Chapter 275： Vicious Warhammer

Marin looked very knighty in this challenge. In this way, the Duke of Saxony could not have done badly, otherwise he would lose face.

Then, after negotiations, the two sides finally agreed on a specific time and place for the battle—on December 15th, a general battle will be held in the south of Lyle County.

Even, the Duke of Saxony announced arrogantly-just beat Marin completely before Christmas, and then go to Emden for Christmas ...

公 The Duke of Saxony is undoubtedly very excited. He has never been afraid of a decisive battle in the wilderness. You know, he has heavy cavalry of thousands of wandering knights. Under the charge of thousands of plate knights, who can resist? Hmm ... probably ... the Swiss can resist it ...

As for Marin, there was no response to the clamor of the Duke of Saxony. He was anxious that the Duke of Saxony looked down on him, so that when he started, he had a better chance of winning.

Now that the military's technical and tactical training is almost complete, the only thing that is a little troublesome is the problem of digging trenches. Marin thought that if the soldiers were to dig a pit, they might not have the strength to fight until the enemy came. Therefore, a large number of folks mobilized by Marin had dug two trenches in advance at a predetermined location. However, the trench was covered with branches and hay, which was invisible to people in advance. Because, before the battle begins, the Saxon scouts will definitely come to the scene to investigate. If they find two gaps, they may respond in advance. Therefore, Marin planned to cover the trenches first so that the enemies would not find them, and they would be caught off guard by then.

Then, considering that the army of Saxony came from the southeast, Marin must take a few avenues south of Lyle County. Therefore, Marin simply evacuated the serfs from the manor near the south side avenue to the north side temporarily. And several fertilizer manufacturing sites in Lyle County were all burned without leaving any traces. This is the core secret of East Frisian at present and cannot be known to the Saxons.

In addition, Marin also made corresponding arrangements on the river. For example, the river Leda, which the Saxons are about to cross, is not a laugh. Of course, it cannot be compared with the Ames.

For such a river, a boat of more than 200 tons is a little troublesome. However, the situation of more than 100 tons of ships is still fine. Marin had planned long ago. Before the war, he would ambush more than three hundred tons of warships seized from the former Republic of Friesland in the Ames River to the west. When the battle begins, these three warships will be filled with artillery and enter the Leda river to cut off the retreat of the Saxony army. A large ship of more than 100 tons entered the Leda River, let alone bombarded. Even if it was hit, it could also knock down the infantry vessels crossing the river. After the three warships entered the Leda River, they would collide with each other and completely block the retreat of the Saxony army to facilitate Marin's annihilation.

Moreover, the appearance of three warships in the rear can not only block the opponent's retreat, but also use the artillery on board to bombard the enemy array and create chaos for the enemy ...

When Marin was preparing, the Saxon side was not idle. In order to get together, after the autumn harvest, the Duke of Saxony urgently mobilized nationwide and ran to his nephew for help.

公 The Duke of Saxony originally had three thousand plate armor knights, which can be described as powerful. But he didn't feel enough, and ran to his nephew, borrowed two thousand plate knights, and made up enough five thousand plate knights. Later, he recruited 15,000 infantry throughout the country. Among them, 5,000 infantry are still veterans. The other 10,000 people were recruited from various knight estates, and their combat effectiveness was average.

In this way, the Duke of Saxony, with a size of 20,000 troops, intends to face Marin Gang. This doesn't stop there. In order to serve the 20,000 army, the Duke of Saxony also recruited 15,000 civilians to transport supplies and food. At the same time, he sent several envoys to preach to the princes along the way.

Not only that, Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, also kept his son George, who was stationed in Groningen, ready for 4,000 soldiers and horses, and placed it near the East Frisian border. Once he defeated Marin's main force on the front battlefield, George's 4,000 people would have the opportunity to cross the Ames River and press on Emden, the former capital of East Friesland, to control the city.

Of course, this operation must be the result of the main battlefield in Lyle County. Otherwise, this behavior is not a knight. It was because the medieval aristocrats were indifferent to the fact that they had agreed to a head-to-head confrontation, but sent the army to attack the capital first. This kind of behavior is probably only possible by modern pragmatists like Marin. People in this era, affected by the spirit of chivalry, usually cannot pull their faces.

