Truth be told, after several big defeats, George, Duke of Saxony, seems to have learned a new skill as an escape expert. On each march, George and his most important thousand-plus Saxon knights were very close when they set up camp.

Moreover, in order to get on the horse quickly, the stables of the war horses of more than a thousand knights were arranged very close to the tents of the knights. In this way, get on the horse and fight...... Including getting on the horse and running away, it is very convenient.

For example, in this night battle, because of insufficient preparation, George also took his men to put on armor and ride on war horses in a hurry. Fortunately, he was a descendant of heavy cavalry, and the stables were nearby.

Therefore, George was able to easily take more than a thousand descendants of Saxon heavy horses, smoothly put on armor, and rushed out of the encirclement on horseback.

As for the others, especially the other plate armor heavy riders, because the stables were placed at the back of the barracks, they happened to be attacked by Ziggy's mercenary group, and they could not successfully obtain the horses.

Therefore, of the thousands of plate armor heavy cavalry of the Saxon coalition army, only George and more than 1,000 people under his command successfully obtained the mounts and broke out. The others were all trapped in the encirclement of the front and rear attacks.

Of course, the Saxon coalition has also caused huge problems for the Geddes army this time. This is because, during the previous attack on Groningen, after obtaining the tunnels of the Rysban family, the Saxon army did a few days of night combat training in order to capture Groningen at night.

So, the Saxon coalition was no stranger to night fighting. Therefore, even though there were many elite Swiss mercenaries in the Geddes army, there were still heavy casualties.

Speaking of which, in the night battle, the combat effectiveness of the Swiss mercenaries was weakened a lot.

In the end, the result of this battle was that George broke out with only more than a thousand Saxon plate armor heavy cavalry. Of the remaining 19,000 or so Saxon allied troops, 11,000 were taken prisoner. And the remaining 8,000 people, some died in battle, others died in the chaotic stampede of the night...... Of course, some people broke out, but quite a few of them rushed into the swamp.

Rushing into the swamp in the middle of the night, the chances of wanting to survive don't seem to be great...... Others broke through to the east and found a place to hide.

And the army of Gedess also suffered heavy casualties, about 5,000 casualties, which made Marshal Bonitz extremely distressed.

You know, the Geddes army is different from the Saxon coalition. Nearly half of the Saxon coalition army was a ragtag or semi-miscellaneous army made up by some small vassal states. During the night attack, those who died by trampling each other were the motley and semi-motley armies.

And the army of the Principality of Gedes, sent out, is basically elite. The elite suffered 5,000 casualties, which made Marshal Bonitz so distressed that he burst into tears. Of course, the three knife wounds on his body are also one of the reasons why he bared his teeth in pain.

But in any case, the Duchy of Guedes won. And, you'll make a lot of money......

Why? This brings us to the ransom system on the battlefields of Europe. The Duchy of Gedes captured 11,000 Saxon soldiers in one go, which was equivalent to a large ransom......

In normal times, George, Duke of Saxony, might not have ransomed everyone. For example, those ordinary infantry, especially auxiliaries. Saxony may not be willing to spend money to redeem it. The last time the Duchy of Saxony lost to Marin, it gave up a lot of auxiliaries and people.

But this time was different, because George didn't bring many authentic Saxon soldiers. Most of the more than 10,000 people of the Saxon coalition army were still in the city of Groningen, and they could not catch up with the main force of the Gedwes army.

In the regular army, the Saxon army actually numbered only a few thousand, and half of them died in battle. In other words, among these 11,000 prisoners of war, there were only one or two thousand soldiers of the Duchy of Saxony. The rest, most of them, were soldiers under the command of George's allies, including the remaining 2,000 Flemish legionary soldiers supported by the Habsburgs.

The Flemish warriors sent by the Habsburgs, this time the losses were also large, almost half. Those who are alive are also basically captured. In this regard, Marshal Bonitz had a toothache.

Why? Both Charles II and Marin stressed not to inflict too much damage on the Flemish legions of the Habsburgs. Otherwise, they will offend the neighboring powerful Netherlands.

It is not easy to offend a vassal state that is far away, and the other party wants to make trouble for himself, because it is far away from thousands of mountains and rivers. can offend a neighboring power, that is the rhythm of tearing apart on the border......

However, Bonitz had no choice. After all, when the night attack was launched, Bonitz himself went into battle. He didn't know if he would survive, so how could he kill a few fewer Flemish soldiers?

Besides, during the day, when the battle was in formation, it was still known that the Flemish corps was lined up on the left flank of the Saxon coalition. And when they camped in the middle of the night, how did the Geddes know where the Flemish legions were stationed?

Therefore, after a chaotic battle, the Flemish army also suffered a big loss, losing nearly half of it, and was captured as a whole...... Anyway, this feud, Guedes and the Netherlands can be considered to have a ......

Because of the loss of 5,000 elites, more than 3,000 of them were from the Duchy of Godes, not Swiss mercenaries. Coupled with the fact that more than 10,000 prisoners of war now had to be guarded, the Geddes army was unable to pursue George for the time being.

The most important thing is that the Gedse army does not have formed cavalry. It was very difficult to pursue George's more than 1,000 cavalry.

When Duke George fled with more than 1,000 heavy horsemen, he was also very decisive, and he did not put horse armor on the war horse, nor did he wear plate armor pants, because wearing plate armor pants, it would be difficult to get on the horse, and he needed to be supported by the attendants to get on the horse. But at that time, there was definitely no way to find an attendant to help. As a result, many poor wandering knights often don't wear plate pants, just like Marin did when he was wandering. Mainly, if you don't wear plate armor pants, it is convenient to get on the horse, and ...... directly let your subordinates put on a cuirass, bring a helmet and a weapon, and you can get on the horse directly.

Therefore, the Saxon plate armor heavy cavalry that escaped for their lives can only be counted as half a heavy cavalry. They didn't even bring a spear, they only took a saber and fled for their lives. And the infantry-based Geddes army wanted to pursue Duke George and his cavalry, which was a fool's dream.

Therefore, Bonitz simply did not chase, but trimmed on the spot. As for the military rations, there were still some in George's camp, about ten days' supply, which was twenty thousand people for ten days, enough for the Geddes army and prisoners of war to eat for a few days. These grains were all carried by the soldiers of the Saxon coalition army in their pockets during the pursuit, and they were not transported by the people, because it was too late......

After all, the marching speed of the people is much slower than that of the regular army. Before George was in a hurry to pursue, he asked the soldiers to carry a small bag of food on their backs every day, and launched a pursuit in such a hurry......