The ringing of the church bell was the signal for this operation. When the bell rang, the ambushers on the roof pulled out the small torches lit beside them one after another, and began to ignite the grass balls that had been prepared long ago. After the flame of the grass ball rose, it was thrown directly onto the road...
"Ah! Fireball! It's so hot!" In an instant, many people from the Frisian army crowded on the road were hit.
And because some olive oil was poured on the grass ball, the person hit by the grass ball will inevitably be stained with some oil, and then the flames will be difficult to extinguish...
In fact, the real damage of the grass ball is not great, because the oil on the grass ball is too little. However, hundreds of flaming grass balls fell, causing great confusion to the Frisian army. The Frisian soldiers avoided the burning grass ball, but the road was full of people at this time. In desperation, many soldiers broke open the gates of houses on the side of the road and hid in... As a result, the formation of the Frisian army was completely chaotic...
At this time, no matter how stupid Sivager was, he knew that he was being plotted against. It is a pity that there are too few cases of ambush warfare in Europe in this era, and the army generally does not have any standard coping strategies.
Faced with this novel attack method, Sivager had no other way but to order the soldiers to gather together and form a defensive formation. But leaning together is obviously not the right way. Because, the Swiss on the roof will try harder to throw the burning grass ball to the crowd. The denser the crowd, the greater the damage. Then, the team that had just gathered together was forced to disperse again by the fireball...
Seeing that the Frisian army was already in chaos, Marin ordered to ring the second round of bells. As a result, the ambush soldiers hiding behind the false wall tore down the fragile wall one after another. And the two stone walls on the east side of the town and the west side of the town were also knocked down...
At this time, about more than half of the Frisian army was trapped on the long street and in the roadside houses, and it was in chaos. Several groups of Swiss ambushes easily divided the Frisian army on the street into several parts.
But what made Marin depressed was that he saw the convoy of the Frisian nobles happened to be blocked outside the overturned wall on the west side of the town...
So, he quickly sent guards to send a message to the Swiss to chase the luxury carriages to the west. But Marin is on the east side of the town at this time, and it will take some time for his guards to run from the east side of the town to the west side of the town.
When Marin's guards ran to Zigger and asked the Swiss to chase those cars, the nine Friesian MPs in the car had already realized that something was wrong, ordered people to turn the car around, and fled on the way to and from... Moreover, they Followed by 120 knights who have not had time to put on the plate armor.
For Governor Fyskefrijheid and others, no matter how stupid they are, they can see that the army has been plotted against. According to the rumors of the Italian war, they were able to determine immediately that this was the handiwork of the little thief Marlin. Because the King of France was so unlucky back then...
In fact, except for the most senior Siwager and about 200 heavy armored two-handed swordsmen around him, those who were besieged on the long street at this time were basically cannon fodder spearmen. About 120 of Friesland's most elite knights and the remaining 200 heavy armored swordsmen were all guarding several carriages.
At this time, seeing that the situation was urgent, the big bosses didn't care about anything else, and directly asked their subordinates to escort them to Lüwarden...
It was also because of their decisiveness in escaping that they escaped unharmed. After receiving the letter from Marin, Zieg quickly dispatched 1,000 elite Swiss infantry and began to chase down the nobles' convoy.
However, they were desperately intercepted by 200 heavy-armored swordsmen who were abandoned. Although the Swiss finally solved the group of heavy armored swordsmen, it took a long time. Because the heavy armored swordsmen have high protection, the Swiss took a lot of trouble to deal with them. The halberds and spearmen joined forces to deal with them. When the Swiss tried to pursue them again, they found that the carriages and escorting knights of the Frisian nobles, as well as some fast-running Frisian light infantry, had already run a long way...
After all, the Swiss are all infantry, and many of them wear relatively heavy breastplates and helmets, and some cannot run. It was unlikely that they could catch up with the Frisian carriages and cavalry. The 200 Frisian heavy-armored swordsman who was considered an abandoned son before was also thrown out as an abandoned son because he couldn't run. And this group of guys actually accepted the fate of being abandoned, and still stepped forward to intercept the Swiss, which ruined Marin's event... Sure enough, they are ancient people, relatively stupid and loyal. In modern times, after being abandoned as an outcast, it is easy to surrender directly...
At this time, Marin's side was suitable for chasing down the Frisian nobles, and only Schwartz's 50 cavalry and Marin's 20 horse-riding guards remained.
However, these 70 people went to hunt down the convoy of the Frisian nobles, which was no different from delivering food. Because, beside the nobles, there are 120 knights with high martial arts skills.
