The full name of the principality where Wang Ji is located should be called "The Principality of Schleswig and Holstein".

Although it belongs to Denmark, the common language is High German.

Even in the capital of Denmark, the language of the nobility is High German, and only the lower class commoners speak Danish.

Wang Ji pointed at the map: "We have to pass through the territory of two nobles in the middle, and we just walk through it like this?"

The German commander said: "They are all small nobles. As long as they do not plunder their territory, these people will not do anything. After all, under the banner of the Grand Duke, we even have the right to call them to participate in the battle."

Wang Ji asked again: "Is this Count Rendsburg very powerful?"

The German commander said: "It is very powerful. There are twenty knights in his standing army."

Wang Ji pouted, unable to refute.

European knights are the lowest nobles and must be formally canonized. Some can even own a territory (similar to small landowners). Generally speaking, when senior lords want to fight, they will summon the knights under their jurisdiction to fight. Knights

Then he took his retinue and peasants over.

The Earl of Rendsburg can raise twenty knights as a standing army, which is indeed a powerful military force in Denmark - they are all down-and-out knights, similar to the low-level samurai in Japan. They have nobility titles but cannot even fill their stomachs.

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Just as the German commander said, Wang Ji led an army of 600 and passed through the territory of two nobles. No conflict broke out. The local nobles were only on alert.

Two days later, Rendsburg appeared in front of Wang Ji.

The march was not fast, it could even be said to be extremely slow, because there was only more than 60 miles from Schleswig to Rendsburg. The peasant army carrying manure forks seriously slowed down the march, and Wang Ji was asking them to transport grain.

Auxiliary soldiers.

Wang Ji put down his telescope and said, "Oh, for a small earl, his castle is no worse than that of the King of Denmark."

The German commander said: "The Earl of Renzburg was very wealthy and once bought a large area of ​​Denmark. This castle was also expanded at that time."

Wang Ji asked: "Isn't the church in the castle?"

The German commander said: "No, the church is in a nearby town."

"Then what are you waiting for? I will not storm the castle." Wang Ji immediately launched his troops and led an army of 600 towards the town.

On the way, several knights galloped over on horseback and asked: "You are going to pass through the territory of Count Rendsburg, why don't you send someone to the castle to explain the situation?"

"Fire the gun!"

Wang Ji is too lazy to talk.

After a flurry of gun fire, one unlucky man fell off his horse and died. The other knights were so frightened that they fled in a hurry, shouting: "Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The town is not far from the castle. There are only a few hundred residents in the town. Its size is more like a village in the Ming Dynasty. There is a church in the town, which is also pitifully small and even built randomly with wood.

The residents of the town screamed and ran away. The Japanese ronin rushed forward with samurai swords, and the peasant army also rushed forward. They killed people when they saw them and robbed things when they saw them. These peasants instantly transformed from pitiful people to robbers.

After scrambling for it, the Japanese ronin stopped. It was because the local people were too poor and they had lost the chance to rob.

The morale of the Dung Cha peasant army was so high that they even tore off the boots from the corpses and wore them on. No matter how much Wang Ji tried to stop them, he could not suppress them.

"Damn it..." Wang Ji was extremely tired.

"Dang-dang-dang!"

A bell sounded from the direction of the castle, but it was Count Rendsburg who was ringing the bell to summon his troops.

Wang Ji led the Han musketeers and quickly surrounded the church, captured a priest and asked: "Where is the princess?"

The priest said: "The princess is in the castle. She moved into the castle last year."

"Cut it off!" Wang Ji said.

The priest could not understand Chinese, but when he saw Zhou Fei drawing the knife, he immediately cried and begged for mercy.

He hacked one priest to death and asked another: "Where is the princess?"

"In the castle."

"Cut it down!"

The German commander said: "Sir, it seems that there are only two priests in this church."

Wang Ji curled his lips: "Then let's pretend we are in the castle."

Wang Ji was not a murderer, he just wanted to confirm the information. Of course, he was not merciful. After seeing a lot of bad things in Yinzhou, how could Wang Ji be merciful? Among the natives who died under his orders were

There are as many as a hundred, just because the natives are unwilling to communicate peacefully.

After finally gathering the peasant army, Wang Ji turned around and charged towards the castle.

Count Rendsburg could not hold out because his troops had not yet been assembled and were coming from all directions in the territory.

Wang Ji asked the Danish guide to shout: "Your Excellency, please hand over the princess, otherwise your territory will be reduced to rubble!"

Count Rendsburg stood on the tower and shouted: "Rebels, there is no way the princess will be handed over to you!"

