King of German Mercenaries - Chapter 343

Old Sten. Stoure is in power in Sweden and has long ruled Sweden and Finland. Sweden has long been controlled by Denmark and is under the rule of the Kalmar Union. However, Sweden believes that it has always been dissatisfied with Danish rule. The independents, led by Old Steen Stoure, have always sought to break away from the rule of the Kalmar Union, making Sweden an independent country.

For this reason, old Sten. Stoure had once sworn the Swedish noble Carl VIII as the King of Sweden, and declared independence and withdrew from the Kalmar Alliance.

However, Carl VIII died in 1470 without leaving a legitimate heir. Therefore, after the death of Karl VIII, Stern Stewart became the regent of Sweden (including Finland) and ruled Sweden until 1497.

But Sweden is also not united. Many Swedish aristocrats have always preferred to join the Kalmar Alliance and accept Danish joint rule. In addition, Sweden currently does not have a legal monarch, and Steen Stewart is just a regent. Therefore, within Sweden, there is no solidarity, divided into the independents headed by old Steen Stoure and the “Kalmar Union” factions that support the Danish rule.

Originally, under the strong rule of Old Steen Stoure, the Unionists had the disadvantage and could not compete with the Independents. However, after the succession of the Danish King Hans from the Oldenburg family, he adopted a clever political hand to win over the native Swedish aristocracy and secretly supported the coalition aristocracy who opposed Old Stewart Stoure, inciting them and Old Ten Sturre confrontation. As a result, there was internal division in Sweden and its strength was weakened.

In 1497, the King of Denmark, Hans, took advantage of the severe division within Sweden to send an army into Sweden. Although the old Sten. Stoure is very capable, but the domestic alliance is willing to serve as the leading party for the Danish army, repeatedly opening the gates to welcome the Danish army process. In desperation, Stern Stewart had to give in, officially recognized Hans as the King of Sweden, and held a coronation ceremony for him.

Originally, this was the case. After all, the Danes are powerful, and even if Steen Stewart wanted to be independent, he could not be deprived of authority and could not afford to break the wave.

However, it was so coincidental that the powerful Danish king Hans died by himself and caused Denmark serious losses, which made Steen Stoure the old hope for Swedish independence again.

This is the case. In addition to the King of Denmark, the King of Denmark, the King of Norway and the King of Sweden, Hans is also the Duke of Schleswig and the Duke of Holstein.

And on the southwest side of the Principality of Schleswig, near the North Sea along the Elbe, there is an area called Dittmarschen (Dittmarschen County in the future), which is affected by the neighboring cities of Hamburg Hanseatic Freedom and Lubeck The influence of the Hanseatic Free City brought about autonomy, refused to recognize the rule of the Principality of Schleswig, and planned to learn Hamburg and Lubeck, and also set up a Hanseatic Free City.

Where will King Hans agree? Dietmarchen is not a small area. Therefore, Hans, who won the Swedish throne, was so proud that he decided to use force to conquer the disobedient Dietmarchens.

So, on February 17, 1500, King Hans of Denmark and his brother Duke Frederick led 4,000 elite Dutch mercenaries, 2,000 plate knights, 1,000 artillery and 5,000 conscripts … a total of 12,000 troops, Majestic wanting to kill Ditmarshen.

与 此 At the same time, there are only 1,000 militiamen in the Ditmarshen area and 3000 aided militiamen …

No matter how you look at it, King Hans of Denmark has won …

However, the commander of the Dittmarshen Resistance Army, WulfIsebrand, is a very crazy and clever commander.

Wolf Esplander knew that if faced up, Dittmarshen’s 1,000 militias and 3,000 civilians would not be able to withstand the Danish army’s attack. So, he thought of a crazy method-“Flooded Seven Army” … Well, let’s use this title to describe his plan …

Dietmarschen is located on the North Seashore and to the south is the Elbe River. The river here is vertical and horizontal, but the terrain is not flat and there are undulations. Locally, there are many reservoirs above the horizon.

Wolf Esplande, in order to resist the Danish army, decided to dig a dam and flood the Danes. To this end, he specifically chose the Heimstedt village downstream of the local reservoir as the battlefield.

Although the Heimingstede village is located downstream of the dam, it is a highland downstream of the dam. Even if there is a flood, it will not flood the village. But the surrounding area is flat, and the flood remains unstoppable.

Wolf Esbrand built a defensive position on the high grounds of Heimstedt village, and then took 1,000 militiamen quietly waiting for the arrival of the Danish army.

