For several days, Marin arranged for Schwarz to lead his soldiers to practice digging pits and ambushing in the hilly areas on the west bank of the Taro River. Marin himself took Saul, riding a horse, each carrying a telescope, and quietly investigating near Fornovo.

Because they have telescopes, Marin and Saul do not need to approach close-up investigations. They just need to stand on the high slopes of Hexi and use telescopes to investigate.

Moreover, to facilitate investigation, Marin and Saul were not wearing heavy armor, each carrying only a light sword and a telescope.

Early in the morning of July 6, Marin arranged for the soldiers of the whole formation to continue to rest and accumulate strength, while taking Shaul to continue to investigate.

The weather was good in the morning and the road was dry. After waiting for a while, Marin finally waited for the French troops on the south bank of the Taro River and the Italian coalition forces on the north bank...

"That's great, finally here!" Marin was very excited. He endured it for a long time and did not dare to interfere with the Italian military affairs, just because he was afraid that the Battle of Fornovo would not be fought. Now, both sides are still fighting in Fornovo, proving that his "foresight" was useful and made him extremely excited.

"Master, do you know they are going to fight here?" Saul was surprised. Because he had a feeling that Marin seemed to know that both sides were going to fight here.

In fact, Sauer guessed correctly. Marin really knew that the two sides were going to fight here. The problem was that Marin was afraid that his little butterfly would affect the occurrence of this battle. Fortunately, the battle continued as scheduled.

After confirming that the two sides started the war as scheduled, Marin couldn't wait. He left Sauer to continue observing on the high slopes of the West Bank, while he himself planned to return to the camp to prepare.

As for how to prepare? Of course, I was preparing to dig the main road along the river on the north bank of the river...

The French army fled at night. If they walked the road in this plain area, Marin could not stop the French. Because, in addition to the Tarot River, there were also farmlands on this road. If you dig the road, the French could still step through the fields.

Therefore, Marin's plan was to dig the embankment of the Taro River directly and flood the road and nearby farmland. In this way, the French cavalry could not take this road, otherwise they would fall into the mud. The heavy cavalry was heavy, and if the horse's hooves were trapped in the mud, it would be difficult to escape and it was very dangerous.

As for the excavation time, Marin is tentatively scheduled for the afternoon. Because, according to records, there will be a heavy rain in the afternoon. At that time, the soil will become soft and easy to dig. At present, the soil is very hard and it is very laborious to dig.

After returning to the camp, Marin took a break and asked Schwartz to call him during lunch. After all, he had to take people to ambush the French in the middle of the night, and he had to rest, otherwise, dozing off in the middle of the night would affect the battle.

As for the poor Sauer, he needed to continue to observe the battle between the French and Italian coalition forces. At the same time, before resting, Marin arranged a group of people to go to both sides of the northwest-facing mountain road in advance and set up ambush.

This mountain road cannot be considered a mountain road, it can only be regarded as a main road in a hilly area. There are many hills and hills on both sides of the road, which are very suitable for ambushing on both sides.

Marin had watched many war movies in his previous life. In ancient times, people liked to throw stones and fireballs from the hills the most. However, it was raining heavily in the afternoon, so don’t think about throwing fireballs. Because firewood is definitely difficult to ignite under the heavy rain. Therefore, Marin directly planned to use stones to smash them.

For this purpose, the people sent by the team were responsible for collecting small and medium-sized stones throughout the hilly area and transporting them to the high slopes on both sides of the mountain road in the ambush site.

Of course, Kohler, who led the team, was not stupid. He did not let all 100 soldiers act as coolies to move stones, but sent these 100 soldiers to the nearby village to catch 1,000 Italian farmers to help collect and transport stones. In this way, Kohler completed Marin's orders with the least effort.

At noon, Marin woke up, and Kohler also came back to report and completed the task of moving stones himself.

"So quickly, Kohler, you're not fooling me, are you?"

"How can it be, Master, I sent these 100 people to the nearby village to catch 1,000 Italian farmers doing this. How can I let the soldiers do this so quickly?"

"I didn't expect that you are..."

"Young Master, you are considering big things. Such small things are the most convenient to do." Kohler flattered.

"Stop talking, are those farmers still there?" Marin suddenly thought, since Italian farmers could use stones to move, why not let them help dig the road... If he asked his 1,100 subordinates to dig the road in the afternoon and dig for a long time, at night, who would have the strength to fight with the French?

"I'm going to dismiss them..."

"Don't dismiss, Kohler, you'll give these farmers some food, and there's still work for them in the afternoon."

"Yes, young master!" Kohler quickly sent someone to retain the group of Italian farmers and distributed some inferior black bread.

In the afternoon, it really started to rain heavily in the sky. Saul came back to report once. Both sides were currently dispatching troops, but they had not yet started fighting, so the fight would probably not start in the afternoon.

Marin calmed down and knew that things were not out of control. So, after the rain was raining, when the rain was getting lighter and the two sides were about to contact each other, he sent someone to escort the farmers, with engineer shovels and farmers' shovels and iron pickaxes (Italian agriculture is the most developed in Europe at this time, and the farm tools here are very metallized), and began to dig the river embankment on the road that could not be seen behind the coalition forces...

At first, the local farmers were unwilling to dig the river embankment, because if they dig the river embankment, some of them lived near the river embankment and the fields in the manor would be submerged.

But under the pressure of the soldiers' spears, they had to obey Marin's arrangements and began to dig the river embankment...

When the Venetian infantry crossed the Taro River and stabbed the French Swiss mercenaries on the south bank, Marin led the Italian peasants to dig the embankment of the Taro River...

When the Swiss mercenaries repelled the Venetian infantry, Marin finally dug the river bank. Then, because of the heavy rain, the water of the Taro River, destroyed the riverside avenue and rushed directly into the fields by the river...

After the river flooded the riverside avenue and nearby fields, Malin did not stop, but led his troops to suppress the farmers and went to the ambush site in the hilly areas to dig holes.

Since there was a labor force that was not rich, it was reluctant to let its soldiers dig a pit. Then, the poor Italian peasants continued to be escorted to the mountain road, arrived at the ambush site, began to trenches and horse pits, and arranged a simple dead tripping horse under the command of soldiers who knew Italian.

Marin chose to set up an ambush, about ten kilometers away from the battlefield, and the road was covered with hills and mountains. If the French wanted to walk on the mountain road, they had to pass here. Moreover, this distance was beyond the reconnaissance distance of French scouts without telescopes.
Chapter completed!