Not to mention the decision of Lithuania, Marin was so happy to demolish Vitenburg. Standing at the top of Vitenburg, Marin was filled with emotion:
"I finally experienced the feeling of urban management. No wonder urban management is so fond of smashing, smashing, robbing, it turns out to be very good! However, it is too useless to beat those old men and women. But when you beat and smashing, robbing, it is easy to get stabbed... Alas, it is not easy..."
A few days later, the soldiers who returned from Schleswig brought two heavyweight prisoners of war, who were also negotiating - King Hans of Denmark and Elector of Brandenburg, Jokiem I.
The Danish king laughed when he saw Marin:
"Malin, so what if you defeat me? You can't get it at the Imperial Conference. There are more people who support Frederick than those who support you! This time, I think I have paid too much money! Even, your victory may be in vain! Ah hahaha!"
Marin looked at Hans coldly and said:
"I forgot to tell you, His Majesty Hans, I plan to bring ten thousand elite troops to Walms. The army besieged the city. Do you think they dare to do so too much?"
"What? Do you want to bring ten thousand troops to Walms? Do you want to advise? Are you crazy? This is like a rebellion!" King Hans said in surprise. If Marin really brought ten thousand troops to Walms, under the intimidation of the military power, the princes would inevitably throw themselves into the arms of the rats and be afraid of the weapons.
Marin looked at King Hans with pride and said:
"It's not because of you, dear His Majesty Hans, in order to ensure the personal safety of yours, His Majesty the King of Denmark and His Majesty the Election of Brandenburg, I have only brought 10,000 troops to protect the safety of both of you. After all, your lives are very valuable!"
Of course, Marin would not openly advise or otherwise, as he would be retaliated afterwards. However, in order to protect the safety of the King of Denmark and the Electoral of Brandenburg, he brought tens of thousands of guards to Walms with him. Although it was a bit too grand, you couldn't say what was wrong?
Moreover, Marin was very smart. He brought 10,000 cavalry over and only let 10,000 of them wear formal armor. Although the other 5,000 were all elite soldiers, they were wearing regular clothes. They were nominally cavalry attendants, but they were actually elite. Among them, there were only two thousand black-shirted knights. In the past, the lancers and hundreds of guards were regular cavalry. The other 6,000 people were all infantry riding horses. However, because horse farming was popular in Europe, many people had served horses and could also ride horses. The more than 6,000 selected infantry were actually good at riding. This time when we went to Walms, Marin implemented a one-man and two-horse configuration. As for the horses, except for the three thousand regular cavalry and the war horses of Marin's guards, the rest of the horses were seized from Brandenburg and Saxony.
As for the food source after the 10,000 army and 20,000 horses arrived in Walms, Marin had already arranged it - he arranged for people to return to East Friesland and ordered Emden to organize a fleet to transport food into the Rhine.
Because Wolms is on the banks of the Rhine River. The Rhine is very long and suitable for inland shipping, Wolms is just within a range suitable for shipping. Therefore, although the food and grass demand for 10,000 troops and 20,000 horses is large, but a fleet of ships in the past is enough.
Jokeem I, who came with King Hans, did not speak. The young general election emperor was completely defeated in this war. Coupled with the shameful experience of being captured, Jokeem I was in a bad mood recently. Whenever he had the chance, he would drink desperately and ease his sorrow. When he saw Marin, Jokeem I's hangover had not been completely eliminated, and he was a little confused. Moreover, the loser had nothing to say in the face of the winner. Only Hans, the King of Denmark, provoked Marin with a humble mouth. Jokeem I knew very well that he was still a prisoner of war and provoked the other party. And he was also unlucky, and he was so unreliable that he had a hard time with such an unreliable father-in-law, dragging himself down the quagmire...
Before leaving, Larique, the special envoy of the Imperial Parliament, came over and asked Marin to cast the captured John and John Frederick, the youngest son of John.
Marin was going to go to Walms to negotiate, and was in a bad mood, so he directly whipped Baron Larric with a whip, leaving a blood mark on Baron Larric's face.
Baron Larric screamed immediately, then shouted:
"You dare to fight the envoy of the Imperial Parliament. Do you want to be enemies of the entire empire?"
