After half a month of cleaning, all the merchant ships were snatched away by the joint fleet in this section of Waelle to Zeland Island, and the fishing boats were scared to dare to go out to sea. In this case, the time for landing was ripe...

According to the fleet's reconnaissance, it was found that in the direction opposite Vaile, there was a coastal town called Kelonborg, which was also an important port in the northwest of the Island of Zeland. So close and so convenient, the coalition forces naturally chose to place the landing place here.

To this end, the coalition forces dispatched 120 ships to transport large troops. Among these 120 ships, 30 were clearly merchant ships stolen from the Danes.

Under the escort of 50 warships, another 40 warships and 30 Danish merchant ships began transportation. Because it was necessary to transport a lot of people, horses and artillery, the transportation pressure was quite high.

Moreover, for the safety of the supply line, Marin also left behind 2,000 regular East Friesian troops to protect Waelle City and avoid being stolen by the remaining Danish troops on the Jutland Peninsula after leaving.

Because it has no effect in the siege, there were 1,000 people in the 2,000 troops guarding Vael, the lancers recruited from the Teutonic Kingdom.

With 2,000 troops on the Jutland Peninsula, the remaining troops on the Jutland Peninsula will definitely not be able to defeat Vaile. Even if they want to cut off the supply line of the coalition forces, they have to ask the 1,000 lancers with high martial arts skills if they are happy.

More than 27,000 troops landed in ships from the port of Kelonborg...

Speaking of which, the defenders of Kelonborg were also frustrated, because there were only 200 defenders in the city. Although they saw a large number of enemy troops landing, they could only watch and dare not go out of the city to attack. Because the gap in strength was too great...

The first batch of coalition troops landed, 1,000 soldiers, including some cavalry. All the soldiers from Kelonborg were killed, but they could not defeat the first batch of soldiers who landed. Even the messengers sent by Kelonborg to seek help were intercepted and killed by the first batch of cavalry.

In desperation, the defenders of Kelonborg could only watch the coalition forces leisurely landing at the Kelonborg port, lined up, and allocated supplies.

After Marin landed with the artillery troops, the good days in Kelonborg were over...

After all, Kelonborg is an important foothold and an important part of the supply line. So, after the heavy artillery was pulled up, Marin commanded the army to bombard the city gate...

Moreover, because it is close to the seaside, Marin directly removed 10 long-barrel heavy artillery from the East Friesian warship that came to escort. The shells were velocity and more powerful...

Under the joint bombardment of more than a dozen short-barrel heavy artillery and ten long-barrel heavy artillery, the city gate of Kelonburg was quickly collapsed. Yes, it collapsed, and the blasting team did not use the attack.

The army rushed forward and quickly subdued the city defenders who had been scared...

Next, Marin ordered the army to repair it. At the same time, he sent two hundred scouts, one man and two horses, to attack everywhere, specifically intercepting and killing any locals riding horses towards Copenhagen.

After careful consideration, the army set out the next day, and the locals were unable to send the information to Copenhagen.

At this time, the Danish monarch and ministers were replacing the large iron gate in Copenhagen City...

Through the joint efforts of the blacksmiths in Copenhagen, the Danes created thick and heavy cast iron city gates. However, this kind of city gate is very difficult to move. Generally speaking, molds are dug near the city gate and then cast on site. After that, a large number of people were dispatched to erect the cast iron city gates and put them in the city gate hole.

Copenhagen's craftsmen were also smart. They used the principle of leverage and moving pulleys to successfully transport the cast iron gates weighing several tons into the city gate hole and installed them.

Afterwards, the Danes conducted multiple tests, first bombarded with artillery given by the French, and then buried powder barrels to explode. As a result, the cast iron city gate remained motionless, but the bricks and stones on the city wall were blown up a lot.

After the test was successful, the Danish King Hans ordered with satisfaction to give several other city gates and all of them were replaced with cast iron city gates to avoid possible enemy sieges, which were destroyed by the enemy.

As for the city walls, the Danish rulers and ministers were not worried at all. Because Copenhagen was the number one fortress in Nordics. Although it was right by the sea, it had never been conquered. Even if the Hanseatic League defeated the Danish fleet, it would have been unable to conquer Copenhagen. Otherwise, Denmark would have been finished long ago.

