Vol 5 Chapter 117: Great Battle (30)

On the plains of Bucharest, Slobozia is a big city.
Although it is incomparable with the prosperous cities in the West that have been known for a long time, at least in the Balkans, Slobozia is second only to such big cities as Bucharest, Belgrade or Zagreb.
Like Bucharest, Slobozia is also located in plentiful waters. Three rivers form a river network, which divides the city into several different parts.
In addition to crossing bridges, the daily movements of the residents in the city have to rely on a flat-bottomed boat called Canod. This kind of daily life with windows opening on the water and going out by boat is quite similar to Venice. local.
Zepes had not been to Slobozia before. Before the age of 22, he was active in the mountains of Transylvania. He was supported by the loyal men of his father Vlad III. Escaped the enemy ’s pursuit, and finally found a good opportunity to return to his hometown and inherit his father ’s title.
So for this water city on the plains of Bucharest, Zeppes had heard it before but hadn't seen it in person.
So when he boarded a lighthouse under the leadership of several local soldiers and looked at the city of Slobozia in the distance, Cepes could not help secretly wondering about the city's complex and varied streets and criss-crossing rivers.
"We can use the terrain of Slobozia to fight the Ottomans," Zeppes now has some confidence. He believes that the enemies who have been chasing behind should not be so good. In strict terms, they may even be worse than themselves. After all, he can change the marching route at any time in front, and the Ottomans often have to go back and re-find the trail of the enemy after finding a way out, which means that the Ottomans must travel more than they did. Quite a lot.
And for two consecutive days, Zepes has discovered that apart from some Anatolian cavalry, most of the chasers are also infantry. As a result, both sides are actually facing a long and nonstop march Almost exhausted.
What's more, the Ottomans are fighting in the enemy's territory after all, which makes them more difficult to get supplies.
These various reasons combined, let Zepes found that this time seems to be the best time to fight the enemy.
The terrain of Slobozia is undoubtedly more suitable for defense. The rivers and complex urban environment greatly affect the mobility of the Anatolian light cavalry, even for those who are not good at dealing with this kind of water network city Ottoman. For people, this city is like a huge maze.
Cepes ordered the Wallachia army to quickly retreat into the city. At the same time, he ordered the temporary appointment of some soldiers who were familiar with Slobozia at that time as the flag bearers of the various combat brigades and let them guide those teams in Sloboz. The southwestern part of Zia relied on water channels to build temporary positions.
Cepes is going to defeat the nasty tail that has been chasing behind in Slobozia.
Just as the Wallachia were actively preparing to meet the enemy, Ruosha was taking her running team to approach Slobozia without any hassle.
Ruosha's mood is very good, which can be seen from the fact that she actually put on a dress with a local style on a whim.
This dress is woven with thick wool. In addition to the quite bright and exotic patterns, her skirt is a half-length model that has been dragged to the ground and will not be easily tripped on the corner of the skirt. A pair of round-toed boots that looked so stupid and even stupid wrapped her slender and soft feet tightly, and a large shawl was an indispensable accessory for this dress.
Ruosha likes this shawl, which is large enough to be used as a blanket. In fact, some local herdsmen do indeed use this shawl as a blanket, which will be covered on the body to protect against the cold at night.
Ruosha likes this shawl because she can cover up the short musket underneath by tilting it over her body.
Speaking of it, although that musket is a piece of art and not a murderous weapon, Zuosha does n’t want to arm herself like a wild girl with a long chest but no brains. A monster, let others watch the controversy.
The Countess of Cosenza is elegant and noble, and her body is always straight even on a horse, and it looks like a soft but not weak tree.
The mount walked forward listlessly, and Ruosha looked back to the team behind him.
Seeing that there were obviously many more entourages in the past, Ruosha's beautiful blue eyes bent down slightly, turning into two crescents with a satisfied new moon.
Nashan ran from behind the team, and there were slight mud marks on his clothes. This was accidentally splashed when he just punished a captive.
"Nashan, I want to say that you make me feel surprised."
Looking at this man who is slightly sloppy but full of a strange charm, Ruosha feels that she can understand why her mother was confused by this Bohemian.
The only regret is that this man is Sophia's father.
"You're welcome, those people can't be called robbers anymore." Nashan looked back at the team. In addition to the men they brought before, there was a group of people who were the robbers who attacked them.
Luo Sha felt that the attacks of those people caused her a lot of trouble. At least although the trivial casualties in the battle were negligible, but the ammunition consumed was an expensive loss.
Especially when it was discovered that the robbers had mounts, because of fear that they might be rushed into the car array, Ruosha did not hesitate to give the order to open the fire.
It was a battle that impressed both the enemy and us. Although the time was surprisingly short, when the musketeers were hiding behind the car gang and using constant consumption of valuable ammunition to drive away the fear, it was only a few consecutive After the second shot, the robbers were completely beaten and their armor was removed.
