At the beginning of the siege, the British commander-in-chief, Henry Earl of Northumberland. Percy found out that there were a lot of recruits......

If it is an experienced veteran, facing the rain of arrows thrown by the longbowmen below the city wall, he will definitely hide directly behind the outer female wall at the head of the city. And because of the angle of the trajectory, it is impossible for the thrown bow and arrow to hurt the people hiding behind the wall of the digging woman at the head of the city. Anyone who was injured in the first round of shooting must be a proper recruit egg.

As a result, the first round of arrow rain fell, and the British troops under the city wall heard dozens of screams coming from the city wall. Obviously, there are a lot of new recruits in the city......

Of course, it may not be a recruit, but simply a people's strong. After all, it is very common to let Minzhuang help defend the city. However, under normal circumstances, only in critical situations or when the main soldiers are tired, Minzhuang will be pushed to the front line. Because the military literacy of the people is too low, if they are allowed to guard the first stick, it is estimated that they can shake the morale of the army and reduce morale. After all, in the era of cold weapons and semi-cold weapons, what is fought is morale and military morale. If the morale of the soldiers is shaken, and the morale of the soldiers is affected by the screams of the people, then the battle will be very difficult to fight.

Therefore, Henry, Earl of Northumberland, who has learned a lot of military knowledge. Percy directly concluded that there were not enough troops in the city, and there were a lot of new recruits......

Even, Henry. Percy also speculated that the French troops in the city might have fled quite a bit. After all, the French are not fools when they see that there is no hope. In this way, Edward will have to rely on the people in the city to help defend the city, and push the people to the front line as soon as he comes up.

In this way, Henry. Percy was immediately excited. If he was right, then it would have been much easier to take York. And if the city of York is captured and Edward and his daughter are captured, then it will definitely be a good achievement. According to Henry VII's promise, he could cede a lot of land in the north of the huge Yorkshire.

So, Henry. Percy gave up his tentative attack after half a day and instead attacked directly......

In the following time, it entered the official offensive and defensive stage. But let's Henry. Percy was puzzled - the defenders at the head of the city, in addition to a lot of mistakes on the first day, were getting better and better in the following days. And York City's defense is naturally becoming more and more solid......

In fact, the recruits of the Fifth Legion in the city still have a solid training foundation. Sivag and his cronies were seasoned officers. After defecting to Marin, Sivag and his cronies learned many of the advanced training methods of the East Frisian army, including the food stimulation method of Saqqara. In this way, the foundation of the 10,000 English recruits in the city is actually very solid. The situations that came out on the first day were basically due to nervousness or inappropriate things.

On the afternoon of the first day, the British launched an onslaught and nearly broke the defenses on the walls. For a time, hundreds of British soldiers poured in, almost stunned the recruits at the head of the city.

Fortunately, there were 7,000 French veterans and 3,000 German mercenaries on standby under the walls. With their support, the recruits of the Fifth Legion at the head of the city would not collapse.

But after the first day of panic, the recruits of the Fifth Legion at the head of the city were completely reborn......

Except for a dozen soft egg recruits who were directly frightened crazy by the bloody battlefield, everyone else gradually adapted to the brutal battlefield with the first day of fighting......

Therefore, from the next day, the recruits of the Fifth Army at the head of the city became more and more stable. Even if the British army breached a small section of the wall again, it did not almost collapse as it did on the first day, but calmly organized a counterattack and drove the British army off the wall again......

In this way, every day passed, the British army under the city walls and the French and German mercenaries in the city could feel the growth and change of the recruits of the Fifth Legion......

"Could it be...... Can Fortify really make recruits grow quickly? On the tall buildings within the city walls, several French officers who had been watching the battle had thought so......

In fact, they weren't wrong. With the help of veterans, fighting a defensive battle with a disparity in strength is indeed a good way for new recruits to grow. It's just that this way is not as obvious as that seen by several French officers.

Because, the average recruit, has not received the same rigorous and solid basic skills training as the army of the Grand Duchy of Beihai. If the foundation is too poor, even if you can train people in a relatively safe battle to defend the city, you can't do it if you want to improve too much.

Only when the Fifth Army Corps has solid military basic skills, coupled with the assistance of veterans, can it fight a defensive battle that will not be lost, and the promotion will be so fast.

After all, a lot of skills and experience, officers have long trained these people. It's just that the first time they went to the battlefield because they were nervous, they would inevitably forget. However, as their nervousness was overcome, they recalled the basic military knowledge taught by the instructors and confirmed it...... That's how their improvement will be so noticeable......

Moreover, the way in which the Grand Duchy of the North Sea selects recruits is peculiar. In this era, the general army chooses the kind of people who look strong to be soldiers. But Marin's selection methods are different, Marin believes that military skills can be cultivated, and the body can also be exercised. However, a brave and fearless character cannot be trained.

So, when selecting soldiers, the officers who picked the soldiers would make the conscripts beat each other. The officers of the Grand Duchy of the North Sea did not want the kind of people who had no body, but who cowered and feared being hurt. Because, people who are timid in this kind of training can easily collapse on the battlefield. Only the kind of ruthless people who are not afraid of injury or even death in combat are the favorite of officers. Such a stunned person likes to play with people when he is on the battlefield......

Even if such people were selected, on the first day of the siege, there were still more than a dozen recruits who were scared silly. Then, these people with bad psychological quality were eliminated. Even if he can recover, he can only be a strong people. And most of them have successfully overcome the uncomfortable feeling of the first battle and are becoming more and more accustomed to the battlefield......

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On a hill ten kilometers west of Yorktown, Marin and his henchman Schwartz are watching the battle with the latest high-definition telescopes......

This new high-definition telescope is made of sulfuric acid, a by-product of Cuban laterite nickel ore processing, and smelted transparent glass after cleaning powdered quartz sand, which has very good light transmittance. Unlike the previous green glass, you can see a blurry scene from up to three to five kilometers away. This optical glass, which dissolves iron ions with sulfuric acid, has much better light transmittance than green glass that does not remove iron ions. Even if you stand ten kilometers away, you can see the general situation on the walls of York City. Of course, the premise is that in sunny weather, there can be no fog......

At this time, the siege and defense of York City had been fought for seven days, and Marin was still holding his troops. Schwartz hesitantly suggested:

"Young master, you should be able to send troops to attack the British army now, right? If we continue to fight like this, the casualties will be very large......"

Siege warfare was brutal, with hundreds of casualties per day on the defenders' side, even though they had the walls as cover. Those brave besiegers who climbed to the top of the city, even if they were defeated, would bring casualties to the defenders at the head of the city. After all, the battlefield is unforgiving, and even if the soldiers defending the city are careful, they may be injured by the enemy forces besieging the city. Sometimes it's because of bad luck, and sometimes it's because of the other party's fierce general...... Therefore, it is inevitable to hang the lottery...... Schwartz worries that the time has dragged on and that the recruits will suffer too many casualties, which will lead to the collapse of the army's morale. After all, that's a recruit, not a veteran, and his mental capacity is not very strong......

Marin shook his head and said:

"Don't worry, wait and see......"