Although Marin was given the opportunity to draw a line with the emperor and stand on his own because Frederick III wanted to form an alliance to fight against him, Marin was not grateful to Frederick III and did not intend to let him go.

After all, if Marin himself had no money and not enough military strength, maybe he would have been killed by Frederick III this time. Therefore, in this war, Marin intends to let the Elector of Saxony give a good blood.

It is certain that the Elector of Brandenburg will have a great blood, after all, the Elector of Brandenburg has fallen into his own hands, and the army of Brandenburg has basically been captured. Therefore, it is difficult for Brandenburg not to be manipulated by Marin this time.

And the Electorate of Saxony, because Frederick III ran away, so Marin did not have much bargaining chips in his hands and could not knock out too many benefits from Saxony.

But this was not a problem, because Marin intended to march on Wittenberg and capture the heir of the Elector of Saxony, Frederick III's brother John, as well as John's children. Capturing the other party's heir had the same effect as capturing Frederick III himself. Because, Frederick III had no descendants. To seize John and his children is to seize the next Elector of Saxony. When the time comes, when it comes to negotiations, the chips will be enough.

This time, Marin was going to cut off a big piece of meat on the Elector of Saxony anyway. Mainly, Frederick III was too much of a threat to himself and had to be given an unforgettable lesson.

Moreover, Marin, who is familiar with history, knows that negotiations, just by lip service, are useless. In the end, at the negotiation table, it is up to strength to speak. The representatives of the powerful countries, even if they are not good-mouthed, can still gain the upper hand by relying on the sufficient confidence given by the powerful countries behind them. No matter how powerful the deputies of a weak country are, they cannot change the fact that the motherland is weak. The ability of the negotiator can only be brought into play when the strength of the two sides is too similar. Of course, the strength of allies is also part of strength.

In addition, Marin has read Chinese history and knows that during the civil war, on the eve of the signing of the Double Tenth Agreement, neither side had stopped military operations. Because, whoever has the upper hand on the battlefield will also have more confidence when negotiating.

Therefore, after Marin solved the diplomatic problem, the next thing to do was to send a large army to attack Wittenberg and capture John and his children in order to gain the initiative at the negotiating table.

For this reason, Marin has long sent spies to Wittenberg to monitor the members of the Wettin family and prevent them from escaping. If John and the others escaped from Wittenberg, then Marin would also change the goal of the battle, with the capture of John and the others as the primary goal. After all, John and other important members of the Wettin family are a little more important than Wittenberg.

Of course, Wittenberg is also to be taken. Because, as the capital of the wealthy Electorate of Saxony, Wittenberg's wealth is relatively objective. In the capture of Wittenberg, Marin did not need to loot the whole city, as long as he looted the treasury of Lower Saxony and the mansions of the great nobles and merchants, it would be enough to return to the capital, and there would be a lot of surplus.

After all, Saxony is the second largest business district in the Hanseatic League, and there are still a lot of taxes generated. The Saxony business district is different from the Wende business district, and the Hanseatic city in the Wende business district is more autonomous, and the tax revenue is basically at the disposal of the Hanseatic city itself. The Hanseatic cities of Saxony, although nominally autonomous, were secretly controlled by the Saxon princes, who did not provide a large amount of taxes. As a result, Saxony has always been one of the most powerful princes in Germany. As long as you break through Wittenberg, the capital of the Electorate of Saxony, you will definitely be able to obtain a large amount of gold and silver and other goods. Although it can't be compared with the richest Hanseatic cities such as Lübeck and Hamburg, it is certainly much richer than ordinary cities.

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Wittenberg was later called "Ludstadt-Wittenberg", and Stadt means city in German. Ludstadt means "Lutheran City", and some translators translate Ludstadt directly as Lutheran City.

The reason why "Luther's City" was later added in front of Wittenberg was because Martin Luther initiated the Reformation in Wittenberg with the support of Frederick III.

Lutheranism's influence on Germany was extremely huge, and the Elector of Brandenburg, which later became the Kingdom of Prussia and the predecessor of the German Empire, was a hardcore Lutheran state. Thus, in the case of Lutheran's Prussia unifying Germany, Martin Luther became a saint of Germany, and in a 2005 poll on ZDF, he became second only to Adenauer, the first Chancellor of West Germany, and ranked higher than Ma Dabeard.

Then, because he was so great, the original Wittenberg was directly changed by the Germans to "Wittenberg, the city of Luther", and became the holy place of Lutheranism.

Of course, now that Martin Luther has not yet emerged, Wittenberg is still called Wittenberg. It is a city located on the banks of the Elbe, in the middle reaches of the Elbe. The Elbe is wide enough to sail even in the middle of the river near Wittenberg. Of course, only medium-sized ships of one or two hundred tons can walk here. Mainly because sailboats often need to do a "Z" shape to move forward, which requires a wider water surface. Only a machine-driven boat, or a rowing boat, can move in a straight line. Therefore, in the future, cargo ships of 1,000 tons could run near Wittenberg, but in this era, only small and medium-sized sailing ships of one or two hundred tons could run......

Marin's eyes suddenly lit up as he was thinking about "running boat............

Previously, Marin had originally intended to let the army go overland. However, it is too much trouble to travel by road. Grain needs to be transported by trolleys, and a large number of people need to move with the army, which is very inconvenient and very food-consuming.

However, if you take the waterway, it is different. Because there is no need for too many people to transport grain and baggage, Marin can bring less people and strong.

If the 40,000 army traveled by land, it would have to bring nearly 20,000 people to transport grain and baggage. If you take the waterway of the Elbe, you don't need to bring a lot of people, you can do it with a few thousand. Even, because there are sailors on board, you can make a cameo appearance.

Thinking of this, Marin immediately decided - the army took the Elbe waterway and rushed to Wittenberg, the capital of the Electorate of Saxony. Then, he landed near Wittenberg, then besieged Wittenberg, and then broke the city and captured John and other core members of the Weitin family alive......

It's just that there aren't that many river vessels in Marin. So, he had to repeat the same trick - ask Hamburg for help......

The Elbe is the basic part of Hamburg, and Hamburg's Hanseatic merchants have a strong voice on this river, as well as many inland waterway vessels. So, Marin wanted to march easily, so he had to turn to Hamburg for help in transporting the army to Wittenberg.

Marin immediately wrote to Heisenberg, the speaker of the Hamburg Chamberlain, asking them to send enough ships and sailors to help transport the 40,000 troops, as well as a large amount of food and baggage, as well as artillery and ammunition.

Marin was not worried that the Hamburgers would refuse, because the Hamburgers also wanted Marin to win. Moreover, having conquered the rich city of Wittenberg, Marin promised to give Lübeck and Hamburg the goods obtained. This makes it less likely that the burger will be rejected......

Marin then made all sorts of preparations, and pulled the army and the grain baggage to the port on the west coast, ready to board the ship. As soon as the Hamburg fleet arrived, it was ready to pull on the boat and head in the direction of Wittenberg......