Chapter 167: Send a spy

商业 A commercial port in the Ems Estuary of the city of Emden. Although it is not a Hansa commercial city, it is also very prosperous because of its important location.
Because the Ames River is a 371 km long river (in Europe), even in later generations, its navigable distance is 116 km. You know, it ’s a later generation, and the displacement of shipping vessels is usually a few thousand tons. In the Middle Ages, dozens of tons of boats were also dared to say shipping ... Therefore, in this era, the navigation distance of the Ames River was almost 200 kilometers long ...
概念 200 km what concept? In this age of vassals, 200 kilometers may have passed through the borders of several vassals ...
Emden is located at the mouth of the Ems River, and can be regarded as an important entrepot for German trade with overseas countries. For example, Emden is also an important port of re-import for British salt imports, as well as an important port of import for British woolen cloth. Although it is far less than Hanseatic cities such as Bremen and Hamburg, Emden is more prosperous than ordinary cities.
The prosperous port also brought a lot of taxes to Emden. With taxes, it is natural to have money to strengthen the city walls ...
Therefore, the walls of Emden City are so tall and sturdy that it is difficult to overcome. This was also one of the important reasons why the Saxony coalition was unable to conquer the city.
In fact, in the 14th century, Emden belonged to the Abdena family, one of the 13 tribes of East Friesland. It was just that Emden was too prosperous and caused a lot of nagging. Therefore, after the Ukner family usurped the throne, they also captured it by the way.
The original nest of the Uckner family was in Lyle County, the most developed area in East Friesland. Therefore, the Uckner family has always been relatively strong. Relying on advanced agriculture, the Uckners had the power to overthrow the Brocks and seize the wealthy Emden as the new capital.
However, the Sexner family, originally nesting in the North Sea town of Norden, suddenly emerged, replacing the Uckner family and becoming the new owners of East Friesland. The Sykesna family is also eyeing Emden's bustling life, and the capital is still located here, enjoying the finances and bustling here ...
In fact, the Selxner family is more prestigious in East Friesland. At least, they are much better than the Ukner family, the rebellious family. At the beginning, they were able to seize East Frisian, and it was precisely because they took advantage of the dissatisfaction of other clans against the rebellious family of the Uckner family that they seized power.
几十 After decades of business, Emden is now entrenched and difficult to conquer. Besides, in the war of 1516, the Duke of Saxony struggled with tens of thousands of troops and failed to conquer Emden.
Marin doesn't think he has horns on his head. In the wild, he is confident that his Spanish formation can defeat the East Frisian army. But Marin had no confidence in the siege of the strong walls.
For this reason, he can only think of strange tricks, otherwise it will be difficult to quickly overcome Emden ...
At this time, Marin remembered the fall of Groningen. It seems that the businessman named Mayer, with 260 guards, wearing armor, stormed the gate of Groningen ...
"The fort is the easiest to break from the inside? It really is a good way!"
However, it is difficult to copy Meyer's miracle. Because Groningen is much more prosperous than Emden, and merchants gather to gather so many bodyguards. In Emden, it's hard to do that.
Moreover, with the lessons of Groningen, Edsad I will certainly make targeted preparations. Therefore, if you want to use this method in the original version, it definitely won't work. So Marin decided to modify the specific details ...
Marin has seen war films such as Land Warfare and Underground Warfare since he was a child, and he likes the plot very much.
Europe's city walls are mostly made of stones, which are extremely strong. They cannot be opened with ordinary artillery. It is also difficult to learn how the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Army "lifted the coffin" to blow up the city walls. Because the walls of the Taiping Army were basically made of bricks, not as solid as those made of stones.
So, digging tunnels is a good choice ...
Of course, European city walls are tall and deeply rooted. Therefore, digging tunnels is also a very troublesome and laborious task. Because the tunnel needs to be dug deep and the amount of engineering is too large.
However, Marin is not in a hurry to attack Emden now. Therefore, he does not need to dig a tunnel under the city wall in a short time.
According to Marin's estimation, he has at least half a year to prepare. And this time period, you can use it to secretly dig ...
Therefore, Marin decided to send a group of people to rent a courtyard outside Emden, and then arrange for people to secretly dig the tunnel leading to the city every day. When the tunnel is almost finished, send someone to buy a house in the city and let the tunnel open in the house.
When Marin officially led his troops to attack the city, he could send an army directly, while the East Frisian army did not pay attention ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Capture the city gate from the inside and enlarge the army into the city ...
Of course, this sneak attack must have happened at night. Moreover, Marin's main army will certainly not openly attack the city.
Under such circumstances, the East Frisian will certainly not specifically block the gate with stones and other things inside the gate. Because they didn't expect anyone to come and attack them.
So, if a small army enters the city from the tunnel, just grab the city gate, and then open the door bolt from the inside to open the city gate, you can enlarge the army into the city.
Of course, before entering the city, Marin also plans to send spies to get the army's presence and deployment map in hand, so that Marin's army can focus on interception and ensure that the earl's family can be caught quickly ...
For this reason, Marin sent two teams of spies to Emden. A team in the city is a professional spy who is responsible for exploring the news and buying a house inside the city wall as an authentic entrance.
The other team, except the team leader, is mainly composed of digging workers. Under the leadership of the leaders, they are responsible for digging tunnels inside the courtyard purchased outside the city wall. You don't need to dig too fast, as long as you can dig through within six months. What's more, in the excavation of authentic tunnels, confidentiality comes first. Therefore, they need to quietly transport the excavated dirt in batches in the middle of the night, so that the East Frisian Army will not find anomalies. Otherwise, it's a shortfall ...
As long as this tunnel is cleared, then Marin's army can attack the city at the fastest speed. Then, with the superior strength and tactics, destroy the garrison and seize the whole family of Edsad I ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Welcome the book readers to read, the latest, fastest and hottest serial works are in ~ www .EbookFREE.me ~ Please read for mobile users.