King's Landing in France

"Is Alvinzi's headquarters here?"

"Yes, you are so smart, you have discovered all of this, that's right, Alvinzi's headquarters is here..."

Karl grumbled: "I thought I was in Munich. You, take me to the headquarters now, I have something urgent to see Marshal Alvinzi!"

"Okay, Your Excellency, this way please."

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Alvinzi was about to fall asleep, and was having a drink before going to bed, when suddenly the guard outside shouted: "Stop!"

"Go away, do you see who is behind me? It's the emperor's third brother! Are you responsible for the delay?"

Marshal Alvinzi frowned, and said loudly, "Who is it?"

At this time the door opened, and the dusty Grand Duke Karl walked in.

"Are you going to sleep?" He was shocked.

Alvinzi: "Yeah, people are old and can't stay up late."

"This is impossible, you should act as soon as possible, the French army has arrived in Stuttgart!"

Alvinzi: "We know. In addition, we also know that there are a large number of French cavalry in the direction of the Black Forest. Stuttgart is just a sheep attack by the cunning Frost, and the direction of the Black Forest is his main force."

Grand Duke Karl was stunned: "Black Forest? I came from there, and there is no French army at all."

"But the cavalry we scouted reported it."

Chapter 345 Attack on Ulm

Carl: "The one in Stuttgart is Frost's trump card. Napoleon Bonaparte's First Army is his basic force."

Alvin Qi: "Using basic troops to attack sheep is worthy of Frost. It's really cunning."

Carl: "No, no, no! The First Army has rushed in, and Frost's other troops are still on the line of the Inn River!"

Alvin Qi was shocked: "What, the main force of Frost has come to the Inn River? Isn't that very close to us?"

Grand Duke Karl was stunned for a moment before he remembered that the Rhine River had turned an L-shaped bend south of the Black Forest, and had gone eastward from Basel, coming directly here.

Alvinzi probably thought that Frost was at Shaffhouse.

"No, no, no!" Archduke Karl shook his head again and again, "His main force is on the front line from Strasbourg to Mannheim and then to Frankfurt! It's still far away from here! Let's set off now, force the march overnight, and be able to do so tomorrow morning." Raid Stuttgart and join Napoleon's First Army! The rest of Frost's army will definitely not be able to participate in the battle all day tomorrow!"

Alvin Qi shook his head again and again: "Then our retreat will be copied by the troops coming down the river from the upper reaches of the Danube. Frost likes to use the river to complete his siege, and he did this twice in Italy."

Carl: "But his troops are all on the Rhine—I mean, Strasbourg to Frankfurt!"

Alvinzi: "Then can you guarantee that he will not order the troops to march overnight after discovering that Napoleon is alone? The French army's forced march ability and night march ability are all supreme in our army. How can you guarantee that tomorrow we will Isn’t it facing the entire French army?”

Carl was momentarily at a loss for words.

He really can't guarantee that all the French troops will not rush to Stuttgart tomorrow.

That is the French army, the "next-generation army" described by Frost. This army has accomplished many miracles.

Alvinzi continued: "And we are guarding the front line of Ulm now. No matter whether the enemy comes from Stuttgart or from the Black Forest, we will not suffer. It would be better if they came from the direction of Stuttgart. We There is a river as a barrier.

"The French army is much stronger than us in the field, but with our river and fortifications, their advantages will be lost.

"As long as we defend, we will not fail!"

Grand Duke Karl curled his lips and said: "But we have an advantage in military strength, and we have to defend with superior strength. Isn't this too shameful?"

"Shame is better than defeat." Alvinzi shrugged, and then changed the subject, "It is a good thing that you have returned safely. I will write to His Majesty to report the news of your safety. Tomorrow we will send a team of cavalry to escort you Back to Vienna."

"I can command an army, no, a division!" Archduke Karl said earnestly, "I am familiar with the French army, trust me! And with me, the emperor's younger brother, fighting together, the morale of the soldiers will be greatly improved!"

Alvin Qi: "I appreciate your kindness, but I have no right to appoint a grand duke as a teacher. You should go back to Vienna. Your Majesty misses you very much."

Grand Duke Karl was silent for a few seconds, and finally realized that he could not participate in the battle before him. He sighed: "Then, I can only wish you success."

