Vol 5 Chapter 98: Great Siege (11)

No one knows how the battle started.
For a whole day, Nikolai Joe Mazzini has been walking with people, walking, or walking.
This made him feel that his time to come to the Balkans was not too short, but probably this was the day he walked the most.
Except for non-stop walking, they kept going back and forth. More than once, their brigade received a new order after they had just walked a long time in accordance with the order issued shortly afterwards, or even though they clearly stopped. With the change of the order, he gradually found that he finally returned to the place where he originally started.
This constant tossing made Mazzini almost collapsed, which made him envious of those Agri and the local Balkans, perhaps because they were both mountainous. Eat and cry, at least in the matter of walking, whether it is the Pisa group, the Montina group or the Genoa sword and shield soldiers, not only are they far inferior to them, but more importantly, according to Macheney, if the Balkans are suffering Nailao, then the Agri people seem to have some fun.
Of course Mazzini didn't know that such a march was actually not a hardship for the Aggris. After all, compared with the rush from Montina to Rome in 2 days, this kind of march was almost just a circle in the same place. Marching is a lot easier.
However, this ease lasted only one day. When the morning light of the next day was just dawning, and the tired soldiers were still sleeping, the rapid trumpet sound awakened one after another. The dream of a soldier.
During his trip to the Balkans, Alexander was slowly planning to adapt his troops.
Although this experiment was only carried out in Agri and the newly formed Balkan regiment, Alexander had already decided that when the time was right, he would fully push this adaptation to his future standing army.
Unlike the Pisa, Montina and Genoa regiments, the Agris are the most trusted army in Alexandria, while the Balkan regiment is a completely new team that is completely unaffected by any forces. It is because of this that he can adapt to his wishes. Without being influenced by anyone.
In these two regiments, Alexander canceled the formation of the combat brigade that continued from the Roman era, which has gradually become unsuitable for the combat style, but instead established each company, each company named after the company captain. The company captain is not fixed.
The Agri Infantry Regiment, which was based on the old and new Agri, was divided into three companies of spears and spears and a brigade. The Agri Cavalry was separated from the Bohemians to form the Montina Army. The cavalry unit, as well as the hunting guards selected from the Agris, became the most important pillar of the Agri regiment.
The Balkan regiment is much simpler. Although the number is similar, it is simply divided into three companies. The Balkan regiment is undoubtedly stronger than the other regiments or combat teams in terms of number and combat effectiveness. Said that the bulk supply only needs to be collected from the Earl Lord, and no one in the Balkans is willing to be a bulk soldier, thinking that they must stay away from the front line and inevitably lose the opportunity to obtain more loot.
The reorganization of the company is undoubtedly more flexible and conducive to individual combat than the simple and inconvenient combat brigade in the way the troops are organized, and this change has already emerged in the battle of the Alger.
The Aggris were able to close the gap that almost collapsed in a timely manner, and the Balkans were able to miraculously get rid of the fate of being surrounded and annihilated after they were almost seduced by the Ottomans. Battlefield adaptability.
These are seen by Nikolai Joe Mazzini, but also aroused his strong interest.
Macheney tried to analyze and explain that there was no major change in equipment or the number of people, but the reason for the change after just regrouping. He even bought some precious paper with his salary for this reason. Those who keep writing and drawing on it want to solve these mysteries.
But in the end, after setting out the order of arrangement, Muccini's answer was only the change made by Count Montina to the two teams, which happened to arrange everyone into the number that can also play the most role. Of the team.
In other words, if the number of companies in each company is too large or too small, it will not allow the company to exert more power, whether it is the horizontal line of the spear or the column of the firearm. The armed forces, whether they are weapon power or flexible maneuvers, can properly play their greatest role.
Macheney sees this as a very strange and even subtle arrangement. He thinks that this method of allowing the army to exert much greater power than usual only by quantitative reorganization is really amazing, which makes him even He rashly took these calculations to Alexander and looked at it, and what he exchanged was the strange look that Alexander looked at him.
However, despite this, the generation of masters considered as the pioneers of modern statistics, Nicolae Joe Mazzini, is now only the team leader of the second team of the Montina Army Pisa Regiment.
So when the day was still dark and dull, Mazzini, who heard the horn, had to struggle with his men to get up under the blankets that had been heated, rubbing his arms that were still sleepy and rising, and took up his arms to prepare Continue to work yesterday-walk non-stop.
It was just that the next thing made Mazzini's entire body suddenly refreshed and his mind became sober.
Although he was as tired as everyone else, Macheni had his own analysis of the march of marches the day before. He felt that his army seemed to be constantly detouring around an area, but It seems that because of being blocked by something and then preparing to go back and forth again, this area has become virtually larger and larger, and his troops are farther and farther away from the main line of Montina, which is centered on the swamp. .
But today, Mazzini soon found that the direction of their march was straight and firm, completely penetrating the area with a diagonal line straight before.
"It seems that they have finally lost their patience," Mazzini guessed. He vaguely guessed that there might be a real battle next, so he immediately ordered his brigade soldiers to prepare. "There will be a fight soon. Fight, I hope God bless us. "
When Machini stopped and crossed his chest, and then used to bend over to touch a stone on the ground in front of him for good luck, Alexander just spread the Agrig in front of an open field on the west side of the marshland.
Opposite the open area is a section of mountain beam. Several undulating gaps cut the mountain beam into intermittent sections, and then the mountain beam turned a bend to the south and disappeared into the hills leading to the Danube in the distance.
Xi Sugu's army is behind the mountain beams.
