The games of a few bear children gave Marin a great inspiration-who said towns can't lay ambushes
The town of Malham is special because the north and south are swamps. Therefore, the Roman Avenue in Malham became the only way to pass. Malham, on the other hand, is a long strip town with houses built on both sides of the Roman Avenue. Marin went downstairs to observe, and found that it was possible to ambush the enemy passing on the Roman Avenue behind the roadside house or on the roof. If stones are thrown from the roof...
But Marin turned around the town, and found no source of stones...
It's no wonder that Malham is located in the depths of a swamp, with a lot of mud, but lack of stones. So, dropping rocks from the roof, that's a good idea, but impossible. Unless, if you demolish the house, maybe you can get some stones. However, when the houses are all demolished, there is no shelter for our own troops, and the enemy can see them at a glance, so there is no such thing as an ambush.
However, after seeing a lot of firewood stacks for cooking behind every house of the local residents, Marin had an idea in his heart...
At the beginning, when watching a movie called "The Overlord of Western Chu", in the Battle of Julu, there was a scene where the Chu army lit a spherical haystack on the hillside and then rolled down the hillside and rushed towards the Qin army's barracks.
Marin thought that if the large spherical grass ball was ignited on the roof, and then pushed down the roof and pushed onto the Roman Avenue, then the enemy troops in the middle of the road would definitely cause chaos. It would be best to pour some oil on the haystack, which is difficult to extinguish... When the enemy is in a mess, the Swiss mercenaries will come out from the side alley... Marin laughed "hehe"...
In the era of cold weapons, once the battle formation is chaotic, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the enemy, or even massacred. What's more, the main battle this time is the strongest Swiss mercenary in the European cold weapon era.
Soon, Marin rode back to the city of Groningen and asked Zieg to take the Swiss mercenaries westward and follow him to ambush the Frisian army.
"Ambush? Just like the last time you attacked the French king?" Zieg was very interested. Although the Swiss were brave, they were not very good at tactics. The best strategy of the Swiss is to go around to the rear of Charles the Bold's army and launch a surprise attack like the Battle of Nancy. This is already the limit of the strategies of the Europeans in this era.
However, the Swiss like to learn, so Zieg is very interested in how Marin uses tactics, and he also wants to learn a skill secretly so that he can use it in future wars.
So, Zieg excitedly led 3000 men, followed Marin, and rushed to the small town of Malham when it was dark. At the request of Marin, the Swiss mercenaries drove out all the residents of the town. Then, a team of Swiss mercenaries gathered all the old, weak, women and children in the town to guard them. The strong men in the town are arranged to bundle the firewood behind each house into bundles, preferably into balls or cylinders, so that they can be easily thrown from the roof.
Malham belongs to the coastal lowland area, and there is a lot of rain. The houses are naturally sloped, high in the middle, and sloped downwards front and back to facilitate the rainwater to slide down. This is very convenient for people to hide behind the roof. When the Frisian army passed by the road, it was suddenly ignited and thrown into the opponent's crowd, causing chaos.
However, when Marin wanted to pour some oil on the tied grass ball, he ran into trouble...
It turned out that in this era, ordinary people in Europe did not have vegetable oil at all. Even if there is a little tallow, it is hardened and cannot be poured on the grass ball.
In the end, Marin found several barrels of olive oil in the largest restaurant in the town and in the homes of rich families in the town, but they were not enough. But Marin had no choice but to make do with it, watering less on each bale of grass balls.
Then, Marin directed the strong men in the town to build two stone walls on both sides of the main road on the east and west sides of the town. Of course, these two stone walls are very fragile and will fall if pushed. But this is also what Marin did on purpose.
These stones were all removed from the broken houses in the town. The reason why these two walls were built was to make it easy to tear down, so that the stones blocked the road and intercepted the Frisian army trying to advance eastward. Once the ambush began, Marin did not intend to let any Frisian troops pass. If they fled into Groningen, it would be inconvenient for Marin to attack Groningen. Therefore, stopping them all here is the best choice.
After the stone wall fell to the ground, rocks scattered all over the ground, which would definitely block the carriage and horses. Maybe a few infantry fled over the rocks, but that wasn't a problem.
