Chapter 1317： Change the combat plan

In general, a lowest-level knight family also has at least two knights. Then, each person will have about 5 attendants. The Baron family is even more, there may be several knights, and several times more servants.

These servants, generally one or two of the five, are serving as servants, taking care of the life of the master, similar to the service soldier. Then, there will be two or three combat attendants. Their duty is to follow the old knight charge and cover the flanks of the old man.

Therefore, every knight manor has at least seven or eight combatants. Hundreds of nobles gathered together, and with many barons, the number of combatants was even more impressive.

In addition, each (household) knight can recruit 25 farmers from his own manor during the war (the number is uncertain, depending on the number of knights in the knight's manor), which is the legendary conscript.

Conscripts are farmers who have received simple basic training, and their combat effectiveness is poor. However, it is better than a pure farmer. After all, knights will teach these simplest techniques of recruiting martial arts during farming leisure to fight on the battlefield.

However, under normal circumstances, the Cavaliers will not teach too much. One is that farmers usually work for knights and have no time to practice martial arts. In addition, the knights have to take care of the food during the training, and the general knights can't stand it.

Of course, some knights or barons will be more martial, and at the same time they will have more financial resources and can afford the food during the training. In this way, there will be more time for training, and the conscripts in their territories will often have stronger combat effectiveness.

Moreover, this feudal army with feudal knights and knight servants as the core combat power, the role of recruiting troops is actually not very important. The main task of conscripting is to follow the charge of his own knight. The knight rushed to the front with an armed servant, and the conscript recruited them with a simple weapon. If the old knight in the front wins, they will boost their morale and follow the head of the conscript who reaps the opponent. If his master died or was defeated ... Then escape with it ...

Therefore, in the ancient European conscription, the role is to strengthen the momentum and make up the knife. You can fight against the wind, you can't fight against the wind independently ...

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Previously, when Marin was in China, the old nobles who were "distributed" to Bremen, despite being dissatisfied with their hearts, were expelled from the circle of power, but they dared not say anything. Because, at that time, Ma Linbing was in full swing and had won many wars. No one dared to blast. Because everyone who dared to stab was finished ...

Under the pressure of Marin, those old nobles did not even dare to organize farmer training in the manor during the farming slack. Because, Marin has publicly stated that the North Sea State does not allow private troops. Obviously, conscripts also belong to private armed forces and belong to the category of being banned.

Therefore, in those old-school noble families, only the nobles themselves and their sons can practice martial arts. Then, each person is equipped with several servants-Marin is still allowed.

However, the form changed after the rumors of "Marin's death" came out. The old nobles of Bremen Province, after Marin's "death news", began to often meet in secret to discuss their future plans.

After the princes of the Seven Kingdoms formed a coalition to invade the North Münster area, these veteran princes finally saw the opportunity ...

Therefore, they asked Aurich to train their own serf, protect the property of their own manor, and prevent their own manor from being looted like the manor in North Munster.

This reason is quite justified, and at the beginning, the various families trained the serfs, they did not stay together, but fought each other. Therefore, even the intelligence personnel under Kohler were deceived.

Then, in order to eliminate the traitors inside the Third Army and the Sixth Army, Kohler ’s men ’s intelligence personnel were not enough, and most of the Bremen ’s intelligence personnel were transferred to help ... So, the Bremen Province ’s intelligence was missed ...

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"What? The old nobles of Bremen province gathered 7,000 soldiers and horses, and turned to the coalition forces of the Eight Kingdoms?" When receiving this information, Marin was shocked and angry.

He did not worry about how strong the fighting force of the seven thousand noble private army coalition was. Even if the coalition of eight princes and the seven thousand noble private army were not opponents of the Beihai army.

But the problem is that the noble-controlled territory is very sensitive-Bremen is the only way for the Third Army and the Cossack Army to go west ...

This is about to die ...

