On the surface, Marin asked Schwartz to stay in Vittenberg with his 30,000 troops in front of King Hans and Jokiem I. However, at this time, there was no resistance in the territory of the Saxony Electoral State. Even if there were, ten thousand troops were enough to deal with it.
So, in fact, before leaving, Marin only asked Schwartz to stay in Wittenberg with an army of 20,000. In secret, Woolf Esbrand also sent an army of 10,000 to attack Berlin, the capital of Brandenburg's electorate.
As for why we attack Berlin? Because Berlin is the capital of Brandenburg's electorate. As long as we occupy Berlin, we will naturally take the initiative during negotiations.
Berlin is not as rich as Vittenberg. Although it is the capital of the Electoral State, it is an ordinary city, which is larger and more prosperous than some counties. Even in the later period of the Prussian Kingdom, the Brandenburg area was still a traditional agricultural area and its economy was not developed.
The Prussian Kingdom really took off because it obtained the Westphalia region after the war, including the Ruhr area, which is rich in coal. At that time, it was the era of great development of steam engines. With coal, the Westphalia region with the Ruhr area as the core naturally developed. Then, the vast Prussian Kingdom became the German Empire through war...
That is to say, until the economically developed Westphalia region was acquired, Brandenburg was an agricultural country with an underdeveloped economy.
Even if Berlin is captured, Marin probably won't get any money. However, controlling all members of the Brandenburg branch, a member of the Hohenzollern family, is of great significance.
Jokeem I's son Jokeem II was just born in January this year and was only a few months old. Jokeem I's only younger brother Albert, the later Archbishop of Magdeburg and Archbishop Mainz, is only 15 years old and is underage.
Moreover, Jokiem I's uncles were the only one who became the Earl of Ansbach, Frederick, who became the Earl of Ansbach. Unfortunately, Ansbach was far away in Bavaria and belonged to the southern German region.
Therefore, after Jokeem I was captured, Berlin is now without a leader, and no big shot can convince the public to turn the tide.
On the contrary, the Elector of Saxony had John, who was the man who ruled Saxony with his brother Frederick III. Even if Frederick III was not there, Saxony was not in chaos and resisted Marin's army for a long time.
But Berlin is now in chaos. The most important thing is that Berlin has no regular army stationed!
And this is the main reason why Marin plans to send troops to attack Berlin...
When Jokiem I was leading the army to fight, he almost took away all the regular troops of the Brandenburg Election State. As for Berlin, three thousand recruited troops were arranged to guard the temporary guards.
Because Jokiem I felt that his side would win, and the army would not be able to return home after a long time. Therefore, there was no regular army left to guard the capital Berlin.
Moreover, Brandenburg's Election State is poor. If you want more regular troops, you don't have them. The main reason is that you don't have the money to support so many regular troops. Being able to raise 15,000 regular troops before was considered the limit of Brandenburg's Election State.
In addition, it is only a hundred kilometers away from Vittenberg to Berlin. Of course, it is difficult for infantry to rush to travel. However, Marin seized many horses in the Saxony Electorate. Although most of them were to pick up horses, it was still fine to use them to rush to travel.
After all, the Saxony Electoral State is a developed commercial country and has many horses. Even if only Vittenberg was captured and the surrounding rural areas, Marin still seized tens of thousands of horses. This number scared Marin, but it quickly understood. After all, Vittenberg is the capital of the economically developed Saxony Electoral State, and the nobles and rich people are also concentrated. Is there any problem with the nobles and rich families raising more horses? Just like in later generations, there is a row of luxury cars parked in the garages of those rich people. Is there any problem? No...
Now, even though Marin went to Walms and took away 20,000 horses, Marin still left more than 10,000 horses. Although most of them were horse-drawn horses, it was enough.
According to the discussion between Marin and Woolf Esbrand, we mobilized 10,000 veterans and rode 10,000 horses to ride. With no effort, we could reach Berlin in one day. It was no problem. It was just over 100 kilometers. If we spent a day and night, the horses would not be too tired and would not be able to run a dead horse. At most, the horses would need to rest for a few days and feed some good materials.
After Jokiem brought Lübeck's 15,000 regular troops to be wiped out, there were no regular troops in the Electorate of Brandenburg. Even if someone saw the 10,000 troops led by Woolf Esbrand, they were unable to stop them. And the recruits from the villages were even more afraid to stop them. Because those militiamen met the 10,000 veterans led by Woolf Esbrand, they were definitely giving away their heads...
It was easy to arrive in Berlin without anyone stopping it. As for siege? That was not difficult. Because Marin also allocated Nicholas Cage and his special forces to Woolf Esbrand. With Cage's Flying Claw Special Forces, and it was a sneak attack, it would definitely be a big problem to take down Berlin.
After taking Berlin, Marin's negotiations at Walms would be even more favorable...
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Another thing to be noted is that after receiving the negotiation notice from the Wolms Empire Parliament, Marin not only deliberately let the Saxons in Vittenburg know, but also revealed the news to the Brandenburg people.
Some Brandenburg businessmen who came to Saxony to do business probably brought the news of the negotiations back to their country. After all, the Brandenburg Electoral State and the Saxony Electoral State bordered the two sides, and the merchants also communicated with each other. Therefore, this news must have been sent back to Berlin.
At this time, when the Brandenburg people who heard that they were about to start the negotiations would definitely relax, and they would not have thought that Marin would send troops to attack Berlin. At this time, it was definitely unexpected that he sent troops to attack Berlin.
Moreover, with the three thousand recruits in Berlin City, even if they face each other head-on, they cannot stop the attack of ten thousand East Friesian veterans...
In addition, Woolf Esbrand is also good at using tricks and sneak attacks. It is difficult to make any mistakes in this military operation to attack Berlin.
Chapter completed!