That night, Marshal Lacy ordered the officers of the Austrian army to prepare for retreat. Early the next morning, Lacy looked at the listless soldiers. He took a deep breath and looked at the Prussians opposite with his blue eyes.
After a while, he turned his horse's head and retreated back.
The Austrians left 20,000 people on guard to prevent the Prussians from taking this opportunity to launch a surprise attack. Of course, the Prussians wanted to make a sneak attack. But William understood that it was not a good opportunity to attack now. The traps on the ground could not only prevent the Austrians from attacking again.
, can also block the pursuit of the Prussian army.
Although William felt very regretful that he could not completely wipe out the Austrian army, the Austrian army had been severely damaged after all. It was easy to lose 40,000 people, but it was not so easy to recruit 40,000 battle-hardened veterans.
In yesterday's battle, 4,000 Austrians were killed. An initial estimate of 500 Austrians who were trampled to death by their own people after launching the trap, and more than 30,000 were captured, while Prussia only suffered more than 1,000 casualties. And Austria's most elite
It can be said that the entire cavalry army was wiped out. In the end, only three or two kittens escaped, and the remaining more than 10,000 people were captured.
Seeing these prisoners of war being guarded honestly, William's heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment. This battle could not only calm the opposition of the domestic nobles, but also convince the Prussian soldiers who participated in the battle.
After discussing with Prince Ferdinand, William decided that the army would rest on the spot for three days, and then march into Austria three days later. The rest time would be used to allow the prisoners of war to fill the big holes on the battlefield, and at the same time let the water of the Elbe River flow again.
The 40,000-strong Prussian army led by Prince Henry and Laudon's Austrian army have been facing each other for several months. There has been no large-scale exchange of fire between the two sides. Everyone knows that both sides are waiting for news from Saxony.
On this day, Prince Henry looked at the Austrian village in the distance with his telescope as always. There was an Austrian regiment there. This regiment was the Austrian army closest to the Prussian position.
"Your Highness, Your Highness," a knight in the distance shouted as he galloped over on horseback.
Henry turned around and looked at the knight expressionlessly. The knight quickly dismounted not far from Henry and ran towards Henry.
"Your Highness, this is the battle report from the Saxon front." The knight panted and raised the letter in his hand and handed it to Henry.
Henry's hands were trembling. He didn't know why his hands were trembling. He tried his best to control them, but he still couldn't. Henry heard his rapid heartbeat at this moment, and he tremblingly picked up the letter and typed it.
After reading a few lines, Henry's face turned red. After a while, he had read the entire letter. His flushed and purple face already showed how excited he was at the moment.
"Haha, haha, damn Austrians, haha, you didn't expect that you were beaten into the dog's belly during the Seven Years War in Lasie." Henry roared crazily and smiled. Prince Henry's bodyguards looked at Henry where he was.
Bentong's expression was very strange, and one of Henry's guards boldly stepped forward and asked:
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm so happy, haha. Go and tell the whole army that our army severely damaged the Austrian army in Saxony and captured more than 30,000 people. Those damn Austrians were defeated, haha." Henry laughed and answered his guard's question.
question, and then he seemed to think of something and ordered:
"Forget it, don't announce it to the whole army for the time being, so as not to arouse the ideas of the Austrians on the opposite side. We will give the whole army extra food tonight, and everyone will have fun together." After Henry said this, he rode back to his camp.
Marshal Laudong was restless in his tent. He didn't know how the fighting on the Saxony front was going, but he had a feeling that he felt a little uncomfortable.
In fact, Marshal Lacy also informed Marshal Laudon of the news of his defeat, but his news was not sent out until the next day, while the news of Prussia's victory was in the evening of the same day, and William ordered someone to pass the news to Henry.
William decided to change his original plan. He decided to take the opportunity to lead 30,000 people from Dessau and 10,000 people allocated by Ferdinand to Bohemia, join Prince Henry and then defeat the Bohemia led by Laudon.
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In addition, William also discussed with Ferdinand that Ferdinand would propose a prisoner exchange to the Austrians, allowing the Austrians to use money to redeem their captured nobles. As for the soldiers, even if Austria was willing to give money, William would not
These soldiers may be released.
Bohemia, Decin, the place where Prince Henry and Marshal Laudon faced each other.
Although the Prussian soldiers did not understand what Prince Henry meant by extra meals, having delicious food is always a good thing, right? The Prussian camp was bustling with extra meals, while the Austrian side was a bit deserted.
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Marshal Laudon thought for a long time and decided to launch a tentative attack on Prussia tomorrow.
The next day, the Austrian army appeared on the battlefield. Prince Henry smiled broadly after seeing the Austrian army appear.
Before the Austrian army could approach the Prussian positions, Prince Henry's bodyguards rode to various Prussian positions on the front line and shouted:
"Austria is defeated. His Majesty the King captured 40,000 Austrians in Saxony. Defeat these Austrian clowns in front of us, and let's break into Vienna together."
After the Prussian soldiers heard this clearly, their morale soared. They threw their hats into the sky regardless of the Austrian army that was about to enter the shooting range.
The Austrian army was taken aback by the Prussian actions. They didn't know what was happening. Until a small officer on the front line heard the Prussian celebrations clearly, he sat down on the ground and whimpered:
"My elder brother and younger brother are both in Saxony, what should I do?"
The Austrian soldiers in a battalion under his command looked at each other. They stopped moving forward and stood still. But the Austrian soldiers behind did not know what was happening in front. When a regiment commander saw that the troops in front were not leaving, he
He rushed over on horseback and said angrily:
"Why stop? Why don't you move forward immediately? Let me attack everyone."
After hearing the regimental leader's voice, the original young officer said to the regimental leader in despair:
"Failed, the Saxon army was defeated"
When the regiment leader heard this, he whipped the young officer hard with his horsewhip and he yelled:
"If you dare to disturb the morale of our army, someone will come and pull me down. You will be dealt with according to the military law after the war."
But before anyone could drag the young officer away, Marshal Laodong came to the front line in person. Seeing that the troops on the front line seemed to be in trouble and no longer advancing, he rushed over immediately.
"What's going on? Why did it stop suddenly?" Lao Dong said angrily.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, the Prussians said that the main force of our army was defeated in Saxony." Before the regiment leader could speak, the junior officer said first, "
"Damn it, come here, kill this guy, shoot him on the spot." Upon hearing this, Lao Dong thought that this young officer was disturbing the morale of the army and said angrily.
At this moment, Marshal Laodong's bodyguard came to Laodong and said something in Laodong's ear. Laodong's expression changed instantly. He looked fiercely at the celebrating Prussian army opposite and shouted.
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After saying "Retreat," he left without waiting for anyone to react.
What the guard said was: I just received news that our army in Saxony was defeated.
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