The battle has been going on for more than half an hour. Although Germain's fire horse tactics improved the situation of the Prussian army, but later, when all three waves of French troops entered the battle, the situation still became a little bit difficult for the Prussian side.
It was in danger.
"Order, attack!"
Lucien put down the telescope in his hand and said to the officers beside him.
After Lucien's order was issued, the 1,500 French soldiers who had been silently watching the battle of their comrades immediately started to press towards the Prussian camp.
After all, Germain only has nearly 500 troops under his command. Even though there are a hundred cavalry among them, Germain has not used these cavalry yet because Germain plans to save these cavalry until the most critical moment.
But for now, Germain has to change his previous decision.
As I have said before, it can be said that the Prussian soldiers did not have much time to rest during the two days they marched. These soldiers were always on alert, waiting for the enemy's attack. Now, for the Prussian army, their physical strength and energy are at a loss.
The shortcoming has become a huge shortcoming.
And more than two hours of fighting brought these Prussian soldiers to their limit!
"Let the cavalry charge forward again! Don't tell me how many casualties there are! I just want time, time!"
Germain shouted loudly, and after he finished shouting, the cavalry who had gathered before began to urge their horses to rush towards the front where the largest number of French troops were gathered!
These cavalrymen had heard Germain's words before. After all, the camp was only so big, so they naturally understood the meaning of Germain's words.
For the Prussians at this moment, the most important thing is time, and there is not one more second. Then the Prussians have a glimmer of hope.
When 1,500 French soldiers joined the battle, the entire battlefield ushered in the largest wave. More than 2,000 French soldiers surrounded the Prussian camp, which was not wide.
In such a small space, the cavalry was actually unable to achieve its maximum combat effectiveness, but now the Prussians had no other option. Even though he knew that letting the cavalry charge would lead to death, Germain didn't care so much.
Fierce shouts of killing echoed on the battlefield, and soldiers fell to the ground every minute and every second. For the commanders, they only saw the victory or defeat on the battlefield, but for the soldiers, no matter whether it was victory or defeat. They
Their lives are not protected at all!
There were now less than 400 of the 800 soldiers under Valendo's command, and for nearly half of the casualties, it can be said that the fire horses just now were the biggest contributors.
Fortunately, with the pressure of the main force of the French army, Valendo's troops would not collapse. However, at this moment, these French soldiers who had been fighting on the front line for a long time were gradually showing signs of lack of energy like the Prussians.
"Order Valendo's troops to withdraw and reorganize the front!"
Naturally, the changes in these French soldiers did not escape Germain's eyes, so after discovering that Valendo's men were in low energy, Lucien immediately ordered Valendo to take his men to retreat.
Compared with Valendo's troops, the Prussians who were still fighting were even more unbearable than them. The fence surrounded by carriages had been opened by the French army in many places. Fortunately, Valendo had specially arranged these carriages before.
, so that even if the French army breaks through several gaps, the small space is enough to limit the number of French troops.
However, this can only be sustained for a while.
Nearly a hundred Prussian cavalry rushed towards the French soldiers. Even when the two sides came into contact, the French soldiers were collided by these cavalry and seemed to collapse. However, there were too many French soldiers, layer upon layer.
The stacked soldiers resisted the attack of these cavalry with their own lives.
Once the cavalry loses its speed, it is only slightly better than the infantry. Sometimes, the cavalry who loses its speed is even not as good as the infantry.
"Quickly, chop off the legs of their horses!"
A veteran of the French army suddenly shouted:
After hearing what this veteran said, all the French soldiers suddenly realized that they were right. They stabbed the legs of the horses under the Prussian cavalry with their bayonets.
Although the Prussian cavalry fought bravely, they were unable to make effective evasive actions at this moment, and one after another the Prussian cavalry were killed by the French soldiers.
This scene made Germain's eyes filled with bloodshot eyes. His hands clenched tightly into fists. Today's scene was really too shocking for Germain. He never thought that one day, because of his words,
Words that cost so many people their lives!
But for the Prussians, neither pity nor shame was needed, especially the Prussian soldiers. In just the next second, Germain's heart was filled with the anger of revenge.
"Hold on, everyone, our reinforcements are coming soon!"