Just at this time, Alvinzi's chief of staff hurried over, and when he saw the Grand Duke, he exclaimed: "Oh, Your Excellency, you are back!"

Alvin Qi: "You came just in time, arrange a place for the Grand Duke to live."

Chief of Staff: "The local nobles must be very willing to entertain the Grand Duke. If you want, you can even attend their ball."

Grand Duke Karl: "Dance? The French army is only a day away from here. How about a dance?"

"The local aristocrats are not military aristocrats." Alvin Qi shrugged, "and the ball can boost the hearts of the local people and stabilize the situation."

Grand Duke Karl: "Forget it, I won't go to the ball, arrange a place for me, I'm going to sleep. I'll go straight to Vienna tomorrow morning."

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Napoleon slept all night in Stuttgart, and the first thing he said when he woke up the next day: "Has anyone attacked our position?"

The little follower who came to help him get dressed shook his head: "No, you told me to call you as soon as the gun was fired last night, so I didn't dare to sleep all night, but there was no gunshot or any other movement."

Napoleon was speechless: "The enemy didn't respond? I've obviously ventured here."

At this time, the chief of staff opened the door and came in: "Report, the scouting cavalry has returned, and the enemy is on the Danube line, near Ulm."

Napoleon whispered while putting on his clothes: "Ulm? Isn't that very close to here? There is also a direct road! Why don't the enemy come and attack us?"

The chief of staff shrugged: "I don't know."

Napoleon put on his clothes cursingly, and then ordered: "Send a letter to the back immediately, telling them that we have found the enemy troops in Ulm. Did the cavalry say the enemy's number?"

"They saw the flag of the Second Army."

"Well, Ulm has at least one enemy army, and we will continue to investigate. Our department plans to break out of the camp at dawn today and continue to advance to Ulm."

At this time, someone reported outside the door: "Report! Chief of Staff, there is a messenger from the headquarters!"

Napoleon: "I guess they scolded us for advancing too aggressively. Just in time, I also want to know where the other troops of our army are. Open the letter and read it to me."

Speaking of which, Napoleon began to wash his face and brush his teeth under the service of his entourage.

The chief of staff opened the letter, opened the letter, and read: "Your department's aggressive advance completely disrupted our army's marching plan, and it was a reckless move...Your department should stop advancing immediately and wait for the follow-up troops to come and join."

Napoleon spat out the mouthwash: "No, the fighter plane is ahead, and you can only catch it if you move fast enough. I can see that the Prussian-Austrian coalition forces are a little afraid of us. As long as I charge hard enough, the enemy will not be able to detect our reality!

"Just reply Your Excellency in this way."

Chief of Staff: "Well, just write it like this? Is it a bit too hasty?"

"Don't worry, Frost doesn't care about these details. As long as we can win, he won't blame us... Well, maybe he will. I guess I might have to wear a maid outfit for a few days."

The chief of staff was stunned: "Maid outfit? What do you mean?"

"It literally means that Frost will punish you to wear a maid outfit to command at the headquarters for those mistakes that must be punished but have already been redeemed."

Chief of Staff: "Me?"

"What I mean is that if you punish the mastermind who made a mistake, you are at best an accomplice. In short, order the troops to rush to Ulm. If they don't come to attack us, then we will go!"

Chapter 346

On An Ning's side, he had been running all night, and when he was about to arrive in Stuttgart, an orderly ran up to him.

The orderly was not polite, and shouted from a distance: "The enemy is in Ulm! The First Army is attacking Ulm!"

An Ning was stunned: "What the hell, this Napoleon is too underestimating the enemy, he will suffer!"

As soon as the words fell, an old sergeant in the troop that was walking quickly shouted in a thick voice: "The enemy is in Ulm! Napoleon has already attacked. Brothers, can you give him all the battle achievements?"

The French soldiers, who were a little tired from running, shouted together: "No!"

Then the marching speed of the French soldiers accelerated significantly!

An Ning watched all this happen, her mouth opened wide.

Berthier next to him was still laughing: "Oh, is this the subjective initiative of the citizen soldiers that your Excellency said!"

An Ning: "Um, yes, this is what I mean by subjective initiative!"

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While An Ning's main force was running until his shoes almost fell off, Murat met the Prussian local garrison on the upper reaches of the Danube.

