The Rise of the European Emperor

Of course, Marin didn't just build momentum without attacking. If there is no real offensive pressure, when the reinforcements launch a real attack in the west, it is easy for the Bursa coalition to mobilize reinforcements to the west.

Therefore, Marin still chose an attack point on the east side of the Bosa coalition camp. This attack point is the east gate of the Bursa coalition camp, as well as the main gate of the Bursa coalition camp...

Outside the east gate of the Bosa coalition camp, there is no tunnel. Otherwise, when the army leaves the camp, it will not be able to get out. Moreover, the main entrance of the camp is very wide, about 30 meters wide, in order to facilitate the entry and exit of the army.

Moreover, the east gate also has three gates, all of which are thick and strong. At night, the East Gate also arranged a large number of defenders to guard the three gates to prevent enemy attacks.

Not only that, but at night, behind the three gates on the east side of the camp, a multi-bright car was parked against the camp gate to prevent it from being knocked open by the enemy.

However, these arrangements are in vain. Because, Marin brought the artillery up...

6-pounder shells are used to smash doors, perhaps with average power. However, the heavy shells of the 18-pound short-barreled Karen gun, used to smash the camp gates, were very good.

After all, no matter what, the gate of the temporary camp is definitely not as strong as the city gate. Not to mention the gates, even those surrounding walls are just mud walls, and some are simply wooden fences. Such a wall would definitely not be able to stop the bombardment of the 18-pounder...

As expected by Marin, under the fierce bombardment of more than a dozen 18-pound short-barreled Karen cannons, the three heavy wooden doors at the east gate of the Bursa coalition camp were all blown open...

Seeing the danger of the east gate, Frederick III immediately sent a large number of elites to block the gate and never let Marin's army break into the camp.

But Marin did not let the main force rush into the camp gate at all, but stopped the artillery fire and switched to muskets to shoot the elite enemy troops behind the gate.

Under the continuous firing of platoons of guns, within the east gate of the East Camp of the Bursa coalition, many Bursa coalition soldiers fell...

At the same time, Marin's strongmen, armed with shovels, were methodically digging soil to fill the two trenches to the east of the Bersa coalition camp.

As long as those trenches are filled, even if they are partially filled, it will make it easier for the army to pass. What? You mean the walls of the Bosa coalition camp? That's too simple, use artillery to blast it away...

However, before launching the general offensive, Marin did not intend to blast the walls of the Bosa coalition camp. Because, once the wall is blasted, it means that the decisive battle has begun.

However, now Marin does not have sufficient strength and self-confidence, and immediately fights the main force of the Bosa coalition. Therefore, Marin maintained the status quo, but in front of the three wooden doors of the east gate of the big camp that was blasted open, he used musketeers to shoot and kill hundreds of allied soldiers.

Frederick III and Joachim I obviously knew the importance of the East Gate. In order to resist the attack of Marin's army on the camp, they sent thousands of troops to support the East Gate.

However, Marin's army did not directly rush in through the three wooden doors of the east gate that had been blasted open, but instead used musketeers to shoot inside. As long as the Bursa coalition soldiers dared to show up, regardless of whether they wore plate armor or no armor, facing those hundreds of muskets, it was of little use. For the Mushkert musket, it doesn't make much difference whether to wear plate armor or not...

Under such circumstances, Marin's musketeers passed through the three wooden doors of the east gate that had been blasted open, killing and wounding hundreds of Bursa coalition soldiers in one breath.

On the side of the Bosa coalition, they knew that guarding the East Gate was dangerous, but they did not dare not give up. After all, it would not be a good thing to have Marin's army rush in. Therefore, even though they knew the danger, a large number of soldiers went up to it...

...

At the same time, under the darkness of a few kilometers west of the Bursa coalition camp, an army of up to 18,000 people was ready to go...

After using the Kongming Lantern to send a signal to contact Marin's headquarters,

Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara chose to wait. Because, as mentioned in Marin's previous order - wait for half an hour after the main force starts to attack, and then launch the attack...

