Chapter 39 Night Combat Training

Marin is an ambitious person, unlike Earl Alfred, who is clearly a guy who eats and waits to die. To achieve his ambitions, Marin had to excel in the war.

Therefore, since arriving in Italy, Marin began to plan various matters. In fact, Marin knew the process of the war in the original history, and he could also propose some targeted solutions.

However, Marin didn't do anything and didn't show himself to the commander. Because he was afraid of his own intervention, which would lead to changes in the course of the war. In that case, his foresight would be useless.

Therefore, Marin didn't say anything all the time, just watching the feudal lords discuss and quarrel heatedly there. Seeing this group of princes, Malin suddenly remembered the plot of the eighteen princes against Dong Zhuo...

The scene in front of him is very similar to that of the 18 princes who opposed Dong Zhuo. The same many "heroes" gathered, the same high spirits, and the same failure to oppose Dong (French)... Even, Charles VIII, like Dong Zhuo, ran away without incident. on the way...

Every time there was an officer meeting, Marin, as the lowest-ranking phalanx leader who participated in the meeting, would sit in the corner, wandering around the world, not saying anything. And Count Alfred, who doesn't know what's going on, has no desire to express himself at all. Let the Venetians and Mandovans pretend to be there, while he sits silently on the side and makes soy sauce...

Marin seems to feel like he's at a Milan fashion show, where a bunch of Italians are pretending to be on show...and, their Italian, Marin doesn't understand. Marin only understands German, English, Latin and Frisian (very close to English, taught by Mrs. Mary), but he knows all six about Italian...don't look at both Latin and Italian from Italy , but the two belong to two very different dialects with different eras, and it is difficult to communicate with each other. Therefore, Marin could only silently watch the group of Italians pretend to be bragging in Italian dialect, just like watching Hong Kong people speak Cantonese in a movie in his last life and he couldn't understand it...

Marin didn't want to listen to the Italians bragging, but recalled the specific plot of the only major battle between the coalition and the French army - the Battle of Fornovo.

Marin remembers that at the time of the battle, the French army had 8,000 French heavy cavalry and 4,000 Swiss spearmen. However, Charles VIII lost all the cumbersome artillery when he marched before, but he was reluctant to drop the gold and silver treasures.

But Charles VIII was not an ordinary person. When he found that the French army was blocked by two or three thousand coalition forces, in order to prevent the enemy from relying on the numerical superiority to outflank left and right, he resolutely scattered gold and silver treasures on the left and right flanks of the French army. Sure enough, 6,000 light cavalrymen of the coalition army were outflanking and saw the gold and silver treasures on the ground. Then, the coalition attack plan failed, and the French also escaped the misfortune of failure.

Marin doesn't care about the issue of gold and silver treasures. He became a mercenary to earn titles, not money. Besides, when it comes to making money, is he a modern person who is afraid that he has no idea?

Therefore, Marin secretly decided that he must make great contributions in this battle, so as to exchange titles with the emperor...

According to memory, during the battle, the Swiss blocked the onslaught of the Venetian infantry, while the light cavalry of Milan and Mandovan were busy picking up treasures. But Charles VIII was also unwilling to go shopping with the coalition forces, so he left behind 4,000 Swiss lancers on the night of July 6, while he took advantage of the night and fled overnight with 8,000 French heavy cavalry.

Moreover, Marin recalled that it seemed that it had just rained heavily that afternoon, and the road was definitely not easy to walk. If Charles VIII wanted to run at night, he must not take the path. Because, his heavy cavalry is also not suitable for walking on the trail.

Then, Marin can be sure that the heavy cavalry group of Charles VIII must have escaped along the road that night. At night, everyone could not see clearly. Marin estimated in his heart whether he would be able to fish in troubled waters here, and even stop the French cavalry group...

After repeated speculation, Marin felt that he seemed to be able to take the opportunity to stop the French cavalry group...

at the moment,

Marin also had 1,100 soldiers in his hands, although it was incomparable with the French's 8,000 cavalry and could not attack them. However, guarding the intersection and blocking the retreat of the French army was barely possible.

The most important thing is that the French lost all the artillery. Without artillery, the cavalry could not break through the spear formation. In addition, he will also arrange double trenches and pickets, which can completely block the French army.

Of course, it is impossible for 1,100 people to destroy the French army. Therefore, while blocking the French army, he had to ask the coalition for help. If the coalition forces can send troops to attack back and forth, the French will not be able to fail.

For this reason, when Marin was training, he began to train for night battles, and added a lot of subjects against heavy cavalry in a targeted manner...

For example, the heavy cavalry is covered in plate armor, and it is difficult to kill them with a spear. If the French heavy cavalry gave up their horses and dismounted to fight on foot, the spearmen would be a little troublesome.

Therefore, Marin thought about it, and selected 100 Hercules in the phalanx. Under the leadership of Kahn, they formed the "Warhammer Team". No matter how thick the plate armor is, it is also afraid of being hit by a hammer. After all, the shock force of the hammer can completely stun and injure the heavily armored knight. If you hit the head, you can even kill it with a hammer.

To this end, Marin bought a batch of blacksmith hammers, replaced them with longer wooden handles, and let the "Warhammers" start training. In addition, Marin also selected a group of people with good ventriloquism to simulate the voices of thousands of troops to scare the French.

It is indeed dangerous to use 1,100 people to block 8,000 French "iron bumps". If the French people know their details, won't they kill themselves? Therefore, in other directions, it is also a good way to pretend to be a mighty army to scare the French.

A few days ago, Marin personally presided over the night combat training. But a few days later, Marin turned over night combat training to Schwartz. And he himself took Sauer and Kahn to Fornovo to conduct a field trip and draw a local topographic map.

Then, Marin returned to the Venice station with a thick stack of parchment. These parchments are full of topographic maps of Fornovo drawn by Marin himself, with contour lines drawn.

In the days that followed, Marin trained soldiers and horses at night every day, sleeping in the morning, studying maps in the afternoon, and thinking about battle plans...

What the unfortunate Charles VIII didn't know was that before he had evacuated from Naples, someone in Venice had begun to plot against him. Moreover, the calculation is the most basic 8000 heavy cavalry in France.

You must know that these heavy cavalry are all local French armed forces, not those Swiss mercenaries who "work for anyone who gives money". If this group of heavy cavalry is damaged, France will definitely suffer greatly.

UU Reading Books welcomes all book lovers to come and read, the latest, fastest and most popular serial works are all in UU Reading Books! Mobile users, please read.