Faced with the formidable fire of East Friesian muskets and artillery, both Frederick III and Joakim I were apprehensive. Frederick III also completely understood why his powerful uncle, Duke Albrechette, would lose to Marin's 10,000 horses with a superior force of more than 20,000 men.

After all, if you are head-on, the power of the opponent's guns is too great. The Saxons are considered rich, and they can be armed with dozens of artillery pieces. When it comes to a poor elector like Brandenburg, he doesn't have a single cannon. However, Marin's kid actually took out more than 60 cannons, and the caliber was still large. The most important thing is that the deployment of the opponent's artillery is so fast, and the shooting must be accurate!

In fact, Frederick III did not know, there were a lot of artillery in Marin, but there was not enough gunpowder. If there were more cannons, Marin would be able to pull two or three hundred cannons into battle. However, the gunpowder was not enough, otherwise, Marin would not have said anything, and would have bombarded it from beginning to end.

In order to save as much gunpowder as possible, Marin only pulled more than sixty artillery pieces in front of the formation, mainly to suppress the enemy's artillery. Because, Marin's immovable defensive battle formation was most afraid of the enemy's shelling. Therefore, Marlin used the limited gunpowder to suppress the opponent's artillery to avoid the waste of gunpowder.

After all, the three-pounder gun used by the opponent, although not as powerful as the six-pounder gun, could not penetrate half of the company. However, it is not a problem to penetrate 10 8 infantrymen. If you stand there and let the other party bomb, you will definitely suffer. Moreover, the effect of the artillery bombardment is too terrifying, either the head flies, or the arms and legs are missing, which is extremely terrifying and easy to shake the morale of the army. Therefore, Marin chose to use the limited reserves of gunpowder to suppress the opponent's artillery.

In the following days, the Bossa coalition army did not send its main force to confront Marin's army, but chose to camp outside the range of Marin's artillery, quietly waiting for the rain to come. At the same time, during the day, the Bossa coalition army also sent a large number of cavalry to roam around the battle formation of Marin's army to guard against any new moves in Marin. The most important thing was to prepare Marin's army for a retreat across the river.

Of course, these Brandenburg and Saxon cavalry, did not dare to approach the front of the East Frisian army. Because, there are thousands of musketeers waiting for them to be delivered to the door. Therefore, these cavalrymen generally wandered on both sides of the Marin army to deter Marin's army.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marin sent a boat to transport the more than 1,000 Lübeck farmers who had escaped to the east coast, but instead of into the city, they were released into the countryside outside the city. This was due to Marin's fear of the presence of spies from the Bossa coalition forces.

May in Germany is at its best in terms of climate. At this time, spring is in full swing in Germany, and there are blooming flowers and vigorous green grass and young leaves. If it weren't for the fact that a great war was going on, Lübeck at this time would have been a good time for the nobles and wealthy merchants to go on a spring outing.

The area around Lübeck, although not far from the sea. However, the Baltic Sea has very limited impact on the terrestrial climate. Therefore, the climate near Lübeck is closer to the continental climate. Unlike Aurich, because of its proximity to the North Sea, it has an oceanic climate.

So, in Lübeck, which is close to the continental climate, it seems a little difficult to wait for rain......

I waited for two or three days, but I didn't wait for the rain. Both Frederick III and Joakim I were irritable.

And at this time, Woolf. The 18,000-strong army of Esbrand and Saqqara, with more than a hundred ships, was already close to the mouth of the Elbe. It's just that, for the sake of secrecy, they didn't rush south, but temporarily anchored in the Las Vegas area of the estuary, ready to take advantage of the night to go south. Then, land at the landing point. So as not to go south too ostentatiously during the day and attract the attention of the enemy.

At the same time, 10,000 people in the north who pretended to be reinforcements were also gradually approaching the battlefield. Even the city of Hamburg has completed the recruitment of 10,000 people and began to go to the front line area to scare the Bossa coalition army.

With these 10,000 Hamburg reinforcements, the whole army knew that their mission was to frighten the enemy. Therefore, they would rather not really go to the thousands of troops to fight with the Bossa coalition army.