Obviously, whether it was Woolf Esbrand or Saqqara, they all understood that the main force wanted to use the half hour to attract the attention of the Allied Forces of Bursa to the east. That way, it's much easier for them to attack from the west. At least, there will be no resistance from the army...

Guessing that the time was almost up, both Woolf Esbrand and Saqqara stood up, ready to lead the team to attack.

However, Woolf Esbrand suddenly said:

"Saqqara, I suddenly have a great idea!"

Saqqara was a little puzzled and asked:

"what idea?"

"I plan to bypass the western front, go to the south of the Bursa coalition camp, and break into the Bursa coalition camp from there!"

Saqqara was puzzled, and then asked:

"why?"

"What kind of troops are stationed in the south of the Bursa coalition camp, do you know?"

Saqqara nodded and replied:

"Of course, that's 30,000 people strong."

"Yes, that's 30,000 people from Brandenburg and Saxony, not the main force of the enemy army. However, there is no wall between them and the camp of the main force of the Bursa coalition..."

After thinking about it for a while, Saqqara asked uncertainly:

"You mean... taking advantage of the fact that there is no barrier between the Bursa coalition army civilian camp and the Bursa coalition army camp in the south to break in from there?"

Woolf Esbrand nodded, then said:

"Yes, according to the information, there is no wall between the 30,000-strong camp and the Bosa coalition camp. After breaking in from there, it will not be blocked by the wall. If you attack from the west, you must first Break through the proposed camp specially built for Hamburg prisoners of war. Then, attack the wall of the Bursa coalition's own camp... In this case, it is very time-consuming. Moreover, when passing through the Hamburg prisoners of war camp, it is easy to alarm the Bursa coalition soldiers. …”

"But... if we attack the civilian camp of the Bursa coalition in the south, it will also disturb the soldiers of the Bursa coalition..." Saqqara was a little puzzled.

Woolf Esbrand shook his head and said:

"It's different. First of all, there is no wall separating the former popular base of the Bursa coalition army in the south and the camp of the Bursa coalition soldiers. As long as you enter, there is no obstacle. In addition..."

After a pause, Woolf Esbrand said:

"Saqqara, you have been with your lord for so long, you should have heard of the tactics of using the rout to attack the main enemy force, right?"

Saqqara thought about it, and it really does. Marin once mentioned that on the battlefield, there is a method of warfare, which is to attack the weak part of the enemy first, and then defeat the enemy in this part, and drive them to attack the main position of the enemy. After these rout soldiers are driven to the position where the enemy's elite soldiers are located, they will destroy the formation of the enemy's elite soldiers, so that the tight battle formation originally maintained by the opponent's elite soldiers will be damaged.

Then, our army followed the defeated soldiers and smashed into the battle formation of the enemy's elite soldiers...

At this time, the elite troops of the enemy army will be very uncomfortable. They wanted to counterattack, but were attacked by their own troops, and the formation was destroyed. Seriously, it may even cause the defeated troops to directly overwhelm the battle formation, causing chaos without fighting.

Of course, there are countermeasures for this situation. That is, the elite troops are ruthless, and they are strictly prohibited from rushing to the original comrades, that is, those defeated soldiers, and killing them. Otherwise, kill the rushing soldiers directly, scare them, and then direct them to pass on the other side, so as not to impact the main formation.

However, this is familiar to the Chinese army. The European army, however, is not very familiar with this kind of wretched tactics at present. As for Woolf Esbrand, he hoped to take advantage of the fact that the current European army was unfamiliar with this method of warfare, and chose to use the civilian camp at the southern end of the Bursa coalition camp as a breakthrough to enter the Bursa coalition camp. Then, drive out the people who have no fighting strength, forcing them to flee in the direction of the soldier's camp...

You know, that's 30,000 people strong...

So many people, being driven to the soldier's camp, can certainly cause great confusion. It may even lead those Bursa coalition soldiers to panic or even flee together...

Saqqara probably thought of this too, so he shrugged and said:

"Well, anyway, you are the main general, and I am the deputy, as you can say..."

Then, the 18,000 coalition troops turned a corner, and instead of attacking directly from the west, they turned to the south...