A few days later, when all the shooting sheds had been built, the 50,000 Bosa coalition troops, including 30,000 civilians and a large amount of food and grass supplies, were late.

It has been rainy these days, so in the era when there were no roads, the Bossa coalition army on dirt roads suffered. Fortunately, the distance is not very far, only one Duchy of Mecklenburg is separated, otherwise, this army will have to be exhausted to death.

"I heard that Marin's army is good at using arquebuses?" Elector Joakim I of Brandenburg asked.

Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, nodded, then smiled:

"Haha, although the march has been very uncomfortable these days. However, on this rainy day, I think that the East Frisian musketeers on the city walls must not be able to use muskets, right? Without muskets, I see how they defend. ”

"Yes, yes, on a rainy day, their muskets can't be used, our bows and arrows are barely usable, we have the advantage!" Joakim I also said with satisfaction. Although rainy days also have an effect on bows and arrows, they are at least much stronger than arquebuses that cannot be used.

However, as the army reached the city of Lübeck, Frederick III and Joakim I were dumbfounded—what were those little wooden huts on the city walls?

Then, a detachment of infantry was sent forward carrying ladders to make a siege stance...... Then they understood what the little wooden huts were for......

"Bang Bang Bang Bang-" A burst of gunfire like fried beans came from the wooden shed, startling the coalition forces......

"I'm X! Is there still such an operation? Joakim I couldn't help but explode into a foul mouth......

A moment ago, he and Frederick III were glad that the arquebus could not be used on a rainy day. How long has it been? The slap in the face is coming......

Frederick III was also stunned - damn it, the old man was also slapped in the face......

However, Xiao Zhuge is Xiao Zhuge , Zhuge Terry thought about it and said:

"It's okay, we're not going to attack today, wait until the rain stops, and burn those little wooden sheds with rockets! Later, when it rains, their arquebuses will be scrapped! ”

Joakim I nodded, and then looked indignantly at the thousands of small wooden sheds at the head of the city.

It just so happened that the army struggled in the mud on a rainy day for a few days, and then rested first. However, Zhuge Detri specially instructed - we must do a good job of guarding against night attacks.

Because, the grandson named Marin on the other side is the best at night raids...... In that year, King Charles VIII of France suffered a huge loss from this grandson......

At night, Sauer and his scouts reconnoitred the city with telescopes all night, and then, exclaiming:

"The other party's defense at night is so tight, there are at least a few thousand people on duty at night. I also brought a dog, such a defense, it is difficult to succeed in a night attack! ”

Subsequently, Sauer made a report to Marin. Marin could not deny it, he had long known the difficulty of Frederick III. If he hadn't gotten information from Venice by chance, he might have been deceived by the other party. In addition, he started by night attacks, and if the other party did not defend tightly in the middle of the night, Marin would feel strange. If you don't get it right, maybe it's a trap.

On the third day after the arrival of the coalition forces, the rain finally stopped. Early in the morning, Joakim I excitedly took the archers of the Elector of Brandenburg and a large vat of grease to make a wooden shed for Marin to burn. Unfortunately, when the thousands of allied archers arrived under the walls, they were surprised to find that the wooden huts were gone......

Of course not. After discovering that the rain had stopped, before breakfast, Marin arranged for the men to carry the wooden huts down the city walls......

"And this kind of operation?" Joakim I was dumbfounded again......

Frederick III sighed, but admired Marin's cunning. He then ordered the archers to shoot several waves at the city. However, when their archers fired, the musketeers all shrank their heads next to the battlements, and the arrows thrown could not have hurt them.

When the Coalition infantry launched another tentative attack, the musketeers showed their heads and opened fire on the infantry, causing considerable casualties to the Coalition forces.

Not reconciled, Choakim I ordered his soldiers to tear down the gates of nearby houses and let them carry them forward to fend off the bullets on the city.

Unfortunately, this trick was used in the wrong place. If the defenders are armed with bows and arrows, they can indeed resist carrying the wooden door. But Marin's musketeers used Mushkert muskets with projectiles weighing 50 grams, and the power could not even be blocked by plate armor, let alone the wooden door......

