Filthentwald.

A military fort that guards the north exit of the forest.

Paul has been waiting here for a long time with a regiment and a battalion.

Faced with such a critical situation, he had to take action himself. After learning that the European army had special scouts such as hunters, he gave up the idea of ​​crossing the forest road north of Stork and went straight from the side.

Departing from the east of Berlin City, you will directly enter the Oder River Plain via Rüdersdorf.

Then from Minsheberg, heading south to Filstenwald.

After five years of intense war, not only did the soldiers of the Prussian Kingdom lose a large number of troops, but the enemy repeatedly traveled through their own territory, which also caused great harm to ordinary people.

Not to mention anything else, the working hours and farming hours were greatly delayed. The Russian, Austrian, French, and Swedish were not good men and women. Although it took time and effort to capture the castle, it was still easy to sweep the countryside.

In order to avoid the enemy, the Prussian people had to flee in large numbers, which caused difficulties in the kingdom's troops and financial supply.

As of this year (in 1760, the war was coming to an end), the Kingdom of Prussia lost at least 500,000 soldiers. The number of people could not be counted effectively, but at least it was equivalent to the number of soldiers.

In other words, this so-called war caused Prussia, which was already a small population, to lose at least one million people!

At this time, Frederick not only could not recover his losses on the battlefield, but he could not even support his local area.

Small towns like Filstenwald were already deserted, so they were easily occupied by Paul.

The city of Firthenwald is built on the north bank of the Firthenwald River. If Chernesov wants to return to Silesia from the north, he must pass here!

Of course, this information was given to him by the Prussians, and there was another person beside him, the lieutenant general Kleist who had withdrawn from the battlefield with the Swedes not long ago.

As a Prussian general, Kleister knew the key to this war. After learning that Truchen's army had successively destroyed more than 10,000 cavalry of Ttoleben and Lasi, he obviously knew his country in his heart

If you want to turn the tables, you must fully support them.

So he brought a cavalry squadron with about one hundred and fifty cavalry to come here.

However, both Paul and Klester knew that they were just betting. For Chernesov, they just knew that he was quite famous, but what did this person think, and all the important staff under him were all the same

Don't know anything.

According to common sense, Cherneshov only needs to go straight south and retreat to Saxony is the safest, because there is also a 50,000 army of the chief general of the Austrian army.

Klester is obviously above the grasp of people's hearts.

"Dear brigade commander, the Russian and Austrian troops are just making peace on the surface, but in fact they are in harmony with each other. Otherwise, why did Tetholben reach an agreement with the Bishop of Berlin in private?"

If you have a God's perspective, Paul will understand the meaning of his words. This is the true alliance between the Russian and Austrian coalition forces in history. Most of the rest of the time will be fought against each other.

If the Russian army could effectively cooperate with the Austrian army, Frederick would have been finished long ago.

Of course, the weak combat power of the French army at this time was also a factor, which allowed Frederick to deploy a large number of elite troops on the battlefield against the Russian and Austrian troops.

Standing on the castle of Filstenwald and looking at the dense forest to the west, Paul was also a little nervous.

At first he didn't know if Chernesov would pass by here.

Secondly, even if Cherneshov passed by here, they still had more than 20,000 people, and they were all elite. Once they knew there was an interruption here, they would definitely not be entangled here. They continued to go south or north.

/p>

Also, I have only a thousand people, so I can't defeat an elite army of more than 20,000 people without thinking. Moreover, there must be a certain number of cavalry around Chernesov.

"Zavuski, you should show your true strength of the Army Marshal of the Kingdom of Poland"

All his hopes were placed on Zavuski. He still had three thousand Polish cavalry, or a cavalry that effectively combined the Truchen cavalry with the Polish cavalry. In theory, as long as he was not afraid of fighting, he would always follow Chernesau

The husband's back.

....

Cherneshov did this. After he spent some effort to defeat the Cossack cavalry that had broken the rear, he chased him tightly, but halfway through him he met another cavalry.

After the surprise soldier met them, he rushed over without saying a word!

Zavuski had to respond hastily.

It was only after a big battle between the two sides, and then they stopped.

You should know that when fighting on the road in the forest, the long cavalry of the Polish cavalry was useless, so this time Zavuski did not carry them, and they were holding the Austrian military flag!

The Prussian cavalry came.

A Prussian cavalry general who was about sixty years old and had gray hair and beard still regretted it later.

He knelt on one knee in front of Zavuski.

"I'm sorry, Lord Duke, my name is Von Zitten, and I'm the cavalry general of His Majesty Frederick. After learning that it was the Poles who saved our capital, His Majesty sent me out and learned from the city of Berlin that the enemy was also known to the city of Berlin

After retreating, he hurriedly chased after him, but he didn't know..."

This battle caused both sides to lose nearly a thousand cavalry.

