Chapter 152 Time It had been two hours, and the Cossack cavalry had not yet appeared, but the smoke and the sound of horses' hooves had not weakened, and Blucher's doubts were even more acute, and he once again raised his telescope to look ahead and around.
Unconsciously, Blucher looked to the right, and to the right of the Prussian army was a wood, and suddenly Blucher felt that something was wrong, quiet, too quiet.
It stands to reason that in the woods in early summer, the sound of cicadas should be mixed with the sound of birds, but the forest on the right is really quiet and a little weird.
Because the Prussian army on the whole battlefield was nervously waiting for the arrival of the Cossacks, and under the constraints of the officers, no soldiers made any loud noise, everyone was waiting quietly, and it was in this situation that Blucher discovered the strangeness of the forest on the right.
Just as Blucher was about to take a closer look, a shiny object stabbed Blucher's eye in the light of the sun, and Blucher's pores constricted.
Generally speaking, there is nothing reflective in the forest, except for some stones in the river, and there is no river at all in the forest on the right side of the Prussian army after scouts.
So either someone left something in the forest, or someone was hiding in the forest.
Blucher's heart lifted, but he did not give a loud order for the army to turn to the right, for it was good that there was no enemy in the forest, and if there was an enemy, the enemy would surely take advantage of the confusion to attack the Prussian army, and if there was no one, it would be a false alarm.
So Blucher summoned the two battalion commanders to his side, and then pointed to the two battalion commanders and instructed them to quietly strengthen the defense on the right, and at the same time, after preparing the means of defense, send scouts to search the forest on the right.
After arranging all this, Blucher raised his telescope as if nothing had happened, and made his rounds aimlessly.
Seeing Blucher's movements, Pryvsky was relieved, and when Pryvsky saw Blucher holding a telescope and staring at the forest where the Cossacks were located, he was startled, and he thought that the commander of the Prussian army had found some clues.
But then he saw that Blucher had only summoned two Prussian officers to him as if to reprimand, and then as if nothing had happened, and Pryvsky was relieved.
Looking at the Prussian army nervous in the sun, Plivesky wanted to laugh, and he thought proudly in his heart that when these Prussian troops were tired, the vigorous Cossack cavalry joining the battlefield would definitely make the Prussian army fart and pee.
The proud Plevsky ordered the Cossacks to rest in place, but he was careful not to make a sound, and he was ready to attack the Prussian army in another hour near evening, when the Prussian army, which had been standing for a long time, could be the opponent of the Cossacks.
But Privsky's wishful thinking did not succeed, and less than half an hour after the Cossacks rested, a dozen Prussian cavalry rode towards the forest.
Plevsky, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, immediately picked up the telescope on the side after receiving the report from his subordinates, and saw that a dozen cavalrymen were about to enter the forest, and they all had muskets in their hands, and once they entered the forest, the Cossacks would definitely be exposed.
Plevsky hurriedly ordered his men to call all the Cossacks, and at this time, the Prussian cavalry entered the forest.
The telescope in Blucher's hand has been following the movement of the Prussian cavalry, his eyes have always been on the body of those cavalry, only to see that not long after the cavalry entered the forest, several gunshots rang out, these gunshots seemed to break the silence of the forest, more gunshots rang out, but only for a while, the gunfire stopped again, and the dozen or so Prussian cavalry never came out of the forest again.
As soon as the gunshots rang out, Blucher hurriedly put down his binoculars and shouted: "When the enemy attacks, all departments are prepared to defend, and they are not allowed to act recklessly without my orders" Just as Blucher had finished giving the order, with the sound of gunfire, the sound of heavy horses' hooves sounded in the forest, and the sudden sound of horses' hooves woke up the whole forest, and the ground under his feet shook like an earthquake, and some of the recruits were lying on the ground trembling, and when they saw that the officers were going up, they kicked each other, and then carried the recruits to their positions.
One, two, ten, hundred, and even thousand, thousands of Cossack cavalry poured out of the forest, some Cossack cavalry frantically brandishing their sabers, while others raised their rifles.
The Prussian artillery was the first to open fire, and under the orders of Blucher, the artillery had been prepared for a long time, and nearly a hundred shells were poured on the open land in front of the forest to the Prussian position.
Some powerful shells tended to blast the Cossack cavalry into meatloaf, especially xx, which often stopped after smashing several cavalrymen in a row.
