Chapter 457： Joachim I's suggestion

Faced with the powerful firepower of the East Frisian guns and artillery, Frederick III and Joachim I were terrified. Frederick III also fully understood why his powerful uncle, Duke Albrecht, would lose to Marin's 10,000 horses with an advantage of more than 20,000 people.

After all, if it is head-on, the power of the opponent's guns is too great. The Saxons are rich enough to equip dozens of artillery. When confronted with a forced electorate like Brandenburg, there is no gun. However, the boy of Malin actually took out more than 60 guns, the caliber is still large. The most important thing is that the deployment of the opposing artillery is fast, and the shooting must be accurate!

In fact, Frederick III did not know that there were many Marlin artillery, but gunpowder was not enough. If there are really more guns, Marin can pull two or three hundred guns on the battlefield. However, gunpowder was not enough, otherwise, Marin would not say anything, and just went from beginning to end.

In order to save gunpowder as much as possible, Marin only pulled more than sixty guns in front of the battlefield, mainly used to suppress enemy artillery. Because, Ma Lin's unmoving defensive battle, the most afraid of enemy shelling. Therefore, Marin used limited gunpowder to suppress the opponent's artillery to avoid the waste of gunpowder.

After all, the three-pound gun used by the opponent, although not as powerful as the six-pound gun, cannot penetrate half of the company. However, it is not a problem to penetrate 10 or 8 infantry. If you stand there and let the other party bang, you will definitely suffer. Moreover, the effect of the bombardment is too horrible, either the head is flying, or the lack of arms and legs is extremely terrifying, and it is easy to shake the military's heart. Therefore, Marin chose to use gunpowder with limited reserves for artillery to suppress the opponent's artillery.

In the following days, the Bossa Allied Forces no longer sent out the main force to confront the Marin army, but chose to camp outside the artillery range of the Marin army and wait quietly for the rain to come. At the same time, during the day, the Bossa Allied Forces also sent a large number of cavalry to wander around the battlefields of the Marin army to guard against any new moves by Marin. The most important thing is to guard against the retreat of Marin's army crossing the river.

Of course, these Brandenburg and Saxony cavalry did not dare to approach the front of the East Frisian army. Because there are thousands of musketeers waiting for them to come to the door. Therefore, these cavalry soldiers are generally wandering on both sides of the Marin army to deter Marin's army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marin sent people to use a boat to transport the more than a thousand Lubeck farmers who had escaped to the east bank, but not into the city, but to the countryside outside the city. This is because Marin was concerned about the existence of a spy of the Bossa Allied Forces.

Germany in May is the best time for the climate. At this time, Germany was full of spring, full of blooming flowers and vigorously growing green grass and tender leaves. If a war is not happening, Lübeck at this time should be a good time for the nobles and rich businessmen to go on a spring tour.

The area around Lübeck is not far from the sea. However, the influence of the Baltic Sea on the terrestrial climate is extremely limited. Therefore, the climate near Lübeck is closer to the continental climate. Unlike Aurich, because it is close to the North Sea, it has a maritime climate.

Therefore, in Lübeck close to the continental climate, it seems a bit difficult to wait for rain ...

I waited for two or three days in a row, but did not wait for rain. Both Frederick III and Joachim I were restless.

At this time, the 18,000 troops of Woolf Esbrand and Sakala, riding more than one hundred ships, were already close to the mouth of the Elbe. However, for the sake of confidentiality, they did not rush south, but temporarily parked in the Las Vegas area of ​​the estuary, preparing to go south under the night. Then, log in at the landing point. So as not to swagger south during the day and attract the attention of the enemy.

At the same time, tens of thousands of militia posing as reinforcements in the north gradually approached the battlefield. Even Hamburg City has also completed the recruitment of 10,000 people and started to go to the frontline area to scare the Bossa coalition.

This 10,000-hamburger reinforcement, the whole army knows its mission, just to frighten the enemy. Therefore, they would rather not really go to desperately with the Thousands of Allied forces.

In fact, throughout Hamburg City, only the most elder members of the elders knew that these 10,000 people were to cover the real reinforcements. As for the others, I really thought that the 10,000 people were just to frighten and attract Brandenburg ’s army to come and intercept it.

The fake information fabricated by Marin was too realistic and read highly feasible. So much so that most Hamburg officials believed in the false information. In this way, Saxony's spies lurking in Hamburg also confirmed the "authenticity" of the fake information through various channels, and sent the information out of danger. On the night that the high-ranking spy who was hiding in Hamburg city by Frederick III sent the information out, the Hamburg City Guards deliberately relaxed and became vigilant, allowing the Saxon spy who was lurking in the house of a lower-level MP to successfully send the information out. ...

Frederick III walked back and forth with his hands in the head account of the Bossa Allied Forces, frowning and thinking.

Suddenly, the commander's voice came from outside the camp:

"Report! The scout to the north finds the enemy!"

Frederick III was shocked ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Then he ordered aloud:

"Come in!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a Saxony scout entered the big account, Hui Hui reported:

"Report, Lord Elector, our army scouts, and found a large number of enemy troops near the village of Pronstov in the north. It is estimated that there are as many as ten thousand people. This should be the northern reinforcements in the intelligence. However, when the other party arrived in the village of Pronstov, they stopped moving, but stopped on the spot, and then camped on the north side of the Wadsey River, seeming to make a defensive gesture! "

"Thousands of thousands of reinforcements? It should be the reinforcements that are half of the recruits ... Isn't it fake?" Frederick III said suspiciously.

"Report Lord Elector Hou, according to our observations, the possibility of the other party being fake is relatively low. Because, we found dozens of artillery and a large number of iron ball shells in their team!"

Both Frederick III and Joachim I had drastic changes in their faces. Before, they had been stunned by the artillery under Marin's head, and they felt terrified.

So Frederick III asked seriously:

"Are you sure there are many artillery?"

"Ok, we have seen several scouts, probably dozens of doors. Behind the artillery, there are a lot of carts for transporting iron ball shells. It is precisely because of these artillery and carts that transport shells that this army's march speed Very slow. "

After listening to the scout, Joakim I said worriedly:

"How is this good? Why are there so many artillery pieces from the other party? You have also seen the power of the artillery pieces. If they were hit by them on both sides and used a lot of artillery pieces, I'm afraid we will be in trouble ..."

Frederick III nodded and said:

"Yeah, if you are shot by hundreds of artillery, it will really cost you a lot. Especially, the opponent's artillery is well-trained and the precision is very high!"