Chapter 1439： Warhammer and Battle Axe

The Spaniard was frightened by the raid. Fortunately, the assault point chosen by the Italian mercenaries was not far from the gate tower where General Torres was. He sent his elite warriors to support him in time to avoid the wall from falling.

Next, General Torres no longer dared to carelessly. He ordered that even if the other party was a farmer, as long as the other party dared to climb the ladder to rush towards this side, he would not hesitate to fire ...

But after playing for a while, Torres felt wrong again ...

"No, if we continue to fight like this, our ammunition will not be wasted on this group of farmers? But we don't have much ammunition at all ... how to break it?"

At this time, in front of a certain ladder, a Spanish soldier who had planned to smash the ladder with a warhammer suddenly waved the hammer and swept down several ladders of Neapolitan farmers who were holding up the broken door, causing them to fall down. Ladder, fell immediately ...

General Torres suddenly said:

"This method is good, use the Warhammer to deal with the broken door!"

Those local farmers who charged with broken gates had no weapons at all. The Warhammer is dedicated to the plate armoured soldiers. In the face of the farmer holding the broken door plate, it seems that they can also smash them back, or even hit the ladder. After all, the farmers basically held the door with both hands in their hands, with no weapons in their hands, and no threat to the defending generals. The archers can't take them, but the Warhammer can knock them back or fly ...

So inspired General Torres ordered aloud:

"All Warhammers, gather! Use the Warhammer to deal with the farmers with two-handed door panels! Smash me, don't use muskets, save ammo!"

As a result, hundreds of soldiers using warhammers were assembled. They are all members of the "Marin Phalanx" who are responsible for solving the falling plate armoured knights. Ordinary swords can't deal with those knights wearing a full set of plate armor, even if they are Roman. However, except for soldiers who use the Warhammer ... In the face of the heavy blow of the Warhammer, even if you wear a full set of plate armor, you ca n’t carry it ...

In addition to hundreds of soldiers using warhammers, more than 200 barbarians using two-handed axes were also sent to the city walls. These two-handed axe fighters, from the Basque Country in the western foothills of the Pyrenees in northern Spain, are mostly brave Basque people. They have a long and narrow face, a high nose, and a dark complexion, and they adhere to traditions and refuse to be assimilated by the main ethnic group of Iberia. For example, the two-handed axe in their hands is a tool used by the Basques to cut wood in the mountains, and they are very skillful to use.

As it happens, the Spanish army also needs a group of melee warriors against the enemy plate armoured soldiers. The two-handed axe, like the two-handed hammer, is a weapon against plate armor. The difference is that the two-handed hammer directly smashes, while the two-handed axe, when facing the plate armor and shield, the user will smash the opponent with the back of the axe. Faced with unarmored enemies, it will switch to an axe and hack to the front ...

As it happens, there are more than 200 Tomahawk companies formed by the Basque Mountaineers in Torres' army. So, General Torres simply asked them to cooperate with the Warhammer to smash the local farmers who had broken the door and wanted to storm the city wall.

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Seeing that the Spaniards had stopped shooting muskets, and still used warhammers and tomahawks against the farmers, Pasto was anxious. So, he let the mixed farmer's men pull out his daggers, raised the door in one hand, and used the daggers in one hand, intending to solve those who used warhammers and battle axes.

In the beginning, he really hurt several people. However, the Spaniard soon thought of a countermeasure-the musketeer pressed the side ...

If the ordinary farmer raised the door with both hands, those musketeers would not shoot. If you find that you have pulled out your short sword and want to hurt the Warhammer and the Basque Tomahawk, you open fire directly ...

Then, after a day of fighting, Pasto discovered that the plan to use local farmers as cannon fodder to attract the Spaniards to shoot went bankrupt ...

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At night, Louis XII's face was very unsightly, and Pasto attended the meeting with trembling. Finally, Louis Twelve:

"Pasto, don't be clever. Well, tomorrow you will send swords and shields to follow the farmers who hold the broken door. Even if the enemy musketeers injure some people, as long as they can cover them close to the wall. "

Pasto's face was bitter and he had to agree. what else can we do? Now these Italian mercenaries have been kidnapped by the French. If you do n’t go all out with the Spaniards, the French will really take them ...

So, starting the next day, the Italian mercenaries began their career as cannon fodder. However, this time the Italian mercenaries learned a little bit-they let the local farmers with their hands lifted to the front and both sides, so that even if the enemy in front of the side fired, they would first hit the unlucky farmers. And these mercenaries can also die a few less ...

By means of the peasants' cannon fodder, the Italian mercenaries rushed across the city walls several times. However, he was killed again by the Spaniards. In particular, the martial arts of the Spanish armor warriors in "backless outfits" are still very high. After all, most of these people are also noble children of the Spanish nobility, strongmen who started martial arts from a young age. In the face of such elite, the average Italian mercenary is really not enough ...

what? Do you ask if there is such a plate warrior who has practiced martial arts since childhood? Yes, but not much.

why? Because many children of the Italian cavalier family who do not have inheritance rights, did not follow the tradition and went to be a lifeless wandering knight, but ... went to do business ...

That's right, most of the noble children in Italy, except for the eldest son who has inheritance rights, most of them went to do business, and few people were willing to work as wandering knights or mercenaries.

No way, the Italian business atmosphere is too strong. The states of Venice, Genoa, Siena, Pisa and Lucca are all medieval commercial republics. Not to mention those businessmen, even ordinary Italian farmers, who know how to do small businesses.

As for the literate Italian noble children, of course they will also do business. Moreover, they are richer than ordinary people and have a higher starting point for doing business. Generally speaking, only the noble children who failed to do business would run as mercenary officers with high risk factors.

This is the adverse effect of too strong business atmosphere. Look at the Germans of this era, most of the aristocratic children are especially going to be wandering knights and selling their lives to employers. Therefore, it is easy to find a wandering knight as an officer in Germany. But in Italy where everyone is doing business ... It is difficult to find a noble child who sells his life ...

Just like the later generations ~ www.novelhall.com ~ it is very difficult for you to recruit in a place with a very strong business atmosphere in Wenzhou. People at home do business. If they have money at home, they will be willing to be soldiers when they are crazy ... The same reason is that it is difficult to recruit good soldiers in places where the business atmosphere is too strong. Liren and Shangjia children. Because this kind of person is too treacherous, easy to make small mistakes. Moreover, people's lives are worry-free, and they don't look down on such a chore as being a soldier ...

Like Pasto, this is a noble child. In the beginning, he also did business. It's a pity that it wasn't that piece of material. After losing a lot of money, he went to join the army in desperation. After all, being a mercenary is also a business. For example, during robbery, profits are still high ...

As for Spain, the business atmosphere is better than Germany, but much lighter than Italy. Therefore, in Spain, many noble children who are willing to join the army can still be recruited. Moreover, most of Spain is mountainous, and the main body of soldiers is also mountain people. Although it is not as brutal and brutal as the Germans, it is also more powerful than the smart and cunning Italians.

Therefore, in the next few days, the Italian mercenaries rushed to give the Spaniards ...

It's just that these Italian mercenaries did well to complete the task given to them by Louis XII-to consume the Spanish ammunition ...