Marin, who entered the city, ordered people to unfurl the banner of the Bullock family—a red shield with a golden war eagle on it. On the head of the war eagle and on the left and right wings, each wears a crown with three crosses.
After the army entered the city, it naturally wiped out dozens of East Frisian soldiers who came to reinforce them. However, Emden City's omission was bad. At least, its streets are narrow. How narrow is it? You can imagine those ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River, the streets are only about the width of three or four people walking side by side...
Only four people can walk side by side, or two horses can walk side by side. Such a width was relatively rare in the European Middle Ages. Because only the streets of small towns are so narrow.
In fact, in the entire city of Emden, there is only one north-south avenue, which is relatively spacious. Because this avenue leads directly to the port in the south of Emden. Due to commercial needs, the Sexner family specially widened this street. The east-west streets have not had time to widen.
Because, although Emden is said to be a trading port, its scale is small. Emden had also sought to join the Hanseatic League before. However, because the trade scale was small and the port was not up to standard, it was rejected by the Hanseatic League.
Frankly speaking, the Sexner family is still a relatively promising family. Moreover, the ruler of this family did not exploit the common people very much, so he was considered a relatively good nobleman in this era. Therefore, when the 24 princes jointly invaded East Frisia in 1516, the common people also boarded the city wall one after another to assist the Seksner family in defending the attack of the coalition forces, and finally won.
Marin suddenly regretted that he didn't let people go to the south gate to open the city gate, and then let the main force enter through the south gate. However, although the streets are narrow, they are also pedestrian-friendly. That is, the phalanx of the troops is a bit stuck.
When the defenders in the city reacted, the difficulty of attacking increased greatly...
Marin's phalanx entered from the east gate, and after advancing about 400 meters, it was about to approach the Emden Palace in the center of the city. At this time, the straw hat swordsmen from East Frisia finally arrived...
The heavy armored swordsmen in East Frisia are very interesting. They wear upper body plate armor, which is similar to ordinary heavy armored swordsmen. However, instead of helmets, they wear wide-brimmed straw hats, which are very local. This kind of straw hat has a wide brim, and its size is a bit like a bamboo hat in southern China, but the shape is different.
If the road is wider, Marin is naturally not worried. However, the road that can only accommodate 4 people in parallel was blocked by 100 enemy troops at once...
The 100 East Frisian straw hat swordsmen and the 200 West Frisian heavy armor swordsmen who were pioneered by the Marin faction fought together. There is not much difference in martial arts between the two sides, and the narrow streets are actually not suitable for heavy armored swordsmen who open and close. Therefore, the epee fighters on both sides fought very aggrievedly.
However, the way forward for the Marin army was blocked, and the army had to stop and wait for the battle ahead...
"Kane, you take a group of people, go around to the side of the enemy from the side alley, and destroy this group of enemies, they are blocking the way!"
Marin was a little impatient, so he asked Kahn to take dozens of guys who were still wearing full-body plate armor, and planned to go around the side of the enemy from the side alley...
But then something unexpected happened...
When Kahn led his men into the alley, he was ambushed...
"What's going on? Kahn? What happened?" Marin was taken aback, thinking that it was an ambush arranged by Edsaad I.
"It's nothing, it's the citizens of Emden. They stopped us and didn't let us pass!"
"Oh, so that's the case, then fight them off!" Marin was relieved.
"But, young master, they moved all the things in the house, even the furniture, and blocked the alley..."
"I..." Marin was a little confused now. The streets were already narrow, and the alleys were even narrower. These Emden citizens, it's really hard to push their tables and stools into the alleys. In particular, people like Kahn who wear a full set of plate armor are most likely to be restricted in their actions.
"What to do, young master?"
"Smash it! Use your mace to smash away all the furniture and other debris that block the road. You must clear a road!"
"What about the citizens blocking the front?"
"Whoever blocks the way dies!"
"Huh?" Kahn was a little confused. Because, hitting civilians with a mace, he hadn't done it, or even thought about it.
