Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Kutuzov, who was at the rear of the position, soon learned that Bagration was seriously injured and that the senior officers of the 2nd Army had suffered heavy losses.

The entire left wing of the Russian army suffered heavy losses at this time. Although it was within the doctors' expectations, everyone knew that the army's field hospital was not full. There were a huge number of wounded soldiers, and the militia had to serve as stretcher bearers. It would be too late to evacuate them even if they were sent back.

When he sent out his adjutant, he also discovered that he had just sent his son-in-law to Barclay to find out the situation.

There's no way. The only reliable adjutant around me right now is my wife's nephew.

As for the next arrangements, he originally planned to let Prince Alexander of Württemberg take over the left wing of the army, but he hesitated for a while.

The prince is doing OK at the headquarters, but if he were to go down, he might not be as reliable as his nephew Eugen.

Therefore, when the fighting on the front line is so fierce, the idea of ​​changing generals at the last minute should be put aside.

Since his left wing was attacked so hard by the French army, he had no choice but to use other methods.

Kutuzov, who usually looks confused, is sitting on a stool. If you look at his back, and put a military uniform in his hand and a big hat on his head - such as Suwa Hosei's helmet,
Some people may wonder whether this place is Kawanakajima or Borodino.

"Platov and Uvarov, each with a cavalry unit, attack the French from the flank and rear. They must move quickly!"

He did not give any explanation, but just asked the two to carry out his orders.

Although Platov sometimes failed to deliver or execute orders thoroughly, once he received the order, his 5,000-man Cossack cavalry unit would move.

They crossed the Kolocha River and tried to get behind the enemy.

Among Barclay's Cossack cavalry, there are also some Tatar and Kalmyk cavalry, which looks very strange.

The French troops on the flank were also horrified when they saw this.

It wasn't just a huge number of Cossack cavalry taking action on the battlefield, there were also some strange Tatar cavalry following behind them.

In other words, the French and Italians had not seen much of the Mongols, otherwise they would have been even more panicked.

The Swedes had experienced the power of the Kalmyk cavalry a few years ago, and even the skull of a general became a magical weapon.

These cavalrymen looked unorthodox, but in such a hot day, armed with muskets and bows and arrows, it was quite hard work even without their coats.

Then they actually fired arrows. With the defense capabilities of the current era, probably only the cuirassiers could resist for a while.

The Kalmyks in the Russian camp were not like the Mongols that their compatriots saw after returning to the east. They all fought with whirling cavalry.

To fight together with these Cossack cavalrymen who were once enemies, one needs to adapt to their style of fighting.

"Master, what should we do?"

"Charge forward! Under the protection of Eternal Heaven and Buddha, we warriors will harvest the heads of those heretic demons!"

Well, when the scimitar was raised, it seemed a bit outrageous.

There are also Mongols among the Russian cavalry, which may be more shocking than just a few thousand cavalry charging over.

Even some auxiliary troops assigned to the 4th Army commanded by Eugene were a little shaken. Those who had never seen such a thing were really scared.

The troops of some German princes were even in a disgraceful state. They were blocking the attack of the Russian cavalry on the flanks, but now they were in such a disgraceful state that when they heard that the Mongols were coming, they abandoned their weapons and fled everywhere.

These Astrakhan Kalmyks even ran faster than the Cossacks when they charged, and launched the attack under the command of their leader, Grand Marshal Tundutov Zumba.

By the way, ever since the last time those batters returned to the grassland to graze, the Kalmyks have also known that this side of Europe, even the northern Sweden in the ice and snow, seems to be much richer than their grasslands. Many of the returning batters have made a fortune. In addition to the captured and looted enemy prisoners, they also received bonuses from the Tsar.

This time it was much easier to mobilize them to participate in the operation, but they did not meet the young Russian Noyan - although they did not meet because they were in different armies.

As for the Mongols' attack, the way to stop them would probably be to mobilize troops to block them while sending out cavalry to fight.

