King's Landing in France

They shouted in German: "It's Rome, the Roman legions are coming!"

Lasalle couldn't understand German, so he laughed: "I bet they called the Roman Legion!"

La Salle, who took the lead, rushed onto the deck of the wooden bridge. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the poem praising the Roman hero Horatius that Frost liked very much, so he shouted: "Is there anyone to stop our army?" Where is your Horatius, Austrian!"

The Austrian soldiers on the bridge expressed that they could not understand French, so they turned around and ran away.

La Salle caught up with a flag-raising man, and chopped down the man and the flag with one knife.

The fall of the flag directly led to the collapse of another section of the Austrian army guarding the bridge.

This group of people was really scared by the French army. It was the courage given by the fortifications to be able to release the first round of guns.

The French cavalry surged across the wooden bridge mightily.

La Salle pulled back the horse's head and shouted to the soldiers who were still chasing the Austrian army: "Stop! Don't go deep! We still have to defend the bridge! The First Army's main team will arrive in an hour, and we have to go to the bridge." hold on!"

Chapter 347 The Pride of the Hussars

Alvinzi Command.

"Report! The French army has captured one of the three bridges across the river!" The orderly rushed into Alvinzi's restaurant, and shouted before he could catch his breath.

Alvinzi stood up directly: "What? What are the bridge guards doing?"

The staff officer had a black line on his face: "Maybe they are changing defenses. Now is the time for the handover of the troops on duty last night and the troops guarding the bridge during the day."

A staff officer said: "The troops on duty at night are very tired, and the troops on defense have not yet entered the state..."

"No need to explain!" Alvinzi waved his hand, and then asked the orderly, "Is the enemy hussars or dragoons?"

Dragoons are actually horse-riding infantry. They can carry rifles, dismount and have combat effectiveness. They can form defensive formations like infantry.

The orderly replied: "It's the hussars! I can see the hussar's half-sleeve very clearly, everyone has them!"

Alvinzi: "Then they won't be able to defend the bridge. It's Frost's trick! Organize troops to take back the bridge, and then... well, then withdraw the troops on the other side of the river and destroy the bridge!"

After Alvinzi finished speaking, the chief of staff began to issue specific instructions.

Then Alvinzi came to the window and looked out at the shimmering Danube.

"Is the Danube even going to betray Austria?" he murmured.

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La Salle: "Many people say that cavalry cannot be used for defense, and the Austrians certainly think so!"

At this moment, standing on a baggage wagon left by the bridge guards, he addressed the hussars assembled on the bridge.

"It is true that we have only pistols and sabers, not even rifles that can be used as spears, but our pursuit of victory will never fail! France is with us!"

The hussars raised their arms and shouted: "For France!"

The equipment of the hussars is not suitable for defense at all. The saber and pistol are used at close range. Without the impact provided by the horse, these weapons are obviously at a disadvantage when facing the spears of the line infantry.

Moreover, the saber has no advantage over the bayonet-mounted rifle.

This is not in the game, there is a cycle of restraint relationship in which the long sword defeats the ax and the ax defeats the spear.

Moreover, the saber must have room to display it, and the bayonet as long as it can stab is fine.

The Austrians are already in formation.

La Salle: "Don't worry, as long as we get into hand-to-hand combat, we have the advantage!"

As soon as the voice fell, the Austrians fired. The shells fell in front of the bridgehead position, bounced up and broke the wooden piles used to build the position.

The flying sawdust brushed Lasalle's face, and bright red blood gushed from the wound left behind.

"Don't be afraid! Stabilize the formation!" La Salle shouted.

The Austrian infantry began to advance, while the artillery fired.

Lassalle jumped from the carriage and lay down with the hussars behind the barricade of baskets filled with earth.

"Waiting for the opportunity! Keep your head down!"

The Austrians advanced to only thirty paces from the barricade, and the officer ordered in German: "Stand still!"

The military musicians beat out short drumbeats, and the moment the drumbeats fell, no Austrian soldier moved forward.

Although the Austrians were beaten like this by the French, their training is not bad. After all, Shinra has always been a powerful country in Europe.

"Raise the gun!" the officer ordered again.

The drummer played continuous and aggressive drumbeats, which matched the uniform movements of the soldiers raising their guns.

"Fire!"

This time the drumbeat was completely drowned out by the gunfire.In fact, the command to fire is the last command on the battlefield that soldiers don’t have to worry about mishearing. As long as you hear the gunshot, you can pull the trigger, that’s right.

The lead bullets hit the basket in front of Lasalle, and the soil in the basket trembled desperately.

As soon as the sound of the salvo fell, La Salle jumped up: "It's now! Only thirty steps, go!"

The hussar boys jumped up from behind the barricades and rushed towards the Austrian line, which had just finished firing.

Some of the lads carried found rifles, while the rest brandished sabers and pistols.

Experienced troops must know that at this time, as long as they form a dense formation and thrust their spears forward, the enemy will have nothing to do.

But the Austrians - they're reloading!

When the Austrian officers saw the French rushing down, they issued their own orders one after another. Some shouted "ready to engage the enemy" and some shouted "stop loading".

And the Austrian soldiers who were reloading by muscle memory were stunned by the chaotic orders!

The situation of the military musicians is similar, they don't know what to play at this time, and the soldiers of the royal army like Austria basically have zero initiative, and they all act mechanically according to the orders and music they hear.

So they didn't know what to do.

In the end, in the face of the menacing French army, most people decided to obey their inner most essential reaction, turn around and run away!

Alvinzi just came to the bridge to supervise the battle at this time, and when he saw this scene, he immediately began to scold his mother: "You are afraid of the hussars riding horses, but you are also afraid of not riding horses?"

The chief of staff said: "It's the chaos caused by firing. I think the next wave of charge will not fire, and charge forward with a bayonet."

