Chapter 796: Sauer's suggestion

"What? There are two thousand musketeers in the Geddes army?" Schwartz, who had already arrived in the Principality of Cliff, was taken aback by the intelligence provided by Scout's scouts.

You know, this time he went south, although he brought 20,000 troops, but only 4,000 musketeers, only twice the opponent. Of course, this is not the most important. The most important thing is that after the opponent has the two thousand musketeers, the front row soldiers of his own army are out of luck. If you charge rashly, you may be beaten into a sieve ...

Moreover, the Gedsi army used the Musket gun. This kind of musket was used by Marin's musket unit before. Although it is bulky, it is powerful. A 50-gram projectile hit a person and would die if he died.

More importantly, the musketeers' ability to defend the city is extremely strong. Two thousand Mushket rifles were mounted on the city head, and the attacks of tens of thousands of people could withstand them.

Schwartz is not worried about defeating the army of the Principality of Geddes in the wild, but he is worried that the army of Geddes will be defended according to the city!

It would be unthinkable if the Musketeers of the Duchy of Geddes could not be eliminated in the field and allowed to smoothly withdraw into the city. Marin once said that in a battle, the defending army used 74 matchlocks to withstand an attack similar to the tens of thousands of forces of the Turkish Empire. Even if the city wall was broken, the army of that empire could not rush into the city ...

In fact, the war that Marin said has not happened yet. However, the powerful ability of the matchlock to defend the city is beyond doubt.

Therefore, Schwartz felt a headache for the formation of the Musketeers in the Principality of Geddes. If the enemy's city cannot be captured, once it has fallen into a long-term siege, it will be easily interfered by those German princes.

Therefore, Marin's request this time was quick battle and quick decision. It must not be procrastinated. Before the German princes reacted, they must defeat the army of the Principality of Geddes and occupy part of the land of the Netherlands.

However, if the Gede Si set up a row of matchlock guns at the head of the city ...

"What should I do?" Schwartz was anxious ...

"Otherwise, let's attack the Geddes army first and destroy their musket troops first?" Sauer suggested. Sauer did not follow Marin to the Americas this time, but took a scout unit to assist Schwartz.

Schwartz shook his head quickly:

"No! The master said that this war must be fought. Otherwise, the land cannot be obtained legally. So, this time we must not start first, but wait for the other party to start first, and then we can ..."

"However, if we do something late, we can't guarantee that we can wipe out each other's musketeers in one fell swoop! Once a large number of musketeers have fled into the city, it will be difficult for us to capture. The prolonged time will do us harm." Sauer worried Said.

"Then there is no way. We must be justified in this war. This is a death rule and cannot be broken through. Otherwise, if you win, you will fight in vain."

"Otherwise, when we are besieging the concentration camp while the other party is attacking from behind? In this way, the enemy can't run away from inside and outside," Sauer suggested.

Schwartz's eyes lit up and said:

"This is a good idea!" But soon, he was frustrated again:

"You don't know, there was no army in that concentration camp at all. Whether it was a Swiss prisoner of war or a defender of the Habsburg family, it was all fake. And that concentration camp was also intended by the young master and the emperor to give to the other party for occupation. Therefore, I do n’t know which concentration camp can last a few minutes. Once the concentration camp is attacked, the other party becomes the guard ’s side, and the effect of the musket is doubled ... Moreover, it is said that in order to convince the Gedsi people that it is indeed a concentration camp, The campsite ’s walls were built to be very large and strong, and they were no different from ordinary fortresses. The musketeer ’s guarding of such a place is almost even more powerful ... "

Then Schwartz and Sauer both began to worry ...

After a while, Sauer said:

"You just said that the concentration camp is good for defense? Just because there are no real soldiers in it and it is difficult to hold on?"

Schwartz nodded and said:

"Yes what's the matter?"

"I suddenly thought of a way to keep the concentration camp for an extended period of time and stick to our army!"

"You said!"

"Since you said that the Musketeer's ability to guard the city wall has doubled, otherwise, you will divide 1,000 Musketeers and help guard the concentration camp?"

"Separate troops?" Schwartz froze.

"Yes, divide the troops!" Sauer nodded and continued:

"Thousands of musketeers, placed in a large formation, can't increase much combat power. However, when they are taken to guard concentration camps, the value is great. There are a thousand musketeers on the city's head. What is the concept? You can stick to one. For a while! It does n’t take long for them to stick to it. It only takes a day or two to wait for our army to rush over. "

"Separate soldiers to defend? This is a way ..." Schwartz nodded, thinking for a while, then said:

"It's just that it's not enough to simply separate 1,000 musketeers to guard the concentration camp. Because, without the help of melee soldiers, once someone from the enemy climbed the city, it would be easy to slaughter the musketeers.

"Then send some more infantry to help guard!" Saul said carelessly.

Schwartz shook his head:

"No, if there are too many divisions, it will greatly reduce our combat effectiveness. The Geddes army is not a soft persimmon. If too many divisions cause our combat effectiveness to drop sharply, it will be difficult for us to defeat or even destroy the enemy in one fell swoop . "

"Should we redeploy soldiers from the country?"

"That's not enough, domestic security is more important than here!"

"That won't work, nor will it work, should we watch the Geddes army occupy the concentration camp? Is there no other way?" Saul said with dissatisfaction.

Schwartz was silent. Soon, it was time for lunch. Several guards of the Principality of Cliff came in with a few dishes and gave them to the two senior generals Schwartz and Sauer.

The 20,000-strong army of the North Sea State is now stationed in the barracks of the Principality of Cliff. Even the grain and grass are temporarily provided by the Principality of Cliff. Because, the grains of the North Sea country are being loaded on the ship, and they will be shipped in batches along the canal in Münster. Before, it was a priority. Now, after the horses are transported, it is time to transport grain and grass. But before the grain had arrived, Schwartz could only ask the Duke Cliff to borrow some grain ...

At dinner, Schwartz burped, and then ordered the service personnel of the Principality of Cliff to clear the table. Looking at the servicemen of the Principality of Cliff who worked hard to clean up the table, Schwartz suddenly stood up ...

Schwartz's action scared the Cliff principality servicemen a big jump. He also offended Schwartz by why the place was not doing well. If Schwartz was brought to justice, he would be miserable, and a military stick would be indispensable.

But when he went out, he ignored him, and said to Sauer with a smile:

"Look ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Aren't the soldiers helping the camp here?"

"Soldiers of the Principality of Cliff? Are they OK?" Sauer looked down on the fighting power of the Principality of the Cliff.

After the soldiers left, Schwartz explained:

"The combatants of the Principality of the Cliff are indeed average, but that refers to the combat effectiveness of the head-to-head confrontation. But no matter how general, the soldiers of the Principality of the Cliff are OK to defend the city. The concentration camp in Brabant It ’s a small town. The army of the Principality of Cliff has poor combat strength. It can still be done to guard the concentration camp for two or three days. Plus, I can allocate 1,000 musketeers to help them guard. By then, the Principality of Geddes 'S army, it must not be down within a few days ... "

"Good idea, but the young master did not have this plan in advance. Moreover, whether the Principality of Cliff sends troops depends on whether Duke John agrees or disagrees."

"What are you waiting for? Let's go look for Duke John!"

"let's go!"

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