The biggest mistake of Count Landi, the commander of the northern Swabian army, was to overestimate the enemy's strength and underestimate the enemy's intelligence.
In war, expect leniency from the enemy. Randy knew that half of the infantry of the Burgundian reinforcements came from prisoners in prisons. Such a completely improvised army could not be said to have much combat effectiveness. But even so, Randy still summoned more than 1,400 Swabian troops in order to capture the border as soon as possible. These 1,400 people were also improvised, but almost all were private soldiers (a small number of peasant soldiers) from various territories, so the combat effectiveness was naturally not too weak.
And Randy never completely got into the battlefield trap set by Art from beginning to end.
However, Landi made some mistakes in predicting the enemy's broad approach. The superiority of troops is not equal to the superiority of intelligence.
From the beginning, Art never thought about defeating the Swabians on the battlefield in the gap in the dense forest. Delaying time was his ultimate goal. Obviously, he achieved it, half way.
It was not that Randy had never thought that the Burgundians would attack the Wallonburg camp. When he first arrived at the battlefield and counted the number of enemy troops, he even sent a fast horse back to Wallonburg to have a look. No problem, there was not even a shadow of enemy soldiers within half a day's journey around Wallonburg.
However, a half-day journey is not a half-day drive.
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Southwest of the dense forest where the smoke billows, there is the Swabian garrison camp outside Walloon Castle.
"Reid, tell the infantry to stop chasing. Why are the few remaining enemies chasing them? Shrink all the infantry."
“Jafar, you and Lusignan immediately lead the cavalry to three miles to the northwest to establish a peripheral defense line. If the Swabian army returns to support you immediately report back and fight to delay time!”
"Klaus! Klaus! Where did Klaus die? Get Klaus back to me and ask him to lead the heavy armored infantry team into the city to garrison!"
should want to bring Klaus back to me; Soldiers! ‖
Hand of the Swabian garrison one and a half miles east of Wallenberg, Angus, the commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Jonah Border Guard Corps, had a hoarse voice. He dismounted and walked through the Swabian camp to seize the time to deploy his troops.
More than 500 people from the 1st Infantry Regiment, Heavy Armored Infantry and Cavalry, with the help of horses and carriages, used a very short maneuvering time to rush to the Swabian garrison camp where only 200 soldiers and 100 servants remained.
The Swabians were on guard, but the First Infantry Regiment's charge was fast and fierce. Under the impact of more than 500 elite infantry and dozens of cavalry, about 300 Swabians broke up and exploded the camp in a moment. Except for 20 or 30 soldiers who did not have time to escape and 30 to 40 wounded soldiers who could not escape, most of the Swabian soldiers escaped.
The Swabians fled, leaving a well-stocked military stronghold to the Jonah Border Guard Corps that descended from the sky.
The camp was very busy. Some soldiers were chasing and killing the Swabians hiding in the tents and corners of the camp. Some were carrying Swabian laborers to search for weapons and armor. Some were moving the Swabian granaries into the military tents. Bags of things were carried out, and of course a few profit-minded guys couldn't help but break away from the team and quietly sneak into the enemy's camp to search for property...
It was a carnival scene of the victors.
Angus had several personal guards around him sent to convey the order. He casually grabbed a soldier carrying a grain bag on his shoulder and said, "Stop! Which flag team are you from?"
When the soldier saw that it was the commander, he immediately threw the grain bag on his shoulder and replied solemnly: "Come back to the legion commander, I am from the third flag team of the legion, and the flag captain is Chief Tuba."
"Okay, go find your flag captain immediately and ask him to come here to see me!" Angus patted the soldier's shoulder.
The soldiers immediately turned around and ran towards Tuba who was counting the enemy camp's food and grass inside the military camp.
After a while, Tuba stood in front of Angus with sweat on his face.
“Sergeant Major, our flag team is counting the grain, weapons and armor loaded by the Swabians. The Swabians have basically taken away the weapons and armor, but there are still two military tents full of food, and there are also many carriages and livestock in the camp.” Tuba pulled up the corners of his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Angus glanced at the two military tents that served as granaries at the back of the military camp, with a smile on his face, "Now we are not short of food."
"But we don't have time to slowly count and transport the food. You immediately assemble Bangeda, Tredok, Andrew and yourself. The flag team of Walloon Castle set up a vehicle formation defense line under the north city of Wallonia, and asked the Weitz banner team to follow the heavy armored infantry team into Wallombburg fortification."
"By the way, let them move all the firewood from the enemy camp into Walloon Castle. Remember not to pile it all in one place, but to spread it out." A year's supply of food and baggage for an army of a thousand men is of course an exaggeration. There is no food for a year, but two or three months' supply of food, grass and baggage for a thousand men and horses is still no problem. In addition to food, the Swabians also left behind a full camp of military equipment and carriages and livestock...
