Just when William was in uniform and ready to pick up weapons, Hornder hurriedly walked in. When he saw William, who was already in military uniform, Hornder was stunned, and then he immediately said:
"Your Majesty, the French army in Nicholas City has launched an attack on us. Now the enemy has broken through our guard tower and is rushing towards the Chinese army!"
After hearing Hornde's words, William immediately said:
"Send someone to immediately transfer two imperial divisions to reinforce the camp!"
Just when Hornde was about to leave the military tent and go out to deliver orders, William thought for a moment and said:
"Wait a minute, the order just now is invalid! Don't call the two imperial divisions to come over for reinforcements, just have someone notify them to step up their guard!"
"But your Majesty!"
Hearing William's inconsistent orders, Hornder asked in confusion, but before Hornder could finish speaking, William said:
"There are more than 24,000 Prussian soldiers in our camp, and there are only 30,000 enemies in Nicholas City. Even if they all come out, there will only be 30,000 people. It is already dark now.
If we mobilize the army rashly, the French may be waiting to ambush our reinforcements! We have so many soldiers who can definitely hold out until dawn, and it will not be too late to mobilize reinforcements after dawn!"
Without waiting for Hornde to object, William waved his hand and drove Hornder out.
In William's view, even if Napoleon transferred back the 20,000 troops deployed from Nicholas to central Brussels, Napoleon would only have 50,000 troops, while William had more than 20,000 Prussian troops stationed there, especially
The Prussian army also had elite divisions such as the Royal Guards. In William's opinion, even if Napoleon personally brought 50,000 troops, it would be impossible to capture the Prussian camp overnight.
And if the Imperial divisions were mobilized to come for reinforcements at this time, it would be playing into Napoleon's hands. After all, William was really unsure of how much fighting power the motley Imperial troops who had arrived in a hurry could maintain in the dark.
In fact, when Napoleon planned to send troops to attack the Prussian camp at night, he prepared two plans. One plan was for Napoleon to personally lead the cavalry to attack the Prussian camp. If Prussia's combat effectiveness was weak, then the forward cavalry led by Napoleon could just do it.
Open a gap for the following infantry.
The other plan is that if the Prussian army is heavily defended and calls for reinforcements, then the main infantry force behind the French cavalry can just attack those imperial divisions. Compared with the Prussian army, the combat effectiveness of the imperial divisions is undoubtedly inferior.
Many, after all, the Imperial Division is
It was a patchwork of states along the Rhine River, and with the cover of darkness, Napoleon could completely catch these imperial divisions off guard, even if the night attack on the Prussian camp was unsuccessful. But if he could cripple these two imperial divisions,
Then tonight's night attack can be said to be a success.
The French cavalry led by Napoleon paid no attention to the guard towers outside the Prussian army's camp. Their only target was the Prussian army's camp.
Soon, three thousand French cavalry approached the Prussian camp, and at this moment, groups of Prussian soldiers appeared behind the fence of the Prussian camp. These Prussian soldiers who were forcibly pulled out of their beds by the officers, at this moment
They have entered a fighting state. Although many of their clothes are messy, at least their armed belts and weapons are firmly in their hands.
"Prepare!!!"
When the Prussian officer in the outermost row heard the increasingly clear sounds of horse hooves, he immediately shouted loudly, and upon hearing the officer's order, the Prussian soldiers immediately raised their weapons.
"Horned. Let the cavalry regiment of the Guards prepare immediately! Also prepare the cavalry of the Sixth Division and gather them to the rear. Also tell Lukak that the Sixth Division must stand firm.
You must never allow your position to be breached by the French army!"
After walking out of the military tent, Napoleon immediately said to Hornder beside him. After hearing William's words, Hornder immediately relayed William's order to the messenger beside him.
The Prussian camp was arranged in a triangular shape, and the tip of the triangle was in the direction facing Nicholas.
