When Speaker Tagfacht waited for Councillor Lübeck to finish an internal meeting and came to Marin to ask him to send troops, Marin did not immediately agree.

Why? Because it's too dangerous. Moreover, Marin felt that this should be the other party's strategy. So, he said to the Speaker of the Tagfacht Chamber:

"Sir, it's not that I won't send troops to rescue Hamburg. Rather, I suspect it's a trap! ”

"Trap?" The Speaker of the Tagfacht Parliament was a little confused. He was just an old and spicy politician, but he was not very proficient in military affairs, and he did not see the danger of this matter.

"Yes, traps! I suspect that this time the enemy army turned to Hamburg, not really intending to go, but to lure my 20,000 troops out of the city to achieve the goal of a head-on decisive battle! Marin said very seriously.

"How?"

"The Speaker should know that Lübeck is surrounded by water and is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the other side has 50,000 main battle troops, it is a little difficult to start in the face of Lübeck City, which is surrounded by water. Coupled with the fact that my army of 20,000 is elite and has muskets that are very good for defending the city, it is almost impossible for the enemy to storm Lübeck......"

Grand Speaker Tagfacht nodded, agreeing with Marin's words. The precipitousness of the city of Lübeck has always been the pride of the people of Lübeck. Lübeck and Hamburg are both mega-commercial cities in Germany with a lot of wealth. If the city's defense was fragile, it would have been broken and robbed by those red-eyed princes.

It is precisely because the two cities of Lübeck and Hamburg were built on a sandbar in the middle of the river, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, that these two extremely wealthy cities prospered for hundreds of years.

Ordinary nobles, even with tens of thousands of troops, could not capture Lübeck. After all, there are normally more than three thousand defenders in the city. Without twenty or thirty thousand men, it would be difficult to capture Lübeck.

It was only this time that there were too many troops in the Bossa Alliance, with a full 50,000 troops, and they were all elite soldiers, so Lübeck could not withstand it. Without Marin's 20,000 elites, the Lübecks would not be confident that they would be able to withstand the 50,000 elites of the Bossa coalition.

Marin continued:

"Lübeck has my 20,000 elites, as well as more than 3,000 of his own, so he is naturally solid. However, Hamburg is different, and Hamburg has only three or four thousand defenders. According to the reports of his subordinates, the German mercenaries seemed to be frightened by the Swiss and refused to accept the Hamburg offer. So, even if Hamburg is not under siege now, there are no new mercenaries willing to help Hamburg against the Bossa coalition. After all, in the past few decades, there have been too few cases of 50,000 elite soldiers being dispatched. ”

The Speaker of Tagfacht was silent, and he also knew very well that Hamburg could not recruit mercenaries to help in the war, so how could Lübeck find it? Except for Marin, an ally, it is impossible for anyone else to fight against the 50,000 elite soldiers of the Bossa coalition for the sake of Lübeck and Hamburg.

As for Sweden, which is also an ally? They had an army of tens of thousands. However, Sweden is not having a good time. Since the last time they had a cincident with the Grand Duchy of Moscow, they needed to station thousands of soldiers and horses on the eastern border to guard against the attack of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. After all, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is also a powerful country, with a standing army of 20,000 or 30,000 in peacetime and 200,000 in wartime. Although most of them are farmers who make up the numbers, this formation can also frighten people.

As a result, Sweden simply could not muster enough troops to support Lübeck and Hamburg. Moreover, even if the Swedish more than 10,000 people came, they might not be able to defeat the 50,000 Bossa coalition troops......

Therefore, Marin's main force of 20,000 is basically the only hope for Lübeck. Although, the people of Lübeck also wanted to be able to swallow all the benefits of the hamburger. However, at this moment, if Hamburg is broken by the Bossa coalition, the interests must belong to Brandenburg and Saxony, and Lübeck has nothing to do with it. Moreover, Lübeck will lack a strong reinforcement in the future, and will not even be able to suppress the revival of the Danish Navy. Therefore, at this moment, the Bossa coalition army cannot be allowed to break through Hamburg. Otherwise, the enemy will eat the huge wealth of the hamburger and its strength will skyrocket. With our defeat of the enemy, Lübeck's prospects will be even worse.