"Kan, they are blocking our way forward, they are no longer civilians, but fighters fighting us, destroy them!" Marin didn't like the progress of the march to be hindered. Therefore, he didn't like these citizens who were enemies of Marin's army. He wants to quickly control Emden before the forces of all parties react, and then send troops to other places to control the entire territory of East Frisia.
Therefore, Marin has no patience and no time to persuade these people to surrender. In the tense situation of the war, Marin did not hesitate to order the cleanup of the citizens who went it alone to block their advance...
Soon, Kahn gritted his teeth, raised his mace, and took the lead in smashing the furniture, sundries, and... people in the alley that blocked their progress.
"Kang Dang—Kang Dang—" From time to time, sundries and furniture were thrown and smashed.
But after a while, the sound became a bit ugly—there was a scream from the alley...
"Ah—" There are young men, old people, and even women...
"How is this possible?" Marin was shocked. He really didn't expect that in order to cover the army of the Sexner family, there were old people and women who participated in the battle to stop Kahn and the others... It seems that the Sexner family has a high prestige in Emden what…
Marin was still in shock, but the people in Emden reacted...
"Ah? These bastards are massacring civilians! Bastards! We fought them!" The 100 East Frisian straw hat swordsmen, who were at a disadvantage, seemed to be completely enraged when they heard the screams of the old man and the woman. As a result, these people exploded with much stronger strength than Ping, and began to fight desperately with the 200 West Frisian epees who were the forwards. At the same time, another 400 straw hat swordsmen came from the direction of the military camp in the middle of the city...
The 700 West Frisian prisoners of war arranged by Marin to lead the battle did not seem to have expected that the opponent's sudden burst of combat power, so they were beaten back and forth, directly blocking the advance of Marin's army...
Marin saw that this was not possible, so he personally led a team of warriors in plate armor from the alley on the other side, preparing to attack the enemy's other flank.
But, to his surprise, the alley was still blocked by the citizens of Emden, full of furniture, sundries, and people...
"Get out of the way, otherwise, those who stand in the way will die!" Marin shouted angrily in Frisian.
"We are not afraid of death, and we will never let you gangsters harm the Earl!" It seems that Edsard I has a high reputation in Emden, and some residents are willing to sacrifice their lives for him.
"I'm not a robber, I'm the heir of the Bullock family, have you seen this flag? Golden eagle and red shield!"
"We don't know what the Brock family is. We only know that the earl is very kind to us, better than other lords. We will defend him to the death!"
"As long as you get out of the way, if I win East Frisia, I can treat you preferentially. I am no worse than Edsard I!" Marin argued.
"We don't trust you, robber, intruder!"
"Damn it, you forced me!" Marin was angry. Obviously, these citizens of Emden chose to be hostile to themselves. For the enemy, Marin will never show mercy, even if they are old, weak, women and children.
In the previous life, the veteran in the village who taught Marin to capture and fight was once raped by old and weak women and children on the South Vietnam battlefield. Once, the master of Marin's previous life, because of his kindness, relaxed his guard against the old and weak women and children in the village of Nanyue. Unexpectedly, a 9-year-old girl actually used an AK, severely injured him, and left him disabled. As a result, the veteran had to retire and return to his hometown to spend the rest of his life in desolation. Because, that little girl, because of insufficient arm strength, failed to kill Marin's master with a gun, but broke the calf bone of one of his legs...
Later, Marin's master repeatedly warned Marin that no matter whether the other party is male or female, old or young, as long as the other party takes up arms against you, then don't show mercy...
Thinking of his master's words, Marin no longer hesitated:
"Musketeer, get ready—"
"put-"
Although the alley is very narrow, two matchlock guns can still be placed side by side. Moreover, although the number of people in a single row is small, the number of shots can be increased by increasing the number of rotations. Then, the citizens of Emden in front of them had a tragedy...
"Ah...it hurts..."
"Mom, my heart was pierced..."
After clearing out more than a dozen citizens blocking the way in the alley, Marin began to order to clean up the furniture and sundries in the alley...
