The Rise of the European Emperor

Marin never imagined that the act of getting dozens of fake artillery pieces for the fake reinforcements in the north actually prompted the Bursa coalition to attack the fake reinforcements in the north first.

Originally, Marin asked the reinforcements to the north to get more fake cannons made of wood, just to convince the enemy scouts that this was a main force. At the same time, it is also an excuse for the slow march of this army.

However, he did not expect that the previous artillery battle would scare Frederick III and Joachim I. Then, after hearing that the fake reinforcements in the north had dozens of artillery pieces, the two decided to attack the reinforcements in the north first because they were afraid of the power of the artillery pieces.

Originally, with more than 10,000 people, Marin planned to use it to scare the Bursa coalition forces, and by the way to contain a large number of scouts of the Bursa coalition forces. Therefore, Marin simply asked them to find a place close to the battlefield to settle down, and then defend the camp with peace of mind, not to fight in the camp, so as to avoid being easily defeated by the Bursa coalition.

However, those dozens of fake artillery pieces and a large number of fake iron balls were too ostentatious. For this fake reinforcements, the Allied Forces of Bursa were attracted to attack...

Early the next morning, the Bursa coalition dispatched 10,000 troops, with a large number of people who built the pontoon bridge and wood, and went straight to the north.

After coming to the bank of the Wadsi River, more than 2,000 people began to build a pontoon bridge under the command of some craftsmen. After all, the Wadsi River is a small river. After the pontoon bridge was built, 10,000 troops crossed the river smoothly and went straight to the camp of the fake reinforcements...

At this time, the construction of this fake reinforcement camp had not yet been completed. Seeing the tens of thousands of Bossa coalition forces rushing over aggressively, these civilians panicked immediately...

"Don't panic, everyone, stand up and guard behind the fence of the stockade, that's a good spear, scare the opponent first!" The commander, Knight Steniel, who was in charge of leading the 15,000 people, shouted loudly.

These civilians have all received a certain amount of formation training on the way. Although they have no combat power, it is still very intimidating to line up in a queue.

The Saxon general Huth, who was in charge of leading the team to attack the camp, was almost bluffed...

Looking at the tens of thousands of Schleswig's "army" waiting in battle, General Hut hesitated. Although your own army is more elite, it can't stand the enemy's fence blocking the charge of the cavalry of your own army.

If it was on an open battlefield, General Huth would not mind letting the 3,000 heavily armored cavalry under his command make a good impact on the enemy's battle formation, showing the cavalry superiority of Saxony and Brandenburg.

However, if the enemy is huddled behind the fence, it will be difficult...

Those stick fences that were inserted and nailed, though not as strong. However, it was barely enough to block the onslaught of the enemy's warhorse.

Provided, of course, that there is a real army behind the fence. Because, after the enemy army rushed up, it was also necessary for the soldiers behind the wooden fence to use weapons to push the enemy back through the fence.

Obviously, this is a fake army. Facing the rushing enemy army, the more than 10,000 fake army suddenly panicked and chaotic...

They originally came to the edge of the battlefield to be scary, but as a result, the enemy really rushed up to fight. For this, Marin has not given a solution...

When the fences of these camps were demolished by the courageous Bursa coalition infantry, facing 10,000 Bursa coalition elites, these more than 10,000 civilians suddenly became sheep facing the wolves... Although the number was larger, but no resistance...

Seeing that there was no hope of resistance, the Knights of Sternir from the Principality of Schleswig simply ordered everyone to lay down their weapons and surrender. Anyway, Marin allowed them to surrender before...

"This...this...won?" Saxon general Huth, who was in charge of leading the team, looked bewildered.

Originally, Frederick III sent him to bring 10,000 troops to storm the camp of the enemy's tens of thousands of troops, and he was still a little scared. After all, it was a strong attack on the enemy's camp...

Unexpectedly, the enemy's camp opposite, which is said to have 5,000 regular troops, lost the will to resist after the wall was demolished by the death squad sent by Hut...

"There seems to be something wrong..." Hut was a little puzzled. but,

He still sent people to take over the captives. Afterwards, he took the Knight Stenil and several other commanders of the "Reinforcement Commander" level, and went to the headquarters of the Allied Forces of Bursa to return to his orders...

However, when he sent his soldiers to drag those "artillery", General Hut's face suddenly turned black - what's more, these "artillery" are all fake cannons made of wood...

When several important prisoners and dozens of fake guns were pulled back to the Bursa coalition camp, Joachim I was furious:

"What, what, it's all fake guns! We've all been tricked by that boy Marin!"

Can Joachim I not be angry? Before, he was psychologically shadowed by the real artillery of Marin's main force. I heard that the weaker reinforcements in the north had dozens of artillery pieces, but I actually had a small calculation in my heart.

You know, Brandenburg is a poor vassal state and can't build artillery by itself, but that doesn't mean Joachim I doesn't want to have artillery. If the army brought by Huth could completely wipe out the supporting army and capture all the artillery pieces, even if only half of them were allocated, Brandenburg would be able to get twenty or thirty pieces of artillery pieces. In this way, the Electorate of Brandenburg has its own artillery. Moreover, it seems that the artillery produced in East Friesland is of quite high quality.

You must know that the rear-mounted bronze guns of the Electoral State of Saxony have an effective range of only two or three hundred yards. The artillery in the main Marin army had an effective range of well over a thousand yards. After all, Joachim I witnessed the head of his bodyguard being smashed by East Frisian shells before...

Joachim I must be happy if he has such a powerful artillery. Moreover, these artillery can also be used to fight against Marin's 20,000 main force...

It's a pity that after the Bursa coalition sent tens of thousands of troops to actually lay down the "reinforcement" camp, they were surprised to find that those artillery pieces were all fake. How can I not let Joachim I be disappointed?

Joachim I was concerned with the authenticity of the artillery, while Frederick III was concerned with another important issue. He sternly questioned Knight Sternir:

"Tell me, are all of your 10,000 people fake reinforcements? The intelligence said that 5,000 people are veterans, which is also a lie? Otherwise, how could your camp be so easily broken?"

Knight Sdenir thought for a while, then nodded and said:

"Indeed, this support army is all recruits. Except for a few of our main officers, everyone else is a recruit, and there are no veterans!"

Frederick III suddenly became nervous, and he began to worry about the whereabouts of the 10,000 veterans of the Principality of Schleswig. So he asked fiercely:

"Then tell me, where did the 10,000 veterans of the Principality of Schleswig go? To be honest, otherwise, I'll kill you!"

At this time, the Saxon soldiers on the side also drew their swords very cooperatively, intimidating the others.

Knight Sternir was indeed a little frightened, but, soon, he thought of his family... As usual, if he told the truth, his family would definitely die. Especially since his wife gave him twin sons not long ago...

So, Knight Sternir forced himself to calm down, and then, pretending to be calm, said:

"Master Hui, those 10,000 veterans are naturally still on the northern border, facing off against the Danes' 20,000-strong army! There is really no army to support the north, so the villain is disguised as reinforcements with more than 10,000 civilians. Deliberately put pressure on your army."