King Hans of Denmark was proud of his conquest of the mighty Sweden. In addition, the strength of the two sides is extremely asymmetric, so Hans never felt that the Dittmarshen Resistance had any chance.

Therefore, during the march, Hans did not order scouts to investigate the local situation carefully. Immediately after hearing that the Dittmarshen Resistance Army was all in Heimstedt village, it immediately surrounded the village with 12,000 troops.

However, just after the Danish army surrounded the village of Hemmingstedt, the 3,000 Dittmarschen people had already been prepared. According to the previous instructions issued by Woolf Esbrand, they reached the dam and used farm tools. , Excavated the dam …

For a while, the billowing water rushed downstream and was fierce. The Danish army was storming Heimstedt village, and there was no expectation that a flood would come over …

As a result, a large number of Danish soldiers were swept away by the flood and flowed directly to the North Sea …

In this battle (Battle of Hemmingstedt), a total of 7000 soldiers in Denmark were drowned and 1500 soldiers were injured …

In this way, the extremely powerful Danish army was defeated and defeated by the local militia resistance army in Dittmarshin, and it was very injured. Had it not been for his desperate protection, Hans himself would have been drowned. Hans’s 2000 plate armor knight, because he was wearing heavy plate armor, was unable to float when he was washed away by the flood. Many people drowned directly. Only a few people who were lucky and did not get swept away by the flood survived. . In this era, the plate knight was an important strategic force in European countries. Most of this battle was drowned, and it was considered that Denmark’s vitality was greatly injured.

Seeing that Denmark’s vitality was badly wounded, the former Swedish ruling veteran Steen Stoure immediately became active. Obviously, Danish officers are now in severe shortage due to the loss of a large number of plate knights. So Stern Stewart secretly sent people to Lubeck, Hamburg, and Teutonic countries and forces hostile to the Kalmar Alliance for help, hoping that they would finance themselves, raise resistance forces, and seek Swedish independence again.

Old Sten. Stoure sent someone to the Teutonic country for help, of course, can not hide Marin’s second uncle Jule. After all, Jules is now an important civilian under Her Majesty’s head, the Philip Teutonic National Assembly. Güler knew that Denmark would become less peaceful, and his nephew Marin’s fleet had to pass the Sunder or the Great Belt Strait under Danish control. Once Sweden wages its war of independence, Denmark must levy a toll on merchant ships passing through its waters in order to raise military expenses. Therefore, Ulle passed Marin’s merchant ship in secret, and secretly brought the news to Marin via secret letter …

“Old Steen Stoure? Seems a bit …” Marin began to recall the European history he had learned …

From the deep memory, Marin finally remembered who this man was …

“Looks like … this guy is quite bullish, it seems that he will succeed independently next year … Should I support this guy? However, this guy looks like he died in 1503 …” Marin was very distressed.

According to memory, Marin knows that Steen Stoure is also a bull, but this product does not have a long life. It was only two years after independence from Denmark in 1501, that is, 1503 ~ www.mtlnovel.com ~ this product died. You know, this was born in 1440, and it’s only 60 years old now. In the afterlife, it has not reached the revised retirement age of 65. So, he died so early, apparently because of illness.

After the death of Stern Stewart, Sweden lacked a strong leader, so its resistance to Denmark fell into a low tide, and in 1509 it was forced to recognize Hans again as King.

Marin thought about it and decided to fund a large sum of money for old Steen Steware, so that he has enough strength to fight Denmark. In addition, Marin plans to send someone to the Golden Horde to hire a good Mongolian doctor to serve as the private doctor of Old Steen Stoure to protect his health.

As for old Steen Stoure, will he accept a Mongolian doctor? This is easy, and Marin intends to fund the old Stern Stoure 100,000 Gulden coin. If Old Steen Stoure is unwilling to accept a Mongolian doctor as his personal doctor, Marin will not give the 100,000 gold coins …

马 The reason why Marin wants to support the old Sten. Stoure against Denmark is because Marin and the Danes also have hatred …

丹麦 With the support of Denmark, the Oldenburg State was extremely arrogant and intervened in the internal affairs of East Frisian Lambert. In the Jèvre area, Marin is still out of control.

Marin’s plan is that after the war of independence by Old Steen Stoure, Danish energy will be restrained after all. At that time, Marin directly sent troops to capture Jeffrey, and wiped out his resistance.

At that time, in the absence of Denmark’s support, Marin could completely ignore the Oldenburg. Because the Oldenburg State only relies on Denmark’s mighty powers. Without the support of the Danes, in the presence of Marin’s army, if the Oldenburgers dare to intervene, Marin would not mind teaching him a hard meal …