That evening, Field Marshal Lassi ordered the officers of the Austrian army to prepare for a retreat, and the next morning, Lassi looked at the unscrupulous soldiers.
He took a deep breath, his blue eyes looking at the Prussian position opposite, and after a moment, turned his horse's head and retreated.
The Austrians left 20,000 men on guard to prevent the Prussians from taking advantage of this opportunity to launch a surprise attack, which of course the Prussians wanted to sneak up.
But Wilhelm understood that the attack was not a good opportunity, and that the traps on the ground could not only stop the Austrians from attacking again, but also the Prussian army.
Although William felt very sorry that he was not able to completely annihilate the Austrian army, the Austrian army had already suffered heavy losses after all, and it was easy to lose 40,000 people, and it was not so easy to recruit 40,000 veterans who had experienced a hundred battles.
In yesterday's battle, the Austrians lost 4,000 casualties, and the Austrians who were trampled to death by their own people after launching the trap were initially estimated to be 500 and captured more than 30,000 people, while Prussia only had more than 1,000 casualties.
The most Austrian cavalry can be said to be completely annihilated, and in the end only three or two kittens escaped, and the rest of the more than 10,000 people were captured.
Seeing these prisoners of war being honestly guarded, William's heart was filled with a sense of accomplishment, and this battle not only calmed down the opposition of the domestic aristocracy, but also convinced the Prussian soldiers who participated in the battle.
William and Prince Ferdinand consulted and decided to rest the army in place for three days, and then march into Austria after three days.
Use the rest time to allow the POWs to fill in the holes in the battlefield and get the Elbe water flowing again.
Prince Henry's 40,000-strong Prussian army and Laodong's Austrian legion had been facing off for months, and there had been no major exchange of fire between the two sides, and everyone knew that both sides were now waiting for news from the Saxon side.
On this day, Prince Henry, as always, looked through his telescope at the Austrian village in the distance, where there was a regiment of Austrians, which was closest to the Austrian army in the Prussian position.
"Your Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness," a knight in the distance galloped as he rode his horse and shouted.
Henry turned to look at the knight with a blank face, and the knight quickly dismounted and ran towards Henry not far away.
"Your Royal Highness, this is the battle report from the Saxon front," the knight panted, holding up the letter in his hand and handing it to Henry.
Henry's hands were shaking, he didn't know why his hands were shaking, he tried his best to control them, but he still couldn't.
Henry heard the sound of his own rapid heartbeat at this moment, he trembled and picked up the letter and opened it, after reading a few lines, Henry's face turned red, and after a while the whole letter had been read, his purple face already showed how excited he was at the moment.
"Haha, haha, damn Austrians, haha, I didn't expect it, you have hit the belly of the dog in the seven-year war of Lassy" Henry roared and laughed frantically, Prince Henry's personal guard looked at Henry jumping on the spot and his face was very strange, one of Henry's personal guards boldly stepped forward and asked: "Your Royal Highness, what's wrong with you?"
"I'm glad, haha, go and tell the whole army that our army has inflicted heavy losses on the Austrian army in Saxony, and that more than 30,000 people have been taken prisoner, and that those damned Austrians have been defeated, haha," Henry laughed and answered the question of his own guard, and then commanded as if he had thought of something: "Forget it, don't inform the whole army for the time being, so as not to arouse the idea of the Austrians on the other side, and give the whole army a meal tonight, and everyone will have fun together," said Henry, riding back to his camp.
Marshal Raudon fidgeted in his tent, he didn't know how the Saxon front was doing, but he had a feeling that he was a little uncomfortable.
In fact, Marshal Lassi also informed Marshal Laudon of his defeat, but his news was sent the next day, while the news of Prussia was that in the evening of the victory, William ordered the news to be delivered to Henry.
William decided to change his original plan, and he decided to take the opportunity to lead 30,000 men from Dessau and 10,000 from Ferdinand to Bohemia, where they would join Prince Henry and defeat the Bohemian army led by Raudon.
In addition, William and Ferdinand also negotiated that Ferdinand propose to the Austrians to exchange prisoners, so that the Austrians could redeem their captured nobles with money, and as for those soldiers, even if Austria was willing to give money, William would not let these soldiers go.
Bohemia, Jachin, the place where Prince Henry and Marshal Raudon confronted.
Although the Prussian soldiers did not understand what Prince Henry meant by a meal, it was always a good thing to have something to eat, didn't it?
The Prussian camp was bustling with food, but Austria was a bit deserted.
Marshal Laudon thought for a long time, and he decided to make a tentative attack on Prussia tomorrow.
The next day, the Austrian army appeared on the battlefield, and Prince Henry smiled when he saw the Austrian army appear.
Without waiting for the Austrian army to approach the Prussian positions, Prince Henry's guards rode to the Prussian positions on the front and shouted: "Austria is defeated, His Majesty has captured 40,000 Austrians in Saxony, defeated these Austrian clowns in front of us, and together we will enter Vienna" When the Prussian soldiers heard this, their morale soared, and they threw their hats into the sky despite the Austrian army that was about to enter in front of them.
The Austrian troops were taken aback by the actions of the Prussians, they did not know what was happening.
Until a petty officer at the front heard the Prussian celebrations clearly, he sat down on the ground and whimpered: "My brother and brother are in Saxony, what can I do" The Austrian soldiers of a battalion under his command looked at each other, and they no longer advanced, but stood where they were.
But the Austrian soldiers in the back did not know what was happening in front, and when one of the regimental commanders saw that the army in front was not leaving, he rushed over on horseback and said angrily: "Why stop, don't you give me an advance immediately, give me all the attack" After hearing the voice of the regiment commander, the original junior officer said to the regiment commander in despair: "Defeated, the army of Saxony is defeated" When the regimental commander heard this, the horsewhip was whipped the petty officer, and he shouted: "If you dare to disturb the heart of our army, someone will pull me down, and the military law will deal with it after the war" But without waiting for anyone to drag the petty officer away, Marshal Laudon himself came to the front, and when he saw that the army at the front seemed to be in trouble and no longer advancing, he immediately rushed over.
"What's going on, why did it suddenly stop," Lao Dong said angrily "Your Excellency Marshal, the Prussians say that the main forces of our army have been defeated in Saxony" Without waiting for the regimental commander to speak, the petty officer preemptively said' "Damn, come on, kill me and shoot me on the spot," Lao Dong said angrily when he heard that the petty officer was disturbing the morale of the army At this moment, Marshal Lao Dong's personal guard came to Lao Dong's side and said a word in Lao Dong's ear, and Lao Dong's face changed instantly, and he looked fiercely at the Prussian army celebrating on the opposite side and shouted: After "retreating", he left without waiting for everyone to react.
What the guard said was: I have just received news that our army in Saxony has been defeated.
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