Chapter 1556： Rebellion also requires professionals

Why can the mansions belonging to the Duke of Württemberg and their loyal subordinates survive the peasant army's attack? This is mainly due to the proper arrangements before Marin.

First of all, Marin sent thousands of mercenaries to sneak into the Principality of Württemberg and divided into several groups of people, scattered and lurking in the territory of the Duke of Ulrich, or the territory of the nobles of the Duke.

After entering these areas, the first thing for these mercenaries was to build tall fences for those manors, and also instructed local farmers to dig a moat around the city walls, greatly improving the manor ’s protective capabilities.

Of course, if the peasant army has engineering ladders or artillery, these arrangements are useless. However, the "poor Conrad" peasant uprisings neither had a siege cloud ladder nor artillery. Then, facing the wide moat and the tall city wall, he was at a loss.

Moreover, the scattered mercenaries of the North Sea State are not fixed. They had already sent scouts to follow the peasant army to carry out reconnaissance. Once they know the direction of the peasant army (in fact, Wolfe and other undercovers will also leave information to tell these scouts the peasant army's next move), they will separate their personnel, notify the nearby mercenaries, and rush The territory of the Duke Ulrich passing by the peasant army or the territory under the heart of the Duke Ulrich. As a result, these dukes and mansions in the heart of the duke have always maintained a guard of one or two thousand people, and they are elite mercenaries of the North Sea country.

There are tall city walls and moats, plus elite North Sea country mercenaries with at least one or two thousand people. Even if the peasant army has more than 10,000 people, they can't help taking these manor houses. What's more, they don't have professional ladders and artillery for engineering. After hitting the wall several times, Casbah had to honestly follow the directions of Charlie undercover to loot those noble estates.

The aristocratic manor pointed by Charlie, because he was taken away by the knights and auxiliary soldiers in the manor, was indeed guarding the emptiness, and was easily captured.

These aristocratic manor houses are rich in oil and water, and easy to overcome, and naturally make the peasant army happy. As for why Charlie could accurately find these weakly guarded noble estates? The explanation given by Charlie is that I used to be a thief who was specifically responsible for inquiring about news and stepping on it.

If you are a clever leader, you might doubt it. However, the "poor Conrad" peasant uprisings have no culture at all. Really cultural Wolff and others, or undercover, how does Casper play? You know, the leader of Kasbar used to be a blacksmith who made swords. He recognized only a few words and had no ability to think about complex issues.

As a result, this growing army of peasant uprisings, like snowballs, grew bigger and bigger, damaging multiple noble estates.

And because the tactics used by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong to destroy the Daming Empire were adopted, the "poor Conrad" peasant army was very moist. The food they grabbed along the way would allow the members of the Uprising to eat and drink, and they could often eat a lot of meat and wine prepared by the nobles for themselves. It is not too pleasant to live a life.

Gradually, this peasant uprising became stronger and stronger. Its total number has successfully exceeded 20,000. There are as many as 3,000 "elite" with armor and standard weapons. These armor and standard weapons were all found in the arsenal of the noble manor that was captured, and now belong to the peasant army. Then, assigned to the three thousand strong warriors selected by Kasbar ...

Even, Casbal now has 300 plate cavalry and 1,000 light cavalry. It's just that the 300 plate cavalry were selected from the army and were strong and strong soldiers, not real knights. They haven't been trained by professional knights, and what's more, it's just like appearance. Including the 1,000 light cavalry, it was just a selection of farmers who were good at riding horses. Mainly, these farmers originally raised horses for noble masters ...

However, even if the 300 plate cavalry and the 1000 light cavalry are like goods, some people are still terrified. After all, the 1300 cavalry, in the German princes' hegemony, can already count as a very powerful force.

Even the emergence of neutral nobles who were scared by the peasant army with 1,300 cavalry surrendered directly.

Stuttgart, the Baron Mistor, the Duke of Ulrich, asked the Duke Ulrich anxiously:

"Master Duke, there are so many cavalry in the other party, will you be surprised when you close the net?" Therefore, I feel very uneasy about this cavalry beyond the plan.

Duke Ulrich was also nervous, so he released the pigeons to ask for Marin. After reading the letter of assistance, Marin thought for a long time and finally gave a reply:

"Use croton powder!"

