After returning the horses borrowed from the Teutonic states, Marin boarded the ship to return to the front line in Copenhagen. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoIn addition to the 200 men brought before, there are also 100 Eastern European Mongolian horses presented by Namungkejire Khan.

In order to load these horses, Grand Master Philip also specially transferred a large number of Kirk galleons from the port of Königsberg to help transport the horses.

However, Philip didn't understand why Marin would take a fancy to these diminutive Eastern European Mongolian horses. Although the height of the Mongolian horse in Eastern Europe exceeds that of the original Mongolian horse by many times, and the average shoulder height reaches more than 1.5 meters, it is already considered a medium-sized horse, but such a horse is still not popular in Europe.

Because, plate knights are popular in Europe. Most of the horses ridden by the knights were 1.6 meters tall and 1.7 meters tall at the shoulders. The Eastern European Mongolian horse, which is more than 1.5 meters tall and has a head and shoulders high, is considered a short man in front of the local European horses, and it is difficult to carry a knight wearing a full set of plate armor.

Marin didn't say anything, after all, his vision was completely different from that of people of this era. Although the Mongolian horses in Eastern Europe are short, they are very suitable for light cavalry riding, and they are also very suitable for hurrying and transferring. Because, without carrying people, it does not need to eat feed, it is enough to eat some grass. Even if it is used for transfers, it is enough to feed some soybeans or oats after carrying people.

If you travel long distances and run long distances, this Mongolian horse breed is much stronger than the European horse. European horses are characterized by great strength and explosiveness, but poor endurance. The Plate Knight rode on a European horse, and he ran out of strength after two rounds of charging. Eastern European Mongolian horses, on the other hand, can eat for a long time. Although, the short-term explosiveness can't catch up with those high-headed horses. However, relying on low cost and numerical superiority, coupled with the ability to run long distances, is enough to become an enemy's nightmare.

The Grand Duchy of Moscow, which had just become stronger, suffered greatly. In the face of tens of thousands of Crimean Tatar cavalry, the Muscovites could not resist, and finally had to build a series of pillboxes on the southern border, all of which were almost connected together and became Maozi's version of the Great Wall.

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Today, the southern waters of the Baltic Sea have become the world of the coalition navy. Marin's fleet passed unimpeded all the way, and not even a single Danish merchant ship was seen.

Naturally, he didn't know that in the more than a month he had been in the Crimea, the combined fleet had basically robbed all the Danish merchant ships. The total number of Danish merchant ships looted was as high as 500. The few remaining merchant ships in Denmark were also so frightened that they took refuge in Oslo, the Kingdom of Norway, where the Danish crown prince was regent, and never showed up again. So, at this moment, not a single Danish ship appeared on the Baltic Sea. As long as they dare to appear, they will be robbed by the warships sent by the combined fleet to cruise, and they will be ...... with people and ships

When Marin rushed back to Copenhagen, he found that the coalition forces had not yet conquered Copenhagen. He came to the headquarters to learn about the situation of the battle for more than a month.

It turned out that for more than a month, Schwartz not only continued to bombard the Danish city walls with artillery, but also used troops and horses to carry out many strong attacks, but they were not captured.

Fortunately, Schwartz was not stupid, and when it came time to attack, he let Lübeck and the mercenaries of Hamburg take the lead. So, although there were casualties, most of them were mercenaries from Lübeck and Hamburg.

However, the mercenaries of Lübeck and Hamburg were not fools either. After two storms, the mercenaries discovered that the Danes had mobilized a large number of people to defend the city. Even, in the past month or so, after a dozen short-barreled Karen cannons have damaged a certain section of the city wall, the Danes will organize the people to repair and strengthen it overnight.

So, these obscene old oil mercenaries went directly to the surroundings of Copenhagen to capture the Danish strong men, put swords around their necks, and let them take the lead in climbing the city wall with hoes.

The defenders of Copenhagen didn't know about it, and they thought that these Danish peasants were helping the enemy to attack the city. They used a large number of bows and arrows and stones to attack the Danish peasants, who were forced to climb the walls.

Schwartz had no objection to this practice by the mercenaries of Lübeck and Hamburg. At the very least, it consumes the Danes' arrows and stones.

