The Rise of the European Emperor

After arranging the canal digging, Marin no longer stopped, but took 300 of his men and headed south.

Along the way, it was originally peaceful, but after entering the mountainous area of ​​the Principality of Württemberg, Malin and his party unfortunately encountered a group of bandits.

In this era, the Principality of Württemberg has many mountains and many mountain people, resulting in many poor mountain people. Moreover, not every mountain people are simple and kind. No, this time, Marin encountered a band of bandits with as many as 800 people.

Moreover, what surprised Marin was that the bandit who took the lead turned out to be seven or eight wandering knights...

However, Marin thought it was normal. It is impossible for the fallen mountain people to form such a large bandit gang alone. The mountain people don't have the ability to command alone, only those wandering knights from knight families have received this kind of training. Moreover, this group of thieves has a great vision, occupying an important mountain pass in the south of the Principality of Württemberg. Moreover, because it is located in the mountainous area of ​​the southwestern border of the Principality of Württemberg, the army of the Principality is not very able to control this side.

If Marin and his party want to go south, they can either take this mountain pass, or take a detour for more than 30 kilometers and go south to another place in the west.

Marin was still considering the gains and losses, and the violent Kahn was unhappy first, and took the initiative to fight:

"Master, let me smash the heads of these bastards!"

Behind Kahn, a group of plate guards also invited to fight, wanting to show off their martial arts in front of Marin. Marin thought about it, but refused Kahn's invitation to fight.

why? Kahn appeared with 100 regular plate armor heavy cavalry, do those bandits dare to come out? If they stick to the camp and that mountain pass, Marin and the others won't be able to go south.

You must know that Marin brought all cavalry this time, and he was not good at attacking fortifications. If it is a strong attack, the loss will be huge. And the 300 people around Marin are all elites, and it is a pity to be one. So, Marin decided to outsmart. Of course, if the other party is not fooled, then forget it, detouring is better than being trapped here.

through the telescope,

Marin found that the north of the mountain pass was an open area, and there was a forest 500 meters to the north. The trees are more sparse and suitable for ambush.

Thinking of the precedent of Zig's Swiss mercenary group defeating the Saxon army from the flank, and the example of Li Shimin's good use of black armored cavalry to attack the enemy from the flank, Marin decided to imitate this tactic once and defeat the bandits. But first of all, to draw the enemy out...

So, Marin called Dawn, the captain of the black knights, and asked him and his subordinates to take off their armor, put on irregular ordinary clothes, and dress up as a horse bandit, and went to provoke the bandits.

And Kahn, with 100 plate armor guards, took off the plate armor from the pack horse and equipped it with lances, and hid in the woods. As long as the bandit passes by the edge of the woods, it will rush out to attack the “waist” of the bandit and try to defeat the enemy. In order not to make any noise, Marin ordered everyone to tear off a strip of cloth from their bodies and temporarily tie the horse's mouth to prevent the war horse from neighing and being heard by the enemy. And those horses that were transferred were also sent to the far rear by the scouts.

Then, Dawn took the lead, bringing two loud knights in black shirts to the mountain pass to call out:

"Listen to the bastards in front, your grandfather Dawn is here and ask your illegitimate leaders to come and answer! I'm going to destroy them!" In this era, illegitimate children are looked down upon, and Dawn scolds those strays The knight is an illegitimate child, which is definitely a great insult. Of course, when Dawn faced Young Master Robert, he didn't dare to mention the word "illegitimate child".

When they got the news that En scolded them as "illegitimate children", the leader of the 8 wandering knights of the bandits was furious, so they put on their weapons and armor, took all the bandits, and went out to fight. And Dawn also returned to the formation.

However, after seeing that the enemy on the opposite side was 100 cavalry, the bandit leaders calmed down.

"Boss, the people on the other side are not good. Where did these 100 cavalry come from? Could it be the army of Württemberg?" Jeff, the second eldest of the eight wandering knights, said timidly.

