In fact, Marin did not necessarily have to send a large army to fight Siena. Originally, if Marin had sent troops alone, Siena's attention would have to be on him. Then, a strong attack would be inevitable.
However, if the emperor's army joins, it will be different. Marin does not need the emperor's army to attack Siena with all its might, as long as they help create enough momentum.
If we were to go to Italy with the excuse of "marching into Rome", then the emperor's army must have been swaggering, enough to attract the attention of all Europe.
In that case, Marin quietly transported troops from sea to Italy, which would be inconspicuous. If the emperor's army launched a massive feint attack in the east, then Siena's army would definitely be attracted to the east. Then, the west would be empty...
Although the Siena area is rugged and not conducive to marching. After landing from the western coast, it is necessary to cross mountains and ridges to go to Siena. However, this is not a problem for Marin...
Why? Because Marin recruited troops and gave priority to mountaineers in Wurttemberg and other places. Therefore, in Marin's first, second and third legions, more than half of the soldiers were mountaineers in southern Germany. Is there any problem with mountaineers crossing mountains and ridges? There is absolutely no!
So, this time, Marin planned to select all the soldiers from mountaineering families under his command. Then, he took advantage of the opportunity of the emperor's army to restrain the attention of the Siena army on the eastern front and quickly landed on the west coast of Siena. Then, he walked directly to the city of Siena, attacked the city of Siena, caught the opponent off guard!
In other words, even if Maximilian I sent troops, he was just a feint and launched a feint attack on the east side. Then, he attracted most of the attention of the Republic of Siena. Marin's real killer move was to lead the team himself, land on the west coast, then cross mountains and ridges, and attack Siena.
However, there is a problem with this. That is, if you cross mountains and ridges, the artillery will not be carried. After all, it is impossible for Marin's army to climb mountains with artillery. Even cavalry cannot be carried.
Therefore, this time, Marin could only dispatch infantry. Moreover, he could not use artillery when siegeing the city. If there were no artillery, there were only two options - first, night attack, and in the middle of the night, he sent someone to use a grapple hook to climb the city wall and then open the city gate; second, he used a powder barrel to explode the city gate...
However, now Siena City seems to have also replaced the iron gate. It is very difficult to explode...
So, there is only the tactic of climbing the city in the middle of the night?
"No, there are other ways!" Marin suddenly remembered that it seemed that he could use the method of working inside and outside, and the more stupid way to dig tunnels...
So Marin asked Kohler to arrange a spy to enter Siena first, buy a yard near the West Gate, dig a tunnel and cooperate with the inside and outside in parallel. However, it would probably take a long time to dig a tunnel through the city wall under the other party's nose. So, this requires waiting. Fortunately, Pope Julius II did not urge to take Siena immediately. Therefore, it is still okay to give several months to dig a tunnel.
In order to ensure the success rate, Marin sent two excavation teams to start digging from inside and outside the city wall. Moreover, these two tunnels are irrelevant. In this way, Marin can also choose from multiple options.
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After the arrangement was made, Marin enthusiastically sent away the special envoy of Emperor Maximilian I and asked the special envoy to tell the emperor that the crown this year was not a problem...
Of course, Marin didn't say the second half - the price was not small...
After all, the war in Switzerland has not stopped yet. Even if the emperor does not have to send out military rations by himself, it is not that easy for him to raise 20,000 troops. Fortunately, these 20,000 troops are just for the scene and do not need to be really fought. Therefore, it is allowed to use people to make up the numbers.
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Afterwards, Marin arranged for Schwarz to go to the army to select infantry from mountaineering and join the expeditionary force heading to Italy. Moreover, Marin began to create a complete set of mountaineering equipment in later generations based on his memory.
First of all, you need to prepare more pairs of straw sandals. Although straw sandals are not afraid of slippage when climbing, they face rocks and wear a lot. Therefore, during the Long March, the Red Army built straw sandals when they were idle. Then, when marching, they carried spare straw sandals on their bodies so that the straw sandals would not be replaced if they were worn out.
Then there is the cane and grab hook to avoid having nowhere to focus when climbing. Then there is the sleeping bag, because you can only carry a bag on the mountain and you cannot let the baggage troops accompany you. Therefore, don’t think about setting up a tent or something, just make a simple sleeping bag. In cold weather, using a sleeping bag is not cold enough. Therefore, Marin decided that at the latest, he must send troops and must not be delayed until winter.
Finally, there is food. Because it is a surprise attack from mountains and rivers, it is definitely not enough to bring much food. Fortunately, Marin invented compressed biscuits. She can eat it for several days with a large bag of compressed biscuits. When the maple syrup from Canada is transported this spring, Marin planned to make a large batch of maple syrup compressed biscuits, just for the soldiers to carry them over the mountains and rivers.
Of course, everyone also has to be equipped with a kettle. After all, climbing is a physical job and you must replenish your water. Moreover, you must drink water when eating compressed biscuits, otherwise you will choke to death.
Also, after those infantrymen from mountain people were selected, Malin would conduct special training for several months, specifically training them to climb mountains and wading with big bags. However, it seems that there is no mountainous land in the Beihai country...
"Or what if you want to go to the mountains in northern England for training?" After making up his mind, Marin decided to secretly transport the selected people to the northern part of England for training, and specifically train the marches over mountains and ridges...
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Just as Marin was arranging matters related to sending troops to Italy, the preparations for Emden's first porcelain and silk auction reached the final stage.
Many representatives of German and foreign nobles arrived in Emden City, which made it impossible to stay in the hotels in the city. For this reason, Marin had no choice but to evacuate the people and arrange them to stay in the military camp outside the city for a temporary stay. Then, they asked those representatives to move into the residential houses that had been vacant. Of course, those people who had vacant houses would also receive rent.
Then, the busiest one is probably Emden’s official vault…
Why? There is no complete banking system these days. Therefore, many representatives of the nobles who came to participate in the auction brought a lot of cash directly.
The cash in this era was not the paper money of later generations, but real gold and silver coins. The gold and silver coins brought by each representative of the great nobles were very heavy. Fortunately, they did not use copper coins, otherwise they would not be able to hold them.
Therefore, Emden's official vault has been busy depositing gold coins and issuing certificates for the representatives of the great nobles these days. After all, it is impossible for those representatives of the great nobles to carry money boxes when they go to the auction. So, the method Marin took was to let them lock the money in the box and deposit it into the official vault of Emden. At the same time, the vault party helped count the amount of currency and issued a certificate of currency.
During the auction, the representatives of the great nobles could prove that they had enough funds to participate in the auction as long as they took the currency certificate, and went to the vault for summary settlement after the auction ended...
Of course, there are also some nobles who deposited their money into banks of the Hanseatic League. They would hold bills of exchange from the Hanseatic League bank and participate in the auction.
However, Marin didn't know whether their bill of exchange was real. Therefore, at this auction, Marin also invited representatives of the influential banks of the Hanseatic League to come over and asked them to verify the authenticity of the bank bill on the spot.
Of course, this is mainly aimed at those merchants and small nobles. For those of the great nobles, they still disdain to use fake bills to deceive people. Because they can't afford to lose that person...
Chapter completed!