In three theaters, two of us were leading the offensive and the other was defending. The northern Dutch, Swedes and Sviatos formed a group of armies that launched in the hot weather of late August to seize the old land of Flanders.

In the south, which is where the Belgian area used to be, at the same time, we also launched infiltrations outside Strasbourg and uprooted the French fortresses one by one.

The old land in southern Flanders was a territory that the Netherlands had been ceded to the French over the past forty years. The French built many fortresses on the old fortifications of the Netherlands, dividing Flanders.

The southern part was built like an iron barrel. Even though the coalition forces had a huge advantage in strength, this battle was still difficult.

For two whole months, 20,000 Swedes came from Sweden, 50,000 Dutch troops, nearly 60,000 imperial troops, a total of 130,000 troops, 293 cannons, and 10 artillery battalions, facing 50,000

The French army, which could not be reached, cooperated with each other but could only bite a few small corners on the edge of the French army. They advanced no more than ten kilometers and allowed

The French army seized a fleeting opportunity and allowed the French army to annihilate more than 4,000 Dutch troops and destroy more than 30 Dutch cannons. Even if we were just feigning an attack, it was too tragic.

. But looking at the Viscount Turenne opposite, I am very relieved to face this result. Who makes this the most capable general in France?

Our fighting in the center was only slightly better than that of Sviatos. Here again we gathered over 200,000 men, of which our troops were a little over 110,000, the Prussians a little over 40,000, and the Austrians

The army is nearly 60,000. The rest is Bavaria and many Germans.

There are too many soy sauce groups composed of will princes, and if they are deployed on the front line, it will easily lead to formation confusion. Therefore, they are responsible for our supply lines and a series of traffic roads, so they are not included in the front line army. In other words, we

There are nearly 180,000 people and ten infantrymen.

Fifty thousand, nearly 30,000 cavalry from various countries, 397 artillery pieces of various types, and 19 artillery battalions. The number of French troops is slightly less than ours. According to Assassin's investigation, the Duke of Vendôme brought out 80,000 people, plus

After half a year of replenishment, the French troops deployed on the front line of Strasbourg totaled 160,000.

There are a little more than 150,000 infantry, 130 cannons, and about 20,000 cavalry. However, because the French army has fortresses to defend and garrison, the main force led by Grand Condé is only about 90,000, and the other is Ville

The Duke of Roye, with 30,000 men, flanked Strasbourg.

Compared with ours, the French army does not seem to be very different, but looking at the layout of Prince Da Kongdai, we can see that the only thing that can really be defeated is the 90,000-man cavalry. The rest that cannot be fought will be given to Da Kong.

The acting prince was thrown into the fortress, and squatting inside the fortress, the so-called thirty thousand flankers of the Duke of Luxembourg,

In fact, it is also used to fight downwind battles. Moreover, the 130 artillery pieces of the French army show that the Duke of Vendôme lost a lot of artillery. This caused the French army to be far inferior to us in terms of long-range firepower output. But this cavalry

The number and the speed with which the French army replenished it surprised me.

Probably that was the strong request of Prince Da Kongdai.

The main force of the French army that can fight is about 90,000. On our side, basically, the 110,000 imperial troops can fight, and the same goes for the Prussians. The role of the Austrians and other German allied forces is worrying, but if the battle goes smoothly,

, they can also

Fighting, so generally speaking, the comparison of the forces between our two sides on the front line of Strasbourg is that the French army has 70,000 infantry, more than 20,000 cavalry, 130 artillery pieces against the Empire, the Prussian infantry is about 110,000, and the cavalry is nearly 30,000.

397 artillery pieces.

According to the premise that I don't want to invest a lot of troops to attack the city, the person who leads this attack is Sachs. Who knows that Sachs is best at defensive counterattacks. So, in addition to hooking up with village girls, widows and shepherdess during the day, this guy will

Apart from the German noble lady, the rest of the time was spent playing hide-and-seek with the Prince of Condé in the palm-sized area surrounding Strasbourg.

The reason why it is said to be hide and seek is that Prince Da Kongdai tried to catch our omissions during our siege, and then expanded from a local battle to a comprehensive decisive battle. And Sachs wanted to lure Prince Da Kongdai out and become famous in one battle, so

, he kept using Austrians and Prussians to seduce

Prince Condé was tempted not to attack the city. But Prince Condé, or the Duke of Luxembourg, responded promptly, so within two months, the two sides started to play tango between the fortresses of Astrolabe.

If you take one step forward, I will take two steps back. If you take one step back, I will take two steps forward. In other words,

Yes, the two sides launched countless local tentative confrontations, but due to caution, neither could do anything to the other. At most, there were only a few fortresses. The fortresses changed hands several times, and the cavalry of both sides fought countless battles in this mountainous area and ravines.

