Chapter 1349: Eight Princes Lack One
Marin was overjoyed to see that many of the enemy troops were beginning to flee. I am most afraid that someone will take the lead. Once someone takes the lead, it's easy to do......
So, Marin took the opportunity to shout:
"Surrender or kill! Surrender or kill! ”
"Don't run around, we treat the captives well!" Yes, Marin shouted out the slogan of the PLA in later generations.
Actually, the preferential treatment of the ghosts of the North Sea Country captives. The captives captured by the Beihai army were either exchanged for ransom or taken to dig rivers and ditches, and they will not feed you in vain. However, at this critical juncture, in order to reduce the loss, Marin does not mind fooling the other party. As for how to explain it afterwards? This is easy to do, give the captives a better meal - you see, when I say preferential treatment for the captives, I mean give the captives a better meal! No problem...... As for the hard work, it will be done in the same way......
After shouting, Marin hurriedly gestured and asked the soldiers on the side to shout together. The officers and men of the First and Second Legions of the Beihai State have long been accustomed to this kind of collective shouting of slogans, and they often sing songs in ordinary times. Therefore, the soldiers of the Beihai Kingdom, who did not rush to the front to fight, shouted with Marin:
"Surrender or kill! Surrender or kill! ”
"Don't run around, we treat the captives well!"
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Then, there were really quite a few people who believed it, threw away their weapons and surrendered to the troops of the North Sea State......
Of course, this is only the voluntary surrender of some people. Under the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, there are still many diehards. They refused to surrender and insisted on resistance. For such people, Marin naturally sent someone to send them to God......
The last straw that really broke the camel's back was the Third Legion, which came from behind......
It's not that the Third Legion is so strong, but because the place they attack is too good......
In this era, those who are generally placed behind are new recruits in the army or the old, weak, sick and disabled. And in the front, most of them are veterans and elites.
Therefore, although the first and second corps are more combative, it is still very difficult to face the veterans and elites in the front row.
However, the Third Army Corps, which launched an attack behind the enemy's rear, was facing the weakest recruits and the old, weak, sick and disabled of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms......
Although there were less than 8,000 soldiers and horses, a single charge of the Third Army crushed the recruits and the old, weak, sick and disabled behind the coalition army. After those new recruits, the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled were defeated, many of them even fled to the front, which seriously affected the mentality of the veterans of the coalition forces who were still resisting in front......
Moreover, Steindorff also deliberately drove away the defeated coalition recruits and the old, weak, sick and disabled in the rear, drove them forward, and deliberately let them storm the coalition veterans who were still resisting in the front row......
In this way, the morale of the original coalition army of the princes of the eight countries collapsed, and when it was rushed by the rout in the back row, the formation was suddenly chaotic......
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"Not good! We're done! Charlie, Earl of Geldon, knew it was the end of the battle when he saw the recruits in the back row and the old and sick begin to attack the veterans in front.
So, he decisively persuaded the two Dukes of Henry:
"Two adults, let's withdraw!"
At this time, whether it was Braunschweig - Henry, Duke of Wolfenbüttle, or Braunschweig - Henry, Duke of Lüneburg, their faces were full of ashes and their hearts were full of despair. Because, the knight troops they valued the most were all wiped out. Without those knights, not to mention the great reduction in combat effectiveness, even if they fled back, there would not be enough men to help them rule the place......
"Withdraw? Where can we retreat? My knights are all finished......" said Henry, Duke of Lüneburg in Brunswick.
Charlie, Earl of Geldon, anxiously persuaded:
"My lord, as long as we live, we will find our chance. Don't forget, many of the princes still support us! However, if he is caught by that guy Marin, then he will really be slaughtered! ”
Braunschweig, Duke of Wolfenbüttle, Henry's eyes suddenly lit up:
"What do you mean......"
