King's Landing in France

His cavalry rushed into the water after him, and the water splashed for a while.

After a while the cavalry arrived on the other side.

Lasalle: "Expand the formation! Quick, line up!"

The well-trained cavalry immediately formed on the river bank, and a brigade of cavalry formed a horizontal formation nearly 150 meters wide, with the riders' knees touching their knees.

La Salle stood alone at the front, and he drew out his saber: "For France! Charge!"

The trumpeter blew the charging horn, and the cavalry brigade followed La Salle and began to accelerate!

"Speed ​​is the key!" La Salle yelled. "Faster, faster!"

As long as the cavalry starts to run, the horses will chase each other because of instinct, so the speed will become faster and faster.

During this process, the formation will gradually disintegrate, because after all, some knights have better horses and run faster.

But the prestige brought by the high-speed charge is very amazing.

As long as the cavalry is fast enough, the morale of the enemy will collapse before the cavalry actually touches the enemy.

La Salle led the cavalry to charge at full speed, and the enemies lined up on the river bank were shocked when they saw the "huge waves" approaching from the side.

The collapse occurred in an instant, the most marginal brigades were the first to break up, and then the chaos spread to the entire army.

The enemy started howling and fled in all directions, and was chased by the cavalry. A few were shot from behind with sabers, and many more were trampled to death by horses after falling down.

No matter how hoarse the Austrian officers were, the collapse could not stop.

Davout was watching all this happening, and his deputy said eagerly: "Let's charge too, or the cavalry will take away all the credit!"

Davout: "No, the charge will cause the formation to be chaotic, our task is not only to defeat the enemies in the front, but also to outflank the enemies on the Diego Heights from the side!

"This is the most important task that Your Excellency General entrusted to us!

"All battalions, advance!"

Davout said he stepped forward, his steps were firm.

His troops also began to move, like an iron-cast city wall, and the dense spear forest rose and fell with neat steps, as if there was a pulse of life.

The four brigades of the French army rolled forward like a steamroller, pushing all the mess left by the cavalry charge under their feet.

Chapter 173 Total Retreat

An Ning was very excited: "Great, Davout and La Salle defeated the enemy's flank, and we won!"

With a sound of "Bo", Fanny opened a new bottle of champagne, startling everyone who was paying attention to the battlefield.

Facing everyone's eyes, Fanny asked suspiciously: "Hey, isn't it time to open the champagne?"

An Ning: "You can drive!"

After speaking, he continued to pay attention to the battlefield.

On the left, Davout and Lasalle had completely controlled the situation. The enemy army was completely defeated by Lasalle's stormy offensive, while Davout's troops were advancing steadily, making it impossible for the enemy to regroup.

With only half an hour to go, Davout's troops should be outflanking the plateau of Diego.

An Ning saw that Davout had ordered the artillery that was originally on the west bank of the Bomida River to start moving, and it should be preparing to move closer to the frontal enemy.

It's a pity that Diego is a high ground, and it is more difficult to hit it.

On the right wing, after the initial regiment was overwhelmed by the cavalry, Lahalpe's troops quickly formed a hollow phalanx to resist the enemy's cavalry impact.

Several phalanxes were on the main road, directly blocking the main road.

In other words, Lahalp has also completed the task.

The enemy is now a turtle in an urn. Although they can escape through the mountains north of Diego, the mountains are very difficult to walk, and the establishment will definitely be dismantled.

It can be approximated that An Ning had eliminated Beaulieu's main force in the Battle of Diego.

Of course, this kind of annihilation is somewhat different from the annihilation of later generations. The annihilation of later generations is real annihilation, and the prisoners of war are all found places to be locked up.Now there is no ability to manage so many prisoners of war, and most of them should be released.

In the later period of the French Revolution, it was true that the captured prisoners of war were not released and escorted to the rear to build fortresses as coolies, but that was already a very late stage, and the organizational ability was not at the same level as it is now.

Enemies should now be able to make a comeback after a period of reorganization.

But the time for this reorganization will probably not be short.

An Ning was thinking about this, and Berthier said, "Why hasn't Marshal Beaulieu surrendered yet? This situation is ready to surrender."

