In fact, after seeing the development of Koster and Marić's "Robin Hood Thieves Group", it is not that no one among the restless young people in the refugees in the northern counties has thought of imitating the "Robin Hood Thieves Group" to create a new thief group, so as to dominate the king and eat and drink spicy food. But the problem is that they don't have enough weapons......

After all, behind Koster and Marić stood Marin, who had a large arsenal of weapons and could supply standard weapons such as spears and bows and arrows. As a result, the "Robin Hood Thieves" developed smoothly.

But others can't, some of the more energetic refugees are young and strong, and although they have formed some new independent bands of thieves, they just can't grow. The main reason is that they are not well armed. Some bandits, having no weapons, could only use the simplest wooden sticks, as well as some looted metal farming tools. In this way, they robbed the poor peasant households. Once you encounter the well-defended manor owner's manor, it will be difficult to conquer. Therefore, it is difficult for them to become a climate. However, because they robbed many ordinary farmers, they also created a large number of new refugees in the counties of central England......

However, no matter how much trouble these thieves make, no one dares to shout such a declaration as "princes and generals, rather have a kind of". Because, whoever dares to shout such a slogan, those nobles will desperately form a group to suppress it. After all, the opening cannot be messed with.

As for Marin, although it is like messing up the middle of England, he does not dare to let Koster and Marich shout such slogans. Because, if a precedent is set, Europe will be lively in the future. Perhaps, the people under his rule will also give themselves such a ......

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On the German side, when Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Joakim I, Elector of Brandenburg, heard of Marin's accusation of treason against them, their faces turned green with anger.

However, despite his annoyance, neither Frederick III nor Joakim I was now free to go to Worms to defend themselves. Everything has to wait until the end of the war.

However, let Marin hack himself so much. By the time the war is over, they will be black and charcoal, and it will be difficult to wash their white. So, Frederick III decided to fight......

For this reason, Frederick III and Joakim I sent their subordinates to Worms to defend their actions......

The envoys of Saxony and Brandenburg declared that the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg sent troops to preserve justice and order.

The two countries were indignant at the Marin of East Friesland, and at the forcible plundering of the fiefdoms of Schleswig and Holstein by Lübeck and Hamburg, which had belonged to the Oldenburg family, and that, at the invitation of His Majesty Hans, they sought justice from the rule-breaking East Friesland, Lübeck, and Hamburg.

Frederick III was clever enough to repeatedly tell his men not to mention the Kingdom of Denmark, but to emphasize only the Oldenburgs.

Because, indeed, the Kingdom of Denmark is a foreign country. The Oldenburg family, however, has always been German. The two countries helped the Kingdom of Denmark fight the feudal state of Germany, and they were indeed suspected of treason.

But the problem is that King Hans of Denmark, from the Oldenburg family of the Earl of Oldenburg, is not an outsider. As long as the identity of the Oldenburg family in Germany is emphasized, the suspicion of "collusion with the monarchs of other countries" can be avoided.

Sure enough, Frederick III's argument was supported by many old nobles. After all, the old nobles all value bloodline birth.

Hans, the king of Denmark, is indeed from the old German aristocratic family - the Oldenburg family. Frederick III defended himself in this way, which was indeed a clever trick.

Unfortunately, it didn't work. Because, Marin had already arranged for Kohler, sent a large number of spies, bribed the bards of various countries, and smeared Frederick III and Joakim I everywhere in the whole of Germany in the form of rap art.

Whatever Frederick III and Joakim I argued, it was a matter for the Imperial Council of Worms. But among the people, Marin had already bought off those popular European storytellers, the bards, and hacked the two of them fiercely.

No matter how clever they are, they can't hide the fact that they have united with foreign monarchs to attack their own vassal states. Under the wide publicity of the bards, the German people and minor nobles in many regions knew that the Holy Roman Empire had nothing but two great nobles, Frederick III, Elector of Saxony and Joakim I, Elector of Brandenburg......

After all, Frederick III was an orthodox old aristocrat, and the route he took was also the official route. How can you be so shameless as Marin? willing to spend money to spread public opinion among the people......

And it's very effective. After all, there was a great lack of entertainment in Europe in this era. The common people like to listen to the bard bragging ......

It's a pity that the common people of this era didn't have much money to reward those bards, resulting in most of the bards being poor. Therefore, the spies sent by Kohler could buy off a large number of bards for a small amount of money. After all, those bards were going to eat......

For the sake of food, the bards began to chant Frederick III and Joakim I in various taverns and other public places, following the script provided by the spies......

