But Warner undoubtedly took great risks. The seven hundred enemies he had to face were no worse than the one hundred royal guards under his command in terms of combat effectiveness, and the enemy's current strength was seven times that of his!
"Royal Guards! Prussian eagle, royal defender, kingdom pride!"
Warner shouted the slogan of the royal guards and then led the way to the forefront of the front line of a hundred royal guard cavalry.
Warner had already raised his cavalry in his hand. In the Prussian cavalry code, the cavalry used for melee attacks on the opponent and fired a round of ammunition within a distance of about two hundred meters from the enemy. As for whether the second round of shooting is required to be fired later, it needs to be carried out according to the command of the on-site commander.
Warner's gaze tightly clamped the body of an enemy opposite. Although Warner couldn't see clearly what the enemy looked like, he knew that the enemy was his enemy opposite. Although that person was also a Prussian, this was not enough for Warner to stop pulling the trigger.
When the enemy was still 150 meters away, Werner decisively pulled the trigger on the rifle. The huge recoil made Werner's arm shake, but then Werner decisively threw away the rifle in his hand and pulled out the saber hanging on the other side of the horse's back to continue charging towards the enemy.
The actions of the royal guards cavalry behind Werner were exactly the same as those of their commander. Although many of the enemies opposite them were knocked down after a round of shooting, the enemy did not slow down the horse but continued to rush towards Werner and others.
A tragic battle broke out on this not-so-wide plain. One hundred royal guards were surrounded by these enemies, and these enemies seemed to focus on destroying the royal guards cavalry under Werner. The enemy did not divide the troops to deal with the second team of troops protecting Anna's carriage, but surrounded Werner and the hundred cavalry under him.
I don't know how long it took to fight. But Werner's only feeling was that his clothes were already penetrated by blood. Of course, Werner didn't know whether the blood was his or his enemy, but at this moment he didn't care about distinguishing the source of the blood. Instead, he kept waving the saber in his hand and slashing towards the enemy like a mechanical machine.
"Captain! The brothers' casualties are too great! Let's break through immediately!"
At this moment, a sound came from not far away from Warner's side. This sound also made Warner, who was immersed in the killing, wake up.
"What nonsense! Let the brothers hold on! Our reinforcements will come soon!"
Just as Warner finished answering this sentence and continued to attack the seemingly endless enemy in front of him, he saw huge sounds coming from both sides of the battlefield.
"Brothers of the Royal Guards! We are all Prussians! We did not come here for suicide and murder among our fellow countrymen! We came here this time for the future of Prussia! The future of Prussia must not be handed over to an Austrian! Think about the Prussian warriors who died tragically under the hands of the Austrians over the years! We can no longer be accomplices of the tiger! That damn Austrian woman is not worthy of becoming the queen of Prussia!"
These words were spoken by Brandon, and the purpose was undoubtedly to dismantle the fighting spirit of these royal guards.
Sure enough, when the royal guards under Werner heard that these people who seemed to be their enemies could speak the pure Brandenburg-like Prussian language, everyone became a little lost for a short time.
The 100 people who were arranged by Brandon before were already around him, and now eighty people have been arranged by Brandon to go around the battlefield to repeat the words just now.
Although the 200 royal guards who guard Anna were all trusted by Werner, this does not mean that these people have any good feelings for the Austrians. On the contrary, because when entering Vienna, they were obviously somewhat shameful treatment, it was obviously impossible for these royal guards to have no objection to the Austrians.
But then Warner's words calmed down the seemingly turbulent morale, and only Werner shouted;
"Don't let it go! Brothers, Austria has been defeated by us Prussia, just as there are Poles and Danes among us. Maybe there will be Austrians among our brothers in the future! Can we discriminate against Austrians just because of our nationality? Don't forget that our old Marshal Saito and his mother are still Austrians!"
The old Marshal Saito mentioned in Werner was the first powerful general under Frederick the Great - Marshal Qiteng! As the former Prussian No. 1 powerful general, Marshal Qiteng can be said to be an idol in the minds of many Prussian soldiers, and Marshal Saito's mother was a Prussian of Austrian descent!
