Looking at the slowly advancing Saxon infantry, Marin patted his head:

"I really want to forget something... By the way, it's a warship!" Marin finally remembered the warship he was ambushing on the Ames River. Because he had been staring at the movements of the Saxon army and responding, Marin almost forgot all the three warships ambushing on the Ames River.

So Marin quickly ordered:

"Quick, light the wolf smoke!" Then, the soldiers under his command began to light the wolf smoke on another high platform, signaling Captain Kidd, who was ambushing the Ames River in the distance, asking them to come and clear the Saxonian pontoon bridge...

After a while, the wolf smoke rose high into the sky, and Captain Kidd, who had been observing the direction of the battlefield with a telescope, saw it and immediately ordered loudly:

"Sailors, raise sails, hang oars, and enter the Leda River!"

In order to facilitate navigation inland rivers where wind is not too strong, the three warships led by Kidd not only had sails, but also installed some oars on the side to facilitate maneuver inland rivers.

However, in order not to be discovered by the Saxons, Kidd's three warships hid a little far away. So it will take some time to wait until they arrive at the battlefield.

Seeing the enemy's infantry approaching step by step, Marin began to feel a little nervous. However, what was even more nervous than Marin was the militias who were oppressed by veterans and walked in front.

Those militia were recruited temporarily. They participated in the war, on the one hand to make up the number of people and boost their momentum, and on the other hand, they were also responsible for serving the knights. Because, many of the 3,000 knights of the Duke of Saxony were poor wandering knights. When the knights went to war, they did not wear plate armor and horse armor on their bodies from the beginning. Many times, their plate armor, horse armor and cavalry were placed on horseback. Usually, they rode light horses and wore knight light swords.

After arriving at the battlefield, the knights put on their ships, put on horse armor, and with the help of the militia, they turned over their horses. Then, the recruited militia had to hand over the cavalry to the knights. Suddenly, a knight had a rifle and was destroyed by a rifle. After returning, the militia had to deliver the complete new rifle in time...

In other words, although the Duke of Saxony brought 20,000 troops, in fact, those with strong combat power were the 5,000 plate armor heavy cavalry and 5,000 regular infantry. The 10,000 recruited soldiers were a little better than the civilians who were purely engaged in transportation, and probably received scattered military training...

However, don't underestimate these militias. These militias are usually strong farmers in the countryside. They are generally more courageous than other farmers and are better at fighting. If they are fighting with the wind, these militias with some strength will also have a very strong effect. Once their morale rises, their combat effectiveness will not be much worse than that of regular Saxon infantry.

Of course, that is in the case of a battle against the wind. If you encounter a battle against the wind, it is hard to say...

For example, now, seeing the cavalry and men's charges are seriously injured, the militias who are forced to advance are actually very scared. However, fear is useless. If you refuse to advance, the spears of the regular infantry behind may be pierced a hole in them...

So, in Marin's telescope, the militia recruited them, walked forward carefully with a timid look...

Marin was so happy - it was really unprofessional! He didn't charge in front of the musketeers as soon as possible, but he was still moving forward slowly. Is he thinking he was dying slowly?

However, it is no wonder that so far, Europe has no large-scale use of muskets. Naturally, there are no tactics and attention points for muskets. Therefore, it is inevitable that the Saxons unconsciously use methods to deal with cold weapons troops.

It is even beneficial to dealing with cold weapons battle formations to move slowly. For example, it will bring strong psychological pressure to the enemy and make some psychologically fragile enemy soldiers collapse. Because, seeing the thousands of enemy troops on the opposite side slowly approaching, the inner pressure is indeed very great.

However, for musketeers who need loading time, they are hoping that the other party will run slower. In this way, they can shoot a few more rounds...

After the enemy arrived at the "aimable range" at a distance of 50 meters, the captains of the musketeers from various phalanxes ordered:

"Open fire!"

"Open fire!"

"Open fire!"

...

So, gunfire sounds one after another...

“Ah————”

“Ah————”

“Ah——————————”

The militiamen who were walking in front of Saxony were shot and fell to the ground, making shrill screams, making the Saxony militia who had not been shot even more nervous...

However, nervousness is useful... The next round of shooting is coming soon...

"Ba—Ba—Ba—Ba—Ba—Ba…" Another Saxon militia were shot and fell to the ground...

At the same time, the 50 three-pound cannons in front of the formation continued to roar...

"Swish--Puchi--" An iron ball-strike hit the Saxony militia. The militias facing the artillery positions facing Marin were very unlucky. Because they were hitting the muzzle...

In a blink of an eye, more than 20 iron ball shells hit the target... Not only that, the shells also penetrated strongly...

The worst time, there were 15 Saxon militias lined up in a row, and were continuously penetrated by a three-pound iron ball shell, knowing that the shell was stuck in the 15th man's belly, leaving a blood hole as big as a bowl on his chest...

During this process, many militiamen's heads, arms, or legs were directly smashed away by fierce iron ball shells. The scene was very bloody and terrifying...

Finally, some timid Saxon militia could not stand this fear and began to yell and try to escape backwards. However, what awaited them was the sound of the spearhead "Puchi" entering the flesh. It was obvious that the escaped people were executed on the spot by the regular infantry behind...

Advancing is death, retreating is death... In desperation, 5,000 militias (it is no longer enough at this time) had to continue advancing in the rain of bullets...

"Oh, haven't you collapsed yet?" Marin was very surprised. After several rounds of shooting, the opponent's combat losses were more than one-tenth. Logically speaking, this kind of recruitment should have collapsed. However, it was probably because of the 5,000 regular Saxon infantry who were supervising the battle later that threatened their lives, and these recruitment soldiers were still moving forward...

However, Marin was not in a hurry, but continued to watch the musketeers and artillery create death and fear for the other party...
Chapter completed!