Chapter 98: Preparation before landing

The parliaments of Lübeck and Hamburg quickly approved plans to use army mercenaries to attack Danish naval positions on both sides of Copenhagen Bay.

After receiving the news, the joint fleet immediately passed the message to Marin. However, Marin did not immediately organize the sea crossing, but let the joint fleet first clean up all the waters around Zealand. Especially in the area from Jutland to Zeeland, the sea must be cleaned up, and there cannot be a Danish ship. If you encounter, deduct all ...

In fact, this is a hint to the joint fleet to **** the Danish civilian ship ...

The Kingdom of Denmark is not only a naval power, but also a large number of civilian ships on Denmark. There are many commercial and fishing vessels. The fishing boats are just that. Those merchant ships are all competitors of the Hanseatic League.

After hearing Marin's arrangement, the fleet commanders of Lübeck and Hamburg all agreed. Then, only half of the joint fleet left the warships to monitor the Copenhagen Bay, and all the other ships went all around Zealand and went to "clear the sea".

These warships, when they met a merchant ship, immediately swarmed up and stopped the other party. If it was found that the merchant ship belonged to Denmark, they were detained without saying anything. Then, the sailor on the ship temporarily became a coolie, and the merchant ship itself was directly confiscated.

In particular, the joint fleet blocked the Great Belt Strait on the west side of Zealand and cut off the links between Zealand and other islands in Denmark. Whether it is a fishing boat or a ferry boat, it is forbidden to go to sea. Once discovered, either the ship was buckled or sunk.

However, it was found that it was too inconvenient to transport the Allied Army from Auburn Row to Zealand. This is because the island of Funen and some small islands in the middle affect the safety of navigation. So Marin made a decision-the army continued to go north, captured the port city of Vejle to the north, and boarded the ship to cross east.

The city of Vejle is not big, but it is an important port. This is mainly for exporting livestock produced in Jutland, and is an important livestock export and wholesale market. Denmark ’s core island, Zeeland, also relies on the introduction of meat and fur from the livestock of Jutland from Vejle.

Before, Marin sent cavalry to grab horses, and also outside the city of Vejle, robbed an important horse farm belonging to the Danish royal family and snatched 1,800 horses. Among them, there are more than 800 horses that have been tuned to become war horses. According to the captive horse farm owners, 500 horses tuned in the horse farm have been sent to the city of Vejle, waiting for the Danish royal family to send ships to Zealand to supply the Danish army.

It was just that because of the war, the Danish fleet had shrunk into Copenhagen Bay and could not come to transport horses. In other words, those 500 horses are still stranded in Vejle.

Not only that, there are many cows and sheep in the city of Vejle. Most of these cattle and sheep are destined for Zealand and become cattle and mutton on the tables of nobles and civilians in Copenhagen. However, due to the war, transportation is currently suspended.

Happens to be too much obstruction when encountering Oban Luo to Zealand. So, Marin simply ordered-first capture Vejle. Not only can you get a port facing Zeeland, but you can also intercept the horses, cattle and sheep in the city.

Then, Marin assembled the army again and continued to march northward ...

The army at this time, the main body is still 30,000, but the auxiliary soldiers have changed. The 20,000 main force and 10,000 junior troops led by Marin have been divided into 5,000 people and are stationed in several cities in the Principality of Schleswig.

These heavy troops are different from those of Hamburg and Lübeck. They have all received military training for several months and are barely considered recruits. It might be a problem to have them fight against the other's fighters, but it is not a big problem to use them to station the cities they have laid down. After all, the rural nobles around the city were cleaned up by the army.

Lübeck and Hamburg, the soldiers and horses stationed in several cities of the Principality of Holstein, were later transferred from the mainland, without splitting the original 10,000 army. Therefore, until now, there has been little change in the 30,000-strong army of the coalition.

As for Marin, after the division of 5,000 units of troops, from the southern region of the Principality of Schleswig, 5000 Germans were temporarily recruited to serve as civilians to help the army transport the units ...