After Europe entered the 16th century, similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in Chinese history, a considerable number of nobles who were unsuccessful in their country chose to go to other countries to serve in office. Many of the Prussian senior leaders also had ancestors from other countries.
It can be said that Prussia was originally an emerging country. It only took more than a hundred years from the Brandenburg vassal state to the prosperity of Prussia. In this century, attacks and annexation became the theme song for Prussia to embark on its road to prosperity. It even said that the pure Prussians did not exist in Prussia at all!
Don’t forget that William’s mothers are all Louise from Hessen. Can William be said to be a person of pure Prussian descent?
The nationalism proposed by William in Prussia was not the narrow Prussians. William's so-called nationalism included the Germanic nationalism in most Central Europe! The Germanic nation was obviously not just Prussia, but also included the Scandinavian nations, English, Friesian and Germans evolved from the Germans after the great migration of the nation a thousand years ago.
Including the Dutch, Danes, Norwegians, Bohemias, some Austrians, etc., they can be said to be Germanic. The history of the Germans can be traced back to the Gothic Kingdom, the Frankish Kingdom, and the Lombard Kingdom. Therefore, it can be said that William's ambition is quite great. Because he only used the concept of a Germanic nation to show that Prussia had undisputed sovereignty over the Denmark region, Northern Italy region and the entire Central European region in history!
Warner kept raising his hands and falling down, and he was muttering silently in his heart that the current situation could be said to be extremely critical. There were only less than forty people left in the 100 royal guards following him. And depending on the situation, it would take not even half an hour to wipe out all of them.
Just as Warner kept looking into the distance, he heard shouts from the distance, and then a short while he saw a large number of cavalry suddenly appearing on the hillside not far away. These cavalry were wearing conspicuous black coats like death, but at the moment when he saw these people appear, Warner's heart immediately became at ease.
These people wearing black coats were the ones sent by Louise to secretly protect Anna. In order to distinguish between the identities of our enemies, these people who secretly protected Anna's convoy were all wearing black coats.
But seeing these people suddenly emerge from the hillside not far away, Brandon's face suddenly pulled down.
You should know that according to his previous agreement with Dessau, if he could independently destroy the guards Anna's troops, then the 500 people sent by Dessau would not need to join the battlefield at all. Of course, whether Brandon needs support depends entirely on whether he would ignite the wolf smoke.
Originally, Brandon thought he didn't need Dessau's help at all, so Brandon even promised Dessau with confidence. But now with the emergence of enemy reinforcements, Brandon's heart sank because he knew that he might have to break his promise.
"Come on, light these things!"
As he said that, Brandon took out a ball of black things from his arms and handed them to someone beside him. Then Brandon not only ordered the eighty cavalry who had been sent out to play the enemy trick to return to defense immediately, but also immediately took out three order flags from the side of his war horse and raised them up.
Brandon's immediately had eight-pole flags, and each flag represented the one hundred dead men under his command. Sure enough, among the dead men who had previously wandered around the battlefield and seemed to be unable to help, three hundred people immediately left the team and rushed towards Brandon's original formation.
After seeing three hundred people returning to defense, Brandon once again raised two flags and waved forward three times. This move caused two hundred people to besiege Warner to rush towards the location of Anna's carriage.
In this way, there were only more than one hundred enemies around Warner, but there were only more than thirty people left under Warner. Even though the enemy was only one hundred, the enemy still had a great advantage for Warner.
After appearing on the side of the battlefield, Werner's five hundred reinforcements did not immediately assist Werner, but rushed towards the location of Anna's carriage. Obviously, for these people, protecting Anna's safety was the top priority.
Seeing that the situation did not develop as he expected, Brandon felt relieved. To be honest, when he saw the enemy reinforcements appear, what he feared most was the enemy's assistance to Warner, and then defeated Warner's men besieged by his men with ease.
But when Brandon saw that under the protection of five hundred reinforcements, Anna's carriage began to slowly retreat regardless of the safety of Warner and others, Brandon couldn't feel happy in his heart.