Chapter 92: Danish countermeasures

In the Royal Palace of Copenhagen, Denmark, there is a gloomy cloud. At this point, the Kingdom of Denmark has reached the point of survival ...

"Everyone loves Qing, what can you do? The Kalmar Union is at stake, what plans do the Qings have to teach me?" The once incomparable King of Denmark, Hans, is now stunned and the six gods have no master.

"Hmm, Thomason, just blame you, your Majesty provokes East Frisian Lambert. Now, people's revenge is coming!" Army Secretary Simonson and Navy Secretary Thomason have always been different. So, with one mouth, Simonson put the pot on Thomason's head ...

Where would Thomasson be happy? At first, sending a fleet to scare East Friesland and extortion wasn't it a unanimous decision ...

"If your army was too bad, would we lose the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig?" Thomason couldn't help refuting.

"The army is too bad? My army is all invested in the battlefield of Sweden. How can I know that the little thief of Marin will join Lübeck and Hamburg to work with us? I want to withdraw the main force, but now the Swedes and glue The same sticks to us, let us not withdraw troops! "

Seeing that the two ministers were about to quarrel, King Hans immediately came out to save the scene:

"Don't be noisy, two lovers, let's think of a way! We can't pull away from the army now, and the navy's strength is less than half. Everyone thinks, what should we do now?"

"Your Majesty, he thought that the enemy ’s next step would definitely be to join the three warships to destroy our remaining 80 warships. Therefore, he thought that the remaining 80 warships should be returned to Copenhagen Bay, Let the army's artillery and projectiles protect them together. "Navy Secretary Thomason thought about it and said.

Now there are only 80 warships left in Denmark, and there are two hundred or dozens of other warships added together. If they fight hard, they are definitely not opponents. It is better to hide in Copenhagen Bay and protect them. If these 80 warships are over, Denmark will immediately become a weak country at sea. Moreover, Copenhagen Bay is very peculiar. It is a long bay like a wide canal that cuts Zealand. The warship retreated into Copenhagen Bay, as if hiding in a canal. Then, you can make full use of catapults and a small number of artillery on both sides to protect the warships in the bay.

"What about the land? Can't I always watch the enemy take over my land?" King Hans said worriedly.

"Your Majesty, the minister also wants to resist the enemy. However, the enemy has a full army of 30,000. Even if all the infantry on the Swedish battlefield are withdrawn, it is only 15,000. Fighting face to face, it is not an opponent. . That Marin, who relied on the 10,000 army to defeat the 26,000 army of the Principality of Saxony. Not to mention, now the Swedes are holding us dead. "Simonson looked depressed.

"Is there no other way?" King Hans asked with a frustrated face. If he was given a chance again, he would definitely not choose to offend Malin. For the benefit of 100,000 gold coins, Denmark is in a dangerous position.

"Your Majesty, the minister has some ideas ..." Foreign Minister Eriksson stood up.

"Ai Qing quickly talk!" King Hans is now in a desperate end, but whenever there is any possibility, he does not want to let go.

"Your Majesty, we can think of other countries for help!"

"Call for help? But, who now has the ability to save us?" King Hans said in frustration.

"France, Your Majesty, France is the number one power in Europe! The minister is willing to personally run to France and ask the French king to send troops to support Denmark."

"But, Ai Qing, what reason does France have to rescue Denmark?" King Hans asked suspiciously. There is no love for no reason, no hate for no reason. If you want someone to save you, you have to have an excuse to let the other person move.

"Your Majesty, the minister heard that the French had had hatred with that Marin. The last king was defeated by Marin. Although the current king and Marin had no big hatred. Malin's little thief is better. "

"You mean, use the hatred of France and East Friesland?" King Hans seemed to understand.

"Yes, use their hatred. But this is not enough. We need to pay something else. For example, they need to pay for their troops."

"There is no problem with this, as long as they are willing to send troops, I just want to sell the pot and sell iron, and I have to be satisfied."

