When the army of the Marin army's iconic golden eagle red flag with three crosses and black cross vests on a white background appeared under the city of Copenhagen again, the city of Copenhagen was suddenly in chaos.

Several ministers ran to King Hans of Denmark in a panic and said incoherently:

"Your Majesty, that demon is here again!"

"Which demon?"

"Marin. Hoffman! ”

"Bang-" The goblet that King Hans of Denmark was drinking suddenly fell to the ground and shattered. And His Majesty Hans himself was also stunned......

Then the whole palace was thrown into disarray. The king was stupefied, and the others were no better. Especially Francis, the youngest son of His Majesty the King. He remembered the tragic experience of being pricked with needles by a very "Rong Mama" old mother the year before last, and thought that he might suffer again, and suddenly fainted from crying......

And the Danish troops at the head of the city were also a little nervous. After all, the city was under the same enemy army that had broken through Copenhagen. Moreover, the other side has an army of thirty or forty thousand. At this time, although there were more than 10,000 people in the city of Copenhagen, it was inevitable that they were a little lacking in confidence because they were facing the enemy army that had defeated Denmark.

In fact, if the more than 10,000 Danish troops had put up a desperate resistance, they might have been able to hold Copenhagen. After all, Marin's army plus the 10,000 militia was only 40,000, which was just more than three times the number of troops in the city. According to the principle of "The Art of War" - "ten rules to surround it, five to attack it". Marin was only more than three times the strength of the enemy's army, and he could not even reach the "five attacks".

However, in the era of "The Art of War", siege equipment was backward. After the advent of gunpowder and artillery in later generations, there were no such high requirements. Generally, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the era in which Ma Lin lived, it was three times as large as the enemy, and it was safe to attack the city.

Of course, that was when the average combat effectiveness of the armies of both sides was about the same. Marin's army was obviously superior to the Danish army, so it didn't take three times as many as the enemy and twice as many men and horses as the enemy to take Copenhagen.

However, it was in the case of a strong attack. Marin has never liked to storm by force, because, in that case, even if Copenhagen is captured, there will be tens of thousands of casualties, which Marin cannot accept. Therefore, Marin is more inclined to attack the city with skill.

However, since the last time in Denmark, all four gates have used heavy iron gates. Although it was dismantled by Marin after the defeat, four iron gates were later made. After all, Denmark is an old empire, and there is money.

In the last defeat, although Marin ostensibly robbed Copenhagen of all the money, in fact, the Danes still have a very strong background. There is still a lot of money in some underground secret vaults. After all, when Denmark dominated the North Sea in Europe, it saved a lot of money.

Therefore, although the iron gate was removed, the Danes quietly made the iron gate for safety......

When Marin's army arrived, the artillery was helpless in the face of several steel gates. After all, the iron ball cannonball smashed the steel gate, which is still a little bit of meaning......

However, according to the news from allies Lübeck and Hamburg - Copenhagen may be short of food......

It's not that Copenhagen is out of food now, but that Copenhagen has insufficient food reserves and can't support it for long.

Why? Because, although the island of Zealand is 7,000 square kilometers in size, it is equivalent to two East Friesian Lamb countries. However, the terrain of Zealand is rugged and undulating, with only the southern part of the island being relatively flat and fertile and growing cereals. In other areas, there is no food at all, only animal husbandry.

Moreover, after the defeat in the last war, Denmark was deprived of all its ships by Lübeck and Hamburg and had no sea power. When the war began, the waters around Zealand were blockaded by the warships of Lübeck and Hamburg, and it was impossible for any grain to come in.

Denmark was desperate this time to unite Saxony and Brandenburg to achieve a decisive victory on land. Therefore, the Danes did not think about stockpiling grain in advance.

After all, in the eyes of the Danes, there is no reason why the 50,000 powerful Bossa coalition army, plus the 20,000 Danish army, cannot defeat Marin's 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and thousands of mercenaries in Lübeck and Hamburg.

Therefore, the Danes only left more than 10,000 original veterans in the city of Copenhagen to avoid the enemy from raiding Copenhagen, resulting in a situation in which Denmark was "undefeated and defeated".

Even when the flotillas sent by Lübeck, Hamburg and Marin shelled Copenhagen, the Danes were not worried. Because, the Danish courtiers saw that the army on the island of Sarthe was bluffing......

If it were a real army, they would have landed on Sealand in the open. After all, the Danish Navy is finished, and landing on Zealand is not an obstacle. And the false army set up by the Marin faction on the island of Salt, which did frighten the Danes in the first few days. However, after the delay in launching the landing of that "army" on the island of Sarthe, the Danes began to become suspicious. Then, conclude that it was just a bluff of the enemy.

After that, the Danes began to hope that the Bossa coalition and Prince Christian's 20,000-strong army would destroy Marin's army, recapture the two principalities, and even fight as far as Aurich......

It's just that because the surrounding waters are blocked, they don't know at all - Prince Christian has long been defeated, and he himself was almost poisoned. Although he survived, he was dying. If Marin hadn't helped him detoxify, Prince Christian might have really died......

It was because they believed too much in the strength of the Bossa coalition that the Danes did not have enough food in Copenhagen at all.

When Marin's army arrived outside Copenhagen for the second time, the Danish monarchs were all stunned - what was going on? How did Marin's army come again? Could it be that the mighty coalition forces were also defeated?

The Danish monarch's suspicions were soon confirmed, because Marin had put Prince Christian back in town......

Copenhagen was already on the chopping block at this time, and their allies Saxony and Brandenburg could no longer raise an army at this time. Therefore, Marin was not in a hurry to attack the city.

At this time, the city of Copenhagen had a population of 40,000 or 50,000, including more than 10,000 troops. Moreover, because there was not enough food prepared in advance, Marin estimated that it would be scary to last for two months.

Therefore, Marin decided - to besiege Copenhagen......

In order to sow despair in the city of Copenhagen, Marin even put Prince Christian, who was gradually getting better, back into the city.

Anyway, Copenhagen can't even fly out now, and Marin is not worried about the prince running away.

Moreover, Prince Christian, during this time, was in Marin's barracks, but he heard about Marin's great military exploits. Of course, it is a beautified and famous military exploit...... For example, the parts of the sneak attack are depicted as crushing assaults......

From Prince Christian's eyes, Marin saw fear. So, Marin decided to let Prince Christian return to Copenhagen to spread fear and discourage the other side's determination to resist...... 13110