An army of 30,000 is an unstoppable torrent that crushes all obstacles. Halfway through, the small city of Haderslev, north of Obanro, was too fragile. Under the bombardment of a dozen heavy artillery, the city gate broke a hole in less than an hour. With a gunpowder barrel, the blasting team easily blasted the city gate. At this time, behind the city gate, Haderslev ’s defenders still piled bricks and wood behind the city gate ... When the blasting team exploded, the defenders were buried under the masonry ...

There are only 200 defenders in the city. How can it be an opponent? As soon as the army entered the city, they immediately surrendered. The entire siege process did not exceed half a day ...

After scrapping away the official bank and the storage in the granary, Marin took the army directly, leaving no defenders stationed here. Because this small city was not his goal.

The army continued north, arrived in Vejle, and surrounded the city ...

When the coalition forces arrived in Vejle, there were many fences with animals on the edge of the port dock outside Vejle ...

As a port of livestock export, it is obviously impossible for livestock to be kept in the city. After all, the animals are pooping and smell bad. Therefore, livestock are mostly placed in temporary fences near the pier outside the city, waiting for merchant ships to transport them away.

When the coalition forces seized the port, the fence on the pier was filled with horses, cattle and sheep. However, the 500 war horses mentioned in the intelligence were put into the city because they belonged to valuable materials. The livestock on the dock are mostly cattle and sheep, and there are some horses, but they are not very expensive.

Marin didn't care about the price, but after capturing thousands of cows and tens of thousands of sheep on the dock, Marin immediately arranged for people to kill a part of the cattle and sheep to feed the soldiers.

After eating and drinking, the army began to siege early the next morning ...

Waile is an export port for livestock, but the city itself is not very important. Therefore, the gate is not too thick, but it is much stronger than the gate of Haderslev. It took a long time for the city gate to be smashed into a hole. Then, the blasting team buried thousands of gunpowder barrels ...

After a loud noise, Vejle ’s east gate broke ...

When the army entered the city, the defenders divided into two groups ...

It turned out that there was a guard directly under the Danish court in the city, about 100 people. They came here this time to help the royal family to select the horses at the royal horse farm outside the city of Vejle. This time, they picked 500 horses and planned to bring them back to Copenhagen as a special horse for the Royal Guard. It's a pity that they didn't have time to return to Zealand before they encountered the invasion of the combined fleet and the Danish navy contracted. They naturally dared not return on a normal merchant ship ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ and temporarily stayed in Vejle in.

In the city of Vejle, there were originally only 400 garrisons. When faced with the 30,000 troops of the coalition forces, these local garrisons were scared green. Where can they resist? As soon as the city gate was broken, most of the local defenders chose to surrender. Only those 100 Royal Danish guards, who were in loyalty to the royal family, chose stubborn resistance. They retreated into a castle and continued to resist the coalition forces.

Marin sent a total of the castle, but I did not expect these royal guards to have high martial arts, and it was stunned that it caused seventy or eighty casualties to the army. Seeing that he couldn't attack for a long time, Marin was furious and withdrew all the troops. After blowing up the castle gate, he threw a lot of firewood into it, and then lit a fire ...

In an instant, there was smoke everywhere in the castle. No matter how good the martial arts of these royal guards are, they are also tears. In the end, the remaining 80 Royal Guards, after being smoked and losing their fighting power, had no choice but to surrender. After surrendering, Royal Guard captain Peterson, about feeling ashamed to face the King of Denmark, actually chose a suicide attack and was shot into a sieve by the musketeer.

For this loyal man, although he is the enemy, Marin also admires it. Therefore, Marin personally held a funeral for the guardian of Peterson, and proclaimed this model of loyalty and patriotism to the soldiers. Of course, those alive royal guards are not so lucky. They were all chained and imprisoned ... and, before they were put in prison, they were all publicly despised ...

Marin did this in order to inspire the loyal and patriotic hearts of his men. He lifted up the dead Peterson, hoping to set an example and let his soldiers learn more. As for publicly despising those captive royal guards, it is also for the sake of their men-see, the surrendering traitor has no good ending ...