Chapter 261: Performance
When Sivag received Bonitz's task, his face was very ugly. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he also knows the virtues of his subordinates, after several battles, the survivors are not the elite of a hundred battles, but the escape experts. However, because he is under the fence, it is not easy for him to refuse. Moreover, if the show of weakness succeeds, there is indeed a possibility of victory.
In desperation, Sivag had no choice but to take 3,000 "escape experts" to the eastern region to provoke.
After arriving in the eastern region of West Friesland, Sivag and his men performed in their true colors. This group of escape experts, in battle, is very life-saving. Even if it is an attack on a small town, everyone is scrambling to be the first to fall behind......
Yes, scrambling to be the first to lag behind. As for the people who rushed to the front, they were all unlucky people pushed out by everyone. Because of their lives, when fighting the militia in some small towns, those West Frisian Resistance soldiers did not contribute much. Often 3,000 people fight dozens of people, and it will take a long time. Moreover, most of the defeated militiamen were frightened by the momentum of the 3,000 escape experts, and after they retreated, the escape experts began to chase after them - this kind of dog-and-chicken situation was the favorite of these West Friesian Resistance soldiers. Because, the enemy was busy running for his life, not desperately, inflicting minimal casualties on them......
After a few battles, although some towns were captured and a lot of money and food were grabbed, the efficiency was really not high. Scouts sent by the Saxons, too, hid in the shadows and observed the poor performance of the West Frisian resistance.
In fact, Sivag also studied on the island of Texel for a while and knew the importance of military discipline. If they were really ordered to be forced to do so, the remnants of the West Frisian Resistance would not have behaved so badly.
However, this time, he is here to show weakness. Therefore, for those subordinates who are busy saving their lives, they don't care at all, and even encourage them.
With Sivag's connivance, the "escape experts" are busy comparing rotten ones one by one, and they look even weaker......
The Saxon scouts reported the poor performance of the West Frisian Resistance to the Saxon garrison of Groningen, General Hus, and advised the Saxon army to strike and destroy the army.
General Huss was cautious, though. He wasn't worried that Sivag's army would hide its strength, but that the East Friesian Lamber side would stab him in the back when he attacked.
After much deliberation, Hus finally made a decision - he sent Groningen's only 500 heavy cavalry to attack Sivarg's 3,000 "escape specialists". And the main force of the Saxon army remained firmly in Groningen.
Then, 500 heavily armored knights, with a group of levies, went out of the city......
Unexpectedly, although Sivarg showed weakness, he did a good job of reconnaissance. During his time as a prisoner of war in Marin, he learned to scout discreetly. So, along the way, his scout cavalry scattered far away.
After Groningen's 500 heavy cavalry left the city, Sivarg's scout cavalry quickly spotted it and hurriedly returned. The heavy cavalry marched very slowly, and not much faster than the infantry. But the scout cavalry were light cavalry and fast.
As a result, Sivag received early news of the enemy's heavy cavalry attack.
Then, in order to act in the full set, he deliberately put the battlefield outside a small town with relatively complete defenses. And in the town, he also sent people to prepare. For example, the roads connecting with the outside world are blocked, leaving only one exit.
Sivag deliberately pretended not to know about the presence of the enemy, pulled the team out of the town, and "encountered" the 500 Saxon heavy cavalry very close to the town......
Then, Siwag didn't fight, and directly took the lead in escaping, fleeing to the town......
The 3,000 "escape experts" under him also showed no weakness, although they were infantrymen, they all raced Liu Xiang and Bolt when they fled. Although the 500 Saxon heavy cavalry horses accelerated, they were helpless in the face of an enemy who fled so quickly. With the exception of one unlucky man who ran away spraining his foot and being trampled to death by the horses of the Saxon heavy cavalry, everyone else escaped back to the town without incident, and sealed the only exit from the town with stones......
Heavy cavalry cannot be used in places with complex terrain, and besides, the previous charge, the war horses are already tired, and the knights themselves are also tired.
In desperation, the Saxon knights dismounted and surrounded the town......
Because the horses were really not suitable for charging, the Saxon knights, after resting, simply wore a full set of plate armor and held two-handed swords, and began to attack on foot.
However, the obscene Sivag sprinkled all the roads in the town with debris such as stones and bricks. After the Plate Knights stormed the town, they found that they could not rush up. Because, under their feet, there is not flat ground, but a ruined street with many obstacles......
At this time, Sivag took out the nemesis of the Plate Knight, the arquebus......
Although there were not many arquebuses in the Siwag belt, there were still 20 of them. As a result, the Saxon plate knights who rushed in were wounded by more than a dozen ......
In desperation, the Saxon knights had no choice but to withdraw from the town with their wounded companions......
The next morning, the knights were well fed and ready to attack again, but when they rushed in, they were stunned to find that the town was empty......
It turned out that in the middle of the night, Sivarg and his men had fled......
The heavy cavalry was not suitable for the pursuit of the fleeing enemy, and in desperation, the Saxon knights had to retreat to Groningen......
When General Huss heard about this situation, he felt a little incredulous:
"Did they deliberately defeat the war?"
General Huss was not very convinced of the defeat of the West Frisian Resistance Army in Sivarg. Because, the other party has nothing to lose, and it can completely defend that town.
However, the other party fled, which made Hus have to suspect that the other party had deliberately fled to attract himself to send someone to chase him.
The more Hus thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible, so he sent a hundred auxiliary cavalry, that is, light cavalry, to reconnoiter and see if the other side had really withdrawn. In addition, it is mainly necessary to observe how the enemy behaves when retreating.
Hus was not a bad commander, and he knew that if the enemy retreated in an orderly manner, it could be a trap, and if he retreated in a chaotic manner, it would have been a real rout......
The light cavalry sent out soon brought back the news that the enemy had fled in disarray. Moreover, when they fled, they looked panicked as if they were being chased by jackals, tigers and leopards behind them......
How did they know that Marin had already designed this kind of "hasty escape" plot when he gave advice to Charles II......
Before he set off, Sivag took 3,000 of his men to rehearse this chaotic escape plot......
When Sivag received the information that the other side had sent light cavalry to observe, he began to give the order and let everyone run away with their legs. Of course, he still has 200 elite ones with him. If those light cavalry dared to chase and kill, they could also cope with the past.
Therefore, when everyone was performing the escape, it was relatively scattered on the periphery, and the core area was Sivarg with 200 elites ready to fight at any time.
Fortunately, the Saxon light cavalry did not attack rashly, but went back directly to report the news......
In this way, the report that the West Frisian Resistance Army was on the verge of collapse and that the whole army was fleeing for their lives was sent to Hus. Then, it was sent to George, who was far away in the Duchy of Saxony......