Germaine shouted as he drew the saber from his waist and rushed towards a gap where danger appeared again.
Nearly an hour passed, and the guardrails of the camp had lost their protective effect. Under the fierce attack of the French soldiers, these carriages had all been pushed into a mess, almost losing their protective effect.
There were less than a hundred soldiers surrounding Germaine at the moment. It can be said that all of these Prussian soldiers were injured, and there was a hideous wound on Germaine's face.
"Everyone...everyone...hold on! My...our reinforcements...will be here soon!"
Germaine's voice has become extremely hoarse. From the beginning of the battle to now, Germaine has not bothered to take a sip of water, and the few hours of fighting have completely exhausted Germaine's physical strength. If it were not for the heart,
If the glimmer of faith and the hope that reinforcements were coming were supporting him, I'm afraid Germain could no longer hold on.
The French soldiers surrounded these Prussian soldiers like wolves and tigers. Lucien also walked to the front of the battle. Seeing these Prussian soldiers who refused to retreat and surrender, Germain's heart was filled with admiration.
"Prussians on the other side, surrender! Our French army will not abuse you!"
Under Lucien's instruction, a French soldier shouted to the last nearly a hundred Prussian soldiers.
After hearing these words, Germain fell silent. He didn't know how to answer. It was already very difficult for these Prussian soldiers to persist until now. They were even able to survive after more than 80% of their losses. It has to be said that this is
The European continent, no, perhaps it can be said that it is a rare existence in the history of the world.
But obviously, these Prussians all understood what their mission was. Although some Prussian soldiers had a look of excitement on their faces after the French shouted, they still persisted when they thought of the upcoming reinforcements.
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Seeing that persuading them to surrender had no effect, Lucien did not show any regretful expression on his face. Perhaps for these Prussians, letting them die on the battlefield was actually the best destination.
Thinking of this, Lucien suddenly waved his right hand, and then at Lucien's signal, the French army's attack began again.
Just as the French army's attack bugles echoed again on the battlefield, a huge sound suddenly sounded from the periphery of the battlefield.
"what sound!"
Lucien looked at the direction of the noise with some surprise on his face. You must know that he had deployed more than two thousand soldiers on the outside of the battlefield before, and the mission of these two thousand soldiers was to guard against any changes that might occur in the outside. But now
Suddenly he remembered that there was such a huge noise, but Lucien had not received any report.
Just when Lucien had just called a messenger over and was about to ask him to go and question Baptiste, he saw a fiery snake made of torches suddenly appear on the edge of the battlefield.
Seeing this scene, Lucien's expression changed drastically.
Gradually the sound sounded again, and this time Lucien heard it clearly. This sound was the rumble of horse hooves.
"Quick, everyone gather and form a defensive formation!"
After Lucien's expression changed drastically, he immediately issued the order, but at this moment, many people were still immersed in the shock of this sudden change. After knowing that Lucien yelled the previous words again, these French soldiers just acted like
When he woke up from his dream, he seemed to be hurriedly looking for his troops to form a defensive formation according to Lucien's orders.
Unlike the French army, Germaine's expression at this moment has changed from shock to ecstasy. For Germaine, the current change gave him a feeling of death and rebirth.
"Brothers! Our reinforcements are coming!"
Nearly a hundred Prussians under Germain suddenly cheered, and after the Prussians cheered, Lucien seemed to remember this small Prussian army that he had pushed to the edge of the cliff.
"Ogsey Hardru, you two don't worry about anything else, continue to lead your people and kill all these Prussians!"
After Lucien gritted his teeth and roared, he didn't care whether Odyssey and Hadru heard it or not, but commanded the army to quickly form a defensive formation.
"Kill!"
The sound of horse hooves was deafening, and the accompanying shouts of killing by the Prussian cavalry also panicked the French soldiers who hurriedly formed a defensive formation.
"Don't panic, don't panic! Everyone forms a defensive formation in accordance with the officer's orders. Anyone running around will be dealt with according to military law!"
The chaos made Lucien even more uneasy. While he worked hard to organize order, he also sent people to search for Baptiste's location, and ordered Baptiste to lead the army back to annihilate the Prussian cavalry unit.