Napoleon was quite responsive and mobilized the Mamluk Squadron and the Guards Gendarmerie Squadron from the Guards to cooperate with Grouchy's dragoons to fight against the Russian troops attacking from the flank.

When Grouchy saw this strange group of Russian cavalry from afar, he was a little confused and had no idea what Kutuzov was up to.

In addition to Platov's Cossacks, there were Tatar cavalry, Kalmyk cavalry, Bashkir cavalry, and even some Guards.

This is still a relatively normal situation. After all, the French also know that when the Russian army recruits Cossack cavalry, the Tatars will also be recruited, especially since this time is a national crisis for Russia.

If the Kazakhs were not so far away and the loyalty of some tribes was questionable, those Kazakh archers and heavy cavalry would probably have come.

What probably surprised Grouchy was not this, but that there was a group of very eye-catching armored cavalry mixed in with Uvarov's Guards Cavalry. However, because these cavalry could not march fast before the charge, they fell far behind the Guards Cavalry at the beginning.

By the time Uvarov's cavalry artillery arrived and prepared to launch an attack on the French flank, these armored cavalry had also arrived.

There were several squadrons of Circassian cavalry, who were considered the "relatives" of the Mamluks. They still adopted the posture of armored cavalry.

Considering the style of the previous heavy-armored Mamluks, it can probably only be described as a certain type of soldier in Mount & Blade.

That's the Khergit Lancer.
This was Solovyov's masterpiece. He defeated the Turks several times and captured a lot of prisoners, including both people and horses.

But he didn't have time to take care of it at the time, so he led his army south to Greece.

After several battles, with the addition of prisoners captured by Kamensky the Younger, and later Kutuzov defeated the Turks several more times.

This would accumulate a group of captured Circassian cavalry. The impact of these heavy cavalry would be so great that if the French were exhausted, they would rush up and face the French soldiers without armor defense, and they would probably be harvested.

Kutuzov's order also included asking the cavalrymen coming from the south to join the battle. Uvarov was a little worried at first. After all, even nostalgic veterans would not use such outdated equipment.

But the biggest advantage of the nostalgic server players is probably their ability to kill when they meet each other. Moreover, for some riflemen, this armor plate has no effect on them even if they are hit from a long distance. The Italian division that came to block the attack did not collapse on the spot. That was because Eugene had trained soldiers in Italy in a very methodical way and finally trained a unit with good combat effectiveness.

When Eugene sent out Honor's light cavalry, he had no idea what was coming on his flank.

As a result, although Onano's cavalry was able to withstand the attacks of some Russian Guards cavalry at the beginning, when the Cossacks passed through like locusts, and a bunch of strange "nostalgic server" players followed them, just a few light cavalry were definitely not enough.

In desperation, Eugene first sent his Italian Guards Cavalry into the battle, and then sought reinforcements from Napoleon.

When Napoleon heard the report, his initial reaction was not shock but confusion.

"The Russians used 7,000 cavalry and even some weird stuff? This sounds so interesting!"

Doubt brings curiosity, and he probably doesn't know what fear is yet.

But the generals under his command were somewhat panicked.

The Russian cavalry came so quickly. Was it a decisive assault to turn the situation around, or a diversionary attack?

In short, due to the chaotic state of the left wing, Napoleon had to divert the reserve troops originally intended for the polygonal forts and send part of the Young Guard to support Eugene.

As for Eugene himself, he did encounter considerable trouble during this Russian cavalry assault.

When he was patrolling the flank on horseback with several adjutants and guards, he encountered a squadron of Guards Cossacks, and some Kalmyk cavalry appeared nearby.

Faced with such a strange combination, Eugene did not choose to escape, but fought and retreated with his adjutant. However, when he encountered the Mongols, he had to take into account that they were carrying bows and arrows.

However, the archers were going to shoot horses. Perhaps they noticed that Eugene's attire suggested that he should be a high-ranking official, so they planned to capture him alive.

