The Rise of the European Emperor

However, it turned out that the people of Geddes thought were too beautiful...

Marshal Bonitz sent people to the surrounding villages to capture young and strong farmers that day. The next day, under the pressure of Geddes soldiers, those local farmers who were captured were armed with simple tools such as sticks and hoes. After starting to climb the city wall at the front, the musketeers at the front of the city did waste some ammunition. But soon, the garrison commander Kevin came up with a countermeasure...

"Gary (the name of the infantry commander of the Duchy of Clifford), look at you! These people who climb the city walls are just farmers who were caught locally. Our ammunition is precious and should not be wasted on them. So, your infantry go up and use it. Spear those peasants down..."

"Don't worry, look at us!" After speaking, the commander of the Principality of Clifford's infantry brought 3,000 Clifford infantry to the battlement...

Although the infantry of the Principality of Clifford was average, the local farmers who climbed the city wall at the front were even worse. Therefore, the infantry of the Principality of 3 kilograms easily withstood the attacks of those farmers. Even if a farmer was lucky enough to climb to the top of the city, he was quickly stabbed to the ground by the Clifford Principality infantry on the top of the city...

Seeing this scene, Marshal Bonitz and Taoske, who were supervising the battle under the city, immediately sweated, Nima, should they react so quickly?

As a result, this poison scheme was quickly defused as soon as it was used. And the offensive of the Gedes army was naturally suppressed...

Marshal Bonitz sighed and said:

"Forget it, let's wait for the weather to clear and use artillery troops to continue bombarding the city wall. In addition, get some trebuchets and destroy the city wall together!" Anyway, the Habsburg army was dragged by the French. The big deal, use Ordinary means of long-term siege...

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The next day, while the Geddes army drove the captured peasants of the Duchy of Brabant to climb the city wall, Schwartz also led the army to continue on the road. Although the rain made the roads muddy, Schwartz knew that the musketeers of the Geddes army would be misfired in such weather. The opportunity is rare, so he ordered the army and the strong people to force their way, try to get to the front line as soon as possible, and then launch an attack on the enemy...

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Finally, on the afternoon of the fourth day, before dark, Schwartz's army arrived at the north side of a wood not far from the Geddes army camp and began to camp. After all, two days of driving in the muddy fields on a rainy day was really exhausting. If an attack is launched at this time, the soldiers and horses will be exhausted, and it will be easy to lose the battle. So, Schwartz let the army rest for the night and attack again in the morning...

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However, what made Schwartz vomit blood was that when the army gathered the next morning and drove to the rear of the Geddes army, the rain stopped...

Bonitz originally planned to attack the walls of Parsons concentration camp again, but unexpectedly, a large-scale enemy army came from a distance. Looking at the flag, it turned out to be from the Principality of Clifford...

"Old Mason really gathered the army over here?" Bonitz looked at the opposite side, estimating that there were two or three thousand opponents, and was suddenly stunned...

After reacting, Old Mason hurriedly ordered a change. Coincidentally, because of the rain before, the 2,000 Gerdes arquebusiers stayed at the back of the battle formation, holding the arquebuses wrapped in animal skins to protect them from the rain. The 2,000 Musketeers happened to be in the front row when the Geddes army turned to the rear. And, because the rain stopped, they simply took the arquebus out of the hide bag, loaded the ammo, and aimed it at Schwartz's army...

Schwartz was a little dumbfounded. It was raining just now. Why did the rain suddenly stop when we were near the enemy? Doesn't this bother me?

Schwartz wanted to turn around and leave with the army, but he knew it was impossible. Because this is very demoralizing. If morale collapsed and the enemy attacked again, the army might collapse. Therefore, knowing that it is difficult, he must also fight against the enemy. Besides, in terms of strength, is the strength of our army stronger...

Thinking of this, Schwartz was not in a hurry to attack, but ordered the army to stop 250 meters in front of the enemy's formation.

Then, wait for the artillery behind to step forward to complete the deployment...

Schwartz's army carried a front-loaded three-pounder with an effective range of three or four hundred meters. At a distance of 250 meters, the artillery of the Beihai team can shell the enemy leisurely, and the enemy ...

Of course, because it had been raining before, the artillery had been staying behind. After all, Beihai's artillery is still triggered by a fuse, not a clockwork. So, on rainy days, the fuze-triggered artillery couldn't be used, and Schwartz had simply left the artillery at the back. But now that the rain had suddenly stopped, Schwartz sent someone behind to order the artillery unit to come forward to deploy and bombard the enemy.

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"Quick, quick! Bring the artillery to the back and face the enemy!" Marshal Bonitz commanded loudly. As Schwartz thought, Bonitz also planned to use artillery to bombard the opponent first.

The artillery guns used by the Gedes army are all bronze guns provided by France. There are two types of 2-pounder guns and 3-pounder guns, a total of 15 guns, all of which are rear-mounted Fran cannon models. But unlike Marin's Beihai country's Fran cannons, Beihai country's artillery had no mounts, and artillerymen carried their barrels to deploy in front of the formation. Before deployment, you need to dig a hole first, bury the gun barrel first...

But there is a big difference between having a gun mount and without a gun mount. With a gun mount with wheels, the artillery units of Beihai Kingdom can move faster. Although the artillery was mobilized at about the same time, the Beihai country's artillery was the first to complete the deployment and aimed at the opposite side. After all, Beihaiguo's artillery has wheels, and it is super convenient to deploy as long as it is facing the enemy...

Therefore, when the artillery of Geddes was still digging holes in front of the formation to bury the barrels, the artillery of Beihai State took the lead in attacking

The first round of "Boom boom boom" was school shooting, and the accuracy rate was not high, but there were still many Gedes soldiers who were recruited. After all, the Gedes army has 140,000 people. As long as the direction is right, how can the artillery of Beihai Kingdom be able to catch a few...

After that, the artillery battle officially began...

After banging for a while, Marshal Bonitz could see the difference. It seems that the power of the artillery on the opposite side is greater. Moreover, there are 30 guns on the opposite side, and he only has 15 guns... No matter how you count each other's artillery, he will suffer...

So, after observing for a while, Marshal Bonitz finally made up his mind:

"The whole army gathers, abandons the artillery, and moves forward quickly! The enemy stands 50 paces before the formation, and then the musketeers attack the opponent's artillery and musketeers! Priority is given to shooting the enemy's artillery!"

Then, the artillery of the Geddes army abandoned the artillery positions and made way for the army...

Under the rhythmic command of the commander, the soldiers of the Geddes army, holding spears and muskets, advanced quickly in a relatively neat formation, ignoring the artillery fire on the opposite side...

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Along the way, the screams of the soldiers kept coming, but Marshal Bonitz turned a deaf ear, and instead ordered the army to continue to advance under the artillery fire. At the same time, the gendarmerie team formed by the simulated French army (gendarmerie originated in France and appeared during the Hundred Years War between Britain and France) drew out their saber and began to hack and kill all the soldiers who wanted to escape from the team... Although more than 300 people were injured or killed halfway, they were well trained. The Geddes army came within 50 steps of the Schwartz army as planned...

The distance of one step in Europe is 075 meters, and 50 steps is 375 meters, which is just within the aiming range of the arquebus. After reaching the specified distance, Kasmir, the musketeer commander of Geddes, drew his command knife and shouted:

"First row, raise your guns and aim at the opposite artillery! Prepare!"

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"Papapapa..." A burst of gunfire came. Among the artillerymen of Beihai Kingdom in front of the battle, many people were shot and fell to the ground, and bursts of miserable howls... (Tianjin Novel Network)