The Rise of the European Emperor

"Sure enough, it's better to use cavalry together!" Jurgen said with emotion after the victory.

Without the cooperation of the black-shirted knights today, the Cossack cavalry would not have dared to charge the enemy's spear array. The only way to fight is to surround the enemy spearmen by cutting off the enemy's supply line. Wait until the opponent has run out of supplies and is dizzy from hunger before launching a general attack.

This is also a shortcoming of the Cossack cavalry-cannot charge the spear array...

Don't look at the Cossack cavalry in the later wars when they faced the infantry, but in this era, the Cossacks are really difficult to mix. Because, during the war, the European infantry had already eliminated the spearmen and replaced them with musketeers with bayonets.

The musketeers were equipped with bayonets, and the total length was no more than one meter. With this weapon length, light cavalry using sabers are not afraid at all, and even have an advantage. Therefore, after Musketeers became the mainstream of European infantry, Tsarist Russia, which had a large number of Cossack cavalry, became a "European steamroller", crushing all beings. But in this era, the light cavalry is really not the main force of the charge. Because, facing the spear formation, the light cavalry is absolutely blind, and can only fight and besiege. Otherwise, if you rush around, you will just wait to be pierced and made into a skewer shape...

Speaking of which, spearmen are not afraid of simple Cossack cavalry. As long as the spearmen stick to it, the simple Cossack cavalry will have nothing to do. If it is an elite veteran like a Swiss spearman, he can not only withstand the impact of melee cavalry, but also take the initiative to attack, and actively pursue melee light cavalry while maintaining the formation.

But it is a pity that this time it was not the elite veterans who fought the Cossacks, but the conscripts with poor psychological quality. That's why Jurgen caught the weakness and broke it in one fell swoop.

In addition, this victory is also inseparable from the cooperation of the black shirt knight. When Jurgen was a scout in the First Legion, he heard Marin talk about the theory of "comparison of arms".

This battle, in its view, is the most classic battle of "combat arms" - spearmen restrain melee Cossack cavalry, so Cossack cavalry dare not charge directly; The black shirt knight using the musket was restrained...

As long as there are a group of long-range attackers in the enemy's formation, such as musketeers and archers, they will not win so easily today.

Therefore, the cooperation between the spearmen and the musketeers in the Spanish phalanx can be regarded as insufficient complementarity-the spear formation can withstand the impact of the enemy's melee cavalry, while the musketeers can withstand the attack of the enemy's long-range units... …

In the same way, the cooperation of the melee-type Cossack light cavalry and the black-shirted knights, who are mainly for long-range strikes, can be regarded as complementing their shortcomings.

But this is also relative. If the Cossack cavalry meets the main part of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, it will not be so easy and happy. Because, in the main force of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, there are both spearmen and long-range arms, and there are even many musketeers. If you use today's tactics to deal with the enemy, it may not be so easy.

Of course, Marin did not expect the Cossack cavalry or the black-shirted knights to be the main force to charge hard against the main force of the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms. The reason why Marin waited for the Cossack cavalry and black-shirted knights to arrive at the front line was that these cavalry were actually needed to chase and intercept the enemy, so as not to leave future troubles. After all, the mobility of the Cossack cavalry is very powerful.

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After annihilating the Southern Route Army of the Allied forces defending the river, the Cossack cavalry guarded the pontoon bridge and sent messengers northward on the east bank to inform Steindorf's Third Army, which was still near Las Vegas...

After receiving the news, Steindorf quickly led his troops south and went straight to the pontoon bridge.

At the same time, Alsace also sent two cavalry regiments northward from the west bank of the Elbe River—not to attack the remaining 6,000 enemy troops defending the river, but to intercept the enemy's messengers and prevent the enemy's headquarters from receiving third troops. News of the legion's successful crossing of the river...

Sure enough, when the two Cossack cavalry regiments went north, they intercepted and killed several batches of enemy messengers, successfully blocking the transmission of the enemy's news.

