Chapter 1358: Salt and grasslands of Lüneburg
When the east gate of Lüneburg was pushed open, let alone Prince Otto's face was dumbfounded, even Marin was also a little stunned-was there still a blasting link? Skip it directly?
But Schwartz took the lead in responding:
"Warriors, rush!"
But Marin immediately blocked him:
"Wait! Send someone to spread lime powder first!"
Marin has studied chemistry and knows the power of Wang Shui. If you accidentally get it on your skin, it will be a big deal. After all, Wang Shui is the legendary corpse water in the later generations, so powerful that it is impossible.
Furthermore, when corroding the iron door, a lot of aqua regia was poured on the door, but most of them actually flowed to the ground. Now, on the ground in front of the east gate of Lüneburg, the water is full-all royal water ...
If a charge is initiated at this time, if the soldiers' footsteps splash on the royal water and splash, the consequences will be very serious. Even the soldiers responsible for corroding the city gate with royal water wore a few layers of thick leather sole boots. Otherwise, the feet will be bad. After all, when testing the royal water, a soldier's foot was corroded by the royal water.
To this end, Malinte prepared several soldiers. They carried the quicklime powder in a leather bag. The quicklime was a strong alkali, which was sprinkled on the ground to neutralize the strong acid aqua regia. After sprinkling the lime powder, the acid and alkali are neutralized, so that you will not be afraid of the royal water on the ground to corrode the soldiers.
Following Marin's order, several soldiers wearing gas masks, each carrying a leather bag filled with lime powder, holding the removed door panel in his hand, rushed carefully to the big iron gate. before.
Then, they began to dust limestone violently, making the city gate cavernous.
Fortunately, no matter they or the soldiers who were sent to corrode the iron gate with royal water before, they all put on gas masks and were completely unaffected by lime powder.
However, the soldiers sent by the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg to **** the city gates have suffered ...
Prince Otto was forced to look at the Dongcheng Gate. He first looked ashamed, and then panic ordered to send troops to recapture the Dongmen. To this end, a thousand veterans who had stood dead on the wall of the east city, separated 300 people, hurried down the city wall, and went straight to the city gate hole of the east city gate.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they lowered the city wall and rushed into the gate of the city, they encountered several "biochemical soldiers" who slammed the lime powder. The unprepared 300 Braunschweig-veteran of the Principality of Lüneburg, directly recruited ...
"Ah, my eyes!" A group of veterans of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg rushed to the forefront, and they were directly confused by the terrible quick lime powder ...
Quicklime is a strong alkali, but it reacts violently when it encounters moisture. A group of veterans of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg rushed to the front, and their retinas were directly burned by lime powder ...
And the veterans of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg that followed were also recruited by many people. The person who responded in time and did not make a move quickly did not dare to open his eyes at this time. He could only close his eyes tightly so as not to make a move ...
In the distance, Marin saw this scene with a telescope and immediately lit up-a good "biochemical tactic". Let the "biochemical soldiers" wearing gas masks sprinkle quick lime powder, to see who dares to open their eyes?
But Marin hadn't been proud for a long time, and realized the mistake of this idea-because, Beihai's own general recruited ...
The first few Cossack cavalry who rushed up, when they rushed into the gate, the lime powder inside had not yet dispersed. Then, the war horses of these Cossack cavalry first hit ...
The eyes of the war horse had lime powder, which caused a reaction and burned the cornea. Then, the horse was shocked ...
Just like this, the first few horses of the Cossack cavalry who rushed into the city gate began to go crazy.
Because his eyes were hurt, the already timid warhorse was a bit exhausted and ran into fear. After a horse was caught in the lime powder, it closed its eyes and hit the wall in the city gate hole. The horse died on the spot, and the Cossack cavalry on the horse was also injured.
Even a horse turned around and ran back-its eyes were closed. Seeing that the horse was about to impact Marin's position, the men had to shoot and kill the horse ...
"This ..." Malin suddenly learned a lesson-it seems that slamming quick lime not only harms people, but also harms himself. Unless, everyone is wearing a gas mask.
However, one can wear a gas mask. The horse is already timid. If you wear a mask, it will definitely scare the war horse ...
Therefore, it seems that it is only suitable for small-scale special warfare and not for large battlefields. At the very least, it is not suitable for the presence of cavalry.
Fortunately, your own army did not rush into the city, nor did the opposing soldiers penetrate the city gate. After all, the most serious lime dusting is inside the Shing Mun Cave.
Later, a group of swords and shields stormed the city gate. They don't have gas masks, but they can squint and try to avoid lime powder ...
After the lime powder was completely dispersed, Marin's soldiers completely controlled the east gate of Lüneburg and defeated the defenders.
After all, the absolute advantage in numbers is there. Moreover, Kahn put on a full set of plate armor and took the lead to charge ...
Prince Otto didn't react, so he was captured by the soldiers of the North Sea who swarmed up with his mother. Also captured with them were Prince Otto's elder sister Elizabeth and younger brother Ernst.
It should be pointed out that his sister Elizabeth would have historically married Charles II, Duke of Geddes in 1518, and now Charles, Earl of Gelden. However, she was captured by Marin's army before she was married ...
After the arrest of the Henrys of Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Marin asked Prince Otto to order the entire Principality of Lüneburg to surrender unconditionally. Then the family was sent to Oldenburg and reunited with Henry the Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg imprisoned there.
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Next, of course, the act of searching the ground ...
The Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg is not such a poor country as the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg. The finances of the Principality of Saxony-Lauenburg are purely dependent on the "passage tax" paid by the merchant ships of Hamburg and Lübeck and the salt ships of Lüneburg passing through the Strnitz Canal. The principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg, but the annual output of salt mines in Lüneburg is a large amount.
Even, for a long time, most of the salt in the Baltic region was provided by the Lüneburg Salt Mine.
Originally, the annual salt production value of Lüneburg exceeded one million gold coins. Despite being monopolized by the Great Hansa merchants, the Kewelf family can still make hundreds of thousands of gold coins from salt mining every year, and it is a famous local nobleman in the German region. The Principality of Lüneburg is also a princely country with few deficits.
It was just that, after the rise of Marin, he started the business of briquette cooking salt. Moreover, the quality of washed sea salt is higher than most of the Lüneburg mine salt, and the cost is cheap, and it has robbed a lot of business. Therefore, in the past few years, the revenue of the Principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg has declined. In the past, when Marin did not intervene in the Baltic Sea salt trade, Duke Henry had a lot of money in his hands, and he might not have coveted the agricultural secret of the North Sea ...
To what extent did the former principality of Lüneburg dominate? Because there are salt mines in the territory, the Lüneburgers disdain agriculture. The huge principality of Lüneburg is over 10,000 square kilometers. However, because the residents focus on the mining of salt mines, they have little intention to develop domestic land. This also led to the existence of the largest grassland in the German region-Lüneburg Wasteland within the Principality of Lüneburg.
Lüneburg wasteland is a famous scenic spot in Germany, this grassland covers an area of up to 7200 square kilometers. In later generations, it is the grassland where the famous heather blooms, which is extremely beautiful.
What is the concept of 7200 square kilometers? Two East Frisian provinces are big!
The reason why Marin swallowed the principality of Brunswick-Lüneburg, in addition to the salt mines coveted here, as well as the prairie ...
Why? Because this prairie can raise horses and train cavalry ...
Germany is an agricultural country after all, with less grassland. Marin is hard to find large areas of grassland. Exactly, Lüneburg has such a large grassland, which is very suitable for raising horses and training cavalry, but it can't be wasted ...
As for agriculture, Marin does not lack this cultivated land in the Lüneburg area ...
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