"Don't be afraid, only 100 cavalry. And, it's not plate cavalry. Second, don't you forget how the Swiss lancers beat the Burgundian knights? We have 800 lancers, and we can't kill them! Besides, they all Without plate armor, stab people directly. At that time, we can capture a lot of war horses!"

Obviously, this bandit leader is a brainless fan of the Swiss spearmen. No, 800 bandits are all spearmen, and there are no archers and crossbowmen.

The bandit leaders looked around and found no other army, so they were relieved. Moreover, the Europeans did not have any examples of ambush and sneak attacks in the Middle Ages, so these wandering knights were careless.

It's just that he didn't know that in the woods behind the 100 black knights, there were 100 plate knights and 100 scouts...

"Have you seen it clearly? Are you sure the opponent has no crossbowmen?" Marin asked Sauer.

"Sure, it's all spearmen!" Saul put down his telescope and said affirmatively.

"That's good, order the black knights to attack!"

Then, Sauer sent scouts to run behind the black knights from behind, and verbally conveyed the order.

Then, a group of black-shirted knights rode forward, slowly approaching the bandit's spear formation...

Because the battlefield is outside the mountain pass, the venue is still wide, and it can also accommodate 100 black knights for deflection riding.

Long before the battle, the black knights had loaded and wound up their five carbines. 100 black-shirted knights rode slowly forward, and suddenly stopped 40 meters in front of the enemy's formation...

"What kind of cavalry is this, why don't you have a lance in your hand? You don't even draw a one-handed sword?" Several bandit leaders from wandering knights were a little stunned. To tell the truth, they haven't seen an empty-handed cavalry.

Just as the bandit leaders were stunned, the black knights pulled out the first carbine from the leather bag on one side of the horse, and started salvo fire on the stationary horse—

"Bang bang bang bang-"

"Ah—it hurts..."

"Help me—"

...

Soon, dozens of unarmored bandit spearmen cried out in pain. At a distance of 40 meters, it was still shooting, so the hit rate of the black knights was still very high. This round, at least 70 bandits were shot.

"The horseman... the musketeer..." The bandit boss was a little stunned, he had never seen such a unit before. Moreover, the opponent's muskets are so short... However, their 8 leaders are standing high behind, and they are not worried about being hit by the carbine.

Originally, they thought that the black knights would either retreat to reload or charge with their swords after a round. However, what they didn't expect was that. These black knights didn't leave at all, but threw the finished carbine into a leather bag on the other side of the horse's back, and then pulled out another carbine from the original leather bag and continued to shoot... …

Then, dozens of bandits were shot again...

But, it's not over yet. I saw the black knights throw the finished carbine into the leather bag again, then took out a carbine again, and continued to shoot the spear phalanx under the collapsed eyes of several bandit bosses...

In this way, the shooting stops after 5 rounds of continuous shooting. Then the black knights turned their horses and went back to reload. As for the spearmen in the front row, two or three hundred people have been shot. More than 50 people were rescued on the spot, and the rest lost their combat effectiveness.

The bandit leaders regretted it to death at this time. They knew that if they persisted like this, the team would be over when the musketeers on horseback attacked again.

So, the bandit boss Miller made up his mind, waved his hand, and ordered:

"The wounded rest in place, others, pursue at full speed! Don't let them stop and reload!"

Then, the remaining 500 bandits, led by 8 wandering knights, picked up their spears and started running forward with their legs spread out...

In particular, the 8 bandit leaders who were born as wandering knights believed themselves to be highly skilled plate armor knights, hoping to catch up with the black knights on horseback and start killing them.

Because, in their perception, as long as the musketeer is approached, he is basically a lamb to be slaughtered...

Moreover, they lost two or three hundred people without touching the other side's clothes just now, which made them very annoyed. Without seeing other troops, the bandit leader Miller decided to kill this group of musketeers on horseback and grab their horses...

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