At the same time that this guard was talking to Napoleon, the encirclement of the Prussian army was a little tighter, and before Napoleon could speak, he saw that the guards around Napoleon glanced at each other one after another, and then ignored Napoleon's orders, and dragged Napoleon to attack the flank of the thinner encirclement of the Prussian army.
The French cavalry behind Napoleon also turned after seeing the forward arrow turning, which caught the Prussian army by surprise, and soon the encirclement on the flank was broken through by Napoleon.
"Quick, get out of the enemy's gap!
Protect Your Excellency Marshal!
” After saying that, the guard who had been arguing with Napoleon before turned around with a group of people and charged again at the Prussian soldiers who were hurriedly gathering and pursuing, and taking advantage of this gap, under the cover of hundreds of people, Napoleon was taken out of the Prussian camp.
And when Napoleon led the cavalry with less than 600 men behind him, he only heard a huge horn sound from the direction where the French army came, and then only saw a group of French infantry appear not far in front of the Prussian camp, and seeing the appearance of reinforcements, Napoleon quickly turned with him.
When Joseph saw Napoleon again, he was startled by the Napoleon in front of him, only to see that Napoleon's cuirass was full of bullet marks and knife wounds, and Napoleon's leg was stabbed with a large wound and bleeding constantly.
"How did it become like this?"
"Your Excellency, the Prussian army reacted much faster than we expected, and by the time we charged, the Prussian troops were ready, and then we were stopped by the Prussian army because we did not break through the Prussian line for a while.
If it weren't for Lord Davout, we wouldn't have been able to escape the Prussians at this moment!
” In the face of Joseph's questioning, Napoleon, who was a little distracted, naturally ignored it.
The answer to Joseph was one of Napoleon's staff officers.
Hearing that the Prussian army was ready, Joseph also said: "Not only you, but not far from here, we have also been attacked by thousands of Prussian cavalry, God forbid that we have finally inflicted heavy losses on those Prussian cavalry, but now ........."
Just as Joseph was muttering, Napoleon, who was on his horse, waved his hand and motioned for the guards around him to help him off his horse.
When Napoleon dismounted, Joseph saw that Napoleon had been wounded in addition to his leg.
Napoleon was also given a huge wound on his back with a saber.
"Quick, Medic!"
Just as Joseph was calling for the military doctor, Napoleon interrupted Joseph's action with a wave of his hand, only to hear Napoleon say: "Now the enemy is ready.
Continuing to storm the enemy will only allow us to suffer even greater losses.
Therefore, Joseph, I now appoint you plenipotentiary commander of this army, and our goal now is to go north and crush an Imperial division that is being deployed in the north of our army!
” As soon as he finished speaking, Napoleon said: "Joseph, you leave three thousand men here under my command, and I will rely on these men and the rest to drag the Prussian reinforcements for you!"
During the round between Napoleon and Joseph, Napoleon not only ordered more than half of the army to strengthen the guard, but also drew a considerable number of troops to exterminate the remnants of the French cavalry left in the Prussian camp.
After more than an hour of fighting.
The French cavalry, who did not break through the Prussian camp for a while, were left here forever after the Prussian camp was restored to peace.
Looking at the French army deployed not far outside the city, William's brows were tangled.
Although Napoleon fled from the Prussian barracks, in a sense, the death of the Purukhan army perfectly sabotaged Napoleon's night raids, thus affecting the next phase of the war.
But now, the arrival of more than 20,000 French infantry not only gave Napoleon, who had been flanked by the Prussian army, a respite, but also made Prussia a little jealous.
"Your Majesty, those French are waiting for us solemnly, and judging by the banners, there are at least twenty-two thousand French troops in front of us.
In the current situation of our army, it is very undesirable to rashly send troops to attack the French!
” A Prussian officer beside William whispered, and after the officer had finished speaking, William asked: "How's Horn doing?
Still haven't you been in touch with Ah、Is he?
” "Your Majesty, in view of the fact that the French reinforcements have appeared outside, it is estimated that Lord Horn, who is responsible for blocking the enemy's reinforcements, is also a little unlucky, and according to the last time we contacted Lord Horn, although Lord Horn personally led two thousand five hundred cavalry, the French ** team relied on its own strong military advantage, so that Horn could not effectively prevent the enemy's reinforcements, so in this case, Horn resolutely launched an attack on the French army!"
After the staff officer finished speaking, William's eyes darkened, to be honest, William was still quite satisfied with Horn, and Horn's loyalty to the royal family was also obvious.
William sighed secretly in his heart and then said to the staff officer beside him: "If we send our troops out of camp to attack the French now, what percentage of our chances of victory will we have?"
"Your Majesty, if we attack the French ** team now, then our success rate is only 30%.
