Standing in the Austrian camp that was almost burned into ruins, Sharnhorst's face was very ugly. The fire that the Austrian army left not only burned most of the Austrian camp to ashes, but also caused more than a thousand casualties of the Prussian vanguard cavalry.
When he learned of this result, Sharnhorst bit his lips tightly. It should be noted that from Bayreut to Bamberg, the three divisions can be described as heavy casualties, and the remaining soldiers are undoubtedly the necessary veterans to rebuild the three divisions in the future.
Due to Lawrence's negligence, more than half of the two thousand cavalry were injured and killed, which means that the six cavalry regiments of the three divisions were completely destroyed by the Austrian army.
At present, the two division commanders of the 17th and 18th Divisions have not received any news, but Sharnhorst believes that once Ultraland and Buschman get the news, then there is no doubt that Lawrence, the leader of the vanguard cavalry, will be hated by the two division commanders. At the same time, even Sharnhorst will be discussed by the two division commanders. After all, he personally appointed Lawrence, the fool, as the commander of the vanguard cavalry.
"Come on, take the fool Lawrence over here. I want him to see with his own eyes the grievance he has committed!"
Sharnhorst angrily gave an order to the guard beside him.
After a while, Lawrence was escorted to Sharnhorst by several soldiers. Seeing the commander of the cavalry regiment in front of him whom he once regarded as a confidant general, Sharnhorst's anger came out without waiting for everyone to react. Before everyone could react, Sharnhorst stepped forward and kicked Lawrence's chest regardless of the reserve he needed as a general.
"You fool! I tried my best to hand over the remaining two thousand cavalry in the entire army to your hands, but look, see what you did! The order I gave you was to drag the Austrian army, and I did not let you break into the Austrian camp without authorization. You pig!"
As he said that, Sharnhorstyu County was aimed at Lawrence who was kicked to the ground in discomfort.
But Lawrence seemed to be stupid at this moment, and he didn't say a word if he didn't say anything.
"Your Excellency General!"
A group of officers from the Third Division quickly surrounded Schonhorst, and saw that Schonhorst actually pulled out his saber from his waist.
"Get out of here. This fool is still unaware of the fact that keeping such a person is completely embarrassing our Prussian army. Anyway, he will definitely hand it over to the military police for disposal after the war. It would be better for me to settle him first now and bring shame to our Third Division!"
Sharnhorst's words did not disperse the gang of officers surrounding him, but instead surrounded them tighter.
"God General. For the sake of Colonel Lawrence being the first to be in charge of the Third Division for so many years! Victory and defeat are common in military affairs. You cannot kill the pillars of the Third Division because of your anger!"
The person who spoke was Siber, the commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment of the Third Division. This commander and Lawrence have been friends for many years and are also considered fellow villagers. Therefore, Siber definitely did not want to see Lawrence die under the sword of Sharnhorst.
After saying that, Sibel looked at Sharnhorst without any change of his mind. Sibel fell to his knees on the ground with a slam.
"General, for the sake of my life and death for you over the years, I beg you to let Lawrence go!"
"Sibel, you are in a rebellion. Get out of here immediately. There is nothing you have to do with here!"
"God General, you also know that Lawrence and I are friends for many years. Just like brothers of life and death, my daughter may have given it to Lawrence's son. If you kill Lawrence, then you can kill me together!"
The weight of this sentence is important.
William had absolute trust in Schonhorst. Therefore, since Schonhorst served as commander of the Third Division, William completely let down the transfer of officers from various departments of the Third Division. Therefore, most of the middle-level backbones of the Third Division were close friends promoted by Schonhorst.
At this moment, seeing Sharnhorst's heart shaken, the officers who were already surrounded by him immediately started to clamor.
"Your Excellency General, Your Excellency Scharnhorst is wrong, but you won't die!"
"Your Excellency General, please let me know your side!"
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Faced with the pleading of his many subordinates, Sharnhorst suddenly felt unbearable.
With a thud, the saber that was originally raised in Sharnhorst's hand was thrown to the ground again.
"Lawrence. You kid are still good at being a man in the army. Since so many colleagues plead for you, I won't punish you for the time being. However, your actions have caused huge casualties in the vanguard cavalry. Therefore, it is not enough to relieve the resentment of the soldiers. Come on! Take Lawrence down and whip twenty military whips. You must not be rude. If anyone is rude, don't blame me for punishing him!"
