Chapter 54: War Needs Excuses
No matter what kind of war is fought, it is best to stand on the moral high ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Otherwise, you will be beaten by the group. Just like Hitler with a mustache, even if Germany is strong, it still has to be hated under the whole world's group fighting.
Therefore, to find a plausible excuse for war is to avoid being beaten by the masses......
In fact, when it comes to a real fight, Marin is not very afraid of Denmark. Perhaps, Marin's current sea power is not as good as Denmark's. However, the army is definitely stronger than Denmark. What's more, the Danes are now pulling most of their army forces to Sweden. Even if it is not possible at sea, Marin can on his own and flatten the Earl of Oldenburg, Holstein, Schleswig and Jutland on land. When the time comes, Marin can use the land territory as a bargaining chip to force Denmark to bow down.
However, you can't be too arrogant. Too arrogant, easy to lead to being beaten by the group. Therefore, even if Marin wants to move Denmark, he must find a suitable excuse. To make everyone feel that Denmark is the bad guy, and he Marin is the victim and is forced to fight back......
In this way, after the fight, other countries will not be on the side of Denmark, and Marin will not be beaten by the group. It would be even better if you pulled in Lübeck and Hamburg. Not only can you take advantage of the powerful navies of the two city-states, but you can also share the pressure and avoid becoming the focus of your own attention.
As far as the Quadripartite Alliance is concerned, Sweden has a good excuse - the faint king (King Hans of Denmark) has no reason, and Sweden deposes......
Lübeck and Hamburg also had an excuse because, in order to fight the war against Sweden, Denmark raised the toll tax on the Øresund and extorted the merchant ships of the Hanseatic League. Therefore, they can also "fight back" under the pretext of being blackmailed by Denmark......
Only Marin, there is no suitable excuse at the moment. The letter from King Hans of Denmark could have been used as an excuse. However, it was superstition, and Marin couldn't steal it......
Therefore, before the Danes really came to blackmail Marin, Marin had no excuse to use troops against Denmark......
However, seeing that the Quadripartite Alliance is about to move troops after the autumn harvest. If there is no excuse to send troops to East Friesland, it will become a "forced use of troops...... And the forcible use of soldiers is the easiest to be beaten by people in groups......
Europe in this era, similar to the Spring and Autumn Period of China, paid attention to "cutting without a way". Moreover, it was forbidden to kill the opposing nobles in the national war. Unless, it is to quell the civil strife and face the rebels, then you can go on a killing spree. Of course, there are careerists who seek to seize the territory and wealth of others. But only if you have to find a good excuse. Even if it's made up, you have to make up an excuse.
Therefore, before using troops against Denmark, Marin had to find a suitable excuse. Otherwise, he will become "unreasonable......
It's just that Marin knows that when Denmark finds time to send a fleet to besiege its own port, God knows that it will be the Year of the Monkey? In particular, now Sweden has the support of three other parties. Therefore, there is no chance to count on Denmark to bully itself within this year......
Therefore, Marin needs to find a way to let the Danes take the initiative to bully him before the end of the year, so that he can incarnate Dou E, shout injustice, and then incarnate as a god of revenge and beat Denmark ......
However, Denmark has no time to pay attention to itself at the moment. Did he run to the Danish king Hans to beg for abuse and insult?
Marin fell into deep thought......
After thinking about it for a long time, Marin suddenly remembered that the story of his own attack on Jävre, which led to the accidental death of Princess Hedwig of Oldenburg, did not seem to have spread......
If things don't spread, how can you occupy the moral high ground? Therefore, Marin decided to send people to kill people in various countries to spread rumors, explain the cause and effect of this incident, and show his innocence......
Hedwig, it was true that he didn't kill him......
In this way, Denmark and the Earl of Oldenburg will be in a hurry. If public opinion is not in their favor, they are not good at acting arbitrarily. So, when the time comes, they will definitely come out to refute it. Even, the Danish fleet may take advantage of the opportunity to transport grain and take the time to scare itself......
Yes, the Danes now intend to use more than half of their ships for grain shipments during the autumn harvest. Only during this period of time did Denmark have the energy and strength to send a large number of warships to scare itself.
And for themselves, what they want is for the Danes to scare themselves with a fleet. With the witnesses of various countries, Marin can successfully play the victim. Then, after sending troops to counterattack, the division will be famous, not forced......
So, while the autumn harvest had not yet begun, Marin sent a group of Kohler's "three sects and nine streams" to let them start walking in the German states to explain the war situation to the people. The last madness of Wilmken sought to get East Friesland out...... Even, the two principalities of Oldenburg and Denmark in Germany, there was news that people began to walk......
When John V, Earl of Oldenburg, heard the news, his face immediately turned ugly - what the hell, if you are whitewashed, who will Lao Tzu extort 500 square kilometers of land? So, while he sent people to walk the opposite news, he sent people to ask his cousin Hans for help......
When King Hans of Denmark received the plea for help, he thought for a long time, and then wrote to John V, Earl of Oldenburg, asking if there was a third party present at that time.
John V, Count of Oldenburg, naturally knew that there was none, so he immediately replied to Hans. King Hans was very pleased when he received the reply. He sent a message to John V, who immediately sent a message to spread the rumor that Marin's soldiers had accidentally killed Hedwig. As a result, Marin deliberately made up a lie that it was Edo. Wilmken kills Hedwig......
John V immediately complied, announcing that Marin's men had accidentally killed Hedwig. Moreover, John V repeatedly emphasized that who in the world would kill his wife casually?
Many people immediately believed the propaganda of the Earl of Oldenburg, because, in the Middle Ages, it was rare for people to kill their wives......
Marin did not care about the propaganda of the Oldenburg Count, but continued to increase his own propaganda. Anyway, he vigorously promoted, just to provoke Denmark, not to really clear his name. In short, as long as this matter is big......
At the same time, Marin announced that he was willing to compensate 5,000 gold coins to the Earl of Oldenburg for this mistake.
But at the same time as announcing the news, Marin also sent an envoy to provoke John V, and told John V to his face that the East Friesian Lambeth did not feel that Denmark would be able to find time for its own trouble in these two years. Because, they haven't been able to clean up Sweden yet......
John V's lungs were blown up and he quickly reported it to his cousin, King Hans. Hans, the king of Denmark, was also very angry. Originally, the idea of going to trouble Marin after pacifying Sweden was shaken...... He wanted to do it as soon as possible......
And Marin, it is precisely by provoking the opponent that he will make the opponent launch a siege of his own port in advance. When the time comes, Marin will admit his cowardice in public and be wronged...... Yes, there is an excuse to send troops......