"Sure enough, the cavalry is still better to use!" After the victory, Jurgen sighed.

Today, without the cooperation of the black-shirted knights, the Cossack cavalry would not have dared to charge the enemy's spear formation. The only way to fight is to besiege the enemy spearmen by cutting off the enemy's supply lines. Wait until the other party is out of supplies and dizzy with hunger before launching a general attack.

This was also a disadvantage of the Cossack cavalry - it was not possible to storm the spear formation......

Don't look at the later generations to take the Cossack cavalry of the war when facing the infantry, but in this era, the Cossacks are really not easy to mix. Because, during the war, the European infantry had long since eliminated the spearmen and replaced them with musketeers with bayonets.

The musketeers were loaded with bayonets, and the total length was no more than a meter. With this length of weapon, the light cavalry with sabers was completely unafraid and even had an advantage. Therefore, after musketeers became the mainstream of European infantry, Tsarist Russia, which had a large number of Cossack cavalry, became the "steamroller of Europe" and crushed all beings. But in this era, the light cavalry was really not the main force of the charge. Because, in the face of the spear array, the light cavalry is absolutely blind, and can only fight and besiege. Otherwise, if you rush around, you'll have to wait for someone to pierce it and make it into a skewer shape......

Speaking of which, the spearmen were not afraid of simple Cossack cavalry. As long as the spearmen held out, then the simple Cossack cavalry was helpless. An elite veteran like a Swiss spearman can not only withstand the onslaught of melee cavalry, but also take the initiative to pursue melee light cavalry while maintaining formation.

But alas, this time it was not elite veterans who fought with the Cossacks, but conscripts with very poor psychological qualities. That's why Jurgen seized the weakness and broke it in one fell swoop.

In addition, this victory is inseparable from the cooperation of the black-shirted knights. When Jurgen was a scout in the First Legion, he had heard Marin talk about the theory of "arms fighting each other".

This battle, in its opinion, is the most classic battle of "arms restraint" - the spearmen restrained the melee Cossack cavalry, so the Cossack cavalry did not dare to charge directly; The spearmen, who had no ranged weapons, were restrained by the black-shirted knights who wielded muskets......

If the enemy has a group of ranged attackers, such as musketeers and archers, they won't win so easily today.

Therefore, the cooperation of spearmen and musketeers in the Spanish phalanx can be regarded as complementary - the spear formation can withstand the impact of the enemy's melee cavalry, while the musketeers can withstand the attack of the enemy's ranged troops......

In the same way, the combination of the Cossack hussars of the melee type and the black-shirted knights, who were mainly used for long-range strikes, complemented each other.

But this is also relative, if the Cossack cavalry meets the main part of the coalition army of the princes of the eight countries, it cannot be so easy and pleasant. Because, in the main force of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, there are both spearmen, long-range troops, and even many musketeers. If today's tactics were used against the enemy, it might not be so easy.

Of course, against the main force of the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, Marin did not expect the Cossack cavalry or the black-shirted knights to be the main force to charge. The reason why Marin waited for the Cossack cavalry and black-shirted knights to arrive at the front was actually that these cavalry were needed to encircle and intercept the enemy, so as not to leave a legacy behind. After all, the mobility of the Cossack cavalry, was very powerful.

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After annihilating the Southern Route Army of the Allied army defending the river, the Cossack cavalry, while guarding the pontoon bridge, sent messengers north on the east bank to inform the Third Army Corps, which was still near Las Vegas......

After receiving the news, Steindorff quickly led his troops south and went straight to the pontoon position.

At the same time, Arthas sent two cavalry regiments north from the west bank of the Elbe - not to attack the remaining 6,000 enemy troops defending the river, but to intercept the enemy's messengers and prevent the enemy headquarters from receiving news of the successful crossing of the Third Army......

Sure enough, when the two Cossack cavalry regiments went north, they intercepted and killed several groups of enemy messengers, successfully blocking the transmission of enemy news.

