However, Kleiman's order was given a little late, and the soldiers of the counterinsurgency army had already rushed into the city, seeing this situation, Kleiman was in a hurry, and he immediately ordered the herald to mobilize all the rebels from other directions in the city to this place, seeing that the reinforcements he had been waiting for for a long time had finally launched an attack, Kleiman did not want to fall short.
Welcome to read.// The rebels followed the houses and fortifications near the city to resist the rebels' attack.
Outside the city, Ferdinand commanded the soldiers of his army in a zigzag formation, one of the most effective against cavalry in any war.
Seeing that the Russian cavalry was getting closer and closer, some of the Prussian infantry standing in the forefront could even see the tassels on the caps of the Russian cavalry.
The veterans of the perennial war played a huge role at this time, they did not listen to appease some panicked recruits around them, and at the same time concentrated on aiming at the Russian cavalry rushing towards their own army with the muskets in their hands.
In just an instant, the Russian cavalry rushed into the musket process, and the commanders of each platoon of Prussian troops shouted: Fire.
At the sound of an order, the sound of gunfire filled the battlefield, and the scene of thousands of people firing at the same time was spectacular, and after the first row fired, the soldiers of the second row immediately stepped forward, and the officers shouted again to open fire.
A round of Qi shè made nearly a hundred Russian cavalry fall off their horses to live and die without knowing, some lightly injured cavalry after falling off the horse, immediately stood up in the hope of being able to find a blocker, of course, the purpose of their search for the blocker is not to resist the re-fire of the Prussian army, but to prevent the follow-up comrades from being able to avoid themselves, you must know that thousands of cavalry charged, in high-speed movement, it is not easy for them to stop.
But there were no obstacles on the battlefield at all, only some simple fortifications or a ditch or a small mound built by the rebels, and it is conceivable that the cavalry who fell off their horses were trampled to the ground by their own comrades before they could roll behind those obstacles, and then they were trampled into flesh.
After only three rounds of shè strikes, the Russian cavalry had already rushed into the phalanx of the Prussian army, and the Russian cavalry swept down the enemy in front of them like a wave, but they could only break through five rows forward, and by the sixth platoon, the cavalry had already fallen into the encirclement of the Prussian soldiers.
But these Russian cavalry did not tie their hands and captured, they drove the war horses to ram the enemy in front of them brutally, but there were too many people in front of them, and the collision of the war horses did not have much effect.
Just after the Russian cavalry fell into the formation, Ferdinand decisively ordered the Prussian cavalry to immediately go around the flank of the Russian cavalry and attack it.
Hearing Ferdinand's order, the Prussian cavalry, which was already itching, immediately urged the war horses under their crotch to rush towards the Russian cavalry from the left flank.
Seeing that the front of his cavalry was surrounded by the Prussian infantry and could not move, and that there were still a large number of cavalry in the rear that did not exert their due combat effectiveness, the cavalry commander of the Russian army was in a hurry.
The commander of the Russian cavalry immediately ordered the cavalry in the rear to turn and charge against the cavalry of those Prussian troops.
But the commander apparently overlooked one thing, if the cavalry in the rear turned, then the forward cavalry would not have been dumpled by the Prussians.
In fact, it is no wonder that this cavalry commander would give such an order, if the Prussian cavalry is allowed to charge, the Russian cavalry, which is already close to stagnation, will not be able to give full play to its advantages.
And this is exactly what Ferdinand wanted, and the reason why the Prussian cavalry was not allowed to meet at the beginning was another purpose in addition to making better use of the power of the guns for the infantry.
A large number of cavalry gathered in front of the phalanx of the Prussian infantry, borrowed the infantry to block the impact of the Russian cavalry and forced the Russian cavalry to stop, and then ordered their own cavalry to charge from the side, so as to effectively kill and wound the enemy cavalry, this is Ferdinand's idea, but the biggest drawback of this concept is that in case the infantry lacks courage and collapses after being continuously assaulted by the Russian cavalry, then even sending cavalry will not help.
But thanks to the fact that most of the Prussian army was made up of battle-hardened veterans who knew when to retreat and when not to retreat, the Russian cavalry finally stopped after the infantry paid a heavy price.
Although the charge of more than 1,000 Prussian cavalry was not as strong as the Russian cavalry charge at the beginning, it was also imposing, and the Russian cavalry that turned in a hurry was not the opponent of the Prussian cavalry at all, and the Prussian army pierced through the Russian cavalry very neatly.
It was also after the Prussian cavalry was put into the battlefield that the Russian infantry finally came, and Mikharilev saw that the situation on the battlefield was not favorable to his side, so he immediately ordered the Russian cavalry to withdraw, and at the same time the Russian infantry was ready to defend on the battlefield and did not take the initiative to attack.
