Subsequently, under the orders of Rumorin, the task of holding off the enemy in Trapp was entrusted to the 14th Division.
Yarman's mission was not surprising to Rumorin, after all, Yarman's 14th Division was currently the most intact army among the several units.
The focus of this battle was to block the enemy's reinforcements from inside Trapp, so it was natural that the 14th Division could carry out such a difficult task.
Rumorein's 7th Division had suffered heavy losses in the previous attack on Paris, and the entire division had less than 7,000 troops, but fortunately, the British division led by Duke Andrew had 9,000 troops, plus 5,000 troops of the First Imperial Division, and with 21,000 heavy troops to attack the French army of only 8,000 outside Trapp, it was completely abundant for Rumorein.
Of course, the biggest task of this battle was given to Yarman, although Yarman has nearly 10,000 troops under his command, but as long as the French camp outside Trapp is attacked, then the French army in Trapp will definitely not sit idly by, and it is foreseeable that the enemy's attack will definitely be quite fierce.
The sky was shining with stars at night, but all the Allied soldiers could not calmly enjoy the beauty above their heads, they clutched their weapons and quietly lurked towards the French camp outside Trapp under the orders of the officer.
The French troops stationed outside Trapp were unaware of the actions of the coalition forces, and even because they were arranged by the Prince of Condé to be stationed outside the city, many of these French troops could be said to be full of complaints, including some officers.
Thinking about the comrades-in-arms in the city, they can eat and drink spicy food, and they can have women to sleep, although they have to pay, but for these soldiers outside the city who cannot enter Trapp, they are naturally selectively ignored.
In order not to disagree with the soldiers who were arranged to be stationed outside the city, Prince Condé also specially arranged a large number of baggage and sacrifice troops, which naturally included some wine.
In the eyes of the Prince of Condé, the surroundings are very safe.
In this case, it is understandable to indulge these soldiers to a certain extent, after all, from tomorrow onwards, they will face a road of death, and the more than 20,000 French troops do not know how many of them will return home unscathed!
On such a night, even the French scout cavalry was lax, after all, they had already reconnoitred all the areas within a radius of nearly ten miles.
No trace of the enemy was found at all.
However, what the French did not expect was that the Allied forces were not prepared to carry out a night attack on the French army in the first half of the night, and in Rumorein's plan, he chose to launch an attack on the French army at three o'clock in the morning, that is, when people were most sleepy in the day.
And a distance of more than ten miles is only a two-hour march.
At eleven o'clock in the evening, Rumorim officially ordered the army to set off towards Trapp, and the 30,000 allied troops were instantly divided into two divisions.
The main force, led by Rumulin himself, would follow the path previously discovered by the scouts and go directly to the French camp outside Trapp, while Yarman led his 14th Division in a straight line towards Trapp. 、 The clock quietly pointed in the direction of twelve, and the French military camp outside Trapp had fallen into a slumber, except for some unfortunate soldiers who were on duty for their turn, the rest of the French soldiers were all asleep.
In Trapp, however, it was a different story, with only a few French soldiers already dreaming, and most of the French soldiers were still hanging out in the green houses and restaurants in Trapp.
Of course for this case.
The Prince of Condé had previously decreed that all French soldiers must return to their garrisons to rest before one o'clock in the morning.
As a result, the French soldiers had to seize the last hour to revel, especially the "prostitute" soldiers who were waiting anxiously at the back of the line for their comrades in front to pick up the pace.
It was rare that there had been no curfew in Trapp since the beginning of the war, and as soon as the banquet was over, Condé came to his own place of collapse, and looked out the window at the still brightly lit streets, and a smile appeared on the face of Prince Condé.
Prince Condé was already an old man.
But the older the older he is, the more likely he is to be nostalgic, and for Condé it has been a long time since he has seen a street that is still lit up late at night, with the exception of Versailles, of course.
Born in 1736, Condé Sr. grew up in the middle of the reign of Louis XV, at a time when France was facing the powerful Bourbon royal family, despite some unrest in France.
No one dared to challenge head-on, and even the British had to hide from the front at some point.
At that time, France was glorious, opening up colonies abroad, and the whole world competed with Britain.