For the first round, we had an extreme cavalry advantage, and the French army

With geographical advantages, both sides will win and lose anyway. However, it is obvious that after two months of fighting, the areas where the French army can move are becoming less and less, and our local advantages are being established. However, we want to occupy

Metz and Strasbourg didn't know that they would have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.

In the southern Italian region, it was our old friend, the Duke of Vendôme, who led the French offensive. After he was dismissed, he immediately arrived in the south of France and mobilized troops and officers. After three months, he mobilized combat effectiveness

A fairly impressive army. First

The echelon includes 30,000 reinforcements from the Kingdom of Castile, 30,000 French troops and 10,000 Aragonese allies, a total of more than 70,000, more than 60,000 infantry, 8,000 cavalry, about 140 artillery pieces, 6 artillery battalions, the second echelon

Fifty thousand men, French infantry, 2 artillery battalions, and 30 artillery pieces.

Good steel should be used on the blade. With the number of 140 artillery pieces, we can probably see where France has armed their artillery in the past few months. We can also see that the French army has been planning this for a long time.

In order to ensure a successful attack on Italy, the 30,000 French troops, 30,000 allied troops of the Kingdom of Castile and more than 10,000 allied troops of Aragon were all elite troops drawn by the French from the Spanish battlefield, and the following five

Thousands of people are obviously new recruits. If the French army succeeds in their offensive on the Italian peninsula, they will be able to regain a strategic advantage, because driving us out of Italy means that we will not be able to supply through the Mediterranean, regardless of future

War or peace, both are good for the French.

It’s just that the French underestimated me too much.

No, to be exact, the French just think they know us too well.

Yes, we in Rome have a lot of good soldiers, but there are not many generals who can fight. Sviatos is in the Netherlands, I am in Strasbourg, and Alexander is also here. Well, it seems that the whole empire can fight

With all the commanders in charge in these two places, can the remaining Italians stop the French army?

You must know that the Duke of Vendôme is in command of the French army.

You can see that the French, who have adjusted their strategy in time, are playing the game of high-grade horses against medium-grade horses, medium-grade horses against low-grade horses, and low-grade horses against medium-grade horses. However, the French are talented enough to let them play this way.

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Use the high-quality horse of Viscount Turenne to block the two medium-sized horses of Karl XII and Sviatos, the two high-quality horses of Prince Condé and the Duke of Luxembourg to block me, and Alexander and Sachs.

Letting out the Duke of Vendôme, a superior horse, to defeat the unknown Roman general in Italy, who is a inferior horse, well, it's hard to imagine that the French would lose.

However, the French army forgot that the entire battle situation was arranged by me. I would let the past half a year go to waste?

Yes, the lack of military generals who can take charge of their own affairs is our shortcoming, but we won't look for them elsewhere?

After being silent for two years, Marshal Burkhard, a German from Russia, finally came into everyone's eyes. Who made gold shine wherever it goes?

We started a battle with the French army in Pavia, below the plains of Milan where the French army entered the Italian peninsula.

In the series of offensives that followed, the French army failed to gain any benefits.

The reason is very simple. As an area that has been in dispute for hundreds of years, the Italian Peninsula has countless fortresses. As long as we take some of them as our own, we can play a role in blocking the French army. In the past half year, Burke

Harder is presiding over this operation. Of course, as an outsider, he is only leading the layout of the defense line, while our diplomats are bargaining with Italian castles to obtain castles and purchase food from them.

While doing business and fighting, Burkhard built a deep defense line around the Pavia area below Milan that could block the French army. Within this defense line, there were more than 20,000 people who had followed him.

Alexander took a ship and defeated the pagans in Egypt and Syria, destroyed the Italian city-state alliance on the west coast of the Italian peninsula, defeated the French army in Aragon, and gathered and annihilated the elite troops of the Duke of Marson on the east coast. He used them to cooperate

Arriving in Italy one after another

With the eight legions of Italy, we have a total of more than 60,000 people in Italy. The recruits have also received enough baptism in fighting for the castles from the Italians, and their combat effectiveness will not be much worse. Then there are also 20,000 Austrian troops.

Although the more than 20,000 people on the side are not of much use, it is better than none, and some of them are more than 4,000 cavalry. In addition, we still have 4 legions cruising on the sea. So in general

He said that our military strength is no worse than that of the French army.

The personal factors of Burkhard, the commander-in-chief, are not comparable to those of the Duke of Vendôme, but I did not make arrangements for this. Those more than 20,000 elite soldiers followed Alexander in the early years, and Burkhard was also with Alexander at that time.

, with the running-in of a series of battles between Egypt and Italy, there will not be too many problems between the two sides. As for

I sent Ventra to those newly arrived legions. Although the old man was not very capable, he still had prestige, and based on Ventra’s performance in the past year or so, he can be said to be my
Chapter completed!