After a few rounds of artillery were blown, soon the earth shook the land with smoke and dust rising from the southeastern plain, and the dull sound of horses' hooves was heard......

The reinforcements that came this time were mainly 10,000 men of the 3rd Army Corps and 5,000 men of the Cossack Cavalry Regiment. However, of the 10,000 soldiers of the Third Legion, 2,000 were black-shirted knights with muskets.

In order to arrive at the battlefield as soon as possible, the commander-in-chief of the reinforcements, Steindorff, simply asked 2,000 black-shirted knights to follow the 5,000 Cossack cavalry and rush to the battlefield first. And the 8000 infantry in the rear, accelerated the march in the rear.

But the cavalry clearly outmarched the infantry, so 5,000 Cossack cavalry and 2,000 black-shirted knights were the first to arrive on the battlefield. How powerful is the 7000 cavalry? What's more, each cavalryman is still one man and two horses.

The movement of 14,000 horses running together made even the soldiers of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms in front of them were shocked, showing a confused expression.

Marin saw the confused expressions of the enemy soldiers through the binoculars, and immediately felt that he had an obligation to give them a wave of "popular science". So, he took the lead and shouted:

"Reinforcements are coming! We've won! ”

At this time, the veterans of the First Legion and the Second Legion beside him did not need to be reminded at all, but shouted in unison:

"Reinforcements are coming! We've won! ”

"Reinforcements are coming! We've won! ”

"Reinforcements are coming! We've won! ”

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The tsunami-like shouts of the mountains and tsunamis surprised the soldiers in the front row of the coalition army of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms, who were trying to organize a second wave of attack—what was going on? Then, many people turned around and tiptoed to look back......

Then, the soldiers of the alliance army of the princes of the eight countries saw that there were bursts of dust and mist rising behind the battle, and there was a very dense sound of horses' hooves......

And the 7,000 cavalry of the Beihai State who supported the battlefield did not directly charge into battle. Rather, it stopped at a distance, and then, a group of Cossack cavalrymen skillfully jumped from the back of one horse to the other. After all, the horse they had used to drive before was now physically exhausted, and it was not suitable to continue the charge.

Subsequently, the Cossack cavalry divided a small number of people and drove the transferred horses to the side......

As for the black-shirted knights, the same operation is being carried out. However, after changing horses, the black-shirted knights also reloaded their five muskets......

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Marin saw these through a telescope. Then, he frowned—this cavalry commander was useless......

They are all close to the enemy formation, and they are actually slowly changing horses and loading ammunition, which is simply a delay in the fighter!

Originally, Marin also planned to charge with the cavalry, flanking back and forth. And the cavalry attacking from the flank and rear should rush the enemy's flank and rear as soon as they come, disrupting the enemy's formation and causing the enemy to panic. Then, he just had the First and Second Legions charge together, flanking from both sides, and finishing the opponent at once.

However, the cavalry of his meow actually stopped in front of the enemy......

Marin wants to curse at the moment! He arranged for the Cossack cavalry and the black-shirted knights to come from the flanks and rear, just to surprise the opponent and then cause the opponent to panic. As a result, the officer leading the team actually stopped in front of the battle to change horses and reload...... Shouldn't these jobs be done from afar? You have to do it right under the nose of the enemy......

You must know that the role of cavalry is not only impact and mobility. In the era of cold weapons, the psychological oppression given by cavalry to the enemy was definitely no worse than its combat effectiveness.

Why did the Ming army always suffer defeat in the northern steppes? It's not that they can't beat it at all, it's that they're scared. Seeing a large group of cavalry rushing over, their first reaction was not to confront, but to run away......

And why does the wild boar Pinurhachi always boast that "the Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and more than 10,000 are invincible"? This is actually a kind of psychological warfare, a kind of psychological suggestion.

Obviously, Nurhachi knew in his heart that he really had to fight with the Ming army in terms of Houjin's belongings, and he would be defeated in a few battles. Therefore, he had to scare the Ming army so that the Ming army would run away when they saw them. In this way, the casualties of the Houjin army will not be so large. Therefore, he desperately advocated that "the Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and if it exceeds 10,000, it is invincible".