"In addition, the minister remembered that His Majesty had once formed an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Moscow to deal with Sweden ..." Eriksson suddenly mentioned something.

"Yes, how did I forget them ..." King Hans suddenly realized.

In 1493, King Hans had an alliance with the Grand Duchy of Moscow and invited the Grand Duchy of Moscow to attack Sweden from the direction of Finland to distract Sweden. Eventually, in 1497, King Hans conquered Sweden, who had always been unconvinced. Of course, now Sweden has rebelled ...

"Yeah, the minister also heard that there are many soldiers and horses in the Grand Duchy of Moscow. When they fought against the Golden Horde, they sent out 200,000 troops!" Army Secretary Simonson also said with a clapping head.

Indeed, when Ahee Mahan led the army to attack the Grand Duchy of Moscow, Ivan III once mobilized 200,000 troops across the country, and confronted the army of the copper Ahee Mahan across the Ugra River.

Of course, most of the 200,000 troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow are conscripted farmers, and they are truly elite, only 10,000 or 20,000. Faced with tens of thousands of Mongolian cavalry in the Golden Horde, the 200,000 troops of the Grand Duchy of Moscow did not dare to move. Finally, Ahe Mahan was bluffed and withdrew. Otherwise, the Grand Duchy of Moscow will have a kingdom.

But outsiders do n’t know, plus Ivan III ’s own bragging, people think how powerful the Grand Duchy of Moscow is. As a result, the Danes chose to form an alliance with it and successfully conquered Sweden.

Now, King Hans thinks that it seems that he can use the Moscow army to contain the Swedish army. In this way, the Danish army can withdraw part ...

So, after sending Foreign Minister Eriksson to France for help, Danish King Hans also sent Deputy Foreign Minister Janssen to Moscow, requesting Moscow to send troops to the east of Finland to help contain the Swedish resistance. In return, King Hans allowed the Moscow army to loot in the Finnish region ...

After King Hans arranged diplomatic affairs, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Dalson stood up:

"Your Majesty, did you forget someone?"

"Who?"

"Your brother-in-law, Frederick III's presidential election!"

"He ... this kid didn't want to try his best to help ..." King Hans was a little unhappy. As his own uncle, when he was in trouble, his uncle actually only issued a statement that was not painful and itchy, what is the difference from not helping?

"Your Majesty, the Minister guessed that it was probably the last defeat of the Duke of Saxony ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Let the Elector Elder be terrified ..." Dalson said confidently.

"Since that is the case, what do you expect him to do?" King Hans said angrily.

"Your Majesty, as an elector, Lord Frederick III is still very useful. For example, he can help us recruit mercenaries."

"What do you mean?" King Hans seemed to think of something.

"Your Majesty, levy a batch of war taxes. If you do n’t levy a tax at this time, you may not have a chance in the future. As long as we have the money, we can not only afford the French reinforcements, we can also use the money to ask Frederick III, In the German region, recruit 10,000 or 20,000 mercenaries to participate in the defense, so as not to let the enemy easily ravage our country! "Dalson said sincerely.

Speaking, Denmark's financial situation has always been good. However, in order to suppress the resistance of Sweden, the cost is not small, and now there is not much left.

However, it is a good idea for Dawson to levy a batch of war taxes. There is no ordinary regular tax in Europe in this era, only commercial tax and customs duty are regular tax. Those nobles and businessmen usually do not pay taxes.

But there is a special situation, that is, when a war occurs, the king can convene a parliament, obtain the authorization of the parliament, and levy a war tax to meet the needs of war.

Usually, it is difficult to get the parliament to approve the tax increase. King Hans did not expect this for a while. But now it's different. If you don't want a solution, Denmark may be a kingdom. In response, Jonathan, the Speaker of Parliament, who attended the meeting, nodded solemnly and responded:

"Your Majesty, the minister will do his best to let the Parliament pass this resolution!"

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Just like this, after discussion, the Danish prince set three strategies for asking for help, raising taxes and hiring new mercenaries to deal with the desperate situation facing Denmark ...