However, if George ’s army was to cross the river after fighting in Lyle County, the problems would not exist. Anyway, this happened after the decisive battle. As an old-fashioned Duke of Albrecht, he has taken advantage of the loopholes in the rules.

Under normal circumstances, in the case that Marin's army could not defeat the Duke of Saxony, the series of arrangements of the Duke of Saxony can really be considered very clever.

It is a pity that the Duke of Saxony did not know that Marin had recruited another 5,000 troops because of inaccurate information. In his intelligence, Marin later seemed to recruit a thousand or two thousand recruits. Then, with the original number of nearly 10,000 people, it is about 12,000 or so. However, only 5,000 of them were veterans.

For those recruits and recruits in the Marin Army, the Saxon tools are completely indifferent. Even though the recruits had been training for a few months, he didn't feel better than his Cavaliers. Under the torrent of steel 5,000 plate knights, what can't be broken?

In theory, the Duke of Saxony was right. However, this is only theoretical. Because Marin is not a person of this age, he has come up with a smarter solution than people of this age. As it happens, the Spanish side is to prevent the Cavaliers from charging. Therefore, the Duke of Saxony is destined to suffer.

After a long time of consideration, Bian Marin added another measure-that is, the two trenches were filled with pointed stakes ...

Even, Marin planned that after the war began, he still couldn't disentangle the branches and weeds covering the ditch, so that the Saxony knights mistakenly thought it was flat land. When they fell into the trench, they fell on the sharp wooden stakes ...

This practice also caused discomfort among the Cavaliers in the Marin Army. Because this method is too sinister, and it is a complete reorganization of the opponent's knight ... However, due to good discipline, despite some dissatisfaction, they still did not object.

In fact, Marin was going to put his opponent's plate knight to death. Because, killing the opponent's knight is equivalent to killing the opponent's reserve officer and grassroots backbone.

Each knight is an existence that can be trained as an officer. As long as a knight is present and any infantry is recruited, a small army can be formed. Because the knights not only practiced martial arts from an early age, they also read books and received some basic military command methods. Therefore, every knight has the ability to become a grass-roots officer, although this ability has its size.

Every time a knight is killed, it weakens the other party ’s possibility of rebuilding the army. To this end, Marin quietly prepared a sledgehammer for the musketeers. Once the opponent's knight stopped charging, these musketeers could put down their muskets, struck the plate armored knights in the pit with a long-handled hammer across the diagonal wooden stakes, and try to kill them before they surrendered ... ...

You know, the knight is wearing a full set of plate armor. Falling into a pit full of wooden spikes will not necessarily be killed. But those war horses ~ www.novelhall.com ~ because there is no armor on the abdomen, it is easy to be killed. However, falling into the pit and falling heavily can easily cause those plate knights to fall and temporarily lose their combat effectiveness. Therefore, the Musketeers can use the long-handled warhammer to take the opportunity to hammer all the other plate knights who are still lying in the pit ...

Of course, if the other party sees the machine quickly and raises their hands early to surrender, it can save their lives. Because this is the rule of the battlefield that passes through Europe. If Marin does not comply, he will be hostile to all nobles.

However, the urine of those knights seeking glory generally does not immediately surrender. Even if you surrender, you will be surrendered only after you are **** and find a step. Otherwise, if the timid notorie is dropped, nobles will not hire them.

But Marin did not intend to give them time for steps. Whenever there is a chance, they will let the musketeers freed up and smash them with a warhammer, lest these people be redeemed by the Duke of Saxony and become the backbone of the Saxon army again ...

Even, Marin allowed the musketeers to waste gunpowder and lead bullets, use the musket to shoot the Saxon knights struggling in the first pit, and try to shoot them directly ...

After all, there are two tunnels, and the Warhammer can only kill the second tunnel near the Marin Battlefront. Another plate knight struggling in the trench was a little far away, and it was better to shoot with a musket. With such a short distance, even if the opponent is wrapped in tin cans, the Musketeers can completely target the opponent's weakness. Even if the opponent cannot be killed, it is enough to defeat the opponent, such as shaking the bones or internal organs, so that they can no longer enter the battlefield ...

In short, this time, Marin not only wanted to defeat the Duke of Saxony's army, but also tried to kill the opponent's plate knight to weaken the core strength of the Duke of Saxony ...