Along the way, Marin's army was very smooth. Following the Roman Avenue built by the Danes themselves, the army was unblocked. In fact, this was because the Danish King Hans was afraid that the joint fleet would take the opportunity to attack Copenhagen, so he transferred all the combat-capable knights and veterans on the island of Zeland to Copenhagen to assist in the defense. Therefore, on the way, Marin's army did not encounter any resistance.

Earlier, when the war first started, Copenhagen had only 2,500 defenders. However, after being dispatched by King Hans of the Denmark, there are now 7,000 defenders and 8,000 recruited troops in the city of Copenhagen. Most of the armed forces on the entire island of Zeland were gathered into Copenhagen. Therefore, Marin's more than 27,000 troops had never encountered any decent resistance when marching.

Even when he was relaxed, Marin distributed troops to various towns and manors on the island of Zeland to rob food and property. The island of Zeland is Danish anyway, so the people don’t feel sorry for being robbed of Marin. It can also damage the opponent’s economy, so why not do it?

Previously, when attacking the Principality of Holstein and the Principality of Schleswig, Marin strictly prohibited his subordinates from robbing the people because they would rule these areas in the future and could not offend the local people to death. However, the core island of Zeland, whether Marin, Lübeck and Hamburg, did not intend to win over the hearts of the local people. Because they were destined to be difficult to do it. After all, this is the core area of ​​Denmark. So, since it is the core area of ​​the enemy, why should we restrain military discipline and protect the local people who are destined to be inconsistent with our own side?

The mercenaries hired by Lubeck and Hamburg were most enthusiastic about the job of robbery, and even offered to fight. Since they were willing to raise hatred, Marin did not stop them. However, they were required to carry the flag of their headquarters when robbing. Moreover, they must give priority to rob those wealthy families of status and wealthy citizens, merchants, nobles, etc.

When Marin sent his subordinates to rob, he also took off his black cross and white vests and removed the East Friesian flag. When he really started, he often used the flags of Lubeck and Hamburg...

It is obvious that Marin is framed and distracting hatred...

Although the Four-Nation Alliance and Denmark have completely broken up, the two sides are no longer incompatible. In the future, Denmark will definitely regard any country in the Four-Nation Alliance as a life-and-death enemy.

However, even if it is a mortal enemy, it has a priority. In addition, public opinion is also very important. In ancient Europe and ancient China, the people had no qualifications to discuss the affairs of the court, and if they "discuss the government affairs in a nonsense", they would easily be beheaded. However, in ancient Europe, the civilian class (except the serf class) interfered in discussing the government affairs and mocked the king.

The citizen class is a very special group. They have the right to elect local parliamentarians, have influence on politics, and are also very brave. In 1480, the Grand Duchy of Moscow and Aheima Khan of the Golden Horde, Ivan III quietly fled back to Moscow, but was rushed back to the battlefield by local parliamentarians and citizens in Moscow with a tough attitude. Such a thing was simply impossible in ancient China.

Therefore, in ancient Europe, the civic class had a great influence on the politicians of the imperial court. Marin asked the mercenaries of Lubeck and Hamburg to go out to rob the wealthy civic classes under the banner of two cities, and at the same time let his subordinates pretend to be mercenaries of two cities, obviously helping the mercenaries of Lubeck and Hamburg to attract hatred.

Even on the island of Zeland, Marin directly relaxed military discipline. Those mercenaries wanted to drag the beautiful Danish girl into the woods, and Marin no longer sent law enforcement teams to take care of it. Of course, it was for the mercenaries of Lübeck and Hamburg. For the East Friesian soldiers wearing this black cross and white vest, Marin strictly forbidden to do this. At least, when wearing the conspicuous East Friesian black cross vest, he would never do such a thing.

In addition, when the mercenaries were doing evil, Marin also asked them to carry the flags of two cities. In this way, the Danish people on the island of Zeland would hate the two Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Hamburg. Although the East Friesland country was also hated, its priority was much lowered.

In the future, even if Denmark rises again, when deciding which one to take revenge on first, the citizens of Zeland will definitely recommend revenge on Lübeck and Hamburg without hesitation. Because they have been the most harmed by the two cities. The collective will of all citizens and nobles and wealthy families on Zeland must be carefully considered even by the king...
Chapter completed!