The gates of Neu-Münster were made of oak after all, and could not withstand the constant onslaught of 18-pound iron ball shells. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSo, from the afternoon of the first day to the morning of the second day, there was no time for half a day, and the north gate of the city of Neumyster was blasted open by a dozen or so short-barreled Cullen heavy cannons from Marin......

Similarly, behind the gates were piled with bricks and logs. But, does this work? Meritorious Doni. In a hurry, he was about to carry the iron shield and carry the powder keg on his back to blow up the city gates. But Marin stopped him, for the defenders with large stones were waiting on the tower of the city gate.

As a result, Marin brought in a dozen three-pounder guns and began to bombard the defenders on the north gate of Neu-Münster. After a long day of bombardment, none of the defenders dared to come forward, and Marin ordered Doni. Ciri strikes.

Dhoni. Ciri was already a veteran of the bombing of the gates, so he naturally buried the powder keg in the hole of the city gate with great ease, and covered it with a lot of bricks. After lighting the fuse, Doni. Ziri took the large shield of the door panel, put it on his head, and fled the gate as quickly as possible......

"Boom-" There was a loud bang, and the north gate of Neumünster was blown open. As in the case of Jävre Castle last time, after the destruction of the oak gate, the bricks piled up in the gate began to "slide", and the upper part of the gate was exposed......

"Great shield soldier, up!" Schwartz shouted, and 100 warriors carrying the big shields of the door panels covered with iron sheets, carrying the big shields of the door panels, rushed forward, and took the lead in starting to "crawl" towards the city from the empty part of the upper part of the city gate. They were followed by 200 two-handed swordsmen who were responsible for covering them.

These two-handed swordsmen are all martial arts masters selected from the 5,000 mercenaries in Hamburg. Although, as a whole, Marin's army despised these mercenaries. However, when it comes to personal martial arts, Ma Lin's warriors from rural youth are still no match for these seasoned mercenaries. Therefore, in this kind of battle for the city gate, which requires personal bravery, Marin still used the two-handed sword master among the 200 mercenaries, and equipped them with breastplate armor and helmets with masks, so that they could protect the large shield soldiers and be responsible for certain offensive tasks.

In addition, Marin also has his own careful thoughts. This time it was a joint operation, and it would be foolish for one's own army to keep rushing to the front. These 5,000 Hamburg mercenaries, fighting on a large scale in the field, Marin may not be at ease with them. However, this kind of street fighting that invaded the city had high casualties, but it was not difficult. Using these mercenaries with good personal martial arts is the best choice.

In the city of Neu-Münster, there were originally only 500 regular troops, and the rest were all improvised conscripts. These people may still have combat effectiveness relying on the city wall, but after being attacked into the city, the people are useless. It is no exaggeration to say that those mercenaries with strong martial arts and two-handed swordsmen will not have a problem fighting several people at a time. Even against those 500 veterans, they have an advantage......

In this way, after half a day of fierce fighting, 500 veterans in the city were completely wiped out. As for the people, they surrendered one after another. Unwilling to surrender, the commander of the defenders, Hamilson, died at the hands of Marin's musketeers during the counter-charge.

As soon as Hamilson died, and most of the veterans died in battle, the people who had been temporarily conscripted immediately lost their fighting spirit, laid down their arms, and chose to surrender.

In this siege battle, Marin only sent 100 large shield soldiers to rush ahead, and the other teams followed behind the mercenaries. Therefore, there were not many casualties among the troops under Marin, and only one large shield soldier was unlucky enough to be hacked to death. Others, none to lose. It was the Hamburg mercenaries, because they were sent by Marin to engage the enemy in front of the enemy, and dozens of people were killed and wounded.

For this, Weizmann, the commander of the Hamburg army, euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction. After all, Marin clearly hid his selfish intentions and let the Hamburg mercenaries take the lead and send them to death.

However, this question is untenable. Because, the 100 shield soldiers who rushed to the front were all East Frisian soldiers. Therefore, Weizmann could not find a good excuse to express his dissatisfaction publicly, so he could only express his dissatisfaction euphemistically.

But who is Marin? Pragmatism! After the influence of the "interests first" trend of thought in later generations of Chinese society, he didn't care what kind of face he had, and what about being shameless? I'm just biased towards my own soldiers, how can you drop? Moreover, the Principality of Holstein was not Marin's when it was defeated. Therefore, Marin had already made up his mind that any siege operation in the Duchy of Holstein would choose to use the mercenaries of Hamburg to take the lead. Of course, it would be inaccurate to say that they should take the lead. Because, at the forefront, is the big shield soldier under the command of Marin...... So, even if Weizmann wanted to question Marin, because of the presence of the Great Shieldman, there was no excuse......

