The Duke of Saxony's momentum continued, while Marin trained the army while instilling the soldiers with the New Year of "we will win".

A lie is the truth after telling it a thousand times. Of course, Marin is very confident in fighting the Saxons. Therefore, it is not a lie to repeatedly instill in the New Year in the soldiers that "we will win" repeatedly. When Marin sent officers to emphasize "we will win" dozens of times, most of the soldiers believed that they would definitely defeat the Saxons. Even the officers in charge of propaganda emphasized this every day that they believed it.

Marin's army has a total of 8 square formations, of which 4 are veterans. Marin customized three-quarters of the breastplate and an iron helmet with a movable mask for the soldiers in the first three rows of veterans of these square formations. In this way, a high enough survival rate can be guaranteed when the front row and the enemy "harm each other".

As for the warriors behind, Marin did not customize armor. First, it was a cost issue, and secondly, there was no need. After all, the possibility of the soldiers in the back row being hit is much smaller than the front row. Moreover, the first three rows were wearing breastplates and helmets, which were actually to make the soldiers feel at ease. Sometimes, wearing armor may not guarantee that they will not die. However, wearing armor and not wearing armor will have completely different self-confidence. A confident army is not easy to collapse, but on the contrary, an army that lacks confidence can easily collapse.

Speaking of which, only the first formation of warriors under Marin had fought head-on encounters with the Friesian army on Texel Island. Of course, these people had the best psychological qualities. Other veterans had only fought street fighting, and only a few warriors could stand up to the enemy head-on because they had this experience.

In addition, Marin will definitely fight with less and more in this battle. Therefore, the confidence of the army is more important. The first three rows have armor, so they will naturally be more confident in resisting the attacks of the Saxons. If you have confidence, the battle will be much easier.

After a long period of training, the combat effectiveness of Marin's army has been greatly improved, and it can be considered as a competition with the Saxons.

However, there is still a problem. Because Marin's army is basically infantry and has poor mobility. If the Saxons board the horse and escape, Marin cannot chase it. Only 800 black-shirted knights can chase it, but they cannot wipe out the thousands of knights on the other side because they have no time to kill...

However, the most core of Saxony is the thousands of plate-armored knights. Because these knights are educated elites and the core of the Saxony army. For example, those infantrymen, if they are randomly recruited, there will be thousands or tens of thousands. If they die, they can be supplemented. It is not a pity that they die no matter how many.

Marin's purpose was to hurt the Duke of Saxony at one time and make it difficult for him to recover. Therefore, the key point was to kill the plate-armored knights of the Saxony people on a large scale. As for infantry, it would not make much sense to kill more. Even if the Duke of Saxony escaped, he would be able to recruit a lot of them next time.

It's also very annoying to say that Marin himself spent a lot of effort, but he only recruited more than twenty knights, and they all acted as treasures, all used as elite officers. The Duke of Saxony could gather thousands of them at will, almost catching up with the appeal of the French king. The Wandering Knights were trained as core training in the Marin army, and in the Saxony army, many Wandering Knights acted as heavy cavalry to launch charges...

Thinking of this, Marin was crying - you have so many platoon knights, it would be better to give me hundreds of officers, but they used them as cannon fodder to charge...

This is the gap in the background. No matter what, the Duke of Saxony is a German who wants to be an old noble. The appeal of such a noble is much stronger than a new noble like Marin. Every year, a large number of young wandering knights rushed to Saxony to request to be taken in, even if they were a heavy cavalry...

Marin took East Friesland at the end of last year, but no Wanderer joined the band. The largest single-stage winner was "borrowed" from Duke Cliff.

Originally, there were all Wandering Knights planning to defect to Marin. However, after Duke Albresit of Saxony showed his hostility, no knights came to join Marin immediately, but instead waited and watched the situation first.

So, Marin has the heart to strangle the Duke of Saxony to death - you have so many knights to play for you, it is rare that there are wandering knights who want to join me, you are an old guy and I'm a good thing...

