At noon, the British and Prussian army began to take a temporary rest-after all, no one is an iron striker, and they all need a little rest-at the same time, they can also pull up the mobilizers or mercenaries who have just arrived.

Yes, in order to win this unexpectedly difficult fortress. The British have spent money to hire several groups of mercenaries. Although it is no longer possible to buy mercenaries in Italy today, in Germany, some mercenaries can still be paid for.

In the beginning, the British hired about 10,000 German mercenaries, but it didn't take long for these mercenaries to accuse the British of being liars, failing to explain to them the difficulty and danger of the task. They strongly demand that the employment contract be terminated or five times the salary.

The British were naturally unwilling to spend too much money, so they promised that the mercenaries they had hired would not perform offensive tasks. Of course, therefore, their wages have to be halved. The first batch of mercenaries immediately agreed.

After appeasing the first batch of mercenaries, the British hired a new batch of mercenaries. This time they learned their lesson and stopped letting the mercenaries slowly adapt to the situation on the battlefield. Instead, they first placed them in the barracks behind the battlefield, and strictly managed them to prevent them from entering and leaving at will and avoid them. Excessive contact with other people. When they are about to be used, they will be directly dragged up from behind, and then...then this group of mercenaries will never ask for a salary increase or cancel the contract.

The British imparted their experience selflessly to the Prussians, and the Prussians, who were distressed by the continuous resistance and even mutiny in the army, were immediately inspired. They also set up a quarantine military camp a little further behind, and sent the newly mobilized soldiers to sealed storage there to avoid contact with some unnecessary information, causing their thinking to be polluted and their combat effectiveness reduced.

In this way, when it is closed to use, it will be dragged out for one-time use, and the isolated barracks will be used to house the next batch of mobilized troops.

Of course, this also brings two problems.

The first problem is the lack of training for mobilized troops. However, in such offensive operations, the speed at which well-trained and poorly-trained soldiers die is not much different. Therefore, at this time, this is not a problem.

The second problem is that the time interval between each wave of attacks by the British and Prussians has to be widened. Because they have to wait for the last batch of consumables to run out before they can bring the next batch of consumables. Otherwise, let these consumables with weapons in their hands and witness how the previous batch of consumables are used before going to the battlefield, and there will be problems immediately.

The increase in the attack interval will of course give the French more preparation time, which is obviously unfavorable for the attacker. However, anyway, the connection between No. 1 Heights and the other French forces has been cut off, and what the coalition has to do here is to consume their ammunition. The pace is a little slower, not intolerable.

So the battlefield was temporarily quiet for a while. Everyone should hurry up and have a meal during this time. Because for many people, it's hard to tell, this is the last meal.

Napoleon's army had already eaten, and moved to the north of the British-Prussian coalition. Now the soldiers are resting on the spot, preparing to launch a decisive attack soon.

At this time, the cavalry sent to contact Joseph had also returned. Also returning with the cavalry was General Murat.

"Ruo Achan, welcome you back to the team. How about, are you having a good time with my brother?" Napoleon said.

"Not at all, I was almost suffocated." Murat replied, "Of course General Joseph Bonaparte is a great military strategist, but...especially during meetings, it's really...you see With his downcast and sighing look, he thought we were being hooked by the British and Prussians! The thing I can't stand for is that every time he has a meeting, no matter who makes new suggestions, he There will always be a sentence:'Of course, this sounds good, but don't make any trouble!' This is really..."

"Well, Joachim, be happy, now you are back!" Napoleon was obviously very happy to hear Murat say this to his brother.

"Well, by the way, how is the situation over there?" Napoleon asked after patted Murat's shoulder comfortingly.

"The situation is very good, the enemy does not know how many dead, I have never seen so many dead." Murat said, "I can smell the low morale of the enemy with my nose. In fact, I only rely on Verdun. Defenders, I think we can use a counterattack to defeat them now. If not for the general, he was too cautious..."

"Joseph is not cautious, but dark-hearted and appetizing. Otherwise, what do we want to do? Counterattack can indeed defeat the enemy, but what we need is not to defeat them, but to annihilate them." Napoleon said. At the same time I thought in my heart: "The guys with bad heads can't do anything, even Joseph can't make them smarter! Doesn't he know that his complaint is denying the meaning of our actions?"

