The Rise of the European Emperor

At the beginning of the siege, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, the commander-in-chief of the British army, discovered a situation - there seemed to be a lot of recruits on the opposite side...

If it is an experienced veteran, facing the arrow rain of the longbowmen under the city wall, they will definitely hide directly behind the outer "woman" wall on the top of the city wall. . шщш.㈦㈨ⅹS.сом update very fast. And because of the ballistic angle of the 'shot' bow and arrow, it is impossible to hurt the person hiding behind the digging and testing 'woman' wall on the top of the city. Anyone who is injured in the first round of 'shooting' must be a proper recruit.

As a result, the first round of arrows rained down, and the British army under the city wall heard dozens of screams from the city wall. Obviously, there are a lot of recruits in the city...

Of course, it may not be a recruit, but simply a strong citizen. After all, it is a common practice to let Minzhuang assist in defending the city. However, under normal circumstances, only in critical situations or when the main soldiers are tired, will Min Zhuang be pushed to the front line. Because the military literacy of the strong people is too low, if they are allowed to keep the first 'stick', it is estimated that they can shake the military's heart and reduce morale. After all, in the age of cold weapons and semi-cold weapons, fighting is all about morale and morale. If the morale of the army is shaken and the soldiers' morale is affected by the screams of the people, then the battle will be very difficult to fight.

Therefore, Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland, who has learned a lot of military knowledge, directly concluded that there are not enough troops in the city, and there are many recruits...

Even Henry Percy guessed that the French troops in the city might have escaped a lot. After all, the French are not fools when they see no hope. In this way, Edward will have to rely on Minzhuang in the city to help defend the city, and push Minzhuang to the front line as soon as he comes up.

As a result, Henry Percy was immediately excited. If he's right, taking York City might be a lot easier. And if they captured York City and captured Edward and his 'daughter', then it would definitely be a great achievement. According to Henry VII's promise, he can cut off a lot of land in the huge northern part of Yorkshire.

So, Henry Percy gave up the 'sex' attack after half a day, and instead attacked directly...

The next time, it entered the official offensive and defensive stage. But what puzzled Henry Percy was the fact that the defenders on the top of the city, in addition to making a lot of mistakes on the first day, performed better and better in the next few days. And York City's defense is naturally getting more and more stable...

In fact, the recruits of the Fifth Legion above the city still have a solid training foundation. Sivag and the cronies he brought are seasoned officers. After taking refuge in Marin, Siwag and his cronies learned many advanced training methods of the East Frisian army, including Saqqara's food-stimulated 'stimulus' training method. In this way, the 10,000 English recruits at the top of the city have a solid foundation. Those situations that occurred on the first day were basically due to nervousness or indifference.

On the afternoon of the first day, the British attacked and nearly broke the defenses of the city walls.

For a time, hundreds of British soldiers rushed up, almost stunned the recruits in the city.

Fortunately, there were 7,000 French veterans and 3,000 German mercenaries standing by under the city walls. With their support, the recruits of the Fifth Legion on the city head would not collapse.

But after the first day of panic and chaos, the recruits of the Fifth Legion on the top of the city were completely reborn...

Except for the dozen or so soft recruits who were directly frightened by the bloody battlefield, everyone else gradually got used to the cruel battlefield with the first day of fighting...

Therefore, from the second day onwards, the recruits of the Fifth Corps on the city head became more and more stable. Even if the British army broke through a small section of the city wall again, they did not think that they almost collapsed like the first day, but calmly organized a counterattack and drove the British army off the city wall again...

In this way, every day, the British army under the city wall and the French and German mercenaries in the city can feel the growth and change of the recruits of the Fifth Army...

"Could it be that... the battle of defending the city can really make the recruits grow quickly?" Several French officers who had been watching the battle on the high-rise building inside the city wall thought so...

In fact, they were not wrong. With the help of veterans, it is indeed a good way to make new recruits grow by fighting a city defense battle where the strength is not too disparate. However, in this way, it is not as obvious as several judges have seen.

Because ordinary recruits have never received the strict and solid basic skills training like the Beihai Grand Duke ** team. If the foundation is too poor, even if it is relatively safe to defend the city, it can train people, but if you want to improve too much, you can't do it.

Only like the Fifth Legion, which has a solid and solid military basic skills, plus the assistance of veterans, fighting a city defense battle that will not lose, can the improvement be so fast.

After all, a lot of skills and experience, officers have already trained these people. It's just that they will inevitably forget because of their nervousness on the battlefield for the first time. But as their nervousness was overcome, they recalled the basic military common sense taught by the instructors and confirmed it... In this way, their improvement would be so obvious...

Moreover, the way the Grand Duchy of Beihai selects recruits is very special. In this era, the general army chooses the kind of people who look strong and strong. But Marin's selection method is different. Marin believes that military skills can be cultivated, and the body can also be exercised. However, the brave and fearless 'sex' character cannot be trained.

Therefore, when selecting soldiers, the officers who selected the soldiers would make the candidates fight each other. The officers of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea do not want the kind of people who are vacant, but timid and afraid of being injured. Because people who are timid in this kind of training can easily collapse on the battlefield. Only the kind of ruthless man who is not afraid of injury or even death in combat is the favorite of officers. Such a big stun is like playing with people on the battlefield...

Even if such people were selected, more than a dozen recruits were still frightened and dumbfounded during the first day of defending the city. Then, those with poor psychological quality were eliminated. Even if he can recover, he can only be a strong citizen. And most people have successfully overcome the uncomfortable feeling of the first battle, and are more and more adaptable to the battlefield...

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On a hilltop ten kilometers west of York City, Marin and confidant General Schwartz are watching the battle with the latest high-definition telescope...

This new high-definition telescope is made of transparent glass smelted after cleaning powdered quartz sand with sulfuric acid, a by-product of the processing of laterite nickel ore in Cuba, and has very good light transmittance. Unlike the previous green glass, blurred scenes can be seen up to three or five kilometers away. This optical glass with iron ions dissolved in sulfuric acid has much better light transmittance than green glass without iron ions removal. Even if you stand ten kilometers away, you can see the general situation of the York City wall. Of course, the premise is that in sunny weather, there can be no fog...

At this point, the York City offensive and defensive battle has been playing for seven days, and Marin is still standing still. Schwartz suggested hesitantly:

"Master, should we be able to send troops to attack the British army now? If we continue to fight like this, the casualties will be huge..."

The siege battle is very cruel. Even if the defending side has the city wall as a cover, there are still hundreds of casualties every day. Those siegeists who bravely climbed to the top of the city, even if they were beaten down, would still bring casualties to the defenders on the top of the city. After all, the battlefield is ruthless, and even if the soldiers defending the city are careful, they may be injured by the enemy troops attacking the city. Sometimes it's because of bad luck, and sometimes it's because of the opponent's fierce general brother... So it is inevitable to lose the lottery... Schwartz is worried that the time has dragged on, and the recruits will suffer too many casualties, which will lead to the collapse of the military's morale. After all, they are recruits, not veterans, and their ability to bear in their hearts is not very strong...

Marin shook his head and said:

"No hurry, just wait and see..."