King of German Mercenaries

"My lord, there is no way to break through!" On the sea, Kidd, who was observing from a distance, said to Admiral Hupper.

"Well, it is really difficult to break through. By the way, Kidd, is there any other landing site on this island? I think it is difficult to force a breakthrough through this landing point..."

"Yes, there is also a small fishing port called Odesilde. However, that fishing port is of little value. And the senators, the gentlemen, have no interest in that fishing port. What they want to do is to destroy Denburg and Special The two most prosperous towns in Horunche, and the wheat fields in the countryside. I heard that a lot of winter wheat is grown on the island..."

"You idiot, I'm not asking about the value, but the possibility of breaking through! We can't break through Thorencher's defense now, so why continue to die? I mean, go to the fishing port and see if we can. No landing there. As long as we can land there, we can send troops to attack Thorencher from behind!"

"Send troops to land at Odysschild?"

"Yes, I don't believe that there is a small fishing port over there, and that bastard Marin also set up a few heavy artillery!"

...

Hupper's guess was really right, because of the progress of the project, the city walls and forts of Odysschild had not yet been completed.

Of course, the same 8 forts were all built. But old Johnson's clay mold has not been air-dried. So, Odysschild has empty turrets and no artillery that is needed.

In addition, the defensive wall here has not been built, but a foundation has just been laid...

...

When Kidd showed up near the quay of Odesschild with two warships and dozens of small fishing boats, the army of the coastal defense immediately panicked...

Kidd took courage and commanded two warships to drive to the vicinity of the Odessild pier, and found that he had not been shelled, and was immediately overjoyed...

He knew that artillery was not yet equipped here. In other words, landing here, without worrying about the ship being bombed and sunk...

Kidd rushed to Hooper excitedly and made a report:

"My lord, there is no coastal defense artillery over there in Odysschild, and there doesn't seem to be a tall fence over there!"

"How many troops are there?"

"This... subordinates did not send troops to attack, and I don't know how many defenders there are..."

"You idiot, this is not clear... Well, let's go to Odesilde and land there!"

"Yes!"

...

Soon, the Friesland fleet, under Hooper's command, turned east and then north...

When Franzberg, who was standing on the top of the Thorencher wall, saw it, he was immediately shocked:

"Oops, those guys probably know that Odysschild has no coastal defense guns! Quick, let Acting Captain Fried lead a company to urgently support Odysschild!"

Frenzberg immediately ordered a 250-man company to support Odesschild's defense. In addition, after he left enough defensive troops in Tholencher, he went to Den Burg himself, intending to mobilize Den Burg's men and go to Odesschild to assist in the defense.

...

Odysschild, here, there is not a single artillery piece on the Texel side. So, when the Frisian fleet arrived, Hooper could safely order the ships to bombard the shore without worrying about the ships being bombarded.

The 20 artillery pieces are not just kidding. Therefore, the 250 defenders originally arranged here were completely unable to withstand the shelling and could only hide behind the bunker.

However, in this way, the defenders cannot resist the landing of the Frisian army...

When a company in the defense arrived, the Frisian army, relying on small fishing boats, transported 600 soldiers ashore...

According to the requirements of ordinary training, the garrison officer Sardin of Odesschild and the captain of Fried's company who came to aid, west of Odesschild, where the Frisian warships could not be bombarded,

Positioned and let the sappers dig trenches in response to the incoming enemy charge.

Before long, Frenzberg personally led 200 musketeers to the reinforcements...

When 700 Texel fighters formed a simple Spanish phalanx, the landing of the Frisian army was almost complete.

Frisian soldiers, many from fishermen's families. They are very skilled in driving small fishing boats. So, after collecting enough fishing boats, they easily drove the fishing boats, approached Texel Island, and completed the landing.

2,700 Frisian warriors, led by Sivag, the commander of the Frisian infantry, were ready to attack 700 Texel warriors at any time.

When the Frisian army was lined up, Sivag sent 100 heavy cavalry to launch a tentative attack on the Texel army positions...

It is a pity that there were 200 musketeers in the Texel army ...

"Prepare - release -" Under the command of the musket company captain, 200 musketeers, behind the trenches and in front of the Texel spearmen, opened fire on the charging Frisian heavy cavalry...

The whistling heavy bullets flew towards the charging Frisian heavy cavalry...

"Boom-boom-boom-"

The Frisian cavalrymen who were shot one by one, despite wearing plate armor, were smashed off their horses by the huge impact and even flew backwards. The powerful kinetic energy of the bullet caused deep depressions in the plate armor of many people. And these metal depressions also caused the rider himself to suffer huge deformation pressure, and also caused the hit cavalry to be deformed by the metal, crushing many bones and causing serious injuries. Even when the heavy cavalry approached, the impact of the projectile was even greater. At this time, when the bullet hit the plate armor, it was no longer a dent problem, but a penetration...

As a result, the heavy cavalry, who were shot one by one, died miserably in front of the battle...

Of the 100 Frisian heavy cavalry that charged in this round, only 18 were lucky enough to not be shot, because the bullets smashed the dust machine, but they were not shot, so they were unscathed.

When they rushed to the front and back of the battle, they found two trenches and pickets diagonally forward...

Seeing that nothing could be done, the remaining 18 Frisian heavy cavalry, taking advantage of the gap between the Texel musketeers, fled back to the main line in a hurry...

And in the Frisian army formation, Siwager was stunned...

He never imagined that the powerful plate cavalry, attacking the infantry front, would suffer such a fiasco. Moreover, these 100 plate cavalrymen did not achieve the slightest victory...