Zitten is fine. He has been used to casualties in recent years, but for Zavuski, the five thousand cavalry armed with Truqin firearms is his lifeblood, and he lost one thousand cavalry at once.

How can he not let his heart hurt?

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zitten said, "Don't worry, I won't let the Poles suffer. Before you leave, I promise to give you another 500,000 silver coins"

Zitten, Frederick's most loyal general, was rescued by Frederick several times during the Seven Years' War, and was also Frederick's most trusted general.

After hearing this, although Zavuski had already obtained two million silver coins, he knew that at least half of them were Paul's, but if he added the 500,000, it would be considered unsatisfactory.

Zitten stood up after saying this.

"Hisser Duke, since the enemy is still ahead, let us join us first, our army will defeat the last soldier"

Ziteng set out north, and at this time he had already received news from the Wang family's hunting soldiers that the coalition forces had gone north.

The news of the Prussians and the Polish cavalry soon reached Chernesov. At this time, his army was only ten miles away from Firthtenwald. After receiving the news, he immediately issued an order.

/p>

"Krasnokov"

"In"

"The coalition now has ten cavalry squadrons, all led by you. Naziten is a lunatic, fearless of death. Although they have fought in the internal struggle, they will soon stop the army. The Poles dare not say it, but

Zitten will definitely chase after him, and you will cut off the back”

Krasnoskov accepted the order and stopped with the remaining ten cavalry squadrons, while Chernesov led the remaining infantry toward Firthtenwald at full speed.

Not long after, Zitten led twenty cavalry squadrons and nearly two thousand cavalry to catch up with Krasnoskoov.

In later years, the two sides fought again. This time, Zitten, who was already fifty-nine, was not ready to keep it. At this time, only one bullet was left in his cavalry musket, and they rushed with only a sabre

Go to the coalition cavalry.

In the cavalry team of Krasnokov, there are many breastplate cavalry and grenade cavalry who have been walking with the infantry because of their slow speed. When they see the Prussian cavalry who are rushing over, Krasnokov is also rushing to death.

Let these cavalry go first.

And let some light cavalry go around from both sides.

But since he accidentally injured his friendly army, he was injured everywhere and was old, but he didn't care about life and death. He personally rushed to the front with a sabre, no matter whether he was a breastplate cavalry or a grenade cavalry.

I took the lead and cut in.

When Paul on the castle of Firthtenwald saw the figure of Cherneshov's army, the cavalry war was over.

Both sides almost died together, the famous Russian cavalry general Krasnoskoov and the Prussian cavalry general Ziten were both killed in battle, and their cavalry were almost wiped out.

Of course, at the beginning, the coalition forces with breastplate cavalry were still victorious, but with the joining of the Zavuski Polish cavalry who came from behind, the coalition cavalry also exhausted their last cavalry.
p>

After learning the news, Chernesov accelerated his pace to Filtstenwald, but when he arrived by the river he discovered a situation that made him extremely uneasy.

The wooden bridge on the river has been demolished.

On the castle, a battalion of children brought by Paul had already spread out thirty thirty pounds of mortars.

At this time, the situation facing Chernesov is:

Behind are Zavusky's pursuers, all of them are cavalry; there are obviously enemies in the castle facing the river in front.

However, Chernesov is worthy of being a famous general. He did not panic in the face of this situation. He asked the five grenadier infantry camps to set up temporary positions in the narrow area between the forest and the river bank, preparing to use muskets and grenades to

Block the Polish cavalry.

His infantry were not planning to cross the Filstenwald River, but all entered the forest east of the mainland.

"Boom..."

At this time, the thirty mortars on the castle blew one after another, which aggravated the coalition's pace of retreating into the forest. It took about half an hour before the coalition all entered the forest.

Paul is going crazy now.

Klester advised: "If Württemberg were eye-catching, he should have received all the news of the war at this time. The reason why Chernesov entered the forest was because of the reason. There was another one more than ten miles upstream of the river.

The small fort in the forest, there are bridges there, and there must be locals in the Chernesov team”

"They were going to cross the river from there and then enter the Oder River basin, which should be clear about Württemberg"

Paul seemed to understand, "General, what you mean is that we cannot wait for news here, but should we move there?"

....

Half a day later, the exhausted Chernesov army finally emerged from the forest. Fortunately, the highest altitude of the forest near Berlin is only 50 meters. Apart from the road, it is difficult to walk along the way, and other aspects are

There is no difference on the road.

It was almost dusk. Seeing that the bridge in front was still there, Chernesov was overjoyed and asked the army to cross the river quickly.

After they completely crossed the river, Paul, who had already arrived here with a thousand cavalry, came out.

At this time, it was the time when the coalition forces were in chaos, and the cavalry rushed in like the wind. Chernesov could not do so, so he had to order some of the infantry to cut off the rear and let the army retreat.

However, when they reached the bridge, they were stunned.

A team of infantry troops across the bridge are waiting for battle!
Chapter completed!