While Marin was preparing, Lübeck and Hamburg were not idle. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Marin's army of 10,000 in the Teutonic kingdom had arrived at the manor outside Lübeck and hid it. As for the 1,000 lancers, they did not arrive for the time being, but waited until the last few days.

Because, the lancers had many war horses. As long as the infantry hides their weapons, they can completely disguise themselves as migrant workers. And the cavalry is difficult to camouflage, only because their horses are too tall and powerful.

Therefore, the 1,000 lancers had to wait for the last batch to arrive, so as not to attract the attention of the Danes too soon. After all, both Lübeck and Hamburg are on the edge of the Duchy of Holstein, which used to belong to the Duchy of Holstein.

In particular, Hamburg is actually closer to Glückstadt, the capital of the Duchy of Holstein. Glückstadt is also at the mouth of the Elbe, closer to the sea than Hamburg. It's just that Marin's army can't be deployed in Hamburg. It's just that there are a lot of people here, and it's too close to Glückstadt. If nothing else, but to transport the army to Hamburg, it was necessary to take the Elbe route, passing through Glückstadt, which could easily attract the attention of the other side. Therefore, it is better to stay in Lübeck territory.

Because, to transport troops from the Teutonic state to Lübeck, it was only necessary to go through the Baltic Sea, without passing through the Øresund Strait, which was controlled by the Danes, and without passing through the Elbe Glückstadt.

As for the distance of 60 kilometers between Hamburg and Lübeck, it can only be carried by the army for long distances, and there are no shortcuts. Fortunately, Lübeck agreed to lease 4,000 horses from the neighboring region, so that the most elite 4,000 men of the Eastern Route Army could quickly reach Glückstadt and capture the city before the local army of the Duchy of Holstein could react.

In addition, the city of Hamburg also secretly recruited 5000 mercenaries. However, in order to prevent the Duchy of Holstein from being aware, 3,000 of these mercenaries were sent to East Friesland and Marin was brought with them. The remaining 2,000 mercenaries were arranged in a country estate outside the city of Hamburg, where they practiced secretly.

When Marin learned that Hamburg was going to send 3,000 mercenaries to East Friesland, his head was full of black lines - damn it, this was a hot potato thrown at me......

The mercenaries hired by Hamburg are not novices, but veterans. Although, these veteran mercenaries have a certain amount of combat effectiveness. However, these veteran mercenaries also have a common problem - they are prone to harm the common people......

It can be said that many of the ordinary mercenaries of this era are villains. Burning, killing, looting or something, it's just their habit......

In order to prevent these 3,000 mercenaries from making trouble, Marin sent 2,000 veterans, who accompanied them all the way and closely monitored them from the moment they entered the country......

Sure enough, after the group entered the rich East Friesland, they began to be dishonest. Seeing that the brown bread that the people in the farm eat is fluffier and better than the black baguettes they usually eat, these bastards want to grab it. This is all a trivial matter, the point is that some mercenaries want to bully the big girl and little daughter-in-law in the manor when they see it......

Now the East Frisian veterans who monitored them were not happy - in East Friesland, molesting women was a serious offense. Seeing that some mercenaries were trying to drag the big girl into the woods, the soldiers immediately rushed up and beat the guy who tried to commit violence into a pig's head. If it weren't for the fact that they were allies, it would be normal to kill them.

This can poke the hornet's nest, so a huge group fight......

Perhaps knowing that the other party was a friendly army, everyone threw away their two-handed swords and spears, rolled up their sleeves and began an empty-handed fight......

At the beginning of the contact, a few young East Frisian veterans who rushed to the front, and a few experienced veterans on the opposite side, the oil mercenaries, suffered a loss. After all, those veteran oils can survive to this day, and their personal martial arts are very good.

But as they fought, these Hamburg mercenaries were unwittingly divided and surrounded by East Frisian veterans......

At the signal of the commander, the East Frisian veterans tacitly worked in groups of three, groups of 10 people, interspersed from the side, and divided the Hamburg mercenaries into several small pieces, each of which was surrounded by the East Frisian veterans......

As a result, 3,000 Hamburg mercenaries were divided and surrounded by 2,000 East Frisian veterans......

As they fought, more and more Hamburg mercenaries had blue noses and swollen faces. When these inactive veterans were released, they were horrified to find that they were surrounded...... It's just that the Hamburg mercenaries who haven't been defeated haven't realized it yet.

