 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuchinja uku kwakanga kwakakura. Gustav akanga aregeredzwa zvikurukuru nechikamu chikuru cheEurope pashure pemigumisiro yake yakavhengana muPoland, uye apo akasvika muGermany muna 1630 haana kukurumidza kunetswa. Akakwanisa kuvaka uto revarwi 24 000 uye akabatanidzwa neuto revaSaxon 18 000 raiva risina kunyatsonaka pasi pavon Arnim. Hondo yakatanga kubatanidzwa muchimiro chikuru apo Johann Tserclaes, Count weTilly akashandura uto rake risingakundwi revarume 31,000 veteran kuti varwe, kusangana naGustav paHondo yeBreitenfeldmuna 1631. Hondo yakavhurwa nenzira yechinyakare, navatasvi vamabhiza vaTilly vachienda mberi kunorwisa mativi. Ikoku kwakadzinga vaSaxon parutivi rumwe, asi parumwe rutivi uto idzva raGustav raibatanidza vatasvi vamabhizamasiketi rakadzinga kuedza kupi nokupi kwokupomera. Ne rimwe divi rakanga ravhurika Tilly zvakadaro aive nemukana wakakura, asi zvikamu zvidiki uye zvakareruka zvaGustav zvakakwanisa kuenzanisazve kuti zvitarise divi raimbovhurika, pfuti dzavo dzakareruka dzichigura mumitsara yavo nepo pfuti dzinorema pamativi ese ari maviri dzichiramba dzichitsinhana moto kumwe kunhu. Tilly akakurumidza kudzingwa mumunda, mauto ake achivhiringidzika. 