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Chapter 148 Arrangements Before the Battle
In the early morning of April 4, the north wind blew, and the weather was cooler than usual. There was a sudden light rain in the early morning, and thick fog formed when the sun just rose.

In the Allied barracks outside the city of Hausen, Prince Rudolf, Count Ansbach, Count Fürth, and Count Roth all had gloomy faces, and Count Eichstätter simply lay in the arms of His Highness the Prince. Crying all the time.

The good news is that the main force of Wessen's army has been transferred to Heim City as planned.

The bad news is that Earl Reese died in battle, and now the Land of Roth, Eichstätter and Reese are all occupied by Baron Wesson.

The worse news is that all of the fifty gilded knights kicked to Earl Rhys died in battle except for one who was missing. Since the missing one was a young girl, the fate might be worse than death in battle.

No one spoke in the tent, and everyone had their own thoughts.

Now Rudolph can't care about the beauty in his arms, he has no idea in his heart, and his mind is full of how to face the criticisms from the fifty families after returning to Cologne.

Count Ansbach was undecided, uncertain whether Frederick would reinforce the city of Hausen next, or attack his hometown by detour.

Earl Roth has regained his mental balance. Now he is not alone and has no home. At least he is better than Rees, and his life is still alive.

Earl Eichstätter can't do anything but cry now, and leading troops to fight is beyond his ability.

Earl Felt was much calmer. His home was far away, and Baron Wesson probably wouldn't go there.

No one put forward any opinions or suggestions on the current battle situation. Precious time just passed by little by little, and nearly 3 people had nothing to do in the camp.

Everyone doesn't think there is any problem with this. The pace of pastoral agricultural life is slow. Even though Frederick fought almost a battle of annihilation every day, people's thinking inertia has not changed because of this.

When the fog completely dissipated, Ansbach finally made up his mind and said to Rudolph: "Build the siege engine today, and attack the city of Hausen tomorrow. If there is also heavy fog tomorrow morning, we will take advantage of the fog to approach the city wall."

Rudolph was still thinking about how to explain to everyone when he went back, so he nodded in agreement without thinking about it.

At the same time, Frederick, Franz Jr. and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Led by Jules, the butler of the former Earl of Reese, the army walked through the mountains in the fog and arrived at the junction of the Ansbach Territory and the Wessen Territory. There are mountains to the west and rivers to the east. The passage in the middle is about 1.5 kilometers wide, the main road connecting the two places is in the middle.

The plan of Frederick and Franz Jr. was very simple. Relying on the favorable terrain at the foot of the mountain, they would fight head-to-head with the enemy's main force.

The main force of the enemy on the opposite side is more than 1 infantry, more than 1000 cavalry, about [-] tin cans and [-] magicians.

The maximum number of mobilized mobile forces in the Wessen area is about 1, including 4000 in the two main regiments and about 6000 in the main militia.

At present, part of the basic militia is scattered to the newly laid places for defense. In this battle, 3000 people can be arranged to defend the flanks and 1000 people to defend the rear.

As long as Wesson leads the army to defeat this large group of enemies head-on, it will form a situation of "one punch is enough to avoid a hundred punches", which will prevent potential enemies from easily thinking of using force, and at the same time enhance the self-confidence of the old and new territories and a sense of security.

On the afternoon of the 22nd, Wei Sen led the army to enter the position after a full rest in the mountains and began to build fortifications.

A convoy returning to Ansbach to deliver supplies was dispersed by the cavalry company, and the Earl of Ansbach and others discovered that the enemy had appeared five kilometers behind him.

"What should we do?" Rudolph was a little flustered. He was surrounded by Hessen City in front of him, and the Wessen Army that had conquered three cities in a row. On the left and right were rivers and mountains.

Earl Ansbach said in a deep voice: "There is no other way. To break through tomorrow morning, as long as Wesen's main force is defeated, everything will be easy."

What he is most worried about now is whether his home has been stolen by Frederick, and everything else is easy to say.

But don't worry this time, Frederick didn't steal his home, Ansbach city is too big compared to other places, and there are no insightful people who turn their backs on the dark for the bright, maybe they will be the ones being attacked by both sides.

On the hill near the preset battlefield, Frederick, Franz Jr. and others are discussing tomorrow's tactics.

In their view, the biggest threat tomorrow is the more than 1000 light cavalry. If they are willing to pave the way with corpses, they are likely to rush into the infantry phalanx.

The water level of the river to the east of here has just dropped, and the riverside is muddy, and people stepping on it will sink their calves, which is not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations.

The foot of the mountain in the west is much more suitable, the ground is firm, although there are some weeds and thorns, but it does not hinder the horses' movement.

Frederick was a little regretful that the barbed wire didn't have time to get out, otherwise it would be much easier.

Now you can only bury "this side facing the enemy" in the grass, and the effect should be ok.

