King of German Mercenaries

"What kind of army is this? Why is the fighting method so shameless?" The Duke of Saxony, who was standing on the rear high platform watching the battle, asked left and right. Of course, the subordinates don't know, because it is the first time that the black knight has participated in the war...

After the rear of the battle formation was loaded, Steindorf took his men and swaggered back to the front of the formation. He ran to the vicinity of the Saxon battle formation, stopped his horses, and shot the plate knights at a distance of 50 meters. As a result, a large number of Saxon knights were shot down and dismounted.

Seeing this, the Duke of Saxony was furious and sent 1,000 knights to pursue him. Unfortunately, Steindorf and the others turned their horses and ran away as soon as they saw the Saxon knights start to accelerate. Since they were light cavalry, they naturally ran faster than Saxon knights. So, the Saxon knights did not catch up. You were shot down by the arquebusiers as they approached the Marin line.

When the Saxon knights turned back, the black knights leaned up again and shot black guns in their backs...

"Asshole! Asshole! Does this bastard Marin have any sense of shame? He actually let someone shoot in the back of the knight!" The Duke of Saxony was annoyed again. The knights in black shirts harassed several times, killing and injuring three or four hundred Saxon knights, which made the Duke of Saxony very angry. Moreover, he has not been able to crack.

In fact, the Duke of Saxony also has light cavalry who can catch up with the black knights. However, the number of light cavalry was small, only five hundred. Their usual tasks are only used for reconnaissance and transmission of information. So, the scale is not very large.

This is also to blame for the Duke of Saxony himself, because of his wealth and wealth, which makes him disdain to form light cavalry with poor ability to confront hardships. If it were the Duke of Milan, his cavalry would basically be light cavalry, and he would be much better at chasing the black knights.

The Duke of Saxony had no choice but to send 500 light cavalry to hunt down the black knights. However, such a few people are not enough to attack the black knight.

First, there are 800 black knights. Also, each has 5 carbines on them. Moreover, these people not only shoot, but also use sabres for melee combat.

After the encounter between the two sides, Steindorf did not directly confront him, but took his men and horses and fled to the side. Then, firecrackers fired. The 500 Saxon cavalry closely pursued the black knights. However, they were all light cavalry without armor, and had absolutely no protection against bullets. When the black-shirted knights ran back to the vicinity of the formation, the opponent had already suffered three rounds of shooting, killing and injuring more than 100 people.

This is not to mention, when the Saxons chased near the Marin battle formation, the knights in black shirts looked away and let the long-barreled muskets of the musketeers in this formation strike the Saxon light cavalry again...

In desperation, the Saxon hussars had to flee. As a result, the morale of the Saxon hussars, with more than 300 people left, dropped to freezing point.

And Steindorff returned to the formation and loaded all 50 carbines with ammunition, and then turned to pursue the Saxon hussars. There was a fierce battle between the two sides on the sides of the two battle formations. Morale of the Saxon hussars was low and undernumbered. When the black knights fired their bullets, they pulled out their sabres and started chasing the Saxon hussars... At this time, there were only 200 Saxon hussars left... And the black knights were only injured when they were slashing. The three were rescued by their comrades.

In desperation, the Duke of Saxony had to give up the plan to use light cavalry to hunt down the black knight. However, the black knights did not intend to let the Saxons go, and continued to approach the Saxon battle formation from the side, harassing and shooting the Saxon knights who stayed in the formation... Every time they attacked, many Saxon plate knights were killed. get off the horse...

"Lord Duke, if this goes on, our knights will become less and less!" Adjutant Baron Dönitz became anxious.

"Then what do you say? We can't catch up with those cunning 'black mice'!" The Duke of Saxony said angrily.

"How about we let the infantry start charging?"

"Infantry charge? Even knights can't charge,

Infantry can do it? "

"Lord Duke, knights are precious, but infantry is cheap..." Dönitz whispered.

"what do you mean?"

"As a summary of the humble post, the battle formation opposite now has two trenches filled with pickets and a row of wooden pickets for protection, which is indeed not conducive to cavalry charges. However, infantry can be used to charge... because infantry will not be like The war horse couldn't stop and fell into the pit..."

"That's right, the infantry charge is slower, but it doesn't fall into the trench like the cavalry. But how do you get through the trench?"

"We let the infantry carry more boards or carry some dirt. In short, we need to find a way to fill in these trenches, even if it's just a section of it..."

"Good idea!" The Duke of Saxony's eyes lit up.

