Chapter 512: The Great Demolition of Wittenberg
Along the way, Marin's army did not come up with too fierce resistance. The main reason is that at this time, most of the troops in the city are militia, and the head-to-head duel is not the opponent of the regular army under Marin at all.
Moreover, these militiamen have not been trained in overnight warfare at all, and after the city is broken in the middle of the night, it is good not to collapse on their own, where is there still the confidence and courage to resist?
In this way, Marin led the army and successfully came to the outside of the Wittenberg Palace. Here, the resistance encountered by Marin was much fiercer. After all, there were more than two thousand regular troops in the inner city of the palace. Illuminated by torches, these remaining regular troops of the Electorate of Saxony showed plenty of courage and good discipline.
But, it didn't work. Because, the number of people is too big......
Moreover, the royal palace in Wittenberg, unlike the city gates, is still an oak gate. What to do with oak gates? Of course, let Dong Cunrui ...... Oh no, it's Dhoni. Zri went up and blew up the door......
Dhoni. With the wooden door on their heads, the demolition team broke through to the gate of the Wittenberg Palace, used a chisel to pry open the stone slab in front of the gate, and then began to dig a hole. After digging the hole, the powder keg is buried in the hole, covered with earth and stone slabs, and the fuse is lit, and the man runs away......
With a loud bang, the gates of the Wittenberg Palace were blown open, and Marin's army broke through......
The first to charge in was the muscle sticks of the 250 "Wolf Tooth Commandos" that Karn had carried. Dressed in full plate armor and armed with maces, they rushed into the palace of Wittenberg with their teeth and claws, causing great damage and fear to the defenders of the palace.
Under their onslaught, the defenses in the palace of Wittenberg were quickly broken. Then, in desperation, John had no choice but to surrender with everyone......
Next, Marin and his men first disarmed all the soldiers in the city, and concentrated and guarded the surrendered soldiers.
At the same time, Marin sent part of his army, with the help of the Belt and Road Party, to take control of the mansions of all the high-ranking nobles in Wittenberg, capture the great Saxon nobles, and disarm the guards of the great nobles.
After doing this, the next thing is naturally to loot the whole city......
Marin hated Frederick III's petty actions, so he decided to sack them in Wittenberg this time......
Because Marin's determination to loot this time is very great, so, in Marin's heart, this looting is comparable to the demolition of later generations......
What is the difference between looting and demolition? Looting is just a matter of finding some valuables of value to grab. Looting, on the other hand, not only loots property, but also causes damage. For example, the sacking of the Old Summer Palace by the British and French forces, in order to cut off the inlaid gems, they would use axes to split the jewel-inlaid furniture, and some gold or copper carvings were savagely removed from the statues. One of the most famous is the "Zodiac Animal Head" in the Old Summer Palace. The head of the beast is a copper-headed stone body, and the workmanship is extremely exquisite.
And for the invaders, they obviously can't move the stone body. So, like bears breaking sticks, they broke off 12 bronze beast heads and took them away......
In the end, the British and French forces also set a fire in the Old Summer Palace to cover up the traces......
The above is the demolition looting, which Marin intends to use against Wittenberg. Frederick III really offended Marin badly, and Marin naturally would not be polite to the other party.
Because of the time, Marin may not have had the opportunity to go to the other twenty cities of the Electorate of Saxony to ransack. However, the sacking of one Wittenberg is also enough. Because, Wittenberg is the richest city in the Electorate of Saxony. After all, the Wettin family had concentrated much of the wealth of the Electorate of Saxony. However, this also facilitated Marin's ransacking......
While Marin was arranging the demolition, Baron Laric, the representative of the Imperial Diet, rushed over angrily and questioned Marin:
"Duke Marin, why did you attack Wittenberg? The Reichstag has already decided on the negotiations! ”
Marin was a little too lazy to pay attention to him, and said without raising his head:
"Yes, the Imperial Diet has only decided on the negotiations, but haven't the peace talks not yet begun? In the case of peace talks that have not yet begun, and are still at war, do I have a problem taking Wittenberg? ”
Baron Larick was speechless, and he continued to question with a red face:
"Then why were you so obedient before, and you took the initiative to withdraw your troops? We thought you really wanted to make peace! ”
"Well...... Marin thought about it and smiled at Larrick:
"Actually, I'm just kidding you, you take it seriously......"
Larrick was furious and wanted to punch Marlin. But after looking at the soldiers of Ma Lin, who were surrounded by swords and guns, he still held back, and then returned to the mansion in the city to receive foreign guests......
After Larrick left, Marin continued to instruct his men to do things. This time, because it was a violent demolition, Marin directly appointed the violent muscular man, Karn, as the captain of the demolition team, and put him in charge of looting the valuable property in the city......
According to Marin's request, the city of Wittenberg could be looted except for the things of the Catholic Church and the diplomatic hotel, which symbolized diplomacy......
Of course, in order to leave some dignity for those nobles, the silk clothes on their bodies could not be removed......
As for the gold and silver jewelry on the noble women's bodies, if they saw it, they would naturally take it off. But if someone hides the jewelry in the private parts of the body, if it is not obvious, forget it......
Karn, the violent muscular man, was extremely excited when he received his errand. He also brought the 250 muscle sticks of the wolf commando team that he used handily to participate in the demolition......
Karn first sent someone to ransack the treasury of the Wittenberg Palace, and then began to keep an eye on all the gold and silver items in the palace, such as knives and forks made of gold and silver, and wine glasses.
At noon, John was eating at the palace with his family. Unexpectedly, Karn broke into the restaurant with a group of Wolf Fang Commandos' muscle sticks......
"What are you going to do?" John asked nervously. Looking at the murderous Karn, John thought that Karn was here to kill him, and he was not only frightened......
But Karn didn't look at him, he stared at the plate and fork made of gold that John was using......
Then, in a rage, Karn rushed up and took away all the plates and knives and forks made of gold that John was eating. Then, John was replaced with clay cutlery......
John watched tremblingly as Karn scavenged gold and silver cutlery in the dining room, and did not dare to resist. After all, Karn and the others were there, and their arms were thicker than John's legs......
Originally, John thought that Karn would just scavenge all the gold and silver tableware, but unexpectedly, before leaving, Karn suddenly stared at John's direction and couldn't take his eyes off......
"You...... What are you going to do? "John was about to cry.
"Lord John, please stand up, this chair seems to be inlaid with gold, right?"
John looked back—wasn't he? The chair that served as the heir to the Elector for dinner and sat was indeed inlaid with a lot of gold, so it was no wonder that Karn took a fancy to it...... In this drawing-room, the main chairs used by Frederick III for his dinner and John for his meals are inlaid with gold......
In desperation, John, who was not beaten, had to stand up and change to an ordinary chair. Karn then took the two gold-encrusted chairs to the door and violently smashed them...... Eventually, Karn pulled out the gold from the smashed chair and took it away, leaving nothing but a mess......
At the end of the day, Karn led the demolition brigade and demolished all the gold and silver items in the Wittenberg Palace. Broken furniture inlaid on furniture, broken stone carved inlaid in stone...... Extremely brutal and violent......
The only thing that was more civilized than the Anglo-French army in the Old Summer Palace was that Kahn did not set a fire to the palace at the end of the day......
After demolishing the palace of Wittenberg, Kahn, according to Marin's orders, led his demolition brigade to the mansions of the nobles of the Elector of Saxony, and continued to carry out demolition and looting......