Chapter 1325： Crossing and blocking

After making plans, Arthas led 5,000 Cossack cavalrymen to Hamburg from the east bank of the Elbe. Counting, the Cossack cavalry is the most necessary to build a pontoon to cross the river. Because, the Cossack cavalry is often one person and three horses. If the boat is used for transportation, horses occupy the space of the boat very much, which is very inconvenient. Often, the space occupied by a horse can squeeze several people.

As for the Third Army, there are also 2,000 black knights and 4,000 horses to cross the river. Steindorff was the first rifle commander of the North Sea team, and the 2000 Black Shirt Knight has always been his leader. When he was transferred to the head of the Third Army, the 2000 knights in black shirts using carbines were also transferred to the Third Army.

In total, the Third Army and the Cossack Army have as many as 7,000 cavalry, and it is difficult to cross the river without a pontoon. If it is pure infantry, just wait for Marin's transport fleet to pull people. But with 7,000 cavalry and as many as 19,000 horses, that would be terrifying. No fleet can transport so many horses on long-distance sea maneuvers.

Therefore, this army can't do without walking the pontoon. Otherwise, it is relatively simple to ship in many batches, and the pontoon is relatively simple. Horses line up to cross the river ...

Arthas led the 5000 Cossack cavalry under the guidance of Dürm, the black knight under Steindorff, and entered Hamburg.

At this time in Hamburg, the big speaker was no longer Heisenberg. Three years ago, Heisenberg had passed away. The current speaker, Bernard, is a smart middle-aged man.

The Hamburgers had never seen the Cossack cavalry, but they had seen the black knight and even fought side by side with the black knight. Therefore, under Durm's leadership, Alsace successfully entered Hamburg and discussed the matter of borrowing ships with the Bernard Speaker.

The Hamburgers are still very respectful. The Speaker of the Bernard Congress quickly approved the inland vessels of Hamburg ’s own port to be mainly located in Cuxhaven on the west bank of the Elbe Estuary, but it is enough to build a pontoon inland vessel to the North Sea. Moreover, they agreed to let the ships go south quietly at night and enter the territory of the Principality of Brunswick Lüneburg before building a pontoon.

In fact, there is a fierce debate within Hamburg about whether to support the North Sea State. But Speaker Bernard knew very well that the North Sea is a patron of Hamburg. Marin had money in his hands and often went to Hamburg to purchase materials such as masonry, beeswax and minerals for domestic construction, which allowed Hamburg merchants to make a lot of money.

Moreover, having a strong ally is also good for Hamburg. Although Hamburg has a well-developed maritime trade and good sea strength, it is a weak chicken on land. The North Sea team with Marin is protecting it, and Hamburg ’s onshore safety is also guaranteed.

And if the Beihai Kingdom is swallowed by the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, then maybe it is. Bernard couldn't guarantee that if the coalition of eight princes wiped out the Beihai Kingdom, would it have swallowed Hamburg further. At least, Marin ’s North Sea State had no intention of annexing Hamburg, but instead was very close to the Hanseatic League. The eight princes are hard to say. As far as the Speaker of the Bernard knew, Magnus I, Duke of Saxony Laurn, was very impressed with the wealth of the nearby Hamburg.

Therefore, the Speaker of the Bernard Congress vigorously dissented, unconditionally cooperated with the army of the North Sea State. Moreover, he believes that if this 15,000 army with thousands of cavalry rushes to the front, the coalition of eight princes will not fail ...

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In the night, under the stars, hundreds of inland river boats in the port of Hamburg, under the guidance of the Hamburg sailors, carefully left the port and slowly sailed south along the Elbe.

Because it is night, it is difficult to control the sails. Therefore, Speaker Bernard sent 5,000 trackers and used the rope to pull the inland vessels to the south. In this way, there is no need to experience sailing because the risk of manipulating the sails may be stranded at night. Moreover, because the trackers are pulling empty ships, it is not so laborious. If the cargo ship is full, trackers will suffer. Moreover, oarsmen were arranged on board, further reducing the burden on trackers.

After dawn, the fleet broke away from the part across the river from Bremen and entered the opposite bank of the Principality of Lüneburg.

Seeing that it was almost the same, Alsace and the Black Knight led Durham and began arranging the Hamburg sailors to build the pontoon.