But even if this is probably because of tension, there are still many soldiers blindly stuffing bullets into the barrel, and then mechanically aiming at the empty empty space that has been filled with corpses and screaming wounded people ca n’t shoot until there is The leader's officer hurried to whip and yelled, "Stop, this is the Countess's money." When the soldiers stopped in a daze, they stared blankly out of their misfortune after the killing.
In that battle, Zuosha's men died 4 and injured 11.
And those robbers, according to Nashan, probably "have no roots."
In addition to the corpses on the ground and the severely wounded who were apparently unable to save, Miss Count Cosenza captured almost all enemies who survived.
All this will have this glorious record, completely because the soldiers panicked because they were nervous to see the tall battle horse heading towards them. After they could n’t hit the enemy immediately because of the tension, those who were big enough to aim naturally The easier mounts became the best targets for those soldiers.
Not many people killed, but the horses were almost completely killed. This is the first record of the first grenadier company of Kosenza.
Grenadier, this is Alexander's name for the world's first all-musket force.
Although there is only one company so far, Ruosha knows what this musketeer unit named Grenadier means to Alexander.
Although under the rule of Cosenza, the entire Grenadier Company was composed of Agri. Under the special arrangement of Alexander, the hunters in the southern mountains of Italy were gradually becoming an important source of his musketeers. .
It ’s just that unlike the hunting guards, the training of this grenadier company is more about how to rely on effective fortifications and bunkers to fight the enemy, rather than the hunting guards or the Agri phalanx. Oncoming rolling iron rides also face head-on confrontations.
The Agri phalanx, which is a combination of cold and hot weapons, is mainly composed of grenadiers composed of muskets. It is also supported by a hunting guard with maneuvering and firepower as an auxiliary force for step riding. This is the idea of ​​Alexander. The basic structure of the future army.
Now Ruosha is taking her first Grenadier forward to Slobozia without delay. According to the guide, as long as she passes the city, she will not be away from Bucharest Far.
A smoky wind blew, and there was a slight smell in the air. Ruosha frowned, took a beautiful bottle from the small cloth bag hanging on the skirt belt, and sniffed slightly under her nose.
In fact, this trip made her very unaccustomed. The bumps along the way, the dirty environment on the boat and the disgusting food made her very unaccustomed. If it was not the goods on the carriage, it was too precious, she just wanted to Just hand this business over to Nashan.
Nashan ’s mission in Naples was not very smooth. Although the Queen of Bohemia was the aunt of King Frederick of Naples, in the end, the messengers of Bohemia did not get the help they expected in Naples.
King Frederick did not care about his bohemian relatives. Now he only cares about his throne. The ambition of the French King Louis XII publicly just after he became king worried Frederick. He has sent requests to the Vatican more than once, hoping that the Pope will once again send a highly respected cardinal to Naples to announce his confirmation of his legitimacy as King of Naples. For this, he is willing to make a contribution to the Holy See. Pay a considerable amount of remuneration to the pope himself.
I just do n’t know why, but the Vatican ’s reaction to this apparently good chance of getting a lot of money is an inexplicable ambiguity, which made Frederick worry about another way.
In the end, the king decided to summon the nobles in the kingdom to form an army in case of a possible crisis, and Cosenza was an important candidate that the king wanted to recruit as much as possible.
It was just that Ruosha's heart had already flown to the distant Balkans at this time. When she heard that the Ottoman army was gathering in the Balkans, she made up her mind to take a trip in person.
Interestingly, the ship she used to transport arms and troops was protected by the Ottoman Navy when passing the Bosphorus. In addition to paying a generous boat tax, the entire voyage was not only unimpeded, even There is also the of the Ottoman Navy.
"These captives can all be sent to the plantations in Crete, at least so they don't have to pay extra."
Ruosha had such an idea at first, but when she heard about the origins of the robbers from Nashan, she started to think of other ideas.
The robbers were descendants of the Hussite followers who had failed in the Hussian war.
Ruosha was not interested in these Hussites, or, like most nobles, was very hostile to these rebellious farmers.
But even then she couldn't help but admit that from the stories she heard about the Hus war, she knew how brave and persistent the followers of the Hus sect.
This can be seen from the whereabouts of the robbers captured by her who would rather be handed over to the local nobles and churches than reveal their hiding villages.
Later, it was Nashan who secretly traced the trails of the Hussites who had come to hear his companions, and finally found out where the robbers' villages were.
The next thing became much simpler. The grenadiers used horse-drawn carriages as a fortification to block several exits of the village. After several consecutive breakouts and paying a heavy price, the only dozen remaining in the village Men can only take a large group of women and chose to surrender.
Ruosha ’s team has grown, but many of them are women, which affects the speed of the team ’s progress, so when she saw the shadow of Slobozia from afar, she did not know that she was heading into a tragic Battlefield.
Xi Sugu discovered that Zepes finally stopped running, after losing a few powerful scouts.
