Chapter 370： Finally started

At this moment, it has entered February 1505. After repairing a month in East Friesland, Duke George of Saxony finally commanded the army to start ...

To be honest, during this time Marin had to wait to die, just waiting for George to go to West Friesland to give his head to the Principality of Geddes. When the battle is over, I can go home. Otherwise, George's army will not be promoted one day, and Marin will have scruples. What if I return to the country and happen to be captured by the emperor?

Even if George had just left, Marin was reluctant to go back. Why? Because George is not completely defeated yet. If the fight is broken, George asks the emperor to send his troops to the war. If he is in the country, he can't refuse. Therefore, Marin eagerly awaited George to die, and wiped out the army ...

Duke George was mediocre, but he was not a fool. The experience of the last defeat made him fresh in memory. Therefore, after the army arrived in East Friesland, George simply stopped and began to rectify the army.

As for why rectify the army? It's very simple. George's army is a "eight-nation coalition" pieced together by dozens of princes, and there is a great problem of command and coordination among the various teams. Therefore, during his stay in East Friesland, George spent most of his time coordinating the command of the army. If this problem is not well coordinated, there is a problem with the command on the battlefield, but it will be over.

After coordination, under the advice of his generals, George made reasonable arrangements for the army-the elite heavy cavalry and heavy infantry of the Principality of Saxony and the Electorate of Saxony, and artillery, were placed in the middle of the road, responsible for the main offensive.

The 4,000 Flemish elite infantry supported by the Habsburg family was arranged on the left wing to cover the offensive in the middle. Moreover, these 4000 Flemish infantry are not responsible for the main attack, but the main defense, to prevent the enemy from breaking through the flanks and threatening the middle.

As for the miscellaneous forces of the Saxon nobles, George arranged them to the right. Although it is said that the right wing composed of these miscellaneous troops is easily defeated if it is broken through. However, the war arranged by George was from east to west. In this way, the right-wing miscellaneous army is on the side of the sea.

Last time defeated, George, Duke of Saxony, remembered that the enemy's mobile troops came from the south. With the battle direction facing west, the Flemish regiment on the left flared on the south side of the war, mainly to guard against possible flank assault by the enemy. The weaker card army is ranked next to the sea. To sneak attack, you have to come from the sea.

However, raiding the right wing from the sea is unrealistic. Because the landing of large-scale troops is very time-consuming. When you land, the battle may be over.

The West Friesland region is close to the sea, and the main battlefield Groningen is not far from the sea. It seems really difficult to attack the right wing of the Saxon coalition from the north. This method of war arrangement was a plan that was negotiated by George Duke of Saxony and his generals for a long time.

Of course, the unlucky Duke of George did not know that when he practiced a new battle line by the Ames, the East Frisian intern spies who served the Flemish soldiers in the Flemish Legion had long been The Saxons' new formation method was recorded and given to Kohler. Then, Kohler sent another person and gave it to Marshal Bonitz, the coach of the Principality of Geddes in Groningen ...

After receiving the information sent by Kohler, Marshal Bonitz felt a headache. Because, this thing is really not easy ...

The battlefields of the army of the Principality of Geddes and the Allied forces of Saxony must be decisive in a battle near the sea. Moreover, most of the Gede Si army is in the west, and the Saxony army is in the east.

In this way, the right wing of the Saxony Allied Forces, leaving only the flat open space by the sea, is clear at a glance. The battle plan formulated by the Gede Division squadron was to allow the Sieg regiment commander to lead the headquarters of 4,000 men and another 1,000 men to a total of 5,000 Swiss mercenaries to attack the Saxon coalition from the side.

However, the narrow place along the coast obviously cannot contain 5,000 Swiss mercenaries. Moreover, when the army is against each other, even if the intelligence reconnaissance does not pay as much attention as Marin, it will definitely scout cavalry. The coastal plain is just a little bit wide, and there is something moving, which certainly cannot be concealed from the Saxony cavalry.

If this ambush formed by the Swiss is a cavalry, it is not afraid, it can rely on high mobility and suddenly hit the right wing of the mixed army.

However, the Swiss mercenaries are all infantry ... Let the infantry go round and round out the wings of the Saxon coalition, or on the seaside plains, it must have been discovered by the enemy ...

Therefore, relying on Zieg ’s Swiss mercenaries to attack the weakest right wing of the Saxon coalition is not a realistic solution.

So, only the Swiss mercenaries of Zig can attack the left of the Saxon coalition, or simply the rear ...

But attacking the left wing is not a good choice, because the left wing is the elite Flemish regiment, a hard bone that is not easy to break down.

Moreover, this is not the most important. Before, Marin sent a letter to the Gede people, and repeatedly emphasized that it is best not to hit the emperor's Flemish regiment. Otherwise, after your emperor has suffered too much loss, she will become angry and may send troops to retaliate. At that time, Marin may have to respond to the emperor's call to send troops to help attack the Principality of Geddes, and he can't escape.

Why? Marin escaped to send troops to help George, Duke of Saxony, Maximilian I understood. After all, the Principality of Saxony and Marin had fought a war, and it was considered a feud. Marin is unwilling to send troops to help the Qiu family fight, it is reasonable.

But once the war evolved into a retaliatory military action by the Habsburgs, that nature changed. If the Habsburgs took the lead in sending troops, Marin, as the loyal loyalty of the nominal emperor, would refuse to send troops, would greet the anger of the emperor and be expelled from the emperor's faction. At that time, Marin will not be inside or outside, and will be rejected by everyone.

And the end result of being rejected by some people is that others can organize groups to beat you, but you can't find teammates to group to beat others ...

So ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin repeatedly emphasized that you should not attack the Flemish regiment and avoid enemies with the Habsburg family.

Of course Charles II also understood this truth. Although he colluded with the French, on the bright side, the Principality of Geddes did not fall out with the Habsburg family. It should be known that the Principality of Geddes and the Habsburg family have many borders. If it attracts a full-scale attack from the Habsburg family, it is also a very unfortunate thing.

Marshal Bonitz sent the information sent by Kohler to Gelden and asked Charles II for instructions. After thinking over and over again, Charles II decided to let Sieg ’s Swiss mercenaries go around and attack the back of the Saxon coalition instead of attacking the flanks. In this way, you can avoid being head-on with the Flemish Legion of the Habsburgs.

Moreover, according to intelligence, the troops that are placed in the rear are all miscellaneous and weak, and are easy to break through.

However, before the start of the decisive battle, Marshal Bonitz decided to use the strong walls of Groningen to fight against the Saxon coalition for a period of time to attack the morale of the Saxon coalition ...

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