Alsace has little experience with this, but Durm is a veteran of the North Sea State, and has great experience in building pontoons. So, under his command, hundreds of large and small inland ships of Hamburg were lined up on the Elbe. Then, the Hamburg sailors took out the ropes of the ship and further **** the ship. They also laid some spare wooden boards on some boats to make the pontoon smoother for the carriage to pass.

By noon, the pontoon was basically built. Then, the Cossack cavalry began to line up across the bridge. Alsace worried that there would be enemies in the north to attack, so he let the Cossack cavalry ignore the transferred horses first, but let the two thousand Cossack cavalry cross the pontoon with the warhorse. Then, he is responsible for protecting the safety of the pontoon and avoiding damage ...

Sure enough, Alsace's worry was right. When two thousand Cossack cavalry passed through the pontoon, soldiers from the coalition of three or four thousand princes came to the north. Obviously, the opponent came to seize and destroy the pontoon ...

In fact, in the morning, people of the Principality of Lüneburg discovered the North Sea and Hamburg fleets that were building the pontoon. Then, someone sent someone to the north to report.

However, the local horses were forcibly confiscated by Henry, Duke of Brunswick, Brunswick. Therefore, the person who reported was unable to report on horseback and could only report on foot.

Although the reporters run fast, they are comparable to marathon runners. However, when he ran to the coalition station, it was already about 9 o'clock in the morning.

Then, the defending generals of the coalition forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms began to gather soldiers to go south. Unfortunately, they are also infantrymen and cannot run fast. It wasn't until one o'clock in the afternoon that the soldiers of the coalition forces of the three or four thousand nations arrived near the boardwalk. At this time, the two thousand pioneer troops of the Cossack cavalry had crossed the river and guarded the pontoon ...

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The Cossack scouts shouted.

Subsequently, the scout was slapped ...

The head of the Cossack Jurgen shouted:

"What's the panic? That's just three or four thousand infantry. It scares you! The army is crossing the river. You shout so anxiously, it's easy to cause confusion, understand?"

Mengxin Cossack Scouts nodded grievously over their faces, no longer talking nonsense.

In fact, the head of Jurgen slapped in time. If I let this guy shout in panic, it will really affect the army crossing the river.

If the infantry crossed the pontoon, it was fine. But the cavalry are always carrying horses. Once the cavalry is in a state of panic, and this emotion is transmitted to the war horse, it may be a big deal. Therefore, the head of Jurgen slapped very decisively in time.

"Next, it's up to us!" The head of Jurgen rolled his horse, pulled out a 65-cavalry sword, and ordered all the Cossacks guarding the pontoon to mount.

As the head of the First Cossack Cavalry Regiment, the most senior commander of the West Bank Bridge Guard, Jurgen ordered:

"The Fourth Cavalry Regiment continues to guard the bridgehead, blocking all enemies who dare to approach. The first, second and third regiments ~ www.novelhall.com ~ all come with me!"

A total of 1,500 people from the three Cossack cavalry regiments responded loudly, and then they picked up their spears ...

Right, not a saber, but a spear ...

Cossack cavalry does not only use sabers, but also spears. Of course, the spear they use is not a lance that can charge at high speed, but the most common infantry spear.

As for the saber, it will only be pulled out after the spear is released and continued to be hacked ...

For the Cossack cavalry, spears belonged to the weapon during the first charge. After the spear penetrates the enemy's body, it is often too late to pull it out. Therefore, after the first round of the charge stabbed the spear at the enemy, the Cossack cavalry often decisively discarded the spear, and then quickly pulled out the saber to continue hacking.

Sometimes, in order to defeat the enemy's formation, the spear is often used as a javelin by the Cossack cavalry and thrown into the enemy formation, causing damage to the enemy ...

For example, in this first round of charge, in addition to the commander, each Cossack cavalry was holding the most common slender spear over three meters long.

Moreover, in this era, the Lance Cossack cavalry is very important. Because the European infantry they face is often good at spearheading. If you rush up with a saber, it is easy for the enemy to poke into a horse honeycomb. Therefore, the Cossacks often choose to use the same spear to deal with the infantry square ...

"Push!" 1,500 Cossack cavalry rushed up with a "one-off" low-quality spear. The commander of the coalition of eight princes was shocked to see so many cavalry rushing over. So he shouted:

"Array! Array! The spearman burst forward and lifted the spear diagonally to block the enemy cavalry!"

Then, a group of conscripts formed a phalanx in a panic. The spearman in the front row tilted the spear forward 45 degrees, and the end of the spear was against the ground to transmit the impact of the enemy cavalry to the earth ...