The topography of Lübeck is complex, and its main part, located in the middle of the Travo River, is surrounded by water on all sides. Only the southeast and north sides are connected, and some areas are connected to the outside world. In addition, there is a bridge to the southwest that connects to the outside world.

Therefore, Lübeck is a river island city surrounded by water, and the defense effect is very good. Because, he had a natural moat on all sides, which brought great difficulties to the besieging troops. The previous attacks of the Bossa coalition were launched from a small landward area in the southeast.

In fact, Frederick III, after ordering the cessation of the attack, did not really sit idly by, but sent troops to capture the local people and force them to fill the river with sacks of sediment, intending to fill the narrow waterways around Lübeck. As for the Travo, Frederick III intended to open up the course to the west and fill in the narrow channel to the east in favor of the siege.

And Marin was a little frightened at the moment. Why? Because, he saw a great danger - if you change the Chinese art of war, you can know that Lübeck is a city suitable for flooding......

Seeing Frederick III send people to dig up the earth and fill the river, Marin was almost frightened, thinking that the other party had seen Lübeck's shortcomings and was ready to stop and build a dam. As soon as the dam is built and the water of the Travo River pours into Lübeck, Marin will be doomed.

For a moment, Marin was ready to be captured and then cede most of his territory. It's a big deal, let's go to the Americas to develop and ......

But after a few days, he was finally relieved - the other party was just trying to fill in some narrow parts to facilitate the siege. It seems that Europeans still don't know how to flood. It's like Huaxia, when the three families were divided, they knew how to flood Jinyang City......

Anyway, in Marin's opinion, Lübeck's construction of the city in the middle of the river was simply a failure. In the Middle Ages, Europeans were brainwashed and stupidized, and instead of a Chinese person who had read the art of war, he was flooded by the dam every minute......

For the sake of safety, Marin asked Sauer and others to use binoculars to observe the enemy situation 24 hours a day, and once the enemy army showed signs of damming, he planned to take 20,000 troops out of the city desperately. Although there is no certainty of winning, at least it will not be defeated by relying on advanced tactics.

Fortunately, Frederick III was not a Chinese military strategist after all, and in the end he did not think of the tactics of damming and flooding, and Marin did not have to rush out of the city for a decisive battle.

While both sides waited, Marin's fleet arrived first......

The fleet, consisting of 10 armed merchant ships of the 250th class and 10 cargo ships, laden with food, weapons and ammunition, arrived at Lübeck Bay, and traveled 15 kilometers up the Travo River along the Traver River, reaching the wider western channel of the Travo River outside Lübeck, that is, the western channel of Lübeck.

The river is relatively wide, and in the northwest, there is a row of wharves that provide freight. The flotilla docked in the north-western dock area and began unloading food and supplies.

The Bossa coalition took a look - is this still possible? So, they planned to attack the flotilla. Of course, because the ships were in the river, they dragged all 60 guns of the coalition forces and began shelling the ships.

Captain Kidd, who was in charge of leading the team, saw that this was okay? As a result, 10 250-class armed merchant ships lined up and bombarded the artillery of the coalition forces across the river.

The 10 250-class armed merchant ships had 10 18-pounder guns on each side, and their firepower was extraordinary. 100 heavy artillery salvos, that power is not ordinary.

The artillery of the Bossa coalition army is basically a two- or three-pounder light rear-loading bronze infantry gun, that is, a Furlong machine gun. Although this running rate of fire is higher, it is much less powerful. Two or three pounds of cannonballs smashed into the 250-class armed merchant ship, and it smashed some sawdust and injured a few unlucky people, but it could not hurt the wooden ship at all.

But on the other hand, the 18-pound iron ball cannonball on the 250-level armed merchant ship smashed into the crowd of the Bossa coalition army, which was really bloody. Where the iron ball rolled over, there were dead and wounded, and there were wails.

100 18-pounder naval guns, 60 two- or three-pounder rear-loading infantry guns, a complete victory......

After being stoned and wounded by Kidd's naval guns, dozens of artillery and many more soldiers of other arms, Frederick III had to order the artillery units to withdraw from the combat range. Then, watching the supply fleet replenish the city of Lübeck with a large amount of food and all kinds of military supplies.

Frederick III thought about it for two days, and in the end, he came up with a way - to burn the ship with a trebuchet throwing a fireball......

Unfortunately, the Bossa coalition abandoned the equipment of the catapult because it was generally equipped with artillery. Therefore, the stone thrower needs to be newly built. Fortunately, the Saxon army was not equipped with artillery for a long time, and there were carpenters who knew how to make stone throwers among the people who accompanied the army. As a result, Frederick III ordered the carpenters to start looking for wood on the spot and making stone throwers.

Three days later, more than a dozen improvised catapults, placed on the other side of the Travo River, began to throw fireballs at 10 Class 250 ships.

As a result of this attack, two ships had their sails and part of their hulls burned. If it weren't for the timely rescue of the sailors, the ship would have been finished.

Marin saw that this was not going to work. So, taking advantage of the lack of catapults in the Bossa coalition army, he quickly let Kidd withdraw from the Traver River with the fleet and return to the sea. After all, the Travo River is too narrow in its course outside Lübeck. At such a close distance, the ship was simply a target for a catapult. If there are enough catapults in the Bossa coalition, it is normal to burn a few ships.

But it doesn't matter. Because, the fleet unloaded all the food, ammunition and artillery that Marin needed......

With artillery and plenty of ammunition, Marin mounted his artillery on the top of the city and began to bombard the artillery of the Bossa coalition army, smashing the opponent's artillery position to pieces, and no longer daring to come close to the range of the city's artillery.

"That bastard got ammo refills, how can they run out of ammo now?" Elector Jorkim I of Brandenburg said worriedly.

"It's okay, wait for the Danish army to come." Frederick III comforted.

"However, even if the Danish army of 20,000 dies, it may not use up that guy's ammunition. As you can see, there are a lot of supplies replenished this time......"

"Well, I've figured it out. Wait until the Danish army comes, let the Danish army take the local people as cannon fodder, put them in front, and consume their ammunition......"

"What?" Joakim I was so shocked that he stood up directly:

"Lord Frederick, this is no joke. If this kind of thing is known, it will be absolutely discredited! ”

The aristocracy of Europe is very respectful of reputation, and it is easy to discredit the common people as cannon fodder. If he loses his reputation, this nobleman will be despised, and no one will listen to him. Especially in a place like Germany, where there are many nobles, the loss of honor is the loss of the right to speak in the Reich Conference......

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, smiled slightly:

"That's why I asked the Danes to do this! The Danes hated Marin and Lübeck to the core. Even if they do something dishonorable, the Danes will probably not care. ”

Joakim I nodded clearly, the Danes were bullied miserably, this time it was a blood revenge, so naturally they didn't care about some reputation. It is only fitting that they should do such evil deeds.

When the time comes, the Danish army will drive the local people to the city and attract Marin's guns and ammunition, which will indeed be very effective. There are many people around, but Marin's ammunition is limited......

Thinking of this, Joakim I and Frederick III looked at each other knowingly, and then they both laughed cheaply......