On the European continent, France is the only one that shocks the crowd!
But what about now?
What does France look like now?
Now that France is in danger of even its capital Paris under the enemy's command, I wonder how the great Louis XIV would feel if the great Louis XIV were to be resurrected.
After sighing for a while, Prince Condé's mind became a little groggy, which also made Prince Condé no longer feel a little sad about his years.
Not long after Prince Condé fell asleep, the military orders issued by Prince Condé began to be implemented in the city of Trapp, and numerous gendarmes began to drive their comrades back to their stations one by one on the streets of Trapp.
At two o'clock in the morning, Trapp was in a state of silence both inside and outside the city.
But just when everything was silent, outside the city of Trapp, one by one the coalition soldiers were bent over and heading towards their destination.
According to Rumorin's arrangement, the coalition soldiers attacking outside Trapp would stop and reorganize their formation as they approached the French camp for a mile.
"Let the soldiers immediately seize the time to eat some dry food to recover their strength, but tell all soldiers to prohibit loud noises, violators will be severely punished!"
After Rumorin's order was issued, the coalition soldiers began to take out the dry food they had prepared and eat, and no soldier dared to raise a loud voice in the eyes of the officers on the side.
When the clock was about to reach three o'clock, Rumolin immediately commanded the officers and staff officers around him: "From now on, immediately return to their respective units and organize the army to wait for the order to attack, and at the same time let the artillery see if they can push the artillery to the front as much as possible without making a loud noise!"
After giving the order, the officers who had gathered in front of Rumorin immediately dispersed towards their respective parts, and the staff officers opened a large map in front of Rumorin, which was the topographical map of the city of Trapp, including the plains outside the city.
When the clock reached three o'clock, a large number of torches suddenly lit up around the French army outside Trapp, and under the light of the torches, the resolute faces of countless coalition soldiers appeared in the firelight.
The sudden change did not make the French camp react for a while.
Because of the treatment of being stationed outside the city, some French soldiers were dissatisfied, and this naturally included the sentries, and after the second half of the night, people's energy would drop to a low point.
So within a few minutes there was no reaction from the French camp.
Seeing this reaction, the corners of Rumolin's eyes also jumped suddenly, he thought that the reason why the French camp was like this was because the French had anticipated his night attack, so they did it deliberately.
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But at this time, it was too late to regret it, and his mind turned around, and Rumorin still resolutely gave the order "Order the artillery to open fire, and order the troops to attack the French camp according to the original plan!"
Hearing Rumorein's order, the heralds immediately rushed to the Allied artillery positions and demanded that they open fire on the French battalion.
It wasn't until the Allied artillery fire was in full swing that the French soldiers stationed in the barracks noticed that something was wrong, and because the Allied troops were running towards the French barracks and attacking the gate of the French barracks, there was a lot of noise, so that some of the sleeping sentries woke up.
"What's going on, where is the sound?"
"Not good, enemy attack !!"
The sentry's shrill roar sounded above the watchtower, and at this moment, the bells and drums placed on the watchtower were also rapidly beaten.
But by this time, it was too late, and the flames fired by the Allied artillery had already fallen into the sky above the French camp.
"Bang!"
A cannonball burst into the French camp like a death falling from the sky, blowing up a military tent, and the few French soldiers resting in the tent naturally could not escape the fate of dead and wounded.
It was not only this military tent that was unlucky, the coalition shell just now was like a vanguard, and after this shell, countless shells rose up to the sky and enveloped the French soldiers.
"Quick, gather the army immediately, give me all to the periphery of the camp, and be sure to defend me!"
The commander of the French battalion immediately grabbed the staff officer next to him and ordered.
But at this time, because of the sudden attack by the enemy's artillery fire, the entire French camp became a mess, and countless soldiers kept dodging the shells that fell from the sky, which also led to further chaos in the French camp.
'Don't mess around, gather all towards the outskirts of the camp and grab your weapons!'
Don't run around, follow your officers!
” Some of the officers stood in a prominent spot, shouting at the French soldiers who had become confused.
And just when the French camp was in chaos due to the surprise attack, in less than ten minutes, the coalition army appeared outside the French camp.