"It's just that this will kill a lot of people... The musketeer on the opposite side is very lethal..." The Duke of Saxony hesitated again.

"Lord Duke, we can let the regular army lead those levies to walk in front with wooden boards and dirt on their backs. What's the harm if those levies die? As long as the trenches can be filled, our men can launch a general attack. As long as you can break into the enemy's battle formation, I don't think your knights will let you down!"

"Well, it makes sense. If my knights have the opportunity to melee the opponent again, they will definitely be able to completely defeat them!" After making up his mind, the Duke of Saxony began to mercilessly let the 5,000 regular infantrymen force some temporary recruits. The militia went to the back soil and planks, and walked in the front...

In order to break through Marin's line of defense, the Duke of Saxony also worked hard. He knew that after this order was issued, his reputation in China would be much worse in the future. Because, forcing the conscripts to fill the ditch is no different from sending them to death.

However, the Duke of Saxony's anger towards Marin at this time had reached its peak. Because, his most elite 3000 plate armor knights (including apprentice knights) have been injured almost half. For the Duke of Saxony, this is also traumatic.

But if he turned back and fled now, he didn't say that he would be wiped out by Marin's army in the second half of the river, and he himself would never raise his head in the aristocratic circle.

Therefore, for the sake of victory, for the sake of dignity, the Duke of Saxony decided to sacrifice the conscripted militia to fill in the abominable trenches that hindered the attack of the Saxon army... Then, let the highly skilled plate knights rush Enter the enemy formation and slash and slash the enemy to wash away the previous shame...

Moreover, in order to cut down the stakes that had been inserted in the front, the Duke of Saxony ordered 500 knights to dismount, armed with two-handed swords, and followed the infantry on foot. Once the infantry had filled the two trenches, they were responsible for cutting down the wooden stakes with their two-handed greatswords. Then, take the opportunity to rush into the enemy line to hack and kill, and hold the gap, waiting for the knights of your own side to break in.

Through the telescope, Marin was stunned when he saw that the Saxons had replaced the infantry in front of the knights. When he saw some Saxon infantrymen with a lot of backpacks on their backs, he quickly reacted - this is the other party's determination to fill the trenches with human lives...

Although it was an opponent, Marin still gave the Duke of Saxony a compliment in his heart. Because, this is the best choice for the Duke of Saxony. After all, adding wooden pickets to trenches is a magic weapon against cavalry. Because, after all, war horses are just beasts and don't know how to avoid those trenches and pickets. Moreover, when the war horse ran, it couldn't stop the car.

Unlike infantry, they do not walk very fast, but can easily avoid falling into trenches. Moreover, many of them carried bags of about the size of dirt and dropped them into trenches to fill in a path for the Saxon army to get closer to Marin's battle lines.

Moreover, the first batch of Saxon knights who failed to charge, the bodies of many people and horses were all in the trenches, which was convenient for the infantry to fill in the pits on this basis. If the hole filling is successful, and the wooden pickets in front of the battle are cut off, the two sides can indeed achieve a fair confrontation.

However, although the Duke of Saxony had a good idea, he ignored the lethality of the musket...

You know, before the battle, Marin had 2,500 musketeers. The 2,500 musketeers kept firing in turns, while the infantry ran slowly, and when they got to the front of the line, God knows how many were left...

Therefore, this arrangement of the Duke of Saxony is wise, but it ignores the striking power of the musketeers. What's more terrible is that the Saxon infantry can only passively be shot by Marin's musketeers as targets because there are no musketeers in the process of advancing, and cannot make a counterattack...

Moreover, at the edge of the battlefield, 800 black-shirted knights who also use muskets are still eyeing them...

Marin called the herald and ordered the musketeers to load up and get ready to shoot. At the same time, Steindorf was also given orders to go to the flank of the enemy infantry and shoot the dismounted knights who were following the infantry he saw in the telescope...

Although Marin hadn't guessed that the dismounted knights were specifically here to chop wooden pickets, he knew that those knights on foot must have important combat missions. If they are allowed to rush into the formation, it will indeed bring a lot of casualties. At least, the musketeers are easy to cut...

After receiving the order, Steindorf took the knights in black shirts and walked on both sides of the advancing Saxon infantry, specifically to kill the dismounted knights hiding behind the infantry. These knights on foot, though they were blocked by infantry ahead, could not be hit by the arquebusiers. However, the black-shirted knights who came from the flanks could easily find them from the side and kill them with a carbine...