When they were less than a hundred steps away from the fence of the Prussian camp, despite the cover of darkness, the French cavalry had already revealed its silhouette under the light. In the Prussian formations on alert, one by one,
Immediately the officers shouted "Shoot!".
After one round of bullets was fired, the Prussian soldiers in the back row opened fire again without waiting for the officer's order, and so three rounds were fired.
But what the Prussian army did not expect was that these French cavalry did enter within a hundred steps of shooting range, but after entering, these French troops immediately dispersed to both sides. As mentioned above, the Prussian army camp was arranged
A triangle, and after the Prussian army fired, these French cavalry kept a hundred steps away from the enemy troops guarding the Prussian camp and rushed past like two parallel lines.
This move of the French army caught the Prussian army somewhat unexpectedly. The officers looked at each other, wondering what the French army was going to do.
But soon, under Napoleon's order, the mystery was revealed. The French cavalry who had escaped three rounds of shooting immediately accelerated towards the fence of the Prussian camp. This incident left the Prussian officers in a daze, but
Soon he ordered his soldiers to reload their ammunition immediately and continued to shoot at the French army.
However, the officer was so stunned that the French cavalry was approaching fifty steps from the Prussian camp. When the Prussian soldiers fired another round of ammunition, they saw each French cavalry pulling out the weapons hidden behind them.
The long rope, and then using the horse's speed, this
When some soldiers were still more than ten steps away from the Prussian camp, they pulled the reins of their horses to make the horses once again maintain a parallel posture with the Prussian camp. At this time, these French soldiers started to
He threw out the long rope in his hand.
These French cavalry with long ropes in their hands can be said to be the well-deserved elite of Napoleon's command. There are only less than 300 such soldiers in Napoleon's command, and at this time, all of these 300 people were in the first wave of attacks on the generals.
Among the thousand people in the military camp.
These three hundred elite cavalry were all hidden behind the ordinary French cavalry during the previous charge. After the hundreds of French cavalry in front of them successfully induced the Prussian soldiers to fire three rounds of volleys, these cavalry suddenly
He jumped out and started to show off the skills he had been practicing for a long time.
Despite suffering huge losses, nearly two hundred cavalrymen still successfully threw long ropes over the Prussian fence. The heads of these long ropes were equipped with delicate fishhook-like things.
"accelerate!"
A French cavalry officer sat on a horse and shouted, and then more than two hundred French soldiers holding long ropes immediately beat the horses under their crotches like crazy.
Some cavalrymen rolled on the ground because they couldn't eat anymore. But their comrades didn't even look at them, but continued to drive the horses under their crotches crazily.
The huge pulling force caused the entire fence in front of the Prussian camp to shake violently.
"Quick, keep shooting! Hold down those bars!"
William stood behind and used a telescope to see clearly. Before anyone else could say anything, William immediately ordered.
But it was already too late. Finally, when there were more than a hundred French cavalry pulling the long ropes, with a "poof" sound, several fences tied together were suddenly pulled up.
As the first fence was pulled, in a chain reaction, a large section of the fence directly in front of the Prussian camp was torn away by the French cavalry.
Seeing that his strategy was successful, Napoleon's face suddenly showed joy
"Prepare!"
Then the two thousand French cavalry deployed on the second front immediately sounded the sound of horns. The two thousand cavalry formed a huge cone formation under the restraint of Napoleon, and Napoleon stood at the front with his own guards.
It has become the sharpest arrow in this cone array.
"charge!"
After a loud roar from Napoleon's mouth, Napoleon whipped his horse and charged towards the Prussian camp.
After the French cavalry pulled up many fences, William immediately ordered:
"Order people to block those gaps immediately, and have the soldiers prepare immediately! Hornde, are the cavalry ready?"
"Your Majesty, 4,500 cavalry have been prepared!"
Hornder said in William's ear, and then William nodded. This efficiency was quite satisfactory to William. It was less than fifteen minutes before his order was issued, and within fifteen minutes, the Sixth Division
It was not easy for all the cavalry of the regiment and the Royal Guards to be assembled immediately.
