King of German Mercenaries

On the other side, the knights in black shirts were not idle. They kept walking on the side of the Saxon infantry, stopping from time to time, and using their carbine with a simple sight, they kept aiming at the Saxon infantry mixed in the rear to shoot.

There was nothing the Saxons could do about it. Because, after the knight in black ran over, he immediately stopped and aimed to shoot at a distance of twenty meters. And if the Saxon infantry left the battle line to chase, it was impossible for the infantry to catch up with the black knight.

As for the plate knights at the back to help? No kidding, the black knight would love to do that. Because, they can use the "kite tactics" "invented" by Marin to deal with those knights.

It didn't take long for more than 200 people on the flank of the 500 dismounted knights to be beaten like this... The remaining walking knights were all shrunk to the middle of the infantry phalanx, where the black knights could not hit...

The Saxon militia continued to advance under the pressure of regular infantry, but morale had been demoralized. At this time, the despairing Saxon militiamen were already full of despair on their faces. Because, if they move forward, they will die, and if they retreat, they will die...

Marin also saw the desperate expressions of those people through the telescope at this time, so he suddenly thought of a good idea...

Then the infantry of Marin's 1st phalanx suddenly and neatly shouted to the Saxon militiamen who were being forced to advance:

"Run to both sides! Run to both sides!"

Those Saxon militiamen were stunned for a moment, and then some people really started to run to both sides...

Then, the Saxon regular infantry who were supervising the battle behind were stunned...

Not only were they stunned, but even the soldiers under Marin were a little stunned—what's the situation? Why is the enemy so obedient?

What they didn't know was that Marin came up with a temporary solution after he noticed that the militiamen walking in front looked like they were unlovable. You know, these militias have little discipline. Originally it was a situation of certain death, but now, the opposite side suddenly reminded them - "run to both sides", which reminded them all at once - yes, it is death to go forward, and it is also death to go backward, but you don't need to die if you run to both sides. ...and then, it got out of hand...

Under the instinct of survival, those Saxon militiamen who had been used as cannon fodder ran to the two cannons one after another. The musketeers under Marin were also asked to suspend their shooting. In particular, they were instructed - not to shoot the tattered militiamen, but to kill the regular infantry who were well-dressed and armed as best they could...

Then, a farce just happened. Under the stunned eyes of the Saxon regular infantry, the Saxon militiamen threw away the dirt bags and wooden boards they were carrying, and ran to both sides with ease, unable to stop them... Although they killed some of the fleeing militiamen, The collapsed Saxon militia collectively fled, but they were helpless...

"Hahaha, I didn't expect those Saxon conscripts to be really obedient!" Kohler laughed when he saw this situation.

"That's why I don't bring levies to the battlefield—it's not very reliable..." Marin shook his head. Those conscripts, that is, and defending the city or something, it is too difficult for them to muster the courage to fight hard...

When the Saxon militias ran out, the 5,000 Saxon regular infantry were exposed to the guns of the Marin army...

Then, the people who died under the gun this time were the regular Saxon infantry... In fact, whether they were regular infantry or militiamen, they were also dead in the face of bullets...

However, the Saxon regular infantry did not collapse so easily. Seeing that the conscripts who acted as cannon fodder ran away, the commander of the Saxon infantry shouted:

"Pick up those dirt bags and move on!"

At this time, they were only a dozen meters away from the trench in front of the Marin army...

Then, the Saxon regular infantrymen in the front row picked up those bags obediently and continued forward...

The musketeers in Marin havetened to fire,

Many Saxon infantrymen who picked up dirt bags kept falling. But these regular infantrymen are well-disciplined after all, so after they fell, someone continued to pick up the bag and move forward...

The regular infantry's advance was much faster than those of the conscripts who were afraid of death. After the three-stage arquebus, after paying five or six hundred casualties, the Saxon regular infantry finally broke through to the front of the two trenches and began to move towards the trenches. Throwing dirt bags and planks in...

The first ditch was quickly filled, and then, the men moved on...  

However, by the time they crossed the first ditch, the musketeers were already loaded. At such a close distance, it is basically shooting against the chest. Even if the musket bullets are easy to fly, there will be nothing wrong.

So, after another round of three-stage strikes, thousands of Saxon infantrymen were shot down almost face to face...

However, enemy casualties are also valuable. In the second ditch, a lot of dirt bags and wooden boards were also thrown down...

At this time, the surviving more than 200 walking knights jumped out one after another, rushed to the wooden pickets behind the two ditches, and began to slash with their knives...

Marlin looked at it - it's okay, so he immediately ordered to focus on taking care of these bastards...

At this point, the two sides were basically face to face. Marin immediately ordered the musketeers to push down, and the lancers and the musketeers brushed past each other and reached the front...

However, when they stabbed the Saxon footmen with their spears who were slashing at the wooden pickets with their two-handed swords, they found that they could not stab...

But that's okay, because the Musketeers have dropped a lot of long-handled warhammers in front of the line...

So, the musketeers who approached the Saxon footed knights who were chopping down the slanting wooden pickets simply threw away their spears, picked up their long-handled warhammers, and started smashing the plate knights who were looking at the slanting wooden pickets...

In the end, although some of the slanted wooden pickets were indeed cut down, those walking knights were also repelled by the long-handled warhammer. Even, many plate armor knights who only looked at the wooden pickets before were directly smashed to death and stunned in front of the battle...

Then, across the wooden pickets, the regular infantrymen of both sides started a bloody battle of spears stabbing each other...

The two sides seemed to be evenly matched. The advantage of the Saxon regular infantry was their experience, while the spearmen under Marin were better than the first three platoons of soldiers who all wore chest plate armor and iron helmets with face masks, which provided higher protection. Also, Marin's spearmen are more densely lined up, more disciplined and more cooperative. So, although the Saxon infantry was more experienced, the two sides had been fighting for a long time. However, the difference in equipment makes the casualties of both sides unequal.

Because the two sides stabbed each other through the slanted wooden pickets, the Saxon spearmen could only stab the upper body of the Marin infantry. The lower body of the Marlin infantry was blocked by the slanted wooden pickets.

However, the first three platoons of infantrymen under Marin's command, except for the neck and arms, are all well-protected. Therefore, stabbing each other is very advantageous... Marin's spearman was stabbed, and at most suffered minor injuries. And those Saxon infantrymen who didn't wear plate armor were stabbed, and the injuries were generally heavy, and many people were stabbed in fatal places... .

It didn't take long for the Saxon infantry to be stabbed back...

However, the Saxon infantry did not retreat, but stood outside the range of Marin's spearmen, taking two steps forward from time to time, stabbed Lengzi with their spears, and then retreated. And Marin's spearmen, because of the limitation of the slanted wooden pickets, are not good at advancing, they can only wait for the enemy to come up... Then, the two sides are stuck there just a few steps away...

Moreover, Marin did not dare to switch to the musketeer. Because, the opposite Saxony regular infantry is also very cunning. If the spearmen retreated and replaced them with musketeers, these Saxon infantrymen would definitely take two steps forward and stab them with their spears. In front of the spearman, the musketeer has little resistance. Once you get close, you can only get stabbed...