Marin said coldly to Larric:
"You can also say that the request of John and his son is like this? Do you think of yourself as the emperor? You are just a special envoy! Moreover, the Imperial Council did not issue such stupid orders. Because everyone knows that this is impossible! Only idiots like you will make such brainless requests. If you don't want to continue being whipped, get away!"
The timid Larick had to leave in shame, and Marin ignored him. Larick was from the Duchy of Lüneburg, and Henry, the Duke of Lüneburg, was Frederick III's brother-in-law, so he naturally went to the electoral state of Saxony. Therefore, Marin did not intend to give Larick a good face.
Moreover, as long as he is a normal-minded person, he will not make the request like that just now. The Imperial Parliament asked Marin to bring Danish King Hans and Brandenburg Elector Jokiem I to Walms because they were important parties and important members of the negotiations. Because this negotiation may involve the issue of territorial cedes. For such a major issue, the ministers under his command are not qualified to decide. Only the two of them personally participate in the negotiations can they be qualified to decide. Just so they can sign and take effect.
Even so, Marin did not dare to take it lightly. For his own safety and fear that the princes would take the opportunity to rob King Hans and Jokiem I of the emperor, he simply brought 10,000 elite soldiers to accompany him to Walms. First, to ensure his own safety and the safety of the hostages; second, it also means to intimidate the princes.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! But this brainless Baron Larik thought that the big brand of the Imperial Parliament was particularly useful, and he actually wanted Marin to cast John, the heir of the Saxon Electoral, and his youngest son, to be extremely stupid. So he was beaten. Afterwards, even if he complained, the Imperial Parliament would not help him.
Before leaving, Marin handed over the remaining 30,000 troops to Schwarz and asked him to lead his troops to stay in Vittenberg, the capital of the Saxony Electoral State.
The reason why Schwartz stayed in Wittenberg was because there were still many heavyweight prisoners of war in Wittenberg that could not be taken away. Not to mention anything else, John and John's son John Frederick, two important hostages of the Weting family, was a little troublesome. John was fine, but John Frederick could be taken away directly. But John Frederick was only two years old and could not withstand the trouble of long journeys. If he died, Marin would have to bear great blame.
In addition, the great nobles of the Saxony Electoral State were also supervised and placed under house arrest by Marin's army, together with their respective families. They also had old, weak, women and children, and were not suitable for long journeys to take them away. After all, they were all great nobles, and one of them would have to bear the infamy.
So, Marin simply asked Schwartz to stay in Vittenberg with his army of 30,000 and continue to supervise these people. At the same time, he used them as bargaining chips for negotiations.
Before leaving, Marin said to Schwartz in a grim tone in front of King Hans and Chokeem I:
"I may be in danger when I go to Walms this time. If I encounter an accident, Schwartz, remember to set fire to Ventenburg immediately. The nobles in Ventenburg, including John and John Frederick, will not leave any of them. Then, withdraw Olichi. Olichi has enough food. Even if the coalition of princes attacks, we can persist for several years, and it will consume the other side to death!"
Schwartz immediately solemnly accepted Marin's order, saying that he would execute Marin's order without fail.
But Marin changed the subject and said to Schwartz:
"Send someone to notify your father-in-law Mikel that the same is true in the city of Schleswig. As long as I encounter an unexpected accident, the great nobles in the palace of Schleswig, including members of the Danish royal family, will be burned to death with one fire and no one will be left behind! To the outside world, it will be an accident!"
The Danish king on the side was frightened after hearing this. In fact, Marin said it on purpose to Hans. Marin was afraid that Hans would make trouble at the imperial meeting, and Marin had no choice but to say something a king made at the conference. After the negotiations began, Marin could not send his subordinates to imprison King Hans, and he would always sit in front of the stage. Once he was on the negotiating table, King Hans would have more room to play.
Therefore, we can only threaten Hans's family who was imprisoned in the palace of Schleswig. King Hans's eldest son Christian and his youngest son Prince Francis were all there. If Marin's men killed Hans' family, even if Hans got the results in the negotiations, no one would inherit it...
Chapter completed!