More than 1,400 Prussian cavalrymen threw away their torches when they were still nearly 200 meters away from the French army. The cavalrymen suddenly fell into darkness like ghosts, casting a shadow on the hearts of all French soldiers.
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"Don't panic, prepare in the front row! Hold your rifle level and shoot!"
After the Prussian cavalry threw away their torches, Lucien did not panic but instead estimated the distance of these cavalry in his mind. When he estimated that these Prussian cavalry had almost entered the effective range of the French army, he immediately ordered to open fire.
However, the previous battles had consumed most of the ammunition of the French soldiers, and many French soldiers had bayonets inserted into the barrels of their guns. At that time, only a few hundred French soldiers could fill the ammunition.
The Prussian cavalry was too fast, so the shooting accuracy of these hundreds of French soldiers was really unsightly.
More than a thousand Prussian cavalry rushed into the ranks of French soldiers like a whirlwind. These cavalrymen ruthlessly harvested the lives of French soldiers with their sabers.
The hastily gathered French soldiers suddenly showed signs of defeat under the attack of the Prussian cavalry. Fortunately, at this time, Lucien played the role of calming the sea.
This outstanding general of the Bonaparte family had his own charisma that inspired these French soldiers to fight, and then through a series of maneuvers, he avoided the sharp edge of these Prussian cavalry to a certain extent.
Although the Prussian cavalry quickly penetrated the defense lines of these French soldiers, Lucien's timely command can be said to have greatly reduced the casualties of the French army to a certain extent.
"Quick, everyone positions up backward to guard against another charge from the enemy cavalry!"
Standing among the troops, Lucien's roar echoed among the soldiers.
"Why hasn't Baptiste responded yet? Someone, please give orders to Baptiste and ask him to lead my army to support me immediately!"
Another messenger was sent out by Lucien, but looking at the dark and calm area in the distance, Lucien's heart cast an ominous shadow.
Lucien has always believed that Baptiste is a somewhat capable person, and this has been fully confirmed during the time when Baptiste followed Lucien.
There can only be two reasons for Baptiste's lack of movement now. One is that Baptiste did not receive Lucien's order, and the other reason is that Baptiste was held back by something and had no time to separate.
As for whether Baptiste would surrender to the Prussians, Lucien had never considered this, because Baptiste's loyalty to the Kingdom of France had long been seen by everyone, otherwise he would not have spent all his wealth to support Lucien.
French troops in Xi'an.
And just as Lucien expected, Baptiste did not betray France. As for the reason why he did not send troops for a long time, it was the second reason that Lucien had already thought of, that is, Baptiste was held back.
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The Prussian cavalry that had just come to the rescue was not only the cavalry unit, although this cavalry had already been sent by Jarmain to secretly prepare to support Germain at any time.
Logically speaking, in more than three hours, it is impossible for anyone other than these cavalry to rush to the battlefield in such a short time. After all, it is impossible for people to rush dozens of miles in three hours.
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But the main reason why other Prussian troops besides the cavalry were able to rush to the battlefield was due to Arman.
On the way to Ay, and especially after he arrived at Ay, Arman immediately ordered the seizure of all the carriages in the city of Ay and the war horses kept in the homes of all the upper class.
The reason why Arman wanted to collect so many war horses was to increase the marching speed of the army.
After receiving Germain's urgent request for help, Armain ordered a thousand soldiers to rush onto the levied carriages.
Although these horses were not systematically trained and could only be used to pull carts, the fact that they could not be used on the battlefield did not mean that these horses could not carry Prussian soldiers running.
After piecing together all the horses used for army logistics, Arman obtained more than 500 horses of various types, and these more than 500 horses were used to pull a carriage in units of two horses.
With two hundred and fifty two carriages, based on the standard that one carriage can carry four people plus a driver, these carriages can just pull 1,250 Prussian soldiers forward.
After dispatching these infantrymen riding carriages, Arman immediately ordered the rest of his troops to set off for the location of the battle.
This huge number of carriages carried more than a thousand Prussian soldiers to the battlefield. Although some Prussian soldiers sat in the carriage and felt uncomfortable because of the bumpy carriage, they could only endure it now because they knew that if they were delayed
In just one second, dozens of compatriots may lose their lives.