After Sharnhorst's words landed, Lawrence quickly posed on the ground
"Thank you for not killing!"
As he said that, Lawrence let the guards of Sharnhorst take him down to get the twenty whips.
Although the Prussian vanguard cavalry suffered significant losses in this battle, Mannstein performed extremely well in the vanguard army. Not only did he call on many Prussian vanguards to join the battle in a short period of time, but he also defended the gate of the military camp so that more Prussian cavalry could escape.
Moreover, the nearly 300 cavalry led by Varick, who was finally arranged by Mannstein to pursue the Austrian army, also achieved certain results. Under the leadership of Varick, these 300 cavalry fully utilized their own speed advantages and bit the Austrian army's rear troops, which forced these Austrian army's rear troops to throw down a large number of materials that affected the speed of travel, including twenty heavy artillery pieces, which made Varick take a big advantage.
Originally, these artillery should have been transported away long ago, but because Ian felt that if he wanted to withdraw his troops quickly under the eyes of the Pu army, he had to have a large amount of mobile power. Obviously, after a small-scale battle with the Pu army, there would not be much physical strength left, so some artillery soldiers were arranged to go with the rear of the hall, which could not only use artillery carriages to carry the wounded, but also speed up the marching speed of the rear of the hall.
Mannstein and Varick, who performed outstandingly, were naturally received by Sharnhorst, and then the two were commended by Sharnhorst and promised to ask for their merits.
After all this, Sharnhorst lost the idea of continuing to pursue the Austrian army. Since he reported to the messenger sent by Mannstein, he ordered the army to come here without hesitation. After that, it took a lot of time to search and rescue the wounded. According to the distance, the Austrian army probably had distanced dozens of miles. Obviously, with most of the cavalry troops being wiped out, the Prussian army had lost its ability to pursue.
Just as Schánhorst achieved a local victory, the First Division led by Dafilia in Bavaria finally appeared in the outskirts of Munich.
The news that the Prussian army was at the city made all the residents of Munich panic, especially those of Itans' confidants and pro-Austrian nobles were even more frightened.
Although Munich has a population of hundreds of thousands and nearly ten thousand defenders, facing the Prussian army outside the city, Munich lacks something called confidence.
The reason why Itans ascended the position of Grand Duke of Bavaria was because of Prussia's support. After Itans came to power, officials close to Prussia occupied most of the Bavarian courts. After these officials came to power, they instilled a powerful and invincible influence into the entire Bavaria through their influence. They even wrote the words "Pu-Pakistan friendship is stronger than gold" in Shanghai, a textbook for Bavarian elementary school students.
Although Itans cleaned these officials afterwards, through several years of hard work, the unparalleled ability of the Prussian army seemed to have been implanted in the minds of the Bavarian people, and Itans' actions also made him hostile to most of the Bavarians.
You should know that Itans's purge of the upper class of Bavaria involved nearly a hundred nobles and officials, and all of these people had a certain influence on the family forces behind them.
In addition, Bavarian merchants generally benefited during the Honeymoon of Pubba, so they were incomprehensible about Itans' sudden war on Prussia and nearly half of Bavarian merchants.
The most intuitive reaction of these influences was in Munich. When the Prussians appeared in the outskirts of Munich, rumors spread in Munich that the Prussians were revenge for the officials who were cleansed by Itans. These rumors even described the Prussian army outside the city as tens of thousands of people.
In addition, the guards in Munich are mostly temporarily recruited young and strong, so it is not an exaggeration to describe them as panic.
Many people may feel a little confused about a large Bavaria regular army with less than 20,000. Logically speaking, the total population of the entire Bavarian Principality is more than 3 million. Even if one is one hundred, there should be 30,000 troops. You should know that the military-civilian ratio of many countries is fifty to one or even ten to one.
The main reason for this is actually the importance of Bavaria's geographical location. Bavaria is not only adjacent to Austria, but also borders the Bohemia and Main River region. In this way, Prussia and Austria will naturally not allow Bavaria's military strength to grow. After all, when the two strong people compete, no one will be willing to suddenly emerge from their side with a relatively large amount of strength.
Bavaria, which is full of variables and uncontrollable, is not something Austrians and Prussians are willing to see.
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