Murat put away the binoculars, turned her head and said to the cavalry behind her: "Our task is to feint, so when we charge later, we must charge with the momentum of millions of soldiers behind us.

"All obey orders, Wall Array!"

The trumpeter immediately blew the score of the wall array.

The cavalry were well-trained, and the formation was completed in a few minutes.

Murat: "Forward!"

Only one brigade of French cavalry rushed along the Danube river bank to the Austrian troops who were still changing formation, like huge waves flooding the beach.

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Alvinzi, like many old gentlemen, got up early in the morning.

When the marshal pushed open the window, the genius was dimly lit.

As usual, the Marshal took his two old dogs and walked around accompanied by several guards. When he returned to the headquarters, the simple breakfast had already been brought to the table by the old servants.

"John," the marshal called to the old servant, "the sun is shining today, and it will be a fine day."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Marshal."

At this time, the Chief of Staff of the Austrian Army and a group of senior officers arrived.

Alvinzi glanced at the officers, and asked casually, "Has His Highness Karl left?"

"He set off at dawn this morning, and he didn't even notify the cavalry assigned to him," said the chief of staff. "After I found out, I immediately sent the cavalry to chase the Grand Duke."

"Yeah, good. Where's the scouting report from this morning?"

"Everything is normal and very quiet everywhere," replied the chief of staff. "I think we have a few more days to continue strengthening our existing positions."

Alvin Qi nodded again and again: "Very good, very good, His Royal Highness Karl wants us to take the initiative. He was defeated only once in Sedan, and he still doesn't understand the advantages of the French army in field battles. We will stay here. The Danube belongs to Austria. Mother River, it will protect us!"

At this time, an orderly rushed in and whispered something in the ear of the chief of staff.

Alvinzi immediately became serious: "What's wrong?"

"A large number of French cavalry has appeared on the upper reaches of the Danube, and at least one division of cavalry is attacking our army. Our defenses have been routed," replied the Chief of Staff.

Alvinzi stood up immediately: "Sure enough, the main attack direction is on the upper reaches of the Danube! Stuttgart is feinting! Order all the troops to stick to the main points and stay behind closed doors! Use space and fortifications to delay the French army!"

The chief of staff hesitated for a moment, and asked worriedly: "In this way, our army has formed a long snake formation along the Danube, will it be broken by the French army one by one?"

Alvinzi shook his head: "The French army wants us to fight with them in the field, and then use their superb hand-to-hand combat ability to defeat us! No one can defeat the French army in the wild. They can fight hand-to-hand for three hours without retreating. We can't do that point!

"So we have to rely on fortifications. Some troops will be sacrificed, and the French army will also consume a lot of their own strength in the process of destroying them. Our army's strength is accounted for

Excellent!Fight hard, fight dull battles, use this kind of iron-walled tactics to exhaust the French army! "

The officers looked at each other, and then a colonel said: "But those troops who were sacrificed...they won't like this plan. What if there are too many troops wiped out, and our army is shaken across the board?"

"This is the beauty of the fortifications. Even a frightened soldier can squat behind the fortifications and fire a gun." Alvinzi did not intend to change his tactics at all, "Gentlemen, as long as we hold firm, There will be a way!"

At this moment, another messenger ran into the room in a panic, and shouted directly: "Marshal, the French army! The French army has appeared!"

Alvinzi: "Where?"

"Just across the Danube!"

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La Salle stood on the hill, looking at the Danube in front of him with a telescope.

"They didn't demolish the bridge first!" He said quite surprised, "Why? Don't they know that the First Army has arrived in Stuttgart?"

La Salle's deputy shrugged: "I don't know."

"Forget it, it's meaningless to think about why the enemy didn't respond. Brothers, draw your swords out of their sheaths, and it's time to perform meritorious deeds. There are three bridges on the river, and we will only attack the middle one!"

The trumpeter asked, "Is it the trumpet blowing on the wall?"

"No way, they'll be huddled together before they get on the bridge. Wedge! I'll lead the charge!"

After speaking, Lasalle drew out his saber and rushed out first. The trumpeters behind him ran along and blew the horns of the wedge formation.

The entire cavalry brigade quickly unfolded into an elongated arrow, rushing down the hillside.

There were still some Austrian troops along the way, but as soon as they saw the eagle flag following La Salle, they immediately collapsed.