An Ning: "Maybe he still wants to make a last-ditch effort. His reserve team should not be used yet."

As soon as the words fell, Marshal Beaulieu's reserve team appeared in the direction of Lahalpe.

An Ning was stunned: "He wants to open up the road defended by Lahalp and give his troops a retreat! Rana!"

"I'm here." Lana stood up straight, "Please give the order, General!"

"Immediately lead the teaching group to force a march—no, run to the flanks and block this gap! Even the Afterglow Knight will strengthen you! Go!"

Lana salutes and runs away!

An Ning: "The messenger!"

"To!"

"Tell Davout to speed up!"

The orderly saluted, turned and left.

Berthier: "It takes more than ten minutes for the orderly to reach Davout. In this case, Davout should have reached the side of the highland. This order is actually not very meaningful."

An Ning cursed, and continued to focus on Lahalp.

With the cooperation of the newly joined infantry, Lahalpe's first phalanx has been defeated.

An Ning cursed angrily: "I don't believe it, I won't be able to eat this dumpling today! Julian, bring my horse!"

Berthier was shocked: "What are you going to do?"

An Ning: "Do what a commander should do! In order to win the glorious victory that is close at hand, I must appear where I am most needed!"

Berthier: "This..."

At this time, Beethoven and David, who had been recording everything by the side, pressed Berthier's shoulders from left to right.

"Your Excellency the Chief of Staff," said Beethoven, "let the hero do what he has to do!"

David: "A valiant commander is with his soldiers!"

Berthier moved his mouth, but finally said nothing.

He watched An Ning get on his horse and rode straight to the front line of the right wing.

The flag bearer and trumpeter carrying the general's flag followed behind An Ning.Even Beethoven and David got on their horses and followed the Commander.

Berthier wants to serve as the command center here, and he cannot leave this place.

After An Ning and his party left, the maid Fanny asked Berthier, "Champagne, do you want it?"

Berthier sighed: "I need some wine. With such a commander in chief, I feel very tired."

Fanny: "Just get used to it."

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Marshal Beaulieu suddenly gasped.

Because he saw the largest and most decorated flag opposite the French army moving to the flank.

"The enemy's commander-in-chief actually rushed to the front line in person? This courage is commendable, but not worth promoting." Beaulieu sighed, "It's over, it seems that we are going to be wiped out here."

Condole still hasn't given up: "Maybe we can let the sniper kill that cobbler!"

"It's useless. Even if the enemy's commander-in-chief is killed here, they will still complete the encirclement. From the moment the right wing collapses, we are finished."

Condoré: "Perhaps the reserves should not have been put on the left flank just now, but should have been placed on the right flank against the outflanking enemy..."

"Where to line up? On the high ground? How can this high ground hold so many people! If you don't line up on the high ground, you will be hit by enemy artillery from the front!" Beaulieu shook his head, "We have failed, accept Be realistic. Well done to that cobbler you despise, and his civilian officers, very well done!"

At this time, a cavalry lieutenant approached the Marshal and reported loudly: "Report! Your Excellency, Marshal, we have found a path, you can retreat from here!"

Beaulieu was overjoyed and asked, "How many troops can go on that path?"

"Uh, it's just the path pointed out by the shepherd. It should be no problem to walk to your command post. The rest is..."

Beaulieu thought about it, and his expression became firm again: "Although we have been wiped out here, there are still Vuksevich's divisions, and if we mobilize some defenders from the Milan and Mantua fortresses, maybe we can still fight back." Twenty thousand troops can be drawn to deploy defenses on the Po River!

"It's not time for despair! As long as we defend the Po River for a while, reinforcements from Vienna should arrive! His Majesty Franz II will definitely not sit idly by!"

The marshal seemed to be rejuvenated, and he gave an order full of energy: "Order the key officers of all departments to gather and go together! Move quickly! Also, collect the eagle flag of the empire as much as possible, and don't let the enemy capture it! "

The Marshal's order was issued, and the staff officers of the Austrian army immediately got busy.

The Marshal's orderly brought the horse and helped him onto it.

