you have never seen your army go out of the city and fight side by side with Lord Marin's 20,000..."
"This...don't we also send troops to stay in Lubeck City? After all, we must also guard against the enemy's attack on Lubeck City..."
"Please! At that time, the Bossa coalition had already crossed the river to the west, and the whole body moved towards Hamburg. It was no threat to Lübeck at all. You won't come out..." Heisenberg said unhappy. Then, he said:
"When it comes to the sturdy city, our hamburger is not bad either! Our city walls are also tall and sturdy, and our city is also surrounded by water, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack..."
Seeing that the two speakers were boasting about their city surrounding water, easy to defend but difficult to attack, Marlin couldn't help it. So he said contemptuously:
"Who said that Lubeck and Hamburg City are easy to defend and difficult to attack? I have a way to easily capture them!" Marin said this, obviously to destroy the self-confidence of the two and to take the initiative in the negotiations.
Both Speaker Tagfaht and Speaker Heisenberg looked like "I won't believe it if I beat you to death", just like Marin bragging.
"It seems that you can't help but show off your hands..." Marin thought.
So, Malin talked about the "Jinyang Battle" that broke out in 455 BC to the two of them, and then explained:
"Look, the Travo River section east of Lubeck City is relatively narrow. I can build a dam here. After the water level is high, dig a dam towards Lubeck City and flood the city with floods... Similarly, the Elbe River branch on the east of Hamburg City is also relatively narrow, which is more suitable for damping rivers and dams. Then, it can also break the dam and flood the city of Hamburg..."
As he spoke, Marin saw the eyes of the two speakers full of horror...
Tagfaht and Heisenberg asked in horror:
"Mr. Marin, how many people know about this terrible tactic at present?"
Marin thought for a while and said:
"At present, in Europe, my subordinate Woolf Esbrand and I know. You know, he used floods to drown more than 7,000 Danish elites, and was also good at this..."
"There is no one else?" the two asked tremblingly.
"There are no one else in Europe, as for China, there are more..."
"That's good...that's good..." Europe has no contact with the Ming Dynasty at all, so they naturally don't worry.
However, the method of flooding that Marin mentioned did scare the two of them. So Tagfacht and Heisenberg sincerely asked Marin not to spread this evil tactic and avoid the enemy using this method to capture Lubeck and Hamburg.
Marin naturally took the opportunity to make a request, and in the end, both Lubeck and Hamburg agreed to give up their territorial requirements. After all, they are commercial cities, and no matter how much land they give, they may not be of much benefit. So, it is better to ask for cash benefits...
In the end, the three parties agreed that the enemy's cedes territory was obtained by Marin. As for the ransom, the three parties would share it equally...
After successfully ending the negotiations, Marin breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself:
Chapter completed!