Otherwise, if the enemy had discovered the arrival of the Third Army and the Cossack Cavalry Corps in time, they might have sent a large army to garrison the other side of the Weser River and prevent the army from crossing the Weser River, a great river near Brewest. As a result, it was difficult for the 3rd Army and the Cossack cavalry to reach the battlefield in time.

Three days later, the 3rd Army arrived near the pontoon bridge and successfully passed it.

Subsequently, the 3rd Army Corps and most of the Cossack cavalry (the two Cossack cavalry regiments remained in the western part of Bremen to intercept the messengers) continued their march westward. In order to avoid harassment from the subordinates of the old nobles of Bremen, who had already joined the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, Steindorff led the Third Army and most of the Cossack cavalry, not through the province of Bremen nor through the territory of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, but through the territory of the Episcopal State of Felden, between the province of Bremen and the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

A few days later, the army managed to reach the city of Hanseatic Freetown, Bremen, in the southwestern part of the province of Bremen......

But to Steindorff's surprise, the Free City of Hanseatic of Bremen refused to lend a boat to build a pontoon bridge for the army......

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It turned out that in this war for hegemony, when the city of Bremen was in the team, it chose to stand on the side of the coalition of the princes of the eight countries......

Speaking of which, the city of Bremen is also an important city in the Hanseatic League. However, its status as an inland port makes its position awkward (at this time, the city of Bremen had not yet built the Bremerhaven seaport).

After Marin annexed the Earl of Oldenburg and the Bishopric of Bremen, the lower rivers of the city of Bremen were in the hands of Marin.

After Marin went to sea, the province of Oldenburg, in order to increase its revenue, set up a tax card on the Weser River, and barricades the river to collect toll taxes on merchant ships entering and leaving......

This move angered the city of Bremen, which regards the Weser River shipping as its lifeline. Because, this tax collection move is completely aimed at the city of Bremen, which is tantamount to bleeding on the city of Bremen.

Therefore, when the alliance of the princes of the Eight Nations attacked the North Sea Kingdom, at the suggestion of Charles, Earl of Geldon, the alliance of the princes of the Eight Powers promised to cancel the toll tax on the Weser River and successfully won over the city of Bremen.

When Marin returned home, he knew that it was inappropriate to barrage the river to collect the toll tax of Bremen merchant ships, but even if it was too late. Because, the Bremen people have already chosen to join the alliance of the princes of the eight countries......

Of course, the conflict between the city of Bremen and the North Sea State did not end with the toll tax. At the beginning, although Marin was friendly with the Hanseatic League, he only cared about making friends with Lübeck and Hamburg, the main and deputy cities of the Hanseatic League, and most of the orders were handed over to these two cities. The Hanseatic city of Bremen, which is closer to the Beihai Kingdom, has not even drunk the soup, and has long been resentful of the Beihai Kingdom.

This time, when the coalition of the eight princes negotiated with the city of Bremen, they not only promised to cancel the tax card on the Weser River in the future, but also promised to hand over most of the orders to the city of Bremen in the future. In this way, the Bremen people chose to side with the princes of the Eight Kingdoms and abandoned the Beihai Kingdom......

The 3rd Army wanted to borrow a ship from the city of Bremen, but was refused. The city of Bremen even planned to send all the ships on the pier to the other side of the river, so as not to cheapen the 3rd Army and the Cossack Cavalry Corps......

Fortunately, Alsace immediately sent cavalry to seize the dock of Bremen and capture most of the merchant ships in the port of Bremen, despite the artillery fire on the head of the city of Bremen......

Subsequently, hundreds of merchant ships, forced by the sabers of the Cossack cavalry, left the city of Bremen, moved a few kilometers to the north, and began to build pontoon bridges.

After the pontoon bridge was built, the 3rd Corps and the Cossack Cavalry Corps began to cross the river. Before the crossing was over, the two cavalry regiments that Arthas had sent to intercept the messenger in the western part of Bremen were also recruited back and crossed the river together.

Immediately after the passage of the Weser River, the army rushed in a northwesterly direction. A few days later, it approached the main battlefield......

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