Chapter 165: Adapting Measures to Local Conditions
Unfortunately, Tepes was not able to get his wish and led the Wallachian soldiers to stay in the mountain fortress.
In a sincere tone, Janos Hunyadi asked him to lead 10,000 soldiers to garrison the forward position on the left flank and face the Ottomans.
During the three-month confrontation, the forward positions of the left flank have not stopped, and they have often been attacked.
The most serious one, if it had not been for Skanderbeg, who rushed to the rescue from the forward fortress in time, the position would have fallen into the hands of the Ottomans.
Of the 3,000 Serbian soldiers, a small half were killed here, and the Hungarian army suffered nearly 3,000 casualties.
Of course, the Ottomans were also unable to reap the benefits, and in the battle for the forward positions of the left flank, more than 3,000 horses died.
The station is dangerous, but it is difficult to shirk it, and there is no timidity in the image he deliberately created.
He took over the task and then tried to fight for the interests of his troops, such as the division of equipment, grain and grass.
10,000 people came from Wallachia all the way to Kosovo, and the consumption of people eating and chewing was huge, and Hungary and Serbia had to bear a part.
After some friendly discussions, two hundred bags of wheat, five hundred bags of rye, and twenty carts of oatmeal horse fodder became the first supplies for the Wallachian army.
In addition, wooden spears, horse-repellent stakes and other utensils were all packed and taken away. For this reason, the Hungarian duke, who was stationed at the front of the right flank, almost did not fight a duel with Cepes.
After resting for half a day, before it was dark, Tsepeš led his men out of the mountain fortress and went to the position to garrison.
A row of barracks enclosed with logs, the so-called frontier positions, has many traces of repair on the wooden walls, telling people what happened here.
In front of the camp was a deep ditch filled with sharpened wooden spears, some of which were covered with blood and pieces of flesh.
From left to right, at a distance of almost fifty meters, there are a total of four passages two meters wide that can be passed over the trench.
On each passage, there are four sets of horse-repellent piles, sharpened wooden cones, spit spikes hideously, and in some places have iron hooks.
Tsepeš rode his horse, patrolling his territory, and was fairly satisfied with the frontal defenses.
As for the two flanks of the camp, they were much rougher, with no trenches to isolate the enemy, and only two rows of horse-repelling stakes were placed closely.
"Morados, put the horse-rejection stakes you just brought, and put four rows on the periphery of the camp, two rows outside the front trench, and two rows at the back."
Amanda was with Cepes, and where Amanda was, the two old men Morados and Sankand must have been present.
Tsepes gave the order to turn the position into a hedgehog as much as possible, so that the enemy could not speak.
The hungry wolf faced the hedgehog and the little white rabbit, and would definitely choose to bite the latter first, sorry, the right front position, sorry, poor Hungarian friend.
With this in mind, the defensive equipment he had just obtained from the mountain fortress was used by him without reservation.
Morados, on the other hand, did not act immediately, and with his many years of experience in warfare, he put forward his own proposals.
"It's a long battle, and I'm afraid it's not good to use all the equipment now.
We have just arrived on the battlefield and can get the supplies, and when the war enters the white-hot stage, it will not be so easy. ”
"Do as I say, show our fangs, arrange the patrols, and try to avoid the enemy setting fire to the defenses."
There is some truth in what Morados said, but Cepes insisted on his point of view and avoided the war in this way.
Morados did not insist any longer, and took a few hundred Polish soldiers to set up the defensive line, while Tepesz continued:
"Sankhand, it is enough for you to go and inform the Serbs and Hungarians in the camp to get them out of position, and tell them that there are Wallachians here."
"Hey, I'm Polish!"
Compared to Morados, Sankand is a stubborn donkey, and it is much more difficult to communicate with him.
Cepes did not want to quarrel, he smiled and corrected his previous mistakes:
"Yes, and the Poles, whatever you say, let all the outsiders go, and don't let them mess with us."
The Serbs and Hungarians, ostensibly at their disposal, will certainly fight separately when the time comes for the actual battle.
If a forward position is put into two or even three sets of command systems, there will definitely be chaos at a critical moment.
Therefore, even if the defensive forces are reduced, Cepes must let them go, and as for where to go after leaving, let Janos Hunyadi arrange it.
Sankhand had led soldiers for decades, and it was impossible not to understand the truth, so he did not go down, and led people into the camp with great momentum.
"Marquis de Yo, you lead your men to dig a cistern on the left side of the camp and fill it up before dawn tomorrow.
Earl Joe Meek, you take the men to dig a manure pit on the right side of the camp, outside of the stakes.
Count Clark, you take people into the camp, clean up all the feces and dirt, and when the manure pit on the right is dug, pour it all in. ”
Sending two Poles away, Tsepesz gave orders to his native nobles one by one, and it seemed that their work was a little heavier.
The three big nobles, with their expressions a little ugly, can go to the battlefield to rush and kill, but they can't accept doing such unbearable work.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the stakes are very high, and I am relieved to leave the work to you.
Just like in the previous battles, do as I say, and quietly wait for victory. ”
For these big nobles under his command, Tsepes has always maintained a hostile and wary attitude in his heart.
But in a foreign country, only these people can be mobilized, so he will explain in an extremely confident tone.
"Yes, Grand Duke, I'll take people into action at once."
The Marquis de Yo understood the need to rely on each other, and digging a cistern was perfectly acceptable compared to the work of the other two.
He said that Earl Joe Meek and Earl Clark could only take orders, one to dig a manure pit, and the other to clean up the camp.
Tsepes took Amanda and led Marzad and the monks to inspect the farther area.
To defend the camp, you must not only focus on the camp, but also know the surrounding terrain well.
Around the forward position of the left flank, there is a low hill and a small stream, and the low hill is located in the southwest, about 600 meters away from the forward position.
The creek comes from the southwest and flows slowly, and it is estimated that it will only exist during the rainy season, which will disappear soon after the rainy season.
After surveying his surroundings, Cepes first took out a piece of brown paper, marked it on it, and then looked at Amanda beside him.
"Sister-in-law, I'm going to build another camp on a low hill, are you willing to bring someone to station on it?"
"Of course there is no problem, what needs to be done, the Grand Duke can arrange it."
On the front line, Amanda has only one identity, and that is a trainee female knight.
Regardless of gender, the first criterion of a knight is loyalty, which is to obey orders.