After Karl's order was given, the entire Austrian army knew that not far in front of them was the greatest enemy of the war, His Majesty the Prussian King, and Karl's offer was so generous that all the cavalry, including the Magyars, roared.
Of course, Karl's order was aimed at the Austrian forward, so the three thousand Austrian cavalry rushed towards the hill where William and his party were before Carl's order.
Hearing the sound of huge horses' hooves behind him, Buel's face suddenly turned pale.
"Kabu, you take a team of people to protect Your Majesty and leave first, and the rest of the people come with me!"
Hearing Buel's order, the commander of the Guards company named Kabu hurriedly responded, and without waiting for William to speak, more than two dozen cavalrymen surrounded William in the middle and continued to drive in the direction of Bratna, while Buel led the remaining dozen cavalry to reduce the speed of his horse.
There was a loud sound of horses' hooves in his ears, and as he watched William and his party disappear from sight, Buel's expression became resolute.
"Immediately dismount, all of you, put all the matches on your horse, and set fire to me!"
As he spoke, Bouel got off his horse and then took out the matches he was carrying, although it was already December in the Bratna area, fortunately there was no rain or snow in the Bratna area at these times, and although there were many lakes around, the air was still quite dry.
A dozen cavalrymen quickly dismounted, and then under Buel's assignment, some soldiers found a lot of dead branches and leaves, and then, with Bouel's efforts, these dead branches and leaves were set on fire.
And after the fire started, the Prussian cavalry drew the fire one after another, and then lit it everywhere in the woods.
The smoke from the ignition undoubtedly gave direction to the vanguard of the Austrian army.
"Come with me.
Rush to the place where the smoke is rising!
” It was the vanguard commander of the Austrian army, Tekri, who at Tekry's orders rushed three thousand horsemen towards the place where the smoke was rising.
In the telescope, Karl, who was in the back, also saw a puff of smoke rising from the woods.
"What did Tekri do, we wanted to hide, and now the sudden fire has not exposed our whereabouts!
Tell Tekri to put out the fireworks for me in the shortest possible time, or he won't be the commander!
” Karl's face was furious.
Despite having a big cake like William here, Karl never forgot his mission, which was to attack Bratner.
And now that the unknown smoke is rising, once the fire is bigger, then Bratner will definitely be alert, and when the time comes, it will not only make Bratna's Prussian army more vigilant.
At the same time, the location of the Austrian army will be revealed.
But at this moment.
Turkry's goal was not at all above Karl's orders, and even the main purpose of the campaign was left behind by Turkry.
In Turkri's opinion, since there is already a trace of the Prussian king, his biggest task at the beginning is to capture the Prussian king or even kill him.
Although under the protection of Kabu, William ran towards Bratner at maximum speed, but the dynamics behind William were not indifferent, and the smoke rising from the woods naturally attracted William's attention.
"Kabu, you have a few people escort me back.
You take the rest of the men back to support Buel, and you must not let Bouel be in danger!
” William knew it was this time.
It's really not good for me to turn the horse's head.
People must recognize their own position, the reason why there is no shortage of rulers in history who spared their lives, but in other words, these people are all smart people, the victims are not necessarily wise, and those who spare their lives are not necessarily stupid.
The reason why Bouel and others sacrificed their lives to cover William's retreat, in fact, William knew quite well in his heart that Buel was not covering William but His Majesty the King of Prussia!
As the supreme ruler of the country, if the king is caught or killed by the enemy, the consequences can be devastating.
It was precisely because of this realization that Wilhelm continued to run in the direction of Bratner instead of turning his horse's head and fighting the Austrians to the death.
There is an old saying in Chinese history - the son of a daughter can't sit down, this sentence is not derogatory, and even this sentence can be said to be a compliment.
William's position at this moment was two hours away from Bratner, and it was only two hours before he rode a horse, so time could not be wasted, because this time was not only related to William's own safety, but also to the national fortunes of Prussia.
After setting the fire, Bouel did not join the Guards soldiers, in fact, Buel also knew that it was not very likely that he and those soldiers would meet again, because Buel gave the soldiers the order to keep setting fire to the sides, and after the fire, they each fled for their lives towards Bratna.