This change made Ferdinand a little surprised, it stands to reason that the Russian commander should not send reinforcements after seeing that the situation on the battlefield is not in his favor, but now those Russians not only did not send reinforcements but let the cavalry retreat, Ferdinand did not understand.
Ferdinand had his incomprehension, and Mikharilev had his own troubles, he had hoped that his cavalry would succeed in a battle, and the power of the charge of 3,000 cavalry was enough to completely collapse the infantry phalanx of 10,000 people, but now the Prussian army not only did not collapse, but it seemed that the situation would also severely damage his own cavalry.
Of course, Mikharilev, who regarded the cavalry as a treasure, had to take action, but because the Russian infantry and the Prussian army were separated by cavalry on the battlefield to block the charge of the Russian infantry, Mikharilev would order the cavalry to retreat and the infantry to defend.
Seeing the military order issued by Mikharilev, the commander of the Russian cavalry immediately ordered the cavalry to retreat, but the Prussian cavalry was not pretending, and the Russian cavalry, which was stuck in a stalemate battle, would not be able to withdraw at all for a while and a half.
It was also when the Prussian cavalry was fighting hard, Ferdinand had already noticed the strange atmosphere on the side of the Russian army, and he suddenly realized that the Russian cavalry was going to run, so Ferdinand immediately ordered the army to counterattack, even if he could not completely annihilate the Russian cavalry, he would also inflict heavy losses on them.
The cavalry battle outside the city was in full swing, but Kleiman inside the city felt that he was in winter, and a steady stream of Prussian soldiers rushed into Königsberg, and some of the rebel soldiers felt a trace of despair in the face of the enemy who had already entered the city.
The Prussian army soon gained a foothold in the city, and more and more Prussian soldiers attacked the city walls, and Kleiman grew his mouth, but could not say a word, and later several of Kleiman's attendants dragged him to the other side of the wall, where there were stairs to descend the wall.
Kleiman was forced down the walls by his own attendants, and immediately ran towards the mansion in the center of the city.
In the process, Kleiman came to his senses, and a wry smile spread across his lips as he looked at the panicked soldiers around him.
Along the way, Kleiman kept encouraging the rebel soldiers passing by, claiming that the Prussian army would massacre everyone in the city when they entered the city, because they were all rebels, and Kleiman hoped to increase the courage of the soldiers to resist with this threat.
However, Kleiman's strategy did not achieve much success, because the strength of the Prussian army was no longer 3,000 but 6,000, and 3,000 reinforcements had already arrived in Königsberg, and the 6,000 morale-boosting Prussian army and less than 2,000 demoralized rebels were engaged, and the consequences could be imagined.
The rebels lasted less than half an hour before they completely collapsed, and the panicked rebel soldiers fled like lost dogs.
When Kleiman learned that the Prussian army had broken through the city walls and that the main army had entered the city, he immediately ran to his study, and after entering the study, he immediately locked the door.
After entering the study, Kleiman immediately knocked down all the bookshelves around him, countless books rolled down to the ground with the shelves, after knocking down the bookshelf, Kleiman took out the flint from his arms tremblingly, and then Kleiman was ruthless, lit a book and threw it to the ground, the floor of the study was still covered with carpets, and after a while, the fire burned violently in the study.
Immediately after lighting the fire, Clay turned to the wall to the right of his study, where a large painting hung on the wall, showing Morakot riding a horse and wearing a military uniform.
Kleiman ignored the screams that came from time to time in the mansion, and as the news of the Prussian army entering the city spread, the entire Kleiman family panicked.
He gently took off Morakot's portrait, behind the portrait was a wall, Kleiman reached out on the wall and groped for his right hand, and after a while Kleiman touched a slightly concave place, and he hurriedly pressed it in with his hand.
As Kleiman pressed, a secret passage about half a meter high emerged from the wall, and Kleiman quickly half-knelt down and climbed into it desperately.
This secret passage is half a meter high and half a meter wide, and it is pitch black inside, and I don't know where it leads, and Kleiman immediately arches into it after climbing into it.
This secret passage was told to Kleiman by Morakot in the early years, and Morakot did not tell Kleiman where the secret passage leads, but only told Kleiman to open this secret passage if he had to do so, and at the same time Morakot also showed Kleiman how to open it.
Now that the Prussian army has entered the city, Kleiman knows that the rebels will not be able to stop it no matter what, and it is now the most critical moment, so Kleiman rushed into the study without hesitation, and as for the family, they were sent to Poland in the early days of Morakot's uprising.
Although there was a lot of reluctance in his heart, he felt the heat from the fire behind him, and Kleiman still crawled towards the deepest part of the secret passage.
This mansion was built when Morakot recovered East Prussia, and the Seven Years' War was at its most intense, so in this case, Morakot kept a hand for himself when he built the mansion, of course, the workers who helped him repair the house were all serfs of his own family, and after repairing the mansion, those serfs were all killed by Morakot with an excuse.