Marin's subordinates are basically recruited from the common people, and they can bully the knights by relying on the advantages of numbers and battles in group fights. When it comes to personal martial arts, they are far behind those knights. Therefore, even if these 70 people rushed up, it would not be enough for those knights to fight.
Moreover, Schwartz has actually taken 30 cavalry to the east to monitor the movements of Groningen. If hundreds of people in Groningen rush out in a panic, they can report to Marin in time. In addition, Schwartz also had the task of intercepting the messenger sent by Groningen to prevent the news of the Swiss mercenaries coming to the west from being revealed to the Frisian army.
Therefore, Marin could only watch the group of Frisian nobles run away...
Fortunately, most of the Friesian infantry remained. Even the rickshaw carrying the plate armor and spears of the 120 knights was intercepted.
Seeing that the chase was hopeless, Zieg also immediately ordered the 1,000 people to return to the street to help clean up the remaining about 1,600 Frisian infantry on the long street that was still in chaos.
The Swiss put veterans in plate armor at the forefront, and the Frisian pikemen began to "kill each other". However, the Frisian spearmen had no armor, and their technical and tactical level was far inferior to that of the Swiss, so they were quickly defeated. However, the dying counterattacks of some brave soldiers also caused a small number of casualties to the Swiss.
The 200 heavy-armored swordsmen led by Sivage, protected Sivage, retreated into the courtyard where the richest man in the town, Felt, lived, and resisted stubbornly against the high walls of the courtyard...
At the same time, there were also a lot of Frisian light infantry, taking advantage of the confusion, quietly ran out from some small alleys that the Swiss didn't pay attention to, and then ran westward behind the house...
At this time, most of the Swiss were on the street, and they really didn't pay much attention to the people who escaped from behind the house, and they didn't care about it. In this way, about two or three hundred people took advantage of the chaos and managed to escape...
The rest, except for the Sivagers who retreated into the mansion, were slowly cleared out by the Swiss. However, there are still many Frisian infantry who had previously avoided the fireball and hid in houses or yards on the street, and it took time to search and clean up.
After surrounding Fürth's mansion, the Swiss charged several times, but were repulsed by the tenacious Frisian epee. Marin became impatient and ordered to stop the storm. Then, Marin ordered all the remaining grass balls to be gathered, and after being ignited, the Hercules threw them into the yard, burning and smoking...
In this way, Marin ordered people to throw hundreds of fireballs into it, burning the yard into a miasma of smoke, and dozens of Frisian epee fighters were burned to death on the spot...
Fortunately, the mansions of the Westerners are basically made of stones. If they were replaced with wooden structures in the East, they would have been burned to the ground long ago. Of course, even if it is a stone building, it is hard for people inside to be burned and smoked by so many fireballs. Many heavy-armored swordsmen in the courtyard were burned to death and injured because they were crowded in the courtyard and had nowhere to hide.
Seeing that Marin wanted someone to throw fireballs inside, Sivager couldn't sit still anymore. In addition, Sivager also knew that the general situation was over, and resistance could only lead to a dead end, so he asked for negotiations...
Marin didn't want to continue fighting, because in this ambush, hundreds of Swiss had been killed or injured because of the enemy's stubborn resistance. Although he didn't care about the life and death of the Swiss, it was stated in the previous contract that for the dead or injured Swiss, the compensation would be 40 gold coins for each dead person and 20 gold coins for the injured.
This clause was actually added by Marin on his own initiative. Because, at that time, the Swiss refused to play for him. In a hurry, Marin added this very generous, even unreasonably generous condition. Coupled with the double high price, Marin finally impressed the Swiss. But now, when Marin looks at the dead and injured Swiss, it is like looking at the bills to be paid, and he is very upset...
In the end, Marin accepted Sivager's surrender, and Marin also promised not to strip his clothes or search his body, and to give decent noble captive treatment. The remaining 120 heavy swordsmen under Sivager's command were all disarmed.
Afterwards, Marin asked Sivager to come forward and persuaded several groups of Frisian soldiers who fled into the residents' yards to resist...
In the end, the Swiss mercenaries brought by Marin captured 1,000 Frisians and killed nearly 500 Frisians at the cost of 47 deaths and 58 injuries. In addition, about 400 Frisian light infantrymen fled from behind the house in the chaos...
This refers to the results of the battle on the Long Street. In addition, there are 120 Frisian knights and hundreds of light infantry who did not enter the Long Street and escaped early. Most of them followed the carriages of the Frisian nobles and fled westward...