After capturing Leuwarden, the cautious Bonitz did not send troops to Groningen. Because Bonitz understood that although the army of the Duchy of Gedes was relatively strong, the Saxony army was not that weak.
If the decisive battle in the wilderness, the army of the Duchy of Gerders might win with the Swiss tactics. But it would be different if the army of the Duchy of Gerders took the initiative to surround Groningen.
Originally, the combat effectiveness of the Saxon army was not very weak. With the cover of the tall and strong Groningen walls, even if the number of troops was greater than that of the Saxon army, the Groningen army would be difficult for the Groningen army to conquer Groningen. Because, under normal circumstances, only if there are several times the enemy's strength, they would choose to attack a solid city. What's more, the Groningen army has not reached twice the opponent's.
When the military advantage is not particularly large, it is obviously irrational to choose to attack Groningen. Even if it can be captured, it will suffer huge casualties. Moreover, according to the information, although George Duke of Saxony did not replace the iron gate for Leeuwarden, he replaced the iron gate for Groningen.
Why? This is George's East Friesian army in defense of Marin. As for the defeated West Friesian Resistance Army, George has long ignored it. That's why George changed the iron gate to Groningen City but did not change it to Leeuwarden.
Boniz knew that the Gerdes army could not conquer Groningen, which had an iron gate, so he did not think about taking the initiative to attack Groningen, but waited for George's army to come and attack Leuwarden. At that time, he could use the power of the Swiss phalanx to defeat the main force of the Saxon army. As long as the main force of the Saxon army was defeated, the opponent's morale was dispersed and the troops were greatly damaged, in that case, it would be much more relaxed and happy to siege Groningen.
However, what made Bonitz depressed was that there had been no news from Groningen. It turned out that Groningen's army lacked the number of troops and lacked the main heavy cavalry of the Saxon army, and did not dare to attack Lüttledon...
The Swiss phalanx was originally good at field battles, and there was actually no good way to attack cities and attack tough. Otherwise, the Swiss would not have been able to break through the two passes of the emperor in the Graubinden area for so long.
So, the main problem now is how to attract the Saxony army out of the city and let them fight with themselves...
Boniz wrote this question in a report and reported it to Charles II, Duke of Geders. Charles II also understood the truth, but he could not attract the Saxons out of the city.
So, with a try-and-see attitude, Charles II wrote a letter to Marin who was reluctant to leave in Munster City, asking him to help him think of a solution. After all, in Charles II's opinion, Marin should not have too many ideas. Although he is cunning, it is political. When it comes to war, Marin still has more ideas.
Marin was also surprised to receive a letter of help from Charles II in Munster City. After thinking, Marin quickly understood why the Saxony army was hiding in the city of Groningen.
In addition to lack of military strength and lack of confidence, the biggest worry of the Saxony army was that the army of the East Frieslanbe took advantage of their opportunity to attack Groningen.
Therefore, in order to trick the Saxon army out of Groningen, in addition to waiting for reinforcements from the Principal of Saxon, Marin also needs to ensure that he will not send troops to attack Groningen. Otherwise, the Saxon army would not dare to leave Groningen easily.
So Marin wrote a letter to tell Charles II that if we want to trick the Saxon army out of Groningen, we need to do the following three things-
First of all, we must ensure that the reinforcements from the Principal of Saxony are in place, so that the confidence of the defenders in the city of Groningen can be restored and that they dare to leave the city to fight the decisive battle with the Guedes army.
Secondly, the Saxon army cannot know the true background of the Gerdes army in Leeuwarden. Therefore, the Duke of Gerdes should send spies to Groningen to spread rumors, belittle the combat effectiveness of the Gerdes army, and lower the number of Gerdes army. In this way, the Saxon army in Groningen is more confident to go out of the city to fight. In fact, this is a kind of showing weakness, which makes the Saxon people mistakenly believe that they can easily defeat their opponents.
Finally, Marin needs to make a promise to George Duke of Saxony and never take the opportunity to send troops to attack Groningen. Only then will the Saxony people have the courage to leave Groningen.
After all, George was once captured by Marin and had a deep fear of Marin. Moreover, Marin was also a nobleman who lacked chivalry and often engaged in night attacks, sneak attacks, etc. Groningen was close to East Friesland, and George was very worried that Marin would take the opportunity to stab him in the back. Moreover, the combat effectiveness of the East Friesland State army was so strong.
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After receiving Marin's reply, after a long period of thinking, Charles II discovered that if Marin did not clearly state that he would not participate in the war, the Saxony army seemed to dare not leave the city...
So he wrote back to Marin and agreed to a peace agreement between Marin and George Duke of Saxony to encourage George to dare to send troops out of the city to fight the decisive battle with the Guedes army.
After receiving the reply, Marin wrote a reply to Charles II. In the letter, Marin suggested that Sivag lead the 3,000 Sifrisian Resistance Army, who are not strong in combat, go to the eastern region to wander. By the way, he will suffer a few more defeats...
Marin knew very well about the 3,000 West Friesian Resistance Army under Sivag. In terms of combat effectiveness, they could only be considered ordinary. Because the main force of the West Friesian Resistance Army who intervened in the battle had actually been consumed in the previous wars. However, in terms of escape, the remaining 3,000 West Friesian Resistance Army soldiers were all masters. After all, after a series of defeats, they could survive until now, and the escape ability of these guys was absolutely first-class.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, letting these guys go to the eastern West Friesland to flirt with the Saxon defenders, and then let the Saxons see the strength of the "West Friesland Resistance Army" war five scum, which will definitely help the Saxon army grow confidence.
When the Saxons came with confidence, and with their reinforcements arrived and Marin promised not to join the war, the Saxon troops would definitely leave Groningen and come to Leeuwarden to find the main force of the "Westfriesian Resistance Army" in order to fight to the decisive battle.
At this time, the powerful Guedes army fought a head-on encounter with the main force of the Saxony army and defeated the main force of the Saxony army. By then, everything would be a foregone conclusion...
If he is defeated and loses his main force, George Duke of Saxony will have to withdraw from West Friesland and hand over the territory here...
Of course, in the letter, Marin did not tell Charles II that George Duke of Saxony might be incompetent. However, he was the cousin of Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony, and the cousin of Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Emperor. Even if he was defeated, some people would support him in making a comeback...
However, to count it, Charles II's Duchy of Gedes was not without a backer. In the original history of the Guedes War, France was the strongest backer of the Guedes. In the early days of the Guedes War, the Guedes War was basically the Duchy of Saxony. If it weren't for the fact that Charles V, who had both Shinra and Spain, was too powerful, and was beaten with France, the Duchy of Gedes, who had successfully occupied Severesland.
Chapter completed!