Of course, Marin's army didn't really do nothing. At the same time as the truce, Marin sent a large number of troops to assist the soldiers of Hamburg and began to hunt down the sailors and their families of the river shipping in Wittenberg in the fishing villages along the Elbe near Wittenberg.

After being caught, these inland waterway sailors were all "packed" and loaded onto ships by the Hamburgers and transported to Hamburg. Even, in order to cut off the possibility of the re-emergence of the shipping industry in the future of the Electorate of Saxony, the people of Hamburg directly arrested all the young people in the fishing village, leaving no fire for the Electorate of Saxony.

However, the Hamburg army and Marin's army operated mainly in the vicinity of Wittenberg, and looted the fishing villages near Wittenberg. As a result, they were able to capture only some of the Wittenberg sailors. But it also dealt a huge blow to the Electorate of Saxony. The largest inland shipping port in the Electorate of Saxony is Wittenberg. Most of the country's inland waterway vessels are also close to this side. In the previous war, if it were not for the landlubbers of the Brandenburg army and the Swiss mercenaries, the soldiers of the Electorate of Saxony could have taken a boat north along the Elbe and attacked Hamburg directly.

Marin's men and Hamburg's army attacked the harbor of Wittenberg, taking most of the river vessels. At the same time, all the nearby fishing villages were sacked, and a large number of inland shipping sailors were captured. This is not all that is true to the Electorate of Saxony, but it is at least half of it. After this time, the inland waterway shipping of the Electorate of Saxony will definitely be dealt a heavy blow.

In addition to this, Marin also sent part of his army to sack the town near Wittenberg. Ordinary towns don't have any walls, and Marin's army can go straight to the looting.

Baron Larick, who was an envoy of the Imperial Diet, would see East Frisian soldiers who had gone to loot the local towns and villages every day when he entered and left Marin's barracks, returning to the barracks in small carts with a large amount of looted supplies......

Baron Larec was not surprised by this, because this was normal. If Marin's army had done nothing and stayed in the barracks, Baron Larrick would have been suspicious.

Why? This is the practice of this era......

The so-called "thieves do not go empty", in the same way, those mercenaries attack a certain place, and there is no reason to return empty-handed. Marin made a gesture of giving up the attack on Wittenberg, but if he did not raid the villages near Wittenberg, Baron Larick would be suspicious and wonder if Marin would not give up.

However, Marin began to raid nearby towns and villages, but Baron Larick was relieved......

Because, Marin began to rob his troops, indicating that Marin had no intention of continuing the siege of Wittenberg. These robberies can be seen as an act of making a fortune before retreating, and it is normal.

For this, Marin also exhausted his mind. In his previous life, when he was in college, Marin also took psychology as an elective. Although I didn't study it very seriously, it was enough to figure out the thoughts of people in this era.

In order to confuse the enemy, Marin specially arranged for his men to go to nearby towns and villages to loot goods and livestock, and make a gesture of "making a fortune before retreating", which was to be shown to the Saxons.

When Baron Larick saw the actions of Marin's army, he was relieved and brought the news back to the city of Wittenberg, where he told John who was left behind.

When John heard this, he also judged that Marin's army had indeed given up the siege of Wittenberg. So, John let his guard down. The specific manifestation is that the defense in the middle of the night has become lax...... In particular, the section of the wall south of Wittenberg facing the Elbe River has a much smaller number of sentinels in the middle of the night......

That night, Sauer's scout unit felt the difference. So, Sauer hurriedly reported to Marin:

"Young master, their defense in the middle of the night is really a lot lax! So, shall we do it tonight? ”

Marin thought for a moment and said:

"Wait, although the other party relaxed the guard tonight, I guess the nerves are still tense. If there is a stir, there will still be a quick response......"

And so, after waiting for another three days, and when the defenders of Wittenberg were completely reassured, Marin called Cage, oh no, it should be called Nicholas now. Cage......

Cage ...... Oh no, Nicholas, are you ready? "Obviously, Marlin is going to use Cage's Flying Claw again......

"Always be ready to listen to your call!" Cage said loudly.

"Very well, it's up to you tonight. In the middle of the night, Flying Claw ascended the city from the south side of the riverside wall, then opened the southeast gate and sent the army into the city! ”

"Yes, mission guaranteed!"

In the afternoon of the same day, after seeing off Baron Larrick, who had come to Marin's barracks for daily inquiries, Marin immediately ordered dinner to be made. Moreover, the soldiers were ordered to rest immediately after dinner, recuperate, and wait for the attack in the middle of the night......

After resting for a few hours, at about nine o'clock in the evening, the soldiers were woken up and began to check their equipment, and then began to assemble......

After assembling, Marin led a large army and quietly marched in the direction of the southeast gate of Wittenberg, a few kilometers away......

In the middle of the night, using the proven tactics of conquering Copenhagen, Nicholas . Cage led his special forces and quietly climbed the riverside walls south of Wittenberg. Then, the old trick was repeated, using a rope with a hook to tie down the inside of the wall. Finally, they made their way through the streets and headed straight to the inside of the southeast gate of Wittenberg......

Because it was determined that Marin's army would not attack the city, the Saxon defenders were very lax these days. In the middle of the night on the first day, John did make some preparations. But Marin did not send anyone to attack that night. So, the last preparations of the Saxons did not work either, until ...... Marin's army really came over......

After easily eliminating the more than 200 defenders on the inside of the southeast gate of Wittenberg, Cage and his special forces men began to clear some of the thick logs on the inside of the gate. It wasn't until Cage and his men cleared the inside of the gate and opened the large iron gate to the southeast that the Saxon army in the city reacted. Unfortunately, it was too late, and when they sent people to reinforce the southeast gate, the main force of the East Frisian army had already poured into the city from the southeast gate......

Speaking of which, the defenders of the city, if they had 10,000 or more veterans of Saxony before the army was dispatched, might be able to take advantage of the small number of East Frisian troops pouring in from inside the city gates, and use their strength to drive out the enemy's forward and reclose the city gates.

However, at this moment, the Saxon garrison in the city consisted of only 3,000 regular soldiers, and the other 8,000 were all improvised militiamen.

Those militias, relying on tall and strong walls to defend the city, were still able to fight. But without the support of the city walls, they are no match for the regular army.

Therefore, the 2,000 Saxon militia who came to reinforce the southeast gate were quickly defeated by the East Frisian army that broke into the city. Moreover, the militia is the militia, and they are too slow to react. By the time they sent reinforcements to the southeast gate, it was too late......

After that, more East Frisian troops poured into the city and launched an attack in the direction of the Wittenberg Palace. Because, according to the confession of the newly captured prisoners of war, most of the regular army in Wittenberg and John's family were on the side of the royal palace in Wittenberg......