At this moment, there were only three Guards soldiers around Buel, looking at the three soldiers around him, Bouel smiled: "Don't be nervous, boys, I've killed more Austrians than you've ever seen in so many years, and now that the fire has been put out, our task now is to run to Bratna, so boys, speed up your horses and follow me towards Bratna!"
With that, Buel took the lead and rushed in the direction of Bratner.
With the malicious connivance of the Prussians, the fire had already risen, and of course the fire had not developed to a great extent, and Trick, who had received Karl's order at this moment, shouted: "Leave two thousand men to extinguish these flames, and the others will continue to rush forward after me!"
After saying this, Trick continued to rush forward, but the two thousand men he left behind were a little helpless, knowing that they were all cavalry, and as the vanguard of the Austrian army, they were well armed, but they did not have the equipment to put out the fire.
Eventually, at the suggestion of a squad leader, the remaining two cavalrymen split into two parts, one using the water bladder and the barrels carried by the army to transport water from the lake to fight the fire, while the other wet their jackets with the water in the water bladder, and then waved the jackets and kept throwing themselves at the burning trees.
Trick, who rushed out of the flames, saw at a glance the four of Buel's party who had run into the distance, and among the four, Buel, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, was mistaken by Trike for the king of Prussia.
"The following is the order of the king of Prussia, His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, I think you all know, the title of the viscount and the 500,000 quintal, that is simply unimaginable wealth, but now these riches are placed in front of our eyes, as long as we catch that guy or even kill that guy, not only our family can survive this winter, but even our tribe will live a good life because of this, so everyone follows me!"
With that, Trick took the lead and rushed in the direction of Buel.
The vanguard of the Austrian army is composed of the Hungarian Magyar cavalry, and the commander of the vanguard, Trick, is the eldest son of a large tribal patriarch in the Hungarian steppe, and many of the vanguard cavalry are Trik tribesmen, so in the roar of Trick, a thousand Magyar cavalry shouted their unique slogan and rushed down.
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Seeing the Austrian cavalry behind him rushing towards him like a torrent, Buel pale and then ordered: "Change direction, let's rush from the southeast!"
Buel knew that he had to go in a different direction with William and his party, otherwise, once he was caught up by the enemy behind him, then once the enemy found out that he was not the king of Prussia, the enemy would definitely continue to chase in the direction of Bratner, and if this happened, wouldn't William become very dangerous.
Just as Buel thought, after he changed direction, Trick and the others did not give up the pursuit, but continued to chase after Buel and the others.
However, Trick, who has rich experience in hunting and grew up in the Hungarian steppe, is a little unsure, he feels that Buel and his party are like rabbits on the grassland, and in order to cover the position of the rabbit nest to change the direction of his own progress, Trick has a flash of inspiration "Lucius, you take three hundred men and continue to chase in the direction of Bratna, remember that once you find the Prussian regular army, then immediately retreat, and the others continue to chase me!"
Hearing Trick's order, the young man named Lucius immediately answered loudly, and then led three hundred cavalry to break away from Trick's ranks and continue to charge due east.
Noticing the division of the Austrian cavalry behind him, although Buel was very worried, he had no good idea at this moment, but he could only hope that God would bless Wilhelm from being overtaken by the Austrians.
But fortunately, there is one thing that makes Buel's worries a little lower, you must know that the crotch of the royal guard cavalry brought out by William is all good horses, compared with the war horses in the Hungarian steppe, these war horses selected from the Prussian army are undoubtedly better in terms of foot strength and explosive power.
The Magyars who grew up on horseback were undoubtedly good at controlling horses, but this did not mean that the war horses under the crotch of these Magyars were all opponents of the good horses under the command of Buel and others, seeing that the distance between the two sides was not narrowed, and even seemed to be farther away, Trick's face showed a hideous look.
I saw Trick grit his teeth, then pulled out the dagger tied to his leg and plunged it into the butt of the war horse under his crotch.
The hard-hit war horse suddenly roared loudly, but the war horse did not fall because of this, but under the stimulation of external forces, it seemed to be more desperate, and the speed that was not slow increased a lot!