The Nancy region, which would later become French territory, is now the center of the kingdom of Lotharingia, and is considered the core area of the kingdom.

Otto set out with the Count of Werner, with a total of two thousand soldiers, to a place called Max Seville in the north of Nancy.

There is a densely populated village that looks like a large village, but now it is empty, presumably fleeing the war to escape their hometown.

The march of the Vilna army was quite fast, with a high proportion of cavalry, almost half of the troops, and Otto had been in the village for two days.

Otto was a little puzzled, how the enemy army that he had said to attack the Nancy area had turned into a picture of sniping enemy reinforcements.

Could it be that the ancestor of the Salian family was actually very cowardly, so he took the family all the way to the 11th century?

Soon, Otto knew he had been wrong.

The Count of Werner summoned several barons in the army for a simple battle meeting.

"According to the intelligence, Walter, Count of Nancy, with an army of six thousand, will soon attack us, and everyone is ready for battle.

I ask you to hand over all the command of your cavalry and knights to me, and I will take unified command. ”

Several barons, including Otto, had no opinion on Werner's request.

In this era, cavalry is a well-deserved king of the battlefield, and centralized use is the norm, so there is nothing to worry about and be reluctant to.

In these years, the private soldiers of the nobles are all from their own territory, and their loyalty is absolutely fine. Even if it is a king, it is difficult to take away the military power from the hands of the nobles.

Count Werner's gaze swept over the hands of several barons and fell on Otto's face.

"Baron Otto, among the few people present, you are relatively young, so let's work hard for you and lure the other party into a decisive battle with us."

Otto nodded and agreed, isn't it just a feint, it's not difficult. It seems that Timo Werner is preparing to show the enemy to defeat the opponent in a weak battle.

I just don't know if the Count of Nancy against him will be so easily fooled.

Although the number of 2,000 soldiers led by Werner is not large, there is no such peasant conscription among them, and the combat effectiveness is still very high. In addition, there are a lot of cavalry in the team, and if one is not careful, it is really possible that the six thousand people on the opposite side will not be able to defeat it.

"Baron Otto don't have to worry either." Werner saw Otto thinking silently, thinking that Otto was worried, and said with a smile.

"There are not many cavalry on the opposite side, and there are 6,000 soldiers, which seems to be a lot, but in fact, most of them are conscripts, and it is difficult to say whether they can get together weapons, and they can only fight the private soldiers of various nobles.

When His Excellency the Baron attacked, he brought the most elite cavalry and knights with him, which was enough to ensure safety. ”

Otto didn't have much worry in his heart, but he still thanked the other party for his concern.

After a brief battle meeting, according to the plan, Otto took his bodyguards, about 50 cavalry, and 100 infantry from Vilner, to lure the enemy south.

On the way south, before he saw the vanguard of the other side, Otto had already cleared out four or five waves of scouts who were asking for news.

Although these scouts are all extraordinary, there are still some gaps in the face of Otto's elite attendants, and they are powerless to resist at all.

After twenty miles away from Maxeiville, Otto finally met the vanguard of the opposing army, a force of about five hundred men.

Among them, the cavalry only looked like twenty or thirty people, and the infantry was basically armoured, although most of them were only leather armor, but they were obviously not levies.

When Otto spotted the enemy, the enemy also spotted Otto's troops, and soon formed an infantry phalanx.

"Young master, these soldiers don't have many spears, many soldiers seem to have armor, but their movements are a little flustered, and the speed of the formation is not fast, it should not have cooperated a few times, it is estimated that they are troops of different nobles, we can disperse each other with a wave of charge."

Wade only glanced at the phalanx on the opposite side before making a judgment.

Otto nodded, Wade is also a battle-hardened player, he naturally trusts the other party's judgment, and it seems that this is not the other party's elite.

It is good that he can defeat the enemy, but Otto has not forgotten his mission, he is here to lure the enemy, and he can only defeat but not win.

"Forget it." Otto resisted the temptation to crush the enemy in front of him, shook his head and said. "Knight Wade, I'll trouble you to command, remember, release more water, and pretend to be a picture of us trying our best to resist but being defeated."

Wade's face was a little regretful, it was a pity that such a good opportunity to brush up on his exploits. But since Otto had given the order, he had no choice but to do it.

In the first battle, after Otto made contact with the vanguard of the Count of Nancy, the "effort" was defeated.

After that, Otto retreated on his own initiative, and was supported by Werner's 300 soldiers, who also increased their strength to more than 1,000.

Fighting again, Otto was defeated again.

After two defeats, Otto retreated directly with his army to the villages near Maxever.

"Baron Otto, well done!" Werner couldn't help but praise. "With your two defeats, presumably the Earl of Nancy should attack with all his might."

Otto didn't have anything to be proud of, feints were defeats, what was there to say, just nodded and didn't say much.

The two skirmishes were feints, but in fact the Werner side also paid nearly 200 casualties.

Although most of them were not Otto's soldiers, one of the guards who grew up with him was shot on his horse and finally died, which still made Otto feel a little uncomfortable.

Otto also knew that this kind of thing was impossible to avoid, but fortunately Werner was more righteous and used his own soldiers, otherwise the loss of these two feins alone would have made Otto feel distressed to death.

But obviously, when it comes to the upcoming decisive battle, Otto's soldiers will definitely not suffer fewer casualties. Otto brought almost all the soldiers with horses, proper cavalry by the usual standards.

And cavalry is the key to winning this battle.

Perhaps, after the First World War, many of Otto's familiar faces will be buried forever.

As soon as he thought of this, Otto's mood became heavier and heavier, and he regretted it even more, is it worth paying such a big price for the sake of gaining prestige?

The arrow is on the bow, it has to be sent, and now there is no chance for Otto to regret it.

Only two days later, the Count of Nancy, with all his troops, came to the vicinity of Max Seville and launched an attack on the Vilna army.

Looking at the other party's chaotic banners and more chaotic formations, even Otto, a layman, had a word in his heart, rabble.

Yes, the rabble. Troops with more than a dozen flags are mixed together, you have me, I have you, Otto doesn't know how the commander-in-chief of the other side can do the order and prohibition, have such a high command ability and prestige?

Sure enough, after seeing this scene, Werner keenly caught the fighter, and without waiting for the other party to straighten out the formation, he pulled out his weapon and shouted.

"Soldiers, charge with me!"