Chapter 153: Victory over the Cossacks Blücher exhaled when he saw the Prussian cavalry in his binoculars, and God knows what would have happened if the Prussian infantry had failed to stop the charge of these Cossack cavalry.
Free eBook Download // At first, in order to prevent the Cossack scouts from discovering the reality of Byrne's Prussian army, Blucher deployed a thousand cavalry twenty miles behind Byrne, and originally planned to use this cavalry as a surprise force.
Later, seeing the Cossack cavalry attack by surprise, Blucher immediately realized that this was a wonderful opportunity, an opportunity to reach the death of the Cossack cavalry.
So Blucher immediately sent an order for this cavalry to move to the rear of the Cossack cavalry, ready to strike at the barbarians from behind.
The commander of the Prussian cavalry proved to be very discerning, attacking from behind when the Cossacks were out of reach, and Blucher was overjoyed, and his instincts told him that the victory was certain.
Some of the Cossacks heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and at first cheered, but soon they felt that something was wrong, because how many of them there were, and everyone knew in their hearts that at a time when Plevsky was already in full force, how could there still be a cavalry, and in such a situation there was only one explanation, that is, the cavalry behind was Prussian.
At this moment, Plivesky's order also reached the ears of these Cossacks who were fighting on the front line, and when they heard the Prussian cavalry appear behind them, all the Cossacks were stunned for a moment, and their hands that were desperately chopping slowed down.
This slowness made the surrounding Prussian soldiers find a flaw, and one after another bayonets were inserted, and one by one, the Cossacks were inserted into hedgehogs.
Originally, after nearly three hours of fierce fighting, both the Cossacks and the Prussian soldiers were already at the end of their crossbows, and the Cossacks were even more desperate because they saw that victory was not far away, and the price of this desperate effort was a large overdraft of physical strength.
But seeing that the victory that was about to come to naught because of the addition of the Prussian cavalry, all the Cossacks were full of unwillingness.
But what if he was unwilling, after the whole army shouted long live Prussia three times, Blucher ordered the whole army to counterattack, and after learning that his reinforcements had launched an attack behind the back of these Cossacks, all the Prussian soldiers were refreshed, and the arrival of reinforcements made the morale directly burst.
Seeing that the Prussian army in front of them had undergone earth-shaking changes from before, the Cossacks suddenly lost their momentum, because the previous physical exhaustion and the battle situation were about to be unfavorable to their side, and many Cossacks did not even have the strength to continue wielding their sabers.
I saw that many Cossacks who were engaged in the battle with the Prussian army turned their horses and turned to run in the direction where Plevsky was, and some of the Cossack cavalry who were caught in the Prussian army were of course hopeless to break through, and they were stabbed off their horses by the Prussian army as if they were in a state of resurrection.
Although the charge of the 1,000 Prussian cavalry was not as strong as the previous Cossacks, it also had the effect of seizing the morale of the three armies at this critical moment, and Pryvsky looked at the 200 cavalry gathered around him and shouted: "These cunning bastards have driven us to a corner, warriors of the steppe, let those bastards see, the horns of hunter and prey will never be converted, and we Cossacks will always be the greatest hunters in this world" As the last word landed, the Cossacks gathered in Plevsky mustered up their last courage, and instigated their horses under their crotches to hedge against the oncoming Prussian cavalry.
Pliveski is right, it is true that the horns of hunter and prey will never be converted, because whoever is strong is the hunter, but they are not strong Cossacks, so they can only become prey.
With just one charge, two hundred Cossacks turned into more than a hundred, and the Prussian cavalry on the opposite side did not receive much damage.
One side is physically exhausted, while the other side is indeed physically exhausted, and it is conceivable who is superior and who is inferior.
But fortunately, at this moment, most of the Cossacks were out of contact with the Prussian army, and they asked for the entanglement of the Prussian army, and these Cossacks also summoned the last courage to charge the Prussian cavalry like those comrades before them.
However, the physical exertion and nervousness of the spirit made them unable to hold the saber in their hands, which had never happened before.
Seeing that a Cossack was attacking from behind the Prussian army, one of the Cossacks next to Pryvsky said loudly: "Chief, let's rush again, our people are attacking behind the back of those Prussian cavalry, and now our attack will definitely make those cavalry suffer a big loss, and there are a lot of little guys from our tribe on the battlefield!"
The persuasion of this Cossack worked, and Plivsky, who originally had a trace of the idea of escaping in his heart, hurriedly gave up this stupid idea, even if he could escape, but only by relying on the hundred or so cavalry around him, where could there be a place for him in the world.
I saw Pliveski grit his teeth and roar again: "Fight with those damned sluts, let them see what a Cossack is" After saying that, Plevsky rode his horse and rushed towards the Prussian cavalry, and the Cossacks behind him also gritted their teeth and followed Plevsky after him.
This time the Cossacks inflicted great casualties on the Prussian cavalry, and at the same time Plevsky also took out five or six hundred Cossacks, but there were only five or six hundred horsemen left around him.
Five or six hundred Cossacks turned and ran into the distance, and seeing this in the telescope, Blucher immediately ordered the herald to tell the cavalry to continue the pursuit, and to destroy the Cossacks in this place.
The Cossacks who escaped should rejoice, because there are still many Cossacks trapped in the Prussian formation, and escaping is undoubtedly a luxury for them.
With the surrender of a Cossack, many Cossacks saw that the opportunity was not good and hurriedly threw down their weapons to apply for surrender, and seeing this situation, Blucher, after thinking for a while, ordered to accept the surrender of those Cossacks.
With the Prussian army accepting the surrender, the battle of Byrne came to an end, the Prussian army won the battle, after the war, more than eight Cossack cavalry were annihilated, and 1,000 Cossacks were captured, and the Prussian army itself was "killed 1,000 enemies and 800 self-inflicted losses", the Prussian infantry suffered nearly 1,020 casualties, and the cavalry suffered nearly 300 casualties.
A large part of the success here was due to the timely arrival of the Prussian cavalry, and in the subsequent pursuit, the Prussian cavalry also captured more than 200 Cossacks, although the fly in the ointment was that Plevsky still ran away.
This had to make Blucher very regretful, but after synthesizing the results, it was a victory, and in the subsequent interrogation, Blucher learned of Kleiman's whereabouts.
When he heard that Kleiman was in Bialystok, Blucher's heart burned, and the fire in Königsberg made many people suspect that Kleiman had been , and this result was of course not very satisfactory to Henry's army, which failed to capture the leader, and the result was at least thirty percent less.
If he could capture Kleiman, not to mention more than a thousand casualties, or double the casualties, it would be worth it for Blucher, so Blucher only thought for a while and decided to attack Bialystok.
Although the Prussian army had just experienced a great battle, it was really not suitable to fight again, but Kleiman's temptation made Blucher willing to take this risk, and even if Pliveski escaped back, he could not have more than 400 cavalry on his hands, and such a force was completely a point of hard work and three times the reward compared to the temptation to seize Kleiman.