But in fact, the Jianzhou Jurchen and the Jurchen in history have nothing to do with it at all. The real Jurchens had already entered North China when the Jin Dynasty was established. And when the Mongols went south, they went on a killing spree in the north. Because of their hatred of the Jin Dynasty, at the beginning of the establishment of the Mongol Empire, the Jurchen Jurchen was basically killed. The later so-called Jianzhou Jurchens were actually Northeast Asian savages who occupied the homeland of the Jurchens and were misunderstood by the Ming Dynasty as Jurchens.

But Nurhachi was smart, and he realized that the Jurchen brand was very useful. Then, he pretended to be a Jurchen, and also trumpeted that "the Jurchens are not more than 10,000, and if they exceed 10,000, they are invincible." At the same time, his own population was not enough, so he sent people to the white mountains and black waters in the northeast to arrest the "raw Jurchens" (in fact, they were savages) everywhere to replenish the source of troops. Therefore, the Manchus and ancestors of later generations are actually the descendants of the hodgepodge of savages in Northeast Asia. And the real Jurchen tribe, many of their descendants are actually in the Central Plains. When the Mongols massacred the remnants of the Jin Dynasty, many people changed their surnames to Han to avoid trouble.

But Nurhachi's set is very effective, this kind of psychological warfare really scared the border army of the Ming Dynasty so much that they didn't dare to go out of the city to fight. But this set does not have much practical effect. After all, Nurhachi's strong men are only 60,000 people, and they can only claim hegemony in the northeast. What really made the Manchu Qing rise was Huang Taiji. He conquered Mongolia and got more than 100,000 thugs before he really had the strength to enter the customs. In addition, Huang Taiji incorporated the Han people into the Eight Banners of the Han Dynasty to further expand his strength, and later Wu Sangui brought 50,000 Guanning troops to take refuge. Otherwise, if you want to control the Central Plains with tens of thousands of banner soldiers, you have to be beaten out.

But in any case, the cavalry should be a surprise soldier, and it should be fast and accurate. If you have the opportunity, you should take advantage of the chaos to cover up and kill, instead of changing horses and reloading in front of the enemy's eyes, as you are doing now......

However, this practice of stopping in front of the enemy line to prepare and then launching a charge was popular in Europe. Plate knights, in particular, had to change their horses in front of the enemy. Otherwise, the war horse will not be able to bear it. However, Marin believes that this approach completely loses the "strangeness" of the cavalry and becomes stupidly just frontal......

Sure enough, as Ma Lin expected, after the initial panic, seeing that the 7,000 attacking hostile cavalry actually stopped in front of the formation, the mentality of the soldiers of the alliance of the princes of the eight countries stabilized, and they no longer panicked as they did at the beginning.

Marin let out a long sigh, knowing that he had lost his best fighter. Now, he can only wait for those cavalry to fight a good battle first......

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After the initial panic, the eight princes also calmed down. After seeing the 5000 Cossack cavalry in the front row, Charles, Count of Geldon, breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"The other side seems to be full of hussars (melee scimitar cavalry, a type of light cavalry), and we will definitely be able to repel them by sending knights to fight!"

"Okay, that's it!" Both Duke Henry agreed.

For hussars, several princes were no strangers. Because, next to Germany, Hungary is the hussar kingdom. Twenty years ago, it was the king of Hungary, Matthias I, with a large number of Hungarian hussars, who defeated the Austrian Habsburgs to the north and occupied Vienna.

However, the years of war between the Germans and the Hungarians for hegemony also made the Germans realize that the hussars could not defeat the knights in frontal combat. Of course, if the difference in numbers is too large, dozens of knights will have to fight the streets in the face of hundreds of hussars. However, if there is not much difference in numbers, it is definitely the knight with high protection who wins.

Therefore, the eight princes sent their plate knights to the rear of the battle to meet the hussars (Cossacks) on the opposite side......

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Marin, as for him, shook his head and continued to watch the battle through his binoculars. Because he had already missed the opportunity, he could only wait for his cavalry to hurt the knights of the alliance of the princes of the Eight Kingdoms before he could attack again.

But he had secretly made up his mind that after this war, it was time to replace the stiff-minded fool of Arthas......