However, when Marin took his men and horses to clean up the debris in the alley and was about to rush to the street, he found that more enemies came...
What surprised Marin even more was that these "reinforcements" were not regular soldiers, but young male citizens holding various weapons. Even, some people still use kitchen knives at home...
Marin suddenly felt a deep sense of guilt, feeling that he was an executioner, and it was shameless to attack women and children. However, thinking of what happened to the master in the previous life, and thinking that I still have to protect my comrades and relatives...
Finally, Marin got rid of the entanglement in his heart, and his eyes returned to coldness:
"Since they choose to be my enemy and want to kill us, then... let them die!"
Then, Marin no longer sent troops to rush into the street, but calmly ordered the musketeers to set up ladders to climb to the roofs of the houses on both sides of the street, and freely shoot the enemies on the street from the roofs. Moreover, shooting down from a high place has a wider field of vision, and can accommodate more arquebus shooters to shoot together...
"Hit me! Prioritize killing those wearing armor and straw hats!" At a distance of tens of meters, even a matchlock gun can be aimed. Although, at a certain distance, aiming may not be useful...
Under the cover of the arquebus shooters on the roof, the West Frisian prisoners of war who lost dozens of people finally withstood the crazy counterattack of the East Frisian straw hat swordsmen. The situation has also begun to develop in a direction favorable to Marin...
It's just that, in order to rush towards the central palace of the city, too many people died on the street, and the blood stained the street red... Even, many of the dead were civilians in Emden...
Seeing all this, Marin's eyes were a little red. He stood on the roof in a gaffe, and yelled at the East Frisian army and civilians who were still resisting on the street:
"Why don't you surrender? You have no chance of winning! I brought thousands of soldiers and horses, and I will be able to successfully occupy the entire city. Your resistance is futile and will only increase casualties!"
"Is your life cheap? Why do you want to go to your own death? I don't want to kill you. If you surrender, you will be safe. Do you understand? Do you understand?" Marin yelled excitedly.
However, for Marin's persuasion to surrender, the only answer he had was a feathered arrow, which went straight into Marin's chest...
However, this is futile. Because, inside Marin's black cross vest with a white background, there is a high-quality chest plate protecting it...
However, this arrow angered Kahn and other Marin's men:
"You actually want to kill the young master, you bastards, go to hell!" Originally, Kahn was still very resistant to killing civilians, even if the other party was fighting him with a weapon. However, seeing an arrow in Marin's chest, even though he knew that Marin was fine, Kahn still exploded. He swung his mace, rushed to the front of the battlefield, and began to smash, whether it was a straw hat swordsman, Those citizens of Emden who came to help the battle were all bloody and bloody under the mace...
"It's over, it's over! This hatred can't be resolved at all..." Marin covered his face in pain, squatted down, and couldn't bear to watch the scenes of ordinary people being killed, and it was the obsessive people who asked to be killed...
Originally, Marin just intended to scare them and kill a few upstarts so as to calm them down. Unfortunately, he met a group of abnormal people. Someone was killed, but it failed to frighten them, but inspired their blood. Now, Marin is also riding a tiger...
Before, Marin fantasized about making a three-chapter agreement like Li Yuanjin Chang'an, and quickly appease the citizens of Emden. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the city, he encountered fierce resistance from the citizens. For the current plan, I can only bite the bullet and continue to be cruel. After all, Marin's forces are dominant here...
Moreover, now Marin fully understands why in 1516, when the emperor and the Duke of Saxony joined forces, 24 princes and tens of thousands of troops participated in the attack on East Frisia, which failed without success.
So what if tens of thousands of troops besieged the city? There are not enough soldiers, the common people come to join us! Facing such a group of fanatical people loyal to their earl, the already strong wall of Emden became even more difficult to break through. If Marin hadn't sent someone to dig the tunnel in advance this time and opened the city gate, whether these 6,000 troops could capture Emden would still be a question mark.
It seems that the Earl of East Frisia at that time was also Edsard I. What is the charm of this person, so that the citizens of Emden are willing to die for him, and Marin suddenly has the heart to explore...