Alvin Qi nodded: "Well, good! Let's do this! Immediately regroup the broken troops! Organize the attack again!"

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Napoleon was advancing towards Ulm at this time, and then several hussars came galloping on horseback, shouting while running: "La Salle has occupied a bridge! The opposite side of the bridge is Ulm, which is guarded by the Austrians!"

Napoleon slapped his thigh: "Great! Now we are rushing to attack the enemy's biggest obstacle, and the Danube River has also been conquered! Don't miss this opportunity, let all the ministries throw away dry rations and tents, and move forward lightly!"

Chief of Staff: "What about camping?"

"Man, man, why not sleep? Everyone obeys orders and throws away dry food and tents!"

Napoleon's password was immediately passed on wave after wave, and the French army unpacked their backpacks and threw them on the side of the road, running forward with only their guns.

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On La Salle's side, he has already blocked two waves of attacks.

Ever since the Austrian army started charging with bayonets without firing a gun, the battle situation has taken a turn for the worse. More than half of the hussars brought by La Salle have been lost, and the rest are all lost.

He himself was injured on his left arm, and his entire left arm was drooping by his side, bleeding profusely.

But La Salle is still encouraging: "Gentlemen in France! From today on, others can no longer say that cavalry can only attack! We are also very good at defense!

"Think about it, after today's battle, how much bragging capital we have when we go back!"

The remaining hussars laughed.

Hussars are drunkards, and bragging in taverns is their favorite activity.

After the laughter fell, someone suddenly said, "If we were dragoons, we probably wouldn't be in such a miserable situation."

"I'm not willing to listen to your words!" La Salle immediately got excited, "We are proud sons on horseback, and the clothes we wear are left by Attila, the whip of God! Our pride, how can we be proud?" Is it comparable to those mounted infantry?"

Lasalle still wanted to say something, and the sentry who observed the enemy shouted: "The enemy is coming up again!"

"Little ones! It's all here, if you don't persist to the end, you will lose! Get up!"

Chapter 348

Intense fighting continued for another 10 minutes.

La Salle repelled three more waves of Austrian charges.

There were only a dozen hussars he brought with him, and they all gathered around him, and no one had any intention of retreating.

At this time, people have already killed their red eyes, and they will not have any thoughts other than dying with the enemy.

La Salle stood on the original carriage. The ruts of this carriage had been broken by the cannon, and half of the wheels had been knocked off. Now it has lost the function of the carriage and collapsed on the ground.

Lasalle was standing on the broken carriage, half of his Dolman had been torn, and the buttons of his jacket had been lost, leaving his arms half open, revealing the strong muscles underneath.

As soon as he stood up, some hussars teased: "Boss, now you really look like Attila."

Laughter abounds.

After all, the legendary Huns were all barbarians, and they all showed their chests.

La Salle also laughed with everyone, and after laughing, he ordered: "Richard, you are the youngest, go and pass the order to the horse watchers, and then retreat with them."

"Retreat?" Richard was shocked, "I can still fight..."

"Listen, boy," La Salle interrupted him, "these horses are very important to the Republic, it can be said that they are more important than the lives of a few of our cavalrymen, we must return the horses to the Republic, and by the way let us Spread the word about your deeds! This is a very important task, even more important than continuing to fight here."

Richard bit his lip, then left silently.

Then La Salle looked at the people left behind.

"I, La Salle, have been used to death, including the glorious death on the battlefield, and the ignorant death on the guillotine. Today, it seems that this is my burial place.

"Later historians will probably argue whether it is meaningful for La Salle to lose an entire cavalry brigade here, and they may fight for the conclusion.

"Let those smart people worry about these things, we are fighters, and the value of a fighter is to face the enemy and die generously.

"Kang Chi's death is now!"

The hussars raised their sabers and cheered together.

At this time, the enemy moved again.

This time it was not the infantry attacking in formation, but a group of artillerymen pushing a cannon slowly towards the barricade at the bridge head.

La Salle looked at the approaching muzzle and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, seeing this scene, Napoleon will definitely feel that he has met a bosom friend! They are going to use grape bullets to finish us off!"

The hussars laughed together, as if in defiance of the enemy's grapeshot.

The laughter reached the Austrians, causing the gunner pushing the cannon to hesitate, and the speed of pushing the cannon slowed down significantly.

The officer holding the line said angrily: "Leave them alone! There are only a few of them left, and they are at the end of their battle. Push them up and scatter them with a cannonball, and the meritorious service will be achieved!"

Lasalle jumped off the wreckage of the carriage and said to the only remaining subordinates: "Everyone is in position, no matter what, this is the last wave!"

Immediately the hussars took up position behind the ruined barricades, all armed with found lances.

La Salle did not hide behind the barricades, he stood directly between the barricades, facing the approaching enemy army, and stuck his saber in the ground.

He didn't utter any bold words, but just leaned on the knife in both hands and looked at the approaching Austrians.

At this moment, Richard, who had just left, ran back and shouted, "Colonel! Colonel, look!"

Lasalle turned his head, just in time to see a tricolor flag climbing a hill in the distance.

The tricolor also bears the emblem of the troops, which is undoubtedly the banner of Napoleon's First Army.

Following the military flag, the blue queue turned over the hills, and the shining spears looked like dense forests in the midday sun.

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The first thing Napoleon did when he climbed the hill was to rein in his horse, which was running a little excitedly, and raise his binoculars to observe the situation.

Still in a state of excitement, the horse twitched its hooves restlessly, moving left and right.

"Don't touch my dear," Napoleon said softly. "Let me see, boy, that's the only people left in Lasalle."

He put away the binoculars, got off his horse, and took the military flag from the flag bearer.

"Musicians! Beat the charge drum!"