"Let's break through and flee back to our capital! When we returned, we immediately appealed to the allied forces of the princes for help. By the way, Lord Henry, Lord Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, is your eldest brother, right? He is the leader of the alliance of princes. As long as we go back and hold on, and then ask him to mediate, not to mention that we can keep everything, but we can still keep our noble status. At most, cede a little land. However, if we are caught by Marin, according to the previous duel agreement, our feudal kingdom will be annexed! Charlie, Earl of Geldon, said urgently.
Braunschweig-Duke of Lüneburg Henry hesitated:
"But isn't he now leading troops on the Swiss side to confront the Habsburgs? Got time to save me? ”
Charlie, Earl of Geldon, was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood:
"You also said that it was a confrontation, and there was no real war yet. Besides, you're his brother-in-law, and he can still watch your fiefdom be annexed by Marin? As long as you can escape and hold out until Lord Frederick and the others return, Marlin will not dare to destroy you easily. It's really not good, it's better for you to go into exile in the Elector of Saxony than to be caught by Marin! ”
The two dukes of Henry were immediately convinced, and they began to call their elite guards and began to escort their carriages from positions where there were no enemy troops to the west......
At present, there are troops of the North Sea Kingdom in the north, east and south, and only in the west there are no troops of the North Sea Kingdom, which is suitable for evacuation.
Then, a row of eight luxurious carriages, surrounded by a large group of guards, fled westward......
However, the other seven princes did not notice that Charles, Earl of Geldon, did not stay in his carriage and evacuate with the army......
Count Charles knew that it would be difficult for him to escape this time, because the enemy had thousands of fierce hussars (Cossacks)!
Therefore, he never thought of evacuating with the noble horse convoy.
When the carriages of the eight princes were evacuated together, Charles, Earl of Geldon, changed clothes with one of his cronies in his luxurious carriage.
Then, dressed in the clothes of an ordinary soldier, he got out of the carriage and, quietly with a few of his cronies, mounted his horse, and fled to the east......
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"My lord, why are we running east? The east is guarded by the cavalry of the Beihai Kingdom! Earl Charles' guards were puzzled.
"Hehe-" Earl Charlie sneered and said:
"Look at it, those luxurious carriages with the flags of various families have fled westward, and the cavalry of the Beihai Kingdom will definitely intercept them!"
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Sure enough, after using the telescope to see the eight luxury carriages fleeing westward, Marin immediately ordered the cavalry to intercept them with his military horn.
In this way, the thousands of Beihai cavalry who were originally blocked in the east suddenly made a big circle and went straight to the west to catch the "eight big fish......
When Charles, Earl of Geldon, arrived to the east with a few of his cronies, the cavalry of the North Sea Kingdom was indeed no longer in the east......
"Your Excellency, it's really clever!" Earl Charles' guard said with admiration.
"Stop talking nonsense, let's run!"
Then, with a few of his men, dressed in inconspicuous clothes, Charles, rode past the side of Steindorff's Third Legion.
Steindorff wanted to send someone to intercept him, but now he only had more than 7,000 infantry under his command, and there was no cavalry, so he could only watch Charles, Earl of Geldon, and his men pass in front of him......
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Subsequently, the cavalry of the Beihai Kingdom sent to the west successfully blocked 8 luxury carriages and easily subdued the hundreds of princes' guards who resisted. At the same time, after seeing the eight princes fleeing, the coalition army of the eight princes also completely lost the will to resist and surrendered all.
However, what made Marin vomit blood was that one of the 8 princes captured by his cavalry was actually a guard who had changed clothes with his master, not the main one......
Then, Marin inquired carefully and heard that several horses had escaped from the southeast. Then, he immediately sent people to chase after him......
However, after fleeing to the south, Charles, Earl of Geldon, immediately changed course and ran westward. Therefore, the cavalry sent by Marin to the southeast did not catch up......
In this way, although Marin completely annihilated the enemy army, he only captured 7 princes and ran away from the most cunning one......
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