More than 40,000 coalition troops, including more than 30,000 people, began to retreat noisily under the orders of the two Dukes of Henry, leaving only some of the people in front to continue to fill in the pits.

Looking at the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms who were retreating noisily outside the camp, Marin felt a great pity - at this time, if he sent troops to rush out, he would definitely be able to defeat the opponent. But he also thought about it. Because, this damn trench not only hindered the enemy from attacking the city, but also prevented the Beihai army from rushing out. Before the other side could fill in a few pits, Marin could only watch the opponent's army retreat in a hurry, but could not send troops to attack the opponent.

In addition, at this time, among the coalition forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, there was no general like Zhu Xu, and it was impossible to shout "The coalition army is defeated" behind the enemy formation. Otherwise, this is a European version of the "Battle of the Rivers......

In fact, at this time, if the Third Army and Cossack cavalry in the flank and rear direction suddenly came out, they could also defeat the allied forces of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms who were moving and making noise.

But alas, Marin did not have a walkie-talkie and could not give orders directly to Steindorff and Arthas. He had to release the pigeon back to Aurich first, and then Kohler sent a fast horse to inform Steindorff and the others. But it will take a day, and it will definitely be too late. Therefore, Marin could only watch the coalition of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms retreat in a chaotic and chaotic manner, and he could not take advantage of anything.

What Marin didn't know was that in the coalition camp outside Tucheng, Charlie, Earl of Geldon, stood in an inconspicuous tent, lifted the door curtain, and looked at Marin who was drooling upstairs in Tucheng and sneered:

"Hehe, I knew he was going to be excited! We retreated in such a mess, how could this guy who likes to sneak up not be impressed? It's a pity that their trenches doomed him to not be able to send troops and horses to attack us at this time. So, he could only drool and stare dryly when he saw it! ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" Munster, an officer of the Gerdon Earland, immediately patted his horse.

"Are we ready for our secret weapon?" Earl Charles asked.

"Ready, on the day of the war, it will definitely give the Beihai Army a big surprise!" Munster immediately straightened the question.

"That's good, when the time comes, this secret force will be led by you and will attack the enemy's artillery, and I will make that bastard Marin stunned!" After saying that, Count Charles showed a fierce expression.

It's no wonder that Count Charles hates Marin so much, once upon a time, he was still Duke Charlie. Moreover, he is a duke who is very strong in the whole of Germany. Facing the old powerhouse of the Duchy of Saxony in time, Charlie was also full of confidence and defeated his opponent.

However, in the face of Marin and his Beihai Kingdom, Count Charles was unlucky. first lost the West Friesland, which had already arrived, and then, against John, Duke of Cliffor, the weak chicken, actually lost......

How could the Principality of Weak Chicken Cripple outperform the strong Principality of Godes? The North Sea Army, which was not yet Marin, actually helped John the Duke of Cleaver fight as a mercenary, and finally invaded the richest area of the Duchy of Geddes, near the mouth of the Rhine. After losing the Lower Gedes region, the strength of the Duchy of Gedes was greatly reduced, and it was even demoted to the rank of a county, which made Charlie so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

You know, back then, he Charlie was under the strong pressure of the Habsburgs to restore the Duchy of Guedes and make it strong. Unexpectedly, he overtook the Habsburgs, but was planted in the hands of the newly emerging Marin......

Having lost the fertile region of Lower Guedes and the title of duke, Count Charles hated Marlin to the core, and longed to eat Marin's flesh and blood raw. However, he also knew that he was no match for the North Sea Kingdom. Finally, when Marin had the opportunity to "have an accident", he instigated the two Duke Henry and several other allies to form an alliance, intending to destroy the North Sea Kingdom in order to eliminate the hatred in his heart. At the same time, it also gives the country of Gelldon some territory.

Unexpectedly, Marlin's scourge didn't die, and he came back with all his beards, which made Count Charles furious. But it doesn't matter, because the army of the North Sea State has fallen apart. No matter how capable Marin is, an old legion and a new legion will not be the opponent of his own army of more than 40,000.

Moreover, Count Charles was not unprepared. In order to deal with the Beihai Army, he has prepared a killer ......

What's the killer feature? In fact, it is the musketeers......

After the defeat to the North Sea army, Count Charles learned from the pain and planned to reform the army so that the army of the Earl of Gairdon would be more effective and stronger. And as the army of the North Sea Country, which had defeated the army of Gedus, it was obviously the object of hard study by the army of the Gerden Country.

For this reason, Charlie, Earl of Geldon, sent spies and spent a lot of money to buy off the officers of the Beihai Army in order to learn the tactics of the Beihai Army.

But what he didn't expect was that when he bought the officers of the Beihai State stationed in the Sixth Army stationed in the Ruhr area, Count Charles not only obtained the method of arranging the troops of the "Marin Phalanx", but also accidentally learned the secret of the high grain yield of the Beihai State......

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Speaking of which, the country of Gelldenbeth is not close to the North Sea State, especially to the provinces of East Friesland, West Friesland, Oldenburg, North Münster and Schleswig, where fertilizers are used in the North Sea State. Therefore, the Gerdon Kingdom did not know the secret of the high grain production of the North Sea Country.

However, the captain of the Sixth Army Company who betrayed the secret of the "Marin Phalanx" of the Beihai Kingdom, in order to get more money, also revealed the news by the way, and attracted the attention of Count Charles.

Of course, the brother who betrayed the secrets of the Beihai Kingdom was very unlucky. While the Sixth Regiment was pretending to "return to Scotland", it was arrested and executed by order of Heynckes.

Therefore, Charles, Earl of Geldon, got what was actually a fragmented version of the "Marin Phalanx" - only the method of arranging the troops in the phalanx, and there was no training method......

Speaking of which, the method of arranging the troops of the "Marin Phalanx" is also quite good. Using this method, the combat effectiveness of the army can reach the level of the original historical "Spanish phalanx". However, Marin's method of training troops in peacetime has long surpassed the level of the Spanish phalanx and reached the level of training of modern European armies in the 18th century.

Strictly speaking, the tactical thinking of the Beihai army is close to that of the modern army. It's just that, at the level of tactical application, it is still at the level of the "Spanish phalanx" in the 16th century.

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After stealing the method of arranging troops in the "Marin Phalanx" of the North Sea Country, Charles, Earl of Geldon, began to promote it in the Gerdon army.

However, due to the current financial reasons of the Earl of Geldon, the Earl of Charles could not maintain the size of a standing army of tens of thousands as before.

In desperation, Earl Charles, who was short of money, could only train two phalanxes (2,500 people) of soldiers first, using the "Marin phalanx" invented by Marin.

In order to give full play to the power of the phalanx, Count Charles took out the old background of the original Duchy of Guedes and equipped the soldiers of the two phalanxes with 600 musketeers, so that the ratio of spearmen and musketeers in the two phalanxes reached a level of nearly 3 to 1.

Of course, the musket they used was still the most basic arquebus, not the clockwork musket that was now popular in the Beihai army. Mainly because, the cost of a clockwork lighter is too high. Count Charles is now poorer and cannot afford to be equipped......

That is, the main armies of the two phalanxes of the present Gerden Count used an earlier version of the "Marin phalanx".

However, even though it is only an early version of the "Marin Phalanx", it is still quite powerful. No, Charlie, Earl of Geldon, this time he plans to use this copycat version of the "Marin Phalanx" to surprise the Beihai Army after the start of the battle......