King of German Mercenaries

Marin was in a good mood, but a piece of news brought back by Sauer, who went out to investigate, made him instantly depressed...

It turned out that Sauer quickly detected Harlingen, where the coalition base camp was located. It was only 70 kilometers from Harlingen to Groningen. Sauer arrived near Harlingen on the same day with 20 people and two horses, and found out that this was the Friesland coalition base camp.

Marin, who learned the news early the next morning, immediately regretted it and wanted to die, because the Frisian army was basically sent to Texel before, and there were only a few hundred waste wood serfs left in Harlingen. In addition, Harling is simply a seaside town with no city walls. If Marin had known the 9 bastards were there earlier, and led a quick march with the Swiss mercenaries, he could have taken out Harlingen and captured the 9 bastards.

But it was too late to say anything, because by the time Sauer arrived in Harlingen, half of the Friesland's main force had already been withdrawn. On the other hand, it would take at least a day and a half to walk over with a large group of troops. Even if you rush past, you will be exhausted half to death, and then you will be taken care of.

Therefore, that very good fighter plane is gone, which makes Marin so depressed that he wants to die. Still, things turned around. Because, those bastards will definitely come back with a large army. At that time, as long as these guys are arrested, they don't need to use force, they can directly force them to call Kaichengmen and enter Groningen...

So, next, Marin began to study how to ambush the main force of Frisian...

At this time, the army of the Frisian Aristocratic Republic, under the command of 9 members of parliament, was still assembled in Harlingen. In the opinion of the MPs, the walls of Groningen are tall and strong, and they will not fall for a month or two. So, they discussed the siege plan in Harlingen.

After discussion, the 9 barons agreed that it is better to play steadily. Anyway, when the time comes, we will take a large army and return to Groningen all the way from Roman Avenue. In addition, they also decided to send a liaison officer to contact the defenders in Groningen, and made an appointment to attack from inside and outside...

But what they didn't know was that Sauer was already wandering around Harlingen with 30 light cavalry. The first two messengers sent out were quickly intercepted. The same goes for the second and third batches...

Three days after the repairs, the Frisian army, still unable to hold back, began to advance eastward. However, they first walked along the Roman Avenue and entered Leeuwarden, which was under the control of Baron Zettel.

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And Marin, and Sauer who returned, began to survey the ambush terrain...

Sauer, after a few days of trailing reconnaissance, had learned that the Frisian army would retreat along the Roman road. So, but leaving the large force to continue to kill the messenger, he returned to Marin alone.

"Sauer, is there any hillside terrain that can be ambushed along the way? Like the last time in Italy." Marin asked expectantly.

"No, sir, Friesland is a low country, and there are no hillsides at all. Even if there are, they are small hills, and there is no way to hide in an ambush."

"Then is there any road here that the enemy army must pass through?"

"Roman Avenue! Master, it rained a long time ago, which made the ground very muddy. Friesland seems to have a lot of swamps. Therefore, except for the stone-paved Roman Avenue, other places are not suitable for large scales. A large-scale march. Otherwise, the team could easily get bogged down."

"Swamp..." Marin fell into contemplation...

When Marin marched with the Swiss mercenaries this time, he did not go to the Friesland region, but to the Duchy of Dougdes and the Archbishopric of Utrecht. The Drenthe province south of Groningen has many hills, and there are many places suitable for ambush.

Afterwards, Marin personally rode a horse and, under the protection of Schwartz and others, followed Sauer to observe the terrain...

On the road, Marin looked around,

It was found that what Sauer said was true. On the side of Roman Avenue here, there are either farmland or swamps, and there are very few woods. If you want to lay an ambush, there is no terrain for cover.

I remember the scenes of the PLA ambush, which were all on the hillside...

Wait, the New Fourth Army, which was active in the Soviet Union back then, seemed to be ambushing in the reeds...

Marin thought about those ambush scenes, it seemed that there was an ambush in the roadside ditch, wearing a wicker hat on his head...

Thinking about it, Marin didn't care about getting dirty, jumped directly into the ditch by the roadside, and made an ambush...

But soon, he was depressed...

why? Because, in ambush in the roadside ditch, there is no place to put the spear. Because, the spears in Europe in this era are too long, and it is difficult to hide the spears of several meters in the roadside ditch.

You must know that the New Fourth Army uses rifles, which are only a little over 1 meter in length. Of course, it is very convenient to hide. But a spear a few meters long is not only troublesome to hide, but also troublesome to take out.

Moreover, the rifle can also successfully shoot the enemy while squatting in the pit. And spearmen want to strike the enemy, not only have to raise their weapons, but also rush to stab the enemy. But jumping up from the ambush pit is not stable in itself. Then, if you are short-handed with the enemy, it is easy for the enemy to take advantage of the lack of firm footing to grab the first move.

Therefore, the New Fourth Army in the era of hot weapons can squat in a ditch by the roadside and ambush, but the spearmen in the era of cold weapons are not suitable for squatting in the ditch... Even in the era of cold weapons, ambush also pays attention to "condescending", attacking along the terrain enemy formation...

Marin was frustrated and didn't know what to do. Surrounding the point to help, very particular about ambush. If you can't ambush the enemy, it is easy to be attacked by the enemy inside and outside.

While passing a small town of several hundred people, Marin stopped to eat. The townspeople still live a quiet life without knowing that war has come to Friesland.

On the second floor of the hotel, Marin asked for a seat by the window, eating and watching the scenery...

Downstairs, a group of bear children are playing hide and seek...

This small town called Malham has a unique terrain. It is surrounded by swamps to the south and north, and the Roman Avenue passes through the middle of the town. The town is basically laid out along both sides of Roman Avenue, and the houses in the town are basically on both sides of Roman Avenue. Therefore, the shape of the town is a long strip.

While Marin was nibbling on roast goose, the bear children downstairs were also having a good time. When the unfortunate one who was in charge of looking for others urged the child to look for a companion along the street, suddenly, a naughty child rushed out of the side alley, screaming strangely.

The unfortunate child seemed petrified, and then began to cry...

After that, several other bear children also appeared from the alleys by the roadside to comfort the unfortunate child who was scared and cried...

"This..." Looking at the situation downstairs, Marin seemed to think of something, and the roast goose in his hand accidentally fell to the ground...

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