At this time, the marshal suddenly remembered something, and said to the orderly: "You, find a road sign and write on it with lime, Beaulieu, Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, pays tribute to Andy Frost, commander of the French army." My respect, you are the best officer I have ever seen!"

Chapter 174 The Birth of the Horse Artillery Song

An Ning had just rushed to the side, and before he could fight the enemy, the enemy began to retreat.

Because the main road was blocked by Lahalp's division, and La Salle's cavalry was hacking people everywhere in the river valley to the north, most of the Austrian army chose to flee directly into the hilly area north of Diego.

Now the mountains and plains are full of fleeing Austrian troops.

An Ning yelled to the people around him: "Military flag, seize those who hold the military flag!"

In addition to being a trophy that represents honor, a well-crafted military flag is also an important prop used to organize troops. Military flags are often used in the formation of troops.

After all, the organization of the army and the initiative of the soldiers in this era are not high, especially the Austrian army is still a dynastic army, and the big soldiers are forced to go to the battlefield. Without the flag, the organization degree will be halved.

Therefore, the capture of the military flag in this era has practical tactical significance.

Hearing An Ning's words, Lana led a group of infantry and rushed to the enemy's flag.

Lana's troops have just entered the battle, and their physical fitness is very well preserved, which is not comparable to that of the Austrian army that has been fighting for most of the day.

They quickly caught up with a few Austrian soldiers carrying flags, and handed over the flags in two or three strokes.

An Ning saw a flag tucked under Lana's arm, and ran to another flag that was still fleeing.

Originally, An Ning's plan to use Lana was probably a frontal emergency, but it was too late to throw the teaching group and Sunset Knight into the hand-to-hand fight.

As a result, because of Napoleon's showmanship, the enemy only broke through the first line of defense, and it was not time to join the reserve team.

As a result, Lana can only use the physical energy he has retained until now to chase the army flag.

It can only be said that the influence of the subjective initiative of these powerful generals on the battle situation is far beyond An Ning's expectations.

The same is true for La Salle on the left wing. It was really unexpected that a single charge would completely crush the enemy.

Sure enough, there are these fierce generals, all they have to do is draw lines on the ground, and they will win the war by themselves.

An Ning doesn't need to be an outstanding military strategist, he just needs to use the knowledge beyond the times to gather the generals into his own hands, and then he can reap the rewards.

What a beautiful thing!

Now it is time to promote Davout as soon as possible, and promote him to brigadier general, so that he can lead an army, throw an army to Davout, and then match his men with Lasalle and Napoleon, and an invincible army will come out. Let him go when there is a war, and An Ning can catch fish!

Thinking about these things, An Ning couldn't help but smile.

He didn't know that at this time, David was sketching him with a sketchbook, and this sketch later gave rise to the famous painting "General Frost Smiling During Diego's Great Victory".

At this time Napoleon came running from a distance on horseback.

"Andy!" he shouted, and then realized that it was not good to call the general by his first name in front of so many troops, so he changed his words, "General Frost! See what I just did?"

An Ning turned her head to look at Napoleon, only to find that he came back fully bearded and tailed. Sure enough, he had an AT force field, and the bullets couldn't hit him.

No wonder in the real history, during the Battle of Lodi, Napoleon personally carried a flag and rushed to the bridge, and ate a few waves of grape bullets from guns and cannons at a very close distance. Nothing happened, and many people around died. dial.

An Ning: "You lunatic, I'm going to add artillery to you again. Is it easy to train you as an artillery?"

Napoleon smiled and said, "But I have killed so many enemies! Don't you think this exchange is very good?"

"Yes, yes, thanks to you, only one frontal line has been broken through, and you are the first to win this battle!"

Napoleon smiled: "That's right! Then I'm not going to be polite! Let me tell you, I thought of a new gadget that can make the use of motorized mounted guns to a higher level. The current mounted guns have to be fired before they can be fired. Unmounted from the horses, I want to get a carriage, with the cannon on the carriage, and four horses to draw one of these carriages!

"In this way, although the terrain in the rugged area will be very restricted, but in the plains, it will show amazing strength!"