The result was that after Eugene's horse was hit by an arrow in the eye, it felt the pain and threw Eugene on its back into a pit.

When the Cossack Dolgushin who was following behind saw this, he rode over to capture him alive, and ended up fighting with Eugene's two adjutants.

Although there are still duels nowadays, they usually only happen when two armies encounter each other. The superior officer or outstanding cavalry officer will come out to duel, and in some cases it will be veteran soldiers, and then there will be a fight between the cavalrymen.

It's very strange like it is now.

Both adjutants were chopped by Dolgushen, but then a few more followers came up, obviously ready to fight to the death.

The Kalmyk man who had just shot an arrow from the side also rushed over waving a scimitar.

As a result, a melee broke out between the two sides over the fallen Eugene. However, when several riders from each side came to fight, Eugene had already hurriedly run to the battalion formation of a nearby infantry regiment, thus escaping danger.

Even at this time, his head was still buzzing and he couldn't believe his eyes.

However, because he ran so fast and his followers fought desperately with the Tatars and Cossacks, he was able to escape by chance.

Of course, the outrageous things happening today aren’t just happening here with Euren.

He was trying hard to understand what was happening, but the commander of the Italian Guard Cavalry he sent out, General Trier, was in trouble.

Not far from the battlefield where Eugene was, when the general led the Italian Guards Cavalry to attack, he encountered another group of Kalmyks.

In addition to scimitars, these Kalmyks also had a guy who looked like a chief holding a lance, but the shape of the lance was obviously not the standard European lance.

Even among the Kalmyk tribes that had come to Astrakhan and lived a semi-sedentary and semi-nomadic life, some of their leaders carried Sulu Ding.

The commander of the Guards was hurt by Sulu Ding's spear, but he was not pierced through. He dodged in time. Although he was stabbed, the force was dissipated and he was not knocked off his horse.

Seeing their superior so unlucky and fleeing on horseback, the Italian Guards Cavalry behind them did not dare to fight. They just put on a posture of expelling the enemy, and some of them even fired muskets on horseback.

The Kalmyks on this side also responded with muskets and bows and arrows.

Several Poles in the Italian army were also amazed when they saw such a battle situation.

Probably apart from the Russians, they are the only ones who still have some impression of the Tatars and Kalmyks.

In addition, there is Saint-Aubin, the brigade commander of the 13th Division. He was once captured by the Kalmyks who followed the army during Suvorov's expedition. He is the only general with experience in fighting the enemy.

However, he was very unlucky today. When he was organizing a phalanx, he was shot in the head by an arrow shot by a Kalmyk.

Seeing such a fierce cavalry attack, the French army did not fall apart. This was also because the Cossacks wanted to bluff and tie down the French troops. Platov adopted the method of having some Cossacks dismount and fight with the French with muskets.

This made the French army mistakenly believe that it was the vanguard of the Russian light infantry. In addition, those cavalrymen who seemed to be out of place made it difficult to say whether there was a large force behind them.

But when the French were about to launch a counterattack, these Cossacks mounted their horses and ran away again.

However, the Circassian armored cavalry, which fell behind and joined the battle last, rushed directly towards some phalanxes, scaring the French soldiers in the front row.

However, some Don Cossacks remembered their old enemies, the Zaporizhia Cossacks, who had previously fought against the Poles in infantry formations and chariot formations.

Although it was the War of 1812, it instantly produced the same effects as those of years ago.

If it weren't for the militiamen from Ujicha village who rushed out with axes to chop people, these heavy cavalry would probably have been the oldest way of fighting.

But they did not dare to fight. On the one hand, they were outnumbered. On the other hand, although Platov fought hard, Uvarov, who was directly responsible for commanding the Guards Cavalry, was not so enthusiastic even when he brought cavalry artillery.

Therefore, he chose to let these cavalry retreat one after another, so that the French would not dare to act rashly when they saw them.

It was because of this assault that the French army had to postpone their frontal attack, giving the Russian army on the high ground and in the fortress some breathing time. (End of this chapter)