Otherwise, if the enemy discovers the arrival of the Third Army and Cossack Cavalry in time,

Maybe a large army will be stationed on the other side of the Weser to prevent the army from crossing the Weser, the great river west of Bremen. As a result, it was difficult for the Third Army and the Cossack cavalry to reach the battlefield in time.

Three days later, the Third Army arrived near the pontoon bridge and passed the pontoon bridge smoothly.

Subsequently, the Third Army and most of the Cossack cavalry (the two Cossack cavalry regiments still stayed in the western part of Bremen Province to intercept the messenger) continued to march west. In order to avoid the harassment of the subordinates of the veteran nobles in Bremen Province who had already surrendered to the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms, Steindorf took the Third Army and most of the Cossack cavalry, and did not leave Bremen Province or Brunswick. — within the Duchy of Lüneburg, but through the territory of the Bishop of Velden between the province of Bremen and the Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

A few days later, the army successfully arrived at the city of Bremen Hanseatic Free City in the southwestern part of Bremen Province...

But what surprised Steindorff was that the Hanseatic Free City of Bremen actually refused to borrow a boat to build a pontoon for the army...

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It turned out that in this battle for hegemony, the city of Bremen chose to stand on the side of the coalition forces of the princes of the eight countries when they were in the team...

Speaking of which, Bremen is also an important city of the Hanseatic League. However, because of its status as an inland port, its positioning is rather awkward (Bremen City has not yet built Bremerhaven Harbor at this time).

After Marin annexed the Counties of Oldenburg and the Bishop of Bremen, the downstream rivers of Bremen were purely in the hands of Marin.

After Marin went to sea, in order to increase fiscal revenue, the Province of Oldenburg set up a tax card on the Weser River, blocking the river to collect toll taxes for merchant ships entering and leaving...

And this move angered the city of Bremen, which regards shipping on the Weser River as its lifeline. Because, this tax collection move is completely aimed at the city of Bremen, which is tantamount to bleeding on the city of Bremen.

Therefore, when the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms attacked the North Sea this time, under the suggestion of Charlie, Earl of Gelden, the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms promised to cancel the toll on the Weser River, and successfully won over the city of Bremen.

After Marin returned to China, he knew that it was inappropriate to block the river to collect the Bremen merchant ship toll tax, but it was too late to stop it. Because the people of Bremen have chosen to join the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms...

Of course, the conflict between the city of Bremen and the North Sea State was not caused by the collection of road tax this time. At the beginning, although Marin made good friends with the Hanseatic League, he only cared about making good friends with Lübeck and Hamburg, the main and deputy leaders of the Hanseatic League, and most of the orders were handed over to these two cities. However, the Hanseatic city of Bremen, which is closer to the North Sea State, has not even had a mouthful of soup, and has long been resentful towards the North Sea State.

When negotiating with the city of Bremen this time, the Allied Forces of the Eight Kingdoms not only promised to cancel the tax card on the Weser River in the future, but also promised to hand over most of the orders to the city of Bremen in the future. In this way, the people of Bremen chose to stand on the side of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms and abandoned the Beihai Kingdom...

The Third Army wanted to borrow a ship from the city of Bremen, but was rejected. Even, the city of Bremen plans to send all the ships on the pier to the other side of the river, so as not to make it cheaper for the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry Corps...

Fortunately, Alsace made a decisive decision and immediately dispatched cavalry to seize the pier of Bremen and capture most of the merchant ships in the port of Bremen against the artillery fire above Bremen...

Subsequently, hundreds of merchant ships left under the city of Bremen under the pressure of the Cossack cavalry sabers, moved a few kilometers north, and began to build pontoon bridges.

After the pontoon bridge was built, the 3rd Army Corps and the Cossack Cavalry Corps began to cross the river. Before the end of the river crossing, Alsace sent people to recruit the two cavalry regiments who had intercepted the messenger in the west of Bremen Province, and they crossed the river together.

After the army passed the Weser River, it immediately rushed to the northwest. A few days later, approaching the main battlefield...