On the contrary, the people of this era who lack entertainment culture are very fond of this. Then, these bards were all watched by the common people who had nothing to do after the spring ploughing......

Moreover, the script given by Marin is very wonderful. This not only points out the fact that the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg colluded with foreign monarchs to invade their own powers, but also fabricates the false story of Frederick III and Joakim I who tried in vain to elect the King of Denmark as Holy Roman Emperor after the death of His Majesty Maximilian I. Then, the script repeatedly emphasized that the Danes, the Viking leader, were coming to invade Germany......

If the King of Denmark becomes Holy Roman Emperor, those tall, fierce, bloodthirsty Vikings will carry blood-stained axes and run rampant through Germany, and whoever is unhappy will be chopped alive......

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It's a wonderfully well-written story, and it's a lot like that. In addition, there is too little information dissemination in this era, so many people really believe it......

As a result, a bizarre rumor that "Vikings will invade Germany" soon spread throughout Germany......

In fact, Vikings fell as early as the 11th century, four or five hundred years ago. However, the barbaric legends of the Vikings still echo on the European continent.

Therefore, the bard just bragged casually, and many ordinary people believed it......

Then, these common people hated Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, and Joakim I, Elector of Brandenburg, who tried to collude with the "Viking leader" King Hans of Denmark.

Even, some radical citizens shouted slogans to depose Frederick III and Joakim I, suggesting that they be put in prison......

Of course, none of these citizens were from Saxony or Brandenburg. Otherwise, they themselves would have been arrested and put in prison......

At this time, Frederick III and Joakim I, who were on the front, did not know that they were in most parts of Germany, and their reputation was already on the streets...... As long as they dare to show up and don't return the army to protect them, they will be greeted by rotten eggs......

Of course, Marin, who planned all this, didn't know at this time that his two opponents had a bad reputation. Because he was besieged in the city of Lübeck, it was very difficult to communicate with the outside world.

Because Frederick III had lined up a lot of trebuchets on the west side of the Travo River, Marin's ships did not dare to approach the port of Lübeck easily. Because, hundreds or thousands of stone throwers throw fireballs together, which is really terrible for a wooden ship.

So, Marin prepared to clear the trebuchets on the other side. He ordered the artillery, mounted the cannon on the head of the city, and began to aim at the trebuchets......

In one day, Marin's artillery destroyed hundreds of stone-throwing machines on the other side of the river, startling the Bossa coalition army and hastily transporting the remaining stone-throwing machines.

Unfortunately, two days later, Frederick III came up with a countermeasure - he ordered a large pit to be dug on the bank of the river. Then, put the stone thrower into the pit. In this way, the shells will not hit those catapults.

After all, the shells had a long range and could easily fly over the head of the large pit where the catapult was located. As for smashing the cannonball into a parabola. It's a little too difficult.

Marin suddenly regretted not bringing the Korhorn mortars with him. Because, mortars are specially designed to restrain tunnels. It's a pity that it's too late to say anything. All he brought with him were cannons, and the trajectory was low and flat, and there was no way to take the stone thrower in the tunnel.

However, after the stone thrower of the Bossa coalition army was put into the big pit, because the trajectory of the stone thrower was parabolic, it was not affected in the slightest to hit the wooden ship moored by the dock.

In desperation, Marin had no choice but to stop the shelling. Because, the cannon with low ballistics and flat, there is nothing to be done about those big pits.

Fortunately, before the other party's catapult was built, Marin's fleet had already brought in enough food and ammunition. Even if the wooden ship can no longer dock, it will not affect the combat effectiveness of the army in the city.

At the same time, the Bossa coalition forces forced the local population to fill a large number of sandbags in the southeast and eastern parts of the river in Lübeck. Over time, these two sections were filled in with sandbags, which was not a problem at all. When the time comes, it will be easier for the Bossa coalition to attack the city of Lübeck......

Of course, Marin was not idle. He sent out of the city at night, swam across the Travo River with his own letter, and went to the beach to inform Kidd, the commander of the East Friesian fleet, that he should send a ship home to bring over dozens of Korhorn mortars from the storehouse to deal with the catapults in the tunnels. Also, if possible, have the people at the foundry cast some more Korhorn to blast out. After all, it is not difficult to cast a copper cannon, and there are ready-made iron molds. Coupled with the large number of copper ingots transported from the Faylon copper mine in Sweden, it is not difficult to cast more Kohorn and run away.

As for how the Korhorn mortars were brought into the city? This is also easy, just send two boats to risk death to transport the artillery to the dock. Even if these two ships were sunk, as long as the artillery was brought ashore, it would be considered a complete task. The loss of two ships was nothing to Marin......