After a whole day of trying to seize the opportunity by detouring each other, both of them finally realized that this method was useless, or that when the two sides chose to stop on both sides of the swamp by coincidence, they already realized When the other party ’s intentions are reached and prepared, this means that it is futile to try to easily bypass the enemy ’s flanks, and then squeeze the opponent down the Dembrica. The result can only be because the force is continuously stretched and thinned, so that even if the final roundabout success is successful, there is not much power available for attacking.
After realizing this result, the commanders of the two armies made a wonderful tacit agreement, that is, to stop this kind of hide-and-seek hide-and-seek and let the army cultivate for one night, then start fighting the next morning.
In the early morning of mid-April, there was a little coolness, and the ethereal chirp of the lark reverberates in the woods. The gentle morning breeze touches people's temples and feels very comfortable. The sounds of "Woo" in different heights.
Once there are many people's armor making this sound at the same time, the sound sounds a bit creepy.
Even if he stood far away, Alexander could still vaguely hear the rather unique sound, and many veterans who had stayed on the battlefield for too long often regarded this strange noise as a war dead who could not enter heaven. The cry of the ghost.
"In fact, it's just the wind," Alexander whispered softly, not knowing whether it was explaining to the person next to him, or telling himself, and then he looked in the direction of the marshland. "The Ottoman Did you give up like this? "
We must admit that the coalition forces are far inferior to the Ottomans in understanding the enemy. When Bayesert II and his men guess who the enemy will send to be their opponents, the coalition generals often still stay in the " In the impression of "Ottoman opposite".
Even Alexandria knew very little about the army of Bayestet II, but from a full day of battle, he already guessed that the opponent on the opposite side should be the one who fought with him on the Arge River. Ottomans ".
So when setting up the Agri group, Alexander began to be a bit uncertain, and after making up his mind, he was very worried.
The Agrig regiment was the backbone and core of Montina ’s army. Alexander believed that the Agrig regiment after many wars, especially those Agrig veterans who initially followed him, even the Balkans would follow themselves if they were defeated. .
But because of this, he cherishes these precious treasures even more.
When the Ottomans emerged from the gap of the mountain beam, there was a coincidence of a sun rising from the Dembwica River. The orange sun shone from the side of the battlefield, driving away the last haze. The shadow cast by the mountain beam was like a timid clown Quickly retreating, one figure at a time was thrown on the ground, being pulled longer and longer.
The dazzling sunlight made people unable to open their eyes, but they also showed countless armor to the dazzling brilliance. Both the Montina Army and the Ottomans were bathed in this spring's sunny and bright morning light at this moment.
"It's a good weather," Xi Sugu said with a smile to the people around him. His eyes flashed with excitement, and he seemed to be about to fight an enemy who could be called an opponent. It made him very happy. "This should be an auspicious sign. "
At the same time, Alexander was turning his head to look east, looking at the rising sun, wondering in his heart how many people in this land would never see this exciting morning after today view.
The Ottoman army approached from the distance, and Alexander quickly discovered a large cavalry figure running constantly between those Ottoman infantry teams.
"Anatolian light cavalry." Alexander said to himself gently.
Last time on the banks of the Alger, Alexander had noticed the strange performance of the Ottoman light cavalry in combat, which was a very obvious difference from the European army. The Ottoman cavalry was not concentrated on both sides of the front to harass the enemy ’s wing. Infantry cooperation is to attack the enemy in a way that seems complicated, chaotic, and practical, but has a well-structured step and ride.
The result of this method is often that after the cavalry charge, the infantry swarmed the gap formed by the enemy's formation, and eventually the embankment of the enemy's defense collapsed completely under the impact of the Ottoman dominant force tide, or the cavalry While the infantry and the enemy are entangled, they look for gaps and suddenly pierce the enemy line like a sharp knife. If it goes well, this sudden cavalry assault may even completely penetrate the enemy position with a close defense!
On an open field, what army will the Ottomans use to attack first, cavalry or infantry?
Alexander looked at the marshland again. At least at the beginning of the layout, the front of the two positions was still bounded by the marshland, and now no one can tell where the real front of the battlefield is.
A long horn sound came, followed by a continuous horn after another.
Alexander, already familiar with some of the fighting methods of the Ottoman army, frowned slightly.
Sure enough it was a cavalry. Obviously the Ottomans tried to use cavalry to approach quickly, and then used the cavalry's rapid and impact force to quickly open a gap.
Alexander gave orders to the heralding soldiers waiting nearby. With fierce drumming and the sound of the loud brass bugle, the Agri regiment moved forward with a tight square formation at a regular pace.
"Lance, advance ~"
The company officers standing on the side of the queue raised their swords, and with the hurried snare drums, the spearmen wearing half-body armours steadily extended their spears in their hands, and a dazzling and sharp jungle appeared in In front of the queue.
"With a gun in place ~"
A command came from the queue ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Looking at the peculiar "geometric flag" that fluttered in the Agri phalanx, Alexander whispered a few words to Busaco next to him.
Busako showed a little surprise, but he immediately led away.
At the same time, the sound of the horn on the Ottoman position had sounded for the third time. Even though the ground was soft, there was still a slight vibration that could not be noticed on the ground.
Anatolian light cavalry dispatched.
At the same time, a dark red figure also appeared not far behind the Agri phalanx.
Seeing that eye-catching red, Xi Sugu could not help revealing a little surprised look.
He recognized the force of the enemy who had resisted his army at a critical moment in the Battle of the Alger River.
Just as they chose to fight decisively on the flank, as soon as they touched, the two sides also came out with their trump cards.
The battle has just begun.