After looking at the Speaker of Tagfacht, who was thinking, Marin continued to be huge:

"Moreover, I suspect that the enemy is not really going to attack Hamburg this time, but to lure my 20,000 main forces out of the city, and then annihilate my 20,000 men outside the city. After all, my army is hiding in Lübeck, and they can't do it. However, if my army went out of the city to support Hamburg, it would be tantamount to losing the support of the city walls, and the odds of victory against 50,000 enemy troops were really not high......"

Speaker Tagfacht was taken aback, and at this time, he also reacted. If Marin's 20,000-strong army was really surrounded by 50,000 Bosa's coalition troops outside the city, it would indeed be more than lucky. And if Marin's 20,000 men are gone, Lübeck will lose his greatest reliance on force, and sooner or later it will be over......

After much thought, the Grand Speaker of Tagfacht cautiously asked:

"Marlin-sama, how did you tell that the enemy was pretending to besiege Hamburg?"

"Come with me, Speaker!" With that, Marin led the Grand Speaker of Tagfacht up to the southern wall.

Marin pointed to the Boussa coalition army south of the city, which was crossing the Travo River, and said:

"You see, Sir, the enemy has clearly crossed the river to the southeast, and ostensibly is indeed going to attack Hamburg. After all, the other side declared war on our Quadripartite Alliance. ”

Grand Speaker Tagfacht nodded, agreeing with Marin's judgment.

"But if you look closely, you'll see what's wrong...... Marin continued.

"Something wrong?" The Speaker of Tagfacht looked at it carefully and did not see anything unusual.

Seeing that the Speaker of the Tagfacht Assembly did not seem to be so smart, Marin had to remind:

"Is the action of the Bossa coalition a bit of a grind?"

"Rubbing?" Grand Speaker Tagfacht stared at it suspiciously for a while before realizing the problem. Then, nodding his head, he said:

"Well, it's a bit slow. But what does this mean? "Obviously, the military literacy of the Speaker of the Tagfacht Parliament is not very high.

"This shows that the enemy doesn't really want to leave! If you really want to attack Hamburg, you should quickly withdraw your troops, and then go to the southeast to quickly surround and attack Hamburg City! It's not like now, grinding and grinding, as if it refuses to go. Obviously, they are waiting for my army to go out of the city and fight them! ”

Grand Speaker Tagfacht thought for a moment, and then suddenly realized:

"So that's the case, or Lord Marin, you are more shrewd, and you can actually see the enemy's intentions from the subtleties!" Speaker Tagfacht exclaimed. It's not that he's not smart, but he's all talented, political, military, and not particularly familiar. However, after Marin's explanation, he quickly understood.

"It's over, Speaker. After all, I developed by fighting, and fighting was the capital of my beginning, so I am naturally more proficient. And you are the political strongman who led Lübeck to glory. I'm not as good as you at this point! Marin also touted the other party politely.

"That'...... So why don't we go to the rescue of Hamburg? Anyway, the other side is just trying to lure you into sending troops. After listening to Marin's explanation, Speaker Tagfacht turned against Marin's troops. After all, Marin's army was Lübeck's last hope.

"No, we're still going to send troops. If I don't move, they'll actually attack Hamburg! Marin shook his head and said firmly.

"Why?" The Speaker of the Tagfacht Parliament was puzzled.

"This is the other party's conspiracy, so I have no choice. If I dare to send an army, destroy me outside the city. If you don't send troops, you will really besiege Hamburg. Anyway, after the burgers were laid, Brandenburg and Saxony would have eaten enough, and even had enough to eat. Not only can you successfully solve the commission of Swiss mercenaries, but you can also make a lot of money and make a lot of money. After all, Hamburg is the second largest Hanseatic commercial city after Lübeck! ”

After thinking about it, the Grand Speaker of Tagfacht nodded in admiration:

"Yangmou? That's a really good word. Indeed, we know each other's plans, but we are a little at a loss, so it makes people embarrassed...... That...... What should we do? Just watch the burger finish? ”

"No, it's not impossible, I still have a backhand, maybe I can defeat the opponent smoothly!" Marin smiled mysteriously. However, he did not tell the Grand Speaker of Tagfacht all his cards, in case there were Saxony and Brandenburg spies in the Lübeck parliament. After all, when there is no hope, these businessman-turned-legislators may bet on both sides at the same time. If someone revealed their cards to the Bossa coalition army, their 18,000 coalition troops might be intercepted and surrounded by Frederick III's order. Therefore, I still have 18,000 strong reinforcements, and the fewer people who know about it, the better......