Chapter 474: The Awe of Allies
Marin still led his men to the camp of the former Bossa coalition army, guarding the more dangerous prisoners of war. Orders for 25,000 pairs of shackles were also sent to Lübeck and Hamburg.
Suddenly, the two cities were boiling......
Lübeck and Hamburgers took to the streets to celebrate their hard-won victory. Especially those Hanseatic merchants, their hearts are simply a big stone falling to the ground. Because, victory, means that they will not be able to be plundered by the Bossa coalition army.
You must know that in this era, it is daily to rob the whole city after the army breaks the city. Except for a small number of those who defected to each other early, most of the rest of the Hanseatic merchants would be robbed of their wealth by the enemy who broke the city, and they would never recover.
Therefore, Marin led his troops to defeat the powerful Bossa coalition army, which was equivalent to saving their family property and saving their rich life.
The parliamentarians of Lübeck and Hamburg were even more excited, and Marin's victory not only meant that the wealth of Lübeck and Hamburgers had been preserved, but also that the political rights of the elite in Lübeck and Hamburg had also been preserved. If the two cities were to be broken by the Bossa coalition forces, their downfall was inevitable. Perhaps, there will be murder. You must know that most of these councilors are from big merchant families, not nobles, and in this era, non-nobles belong to the killable sequence. If you fall into the hands of the enemy, it will not end well.
For this reason, the magnates of Lübeck and Hamburg jointly held a grand banquet and ball in Lübeck, to which Marin was invited.
Marin actually didn't like this kind of party, but he couldn't go away with the kind invitation from his allies.
However, after thinking about it, Marin not only agreed to the banquet, but also planned to do something else......
What does Marlin want to do? He intends to show off his force in front of his allies......
Why show off force? That's because - in the post-war enemy reparations, Marin wanted to get more......
This battle with an astonishing total number of troops, although not exciting. But anyway, Marin won. And the army of 38,000 was also shown in front of all Europeans for the first time. With such a large number of troops, no single force in the German region could muster together in wartime. Therefore, after Marin's strength is shown, it will inevitably shake Germany.
Moreover, this time, Marin defeated the Elector of Saxony, the Elector of Brandenburg, and the incomparably powerful combination of 20,000 Swiss mercenaries.
After this battle, Marin's influence in Germany will be no less than that of any Elector. So, East Friesland has officially risen.
Moreover, after this victory, Marin intended to take away large tracts of land from Brandenburg, Saxony, and Denmark. Marin even began to covet the throne of the Kingdom of Norway......
But the problem is that this war, Marin was nominally fought with Lübeck and Hamburg. Although, the armies of Lübeck and Hamburg are scum. However, they are allies after all.
But the problem is that in this war, Lübeck and Hamburg contributed very little to the war. When the time comes, when the fruits of victory are divided, and then divide them equally, Marin will definitely feel uncomfortable.
Therefore, Marin decided to fully demonstrate his strength to his allies and deter them when he entered the city......
In this way, when dividing the fruits of victory, you can get more initiative.
To be honest, in the face of the victory in this war, in terms of ransom, Marin does not intend to take it alone. Anyway, he is not short of money. However, Marin is quite ambitious for the land and wants to eat alone......
According to Marin's plan, he planned to snatch Jutland in Denmark this time. If possible, the territory of the Kingdom of Norway, including the crown, will also be snatched. This is a big fat meat, and Marlin is not willing to give Lübeck and Hamburger a profit. Besides, Lübeck and Hamburg already have money, and if they were given a large amount of land and population, wouldn't that be an opponent for themselves?
Therefore, Marin made up his mind that this time he would not say anything to Lübeck and Hamburg to get the ceded land. As for the money, it can be divided among them. Anyway, these two cities already have money, and giving them money is just icing on the cake. And, for those Hanseatic merchants, perhaps money attracted them more than land......
Having made up his mind, Marlin specially selected Karn to accompany him with 250 "Wolf Tooth Commandos". These muscular clubs are dressed in half-body plate armor and carry maces, and they look extremely fierce.
In order to further demonstrate the lethality of these muscular sticks, Marlint ordered that the blood stains on the plates should not be washed off, so that Lübeck and the Hamburgers could see their prowess and prowess......
In addition to these 250 fierce "Wolf Tooth Commando" fighters, Marin also selected the 1,000 lancer warriors to accompany him. These lancer warriors are all wandering knights from a knightly family. Because of genetic factors and sufficient nutrition since childhood, they are all taller. After putting on the chest armor and helmets, these guys look even taller and heroic, and they are also very intimidating.
In order to create a terrifying effect, Marin also specially had a few horses killed in the barracks, and the blood was smeared on the armor of these guys, as if they were covered with the blood of the enemy, which also made them look more terrifying......
In addition, Marin had half of the captured weapons, armor and horses transported into the city. As spoils of war, they were divided among the two cities.
Similarly, Marin deliberately asked his men not to wipe the blood stains on the armor of these weapons, so as to deter the Lübecks and Hamburgers.
As for the horses, Marin also had a trick - most of the horses he chose for Lübeck and Hamburg were to pull horses. And the war horses, naturally, were mostly hacked by Marlin...... Of the thousands of horses that Marin brought to Lübeck and Hamburg, only a few dozen in the front row were authentic war horses, and the back were all knightly horses......
In this way, when Marin entered the city with more than a thousand blood-stained warriors on his armor and in a very neat pace, he really shocked the people of Lübeck and Hamburg.
In the eyes of those merchants who don't understand war, these blood-stained East Friesian men in their armor are like demon gods who have come out of hell, murderous and terrifying......
In fact, these subordinates are not only strong, but they have indeed seen blood, and there is indeed a murderous aura on their bodies. Coupled with the bloodstained armor, it does look like a demon god who came out of hell, which is very shocking......
As Marin expected, when he entered the city with such a "bloodstained" army, "majestic and high-spirited", both the councillors of Lübeck and Hamburg were shocked......
As a result, after the banquet began, the parliamentarians of Lübeck and Hamburg looked at Marin with awe. As for the ordinary Hanseatic merchants, they were even more frightened, so much so that many people did not dare to come to Marin to toast......
Because, although Marin came to the banquet, he was not wearing the aristocratic silk robe usually used for banquets, but wearing a breastplate armor that was "stained with blood" and even had a few scratches. Coupled with Marin's serious face, he almost wrote "Don't enter the living" on his face......
Moreover, standing behind Marin were Karn and a group of specially selected fierce men with the most murderous aura. All of them had murderous faces, as if they were going to eat people......
Therefore, except for some more daring parliamentarians who dared to come over to toast, the others were directly frightened and did not dare to approach...... And that's exactly what Marin wants to achieve......