When his fleet had returned from Daming, he had brought back a batch of crotons as seeds of traditional Chinese medicine and kept them in a glass greenhouse. Today, he can still get a batch of croton. If it is ground into powder, it is mixed with the feed of the peasant army warhorse ... The cavalry of the peasant army is kept for the next day ...

Coincidentally, because he was good at riding and "became the leader of a bandit", the undercover Wolf was appointed as the captain of the three hundred plate armoured cavalry of the peasant army. As for the 1,000 light cavalry, Charlie also held the position of deputy captain.

As long as Marin gave the croton meal to Wolf and Charlie one day before the net was finally closed, let them be mixed in the warhorse feed early the next morning, and all the cavalry of the peasant army were discarded ...

Once there is no cavalry, those peasant army infantry, wait for being slaughtered ... No, Marin wants to live, it must be captured prisoners ...

Moreover, even better, after eating croton meal, these 1,300 horses can still be rescued as long as the dosage is not too harsh. At that time, these 1,300 horses are also good trophies.

Duke Ulrich was also very happy after receiving Marin's reply. So, he can't wait for Marin to send the croton powder. It's just that croton powder is a cargo, and it can't be passed through the pigeons that fly hundreds of miles a day like Secret Letters. It can only wait for the ground people to deliver it from a long distance. But fortunately, it's still a long time before the net is closed, so don't worry so much ...

In addition, Marin also promised to provide the Duke Ulrich with 5000 Cossack cavalry as the main force at the end of the net. With these 5,000 Cossack cavalry, I'm not afraid that some of the enemy troops will escape. In the face of a charge initiated by the Cossack cavalry, even if the peasant army reached tens of thousands, it would be easily defeated. After all, this is a group of rioters who have no formal military training at all. Even the elite among them are nothing more than a strong farmer in the rebel army, who is strong and tall, and a professional soldier. Fortunately, the core of Li Zicheng's elite troops is mainly the border soldiers who participated in the uprising on the three sides. Even Li Zizi was a postman who was sacked and was a half soldier. Like the "Poor Conrad" uprising army, except for a few undercovers, the rest are farmers or craftsmen without any military foundation. Even the elite do not have enough military literacy. Such an army can easily be destroyed when it encounters a regular army.

No wonder the peasant uprisings in Europe are always easily suppressed. The key lies in the lack of military leaders in the peasant army ~ www.novelhall.com ~ This is mainly because, in ancient Europe, only noble children had military command knowledge, and ordinary people basically did not. In ancient China, there were too many people who had read some military books. As long as the leader of the peasant uprising army finds a few half-hanging scholars who have read the military books, the level will be improved immediately. In other words, compared with the European peasant uprising army, compared with the Chinese peasant uprising army, there are probably a few dog-headed military divisions. After all, there is the Liangshan heroine uprising, there is also a military division Wu Yong ...

The literacy rate in Europe is much lower than in ancient China. Only aristocrats, priests, and a small number of wealthy businessmen can read literacy. But making them unlikely to participate in the peasant uprising, which doomed the European peasant uprising. In the ancient China of the same era, there were not too many people who knew a little about military affairs. Like Li Zicheng, they found Niu Jinxing, Song Xiance, Li Yan and other counselors. Kasbar obviously had no luck, so his defeat was inevitable.

In ancient China, there were many ambitious scholars who understood military affairs. For example, Xiao He and Cao Shen who helped Liu Bang rebel; Zhu Sheng and Liu Bowen who helped Zhu Yuanzhang rebelled; and Daoyan monks who helped Zhu Di rebelliously ... With these predecessors Zhu Yu in front, ancient China did not know how many ambitious readers were willing to rebel Army leaders have made plans to try to be like Xiao He and others in the future, and to be able to honour all generations ... and these people are all professionals in rebellion. Therefore, the rebellion in ancient China is easy to sit on.

On the contrary, the peasant uprisings in Europe generally lacked professional rebel conspirators, which naturally made it difficult to get up, so they were easily suppressed. And Minzer, the most famous leader of the German peasant uprising, is not a peasant, but a low-level priest with a culture and a mind. Therefore, he has done a great job and has been recorded in history. And the leader of the Turtle Uprising Army of Kasbar and the like was destined to be finished at the beginning ...