Chapter 1049: Lay down
While Saqqara brought the soldiers of the Fourth Army into the city of Grosseto, Kahn and Stade, with 15,000 mountain infantry, crossed the mountains and reached the small village of Yala Ni village.
Although the local terrain is complex, Malinte selected a large army of infantry composed of mountain people and walked down the mountain. If not everyone carried a big bag, it is estimated that they could arrive in less than two days. After all, this road is only 70 kilometers away. Even after carrying a heavy package, the army arrived in just three days.
After the arrival of the army, Marin did not rush to launch an attack, but gave everyone a good rest. Anyway, the Siena defenders in the city did not know about the existence of this army, and time was not urgent. Also, the team of mules is still behind. Musketeers in the army also need gunpowder carried by the mules.
Taking advantage of the time, the army conducted a rectification and inventory. At this time, only 4,000 pieces of rhinoceros armor were made in this army. Marin gave these 4,000 pieces of rhinoceros armor to the veterans in the front row. Of course, the officers are also one person, including Marin himself. As for the others, they are wearing wood chip armor, which is the legendary mahjong mat ...
This is also something that cannot be done. In Senegal, Eschwein and Royce have done their best, but only hunted seven or eight hundred rhinos. Mainly, the territory of the West African Black Rhino is too large. A black rhinoceros in West Africa has a land area of 10 square kilometers, and 800 rhinos, that is, 8000 square kilometers, all catch up with the area of the Republic of Siena, which is twice the size of East Friesland. Moreover, the territory of these black rhinos is not close together, but scattered. In order to hunt these rhinos, Royce's men and horses were divided into more than 30 groups, searching for tens of thousands of square kilometers of land, and then hunting less than 800 heads and making 4,000 sets of rhinoceros armor.
In desperation, the other 11,000 people can only wear a piece of wood to tie their armor. Fortunately, there is a layer of iron skin on the outside of the wood chip armor. Although it is relatively thin, the protection is okay. The key is lightness. As long as it is not facing a musket, it still works. It just so happened that the Siena army had no formed musketeers, and it was enough to wear such armor. Of course, there is no musketeer in Siena, but there is artillery. If you are hit by artillery, it doesn't matter what armor you wear. However, there are not many artillery heads in Siena, and they are concentrated on three gates.
The reason for this is determined by the layout of Siena City. The shape of the old town of Siena is strange, like an inverted triangle. The three sharp corners are exactly the three gates.
This is because the city of Siena was originally built on three small mountains. The old city is just surrounded by three hills in the southwest, north and southeast. The three gates are exactly the gaps left by the three hills.
Therefore, Siena is a natural Jedi-the north, southwest and southeast are naturally hillsides, and the city walls are built on the hillsides, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. The three gates with the same gap are the only imports and exports. Siena's army, as long as these three gaps and gates are guarded, can resist the invasion of the enemy. Therefore, the artillery of Siena City was also placed on the three gate towers. Such a dangerous terrain, as long as the enemy's massive attacks at the three gates are repelled, the city's safety can be kept.
what? You said that the enemy would climb the city walls on the hillside? Don't worry about that. Indeed, there are capable people in the world who can climb the city walls on the slopes, but that is absolutely rare. If you find it, just send more troops to kill it. Besides, there are very few enemies, even if they climb the city wall on the hillside? Can you really let the army follow? If the army can't climb up, it is equivalent to white climbing ... A few climbing masters will soon be submerged in the wave of fighting by the defending army ...
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While rectifying soldiers and horses, Marin also ordered the creation of a siege ladder. Although it is unlikely to be used, it is still a little better prepared, maybe it will be used ...
The next day, the mule team finally arrived and the team was also complete. After another day of repairs, on the morning of the third day, the army advanced again and drove towards Siena in the east.
However, the army started only after 4 pm. This is so because Marin wants a night raid ...
No way, a natural Jedi like Siena City is extremely difficult to overcome. If it is a strong attack, God knows how many people will die. Take these battle-hardened veterans as cannon fodder to the ants to attack the city? Marin is less luxurious ...
Therefore, launching a raid at night is the most sensible option. Although it's just right, it is more affordable. Besides, Marin was founded by attacking Charles VIII at night, and his reputation has long since lost its "righteousness". It is difficult to recover. Therefore, Marin simply "walked to the black". Moreover, the sneak attack is indeed very affordable ...
As for the upright? There will be in the future. When Marin's strength is strong enough to walk sideways, and there are enough artillery soldiers, he will choose to be upright and the enemy is just facing.
Why do you say that? this is the truth. Only those with great strength can hope to fight against the people in a decisive battle. Because this is most beneficial to those who are strong. And those powerful people who manipulated power and public opinion will be hyped-the upright is the king ...
Actually, a fool will believe this kind of nonsense. Why? Because the upright is only good for the powerful! For a weak person, to pursue what is upright is definitely a brain kicked by a donkey.
Realistic examples are there-the Red Army counter-Jiang in the Hunan and Jiangxi areas in the early days. When Taizu's guerrilla tactics were used, it was like winning a lot of water and winning frequently. Because Taizu knew very well that his army was a group of poor people who didn't even have bullets. If they were head-on with a bald army, they would have been destroyed long ago. After Wang Yiming and Bo Yigu, who liked to be upright, came to power and listened to the deceit of two swords, Li De, what kind of upright battle was decided, and soon the 300,000 army was crushed by the bald million army ...
Therefore, for a commander, when you are powerful enough to hang everything, being upright is the best choice. Because it is not only insurance, but also able to make a name for itself. But you do n’t have enough strength, but you like the upright words ... I ’m sorry, the cemetery has given you a place ...
Moreover, those ruling classes who have control over the political power and the right to speak will also vigorously promote what is upright when propagating. For example, what kind of knighthood was advocated in ancient Europe ...
Why are they so publicized? It is not hoped that those stupid rebels and they are just head-on. But how does the strength of the rebels compare with those of the rulers? All the rebels who just faced the rulers were defeated or hanged ...
All in all, for a qualified commander, when you are powerful, you should choose the upright tactics, and fooling the rebellious fools to fight you upright. In this way, you can be sure to defeat or even destroy it ...
And if you are weak ... Don't hesitate, Taizu's guerrilla tactics are the truth you should pursue ... If you want to win ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~, you have to win by surprise. Because, just head on, you can't ...
Of course, there are great risks in winning. Because, if it fails, it may be finished. Like Marin's attack, the initial plan was too risky. If the sneak attack fails, the food is eaten up again and you can only starve to death. Without using enemy forces to attack, he collapsed due to lack of food ...
Therefore, afterwards, Marin transferred the 4th Legion and took the road to send supplies. In this way, even if the sneak attack fails, there is a retreat, and it will not be finished ...
It was dark early in winter, and when Marin brought the army and the mules carrying the grain out of the valley and out of the mountains, it was getting dark. Before 7 p.m., Marin and his army arrived quietly in the village of Clark, west of Siena City, where Marin had initially set a grain storage location ...
In order to keep the secret, the army did not turn on the ignition, but quietly sat on the ground in Clark Village for a while, and put down everyone ’s packages temporarily, deposited them in the village, and began to take out maple sugar compressed biscuits and kettles, and began to eat dinner ...
At about 10 o'clock in the evening, people were asleep (the ancients had no entertainment at night and slept early). Marin ordered the army to concentrate and quietly touched the wall southwest of Siena ...
