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After the failure of the attack of the heavy forces, the coalition forces, including Wallenstein, finally understood the strength of the enemy in front of them. The long war has made many generals militarily owned, and the military aristocracy in other places do not have the understanding. A strong army with cold weapons such as bows and arrows alone is not enough to fear. Because with the exception of a few people with outstanding talents, the vast majority of archers who have been trained since childhood shoot arrows that can be resisted by steel shields and high-quality full-body armor. It's just that the European military competition at this time has long passed the era of competing with car shields and heavy armor protection. A return to the military system of the 16th century will be a counterweight to the "pinnacle of antiquity" military systems that had been played by Europeans in the 14th century.

However, the fact that the opponent's guns were able to shoot heavy projectiles that even the real hoplites could not defend head-on while being within the range of specifications and individual weapons completely raised the military system to another level. You must know that in order for firearms to threaten the real sense of heavy plate armor, the Europeans have spent hundreds of years of effort.

However, the only thing that made the coalition generals happy was that the command of these powerful eastern enemies was too conservative, and they did not launch a fierce counterattack to crush their opponents after the perfect success of the defense, as many had expected. Otherwise, such an enemy army, which seems to be a replica of the English longbow in terms of artillery and firearms, and even longbow and archery, will be a nightmare for all European armies.

"Perhaps only night battles can really defeat those strong enemies, give full play to the superiority of our army in terms of strength, and truly defeat the opponents" The extreme prominence of those strong enemies in the east from artillery to guns and bows and arrows makes many people think so. Generally speaking, an army with a strong projection is often afraid of close combat or even night fighting.

Wallenstein, of course, did not give up hope of victory. As night fell, the mighty cavalry regrouped, ready to deliver a decisive blow to the mighty enemy with the true elite of infantry. Of course, in order to avoid accidental damage at night or early exposure of the target, like many armies in ancient times, when carrying out night attack missions, a small number of relatively elite forces in the original main force were usually selected to complete this kind of task. Therefore, the main force of the tens of thousands of coalition forces is only 12,000 or 3,000 assault forces that are really used for night battles.

In the distance, with the help of the cover of the woods, the Polish-Lithuanian army that was secretly gathering did not hide itself. The reconnaissance hot air balloon that had already risen into the air in Xiao Xuan's team had already heard the news that the enemy army had completed the combat assembly at night.

"Do you want to use artillery fire to wake up those enemies two miles away?" So said an operational staff officer in the Guards Battalion. Of course, Xiao Xuan knew that the starting point of saying this was not to want a real large-scale conflict between his own army and those enemy forces. Because then there is a high probability that the real combat effectiveness of the volunteer troops will be exposed. There is no doubt that the fundamental purpose of the volunteer troops' operations at this time was to effectively contain the enemy's offensive and avoid unnecessary casualties, and not to frighten the opponent in a battle.

Xiao Xuan did not order a night shelling. Attacking the enemy at such a distance with a large-scale artillery bombardment under the guidance of the light of the fire, just by the light of the fire, will still make the army of this era feel too unbelievable, and there is a high probability that it will scare the opponent back. Especially when Xiao Xuan learned that many of them were not Polish troops.

"Light a bonfire and let the archers and musketeers in the defensive direction deal with a possible enemy attack." Xiao Xuan ordered.

As the red-hot projectiles streaked across the night sky one after another indicated the direction of the attack, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves gradually sounded like a tide at night. At this time, a temporary trench about twenty paces away from the temporary breastwork position of the army led by Xiao Xuan suddenly burned in the direction of the enemy's attack, slowly illuminating the distance of about one or twenty meters in front and back. Officers and men in the front row carried steel shields on their low chests, ready to dodge side or projectile attacks that might fall.

As expected, the Catholic coalition forces also tried to launch heavy artillery fire and shotgun fire at night to minimize the threat they might encounter before attacking. Yet the bright light of the fire still seemed to pass through a moat. Compared to some of the battles they had faced before, the fire on the opposite side was not violent, but it seemed to be unusually calm and accurate behind the fire, as if those people did not feel that this was a battlefield, but a shooting range or an execution ground. Fearful of the thousands of casualties suffered by the elite night raiders, many of the front-line officers voluntarily stopped the attack, although the whole team still did not seem to have reached its limit.

"I think we have to reassess the fighting power of this formidable enemy, and they are probably not as simple as our army felt before."

"yes, they seem to be waiting for something. It would be terrible if the direction of the main attack of our army had not been leaked in advance, and all the strong enemies on the opposite side had that level... ”

At this point in the battlefield, a Swedish general left behind by Gustav, who had a keen sense of smell, was the first to express a similar opinion.

At this time, not many people accused the Protestant of being afraid. Because many of the generals of the Catholic coalition in the offensive said the same. But the Poles obviously did not want the coalition army to leave so easily, and after a moment of silence said solemnly: "You are all people who have led troops, and you all know what kind of cost it takes and what kind of cost a really elite army will face. Unless the entire Oriental people are a nation that is already very warlike, can these tens of thousands of armies have this level. But if a country with a strong folk culture since ancient times would it still be conquered by the Mongols and only recently won the three major khanates of Central Asia? Obviously, in the worst-case scenario, these tens of thousands of horses are likely to be the elite of those Orientals, and the reinforcements that are gradually approaching in the news are definitely not of this level。。。。。。 ”

"But the enemy artillery fire is so strong...

"No matter how powerful the artillery fire is, it will eventually run out of ammunition, as long as we organize enough manpower to bear the casualties and use fortification tactics to confront those people and trap them as much as possible, we will definitely win the final victory..."

At this time, Wallenstein was also a little hesitant, but in the end he chose to do everything possible to keep these powerful eastern enemies outside Warsaw, rather than marching into the heart of Europe.