Marin's siege along the way was as simple as drinking water, which made the Danes panic. Of course, his "three tricks" were also solved by the Danes. So, the Danish Palace once again held a royal meeting to discuss countermeasures because of Marin's siege tactics.
"Knight Heisen, are you saying that the bastard Marin relies on artillery to attack the city, and he does not send people to climb the city wall?" King Hans was surprised after hearing the report of the secret agent Heisen. Because this was not in line with the convention. Moreover, Marin broke the city a little faster, and conquered a city in just a few days, which was as simple as eating and drinking water. It was really scary.
"Yes, I escaped from Flensburg in the Principality of Schleswig. I had never figured it out before, but in Flensburg, I saw the devil's methods with my own eyes, which was indeed unique..."
"They first used dozens of heavy artillery to bombard the city gate. After the oak door was bombed with a large hole, they stuffed gunpowder into the hole and exploded the city gate... Then, the opponent's army rushed into the city like a tide..." Recalling that scene, the Knight Heisen was still frightened. If it weren't for the breaking of the city, the Knight Heisen took off his armor in time and hid in the toilet of a house, he would have been captured as a prisoner.
Later, while Marin's army continued to move north, the city's defense was relaxed, the Heisen Knights put on a beggar and escaped from Flensburg, found a fishing boat, and returned to his hometown of Zeland.
The Knight Heisen was a native of Zeland. He was sent to guard Flensburg and was one of the adjutants of the local garrison generals. After escaping, Heisen realized that if he could not make meritorious service, his knight title and fiefdom manor would be taken back by the court. So he ran to Copenhagen and, in the name of the survivors, reported to the Danish King Hans, in front of the ministers, the tactics of Marin's siege that he had seen with his own eyes.
"What a powerful tactic! The method of burying gunpowder cannot shake the city wall, but there is no problem with the bricks and wood piled up behind the oak doors and oak doors..." Army Secretary Simonson commented.
Of course, Simonson had no knowledge. Even if a solidly built city wall is buried under the wall, it can still be blown up. A bucket of gunpowder cannot blow up a solid city wall, then dozens of barrels...
"Knight Heisen, what do you mean is that the other party must open a hole in the city gate before it will bury the powder barrel?" Navy Secretary Thomason frowned and asked.
"Yes, that's it. I heard from the soldiers who fled back from Shileswig that the other party would open a hole in the city gate before stuffing the powder barrel in. If the hole was not opened, it would seem that the powder barrel would not be used."
"So, that is, the powder barrel must be placed in the hole to explode?" Thomason asked.
"I don't know whether I am clear..." Heisen had only seen this scene, but he didn't understand the truth.
"That's it, let's find a door to try..." Foreign Minister Eriksen suggested.
This time Eriksen brought back 200,000 gold coins, 50 bronze cannons and a lot of gunpowder and shells from France. He took out a few barrels of gunpowder to try it, but it was nothing.
So, the Denmark King Hans took his ministers to the outside of the city, asked an earl to borrow two doors from a castle in the outskirts of Copenhagen, and started an experiment...
Behind both doors, like a siege scene, there were things piled up behind the door, and they were killed. However, one door was intact, and the other city gate asked the carpenter to drill a large hole with tools in the middle of the door, so that it was convenient to set the powder barrel in.
It took a long time for dozens of carpenters to drill a large hole in the middle of the thick castle gate, which can accommodate the powder barrel.
Then, the two doors conducted powder barrel blasting tests respectively...
With two loud "boom-boom-" sounds, the Danish ministers saw different scenes...
There was no hole to dig an explosion test, and only put the powder barrel outside the door. Although the gate was damaged, there was no problem with the city gate. After all, the more violent the bomb, the stronger the bomb became. The gunpowder could be used as a bomb, and in a paper bag, but it could only be used as a firecracker...
The castle door that dug the hole was thrown into it and exploded. The huge impact force destroyed the heavy castle door from it. Of course, the bricks and stones piled up behind it also suffered a huge impact, but they did not collapse.
This is because the Danes used powdered gunpowder. In the Marin army, especially artillery, they promoted the use of granular gunpowder. Only musketeers, because of the production of granular gunpowder, still used powdered gunpowder for the time being. The gunpowder barrels used to explode city gates were naturally taken from artillerymen, and naturally granular gunpowder, and the explosion power was two or three times stronger than powdered black gunpowder. Therefore, the effect was naturally better.
Although the powdered gunpowder was used and the degree of burial was not good, the Danish ministers during the experiment could see that the gunpowder barrel stuffed into the city gate still overturned the thick oak gate.
Therefore, the Danish monarchs and ministers present came to a conclusion - that is, the Oak City Gate has basically no solution to the scoundrel siege tactics like Marin and will definitely be broken...
Once the city gate is broken, unless the city defenders are no less than the attacking party and are no less combat-effective than the attacking party, the city's fall is almost inevitable.
"What should I do? What should I do..." Denmark King Hans was nervous. If this method of siege was unsolvable, then the fall of the city on the Jutland Peninsula would be a problem sooner or later. Moreover, the time would be very short.
Even if the coalition forces attacked the island of Zeland and besieged Copenhagen, this method can be used to successfully blow up the gates of Copenhagen. Then, Hans may become a prisoner... Thinking of this, King Hans was trembling with fear, afraid that the day would come...
When they returned to the palace, the ministers were pondering their countermeasures. Faced with such a complicated situation, everyone was a little frowning...
The Chancellor of the Finance Minister Dolson began to wander. He did not understand military affairs and was only responsible for allocating funds. Every time he allocated funds to the army, it was a quarrel. Since he didn't understand, he was too lazy to give his opinions.
However, after seeing the inner hall gate covered with a golden skin for display, Dolson's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Your Majesty, I have thought of a solution!"
"Your dear, how should I deal with it?" Hans looked at Dolson, a layman who didn't understand military affairs with anticipation.
"Your Majesty, let's replace the city gate with an iron gate!"
"Iron Gate?" King Hans was stunned.
"Yes, I heard from the Knight of Heisen that the other party will use artillery and bombard the Oak City Gate for at least half a day. If it were replaced with an iron city gate, would the other party still be able to open it?" Dorson said with excitement on his face.
"Iron Gate...Architecture...Oh, what a good idea!" Navy Secretary Thomason said excitedly after thinking about it.
"Then... let's try?" said Foreign Secretary Eriksson.
"Okay, just try it! Come and find all the blacksmiths in the city. I want them to build a heavy iron gate together!"
Chapter completed!