King of German Mercenaries

The next afternoon, tens of thousands of troops arrived in Lyle County. But after arriving in Lyle County, Marin was in no hurry to prepare. Because the date of the battle is on the 15th.

After two days of repairs in Lyle City, it was early on the 15th that Marin's army left Lyle County without haste and set up a battle.

And early in the morning, the Saxon army also arrived on the south bank of the Leda River and began to cross the river...

Because the Saxons had 20,000 troops and more than 10,000 civilians, their team set off from the beginning of November, but it took more than a month to reach the south bank of the Leda River.

After arriving on the south bank of the Leda River, the Duke of Albrecht did not let people cross the river with boats, but collected a large number of small boats, bundled them up, and built a few simple pontoon bridges before letting the army begin to cross the river.

Using a pontoon bridge is much more convenient than simply using a boat to cross the river, and the number of troops passing through is naturally more. At the beginning of the river crossing, the Duke of Saxony was very cautious, for fear that the cunning man Marin would launch a sneak attack while his army had not finished crossing the river.

In fact, Marin was waiting for them all to cross the river. As long as the other party has all crossed the river, he will also send a signal to let the three warships on the Ames come over and break the pontoon bridge. In fact, the boats that Saxon Tools had found along the river to build the pontoon bridge were placed there on purpose by Marin so that they could use them. Moreover, the three warships can also shell the enemy from the rear, creating great chaos.

The Duke of Saxony's biggest mistake was agreeing to fight Marin on this terrain. Marin not only had the Spanish phalanx to restrain the plate knights, but also allowed the warships to enter the Leda River and bombard the enemy's rear.

You must know that in a battle formation, the strongest combat power is definitely in front. In the back, most of them are recruits and auxiliary soldiers. Such a composition can easily lead to confusion. If the rear is bombarded, God knows whether those recruits and auxiliary soldiers will fry...

Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, was a cunning and cunning fellow. Seeing that it would take time for the army to cross the river, he was afraid of Marin's tricks. So, he first dispatched his best knight, Mavis (yes, that unlucky guy who robbed Adler for his wife), and led a group of knights with the strongest martial arts to cross the river, and performed vigilance tasks to guard against horses. Lin's sneak attack.

But in fact, the army under Marin, under the command of Marin, all sat down and rested. At the same time, this is also to express the attitude of the Duke of Saxony - I will never take advantage of you...

Sure enough, Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, was relieved when he saw that Marin's army of 10,000 people were sitting on the ground...

By noon, Saxony's 20,000 troops had all crossed the river and began to form. As for those civilians, they all stayed on the south bank. Anyway, even if they came across the river, it would have no effect. If the camp is bombed, it will attack the regular army.

At noon, Marin did not order an attack. In fact, his Spanish phalanx is not an offensive formation at all. Because, there were two trenches dug around the battle formation. If you want to attack, your team must climb the pit first...

In the afternoon, after the soldiers had finished eating the brown bread, the Duke of Saxony commanded the army to start forming an array to prepare for the battle with Marin's army.

The Duke of Saxony is also a seasoned veteran. Back then, when Maximilian I was imprisoned in Ghent, he brought tens of thousands of troops to rescue him. Therefore, even though the emperor is dissatisfied with him now, he is not good at accusing him of the favor and the huge power of the Saxon nobles. He can only watch him attack his own subordinate Marin. Of course, Maximilian I also greeted privately and asked the Duke of Saxony not to kill Marin after his victory, but to send Marin to the emperor, and then he would work for the emperor with peace of mind...

The Duke of Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, is relatively powerful. During the process of arranging the troops, he was surprised to find that the faces of the soldiers on the opposite side were not flustered, and there was even a look of eagerness on their faces.

He immediately changed his face, knowing that this battle was not easy to fight.

How could he know that Marin forged miracles and fooled 10,000 soldiers, which made the morale of the soldiers very high, and regarded the army of 20,000 Saxons as turkeys...