But the consequence of this was that the Danes around Copenhagen hated the mercenaries of Lübeck and Hamburg. Because, the Danish peasants who were forced to climb the city walls killed and wounded more than 2,000 people......

However, to the surprise of the Danish army, some Danish peasants, having climbed the walls with difficulty, did not attack the Danish defenders, but asked to join the Danish army and defend the walls together......

Then, after learning that the enemy was driving their own peasants to attack the city, the Danes stopped killing and wounding the Danish peasants who climbed the walls, but accepted them directly. And the peasants, even though they were forced to climb the walls, were willing to immediately help the Danish army against the allied attack......

When Marin learned about it, he didn't blame Schwartz, but asked about the role of artillery on the city wall.

"Young master, I used a total of more than a dozen short-barreled cannons, and unloaded 10 long-barreled cannons from the ship to bombard the city wall together. The effect is average, because we broke the wall in time, and the Danes will also take advantage of the night to send masons to repair the damaged part of the city wall and strengthen it. ”

"In other words, our artillery will still cause damage to the city walls, right?"

"Yes!"

"Understood, you help me deliver an order. Order the East Friesian fleet to dismantle all the 18-pounder guns on board and send them to the front ......"

"Huh? What do you mean? Schwartz was a little surprised.

"Since more than 20 cannons can only damage the city wall, then Lao Tzu will dismantle all the 600 18-pounder long-barreled naval guns on the ship and bombard them together! Be sure to smash the walls! ”

"But...... That's not good...... Young master, so many heavy artillery will frighten the allies ......" Schwartz reminded Marin that at the beginning, what they said to their allies was that there were only more than 300 heavy guns. If you pull out all 600 heavy guns, it's really scary.

"That'...... Just pull 300 doors for me! 300 Hongyi cannons are enough to smash the city wall......" Speaking of the back, Marin muttered to himself.

Next, the coalition troops began the vigorous artillery transportation process. The 18-pounder gun was heavy, almost 1.8 tons. This is still a weight-reduced version, the old version, which weighs 2 tons.

With such heavy artillery, it is also difficult to transport. Therefore, transporting the artillery from the ship requires a lot of manpower, and even movable pulleys.

After going ashore, it was also necessary to find a cart that could carry the heavy cannon body, and everyone worked together to push the cannon under the city of Copenhagen, and then lift it down, arrange it, and aim it at the city wall......

In this way, in the following days, under the command of Marin, the coalition forces suspended the offensive and concentrated on transporting artillery......

Marin calculated that 300 Hongyi cannons, firing a salvo, would cost 1,800 pounds of gunpowder (the ratio of gunpowder to shells is 1 to 3, which is the maximum charge, but the siege must be the maximum charge). This time, Marin only brought a total of 400 tons of gunpowder made from saltpeter purchased from India and 100 tons of gunpowder purchased from various countries. Moreover, in previous naval and land battles (infantry artillery and arquebuses), about 180 tons of gunpowder were used. That is, now there is only 320 tons of gunpowder left. Counting, it is only enough for 300 Hongyi cannons to fire 400 salvos.

However, in addition to the gunpowder needed on the battleship, the musketeers on the infantry side also needed a lot of gunpowder. Therefore, these 300 18-pounder long-barreled guns could not run out of gunpowder. Therefore, Marin decided to stop the shelling of the short-barreled 18-pounder Cullen guns, save the gunpowder, and dedicate the 300 long-barreled heavy guns to bombard the city walls. Moreover, these long-barreled guns, with a maximum of 200 salvos. If the walls of Copenhagen hadn't collapsed, there would be no need for artillery.

Considering that the Danes would repair the walls in the middle of the night, Marin decided - this time the shelling, without stopping in the middle of the night, not giving the Danes a chance to repair the walls.

Fortunately, in addition to the consumption of gunpowder, which cannot be regenerated, the iron ball shells can be recovered at night. Because, after the iron ball cannonball smashed on the city wall, most of it bounced off and fell on the ground outside the city wall. After dark, while the Danes were repairing the walls, the Allied soldiers could go looking for my 18-pound balls of iron that had fallen outside the city. Fortunately, the iron ball can be recycled, otherwise, the consumption of the iron ball alone is extremely staggering......