Henry's presence in West Prussia was no accident, but it was precisely for this reason that the army would not be left unled and miss the opportunity, and Henry marched to East Prussia after temporarily consolidating the army of 15,000 men from Silesia.
It was also when Henry marched into East Prussia that Bialysk was surrounded by Morakot's army.
Ferdinand stood on the city wall, looking at the dust raised by the horses' hooves not far outside the city, and couldn't help but feel sorry in his heart, no one expected Morakot's reaction to be so fast, and before the army in Bialysk City could react, Morakot's army suddenly appeared around the city, and the rangers who had been sent out to scout did not pass on any information back.
However, it is not to blame that the rangers in the Prussian army are not strong, there are more than 100 rangers in Ferdinand's army, and they are facing thousands of Cossacks, these Cossacks have grown up on horseback since childhood, and come and go like the wind, perhaps except for the cavalry of the royal guard, other cavalry soldiers can not deal with these Cossacks.
The Cossacks roamed outside the guns of the city and constantly provoked the defenders on the city walls, but under Ferdinand's strict orders, the soldiers did not act without permission, although their eyes were red from the irritation of the Cossacks.
Ferdinand felt his scalp tingle as he watched the movement of Morakot's army outside the city, and saw that Morakot's army was surrounded by a large number of civilians.
Ferdinand did not know Morakot's intention to coerce these civilians, after all, how many times have such wars appeared in Western history, Ferdinand did not expect Morakot to be so mad.
Can Morakot do it without losing his heart, and now he must destroy the Prussian army in Bialysk as soon as possible, so that he can have enough to deal with the upcoming and larger crusade.
This has a premise, that is, their own strength can not be lost too much, originally Ferdinand had a regular army of nearly 5,000 people plus four battalions in the city of Bialysk, just like that, the regular army in the city has at least more than 7,000 people, plus some militia can be temporarily armed, that is to say, the defensive force in the city has nearly 10,000.
With only more than 9,000 troops and 4,000 Cossack mercenaries under his command, if it is a field battle, he has 4,000 Cossack cavalry in hand, basically there should be no pressure, but once the city is attacked, I am afraid that with these forces in hand, I am afraid that Bialysk has not been taken, and his army will be lost.
Therefore, Morakot decided to coerce ordinary people to attack the city, which has the advantage of minimizing his losses, of course, as for whether these ordinary people will die, it is not for Morakot to know.
On the second day, Morakot ordered the rebels' artillery to bombard the walls of Bialysk, and in an instant nearly a hundred cannons of various sizes began to roar loudly, causing everyone on the battlefield to cover their ears.
Ferdinand on the city wall saw the rebel artillery firing and immediately ordered the artillery in the army to counterattack, and one shell after another was pushed into the chamber by the artillerymen, and the artillery on the city wall began to roar.
The artillery made the whole battlefield like an earthquake, and from time to time there were cannonballs that smashed large holes in the city walls, but fortunately, when the army entered the city before, Ferdinand ordered everyone to repair the city walls, otherwise the city walls would not be able to withstand such a strong attack.
But even the repaired city wall still had a collapse some time after the bombardment, and after Morakot saw one of the walls collapse, he rode on his horse and swung his saber forward fiercely, only to see that the ordinary people in the original rebel camp were driven by the Cossack cavalry like a flock of sheep under the city of Bialysk, Ferdinand was stunned to see this.
Not only Ferdinand, but also Ah Zi saw that the rebels were actually holding the people together, and the Prussian army on the city wall also stopped shelling, and the artillerymen looked at each other, they didn't know whether they should continue firing now.
Just when Ferdinand was stunned, one of the generals beside him hurriedly asked: "Your Royal Highness, it seems that the rebels are going to drive those ordinary people to the front, should we continue to shell or not?"
After listening to the general's words, the expression on Ferdinand's face turned blue and white, he had never thought about this question, what should he do, should he let the rebels advance like this, and do something about it Thinking of this, Ferdinand gritted his teeth, and shouted at the generals behind him with a pair of blood-red eyes: "Order the artillery to continue firing and leave those people alone" But Ferdinand's words did not make the generals behind him move, and after they looked at each other helplessly, a voice reached Ferdinand's ears: "Your Royal Highness, these people are innocent, and if His Majesty the King investigates it in the future, we 、、、, better send an army out of the city to rescue those people."
This sentence completely angered Ferdinand, who shouted: "You idiot, I know those people are innocent, but now they are acting to help the rebels, and will you, when the Cossacks lurking among the people, watch us rescue those people, or are we going to give the city to the rebels now, and now pass on my orders, the artillerymen must give me all the fire, and if His Majesty the King is held accountable in the future, the responsibility will be borne by me alone" After Ferdinand shouted, one of the generals immediately raised the command flag and waved it fiercely, and under the command of the command flag, the artillery at the head of the city continued to bombard.
Seeing this, Morakot was not only not depressed, but laughed out loud, and Morakot said to the left and right: "This Ferdinand is such an interesting person, and having such an opponent is one of the great joys of life" Just after the Prussian artillery on the city wall opened fire, the team of ordinary people turned into a Shura hell, and some people turned around and left in fright when they saw such a tragic scene, but they forgot that the Cossacks at the back of the team were not vegetarians, and the Cossacks who dared to run away were often cut down with a knife.
Under the butcher's knives of the Cossacks, the people continued to move forward with trepidation, but it was not long before the casualties increased, and these people preferred to flee and die under the Cossack sabers rather than continue to be reduced to ashes by shells.
Seeing that the striker could not do anything, Morakot nodded and ordered the striker to withdraw, and this is the end of the day.
Seeing that the rebels had retreated, none of the people who should have been happy showed a happy expression on their faces, and looking at the bitter expressions on everyone's faces, Ferdinand was not the same.
Who knows how many times the rebels will continue to behave like this, although it is meaningless for the rebels, but for the Prussian army it is a psychological crime.
Those ordinary people who should have been protected by the royal army, and now not only are they not protected, but their lives are harvested by the army of the kingdom, this is no longer war, this is a massacre, and it is a massacre of their own civilians.
It has to be said that Morakot's move was very clever, driving the ordinary people to attack the city, which not only psychologically damaged the morale of the counterinsurgency army, but also increased the consumption of shells in Ferdinand's army.
You must know that even if the artillery bombardment was only carried out for half a day, it consumed a quarter of the artillery ammunition reserves of the counterinsurgency army, and the rebels were temporarily sufficient for ammunition because of the support of Russia.
And because most of the soldiers were reluctant to slaughter these people, the accuracy rate when it came time to organize the firing was extremely low.
So whatever Ferdinand ordered, it was in Morakot's favor.
After this state is not very good.,There will always be such and such omissions.,Thank you for some kind reminders of the book.,It will be corrected in time.,In addition, thank you for your continued support.,Finally, cheeky to ask everyone for some collection and recommendation.,Thank you.。
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