Marin looked down on Prince George. As the heir to the powerful Duchy of Saxony, Prince George's ability is actually very average, far worse than his wily father.
Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, defeated the boss to take West Frisia. However, in George's hands, it took more than ten years, but he was forced to go nowhere by the mere Principality of Geddes, and finally sold West Frisia to Charles V.
You know, in terms of national strength, the Principality of Geddes and the Principality of Saxony are too far apart. Among other things, the Principality of Saxony is an important part of the second largest business district of the Hanseatic League, and its financial revenue is far beyond that of the Principality of Geddes.
Although the Principality of Gerdes occupies the fertile land at the mouth of the Rhine, it is only an agricultural country. Can the finances of agricultural countries be compared with those of industrial and commercial countries? Holding a generous industrial and commercial tax revenue, he was forced to be humiliated by the princes of an agricultural country in the end. George's ability is really poor.
You know, this is the age of mercenaries, and money is king. Whoever has more money can hire more troops. It can be said that the army that Saxony can muster is definitely not comparable to that of the Geddes Company. So, George's failure to defeat the Gedes Company is obviously a problem of his ability.
And the facts also proved this point. After seeing Marin bring back 6,000 troops, Prince George was so frightened that he forgot to respond.
Then, Marin's army quickly broke through the Saxon army in the south of Emden, recaptured the port of Emden, controlled the ships in the port, and prevented the Saxons from escaping by boat.
Then, Marin sent the main force to the east of Emden City—the place where George with the handsome flag was erected, and besieged with all his strength...
In fact, the morale of the Saxon army dropped to freezing point before the battle even started. Because Marin was able to bring the army back to help, which proved that the Duke of Saxony had failed on the front line.
In panic, stupid George forgot to gather the troops surrounding Emden to resist. Therefore, in each direction, the Saxon army was only about 1,000 men. Therefore, Marin, with 6,000 people, only needs to attack a thousand people at a time.
When more than 5,000 soldiers and horses surrounded the main force of the more than 1,000 Saxon Groningen garrison outside the east city, the timid George saw that he couldn't beat it, and after a little resistance, he honestly surrendered.
The coach has surrendered, and the Saxon troops in the north and west of the city are still messing around? Therefore, the Saxon troops in the north and west of the city also surrendered one after another.
In this way, Marin didn't waste much time, and took care of George and the 4,000 Saxon army he led in half a day. To be honest, if these 4,000 Saxon troops gather together and are led by a more powerful commander, it will not be easy to take down Marin's 6,000 troops.
Because Marin's army is good at defense, but not good at offense. This time against the Duke of Saxony, if Marin hadn't taken advantage of the opportunity that the Duke of Saxony's high platform was destroyed by shells, and used the Saxon rout to attack the enemy, Marin could not have defeated the Saxon army in just one day.
The 4,000 Saxon troops led by Prince George are all regular troops. If they gather together to defend, even if Marin has a large number of people, it will take a few days to win.
But who told George to be too arrogant? Before the winner was determined on the main battlefield, they crossed the river ahead of time, and surrounded Emden in four parts, giving Marin a chance to defeat each one. If Marin was in George's position, when the Saxon army in the south of the city was attacked, he would definitely take his troops to the north of the city and join the Saxon army in the north of the city. Then, call together the Saxon army in the west of the city to defend on the spot. However, George, who was not smart enough, was stunned. He watched Marin clean up the Saxon army in the south of the city, and then surrounded him...
After taking down the Saxon army that surrounded Emden, Marin did not rest, but let Adler take care of the prisoners, and he himself, with the army and George, an important prisoner, boarded a boat to cross the river and rushed to Georgia. Ronningen…
Groningen is now in charge of George, and the defenders in the city are also George's men. Marin controls George's trump card, so naturally he can't waste it...
The next day, Marin brought George to the city of Groningen, causing great chaos in the city...
At first, George refused to order the defender to open the city gate, but Marin was not a vegetarian either. Marin put on a vicious look, took out a sharp knife, and drew a bloodstain on George's neck, as if he wanted to kill him on the spot.
George collapsed, and as a last resort, he began to order the generals defending the city to open the city gate...
The city guard officer was originally George's squire knight, so naturally he couldn't watch George be killed. In desperation, he opened the gates of Groningen...
Then, Marin led the army and swaggered into the city...
Of course, Marin was not so brain-dead that he indulged his soldiers in robbing. He first found out the power distribution in the city, and knew which nobles owned certain shops...
Then, he hung black cross flags on properties belonging to other great nobles to remind the soldiers not to offend. Then, the organized looting began...
However, Marin ordered that unless someone who resisted with a weapon was encountered, his life must not be injured. Moreover, rape of women is absolutely not allowed... At the same time, when looting ordinary people's homes, they are not allowed to rob food. Even if the other party has a lot of food, they can only rob half of it at most... Finally, robbing the poor is absolutely prohibited...
The reason for this is that Marin still wants to occupy West Frisia in the future. Therefore, Marin does not want to form a deadly feud with the locals. Otherwise, when he takes control of this place in the future, he will face social instability.
In addition, Marin specifically requested that all livestock, carriages and artillery in the city, as well as the bronze used to make artillery, belong to the must-rob category...
For two days in a row, Groning eradicated some well-established shops, while other houses suffered a certain degree of looting. But Marin is very measured, he is the most particular among the robbers in the Middle Ages...
During this period, Marin's subordinates also captured Kanu, the illegitimate son of the Sexner family of the Principality of Saxony as an excuse to interfere in East Frisia. After being caught, Marin didn't bother to talk nonsense, and directly hanged Kanu to death. Marin has never been soft on those who threaten his position.
Two days later, Marin ended the looting of Groningen. Then, he suddenly changed from a robber to a "philanthropist", and began to use the food he robbed to help the poor and orphans...
Then, Marin left a phalanx to garrison Groningen, and many others were sent out of the city to go north to rob the Frisian fishermen by the sea...
For Marin, the development of the navy is an important phalanx. Therefore, more fishermen can be controlled, and it is also convenient for them to choose sailors...
After arranging everything, Marin returned to Aurich with the people from the first phalanx as guards...
So far, the vigorous war between Saxony and East Frisia has finally come to an end. As a result, the outside world was surprised. Marin, who was unanimously disliked by everyone, not only won, but also won a big victory, and it took such a short time that everyone was unexpected...