Old-fashioned Saxon tools know that fighting such a high morale opponent can be very troublesome. Even, it is easy to capsize in the gutter. So, he thought about it, and thought of a way to beat the morale of the other party...

"Mavis, come here!" The Duke of Saxony beckoned and called the Mavis knight who was the most capable of fighting.

"My lord, are you calling me?"

"Well, Mavis. I ordered you to go to the front and ask for a duel with the opponent's warriors!"

"What?" Mavis almost thought he heard it wrong. This is a battlefield, not a martial arts arena...

In fact, on the European battlefield, it is not popular for generals to duel. Because, plate knights are all popular groups charging. However, there are also times when the generals are singled out, but it is relatively rare. Moreover, the other party can also refuse to be singled out. Because, the knight heads up is not the norm.

However, the knight heads-up is actually only used by one side to dampen the morale of the other side. If one side is sure enough, sometimes a powerful knight will be sent to seek a duel. If the knights sent by the opponent were defeated, or refused to go head to head, that would damage the opponent's morale. Because, whether it's the defeat of the knights on the side, or the refusal to respond, it's more demoralizing.

The Duke of Saxony trusts the brave Mavis very much. You must know that Mavis likes to participate in the knight competition the most. More than half of his wealth was earned through knightly games. Because, if you win the knight competition, you have the right to get the opponent's warhorse and weapons and armor.

Mavis participated in hundreds of knight competitions, and only lost one or two games in the early days. After playing under the Duke of Saxony, he has not lost a game. Therefore, sending the bull-like Mavis is also to dampen the morale of the Marin army. Because, the Duke of Saxony found that there were very few knights in the Marin army, only a few hundred cavalry in black on the flanks, and it seemed that they were not knights with full plate armor. Therefore, when the Duke of Saxony sent Mavis, he believed that Marin could not send knights who could fight. Once this happens, the morale of Marin's soldiers will inevitably be affected...

"What, the other party wants to duel?" Marin suspected that he had heard it wrong.

Taking a closer look, it turned out to be Mavis, who had dealt with it before...

Marin immediately got into trouble. Originally, Kahn wanted to fight. However, Marin knew that this was a horse fight, not a foot fight. Kahn is invincible on foot, but on a horse, even Adler may not be able to beat him.

However, if he did not fight, he would indeed appear timid and demoralized. There are only a few people on my side, and if I dare not fight again, it will really hurt the morale of my soldiers...

Moreover, the Spanish phalanx he laid out was not suitable for taking the initiative to attack, waiting for the opponent to attack first. The opponent's brain pump wants to be singled out, he can only react passively...

After thinking about it, Marin decided to send Kahn to fight. However, Kahn was not allowed to ride a horse...

"Master, you let me fight him on foot?" Kahn was a little strange. Isn't it usually a horse-to-horse battle, a foot-to-foot battle...

"Yeah, go up and say, your horse is sick, and if you don't bring it with you, go down and compete with him... If he charges on horseback, you avoid his lance, and then use a long mace. Sweep his horse's legs off..."

"Isn't this quite in line with the rules?" This is not in line with the rules of the European knights, in addition to the infantry PK knights, there are also wounding horses. After all, war horses are also very important materials. When knights compete, they are often reluctant to hurt the other's horses. Because, if you win, the opponent's warhorse will be your trophy.

"My words are the rules!" Marin stared.

Kahn then carried a long pole mace and pinched his nose to fight...

Then, the soldiers on both sides saw a strange scene - the Mavis knight sent by the Saxon army to challenge ushered in an infantryman in plate armor carrying a strange stick...

Mavis was a little stunned, and asked Kahn strangely:

"Don't you have any knights? Are you sending an infantry to fight?"

"I'm a knight, not a baron. I've had diarrhea last night, and I didn't bring it today. Boy, if you don't ride, I can beat you into a dog!" Kahn shouted angrily, causing the horse Applause from the soldiers under the forest.

"You are courting death!" Mavis was enraged by Kahn's words, so he pulled down his mask, straightened his lance, and charged towards Kahn...