The Rise of the European Emperor

That night, under the leadership of Caspar, more than 7,000 peasant rebels moved overnight to a valley near the Fainen Manor in the southwest of Stuttgart, and followed Henry (Wolf)'s instructions to ambush on the hillsides on both sides of the road superior.

Casbal is curious:

"Henry, are you from aristocratic background? How do you know this military knowledge?" In Germany, generally only noble families have the conditions to learn military command knowledge. Ordinary people don't have such an opportunity. Just like Kaspar, a knifesmith, who doesn't understand military command, he only knows to shout "Brothers, kill him!"

Wolf quickly denied it, and he also had an excuse that Marin had thought of for him a long time ago:

"Boss, this isn't military knowledge, it's bandits' method of robbing passing merchants!"

This explanation is very reasonable, bandits like to lie in ambush on the side of the mountain road and raid passing convoys. Kasbal immediately showed a knowing smile:

"So that's it, brother Henry, no matter what you did before, you will be my good brother Caspar in the future! If there is a big brother who eats every bite, you are absolutely indispensable!"

Obviously, he regarded Wolfe as someone who had been a bandit. The Wurttemberg area is mountainous, and there are not a few Wurttembergers who have been bandits. This explanation is quite reasonable. Moreover, being a bandit naturally requires martial arts, otherwise robbery will be counter-killed like Brother Long.

Wolfe didn't explain, acquiesced to the past of the "Bandit", and pretended to be grateful for Kaspar's words. But with that acting skills, Xiao Xianrou can beat him. It's a pity that Kasbal hasn't watched movies and TV shows, and hasn't compared them, so naturally he can't see how exaggerated or fake Wolfe's expression is...

Afterwards, Wolf instructed the soldiers of the Peasant Rebel Army to dig pits for Tibetans on the hillsides on both sides of the road. At the same time, send people to collect a large number of stones and pile them up on the hillside, ready to be pushed down at any time.

Not only that, Wolf also asked Kaspar to take thousands of the strongest fighters to the nearby Fainen Manor to seize food.

Before dawn, Caspar led his men to successfully break through the manor guarded by Baron Fainen and two attendants, and seized a large amount of food such as bread and meat from the manor.

Before dawn, Kaspar returned to the ambush area with his men and food, and distributed the bread looted from the manor. After all, there will be a war soon, so you can't let your men go hungry.

What made Kasbal most gratified was that he snatched 10 sets of plate armor and 30 two-handed swords from Fainen Manor.

This is a treasure, a set of plate armor is worth dozens of gold coins. If you wear plate armor and charge into battle, it is not easy to be killed by the enemy.

Kaspar was overjoyed when he got these 10 sets of plate armor, and he was convinced of what Wolff said earlier, "there must be weapons and armor in the noble manor".

He originally wanted to give all 10 sets of plate armor to his former brother, but unfortunately, the size of these 10 sets of plate armor is a bit large. After all, as a descendant of aristocrats, because of sufficient nutrition, they are generally around 1.7 meters tall, or even 1.8 meters tall. The peasants in the German region are generally only about 1.6 meters tall and cannot wear large plate armor.

Then, according to Wolfe, several people came to the fore...

After all, their original identities were the children of nobles in the Principality of Württemberg, and they took refuge in Duke Ulrich later. They are all tall enough, and they are also used to wearing plate armor.

In the end, 10 sets of plate armor were allocated to Kasbal himself, his old brother, and Wolfe. They will become the most important assault force in this ambush...

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In the city of Stuttgart, after the defenders got up in the morning, they suddenly found that the camp of the Peasant Army outside the city had become empty. Then, the defenders hurriedly reported upwards.

Duke Ulrich naturally knew what was going on, so he pretended to think about it and said:

"The opponent may have been unable to attack for a long time and has no food, so he moved. Send people to ride around to look around.

Look in which direction these rebels are running! "

Not long after, the soldiers sent out for reconnaissance returned:

"Report to Lord Duke, the rebel army seems to be headed southwest!"

Duke Ulrich nodded, and the people below blew up the pot, calling for a fight one after another. But Duke Ulrich knew that this was a trap, so he naturally disagreed with more than a thousand people from his direct line to fight.

So, he pretended to hesitate and said:

"Well, in order to prevent the citizens in the city from rioting again, the original Stuttgart defenders continued to garrison Stuttgart. As for the rioting peasants who retreated outside the city... Knight Engor, would you like to lead two thousand coalition troops to pursue it? The enemy is only a few thousand Man, now we are retreating again, so we should be able to fight, right?"

Knight Engor was overjoyed. He was originally sent by Duke Ulrich's Duchy of Württemberg nobleman, Baron Vincent, to fulfill the promise of the feudal lord, and he was very perfunctory. However, Knight Engor was just an unfeuded knight who took refuge in Baron Vincent. If you make great achievements in this battle, you will definitely get the fief. So, he was excited...

But he didn't know that the reason why Duke Ulrich took a fancy to him and was willing to let him be the leader was because he valued this man's impulsiveness...

If it was a powerful and calm officer, Duke Ulrich would not reuse it. After all, he deliberately gave this noble private army to his opponent. To put it bluntly, they are all abandoned, but I don't want them to win. And Knight Engor, a reckless and impulsive guy, is the most suitable leader in death.

Seeing Duke Ulrich's hesitation, Knight Engor, who thought the opportunity was rare, said loudly:

"My lord duke, don't worry, we have 2,000 troops, but there are 100 knights. And most of them have received relatively complete combat training. As long as they catch up with each other, they will definitely defeat the mob!"

In fact, the Engor knights were very dissatisfied with the fact that the 3,000 defenders in the city were only willing to stay in the city to defend and did not dare to go out of the city to fight back. He believes that the army formed by those mud-legged people doesn't even have any serious weapons, so it shouldn't be too easy to fight... So, he complained a lot before. It was precisely because of these complaints that Duke Ulrich noticed this reckless guy...

Before setting off, Duke Ulrich quietly grabbed Knight Engor and made a promise to him—as long as he can defeat the rebel army and capture them, he will promise to give him the fief. If the enemy can be wiped out, the baron is not impossible...

Knight Engor's eyes turned red all of a sudden—the baron! He can be on an equal footing with his current loyal master, Baron Vincent...

So, the Engor knight, who was obviously in a bad state, left Stuttgart with 2,000 noble private soldiers, and chased towards the southwest...

But the Engor knight didn't know that behind him, Duke Ulrich stood on the gate tower, looked at their backs, and said silently in his heart:

"Go, warrior! May you be gone forever!"

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