At present, the battalion has just resisted the night attack of the French cavalry, although those French cavalry either fled or were routed by us, but our army still suffered a lot of losses, more than 5,000 casualties made our soldiers seem a little shaken, plus it is night at this moment, if there is no perfect plan and good morale and abundant physical strength, rashly launching a battle at night will only make the soldiers feel uneasy, thus affecting the combat effectiveness of the entire army!
” There is no doubt that the staff officer's words vetoed William's idea of fighting in the field, and as the staff officer said, although William also wanted to chase after him, it was night after all, and many people would naturally feel apprehensive at night, plus they knew in their hearts that their enemies would fight them at night.
Under the double pressure of apprehension and nervousness, many soldiers will be prone to psychological collapse.
And Napoleon took advantage of this mentality, and he led less than four thousand men to the task of luring the enemy.
The rest of the French army, led by Joseph, marched towards the Imperial Divisions stationed on the north side of the Prussian barracks.
Unlike the Prussian army, although the Imperial Division had previously received an order from William to strengthen its vigilance, for these Imperial Divisions, the French were not attacking their battalion after all, so many people gathered on the south side of the garrison to watch the brighter and brighter fire and the huge explosion of the Prussian battalion through telescopes.
But what none of them expected was that just as they were watching the Prussian jokes with good taste, a group of French soldiers appeared in the southwest direction of the Imperial Division.
The French army sneaked around for a while. came to a place less than two hundred meters away from the main gate of the Imperial Division's station.
It should have been full of vigilance, but most of the officers were watching the bustle of the Prussian barracks, and the soldiers who were hurriedly awakened learned that the war had nothing to do with them.
Despite their presence in the ranks of the army, the fatigue of the night caused them to slump on the ground and fall asleep, and the officers paid no attention to the soldiers.
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Like these two Imperial Divisions.
Only officers above division commander and battalion commander were held by Prussians.
The rest of the officers were all from the Rhine states.
Unlike the Prussians, these officers and soldiers from the Rhine states did not have much identification with Prussia, so they seemed to them to be more or less virtuous in both Prussians and France.
Soon, with a hula, I saw that the ** team that had already sneaked into the Imperial Division's garrison less than two hundred meters away immediately got up and rushed towards the gate of the Imperial Division's garrison.
And it was only a minute after the French army moved that the Imperial Division hurriedly reacted.
But just when the Imperial Division had just reacted, it only saw the dozens of light guns carried by the French army.
The guns opened fire at the gates of the Imperial Division's station.
The simple camp gate of the Imperial Division naturally could not withstand the fierce bombardment of dozens of artillery, and it only lasted less than ten minutes before the gate of the garrison was blasted out of a road by the French.
"Kill!"
The sound of charging suddenly sounded among the French troops outside the Imperial Division's station, and then the French ** team that had already been prepared immediately launched an attack on the Imperial Division.
Outside Nicholas, William left only his Royal Guard, the Prussian Sixth Division, and two Imperial Divisions, and the troops were stationed separately, with the Prussian barracks in the center, and the two Imperial Divisions on both sides of the Prussian camp, one north and one south.
It was precisely because of this situation that Napoleon would let Joseph lead the French ** team to attack the garrison of the Imperial Division, otherwise, if the two Imperial Divisions were stationed together, then Napoleon would definitely not let Joseph lead the army to attack, after all, the combined strength of the two Imperial Divisions even exceeded the French army.
The Imperial Division that Joseph attacked was the First Imperial Division, which was mainly composed of troops from the Lower Rhine states, with the armies of the Duchy of Hesse and Berg as the main force.
Compared with the Duchy of Hesse, the soldiers from the Duchy of Berg are undoubtedly much inferior in combat effectiveness and will to fight, and even in the eyes of some Hessers, the Bergers who are in the same division as them are completely a combination of recruit eggs and cowards.
The difference between the soldiers in various places soon became apparent in the face of the French attack, and the combat effectiveness of the Hessian soldiers was still quite reliable, although the French attack was unprepared, but the phalanx composed of Hessian soldiers quickly stabilized their positions, and the opposite of the Hessians were the Bergs, the French scared these Bergs to death with just a charge, and even if it were not for the Prussian officers who decisively used the Overseers, I am afraid that these Bergs would have been defeated by a single charge by the French.
But even so, the situation is not optimistic.
As the French assault force broke through the gates of the camp and soon occupied a large amount of vantage points inside the gates, a steady stream of French soldiers drove into the station, which had originally belonged to the First Reich Division.
"Go and ask His Majesty for help!"
Rudolph, the division commander of the First Reich Division, hurriedly said to the herald beside him, and the herald hurriedly left.
Rudolph immediately adjusted the defensive front of the entire First Reich division, and he placed a part of the Berg troops on the two flanks, mainly because Rudolph considered that even if the Bergs were routed by the French **, they would not flee towards the Chinese army.
In the center of the camp were troops from Hesse.
These Hessian warriors were no worse than the Prussians on the battlefield, and although there were less than 4,000 Hesses in the entire 1st Division, Rudolph placed all these 4,000 people around the Chinese tent.
