The Austrians, at the urging of their own commanders, quickened their pace.
The carts rushed frantically towards the Prussian positions.
Looking at the approaching carts, the Prussian officers had no choice but to give the order to open fire, but the situation did not improve.
The Austrians hid behind the carts, and the bullets did not cause many casualties at all.
William frowned when he saw this, although he had not experienced war, he also knew a truth, that is, the enemy army must not be allowed to break a gap in the entire front.
But William knew that Prince Ferdinand must have known this, so he did not interfere with the command of the officers at the front, but continued to watch the battlefield.
Nearer, the Austrians were getting closer, and even some of the sharp-eyed Prussian soldiers could see the small carts full of sand and gravel on the opposite side.
Prince Ferdinand, standing in his own command position, ordered all the artillery to be poured on these carts.
The Prussian artillery switched direction, and instead of shelling the Austrian artillery, they aimed at the carts.
The spectacle of hundreds of artillery pieces, although it did not kill many Austrians, but the crushed cart also indirectly helped Prussia to stop the Austrian attack.
Prince Ferdinand, looking at the results of the artillery with satisfaction, said to the officers on his left and right: "War is not about how many enemies you kill, but about whether you can help yourself to victory" Field Marshal Lassi in the Austrian rear frowned when he saw the destruction of the carts one by one, the purpose of which was to fill the trenches so that the Austrian cavalry could break through and thus open the entire front.
But if the cart was destroyed, it would be an obstacle to the advance of the Austrian infantry, and piles of sand and gravel would hinder the advance of the army, but he had no good way to stop the Prussian artillery, and he angrily ordered his own artillery to do their best to blow up the trenches, even if they were ten pieces each.
After the Prussian artillery bombardment, the Prussians found that the Austrians were finally no longer like turtles, cowering behind carts.
When the Austrians entered Prussia, the Prussian positions were filled with muskets.
Seeing this, Leopold said to Marshal Lassy: "The battle can no longer be fought like this, please concentrate your forces as soon as possible to fill the trenches at the position of the enemy's royal flag, and I will lead the cavalry to storm" At Leopold's repeated requests, the remaining moving carts were concentrated on the line of defense in front of William.
William asked Dessau, who was beside him: "How many Austrians have fallen on top of the trap" "Thirty thousand men are expected," Dessau replied to Wilhelm after surveying the Austrian line "How's the ditch in the Elbe dug up?"
asked Wilhelm again "I guess we'll be able to dig up where we are the day after tomorrow," Dessau replied William thought for a moment, and he decided to launch the trap when the Austrian cavalry appeared on top of it.
William looked at the epic battlefield in front of him, and as long as he was a man, he would be attracted by the magnificent waves of iron and blood in front of him.
Wilhelm had already seen a large number of cavalry in the Austrian army in the distance, and once this cavalry was annihilated, the Austrian army would not be able to escape.
The Austrians, under the strict orders of the warlord, rushed to the positions regardless of life and death, and some of them had already begun to fight with the hand.
The Austrian soldiers closest to Wilhelm had already engaged in a fire with William's royal attendants.
After a while, the trenches on the hill were almost filled, and William's guards were guarding the last line of defense.
Leopold was overjoyed to see this in his telescope, and he asked Marshal Lassi to fight, but Marshal Lassi only glanced at him and agreed.
On the left flank of the battlefield, a cavalry came in, and tens of thousands of horses' hooves beat the ground like an earthquake, but William was overjoyed.
William said to Dessau: "When most of these Austrian cavalry are in the trap, they will set the trap," Dessau nodded in.
Leopold was in the midst of all the cavalry and encouraged the Austrian soldiers around him, telling them that if they captured the Prussian king, everyone could get a manor.
The cavalrymen, spurred on by the generous reward, roared and rushed towards William's position.
When the cavalry was about to rush to the front of the hill, they heard a bang, and the whole earth seemed to fall.
While all the Austrians were bewildered by this sudden situation, Wilhelm shouted to all the Prussian soldiers: This is the time.
The Prussian soldiers began a counterattack after receiving instructions from William, although the trap was not dug deep, only more than three meters, but once a person fell into it, they must have been afraid.
In addition, when this happens, people's selfishness makes them desperate to climb out of the trap, and other people become stepping stones.
Leopold was lucky that he fell on the horseman who was supposed to be in front of him, but unfortunately his horse's leg was lame.
And around him was a crowded scene.
The panicked crowd doesn't care who you are, they can only scramble to climb up.
Marshal Lassi looked at the wide pit on the battlefield, his face was blue, and after a while he said furiously: "Prussians who deserve to go to hell, I will send them all to hell," he said, and commanded: "Send someone to the place of Archduke Leopold to see how she is doing" William smiled happily as he looked at the pit and the Prussian soldiers who quickly crawled out of the trenches.
Soon the Austrians in the trap found their heads full of Prussian soldiers, the Prussians lowered several ladders, and the Austrians who followed the ladders to the ground were quickly disarmed.
On the edge of the trap near the Austrian side, the Austrians could only pull the soldiers in the trap with their hands or ropes, but because of the habit of many soldiers, not only did they not pull people up, but were pulled down.
Marshal Lassi looked at the scene before him, and he swung his horsewhip a few times, as if to whip the Prussians in his heart who deserved to go to hell.
Soon, when he learned that Leopold had also fallen into the trap, his originally blue face had now changed to purple.
Looking at the panicked soldiers around him, Marshal Lassi had no choice but to order the camp to be withdrawn.
Archduke Leopold had a great headache at this time, he had just been kicked in the arm by his lame warhorse, and the pain made him unable to exert his strength at all, but the butt of a horse next to him was pressed against him.
When he heard the drums of the Austrian army retreating outside, he shouted not to leave me.
But no one paid any attention to him, because everyone was busy running to the place where they could climb to the ground.
When Wilhelm saw the Austrians on the other side withdrawing, he couldn't help laughing, and he said to Dessau: "The Austrians will have to rest for at least two days before they can recover, and our chances of victory are greater, by the way, Dessau, you ordered the Austrian prisoners of war to be taken under strict care, and to separate the identities of these prisoners of war, and to single out those nobles, I am sure that someone will be willing to pay a ransom for these people."