In the past few days, the sailors of the baggage troops under Marin have been busy carrying the guns off the warship, and the workload is very heavy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Of course, Marin was not idle, and drove the Danish serfs on Zealand Island, whom the soldiers had captured, to build a very high earthen slope to observe the situation in the city.

The dirt slope was about 1,000 meters from the Copenhagen city wall, and no long-range weapon of the Danes could damage the high earth slope a thousand meters away. Its height, too, reached 20 meters, which is twice the height of the Danish city walls.

Therefore, Marin was very relieved to take the elite of Sauer and other reconnaissance troops to climb the high slope and observe the situation in the city with binoculars......

To Marin's horror, the southwest city wall of the coalition army's main attack was greatly thickened by the Danes. Through the telescope, Marin could clearly see that all the houses near the southwestern walls of Copenhagen had been demolished by the Danes. The masonry of the houses was all used to thicken the walls. The current southwest wall of Copenhagen is about twice as thick as before, so it's no wonder that Schwartz couldn't open the artillery for more than a month. What's more, once the city wall is damaged, the Danes will send people to strengthen it, which is very difficult.

Marin suddenly hesitated, and he was not sure now that he could break through the city wall with 300 Hongyi cannons. The Danes were so ruthless that they did not hesitate to demolish all the houses in order to strengthen the city walls. Unless these 300 cannons can blast through the walls in a short time, the Danes will definitely repair the walls with all their might.

If Marlin has enough gunpowder, it can naturally be bombarded. However, his gunpowder was too difficult to get. The main gunpowder in Marin's hands came from 400 tons of gunpowder in the 300 tons of saltpeter configuration that Columbus purchased from India. Another 100 tons of gunpowder were obtained by Marin merchants who traveled all over Europe. For this reason, now there is a shortage of gunpowder in the European market.

In other words, once Marlin runs out of gunpowder, he will not be able to replenish the gunpowder for a long time. If there is no gunpowder replenishment, the guns on Marin's ships, as well as the musketeers, will become decorations.

The guns on the warship became an ornament, and Marin didn't care too much about it. But if the musketeers are all decorations, it will be fatal......

You must know that the Spanish phalanx used by the soldiers under Marin's command is mainly to rely on the firepower of the arquebusiers to fight the charge of the plate knights. Without the power of Mushkert's musket, Marin's phalanx, under the charge of the Plate Knights, would be vulnerable.

Therefore, even if Marin captures Copenhagen and obtains the territory he wants, he will become a toothless tiger and enter a period of weakness in the future.

When the time comes, if a strong enemy comes to attack, you won't be able to use the corresponding strength to resist......

And the most direct way to replenish gunpowder is to shoot the fleet and go to India again and import hundreds of tons of saltpeter back. However, even if the fleet is familiar with the Indian route, it will take more than half a year to transport saltpeter back. If the East Friesian Lam was attacked during this period, it would be over.

As a result, Marin gave up his plan to bombard the Danish walls and planned to think of something else. However, the artillery bombarded the city walls, and he did not give up.

In order to trick the Danes, Marin sent artillery to the northeast of Copenhagen and made a plan to blast the northeast wall. In this way, the Danes immediately took action and once again carried out "demolition", frantically demolishing the houses at the foot of the northeast city wall, and using the bricks and stones of the houses to thicken the northeast city wall.

As for the northwest and southeast directions, because of the proximity to the water, there is no possibility of arranging artillery. It's not that you can't bombard the walls in either direction. Rather, these two walls are adjacent to water, and even if the walls are blown open, the army will not be able to pour in on a large scale from the gap. Because, the soldiers will not "float lightly".

Therefore, the only walls that can be used for shelling and pouring in are in the southwest and east directions. As for the iron gate, no one wants to do it. The iron ball was smashed and deformed at most, but it just couldn't be broken. With a powder keg, it is also difficult to blow up a thick iron door.

However, while looking through a telescope on the high slope, Marin noticed a strange phenomenon - that is, behind the cast-iron gates, the Danes did not seem to be blocked......

Generally speaking, when defending the city, the defending side will generally use various heavy objects such as masonry and logs to resist the back of the city gate to prevent the city gate from being knocked open by the enemy's sassal wood. There were so many things on top of it in the back that it was hard for the sassal wood to break through the gates. Because, the impact of the sassal wood against the city gate was absorbed by the masonry and logs that stood against the city gate.

However, Marin, who was looking with a telescope on a high slope to the southwest, which is twice as tall as the city wall of Copenhagen, found that there did not seem to be any debris in the gate hole northeast of Copenhagen......

Marin saw that although the Danes were demolishing the houses and thickening the northeast city wall, they just didn't pile up debris in the city gate......

"Could it be that the Danes are so confident in the gates?" Marin was surprised.

Marin was really right, after the previous actual combat test, the cast-iron city gate in the southwest, Marin's artillery, had no way to deal with it. So, the Danes became confident. Coupled with the fact that the artillery later bombarded the city walls, the Danes did not pay attention to the accumulation of debris behind the city gates. However, the gate of the southwest city wall was the first to be attacked, and a lot of debris was piled up behind. As for the city gate to the northeast, because it had not been attacked before, and it was later discovered that the enemy army would not shell the iron city gate, it simply did not pile up debris in the city gate hole.