With the help of this group of ground snakes, it can be said that they can beat the Third Army, but it can still be done by using the Elbe to block the footsteps of the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry westward.

The core part of Marin's elimination of the coalition of the eight kingdoms and princes was to use the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry to cover the back road of the coalition of the eight kingdoms. Even, using the Cossack cavalry to harass the coalition troop ...

But now, most of the old nobles placed by Marin on the west bank of the Elbe collectively rebelled and assisted the coalition forces of the eight kingdoms to hinder the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry from going west.

The combat strength of the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry is certainly strong. If it is on the plain, a charge is estimated to defeat those noble private troops. However, those nobles controlled the land on the west bank of the Elbe. With the width of hundreds of meters in the lower Elbe area, the Third Army and Cossack cavalry could not fly across the river. The difference in fighting power was instantly wiped out by natural danger ...

Under normal circumstances, when the army crosses the river, the pontoon is preferred. Although the Elbe River is wide, the downstream water is not turbulent, and if you get more boats, you can build a pontoon smoothly. The premise is-no one destroys ...

Now, most of the nobles on the west bank of the Elbe have turned to the coalition forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms. Then, if you want to build a pontoon to cross the river, it will be very difficult ... More terrible is that the old nobles on the west bank of the Elbe have been confiscated Most inland vessels used to build pontoons. Even if you want to build a pontoon, there are not enough materials ...

As for transporting troops by sea? That's okay. The problem is that before Malinte sent a fleet of 5,000 recruits under the leadership of Wagner, he went to Jutland Province to pretend to be the Second Army. Those ships did not come back so quickly. Even if they came back, it would take a long time to send the third army and the Cossack cavalry on the east bank of the Elbe ...

Marin was worried that the third legion and the Cossack cavalry could not be transported to the battlefield within the prescribed time by ship. Once the fighter jets were delayed, the previous plan was in vain ...

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"These **** bastards, mistaken my big thing! When the war is over, I will send them all to the guillotine!" Marin growled angrily.

He now especially wants to kill people and kill the betrayed nobles. However, that is not the most important. Right now, the most important thing is-the plan is going to be revised ...

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Originally ~ www.novelhall.com ~ Marin's plan was-he took two legions to face the coalition of eight princes, but not to defeat the opponent, but to drag the other party. Then, let Steindorff with the Third Army and 5,000 Cossack cavalry suddenly kill from the rear, completely destroying the coalition forces of the eight kingdoms ...

But now the Third Army and the 5,000 Cossack cavalry seem to be unable to reach the battlefield in time, so Marin must modify the combat plan ...

"Otherwise, shall we bring the Sixth Army on the East Frisian Islands together?" Kohler suggested.

The two legions are fighting against each other's 50,000 troops, which is indeed not very safe. Even if you can win, you can't leave the other party. With the addition of 10,000 from the Sixth Army, it is relatively stable. Heinx is carrying 10,000 people of the Sixth Army on the East Frisian Islands, and the East Frisian Islands are also very close to the land. More small fishing boats can be sent to land to facilitate the support of the battlefield.

"No!" Marin shook his head:

"My purpose is to annex the eight countries, not to defeat them. Therefore, there can be no legal problems!"

"It stands to reason that the Scots-based Sixth Army should have returned to their hometown in Scotland. Even if I was" persuaded "to come back, it would not appear so quickly. The soldiers of the Second Legion pretended to be the new Second Legion. It was all German. People. But the Scots of the Sixth Army had a Scottish accent at the beginning, and many people still wore skirts, which could not be covered. If the Sixth Army appeared too early, everyone would want to understand that this is a trap. , Even if I annexed 8 vassal states, others would seize this and force me to give up annexing 8 princes! "

This is where Marin is currently the most troublesome-not only to secretly calculate opponents, but also to ensure that they cannot be caught by others. Otherwise, his plans would be in vain. Therefore, it is imperative to change the combat plan ...