The Imperialist general believed that Gustavus intended to
pass the winter at Naumburg, and he had therefore no fear of an
immediate attack.
In order to extend the area from which he could draw his supplies
Wallenstein despatched Pappenheim to secure the fortress of Halle;
for although that town had been captured the fortress held out,
and barred the main road to the north. From Halle Pappenheim was
to proceed to the relief of Cologne, which was menaced by the enemy.
Having done this, Wallenstein withdrew from the line of the Saale
and prepared to distribute his army in winter quarters in the towns
of the district, he himself with a portion of the force occupying
the little town of Lutzen. But Gustavus had no idea of taking up his
quarters for the winter at Naumburg; and he proposed to the Elector
of Saxony that if he would march to Eilenberg, midway to Leipzig,
he himself would make a detour to the south round Wallenstein's
position and join him there. Without waiting to receive the answer
of the elector, Gustavus, leaving a garrison in Naumburg, set out
at one o'clock in the morning on the 5th of November on his march;
but before he had proceeded nine miles he learned from a number
of gentlemen and peasants favourable to the cause that Pappenheim
had started for Halle, that the remainder of the Imperial army lay
dispersed among the towns and villages of the neighbourhood, and
that Wallenstein himself was at Lutzen.
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