Marin's biggest target in this battle is the nine Friesian MPs. As long as you catch them, all goals can be achieved. As for running away a few infantrymen, it's not a big deal at all, and it won't affect the overall situation. And as a member of parliament, he must be riding a horse or a car, and he cannot pass through the rocks. And it's not realistic for those gentlemen to get off their horses, climb over the rocks and escape on foot. These gentlemen, like modern people, are used to riding carts and riding horses, and are no longer used to walking. If they walk, Marin can also take the Swiss to catch up. After all, aristocratic clothing is very conspicuous and easy to identify. Moreover, when it comes to walking, these gentlemen are certainly no match for the Swiss mountain folk.
After fixing all the tied grass balls on the backside of the roofs on both sides of the road, Marin set up ambushes in several larger alleys beside the road. The task of these ambush soldiers is to intercept the enemy into several sections so that they can be easily eliminated.
Because the Roman Avenue in the town is only a few meters wide, it can only accommodate four or five people in parallel or a heavy four-wheeled carriage (a carriage that nobles talk about riding in pomp). Therefore, when the Frisian army passed, they had to pass in a long snake formation and could not form a square formation. In this way, it is convenient for ambushers to cut them into several sections and encircle them.
In order to hide the men and horses in the alleys, in several alleys where a large number of ambushes were hidden, Marin sent people to build simple walls at the entrances of the alleys to block the sight. Once the battle started, the ambush soldiers could rush out as long as they tore down the fragile walls. When rushing out, it was the spearmen who cleared the way and stabbed the enemies at the entrance of the alley. On both sides of the spearman, there are two-handed swordsmen and halberd soldiers guarding them. After clearing a space on the street, the spearmen lined up back to back in two directions, and advanced forward and backward.
The reason why the cover is arranged on both sides of the spearman is because the side protection is very poor when the spearman rushes out (the spear is too long, the street is not wide, and it is inconvenient to turn). Therefore, let the epees and halberds clear an open space first, and at the same time protect the spearmen's flanks. When the spear is cast in the direction of the street, everything is smooth...
In addition, behind the houses along the street, a large number of Swiss were ambushed. As long as an order is given, they will quickly run out from behind the house and form a formation to charge...
In the middle of the night, the scouts under Sauer's command came to report that the Frisian army had finished repairing. It will continue eastward tomorrow morning and arrive at Malham around noon tomorrow.
So, the next morning, after Marin sent a small number of soldiers and horses to send all the townspeople to the east village for resettlement, he began to practice the ambush. The main rehearsal project is how to let the Swiss quickly form a spear formation after rushing out of the alley. Then, how to resist the possible counterattack of the enemy forces on the east and west sides...
Half a day later, the Swiss basically mastered some ambush essentials, although not perfect, but barely enough. After all, this is an ambush of the enemy at noon, not an ambush in the middle of the night, and the requirements are not that high.
After lunch, Marin sent people to close the doors of all the houses in the town, and all the people withdrew to the designated ambush location...
And the Frisian army seems to have eaten in a village west of Malham, and now it is slowly walking towards Malham at a leisurely pace...
After entering Long Street, the Frisian found that the doors of the houses in the town were closed, but he didn't care much...
Because, the army of this era has a bit of a bad habit of robbery. So it was not surprising that the residents saw the army closing their doors in fear.
But when the Frisian army coach Sivager rode into the middle of the street, he found a lot of things wrong...
It stands to reason that it is normal for the residents to hide when the army transits the border. However, the residents should be fearful and curious about the military crossing the border. Therefore, there are always residents who secretly observe the army through the concealed windows and door cracks.
However, after walking for half a street, Siwager didn't find such a situation. The whole street was very quiet, as if there was no one there. So Sivager waved his hand and shouted:
"Stop! Send someone to the roadside house to see what's going on, why is there no one?" With an order, the Frisian marching team stopped.
In the distance, Marin, standing on the top floor of the church on the east side of the town, saw this scene through the telescope and knew it was broken. So, without waiting for the nobles' convoy to reach the center of the town, he could only order someone to ring the church bell in advance...