"Well, Joachim, did Joseph ask you to bring any news?" Napoleon continued.

"General, General Joseph Bonaparte asked me to bring you a message, as long as he is there..."

According to Joseph, his troops first launched a comprehensive counterattack. Joseph felt that his counterattack would definitely attract the enemy's attention, and then Napoleon could attack from the flanks.

"Do I need him to teach me when to attack? But... this time just do as he says." Napoleon said at last.

So just twenty minutes after the British and Prussians put those mercenaries and mobilizers who knew nothing about the cruelty of war into battle, the French army, which had been defending, began to counterattack across the board. The French were fully fired and opened fire at the coalition forces with various weapons. At the same time, they counterattacked from several other directions towards Height One, seeming to want to restore contact with Height One in one fell swoop.

Regarding the actions of the French army, the British and Prussian troops were not panicked at first, because they actually had some preparations for the French army's large-scale counterattack. The location of Highland One is so important that the French will not fail to see it. If they want to ensure the integrity of the front and want to defend the fortress, they will definitely find a way to get through the connection with Highland One. Especially since several days have passed, the French army must have a new commander.

Therefore, at the beginning, they only regarded this as an unexpected thing, and even when they found that the French attack was quite fierce, they only regarded it as an expression of "our French friend is in a hurry".

But soon, they discovered that the French army's attack force exceeded their expectations, and they could no longer resist it. So the Duke of Brunswick made a move that he has regretted ever since, putting more troops in to withstand the French counterattack, and even, if possible, take the opportunity to expand when the French army is defeated. Own control area.

As a result, when he had just mobilized the new force to launch a counterattack, someone suddenly reported that it was the cavalry who had discovered the main force of the French army in the north.

The news fell on Marshal Brunswick and the other generals like a lightning bolt. Now the troops in their hands, especially those with the most combat effectiveness, have been put into defensive and counterattack operations. Although some reserve teams are retained, they are only used to prepare for known changes on the battlefield. Moreover, the strength of the reserve team cannot be too great, otherwise it will be a waste of combat effectiveness. Therefore, the reserve team in the hands of the coalition must not be able to deal with the Italian army of the French army that is about to be killed.

For the current plan, the only way to quickly drag the army out of the stalemate battlefield. Of course, this is very risky. If the organization is not good, the French army in the north will not even be used to kill it, and the French army in front of it may directly destroy the coalition. But at this time, Marshal Brunswick has almost no other possible options.

"Let the cavalry confirm the news again. In addition, let all troops be prepared to withdraw from the battle. Let General Blucher take his cavalry and prepare to delay the French army coming from the north." The Duke of Brunswick issued an order. .

Blücher passed by with the cavalry, but he had no more than a thousand cavalry in his hands. The Duke of Brunswick had no confidence at all.

Just want to retract in the battle, is it easier said than done? As soon as the coalition forces made a slight contraction, the French army rushed forward again. Moreover, the French counteroffensive organization is quite flexible, and it is obvious that highly experienced officers are in charge of commanding.

If there is no pressure from Napoleon’s Italian Legion, the Duke of Brunswick can still reorganize the army into an organizational system and withdraw from ~lightnovelpub.net~ But when the Italian Legion is about to be killed, He has no time to do so. He must gather as many troops as possible and get out of the battle before the Italian Legion can kill.

What's more, at this time, the cavalry returning from the north had confirmed time and time again that Napoleon's army was approaching quickly. Brunswick assessed the situation and finally made the final decision: "Order, all troops, but everything, leave contact with the enemy and return to the barracks."

This order caused great chaos in the army-but it was inevitable. The retreat quickly turned into a rout. Many troops that were too deep in the position were bought before they had time to retreat, so they were cut off by the counter-attack French troops and fell into siege. Many more troops were defeated in the retreat, lost their organization, and became chaotic.

Finally, the coalition forces who followed Brunswick back to their barracks did not even have half of the total. More troops were either killed by the French or captured by the French, and more did not know where they went. . They were wise not to return to the barracks, and the French did not care about arresting them for the time being.

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