In Rudolph's view, even if the soldiers in other parts of the First Reich Division were defeated by the French, relying on these Hessian soldiers with strong combat effectiveness, how could the First Reich Division hold out for a while longer, and there was a buffer for a period of time.
I believe that William will definitely react there.
Rudolph was quite right, and while William was looking at the French troops who were still hovering outside the Prussian camp, an officer hurried up to William's side and said: "Your Majesty.
Our sentries on the north side noticed that a large amount of fire and flashes from the firing of artillery suddenly appeared on the garrison of the First Imperial Division!
” William was stunned for a moment, and then William's face immediately deteriorated, and not long after the officer's report.
Heralds from the First Reich Division rushed to William "Your Majesty.
The First Reich Division was attacked by the main French army and is now in the midst of a bitter battle, and General Rudolph hopes to be helped by reinforcements!
” William immediately ordered: "Immediately order the royal guards to get ready!"
Compared with the Sixth Division, the combat effectiveness of the Royal Guards is undoubtedly stronger, so William immediately ordered the Royal Guards to prepare after deciding to help, and while ordering the army to prepare, William also glanced depressedly at the staff officer who had advised him not to send troops.
Of course, William's glance did not mean to blame, after all, this staff officer did his duty.
The so-called staff officer is to provide another line of thought for the commander at a critical time, after all, one person is short and everyone is wise.
And the advice of the staff officer is naturally not correct.
In other words, the staff officer only advises, and the manager decides to adopt it.
William was depressed that he actually fell for Napoleon's empty city plan, of course, Napoleon's command will definitely not be a completely empty city, there must be some soldiers and horses, but definitely not too many.
Of course, what William didn't know, under his eyes, the staff officer who was glanced at by William was simply trembling and eager to get into the ground.
Soon the royal guards were ready, and after handing over the garrison to the Sixth Division led by Lugack, William personally led the royal guards to rush towards the French ** team outside the camp.
At this moment, Napoleon had been sitting outside the Prussian barracks for more than an hour, and the original wounds on his body were also bandaged, but Napoleon did not care about these wounds and bandages, and his eyes were fixed on one place - the Prussian flag.
Everyone knows where the king of Prussia goes, and the flag of Prussia goes.
And when he saw that the flag of Prussia had finally moved, Napoleon's heart was excited, he knew that he had made the right bet, and God gave him another chance.
In fact, when Joseph was ordered to send troops to attack the First Reich Division, Napoleon had already expected that the First Reich Division would definitely ask for help, and the Second Reich Division was still far away, so the only one who could help the Reich First Division was the Prussian army, and if the Prussian army was dispatched, then the Prussian king would have a great possibility to act with the army.
After all, if the Prussian king had been sitting in the barracks and not coming out, then even if the French army conquered the first division of the Reich and defeated the Prussian army that came to the rescue, the French army still did not change its disadvantageous position at the strategic level, but only consumed some of the strength of the coalition forces.
But if the king of Prussia had done anything wrong, then the entire strategic level would have changed, because William at this time was not only the king of Prussia, the supreme commander of the coalition forces, but also the vanguard of the anti-French emergency, and the first enemy monarch to conquer France after the start of the war, which was of great significance.
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Soon, the Prussian soldiers of the brigade drove out of the camp, and the group of soldiers rushed directly towards the position of Napoleon's French army, and without seeing this, Napoleon's face flushed with excitement.
Napoleon's position at the moment seems to be a little low-lying, and in order to confuse the Prussians opposite, Napoleon is surrounded by hundreds of soldiers in addition to all kinds of military flags and stacks of hay, these military flags planted on the ground largely cover the things under the flags, plus Napoleon ordered the army to extinguish a lot of torches after Joseph led the army, so under the cover of night, even in the telescope, there is nothing abnormal.
"Quick, extinguish all torches!
Be careful not to let the torches fall on the grass, and everyone quietly retreats!
” By the time of April, the grass on the ground had already sprouted, and the haystacks on top of the grass were all brought out of the city of Nicholas by the cavalry led by Napoleon, and then Joseph's infantry also carried some of them, and after spreading them on the ground, it was impossible to feel any difference between this place and other places unless it was deliberately felt.
It may be that God really blessed Napoleon, and the weather tonight was not at all humid and even a little dry, and dryness was exactly the weather that Napoleon longed for.
And when William, who was riding on a horse, saw that Napoleon on the opposite side had suddenly extinguished all the torches, his heart suddenly tightened.
"Everyone be vigilant, and the vanguard immediately throws torches out to explore the way!"
After getting William's order, soon a group of soldiers in front of the Prussian army immediately threw out the torches in their hands, and it was only a short time after the torches hit the ground, only to see the ground burning, this change not only surprised the Prussian vanguard troops, but also caused many cavalry horses under the crotch to be disturbed.