When the three iconic crosses of Marin's army, the golden eagle red flags and the black cross vests on white background appeared again at the city of Copenhagen, the city of Copenhagen suddenly became in chaos.
Several ministers ran to Hans, the King of Denmark in panic, and said incoherently:
"Your Majesty, that demon is here again!"
"Which demon?"
"Marin Hoffman!"
"Bang——" The goblet of the King of Denmark Hans' drinking suddenly fell to the ground and was smashed. His Majesty Hans himself was also confused...
Then, the whole palace was in chaos. The king was frightened there, and the others were not much better. Especially the youngest son of His Majesty, Francis. He remembered the tragic experience of being stabbed by a very "Madam Rong" mother with a needle the last year. When he thought that he might be killed again, he fainted from crying...
The Danish troops on the top of the city were also a little nervous. After all, the enemy troops under the city had once captured Copenhagen. Moreover, the opponent had an army of 30,000 to 40,000. Although there were more than 10,000 people in Copenhagen at this time, they were inevitably somewhat lacking in confidence because they were facing the enemy troops that had defeated Denmark.
In fact, if more than 10,000 Danish troops were determined to fight to the death, they might be able to defend Copenhagen. After all, Marin's army, plus the 10,000 militia, was only 40,000, which was only more than three times the army in the city. According to the principle of "The Art of War" - "Plant ten times the enemy's strength, and attack them by five." Marin only had more than three times the enemy's strength, and even "five times the enemy's strength" could not achieve.
However, in the era of "The Art of War", siege equipment was backward. After gunpowder and artillery appeared in later generations, there was no such high demand. Generally, in the Ming Dynasty, that is, when Malin was in, he could siege the city three times that of the enemy.
Of course, that is when the average combat effectiveness of the two armies is almost the same. Marin's army is obviously higher than that of the Danish army, so it is not necessary to capture Copenhagen with three times the enemy and twice the number of troops.
However, that is a strong attack. Marin has never liked a strong attack, because, in that case, even if he conquered Copenhagen, there would be thousands or tens of thousands of casualties, which Marin could not accept. Therefore, Marin prefers to attack the city with skill.
However, since the last time, Denmark has used heavy iron gates in all four city gates. Although they were demolished by Marin after the defeat, four iron gates were later created. After all, Denmark is an old empire and has some money.
In the last defeat, although Marin stole all the money from Copenhagen on the surface, in fact, the Danes still had a lot of money in some underground secret treasure houses. After all, when Denmark dominated the North Sea in Europe, he saved a lot of money.
Therefore, although the iron gate was removed, the Danes quietly created the iron gate for safety...
When Marin's army arrived, the artillery was helpless when facing several steel gates. After all, the iron balls and shells hit the steel gates, which was a bit of a bad idea...
However, according to news from allies Lübeck and Hamburg, Copenhagen may be short of food...
It’s not that Copenhagen has no food now, but that Copenhagen lacks food reserves and cannot last long.
Why? Because although the island of Zeland is 7,000 square kilometers, it is equivalent to two eastern Friesland countries. However, the terrain of Zeland is rugged and uneven, and only the southern region is relatively flat and fertile, and grain is grown. In other areas, there is no grain at all, only animal husbandry.
Moreover, after the defeat of the last war, Denmark deprived all warships by Lubeck and Hamburg and lost its maritime power. After the war began, the waters around Zeland were blocked by Lubeck and Hamburg's warships, and it was impossible for food to be transported in.
The whole country of Denmark is taking a desperate bet this time, hoping to join forces with Saxony and Brandenburg to achieve a decisive victory on land. Therefore, the Danes have never thought about stocking up food in advance.
After all, in the eyes of the Danes, the 50,000 powerful Bossa coalition, plus the 20,000 Danish army, had no reason to defeat Marin's 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers and Lübeck, and the thousands of fights in Hamburg's Five Slags.
Therefore, the Danes only left more than 10,000 former veterans in Copenhagen to avoid the enemy's raid on Copenhagen and cause Denmark to "unbeaten and defeat".
Even when the fleets sent by Lübeck, Hamburg and Marin bombarded Copenhagen, the Danes were not worried. Because, the Danish ministers saw that the army on Salter was bluffing...
If it were a real army, it would have been a clear and unyielding landing on the island of Zeland. After all, the Danish navy was over, and it was not a hindrance to land on the island of Zeland. The fake army that Marin sent to build on Salter did scare the Danes in the first few days. However, after the "army" on Salter failed to initiate the landing, the Danes began to doubt. Then, they concluded that it was just a bluff of the enemy.
Afterwards, the Danes began to look forward to the Bossa coalition and Prince Christian's 20,000 troops to destroy Marin's army, recapture the two principalities, and even attack Orich...
However, because the surrounding waters were blocked, they had no idea that Prince Christian would have been defeated long ago and almost got poisoned to death. Although he survived, he was still dying. If Marin hadn't helped him detoxify, Prince Christian might have really died...
It is precisely because they believed too much about the strength of the Bossa coalition that the Danes did not reserve enough food in the city of Copenhagen.
When Marin's army came outside Copenhagen for the second time, all the Danish rulers and ministers were confused - what's going on? Why did Marin's army come again? Could it be that the powerful coalition was also defeated?
The speculations of the Danish monarchs and ministers were soon confirmed because - Marin put Prince Christian back to the city...
Copenhagen was already fish on the chopping board at this time, and their allies Saxony and Brandenburg could no longer get out of their army. Therefore, Marin was not in a hurry to attack the city.
At this time, if the city of Copenhagen includes more than 10,000 troops, it has a population of 40,000 to 50,000. Moreover, because there was no preparation of enough food in advance, Marin estimated that it would be scary if it could last for two months.
Therefore, Marin decided to siege Copenhagen...
In order to spread the aura of despair to the city of Copenhagen, Marin even put Prince Christian, whose health was gradually improving, back to the city.
Anyway, Copenhagen can't even fly out now, and Marin is not worried that the prince will run away.
Moreover, during this period, Prince Christian heard about Marin's great military achievements in Marin's military camp. Of course, it was a beautified military achievements... For example, those sneak attacks were depicted as crushing attacks...
Chapter completed!