Among these 4,500 cavalry, 2,000 were attached to the Sixth Division, and the remaining 2,500 were the total of the three cavalry regiments of the Royal Guards. During the Bohemian War, the Royal
The Guards' cavalry consumes a lot. Although it has been replenished as a priority, it has not yet been fully replenished.
"Very good, order all the cavalry to leave the camp immediately, and let me go around to the rear of the French cavalry in the shortest possible time. After arriving at the position, the two thousand cavalry of the Sixth Division immediately launched an attack on the back of the French cavalry. And
The other 2,500 cavalrymen immediately searched for me for the follow-up troops of the French army. I discovered that the enemy still had follow-up troops, so the task of these 2,500 cavalrymen was to hold back the enemy for me!"
Upon hearing William's order, Hornder immediately responded loudly, and then he said to William:
"Your Majesty, I beg you to entrust me with this task!"
William looked at Hornde's face, thought for a moment and then said loudly:
"Okay, Hornde, since it is requested, I will leave this task to you, but if you fail to complete the task, or there are any deviations, you should understand what consequences you will suffer!"
"Your Majesty, I understand! But I still ask you to give me this task!"
"Okay, let's go!"
After saying that, William watched Hornde's back hurried towards the position of the cavalry.
Influenced by the warlike genes of the previous kings of Prussia, the royal stewards of the Prussian court were often selected from the commanders of the Royal Guards or trusted generals selected by His Majesty the King from the army before becoming stewards. In short, the royal stewards of Prussia and this
Other high positions in the country were also won with outstanding military exploits.
But in comparison, Hornde undoubtedly lacked too much in terms of military exploits. Before becoming the royal steward, Hornde was the deputy steward of the royal family and the deputy commander of the royal guard. However, despite his military position, Hornde had never been on the battlefield.
He had made great achievements, and the reason why he became the royal steward was mainly because Hornd had a good family background and Buer's appreciation.
Under such circumstances, Hornde eagerly hopes to prove himself. You must know that although major countries have been weakening the authority of the royal steward in modern times, it has to be said that the royal steward has played an extremely important role in European history. In Britain and France for hundreds of years,
During the war, the person who served as the commander-in-chief of the French army in the Battle of Agincourt was the French royal steward at that time, and there were countless examples in history of royal stewards deposing kings.
In many cases, the royal steward was even called the "internal minister."
Being in such an important position means that Hornd needs to perform a feat that can convince the public. So in Horned's view, although this mission is a threat, for him, once he succeeds, this feat will
This will silence some people who have previously criticized him, including the director of the Brandenburg Palace, who was Hornde's former rival.
Napoleon's example greatly inspired the French army's fighting spirit. Two thousand French cavalry rushed into the human wall of Prussian soldiers like tigers descending from the mountain.
Flesh and blood splattering has become the main theme at this moment. In a sense, these cuirassiers are veritable heavy cavalry, especially since Napoleon specially built dozens of pairs of vests for tonight's charge to the camp. In addition, Napoleon has been everywhere before.
The dozens of pairs of vests plundered turned Napoleon, who served as the arrowhead of the French cavalry, and the personal guards around him into steel monsters.
Although after firearms were widely used in warfare, heavy cavalry, which even wore heavy armor on its crotch horses, declined on the battlefield. But it has to be said that at this time in the late eighteenth century, to a certain extent, heavy cavalry
It can still play a considerable role. If nothing else, just seeing these monsters with men and horses wearing heavy armor will make the hostile Prussian soldiers feel a little timid psychologically.
"Don't get entangled with the enemy, keep charging!"
After cutting down a Prussian soldier on the horse's side with his hand, Napoleon sat on his horse and roared desperately. Even on the battlefield where the shouts of killing were loud at this moment, Napoleon's voice still spread.
Then Napoleon didn't even bother to struggle with the cowering Prussian soldiers in front of him. He kicked off the saddle, and the spurs pierced the belly of the horse under his crotch. The painful horse became a little crazy again, desperately
Rush forward.
