Marin is an ambitious person, unlike Earl Alfred, who is clearly a guy waiting to die. In order to realize his ambition, Marin must have outstanding performance in the war.
Therefore, from the moment he arrived in Italy, Marin began to plan various matters. In fact, Marin knew the course of the war in the original history, and he could also propose some targeted solutions.
However, Marin did nothing and did not show himself in front of the commander. Because he was afraid that his own intervention would lead to changes in the course of the war. In that case, his foresight would be useless.
Therefore, Marin kept saying nothing, just watching the princes of the alliance discussing and arguing enthusiastically there. Seeing this group of princes, Marin suddenly remembered the plot of the eighteenth princes against Dong Zhuo...
The situation in front of me is very similar to that of the 18th princes against Dong Zhuo. The same multi-channel "heroes" gathered, the same high spirits, the same failure to oppose Dong (law)...even, Charles VIII, like Dong Zhuo, ran away unharmed Already...
Every time there is an officer meeting, Marin, as the lowest-level phalanx leader participating in the meeting, sits in the corner, wandering away, without saying anything. As for Earl Alfred, he didn't know what was going on, and he also had no desire to show off at all. He let the Venetians and Mandovans pretend to be aggressive, and he sat silently on the sidelines...
Marin seemed to feel that he was at a fashion show in Milan, where a group of Italians were putting on a show... Moreover, Marin couldn't understand their Italian. Marin only understands German, English, Latin, and Frisian (very close to English, taught by Mrs. Mary), but for Italian, he knows all the tricks... Don't look at Latin and Italian, both come from Italy, However, the two belong to two very different dialects with different eras, and it is difficult to communicate with each other. Therefore, Marin could only silently watch the group of Italians pretending to be bragging in Italian dialect, just like watching Hong Kong people use Cantonese dialogues in movies in his previous life, he couldn't understand...
Marin was not in the mood to listen to the Italian bragging, but recalled the specific plot of the only major battle between the coalition forces and the French army-the Battle of Fornovo.
Marin remembered that at the time of the battle, the French army had 8,000 French heavy cavalry and 4,000 Swiss spearmen. However, when Charles VIII was marching before, he lost all the heavy artillery, but he was reluctant to leave the gold and silver treasures.
But Charles VIII was not an ordinary person. When he found that the French army was blocked by 20,000 to 30,000 allied forces, in order to prevent the enemy from outflanking the enemy by relying on their numerical superiority, he resolutely scattered gold and silver treasures on the left and right wings of the French army. Sure enough, the hussars who attracted 6,000 coalition troops saw the gold and silver treasures on the ground when they were outflanking. Then, the coalition attack plan failed, and the French army also escaped the fate of failure.
Marin doesn't care about the issue of gold, silver and treasure. He became a mercenary to earn a title, not for money. Besides, when it comes to making money, is he a modern person afraid that he has no idea
Therefore, Marin secretly decided that he must make great contributions in this battle so that he can exchange titles with the emperor...
According to memory, during the battle, the Swiss blocked the impact of the Venetian infantry, while the light cavalry from Milan and Mandovan were busy picking up treasures. But Charles VIII was unwilling to fight with the coalition forces, so he left 4,000 Swiss spearmen in the rear on the night of July 6, while he fled overnight with 8,000 French heavy cavalry.
Moreover, Marin recalled that it seemed that there had just been a heavy rain that afternoon, and the road must be difficult to walk. If Charles VIII wants to run at night, he must not take the path. Because, his heavy cavalry is not suitable for walking on the path.
Then, Marin can be sure that Charles VIII's heavy cavalry group must have fled along the road that night. At night, everyone couldn't see clearly, and Marin estimated in his heart whether he could fish in troubled waters in this battle, and even stop the French cavalry group...
After repeated speculation, Marin felt that he seemed to be able to take the opportunity to stop the French cavalry group...
Right now, Marin also has 1,100 soldiers in his hands, although it is incomparable with the 8,000 cavalry of the French and cannot fight against them. However, it is still barely possible to guard the intersection and stop the retreat of the French army.
The most important thing is that the French lost all the artillery. Without artillery, cavalry cannot break through the spear formation. In addition, I will also arrange double trenches and pickets, which can completely block the French army.
Of course, it is impossible for these 1,100 people to destroy the French army. Therefore, while blocking the French army, I had to ask the coalition forces for help. If the coalition forces could send troops to attack back and forth, the French would have no choice but to fail.
For this reason, Marin began to train for night combat during training, and added a lot of subjects against heavy cavalry...
For example, heavy cavalry are covered in plate armor, and it is difficult to stab them with a spear. If the French heavy cavalry gave up their horses and dismounted to fight on foot, the spearmen would be really troublesome.
So, after thinking about it, Marin selected 100 Hercules from the phalanx, and under the leadership of Kahn, formed the "Warhammer Team". No matter how thick the plate armor is, it is still afraid of being hit by a hammer. After all, the shock force from the hammer can completely stun and injure a heavy armored knight. If it hits the head, it can even be killed with a hammer.
For this reason, Marin bought a batch of blacksmith hammers, replaced them with longer wooden handles, and let the "War Hammer Team" start training. In addition, Marin also selected a group of people with good ventriloquist skills for the situation where he could not see clearly at night, and asked them to simulate the voices of thousands of troops to scare the French.
It is indeed dangerous to use 1,100 people to stop 8,000 French "iron bumps". If the French learn about their details, why not kill themselves? Therefore, in other directions, it is also a good way to pretend to be a thousand troops and scare the French.
A few days ago, Marin personally presided over the night training. But a few days later, Marin handed over night training to Schwartz. And he himself took Sauer and Kahn to Fornovo to conduct on-the-spot investigations and draw a local topographic map.
Then, Marin returned to the Venice resident with a thick stack of parchment. These parchments are all topographic maps of Fornovo drawn by Marin himself, with contour lines drawn.
In the following days, Marin trained soldiers and horses every night, slept in the morning during the day, studied maps in the afternoon, and thought about combat plans...
What the unlucky Charles VIII didn't know was that before he evacuated from Naples, someone in Venice began to plot against him. Moreover, the calculation is the most fundamental 8,000 heavy cavalry in France.
You must know that these heavy cavalry are armed in France, not those Swiss mercenaries who "work for whoever pays". If this batch of heavy cavalry is damaged, France will definitely be seriously injured.