Those scouts rushed in front of the Anatolian cavalry as before to prepare for a close approach to the Wallachia army to carefully observe the enemy's route, but they did not expect to suddenly hit the Wallachia army that was already prepared to meet the Ottomans. In the middle of the position.
When they found out that the situation was not right and were about to retreat, they were surrounded by the Wallachian cavalry regiment who found their whereabouts. As a result, several Ottoman scouts were cut off their limbs, and even corpses that were cut into pieces were on horseback. Bleeding all the way back to Xi Sugu.
Looking at the torn corpses, Xi Sugu did not get angry, but ordered the army to stop advancing immediately, while observing the terrain that he could rely on to resist.
Xi Sugu ’s worries were not superfluous. Despite being exhausted, Koppes insisted that the Wallachia army launch an unexpected attack on the Ottomans.
The Ottoman army on the way had no idea that the Wallachians who had been chased with almost nowhere to escape would suddenly turn around and take the initiative to attack them. When Xi Sugu's order had just been issued, most Ottoman troops had no time to start the pursuit team. The Wallachia have suddenly appeared in front of them.
Cepes looked nervously ahead, he was waiting for the news brought back by his men. He did n’t know if his bold decision was too risky or even reckless. When he thought that the army that launched the attack might suffer major losses, Cepes In the heart can not help but suffer.
Facts proved that Zeppes's adventure was worthwhile. Although the Ottomans who responded to the sudden attack quickly responded, the Wallachia still broke through their hastily organized formation.
Perhaps it was too much resentment that was chased along the way and the continuous blows that had been passively beaten since leaving Bucharest stimulated the nerves of the Wallachia, who launched to the Ottoman army with a fatal madness charge.
The scimitars and sabers collided together on the vast plains, and the Wallachian cavalry in unique steps completely ignored the fact that their Anatolian counterparts were much more than them, and actively challenged the Ottoman cavalry.
Soon the small number of people, but because of an unexpected victory, a Wallachian army that penetrated the gap between the Ottoman left-wing squad and broke through the enemy's defense line, they shouted and struggled to force the single Ottoman army trying to break through Go, and stop until after rushing the enemy formation and pushing them almost completely into a nearby river.
But then the Wallachia acted cruelly. They began to shoot arrows on the river bank to the unlucky Ottomans who were struggling in the river water. Sometimes the sound of sporadic firearms rang from the bank, and then someone would fall down on the river water in response to the gun.
And for some Ottomans who are close or trying to climb ashore, the Wallachia have formed a short axe with leather on the end of the axe tied to the belt, shaking the axe with a burst The horrible noise made, a large piece of short axe headed towards the Ottomans.
The killing did not last long. When the other Ottoman troops came to support, the Wallachia had retreated. All they saw was a corpse floating on the river and red water.
The attack secured enough time for Zepes, and he quickly withdrew his troops into the city of Slobozia, while sending heavy troops to tightly control the entrances to the main roads.
"We are going to fight a small Bucharest battle with the Ottomans here," Zeppes announced confidently to his men. "If we can succeed, our achievements will be no less than defending Bucharest."
The Wallachians knew that the Grand Duke was right. Two days of chasing had made them know that the enemy in front of them should be the elite and an important general in the Ottoman army. This led them to believe that if they could defeat this enemy, they would definitely get the order. The honor that people envy.
In the early morning of May 12th, it was just dawning, and after several offensives were blocked by the Wallachia relying on the complex terrain of Slobozia, Sioux Valley ordered a team of Anatolian cavalry to walk along the vicinity of Slobozia The suburbs of the city detoured to the southeast, trying to find weaknesses that could break through the enemy's defenses.
On this morning, the plains were filled with cool morning breezes, and Anatolian light cavalry ran forward along the lush grasslands. Not far from their left, Slobozia was passing by quickly.
A light cavalry as a scout climbed a high in the distance. When he stood on the top of the slope, the cavalry suddenly uttered a cheerful whistling. He strangled the horse and turned back to his companion behind him, and then waved his hand. Take off the hat and wave it vigorously.
His move caught the attention of others ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Several light cavalrymen separated from the ranks and ran towards the high of the soldier's station.
When they ran halfway up the hillside, they suddenly heard that the cavalry on that seemed to make a cry of unknown meaning.
The voice sounded like an accident, but also like a doubt.
Several cavalry soldiers could not help looking up.
At this moment, they heard a dull gunshot from the opposite side of the slope, and then the light cavalry fell down from the horse and rolled down the hillside.
The Ottoman cavalry were taken aback. They pulled out their scimitars and urged the horses to move forward, but before they could ascend the high slope, a few horseback riders appeared on the slope.
A young girl wearing a very wide shawl stood on horseback, and she held a weird musket in her hand. On both sides of her, a row of black holes were aimed at the downhill An. Natalia Light Cavalry.
"Ottoman?" Zuosha said to herself in a strange tone, and then she began to order "shoot!"