Wang Ji said to the guide: "Tell this man that if he refuses to hand over the princess, all the peasants in his territory will be killed. In addition, I am from the Ming Dynasty and I just want to take the princess away from Denmark without risking her life."

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The Danish guide delivers the message again.

Count Rendsburg remained silent.

The princess escaped ten years ago when she was a little girl and was escorted by loyal knights.

The Earl of Rendsburg belongs to the German aristocracy, and he actually does not want to get involved in the Danish royal family's struggle. But the Danish king wants to carry out some religious reforms, which makes the Earl of Rendsburg very unhappy. Holding the princess captive will at least make the king afraid, and he will not dare to go to Schle

Reformed religion in Suyige area.

Because of the Reformation, Europe is now in chaos.

Take the Duchy of Mecklenburg next door, for example. It was originally ruled jointly by two brothers, and they got along very harmoniously. As a result, the elder brother wanted to carry out the religious reform, but the younger brother was unwilling to do so, so the two brothers directly divided the duchy.

2. Since they all have to be Grand Dukes, it is difficult to successfully separate the family. There are two Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg at the same time, and knights and peasants have to be summoned to fight from time to time.

"Your Excellency," Princess Margaret said, "I have been bothering you for the past ten years and I cannot cause you any more trouble."

Before the earl could answer, a middle-aged knight next to him stopped him: "Princess, you can't leave here, those are all sent by the bastard king!"

Margaret saluted the knight and said: "Christine, my most loyal knight, thank you for your care over the years. However, I really don't want to cause any more trouble, and I don't want you to die for it."

"Da da da!"

Several more knights came with their retinues. When they saw Wang Ji's army, they took a long detour.

Wang Ji ignored the knights who came to gather and ordered: "Go and burn that wheat field with a few people!"

It was almost the harvest season, and the wheat was set ablaze by the invaders. It made Count Renzburg's liver hurt. Although his ancestors were wealthy, he was now very poor, so he relied on collecting rent to survive. Moreover, potatoes

High-yielding crops have not yet been introduced, and the nobles and farmers in the north are seriously short of food.

The Danish guide shouted again: "Either hand over the princess, or go out to fight in the city, or burn down the farmland. Your Excellency, make your own choice!"

Count Rendsburg was hesitant. None of the three options he wanted.

Wang Ji waited for a moment and ordered again: "Continue burning!"

The peasant soldiers threw dung on them and went to burn the wheat fields. These guys were so poor that while they were burning the wheat, some put green wheat ears into their mouths and chewed them.

The two sides faced off like this all day long.

The next day, morning.

Wang Ji had burned several wheat fields, and Count Rendsburg finally went out to fight because his army was almost assembled.

There are more than a hundred knights and retinues, hundreds of peasant soldiers, and twenty spear guards.

There were no cannons and no muskets.

Even the famous German mercenaries only began to be equipped with muskets twenty years ago and used them to defeat Swiss mercenaries.

At that time, Spain and France were at war, and the battle took place in Italy. The main forces on both sides were German mercenaries and Swiss mercenaries. 1,200 German musketeers, covered by 300 Spanish spearmen, defeated 5,000 Swiss halberdiers and Swiss mercenaries.

This leads to decline.

The German mercenaries still used matchlocks, while Wang Ji's men used flintlock rifles.

The castle was built on a small hill. Legend has it that a dragon lived on the hill. Two brothers defeated the dragon and used the dragon's treasure to build the castle. This is the legend of Rendsburg.

Both sides lined up at the foot of a hill, surrounded by large burned wheat fields.

Count Rendsburg commanded the knights to outflank the enemy army from both sides. He led the spear guards and peasant troops, and walked slowly towards Wang Ji from the front. To put it bluntly, he bullied Wang Ji because he had no cavalry, and the peasants were defeated by the knights.

In other words, it will collapse before it reaches its peak.

When the peasants brought by Wang Ji saw the knights outflanking them from both sides, they were so frightened that they wanted to run away.

Wang Ji said to the German commander: "Your one hundred spearmen are responsible for preventing the opponent's frontal attack, and don't worry about the fighting on the wings and rear. As for the peasants, roll as far as you can. Don't let me break the formation."

The German commander immediately complied because he knew how powerful the musketeers were and did not think the battle would be lost.

As if they had been granted amnesty, the peasants fled frantically towards the rear.

Count Rendsburg was overjoyed, thinking that the enemy had collapsed, and immediately ordered: "Charge the whole army!"

Wang Ji had only fought against natives in the past. He made a big mistake today. He only knew the power of ceremonial firearms, but forgot that morale was the first priority.
To be continued...