After several setbacks in the offensive, the coalition forces finally stopped......

"Stop for now, let's wait for the Danish army to come and converge!"

"Can the Danish army be as strong as ours?" Joakim I retorted dissatisfiedly.

"It's not as strong as us, but it can be used to consume Marin's ammunition! 20,000 people, no, you can't use up the ammunition of Marin's kid! Frederick III said cruelly.

"This ...... That's not good......" said Joakim I hesitantly.

"What's so bad? We are fighting for the sake of Denmark this time, so do we want to use our people to die? ”

Joakim thought about it, and really. They helped Denmark this time, although they were related by in-laws, but in fact, they were also to sack Lübeck and Hamburg, not entirely for Denmark.

When it comes to their status, they are rarely emotional. The national interest was generally the first priority, and even if the Danish king Hans was his father-in-law, he might not have been willing to make such a big effort had Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, told him that he could rob the rich Lübeck and Hamburg by the way. At most, it would be a great deal to give a few thousand reinforcements to Denmark, just as Frederick III had done to his cousin, Duke George.

In fact, Frederick III had another ambition in mind - that is, to destroy Lübeck and Hamburg, the two leaders and vice-leaders of the Hanseatic League.

Then, when Lübeck and Hamburg were finished, Frederick III wanted to take the opportunity to get the Hanseatic merchants of the Saxon business district to stand up and become the leaders of the Hanseatic League.

The Hanseatic merchants of the Saxon business district were privately influenced and partially controlled by Frederick III. In this way, it is tantamount to the Electorate of Saxony secretly controlling the Hanseatic League, which has a huge economy. In the future, it is not impossible for Saxony to become the boss of Germany......

After all, Saxony is the second largest of the four Hanseatic districts after Lübeck and Hamburg.

If Lübeck and Hamburg were destroyed by the coalition, then the Saxon district, the second largest business district, could easily take over the banner of Lübeck and Hamburg and become the new leader of the Hanseatic League. As the real boss of Saxony, Frederick III would have full political and economic influence and control over Germany......

Although, Frederick III himself had no intention of becoming emperor of the HRE. However, Frederick III, known as Zhuge Lie, liked to control Germany secretly, and was an intelligent person who liked to be behind the scenes.

In fact, he had no intention of being the emperor of the HRE, mainly because he was not married and had no offspring. Even if he became an emperor, he didn't have much to do. All he did was to pave the way for his brother Johann to take over the Elector of Saxony in the future.

Therefore, in this war, Frederick was more concerned about how to strengthen the strength of the Electorate of Saxony, rather than stupidly helping the Danes desperately.

As for saying that the Danes fought out the 20,000 troops? Frederick III thought it was nothing. Because the 20,000 troops were recruited from the people, not the main force of the Danish royal court. So, even if it is lost, it is nothing.

Besides, although some troops were lost, as long as the coalition was won, everything Denmark had lost would be regained, which was not too much of a loss. After all, those were two principalities. Moreover, the Danish royal capital still has the main force of more than 10,000 troops, which does not affect national security.

Saxony and Brandenburg, on the other hand, will take advantage of this opportunity to make a windfall and rob Lübeck and Hamburg of their wealth and strengthen themselves......

Based on this intention, Frederick III decided to suspend the attack on Lübeck and instead besiege it.

Then, north of Lübeck, Frederick III placed a heavy army, waiting for information that "an army of 8,000 from the Duchy of Schleswig came to support Lübeck" and intended to destroy this army. Counted, this is also a "siege point reinforcement".

Without the support of the city walls, Frederick III did not believe that the 8,000 reinforcements could outfight the mighty coalition......

In this way, inside and outside the city of Lübeck, the attacking and defending sides fell into a situation of confrontation and waiting......

It's just that Frederick III and Joakim I were waiting for the "8,000 reinforcements from the Duchy of Schleswig" and the Danish army, while Marin was waiting for the main force of the Duchy of Schleswig and the 10,000 English mercenaries of Saqqara after the destruction of the Danish army......