In fact, in the entire city of Hamburg, only a few of the most core elder-level councillors knew that these 10,000 people were there to cover for real reinforcements. As for the others, they really thought that the 10,000 men were just to scare and attract Brandenburg's army to intercept them.

The false information that Marin concocted was too realistic and very feasible to read. So much so that the vast majority of Hamburg officials believed the false information. In this way, the Saxony spy hiding in Hamburg also confirmed the "authenticity" of the false information through various channels, and risked his life to send this information out. On the night of the day that Frederick III's high-ranking spy hiding in Hamburg sent the information, the Hamburg city guard deliberately relaxed their vigilance and let the Saxon spy who was lurking in the house of a low-ranking councillor successfully send the information out......

In the big tent, the commander of the Bossa coalition, Frederick III walked around with his hands behind his back, frowning and thinking about the problem.

Suddenly, the voice of the herald came from outside the tent:

"Report! Scouts from the north have spotted the enemy! ”

Frederick III was shocked, and then ordered in a loud voice:

"Come in and say!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a Saxon scout entered the tent and reported:

"Report, Lord Elector, scouts of our army, near the village of Plonstov in the north, found a large number of enemy troops. It is estimated that there are more than 10,000 people. This should be the northern reinforcements in the intelligence. However, when the other party arrived at the village of Plonstorv, they stopped their advance, but stopped on the spot, and then set up camp on the north side of the Wadsy River, as if making a defensive posture! ”

"10,000 reinforcements? It should be the reinforcement that is half of the recruits...... It shouldn't be fake, right? Frederick III said skeptically.

"Report to the Elector, according to our observations, the probability that the other party is fake is relatively low. Because, in their ranks, we found dozens of artillery pieces, and a large number of iron ball shells! ”

Frederick III and Joakim I both had drastic changes in their faces, and they had been stunned by Marin's artillery.

So, Frederick III asked solemnly:

"Are you sure there are a lot of artillery?"

"Sure, we've seen it from several scouts, probably dozens. Behind the artillery, there were a lot of carts for transporting iron ball shells. It was precisely because of these artillery pieces and carts that carried the shells that the march of this army was very slow. ”

Listening to the scout's words, Joakim I said worriedly:

"How's that for good? Why is there so much artillery on the other side? You also saw the power of artillery. If they are flanked from both sides, and they both use a lot of artillery, I'm afraid we'll make a mess......"

Frederick III nodded and said:

"Yes, being fired in a salvo of hundreds of artillery pieces will really cause a lot of losses. In particular, the opponent's artillery is well-trained and has a very high accuracy! ”

"Why don't we go grab the guns?" Joakim I rolled his eyes and said suddenly.

"Grab the gun?" Frederick III was a little confused.

"Yes, grab the gun! Anyway, we're not at war with Marin's headquarters now. Moreover, they were also restrained by the two trenches they had dug themselves. We can take this opportunity to send troops to attack the reinforcements! ”

"But, we divided our troops, didn't we just do what that kid Marin wanted?" Frederick III said hesitantly.

"Don't be afraid, we'll divide 10,000 soldiers and horses. Anyway, the Hamburg army in the west is all fake. In the support army to the north, only 5,000 people are veterans. We only divided 10,000 troops, and we went to attack the reinforcements from the north first. Go back and fight the fake reinforcements in the west. In this way, we still have 40,000 people in our headquarters, and we are not afraid of Marin's fight. Moreover, for the time being, ignoring the false reinforcements from the west, there will be no delay. This army in the north, which consists of many artillery, is a threat! Joakim I said confidently.

Frederick III nodded, also feeling that what Joakim I said made sense. Still, he asked worriedly:

"And what about that Wadsi River? The other side is encamped on the north side of the river, how can our army cross the river? ”

At this time, the Saxon scout on the side interjected:

"Elector, the Wadsy River is just a small river, far from being comparable to the Travo River. We can build a pontoon bridge and allow the army to cross the river......"

"So? Okay, then pick 10,000 troops and set off, try to take the army to the north as soon as possible, and recapture those artillery pieces to shell the East Frisian army in Marin! Frederick III ordered.

"Yes, that's it! With that guy's artillery, bombard his army! Joakim I chimed in.