"It's actually normal for you not to know, after all, the final decision has not been made on this matter, but this time is also coming soon, if Your Excellency the division commander can't fulfill the expectations of the bigwigs of the military department within this month, then this division commander will definitely not be able to do it, and my visit to Ayi this time is also related to this matter!"
Before Grum could ask his question in surprise, he heard Germain continue: "My surprise promotion this time can also be seen as General Yarman's last stand!
My men have detected that the main force of the French Wonder Force, led by the enemy general Lucien, is stationed in a small town in the Ayi region, and this time I have come to Ay to annihilate this French Wonder Force!
” After Germaine finished speaking, he looked towards Grum, and noticing Germain's gaze, Grum frowned and said resolutely: "What should I do, since you're fighting for the kingdom!
Then I naturally have no reason not to support you!
These hundred brothers in the city of Ayi, including me, will listen to you from now on!
” Hearing Grum say this, Jermain's face immediately showed joy, he hugged Grum fiercely and then patted his cousin on the back a few times.
After that, Germain consulted with Groom for some time.
The next day, the news began throughout the city of Ayi that a large coalition baggage convoy was about to pass through Ayi.
And this rumor can be said to have a nose and an eye, this coalition baggage team came from Brussels, transporting a large number of guns and ammunition and a certain amount of artillery, and even this baggage team carried a lot of gold, silver, jewelry, autumn military uniforms, and even some cotton clothes, and as for other medicines, it was even more loaded.
The gold, silver, and jewelry were used as pay for the Coalition soldiers, and the clothes were of course intended for distribution to the Coalition soldiers.
Although it is not yet September, there are some things that must be prepared in advance, those autumn clothes only need more than half a month to come in handy, and as for winter clothes, although it will be a few more months, but you can be prepared.
On the afternoon of the same day that the rumor first arose in the city of Ayi, Lucien, who was stationed in the small town called Pazi, learned of the news.
"How true do you think this news is?"
Lucien asked the crowd sitting below him.
Sitting in Lucien were not only the officers of the French army, but also many of the landlords and gentry of Ayi and the surrounding area.
If the British were not prepared to occupy the northern territories of France, then the British would certainly have co-opted these local French landlords and gentry and the bourgeoisie, after all, these people are the backbone of society, and as long as these people are co-opted, then it will be conducive to the pacification of the coalition forces!
Unfortunately, the British did not want a puppet in northern France.
What the British wanted was to bring all these territories into their own territory, so that it would naturally be impossible for the gentry and the bourgeoisie, who were already rooted in these areas, to try their best to win them over, and even the British to a certain extent dealt a lot of cruelty to these French middle classes.
Under such circumstances, although most of the French gentry adopted an attitude of not helping each other because of the strength of the coalition forces, many people still took hostile actions against the coalition forces.
And before.
The French Wonder Corps was able to achieve so many results in the early stage under the leadership of Lucien, and these people can be said to have made great efforts.
"Your Excellency, I think this news should be true, after all, because of our incessant attacks during this time, the enemy's supply depots in various areas have suffered great losses, and in this case, the enemy, who is short of supplies because of this, can only transfer supplies from the rear!
And from Brussels to Beauwe.
We in Ayi happen to be in the most convenient place, so I think this news is true!
” Speaking was a local gentleman named Baptiste, who was the largest landowner in the town of Pazi, and Lucien's stationing of troops in Pazi could be said to be Batista's advice.
As a well-known local gentleman, Basst's words were recognized by most of the people present, but the generals under Lucien did not speak, and they all set their eyes on Lucien.
This scene made Lucien's heart sigh a little.
The officers of the Odd Troop under his command were brave, but none of them could be called strategic.
In the First Battle of the Austrian Netherlands, not only was most of Napoleon's army annihilated, but also the senior officers who followed Napoleon's southern and northern wars could be described as the total annihilation, resulting in none of these officers under Lucien's command being able to be looked down upon by him.
"Baptiste, what do you think if I say it's a trap set by the enemy?"
As he spoke, Lucien looked at Baptiste, and when Baptiste heard Lucien's words, he only saw him groaning and saying: "It is not impossible for the enemy to set a trap.
