Chapter 453： Positional warfare (1)

Although the battle was about on the third morning, on the second day, Marin took the army to cross the river, avoiding crossing the river too late and being attacked by the enemy forces.

After the arrival of the army, it was discovered that the Bossa Allied Forces did not come to the attack, so Marin simply asked the soldiers to help dig pits to enhance defense.

At night, Marin directly ordered the soldiers to build light tents on the positions and rest on the spot. Fortunately, the time has entered May, the weather is already very warm. In winter, you must not rest like this.

The Bossa coalition scouts monitored the digging and tent-building activities of Marin's 20,000 troops throughout, but did not interfere.

In fact, Joakim I hoped to launch a raid at this time. However, Frederick III stopped him. Because Frederick III was worried that if he attacked the other party halfway, it would be easy for him to retreat to the east bank and no longer willing to leave the city.

For the Bossa Allied Forces, which have an absolute superiority of strength, they are not afraid of fighting field operations with Marin's army, but are afraid that Marin's army will shrink in the city. Therefore, the Bossa Allied Forces lived up to the idea of ​​the raid, watching Marin dug the pit and set up the tent.

"Why don't you interrupt them to dig? With these two pits, it is difficult for us to charge!" Joakim asked puzzlingly.

"Underground? Nothing. You forgot our previous way to deal with the Travo River in the southeast?" Frederick III said calmly.

Joakim I suddenly realized:

"You mean ... driving the local people to fill the pit with their soil?"

Frederick III smiled with pride;

"Of course, it is the people of Lübeck, and it's a pity to die. Moreover, this will put Marin into a dilemma. If you shoot and kill, it will not only waste bullets, but also make Lübeck people unhappy. If they kill, they will be able to fill the two pits with a bag full of dirt and see how he can stop our army from charging! "

After thinking about it for a long time, Joakim I could only say thumbs up:

"High, really high!" Unfortunately, Joakim I had curly hair, not a cent. Otherwise, the traitor image is properly ...

On the morning of the third day, Frederick III and Joachim I, with 50,000 troops, came to the opposite of the position of Marin's 20,000 troops at a distance of about 1 km and opened their positions. Waiting for the formation to open, it moved forward as a whole and reached 500 meters in front of the Marin Army, then stopped.

Among them, the 20,000 Swiss mercenaries were arranged in the middle, and the 15,000 troops of the electoral country of Saxony were arranged on the right, that is, on the south side. The 15,000 people in Brandenburg were placed on the left, that is, on the north side.

Because of the large number of people, the width of the Bossa Allied Forces is much wider than that of Marin ’s 20,000 troops. Moreover, the Saxon army and the Brandenburg army on the north and south sides are not facing east, but are fan-shaped, facing the left and right wings of the Marin army.

However, Marin not only let his men dig two trenches in the front, but also dug two trenches on the left and right sides, both of which were plugged with pointed wooden piles. In this way, the enemy thought about the charge and asked the two ditches filled with wooden spikes whether they would agree.

Of course, Frederick III will not foolishly send people to charge. Sitting between the rear and Joachim I, he waved his hand, and then, on the left and right sides, tens of thousands of farmers carrying sacks suddenly appeared. Looking at the clothes, it was almost a farmer from a village near Lübeck.

Behind these farmers are thousands of infantrymen from Saxony and Brandenburg. With a sword in their hands, they forced the local farmers to carry sacks full of mud and appeared in front of them ...

Marin did not appear in front of the formation, nor in the formation, but on the warship building on the river behind the army. It is far enough away from the battlefield to not be attacked by the opposing artillery. Moreover, the ship building is high enough to stand on the ship building and use the telescope to look at the whole situation.

As for the specific command, just use the bugle to play different tunes. For more details, you can also send heralds to convey.

Seeing such a shameless act by the coalition forces of Bossa, Malin immediately scratched his head. He knows that these civilians are innocent, but if they want to fill the tunnel with their dirt on their backs, then they are properly enemies, not killing.

However, the massacre of civilians is a bit difficult for Marin, who has a modern soul ...

Although Marin took the army and killed many people. However, that is basically an enemy on the battlefield. If you do n’t kill him, he will kill you. Therefore, to kill these people, Marin has no psychological pressure.

However, Marlin couldn't make up his mind to hold him to the tens of thousands of civilians. Wouldn't it be similar to Dongyang's beasts?

Seeing that tens of thousands of farmers began to move slowly under the pressure of the Bossa coalition, Schwartz quickly sent someone to ask for guidance. Because Schwartz did not know whether to start with these farmers.

After struggling for a while with his eyes closed, Marin ordered:

"After entering the range, the musketeers opened fire. The spearmen shouted together-'Throw away your pockets and run to both sides'. If you still don't run, shoot and kill ..."

This is the best way Marin thought, and it is impossible to let the other party fill the hole. However, it is unrealistic to kill all these farmers.

Therefore, Marin would make the spearmen yell, reminding the farmers to flee to both sides. At the same time, it will also let them point them to the sides of the army. In this way, it is much safer.

Because if they ran back to the Bossa Allied Forces, they would inevitably be forced to come forward to death with their sacks on their backs. It is only safe to remind them to run to the open ground on both sides of their army. If the Bossa coalition forces want to recapture these farmers, it will depend on Marin ’s musketeers who agreed or not ...

When the Wanlubeck farmer carried a sack full of sand and reached a range of one hundred yards, the musketeers, who had already prepared, released the first round of volley in time:

"Pap-Pap-Pap-Pap-"

As the position rose, there was a burst of smoke, which made people unable to see the scene ahead. But when the second row of musketeers moved back and forth, the smoke was also scattered a lot, allowing the musketeers to see the enemies ahead.

Because it was almost a hundred yards apart, the effect of the first round of salvo was very bad. Although there were musketeers who stepped forward, but in the end, there were only seventy or eighty farmers who were shot. In other words, none of the hit rate.

However, these farmers are not regular army after all. Although only seven or eighty people were shot to the ground, the screams of these farmers were very loud.

Their wailing noises brought great psychological pressure to other farmers on the way ~ www.novelhall.com ~ After all, this is facing death. Not to mention the farmers who have never been trained, even those recruits who have been trained but have not been on the battlefield, may not be able to bear it. Only those veterans who have been on the battlefield and seen the blood can deafen those miserable howls. Because they have long been used to ...

The second round of volleyball hit rate is not high. After all, over 50 yards, the musket's hit rate is indeed very low. In this round of farmer casualties, there are still 70 or 80 people, no more than 100.

It was not until the third round of shooting that at a distance of about 70 yards, the farmer's casualties broke through a hundred ...

At this point, all the pre-loaded ammunition has been fired. However, the musketeers in the first row have not yet loaded the rifle guns. Therefore, there is a shooting gap in the middle.

Under Schwartz's command, the spearmen under Marin suddenly shouted neatly:

"Farmers, don't die!"

"Throw away your pocket and escape to both sides!"

"Run to both sides of our side, don't go back!"

Under the command of the company captains, the soldiers shouted neatly. In addition, the musketeer did not shoot at this time, and everyone on the battlefield heard clearly.

After hearing these neat shouts, Frederick III's face changed greatly:

"No, quickly order the soldiers who watched the peasants, be sure to stop the peasants from running away. Who dares to run, don't talk about killing!"

"Yes!"

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