The Rise of the European Emperor

To tell the truth, after several major defeats, George, Duke of Saxony, seems to have learned a new skill - escape WWW..lā Every time he marches to fight, George and his most important more than a thousand Saxon knights are far away when they camp. very close.

Moreover, in order to get on the horse quickly, the stables of the war horses of more than a thousand knights were arranged very close to the camps of the knights. In this way, it is very convenient to mount a horse to fight...including mount a horse to escape.

For example, in this night battle, due to lack of preparation, George was in a hurry and brought his men to wear armor and mount a war horse. Fortunately, the heavy cavalry under his direct line, the stable is nearby.

Therefore, George was able to easily lead a Saxon heavy cavalry of more than a thousand people, put on the armor smoothly, mount the horse and dash out of the encirclement.

As for the others, especially the other heavy cavalry in plate armor, because the stables were placed behind the barracks, they were attacked by Zig's mercenary group and could not get the warhorses smoothly.

Therefore, among the thousands of plate armored heavy cavalry of the Saxon coalition, only George and more than 1,000 men under his command successfully obtained the mounts and broke through. The others were trapped in the encirclement of front and rear pincers.

Of course, the allied forces of Saxony, this time also caused great trouble for the Geddes army. This is because, when they attacked Groningen before, after obtaining the tunnel of the Risban family, the Saxon army did a few days of special training for night combat in order to capture Groningen by night raid.

So, the Allied Forces of Saxony were not completely unfamiliar with night warfare. Thus, even though there were many elite Swiss mercenaries in the Geddes army, the casualties were heavy.

Speaking of which, in the night battle, the combat effectiveness of the Swiss mercenaries was weakened a lot.

In the end, the result of this battle was that George only brought more than a thousand Saxon plate armor and heavy cavalry to break out. Of the remaining 19,000 Saxony troops, 110,000 became prisoners. As for the remaining 8,000 people, some died in battle, while others died in the chaotic stampede at night... Of course, some people broke out, but many of them rushed into the swamp.

In the middle of the night, they rushed into the swamp, and the chances of trying to survive seemed small... Some broke out to the east and found a place to hide.

The Geddes army also suffered heavy casualties, with about 5,000 casualties, which made Marshal Bonitz extremely distressed.

You know, the Geddes army is different from the allied army of Saxony. Nearly half of the allied forces of Saxony consisted of miscellaneous or semi-miscellaneous armies made up by some small vassal states. During the night raid, the people who died of trampling on each other were the unnamed and semi-patterned soldiers.

And the troops of the Principality of Gedes are basically elites. The elites suffered 5,000 casualties, which made Marshal Bonitz shed tears. Of course, the three stab wounds on his body were also one of the reasons why he grinned in pain.

But in any case, the Gerd Corporation won. And, you will make a lot of money...

why? This brings us to the redemption system on the European battlefield. The Principality of Gedes captured 110,000 Saxony soldiers in one breath, which was equivalent to a large ransom...

If it were normal, George, Duke of Saxony, would not necessarily redeem everyone. For example, those ordinary infantry, especially auxiliary soldiers. Saxony may not be willing to pay to redeem it. The last time the Duchy of Saxony lost to Marin, it gave up a lot of auxiliary soldiers and people.

But this time was different, because George didn't bring many authentic Saxon soldiers. The more than 10,000 people of the Saxony coalition are still in the city of Groningen, and they have not been able to catch up with the main force of the Geddes army.

In the regular army, the Saxon army was actually only a few thousand people, and half of them died in battle. In other words, among the 110,000 prisoners of war, there are also one or two thousand soldiers from the Duchy of Saxony. The rest were mostly soldiers under George's allies, including the remaining 2,000 Flemish Legion fighters supported by the Habsburg family.

The Flemish fighters sent by the Habsburg family also suffered a huge loss this time, almost half. Alive, but also basically captured. In this regard, Marshal Boniz is very toothache.

why? Both Charles II and Marin had emphasized not to do too much damage to the Flemish legions of the Habsburgs. Otherwise, it will offend the neighboring powerful Netherlands.

It is not easy to offend a vassal state that is far away, and it is not easy for the other party to trouble him, because the distance is thousands of mountains and rivers. But to offend a neighboring powerful country, it is the rhythm of tearing at the border...

However, Bonitz has no choice. After all, when the night attack was launched, Bonitz himself went into battle. He still doesn't know if he can survive, how can he manage to kill a few Flemish soldiers?

Besides, when fighting in formation during the day, it was still known that the Flemish Legion was lined up on the left flank of the Allied Saxony army. And when they camped in the middle of the night, how did the Guedes know where the Flemish Legion was stationed?

Therefore, after a chaotic battle, the Flemish Legion also suffered a big loss, losing nearly half of it, and was captured as a whole... Anyway, this feud, Gerdes and Netherlands are settled...

Because of the loss of 5,000 elites, more than 3,000 of them belonged to the Principality of Gede Company, not Swiss mercenaries. In addition, more than 10,000 prisoners of war need to be guarded now, and the Gedes army is temporarily unable to pursue George.

The most important thing is that the Geddes army has no organized cavalry. It is very difficult to chase after George's 1,000-odd cavalry.

When Duke George fled for his life with more than 1,000 plate armored cavalry under his command, he was also very decisive. He did not put on the horse armor or plate armor pants (because wearing plate armor pants would make it difficult to mount a horse, and he needs to be supported by an attendant). Mount the horse. But at that time, there must be no way to ask the attendants to help. Therefore, many poor wandering knights often do not wear plate armor pants, just like when Marin was a wanderer. Mainly, they do not wear plate armor pants. If so, it is convenient to mount...), directly let the subordinates put on the breastplate, put on the helmet and weapons, and mount the horse directly.

Therefore, the Saxon plate armored cavalry who escaped can only be regarded as half of the heavy cavalry. Even, they didn't even bring lances, they only took swords and ran for their lives. And the Geddes army, which was dominated by infantry, wanted to pursue Duke George and his cavalry, which was a fool's errand.

Therefore, Bonitz simply stopped chasing, but repaired in place. As for the military rations, there are still some in George's camp, about ten days' supply, which is 20,000 people for ten days, enough for the Geddes army and prisoners of war for a few days. These grains were all soldiers of the Allied Forces of Saxony. When they were chasing, they carried them with their pockets. They did not use the people to transport them, because it was too late...

After all, the marching speed of Minzhuang was much slower than that of the regular army. Before George was in a hurry to pursue, he asked the soldiers to carry a small bag of food on their backs every day, and they launched the pursuit in such a hurry...) Download Free Reader!!