After all, it is not an exaggeration to say that the enemy sees us as a thorn in the flesh, but Your Excellency, I think you also know the current situation.
Our supplies are getting scarcer day by day, and we are just going to have enough food and grass.
With the support of all the righteous people, we don't have to worry about this for the time being, but we are seriously short of weapons, ammunition and even medicines!
At the moment, there is only enough weapons and ammunition left in the army to fight a medium-sized battle, and if it is not replenished, then I think our soldiers may even need to rely on cold weapons to fight the enemy in the future!
” As he spoke, Baptiste's face showed a grim look, and as soon as his words came out, not only Baptiste, but everyone in the entire room had very solemn faces.
"Baptiste, what you're saying is really a big problem" After thinking for a while, Lucien had to speak up to agree with Baptiste's opinion.
"In that case, if this is not a trap of the enemy, then we will fight with all our might, but we still need to confirm the authenticity of this news for now!
In this way, Baptiste, this matter will be entrusted to you, and we must find out the authenticity of the enemy's baggage team as soon as possible, and at the same time scout the enemy's troops and equipment, we must not be negligent!
” Lucien made up his mind, and Baptiste immediately answered Lucien's words!
After most of the people in the room had dispersed, Lucien waved his hand and summoned several of his henchmen and asked them to arrange for someone to investigate the authenticity of the enemy's so-called baggage team.
The reason for this arrangement is not that Lucien does not trust Baptiste, after all, with Baptiste's previous actions, even if he wants to join the coalition army, I am afraid that the coalition army will not accept him, because it is this Baptiste who provided a large amount of supplies for this French army under Lucien's command, and at the same time, Baptiste and his personal armed forces are stained with the blood of coalition soldiers.
The reason for this arrangement was that Lucien was convinced that caution was the most important thing in everything, after all, for Lucien's troops, who did not have any support to move behind the enemy's rear, it was the most important thing.
And at the same time that Lucien made arrangements for this, the fast horse sent by Germain before also sent the information to Yarman.
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When Yarman read the information at a glance, it was obviously impossible to say that Yarman was not excited, you must know that in order to capture this French army, Yarman has not slept well for a day since he received this mission, because Yarman understands that the extermination of this French army is not only his task, but also will have a decisive impact on his future military career!
"Order the army to begin assembling immediately, and immediately leave for Ayi after the assembly, and at the same time the cavalry troops will immediately prepare and wait until my order is given to immediately rush to the vicinity of the Ayi area and take cover!"
Although Germain has not yet had time to inform Yarman of his plan, Yarman also knows that he must pay attention to his whereabouts at the moment and must not startle the snake, after all, it is equivalent to saying that it is Yarman's last chance to fight, if he startles the snake, I am afraid that Yarman will have no place to cry if he wants to cry.
And just as Yarman was gathering his army and rushing towards the Ayi region in high spirits, the Prussian soldiers of the first battalion of the 56th Infantry Regiment, who had received Jemain's orders, immediately began to use the rights of what they had at hand to build a structure of their baggage brigade.
Bags of sandbags were loaded into wagons, and the soldiers were armed with their weapons, and all the excess weapons and ammunition were placed in the boxes and opened in a corner, also to confuse the enemy scouts.
Although there were only more than 300 people in a battalion, after a day and a night of busy preparations, a medium-sized baggage team was still put up.
In the middle of the procession were seventy-three carriages, some of which had been recruited by Prussian soldiers from the surrounding French villages, as there had not been so many carriages in the first battalion before.
After planting the flags on these wagons, a baggage detachment of the coalition army appeared.
Of course, in order to better confuse the enemy, these Prussian soldiers also pretended to inadvertently reveal the news that the current baggage team was only the vanguard when they collected carriages from those French villages, and in their mouths, in addition to their baggage team, there was a large baggage team of up to 4,000 people behind them, which escorted enough supplies for 30,000 people to use for two months.
The reason why the wagons were collected from these French villages was because there were so many supplies for the baggage brigade that some of the wagons were overwhelmed and damaged, so they had to be replenished.
Of course, the Prussian army took money out of these wagons when they collected them, so they were not opposed.