Weizmann, the officer sent by Hamburg to lead this group of mercenaries, was still watching the excitement from the sidelines, but when he saw that 3,000 Hamburg mercenaries were flattened by 2,000 East Friesians, he finally couldn't sit still. So, he hurried to the East Friesian commander Gratsk Knight, who was also watching the excitement on the sidelines, and asked to stop.

Gratsk blew the assembled birch whistle, and the East Frisian veterans quickly withdrew from the war group and lined up in an orderly line, leaving behind the ground with bruised noses and swollen faces of Hamburg mercenaries. Although there are many unlucky people with blue noses and swollen faces among the East Frisian veterans, most of them are still relatively intact.

"Even fighting is so professional, it's really a strong army!" Weizmann, an officer in Hamburg, lamented.

As for the mercenaries hired by the Hamburgers, after being beaten badly, they became honest and did not dare to do anything wrong. Of course, Marin didn't treat them badly, and the dirt-free "Kohler bread" (fluffy black bread mixed with grass bran and wild herbs) was enough, but it made the guys happy.

Marin didn't intend to teach them anything new to these people, just let them each train in the same way they had been trained before. Marlin went to look at it and found that these guys had planted a lot of stakes and straw men in the barracks. Then, one by one, with spears and two-handed swords, they held back their momentum at the stakes and the straw men. When he has reached a certain point, he shouts and stabs his spear at the straw man, or slashes his two-handed sword at the stake......

All in all, the guys are constantly working on their fighting skills. However, the queue is not trained. For their commanders, as long as they maintain a loose formation and do not run apart, they are qualified...... As for the rest, it depends on their personal martial arts......

Marin looked at their training and shook his head. However, he was not interested in instructing the guys. Because, he knows, these people are just a group of villains who see money. Taught them that it didn't do them any good. Maybe one day, these guys will be hired by Marin's nemesis. If they use what they have learned from themselves against themselves, it will be a big loss......

The mercenaries under Marin's command were different from them, when Marin recruited mercenaries in the first place, he never wanted those old mercenaries, but only those ordinary rural youths. The general requirement is that the character is honest, strong, brave and does not admit defeat. The most important thing is to be obedient. As for those veteran oilers, as well as the thugs in the city, Marin had strictly forbidden to recruit them. Even if he recruited those wandering knights, Marlin only selected young wandering knights who had not been away from home for a long time. Those middle-aged wandering knights of old fritters, Marin is also insensitive to gratitude.

Coupled with Marin's strict military discipline and long-term education, as well as the professional brainwashing disciples who have been educated by Assistant Bishop Taylor in the past year or so, they preach and brainwash them every day, resulting in Marin's veterans not only worshipping Marin more, but also having good discipline and high quality.

Moreover, Marin promised that after 10 years of service, they would acquire their own land in East Friesland, settle down there, obtain local household registration, and become homesteaders with land rights.

Of course, if these people run away with others and are hired by others, then they are not qualified......

But generally speaking, the veterans under Marin, under the brainwashing education of Taylor's disciples, coupled with the strict discipline that they have observed for a long time, have become accustomed to the life of being soldiers under Marin. Moreover, Marin treated them well, never starved them, never defaulted on their wages, and provided them with fluffy "Kohler bread" to eat. On festivals, there are also extra meals. For example, salted fish, pork, etc. So, there are basically no people who want to leave here.

Two different armies, stationed on the territory of Lyre County. The two sides were in large camps, almost close together. When the mercenaries on the Hamburg side got up in the morning and shouted at the straw men and wooden stakes, the veterans of East Friesland had already completed the daily routine of 5 kilometers with backpacks.

In the East Frisian Army, in addition to rain and snow, the soldiers had to run 5 kilometers every morning and evening to exercise their physical fitness. So, now the East Frisian veterans, marching 40 kilometers a day, that's light. A rapid march can reach 60 kilometers per day. Of course, after the rapid march, the whole army must eat braised pork to make up for it, otherwise it will not be able to bear it the next day.

Of course, this is a veteran. As for the 5,000 recruits, Marin didn't expect much from them. They have not yet adapted to a 5-kilometre exercise in the morning and evening. I can't run that far in a day for less than a year and a half. So, when the war began, Marin planned to let the 5,000 recruits march with the 3,000 mercenaries from Hamburg in East Friesland. On the one hand, it is because they are not physically fit, and on the other hand, it is also because of the 3,000 veterans who are monitoring Hamburg, so that they don't have moths on the road......