"Supervise the battle team! The supervising team will attack immediately. All soldiers who dare to escape or break away from the formation will be executed!"
Seeing that the French cavalry launched another desperate attack, and the Prussian army formation on the front showed signs of wavering, William immediately shouted and ordered the army.
It was a team of supervising troops who stepped forward. On the one hand, these supervising teams monitored the movements of our own soldiers, but on the other hand, they were also ready to join the battle at any time.
With the war supervisory team in place, some soldiers who escaped without authorization were subsequently executed. The Prussian army's front was stabilized again. Everyone knew that dying under the gun of these war supervisory team was worse than dying in the hands of the enemy, because those who died under the gun of the war supervisory team were
People are not eligible to enjoy the pensions and preferential policies issued by the government.
At this moment, the rumble of horse hoofbeats sounded behind Napoleon's French army. Upon hearing this sound, a hint of joy appeared on William's originally solemn face.
"Hold on, everyone, our cavalry is coming, the enemy's good days are coming to an end!"
Two thousand cavalrymen of the 6th Division of the Prussian Army fiercely re-entered the French cavalry. Napoleon's pressure suddenly increased greatly, and the French cavalry wavered slightly due to the double attack.
"Manner, take 300 men to stop the Prussian cavalry, and the rest will continue to charge with me!"
After shouting, Napoleon did not wait for Manner to answer and continued to rush towards the central tent of the Prussian camp.
Soon the French cavalry led by Napoleon broke through the Prussian defense array outside the camp. However, at this moment, two more fronts were deployed by the Prussians on the path of Napoleon's charge, and behind the two fronts were
William.
Although Napoleon, who was heavily armored, did not show his face, William still saw that the person rushing to the front must be Napoleon, and this discovery also made William extremely admire Napoleon. Not every commander has the ability to rush to the front.
Of course, rushing to the front cannot be said to be a qualified commander, but a commander who can use this method to maximize the combat effectiveness of his soldiers is undoubtedly excellent.
"Napoleon, my fateful opponent! Being born in the same era as you is a misfortune for all the generals in Europe. For me, it is a great misfortune for me to have you capture Berlin and steal the Statue of Victory! But now we don't know who will win!"
William silently muttered that the other me he was talking about was none other than Frederick William III, who was captured by Napoleon in history.
After finishing talking, William's face returned to a calm expression
"Order the Sixth Division to be on standby immediately behind the tent!"
As mentioned earlier, the Prussian military camp was arranged in a triangle, and the Royal Guards were stationed in the upper part of the triangle, while the Sixth Division was stationed in the back.
"Your Majesty, a large number of infantry were found behind the enemy's cavalry. The enemy's strength is about 20,000. General Hornde is fighting the main force of the enemy's army!"
Just when William was about to put the Sixth Division into the battle, a messenger came to William's side quickly. Upon hearing this information, William immediately gave up his original plan.
"Order the 3rd Infantry Regiment and the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Guards to immediately go into battle and surround the enemy cavalry regiments! The 6th Division immediately goes forward and is on standby!"
After William gave the order, the soldiers who were originally blocking the two lines of defense in front of William immediately became active and began to press towards Napoleon.
"Your Excellency, Marshal, the enemy has a complete plan. Continuing to attack at this time will only put everyone in danger. We have not many people left, but the enemy's army is endless. Please order the breakthrough immediately, Marshal!"
"
Just when Napoleon was about to launch another attack on the besieging Prussian army, one of Napoleon's bodyguards pulled Napoleon's horse by the head and said to Napoleon.
After hearing what the guard said, Napoleon said angrily:
"How dare you disturb the morale of our army! A coward like you is not worthy of being a hero of France!"
"Marshal, please break out immediately. You are the Messiah of the new century. The enemy has completely surrounded me. If we don't leave, we will only waste our strength. Please think about France. The day of its comeback is also the time when the enemy surrenders.
, now I will let this coward serve as your queen!"