"If only someone could sneak into the city and open the big iron gate to the northeast......," Marin muttered.

But how easy is that? Standing on the high slope, Ma Lin suddenly remembered the plot when Guo Jing helped the Mongols attack Samarkand, and N Mongol warriors used "big wings" to fly into Samarkand......

However, after careful consideration, Marin rejected this approach. Because, that plot is purely the plot of Lao Jin YY, and it's hard to say whether it's useful or not. Moreover, even if it is useful, the premise is that there are high mountains nearby to engage in paragliding. But the city of Copenhagen is surrounded by either the sea or the plains, and there are no mountains that offer gliding at all.

Even if there are mountains nearby, Marin doesn't do a hang glider...... You know, the glider is also a very scientific thing, and it will not be like in "Shooting the Condor", just transform the tent casually. If there is an imbalance between the two sides, it will be unbalanced in the sky and it will fall down and die.

Even if the glider is successfully manufactured, what is the use of flying hundreds of people into the city? It is estimated that in mid-air, he was shot to death by people as birds. Even if you land safely, you will be beaten to death. Unless, there is a Guo Daxia in this group of people who can descend the dragon and eighteen palms......

In the same way, using a hot air balloon is not suitable. However, it is a good idea to use a hot air balloon to drop bombs. But Marin thought about it and gave up on this tempting plan. Europeans are too capable of imitating each other. If you make a hot air balloon yourself, be learned, throw a bomb at your own palace, and kill yourself or your family, it will be miserable.

Marin, who was full of worries, returned to the big tent with a tangled face, and listened to Schwartz's report on the battle situation for more than a month before. When he heard that the Danish people driven by the mercenaries climbed the city wall and began to help the Danish army defend the wall, Marin laughed dumbly......

It was almost impossible to drive the people out of the moat, and it was unlikely that they would use force against the Danish army. Once they climbed the walls, the people would not be threatened by the swords and guns of the mercenaries. At this time, they are very easy to fight back. Therefore, the previous practice of letting more than 1,000 Danish strong men climb the wall is actually very ridiculous and a farce.

However, what if there are hundreds of their own people mixed in the more than 1,000 Danish strong men who have climbed the wall...... Marin suddenly opened his mind again......

"Looks like this is a very feasible solution......" Marin's eyes lit up.

So, Marin and Schwartz and other subordinates discussed this solution......

"Young master, it won't work. When those people climbed to the top of the city, most of them would immediately turn back to the water and help defend the city. Our men climbed up with them, and were easily betrayed by the real Danes. Because, our people don't know Danish! As soon as you speak, you will be exposed ......"

"That's right, if you want to open the city gate, you can only open the northeast city gate. However, you have to wait until midnight. In broad daylight, there are so many Danes in the city, under their watchful eyes, it is completely impossible to send people to the northeast city gate to seize the city gate...... And if you don't know Danish, a few sentences of cross-examination will be exposed, and you won't be able to take the city gate in the middle of the night......" General Stader also opposed this plan. Because, it's too easy to expose.

"What if I let my men learn Danish?"

"I'm afraid it's too late, who can learn Danish in a short time? And, in the dialect of Zealand. Once the anomaly is heard, it will be dead directly. Hermann, the commander of the Lübeck mercenaries, was also opposed.

"That's it......" Malinto's cheeks thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up again:

"What if we let the Danish men do this?"

"Let the Danes do it? Will they be willing? Several people present did not believe it.

"Hmph, that's not necessarily ......" Marin's face showed a dangerous glow.

"What if we threaten the lives of the wives and children of those Danish men?" Marin said gloomily.

"Well, that's too unruly...... said Weizmann, the commander of Hamburg.

"It's just commoners, and we're not targeting nobles, even if we kill those commoners, women and children, it's nothing. You are knights, and if you refuse to do this, I can let those infantry from civilian backgrounds do it. "Marin didn't wait too long under Copenhagen and simply chose a vicious solution.

"What if a commoner climbed to the top of the city and didn't care about the life or death of his parents, wife and children?" Schwartz questioned. This is rare, but it is not uncommon.

"Hmm...... This one...... When you went to the Danish villages to arrest the strong men, you sent your infantry to deliberately pretend to hurt their wives and children. Those Danish men who risked their lives to protect their parents, wives and children were the ones we were looking for. Because they care about the life or death of their parents, wives and children. As long as they seize their parents, wives and children and threaten their lives with their lives, they will have to listen to our instructions. As for those who abandon their wives and children and parents and only care for themselves, do not include them in this plan. ”

"Great idea!" Schwartz and the others nodded their heads.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this strategy is very similar to the 'Trojan Horse Scheme' in the history of Troy! Let the Danes open the city gates themselves, even more clever than the 'Trojan Horse Scheme'! Herman said in amazement.

"It's just a little vicious......," Weizman whispered.

"Haha, let's call it a 'vicious Trojan horse scheme'. As long as it is successful, it doesn't matter what the process is. The sooner we conquer Copenhagen, the sooner we can reap the fruits of victory! Here, for the sake of victory, cheers! ”

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

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