After besieging Wittenberg, the first thing Marlin did was to recruit the spies he had sent to spy on Wittenberg and ask Frederick III's brother John and John's children if they had escaped from Wittenberg.

Marin was very satisfied, probably because John believed too much in the politics of his brother Frederick III, so John did not run away, nor did he let his children run away. Of course, John now has only one son named John. Frederick is only two years old, and it is difficult to run. Such a young child, the saddle horse is tired, and he may die.

Moreover, Frederick III left Wittenberg, and Wittenberg also needed to be left behind. John used to play this role as well, with his brother Frederick III on the road while he himself stayed at home. In fact, he may not be able to do anything. However, if he sits there like a Buddha statue, he can give people a sense of security that "the country has a master." In a way, Johann is the mascot of the Electorate of Saxony......

According to intelligence, because the main Saxon force was captured by Marin, now in Wittenberg, there are only 3,000 regular infantry left, and 8,000 militia recruited from all over the country, and the combat effectiveness is not strong.

However, because of the financial resources of the Electorate of Saxony, the walls of Wittenberg were also built tall and strong. With 3,000 regular troops and 8,000 militia garrisons, it would be difficult for Marin to take it in a short time if it was to attack.

But Marin was not in a hurry to attack, because many of his soldiers were very uncomfortable after a few days of boat rides. In particular, many German mercenaries were seasick and vomited.

Fortunately, Marin prepared a lot of ginger and cut it into ginger slices, so that the seasick warriors could hold it in their mouths, so that the discomfort was relieved.

Speaking of which, the 10,000 English mercenaries deserved to come from a seafaring country, and there was basically no seasickness. Among the German mercenaries, only the Frisians did not suffer from seasickness. Those fighters from the southern mountains, many of them were seasick. And the fighters in Alsace are also very few seasick. Because Alsace is located on the banks of the Rhine, many people have also taken boats on the Rhine, and they are more suitable for river boat navigation.

Fortunately, Marin was prepared and shipped a large amount of ginger from China. Now, Grenada produces ginger and ships ship ginger to the country. It just so happened that before Marin set out for the expedition, Grenada brought back another boatload of ginger, which was directly requisitioned as war materials.

Looking at the many German veterans from the southern mountains who vomited, Marin could only rest for a few days before he could let them fight.

However, the soldiers rested, but Marin did not. Frederick III was still bewitching the princes in Worms, so Marin decided to send someone to Worms to openly despise and ridicule Frederick III, and accuse him of coaxing the princes and helping him to fight the war personally.

Of course, Frederick III was not the goal, Marin's real purpose was to reveal to the princes the ugly face of Frederick III who wanted to use everyone to help him fight.

However, Marin thought that those princes might not be willing to see the representatives he sent. If you want to make a splash, you have to spread the word.

Therefore, Marin came up with a very simple way to spread the word - put up notices and distribute leaflets......

As long as notices were posted everywhere in the city of Worms exposing Frederick III's ugly face, it would not be long before the word spread throughout the city. Even if the nobles themselves did not look at the posted notices, their retinue were literate, and they could see what was written on the notices. As long as their entourage reads the notice, they will definitely go back and tell their master......

In addition, Marin was prepared for someone not to see the notice, and Frederick III to send someone to tear it down. Therefore, Marin planned to send three hundred cavalry to Worms to protect the notice, even at the cost of clashes with the Saxons.

The act of handing out leaflets is to prevent people from seeing the notices after they are torn down. After all, there were many nobles who were good friends with Frederick III. 300 cavalry may be able to hold back Frederick III's men, but it will not be able to hold off Frederick III and his friends combined.

Therefore, the distribution of leaflets is a supplementary means in the event that the notice is torn down. Marin plans to print tens of thousands of copies for his subordinates to send out when they see people dressed in gorgeous clothes.

These days, paper is very valuable. In addition to Marin's papermaking base on Cape Breton Island, where the cost of paper is low, the price of paper in other countries is very high. Giving such a large piece of paper to the other party is equivalent to giving money...... Not to mention anything else, the blank on the back of the flyer can be written and drawn......

As for the owner of Worms, the Archbishop of Mainz, who asked him not to put up notices and distribute leaflets in Worms? This is too easy, Marin only needs to send someone to meet the Archbishop of Mainz and reveal to him his relationship with the Pope. Of course, this secret will not be told that Marin is the Pope's son-in-law, only those who can be said.

The religious princes were different from the secular princes, and the secular princes might be able to ignore the Holy See. But religious princes are different, as long as they annoy the pope, a single excommunication can finish the religious princes.

Excommunication means excommunication, why are you excommunicated from the church, can you still stay in the position of archbishop? The other bishops of the episcopal states will be happy to overturn you. This is also the reason why those religious princes chose to wait and see, and were unwilling to participate in the anti-Marin coalition.

Of course, Marin will not let the Archbishop of Mainz approve it in vain. It just so happened that Kohler was in Worms, and he was busy bribing the worldly princes. Marin decided to ask Kohler to take out 20,000 gold coins and send them to the Archbishop of Mainz. Anyway, the 400,000 gold coins from Lübeck and Hamburg have already been delivered, and Kohler is not short of money now.

Even, in this propaganda war, Marin also plans to let Kohler play the leading role. Because, Marin has no other suitable candidates in his hands for the time being.

Mikel, Jeffrey, and Heider were suitable for the position, but they were all civil servants, and it would take a long carriage ride to get to Worms. And Ma Lin is now surrounded by military generals, who are not suitable for this job. However, the matter was more urgent, and I couldn't wait for those civil officials to rush to Worms.

Therefore, Kohler, who is now in Worms, has become the most suitable candidate. After all, Kohler is also a civil servant, at least he can speak better than those generals. Moreover, Kohler had the title of a baron, and when he went to visit those princes, he would not be looked at or even denied.

Moreover, Kohler is currently bribing the princes. Therefore, it would be better for Kohler to be bribed and to publicize Frederick III's sinister intentions to use everyone to help him achieve his own personal ends.

Then, with the consent of the Archbishop of Mainz, Kohler could leave the matter of posting notices and distributing leaflets to the cavalry. Alternatively, he could pay to hire local thugs to do the job. As long as money is given, and with the acquiescence of the ruler of the Archbishop of Mainz, there are more people willing to hand out leaflets......

I believe that after this wave of posters and leaflets, many princes will surely wake up and are unwilling to be the pawns of Frederick III. Only those who are truly Frederick III's hardcore younger brothers will continue to follow Frederick III. However, these people are not in the climate, and Marin does not pay attention to them at all. As long as they dare to come, Marin has full confidence to knock them out. What Marin wanted was for the princes who were not Frederick III's hardcore younger brothers, so that they would not be deceived by Frederick III. And these people make up the majority of the secular princes. If they don't come, Marin won't be beaten by the group...... [.]