"Set up a concealed side firing position there." Frederick said, pointing to the mountain ahead, "They don't need to worry about anything else, just shoot from the side whenever an enemy passes through the front."

Little Franz replied: "You can put a Jaeger company there, and add some militiamen."

Frederick added: "Put some landmines around the perimeter, and it's best to arrange some close-combat mushroom guns. The enemy will attack them if they find out."

Little Franz said it was possible.

There is a place on the mountainside behind the mountain where hundreds of people can pass quickly. Everyone thinks that it must be defended here, but there are not enough mines, so they buried the 10kg unused angina medicine in Heim City in the grass beside the road.

After reading this, Frederick asked Gade: "You magician company can use new weapons this time, how do you plan to fight?"

Gade thought about it and replied: "I plan to place positions on several mountain tops behind the enemy, and give me a company of hunters, so that we can deal with the enemy's magicians in the first place."

Frederick thought for a while and said, "Okay, you have to prepare a few hiding spots first. It's best to form an ambush position with the Jaeger Company and get rid of the people who search for you."

Everyone quickly finished the discussion, and then went about their own business.

Frederick returned to his camp in the mountains, and fed Dawn with a large bucket of oats and a small half bucket of sweet radishes, which he liked most.

At night, there was a sudden explosion in the camp of the Confederate Army, and several trucks of food and grass that had just been loaded in the parking lot quickly burst into flames.

Borrowed by the wind, the fire spread rapidly.

Fortunately, the magicians in the barracks acted quickly, and the fire was quickly brought under control.

Frederick saw from the air that the entire barracks was in disarray, as if he was catching lurking enemies.

There are still a lot of bombs behind him, but there is no rush, and they will drop another one after they stop.

However, before he could act for the second time, he discovered that an army from the city of Howson had quietly dispatched, and they also brought 5 large torsion catapults.

With the help of the weeds on the ground, old Franz slowly pushed the catapult to a place less than 100 meters away from the barracks.

As for the sentry in this direction, a few people had wiped their necks from behind earlier.

The corner of Frederick's mouth twitched, one of them looked like Ah Fu.

When these people withdrew, the trebuchets quickly threw 20kg barrels of angina pectoris drugs coated with a layer of black charcoal into the barracks.

After the orange-red light and the deafening sound, four open spaces appeared in the camp, and the tents and people were blown away by the shock wave.

It's just that a bomb flew into the cesspit, and the physical damage done was not big, but the psychological shadow was huge.

When a certain prince walked out of the tent, he was thrown back into the tent by a flying butt.

Someone saw something flying in from the outside before the explosion occurred, and immediately a cavalry left the camp to search around.

But not long after these dozens of cavalrymen left the camp, the bullets fired from the grass instantly knocked them down.

Old Franz accepted it as soon as he saw it, and installed booby traps on the catapult, anyway, he was going to be eliminated, and then led people away.

The barracks was in chaos, and Earl Ansbach had to order the magicians to prop up the magic shields of the entire camp so that the soldiers could feel at ease.

Manipulating magic in a large area is very mentally exhausting. Earl Ansbach felt that Frederick would not take the initiative to attack here, so he didn't let the magicians support the shield, and got a sap in the end.

A pot-like magic shield appeared above the barracks, covering the entire camp, and a faint blue appeared on the ground.

Frederick studied it a bit, and now he can recognize a lot of magic with the theoretical knowledge taught by Psyche. He quickly saw that it was a meat-grinding wind that looked like a wind steel shield.

The wind steel shield is a hard wind element layer formed by the roar of wind elements through a special arrangement. It is a very commonly used magic shield and can also be used as an umbrella.

The prototype of the Meat Grinding Wind is said to have been invented by a magician who was a chef. It is a layer of violent wind element turbulence. If something hits it, it will be torn to pieces by the turbulence.

At the same time, this magic shield has another advantage, it is ventilated.

In the stupid way of death of magicians, several of them suffocated to death by putting themselves in the magic shield, so they can also use this method to suffocate others.

Frederick also slipped away. The vigilant enemy is not so easy to deal with, and he might get in too.

He slipped away, but someone was lurking down.

The five middle-aged and elderly people are still vigorous and vigorous. Their attire, demeanor and appearance are no different from other farmers and soldiers. They took advantage of the chaos just now to lurk in the farmers and soldiers camp.

In the dead of night, they quietly came to the parking lot where the carriages were parked. There were many javelins used by the cavalry on the carriages, and they were going to act with the army tomorrow, which belonged to high-value targets.

"How is it?" A white-haired and blue-eyed man asked his companions in a low voice, "Can you still do it?"

"Of course." The person who was asked confidently replied, "I haven't been wasted all these years."

The next moment, the magicians in the barracks suddenly opened their eyes and rushed out of their tents.

In the parking lot, the tyrannical wind element formed a tornado that kept wandering, everything it passed was sucked away, and after being accelerated, it was thrown around.

For a while, there was a rain of javelins in the barracks.

(End of this chapter)