After that, Sigvar dispatched the two-handed swordsman to launch another charge, but he was still shot back by the platoon of guns...

Originally, that's what happened. Even Frenzberg was ready to fight back. However, at this time, there was a light rain in the sky...

"Oops—" Frenzberg's face changed drastically. Because arquebuses are most afraid of rainy weather. Even a light rain can cause the match to go out...

Sure enough, the arquebuses of the musketeers were doused by the light rain...

Sigvar on the opposite side also seemed to have discovered this situation, so the Frisians were excited...

Once again, Sigvar dispatched 200 heavy armored swordsmen in a decisive charge...

This time, no musket could stop them. Therefore, they successfully rushed to the front. But two trenches and wooden pickets blinded them...

The Frisian epees bit the bullet and tried to climb over the trench and break through the wooden pickets. But the Texel fighters behind the trenches weren't dead either. As a result, the Frisian heavy armored swordsmen who wanted to climb over were stabbed back one after another.

However, because the Frisian two-handed swordsmen wore upper body plate armor and helmets, the Texel spearmen were also limited in their lethality. 100 heavy armored swordsmen who tried to cross the wooden pickets were stabbed back, and only 20 suffered minor injuries...

Seeing that the Texel army lost its long-range attack ability, Sigvar simply recalled the heavy armored swordsmen. Then, he moved the battle formation of the Frisian army forward as a whole to the vicinity of the Texel battle formation...

Obviously, the reassured Frisian army decided to fight with the Texel army to consume...

Seeing that it was getting dark, Franzberg began to feel anxious. After discovering that the musketeers were incapacitated, Frenzberg called the captain of the musketeers company Boren Steindorf in front of him:

"Boren, this battle is not easy to fight. Now, you musketeers are incompetent. So, I decided to give you a task!"

"Please speak, Master Phalanx!" Frenzberg was appointed as the Acting Phalanx Commander and is currently the highest commander on Texel Island.

"Because of the rain, it is impossible for us to defeat the opposing army. Therefore, we may turn to the defensive stage. I order you, the brothers who lead the musket team, to withdraw to Denburg first and store the muskets. Then, you immediately Go out of the city and bring more than 1,000 war horses outside the city back to the city wall to avoid being robbed by the enemy!"

"Yes!" Steindorf, who received the order, turned around and left, ready to execute the order.

"Wait!" Frenzberg hurriedly stopped Steindorf.

"Anything else? Your lord!"

"You sent some people to Yancheng by the sea, and ordered the salt workers there to withdraw into the nearby Thorencher. Remember, bring those cauldrons with you..." Franzberg suddenly remembered, Schwa Ci once said that Yancheng is an extremely important place on Texel Island. However, Yancheng has no city walls and no garrison. Therefore, it is safe to let the salt workers retreat into Thorencher, which is not far away.

"Yes!"

Soon, Steindorf, with his 250 musketeers, was ready...

When night fell, Steindorf took advantage of the darkness to quietly lead people away from the battlefield. And Frenzberg, with 500 spearmen, stayed to continue the confrontation with the Frisian army...

I don't know what the Frisians thought. Before the battle, the Frisians actually "invented" the javelin. They changed some broken spears, and the captured spears from the arsenal in the town of Odysschild, into javelins...

Sivag didn't want to rush into the heavily defended Texel infantry phalanx, so he sent Hercules to throw javelins outside...

Not to mention, dozens of Texel infantrymen were seriously injured by javelins. There was even a hapless Texel infantryman who was directly pierced through the heart with a javelin...

As for Frenzberg, there was no order for an army counter-offensive. Because he clearly knew that most of his spearmen were actually recruits. If you leave the cover of trenches and wooden pickets and fight against the Frisian army recklessly, you are in danger of being washed away. After all, the hundreds of epee warriors in plate armor on the opposite side were all very skilled in martial arts, not to mention lacking in courage. Once they break into the formation, the phalanx may collapse. Therefore, Frenzberg did not lead the attack, but stood firm...

As night fell completely, the Frisians also ceased their harassing attacks. As for Sivag, he captured several carpenters and blacksmiths in the town of Odessild and ordered them to rush to make javelins overnight, so that tomorrow morning would cause more casualties to the Texel army.

The Texel army, under the command of Frenzberg, did not move without authorization, but took turns to rest in front of the formation. When it was the early hours of the morning, Franzberg recalled what Marin once said, that this is the time when people are the sleepiest. So, he decisively ordered the army to withdraw from the trenched position, and with the surviving more than 400 men, strode to retreat to Denburg.

The Frisian scouts had apparently spotted their retreat, but in the early hours, not to mention the Frisian warriors, even the Friesian supreme commander, Siwag, was too sleepy.

After Shivag got up, he fell asleep and urged the soldiers to get up quickly and prepare to chase the Texel army. However, the Friesian army was poorly disciplined and could not be banned.

Therefore, after tossing for an hour, the Frisian soldiers got up one after another and completed the assembly.

When Siwager chased out with a group of yawning Frisian soldiers, Franzberg had already returned to Den Burg safely with his spearmen.

Even halfway through, Frenzberg brought old Johnson, his family and apprentices from the gunsmithing workshop in the south of Den Burg back to Den Burg to avoid them being kidnapped by the Frisians... …

After a night of tossing, Steindorf also brought all the horses outside Denburg, as well as some people who might help defend the city, into Denburg Castle.

At this point, the war on Texel Island has entered the stage of defensive warfare...

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