The Rise of the European Emperor

As soon as they retreated, more than 40,000 coalition troops, including more than 30,000 strong civilians, began to retreat noisily under the orders of the two Dukes of Henry.

Seeing the allied forces of the eight kingdoms and princes retreating noisily outside the camp, Marin felt a great pity - at this time, if he sent troops to rush out, he would definitely be able to defeat the opponent. However, he also thought about it. Because, this damn ditch, not only hindered the enemy's siege, but also hindered the Beihai Kingdom's army from rushing out. Before the other party's people filled in a few pits, Marin could only watch the other party's army retreat noisily, but could not send troops to attack the opponent.

In addition, in the coalition of the eight kingdoms and princes at this time, there were no surrendered generals like Zhu Xu, who could not shout "The coalition is defeated" after the enemy formation. Otherwise, this is a European version of the "Battle of Feishui"...

In fact, at this time, if the Third Army Corps and the Cossack cavalry in the side and rear direction suddenly came out, they could also defeat the moving and noisy allied forces of the eight kingdoms.

But unfortunately, Marin did not have a walkie-talkie and could not give direct orders to Steindorf and Alsace. He had to first let the pigeons back to Aurich, and then Kohler sent a fast horse to inform the Steindorfs. But it will take a day, and it will definitely be too late. Therefore, Marin could only watch helplessly as the allied forces of the eight kingdoms and princes retreated in a chaotic and chaotic retreat, and could not take advantage of it.

What Marin didn't know was that in the coalition camp outside Tucheng, Charles, Earl of Geldon stood in an inconspicuous tent, opened the curtain, and sneered at Marin who was drooling on the Tucheng building:

"Hehe, I knew he would be tempted! We retreated so chaotically, how could this guy who likes sneak attacks not be tempted? Unfortunately, their trenches are destined for him not to send troops to attack us at this time. So, he watched All I can do is drool and stare!"

"Your lord is wise!" Munster, an officer of the Earl of Geldon, immediately patted the horse.

"Are our secret weapons ready?" asked Count Charles.

"Get ready, on the day of the war, it will definitely give the Beihai Kingdom's army a big surprise!" Munster immediately said sternly.

"That's good. At that time, this secret army will be led by you and will attack the enemy's artillery. I will make that bastard stunned by Marlin!" After speaking, Count Charlie showed a fierce expression.

No wonder Earl Charles hated Marin so much. Once upon a time, he was still Duke Charles. Moreover, he is the most powerful duke in the whole of Germany. Facing the old and powerful Principality of Saxony in time, Charlie was also full of confidence and defeated his opponent.

However, in the face of Marin and his North Sea Kingdom, the Count of Charles was in bad luck.

First, they lost West Frisian, who had already obtained it, and then they fought against John the Duke of Clifford, the weak chicken, and actually lost...

How could the weak Principality of Clifford beat the mighty Ged Company Principality? The army of the North Sea Kingdom, which was not Marin, actually helped John, Duke of Clifford, to fight as a mercenary, and finally invaded the Lower Gedes area near the mouth of the Rhine, the most fertile part of the Duchy of Gedes. After the loss of the Lower Gedes area, the strength of the Gedes company was greatly reduced, and it was even downgraded to the country of the country, which made Charlie feel so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

You know, back then, under the strong pressure of the Habsburg family, he, Charlie, restored the Duchy of Gedes and made it stronger. Unexpectedly, he overcame the Habsburg family, but was planted in the hands of the newly emerging Marin...

Having lost the fertile Lower Geddes region and the title of Duke, Count Charles hated Marin so much that he could not wait to eat Marin's flesh and blood. However, he also knew that he was not the opponent of Beihai Kingdom. After finally waiting for the opportunity of Marin's "accident", he encouraged the two Duke Henrys to form an alliance with several other allies, intending to destroy the North Sea Kingdom in order to eliminate the hatred in his heart. At the same time, also get some territory for the Earl of Galden.

Unexpectedly, the scourge of Marin didn't die, and he came back with all his tails, which made Count Charles furious. But it doesn't matter, because the North Sea country's army has fallen apart. No matter how capable Marin is, an old legion and a recruit legion will not be an opponent of his own 40,000-strong army.

Moreover, Count Charles is not unprepared. In order to deal with the Beihai Kingdom's army, he has prepared a killer...

What killer? It's actually the guns...

After losing to the army of the North Sea, Count Charlie decided to reform the army, so that the army of the Counties of Geldon would have a stronger combat effectiveness. As the Beihai army that once defeated the army of Geddes, it is obviously the object of the army of the Earl of Geldon to study hard.

To this end, Charles, Earl of Geldon, sent spies and spent a lot of money to buy the officers of the North Sea Army to learn the tactics and tactics of the North Sea Army.

But what I didn't expect was that when bribing the North Sea officers of the Sixth Legion stationed in the Ruhr area, Count Charles not only obtained the "Marin phalanx" method of arranging troops, but also unexpectedly learned that The secret of Beihai's high grain yield...

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Speaking of which, the Earl of Gelden is not close to the North Sea, especially not to the East Friesland, West Friesland, Oldenburg, North Münster and Schleswig provinces where fertilizers are applied in the North Sea. provinces. Therefore, the country of Geldon originally did not know the secret of the high grain yield of Beihai.

However, in order to get more money, the company captain of the Sixth Corps who betrayed the secrets of the "Marin Phalanx" of the North Sea Kingdom also revealed the news by the way, which attracted the attention of Count Charles.

Of course, the man who betrayed Beihai's secrets was unlucky. Heynckes ordered his arrest and execution while the VI Corps pretended to "return to Scotland".

Therefore, Charles, Earl of Geldon, got what was actually a mutilated version of the "Marin phalanx" - only the phalanx formation method, no training method...

Speaking of which, the method of arranging troops in the "Marin Square" is not bad. Using this method, the combat effectiveness of the army can reach the level of the "Spanish phalanx" in the original history. However, Marin's usual method of training troops has already surpassed the level of the Spanish phalanx and reached the training level of modern European troops in the 18th century.

Strictly speaking, the tactical thinking of the Beihai army is close to that of the modern army. However, at the level of tactical application, it is still the level of the "Spanish phalanx" in the 16th century.

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After stealing the method of arranging troops from the "Marin Phalanx" of the North Sea Kingdom, Charles, Earl of Geldon, became a treasure and began to promote it in the Geldon army.

However, due to the current financial situation of the Earl of Galden, Count Charles could not maintain the scale of a standing army of tens of thousands as before.

In desperation, Count Charles, who was short of money, could only train soldiers in two phalanxes (2,500 people), using the "Marin phalanx" invented by Marin.

In order to give full play to the power of the phalanx, Count Charles took out the old foundation of the Principality of Geddes, and equipped the soldiers of the two phalanxes with 600 musketeers, so that the ratio of lancers and musketeers in the two phalanxes reached nearly 3 than 1 level.

Of course, the muskets they used were the most basic arquebuses, not the clockwork muskets that are now popular in the North Sea Army. Mainly because the cost of clockwork muskets is too high. Count Charlie is now relatively poor and can't afford the equipment...

That is to say, the main armies of the two phalanxes in the Earl of Galden now use the earlier version of the "Marin phalanx".

However, although it is only an early version of the "Marin Square", its power is still not small. No, Charlie, Earl of Geldon, this time, he intends to use this copycat version of the "Marin Phalanx" to surprise the North Sea Army after the battle...