Moreover, Marin could not determine where the Saxony army invaded and where they met Marin's army.

If Saxony troops were allowed to enter and exit the country freely, it would definitely cause great damage to the country. Because the army of this era is no different from robbers.

However, Marin could not control the marching route of the Saxony army and restrict the other party's behavior. Therefore, after thinking about it, Marin felt that there was only one way to control the marching route of the Saxony army, that is - a fight...

The aristocrats in the Middle Ages were still very graceful. If the other party gave a letter of war, if you didn't respond, you would be ridiculed. Of course, this is mainly because the other party is not stronger than you. If a very powerful person challenges a weak person, the other party will not respond, and no one will say anything. However, if a strong person is challenged publicly by a weak person, if he does not respond, he will be ridiculed.

Just like Marin, such a "weak" nobleman refused the challenge of the Duke of Saxony, no one would say anything. However, on the other hand, if Marin challenged the Duke of Saxony, if the Duke of Saxony was not in the fight, he would be ridiculed. This would definitely be unbearable in the Middle Ages, where the face was greater than the sky.

So, Marin decided to take the initiative to provoke Saxony tools, make an appointment with the other party to fight, and control the marching route of the Saxony army...

After careful study of the map, Marin believes that fighting under the town of Lyer County is very beneficial. Although fighting here will inevitably make the Saxon army pass through many villages in Lyer County, leading to the occurrence of robbery incidents. However, under the town of Lyer County, there are many benefits.

Because the Ames River is west of Lair County, with a wide surface and convenient for Marin's ship transportation and supply. In addition, not far from the south of Lair County is the Leda River. Although this river is not big, it is not small. Marin's choice is to be in the middle of the two rivers.

The reason why we chose this terrain was to avoid the Saxony army from escaping. If the Saxony army wanted to fight Marin, they had to cross the river first. Most of them came from the southeast to the Duchy of Saxony. To reach the city of Lyre, they had to cross the Leda River.

However, crossing the river is very simple for infantry, but not easy for cavalry. Because the war horses are very heavy, it is inconvenient and troublesome to cross the river. If the Saxony army is defeated and in the wilderness, Marin will definitely not be able to catch up with their main cavalry. However, if they cross the river and fight with Marin, it will be different. Because, the cavalry who crossed the river and wanted to cross the river and go back, there is not enough time. Marin's men, even if they are mainly infantry, have the energy to be motivated. While the opponent's cavalry is queuing up to cross the river and escape, they have time to catch up and leave a large part of the cavalry.

After thinking about it, Marin wrote a letter to the Duke of Saxony who was still walking around rumors and making hype. The content of the letter is very simple, and the main meaning is-

"Old guy, don't spread rumors. Come and fight if you don't agree! In early December, I'll wait for you outside Lair County, see you..."

In this way, the challenge book was sent to the Duke of Saxony, and Marin deliberately spread the news...

Such content is definitely a super slap for Albresit, Duke of Saxony. Because, the one who provoked him was an unknown person in the aristocratic world, and saying "I will fight if I don't agree" to him is completely despised...

However, when the cunning Duke of Saxony saw the letter, he was very angry, but instead became happy...

Because, he saw Marin saying in the letter that the showdown outside Lyre...

Before, the Duke of Saxony had been worried that Marin would be huddled in the city to defend. In this case, the Saxony army would have to spend a lot of effort to attack, which would be very troublesome and would suffer great losses. However, Marin, the "impulsive young man", actually wanted to abandon the advantage of the city wall and decided to go out of the city to fight to the decisive battle, which was exactly his wish. Therefore, the Duke of Saxony quickly agreed to the battle, for fear that Marin would go back on his word...

After that, Marin's deeds of provoking the Duke of Saxony quickly spread throughout Germany and spread throughout Europe. Marin's words "I'll fight if I don't accept it" later became a special catchphrase that many knights like...
Chapter completed!