Chapter 419： Danish Army

Just as Marin ’s army was ready and ready to be promoted, the spies who had been sent to Denmark before also sent back important information-Denmark was preparing for the place near the Principality of Schleswig in the Jutland Peninsula 20,000 troops.

At present, the 20,000-strong Danish army is being assembled, and as long as the assembly is completed, the Principality of Schleswig can be raided from the north.

In addition, after learning from the lessons of the last war, the Danes kept ten thousand troops in Copenhagen this time to avoid repeating the mistakes of the last time.

The news came from Copenhagen, from the residence of the Danish Minister. Before, when arranging the spies who were themselves Danish, Mikel, who was originally the Danish prime minister, made great efforts. Relying on the influence of the Danish prime minister who had been for many years, Mikel privately entrusted the spies and sent them to the residences of several Danish ministers as servants.

Those Danish ministers naturally have the right to access those secrets. In this way, finally, by chance, a spy overheard a minister's conversation, confirmed the news, and sent it back quickly.

According to intelligence, this army of 20,000 people is a new army composed entirely of Danish farmers, and training began a year ago. They are the Danish King Hans, who sent people from the folks and selected a group of stronger and taller people. Moreover, it is the 50 Swiss mercenary instructors who are responsible for training them.

Under the training of Swiss mercenaries, these 20,000 Danish soldiers all used 6-meter-long Swiss spears and learned the skills and tactics of the Swiss. The entire one-story version of Swiss mercenaries.

Although this Danish army looks very powerful, Marin knows that this army is the soft persimmon ...

Why? Because the Danish army of 20,000, it seems very powerful, is all Swiss. However, these 20,000 people are not brutal and fierce Swiss mountain people, but Danish farmers. As far as the personal qualities of the soldiers are concerned, they are far less than the Swiss.

Moreover, don't look at the fact that this army has been trained for a whole year, and the basic military skills should be firmly secured. However, this is a group of recruits who have never been on the battlefield. Don't look at the dragons and fierce during training, but on the battlefield, especially when you first enter the battlefield, it is easy to be timid. In particular, they are a cold weapon force ...

Unlike Swiss mercenaries, Marin's army, although there are many recruits. However, on the battlefield, Marin ’s army possessed a lot of muskets. Even if the soldiers are on the battlefield for the first time, after the musketeer has given the enemy multiple rounds of attack, the morale of the enemy army will drop, while the morale of our army will rise. After all, it is the enemy who is killed or injured. Moreover, the loud sound of gunshots can also divert the attention of the soldiers and cover up some nervous emotions. In particular, the enemy has no muskets, and the two sides are not shooting each other. In the case of their opponents crushing their opponents, the recruit's first battlefield career, the psychological barrier is easier to overcome.

But the Danish army is different, they learned from Swiss mercenaries. Although the skills and tactics are relatively clever, the spears of Swiss mercenaries pierce each other tactics and require great courage. Do n’t look at the fact that they usually train to poke scarecrows, they are very imposing, but when they really arrive on the battlefield, the problem comes ...

The enemy is not a scarecrow and won't be there for you to poke. When you poke the enemy with a spear, the enemy will poke you. The recruits on the battlefield for the first time were very nervous when they stabbed with the enemy with a spear.

Therefore, when the Swiss are fighting, the first three rows are all veterans, and the recruits are placed behind as reserve forces. Why? Because veterans are used to fighting, even if there are large casualties, it is not easy to collapse.

Switzerland puts recruits in the front row, and if the battle fails, it is easy to cause collapse. The problem is, intelligence shows that this team of 20,000 people is actually composed of new recruits, without any veterans ...

So, Marin began to make other ideas ...

After thinking over and over again, Marin gave the order:

"Order Saqqara, his ten thousand army should not go south first, but go north, covert whereabouts, and cooperate with Woolf Esbrand, first solve the twenty thousand army of Denmark!"

Schwartz was a little puzzled:

"Master, but the 10,000 people in Saqqara are also recruits!"

"I know, so, I chose this Danish army for them as the first long baptism on the battlefield! When the battle with the Danish army is over, they are veterans who have seen blood!"

"So what should I do?"

"According to intelligence, the primary attack target of the Danish army is the city of Ribe in the northwestern part of the Principality of Schleswig, where it was also the place where the Treaty of Ribe was originally signed, which is important to Danish political significance. You send someone to inform Woolf . Esbrand, gather heavy troops to defend in Ribe City. "

"After the arrival of the Danish army, let Woolf's army not decisively fight out of the city first, but frustrate the sharpness of the Danish army by defending the city. When the popularity of the Danish people declines, let Sakhara go to attack the Danish army at night Daying. Hmm ... remember to inform Saqqara, practice night combat more during this time! Also, be sure to hide them from Danish scouts. So, they need to hide a little farther south of Ribe City not near the avenue Remote villages of ... "

"understand!"

"Also, send a group of caravan instructors to support Saqqara. And send a group of carpenters in the past to help convert the unicycle into a chariot. There should be a lot of unicycles in the Principality of Schleswig, and let those carpenters help Saqara modify 2,000 Unicycle, used for combat! "

Under the vigorous promotion of Marin, East Friesland and Schleswig Principality have produced a large number of Chinese unicycles for transportation. Therefore, it is relatively easy to collect 2,000 unicycles from the private sector. Then, send a skilled carpenter to modify the unicycle, install three spears, and use it as a simple chariot.

Moreover, it is very convenient that these unicycles can be used not only as chariots, but also for transporting supplies.

After all, a Chinese unicycle can pull five or six hundred pounds of cargo, and it is obviously wasteful to put only three spears. Therefore, it can also be used to transport grain and other military supplies ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Of course, in order to save the physical needs of the vehicles and soldiers, generally only one or two hundred pounds of materials are placed on the car. According to Marin's arrangement, the plate armour of the first three rows of soldiers was first put on the unicycle and let the soldiers pull it. Wait until the start of the fight, then remove it from the unicycle and put it on, and then face the enemy. In this way, the veterans in the first three rows save a lot of physical strength, and can be more durable on the battlefield. As for the mahjong mat robe, because the total weight is not as heavy as the plate armor, the soldiers usually wear it themselves.

According to Marin's plan, Saqqara will bring 10,000 English mercenaries to defend the Schleswig Principality of Woolf Esbrand and cooperate with Denmark's 20,000 recruits.

In fact, the original 10,000 defenders of the Principality of Schleswig were all veterans, not worse than the 20,000 Danish recruits. Only, in order to train 10,000 English recruits in Saqqara, Marin let them play defensive battle first, consuming the morale of Danish recruits. Finally, the army of Saqqara will solve them. In this way, not only can the Danish army be caught by surprise, it is easy to let the other party collapse, but also to allow these English recruits to see blood and exercise their courage and courage.

Once the Danish army is resolved, Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara can transfer most of their troops south to support the battlefield to the south. After all, the southern battlefield must be under great pressure. After all, the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries here are all veterans, not the 20,000 Danish recruits. In addition, there is the army of the electoral countries of Saxony and Brandenburg. They add up, it is estimated that more than 40,000, even 50,000 are possible, and they are all elite. Even if Marin has 20,000 main forces, he can only guarantee that he will not fail. If he wants to defeat the other party, it will be a bit difficult ...