But the casualties of these cavalry did not stop the rest of the Cossacks, and the Cossacks became even more frantic when they saw the blood of their comrades, and they beat the horses to the death despite the threat of artillery fire, and the horses let out a wail under the spur of their playfulness, but it was clear that the speed of the horses increased a lot again.
Soon the cavalry came within range of the muskets in the hands of the infantrymen, and the recruits, under the command of the officers, trembled and held the muskets in their hands.
"Raise the gun, aim 、、、、、、 shè strike" As the last word came out of the mouths of the officers, countless pieces of ammunition were vented towards the Cossacks, and the Cossacks in the shè kept rolling off their horses.
"Raise the gun, aim, 、、、、 shè hit" The soldiers in the first row quickly crouched down, and the soldiers in the second row hurriedly raised their muskets and opened fire quickly under the orders of the officers.
And just as the third platoon was finished, the Cossack cavalry finally rushed in front of the Prussian army, but they were greeted by Prussian bayonets.
The first platoon, after completing the shè shot, crouched down to insert a bayonet into the musket in his hand, and the bayonet of nearly one meter made the rifle completely turn into a spear after adding a bayonet.
But the brave Cossacks ignored the sharp bayonets in front of them, and their horses crashed into the wall of bayonets.
It has to be said that the strength of the man is really weak compared to the horse, as if the combat strength is only 5 scum, the war horse completely ignores the wounds caused by the bayonets on the body, and launches a continuous charge against the Prussian army under the urging of the cavalry on its back, and will only be stopped when it hits the fourth platoon.
Seeing this, Blucher immediately ordered the frontal battlefield to be mobilized to the right except for a thousand people, and the rest of the army was mobilized to the right, Blucher made up his mind, he was bound to block the Cossacks in front of him, and at the same time he quietly took out the pocket watch of his jacket and looked at it, and then calmly put it back.
Although the losses inflicted on the Cossacks by artillery and muskets were enormous, seeing that the cavalry had broken through the Prussian lines, Plevsky felt that the losses were worth it.
As long as they could break through the Prussian defenses, the Prussian army would not be able to take advantage of their muskets, and with only the bayonets in their hands, how could the Prussian army stop the attack of the brave Cossack cavalry.
And the development of the situation was indeed as Plivsky thought, with the continuous breakthrough of the Cossack cavalry, the Prussian defense line was already shaking, seeing this situation, estimating the time, Blucher put the last three hundred men in his hands into the battlefield.
These three hundred men seemed to be a little useless to the entire battlefield, but their greatest effect was to re-stabilize the already somewhat fragmented defensive line, although it could not completely resist the Cossacks, but it should be no problem to block for a while.
And being able to block for a while is the result that Blucher wants to see the most, and for Blucher at the moment, time is life, and time is the hope of victory.
But just when the Prussian army had stabilized the defensive line, the front of the Prussian army suddenly found hundreds of Cossack cavalry, these Cossack cavalry were Plivesky on the road, to take on the task of confusing, originally Plevsky planned to attack together, but because the Prussian army of the dozen cavalry caught Plivsky off guard, so he decisively ordered the army to attack at the same time sent people to contact the hundreds of cavalry to attack in advance.
Fortunately, Blucher only sent his reserves even when the battle situation was most unfavorable, and did not use the Prussian army on the frontal battlefield, and the 1,000 Prussian troops on the frontal battlefield should not be in danger of being broken through in a short time.
But the right flank was about to hold out, watching the arrival of hundreds of Cossack cavalry, although it was not to attack in one direction, but the Cossack cavalry attacking the right flank was still demoralized, and they cursed in their mouths, and strangely these rude words seemed to play an encouraging role, just like the Chinese often scolded grass and mud horses when they fought.
As soon as the Cossack cavalry made such a force, the Prussian army had a headache, and it was originally barely maintained, but now with the strength of the Cossack cavalry, it was almost a little dangerous to maintain it.
Just when the Prussian army on the right flank was crying without tears, the sound of horses' hooves was heard behind the Cossack cavalry attacking the right flank.
Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, Pliveski was stunned at first, but when he realized that the sound was behind him, Pliveski quickly turned around and looked back, only to see that behind him, the Prussian cavalry suddenly appeared in the original forest.
As soon as he saw the Prussian cavalry behind him, Plevsky screamed and shouted: "Give me all the death, destroy these cavalry behind me" But at Pryvsky's beckoning, he was only surrounded by two hundred cavalrymen, and the rest of the Cossacks were fighting fiercely with the Prussian army, and his orders could not be passed far at all.