It feels really good to rob something, especially from the wealthy Swabians.
But now is not the time to enjoy the spoils of war. Angus didn't know when the Swabians would return to rescue them, so he only asked people to take away the most important weapons and armor, food and baggage, and huge amounts of gold and silver money (which the Swabians had looted).
The soldiers of the garrison were quite organized and measured in their looting, but the defenders who came out of Walloon Castle to transport food and supplies went crazy. They were surrounded and beaten by the Swabians for a month or two, and they were almost going crazy. Now they suddenly turned around and looted the Swabian military camp.
As for the siege equipment, military tents and other items, there was no time to slowly dismantle and move them, but Angus was still a little reluctant to part with them. He arranged for more than twenty soldiers to prepare hay, kerosene, and torches to wait in the Swabian camp. If the Swabians did not come back, he would wait until it was safe and slowly send people to collect all the precious supplies. If the Swabian army came back to help, they would immediately burn those things. Anyway, he would not be able to get the Swabians back.
Under the north city of Wallonburg, the terrain is slightly flatter.
Several flag captains from Tuba and Bangada were directing more than 200 soldiers near the fort wall to arrange more than 40 strange-looking carriages end to end into a circular formation.
This kind of carriage is called a fortress chariot (note: special thanks to the Hussites), which is modified from a two-wheel-drive four-wheel cargo carriage (thanks to the Dean family's caravan). The top of the vehicle is actually a retractable defensive shield. It can be folded up to protect it from wind and rain. When fighting, it is lowered to form a defensive shield higher than the body. Three triangular shooting holes are drilled on the board. The crossbowmen can safely hide behind and shoot with heavy crossbows and bows. There are also several rows of holes on the side boards that are not much larger than spear shafts. When necessary, the spears can be extended to kill approaching enemies. The bottom of the vehicle is also equipped with a protective guard plate to block the enemy from crawling forward or the sneak attack of arrows.
The gaps between each vehicle are blocked by the infantry's heavy shields or thick wooden boards. When closed, they prevent enemies. When opened, they can also be used by soldiers who take the initiative to attack. There is a narrow door on the inward-facing guard panel of the chariot for soldiers to get on and off.
In addition to standing weapons such as a crossbow (the standard configuration is three, but the current armament is limited), fifty crossbow arrows, and twenty simple throwing spears, the chariot also has a fist-sized pebble in a willow frame. Although this thing cannot even touch the edge of the weapon, it is still somewhat lethal when used to hit the approaching light infantry. In addition to weapons, some auxiliary combat tools are reproduced, including: two axes, two shovels, two picks, two hoes, two shovels, etc. Axes and pickaxes can be used to cut down trees, make planks to replace damaged parts, clear roadblocks, and chop people. Shovels and hoes can be used in conjunction with axes to dig traps and horse-repelling pickets.
Hung between the wheels were several wooden barrels filled with dry sand and clean water for putting out fires and watering the horses.
The packhorses pulling the carriages were tied to wooden posts in the middle of the formation to drink water and eat grass. Except for the six soldiers preparing for battle on each carriage, the rest of the soldiers were also wearing armor and sitting in the formation to rest.
Angus, who had arranged his defenses, entered Wallonburg with several personal guards. The garrison commander of Wallonburg had already been waiting at the door of the lord's hall.
As soon as the Walloon Fort garrison commander saw the person, he immediately stepped forward to greet Angus warmly, "Man, we meet again. I heard that you have been promoted to a knight, and now I should call you Sir Angus. You have saved Walloon Fort again, and I should express my gratitude to you! I robbed the Swabian bastard today, and I will have a banquet prepared for you tonight!"
Angus also greeted the Baron politely, and then said seriously: "Baron, thank you for your hospitality, but we dare not relax today. The Swabian army is still not far away. My Lord has no intention of confronting the enemy head-on, so they are likely to turn back to the city. , we must immediately deploy the fort wall defense. "
This garrison commander of Wallenberg was the same baron who led the cavalry (sentry) led by Angus to resist the Swabian peripheral army on the stream hills east of Wallonia a year ago.
Angus still has some respect for this leading baron. In that battle, these leading barons still showed the courage and commanding ability that a frontier baron should have.
"Sir Angus, don't worry, I have already made arrangements. There were nearly a hundred soldiers in the castle originally, and now your elites have entered the city to fortify it. The Swabians will definitely not dare to fight hard."
"That's called a fortress chariot. It was created by my lord. It can be quickly transformed into a simple castle. It can defend against both cavalry and infantry charges, and it can also move..."
The defender baron exclaimed after hearing this: "God bless Burgundy. With such a resourceful and brave military nobleman as Baron Ater, we still have to worry about foreign enemies invading the territory. Sir Angus, please come with me to rest for a while..."