After the capture of the city of Neu-Münster, Marin was too lazy to enforce strict military regulations. Moreover, he also needs to give some rewards to the Hamburg mercenaries who charge at the front.

Of course, it is impossible for Marin to pay for those Hamburg mercenaries himself. After all, it wasn't his own subordinates. Marin came up with a very unscrupulous reward - allowing the Hamburg mercenaries who were charging forward during the siege to loot freely in the city......

In fact, this is Marin "being generous to others". Because, this city, which belongs to the Duchy of Holstein, will definitely not belong to itself in the future. Let the Hamburg mercenaries rob, and the loss is not themselves or their future subjects. Therefore, Marin was generous, and let the remaining 180 of the two-handed swordsmen who rushed in front of the 200 Hamburg mercenaries (the other 20 were killed in battle) freely loot in the city as a reward for their bravery, for a time limit.

Of course, this was limited to the 200 men who rushed in front during the siege. Others are not allowed to rob. Who dares to do it privately, the law enforcement team is waiting to take you out......

To this end, Marlin specially asked Schwartz, who was the adjutant, to sign 180 letters of permission and asked them to wear special clothes to avoid being "enforced" by the law enforcement team.

Moreover, Marin repeatedly demanded that they could rob, but it was strictly forbidden to kill, and it was not allowed to force X women, otherwise the warlords would serve......

In this way, under the supervision of the law enforcement team, the 180 lucky people, early the next morning, began the happy time of "being ordered to rob" ......

When the 180 mercenaries were "ordered to rob", Marin also quietly sent people to empty the official treasury and granaries in the city of Neu-Münster, in the name of "replenishing military supplies". In fact, all this money and food went into Marin's pocket......

Marin regretted a little why he had installed the Virgin in Glückstadt. It was the capital of the Duchy of Holstein, and there was a lot of money and food. Unfortunately, at that time, he put too much emphasis on discipline, and as a result, the money and food stored by the government were divided equally with Hamburg and Lübeck. Now, Marin has decided that the cities in the Duchy of Holstein will put the money and grain stored in the official pockets first......

In addition, Marin also made a distinction between the merchants in the city. All Hanseatic merchants, who belong to the friendly camp, are naturally to be protected. For this reason, in front of the shops and residences of each Hanseatic merchant, Marin sent guards to organize the entry of the 180 fellows who were "ordered to rob". As for other businessmen or civilians, they were all targeted by arbitrary robbery of 180 people.

In this way, by the evening of the second day, these 180 mercenaries who had fought bravely were already covered with all kinds of belongings, which made the other Hamburg mercenaries envious.

After all, only 180 people participated in the robbery, so that, on average, everyone gained more. If everyone grabs it together, there may not be so many. But others don't dare, after all, Marin has 20,000 men, and they can't beat them. If you rob without permission, you will be easily dragged and hanged by the Judge Advocate General's Office......

In the evening, Marin also specially organized a group of Hanseatic merchants to recover the goods looted by the mercenaries, although it was half price, but it also made the mercenaries happy. In the end, each of the 180 mercenaries grabbed at least hundreds of gold coins, which was worth several years' salaries.

These pure mercenaries, don't they come out to sell their lives just to seek money? After seeing that all 180 people had made a fortune, it was inevitable that I was moved......

So, they all found Marin or Schwartz, saying that they were also very brave, and the next time they attacked the city, they must let them play the vanguard......

However, those mercenaries under Marin's command, although they are also mercenaries, but because of their strict discipline and no experience of robbery, they are not very popular. Besides, Marin's treatment is not bad, and there are rewards for his military exploits, but there is no need to envy the 180 Hamburg mercenaries. Besides, they don't have that kind of tradition and habits.

However, because of this small trick, Marin directly fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the 5,000 Hamburg mercenaries. The next siege, needless to say, they will also rush to ask for battle.

Weizmann, the commander of the Hamburg mercenaries, was helpless about this, although he didn't like Marin's behavior very much, but it was undeniable that this move was quite morale-boosting. Moreover, those mercenaries are not Hamburg locals, but they paid for them. Even if he died, Hamburg wouldn't be too distressed. It's just that they are currently affiliated with Hamburg, and being calculated like this by Marin makes Weizmann feel a little uncomfortable. Moreover, the city they robbed may also belong to Hamburg in the future...... However, because mercenaries in this era generally had the habit of robbing, Weizmann could not say anything. Otherwise, it will be in the way of people's wealth and the mercenaries will be the enemy......