King of German Mercenaries

"I...I...I want..." The Duke of Saxony was so angry that he couldn't speak, and just pointed at Marin, who was standing on the high platform and commanding the soldiers to shout slogans.

"My lord, what do you want?" asked Baron Dönitz, the adjutant of the Duke of Saxony.

"I'm going to kill that boy Marlin!" shouted Albrecht, Duke of Saxony.

"My lord, didn't you promise His Majesty the Emperor to only arrest him and give it to His Majesty?" As the deputy of the Duke of Saxony, Dönitz naturally knew some inside stories.

"I don't care, this kid has humiliated me so much, I can only use his blood to wash away the shame. As for the emperor's meaning, let him go to hell!" The Duke of Saxony was already flooded with anger at this time.

"Well, as you wish!"

"Order the knights to charge immediately, smash the enemy line, and capture that little bastard Marin alive. I will put him in the dungeon and whip him a thousand times a day! A thousand times!" The Duke of Saxony continued to shout.

Dönitz was a little stunned. Didn't he just say he was going to kill him? Why was it changed to being captured alive and then tortured?

At this moment, the Duke of Saxony was dazed by the loud insults, and he didn't even know what he was talking about...

However, Dönitz did not lose his head. So, he grabbed the Duke of Saxony who was still trying to get angry:

"Lord Duke, in my opinion, don't send cavalry to charge. The opponent's battle formation is very neat. Even if they win, they will lose a lot..."

"Huh? Then what do you say?"

"Lord Duke, we still have artillery!"

"Oh, yes, we still have artillery, and I am confused by that little bastard. Hurry up, let the cars carrying artillery at the back come to the front, let's blast their formation with artillery first..." The Duke of Saxony ordered road.

The Saxon artillery had no mounts, nor, like the French, had fixed lugs on the artillery. Their artillery was transported on a carriage, with only the barrel.

When crossing the river, the carriage is last in line. Because, the carriages loaded with the artillery are very heavy, and you need to be very careful when crossing the river. Because, pontoon bridges are not real bridges. The real bridge is fixed, and there is no problem with passing the carriage. The pontoon is easy to sway from side to side and is very unstable. When a carriage loaded with artillery is crossing a pontoon bridge, it needs to be very careful and pass slowly. Therefore, it is generally the last in the army to cross the river.

Therefore, the carriages equipped with artillery were the last to cross the river and arrived at the battlefield relatively late. The artillery-loaded carriage had not fully crossed the river until Marin was scolding there.

After a while, the carriages loaded with artillery began to drive to the front of the Saxon army formation, about 180 meters away from the Marin phalanx. Then, a group of gunners and other sergeants helped to lift the bronze gun barrels from the carriage and dig holes in the ground in front of the formation.

Because the recoil of the artillery is large, when using the artillery, it is necessary to dig a hole in front of the formation and fix the bottom of the gun barrel, so that the earth can absorb the powerful recoil of the artillery...

When Marin saw that the other party was setting up artillery, he quickly ordered his artillery commander:

"Gao Qi, quickly order the artillery troops to come forward. Attention, our artillery must face the opponent's artillery position, the purpose is to kill the opponent's artillery as much as possible!"

"Yes, Lord Count!"

Soon, the 50 front-mounted three-pounder guns originally hidden in the phalanx were pulled to the front one after another, facing the position of the Saxon artillery position...

"What?" The Duke of Saxony, who was observing the enemy's situation in front of the battle, was taken aback. When he came this time, he brought a total of 50 small bronze cannons mounted on the rear, as well as one-pounder, two-pounder, and three-pounder, all of which were "Fran cannons" with bronze rear-mounted cannons. The reason why they brought so many artillery pieces was to blast away the battle formations of the Marin army.

The Duke of Saxony is not incompetent, on the contrary, he is talented. After deciding to go to war, he sent people to inquire about Marin's tactics from those who first served in Marin's original mercenary regiment.

A former member of the Hoffmann mercenary regiment who returned to their hometown after participating in the Italian War briefly introduced the method of their formation to the Duke of Saxony. Thus, the Duke of Saxony knew that Marin was best at a well-disciplined phalanx of infantry. In such a phalanx, the plate knights will indeed suffer a lot of losses. So he brought over the artillery used by most of the infantry of the Duchy of Saxony, just to use the artillery to tear a gap in Marin's phalanx, disrupt the opponent's formation, and then let the knights launch a charge to completely overwhelm the enemy's formation. .

Then, to his surprise, Marin also pulled out 50 artillery pieces...

The Duke of Saxony was still in a daze, but his adjutant Dönitz panicked:

"Lord Duke, please go to the back to command!" Dönitz changed his face when he saw Marin's artillery move out. Because, at this time, the two armies were about 180 meters apart. The position where he and the Duke of Saxony are standing now is just within the range of the other party's artillery... If they are hit by the other party's artillery shell... Dönitz can't think about it... So, he pulled the Duke of Saxony and wanted to retreat...

Albrecht, Duke of Saxony, after a moment's thought, understood what Dönitz meant. As a cunning and cunning Duke, Duke Albrecht didn't want to die under the fire of the opponent's guns. So he withdrew from the remonstrance with Dönitz to the middle of the Saxon army.

On Marin's side, Marin also felt the danger. The range of the Saxon artillery, although not far, was 200 meters. Stand at the front, absolutely within range of enemy artillery. So, he also wanted to step back. However, he didn't want his subordinates to see that he was afraid, so as not to affect his morale. So he winked at Kohler, who was following him. Kohler reacted quickly and immediately came up to persuade:

"Lord Count, the opponent has artillery, and the front is dangerous, please go to the back to command!"

"No, I'm not leaving, I want to face the danger together with the soldiers!" Marin shouted shamelessly. This remark made the soldiers who heard it moved very much. It's just that they didn't know that Marin was just pretending.

"No, Your Excellency Count, your safety is the most important priority in East Frisian. Therefore, it is the best choice for you to sit in the middle!"

"But my brothers..." Malin looked at the musketeers beside him with "full expression", full of love...

"It doesn't matter, Lord Count, hurry up to the back. You are a nobleman, and it will be bad if you are injured!" At this time, the musketeers in the front row took the initiative to relieve Marin...

Marin still had to pretend, but Kohler was impatient, and directly copied Kahn and waved. Then, Kahn threw away his mace, picked up Marin directly, and strode back.

On Kahn's shoulders, Marin is still "struggling":

"No, I'm going back, fighting side by side with my brothers, living and dying together..."

After some performances, Marin retreated to safety. The musketeers and gunners in the front row were moved by Marin's performance. You know, in this day and age, the lives of the common people are as cheap as a mustard, and the lives of the nobles are very valuable. Marin has repeatedly expressed that he wants to live and die together with their poor civilians, which really touched many soldiers...

After a period of time, the Marin artillery, which was later deployed, was more prepared than the Saxon artillery. Because Marin's artillery is flexible and has wheels to push, it is very convenient. The Saxons had to dig pits and make visual inspections to arrange artillery, which was more troublesome.

Therefore, the 50 three-pounder guns under Marin's command were the first to roar:

"Boom-boom-boom-" The iron balls roared and flew towards the artillery positions of the Saxons...

So, between the two armies, the artillery took the lead in launching a dialogue...