King's Landing in France

"When cooking, there must be more fires in the camp, and there must be enough cooking smoke."

After all, An Ning is Chinese, so this set of deceitful tactics doesn't even need to think about it, she just said it outright.

After all, they are all stories that I have heard since I was a child. All kinds of outsmarts and so on, now I can easily learn them according to the gourd painting.

Lana nodded: "I understand, but what if the enemy wants to cross the river from Augsburg?"

"No, the coalition forces don't have the guts to attack our fortified city, they don't have the guts."

An Ning said confidently.

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At this time, Vienna.

Although Archduke Karl returned to Austria and stayed away from the battlefield, he still paid attention to the situation on the front line.

After receiving the news that Augsburg had been captured, Karl went to Schönbrunn Palace overnight to meet his emperor's brother.

The Emperor was visibly unhappy when he saw Franz.

Franz: "I'm about to fall asleep, why are you entering the palace at this time?"

"Augsburg is lost, and our army's supply line was cut off by Frost. If there is no quick response at this time, Alvinzi's army may be completely wiped out by Frost!" Karl couldn't help raising his voice, "This kind of Brother, can you still sleep at that time? After Alvin Qi's troops are wiped out, there will be no obstacles between Frost and Vienna!"

Franz: "Alvinzi has 30 people, plus the Prussian army has a total of 40 people. Even if it is 40 pigs, the French army will take several months to catch them."

"The army will surrender after it breaks up, and even if some stragglers come back, it will take several months to reorganize and regroup. This is enough time for the French army to come to Vienna! Do you want to give up Vienna?"

Franz was even more unhappy: "Why would I give up Vienna? Back then, the Ottoman sultan brought his Urban Cannon and didn't take Vienna. How could he take down a mere Frost?"

Karl looked at his brother in shock: "What are you talking about? Osman... that was...how many years ago? And it was thanks to Hungary and Poland and Lithuania that they were able to survive that time. Poland no longer exists. what!"

Franz: "But isn't Hungary still there? All of Europe is using Hungarian hussars to pierce Dolmans. Vienna won't lose it."

Carl: "Brother! The top priority now is to immediately gather our remaining troops to retake Augsburg. As long as we act fast enough, it is possible to do this.

"Or bring back the Legion of Bohemia...

"Frost likes small units interspersed. Augsburg has at most one corps, maybe even one division. We're going to..."

Franz: "My brother, you are not the commander of our army, nor the prime minister of the empire. You are just a prisoner who was captured by the French army and held for almost a year before being released. Instead of worrying about this, you might as well Consider how to pay in the social field in Vienna, and minimize the impact of your capture as much as possible.

"And finding a suitable wife."

The Grand Duke's lips trembled slightly.

Franz continued: "Alvinzi performed well in the French campaign. Although he did not defeat Frost, he managed to withdraw most of the troops.

"At that time, Frost had the advantage of land and force. Now Alvin Qi is fighting on our German land, and he has the advantage of force. He will handle it well.

"Now I'm going to sleep!"

Franz rang the bell, and the steward entered.

Franz: "Send the Grand Duke out of the palace."

The steward bowed slightly, then turned to the Grand Duke: "This way please, Your Highness."

The Grand Duke shook his head, turned around and left angrily.

At this time, a terrible idea appeared in his mind.

But he shook his head, dismissing the thought.

—No, I'm not a kinslayer, I can't do that kind of thing.

Even if that matter is good for Austria now, it is good for Shinra.

We can only try our best to save this crisis.The Bohemian Legion is my old unit, maybe it can... yes, maybe it can...

Chapter 357

It was only on the third day after the fall of Augsburg that Alvinzi was able to confirm that there was a "gap" in the encirclement network of the French army.

Then Alvinzi's reaction was far beyond An Ning's expectations.

"This must be a trap!" Alvin Qi said firmly, "Frost would not be so careless to leave such a mistake, it must be a trap!"

So Alvinzi's chief of staff asked, "So how do we do it?"

"Leaving a well-fortified city is a dead end. In Ulm, we successfully held the enemy for two days! If each of our armies could hold on for two days, the French army would not be able to proceed to the next step due to excessive casualties action!

"We must implement a resolute defensive strategy, and we will never engage in a decisive battle with the French army in the wild!"

The officers under Alvinzi looked at each other in blank dismay, and no longer concealed their expressions: the marshal had already been frightened by the French army.

Finally, everyone's eyes focused on the Duke of Brunswick, the commander of the Prussian army.

He is probably the only one who can convince Alvinzi.

The Duke of Brunswick noticed everyone's gaze, cleared his throat and said: "Our supply line has been cut off, although there is a considerable amount of ammunition stockpiled in the city, it is not enough to last for a long time.

"If we don't move at this time, we will be trapped to death by the French army."

Alvin Qi said angrily: "What if we leave the city and meet the French army? We can't fight in a field battle! Now the French army only needs to charge up with bayonets, and the troops will be defeated!"

Brunswick: "Even the French army is not invincible. As long as we find the right terrain and properly deploy our troops, we can defeat the French army! Our strength is twice that of the French army!

"Besides, the French army has been largely dispersed because they want to encircle and annihilate us. As long as we seize the opportunity to concentrate our forces to attack an army or even a division of the French army, we can rely on local strength to win."

Alvinzi: "Are you confident that you can defeat the French army in the field?"

"Of course!" Brunswick said, "The cobbler participated in the Seven Years' War before. If you count the Seven Years' War, I also defeated him."

Immediately, some young officers murmured, "He was a private at that time, right? Or a military musician?"

Brunswick glared at the ignorant young man, then cleared his throat: "In short, the French army can be defeated!"

Alvin Qi nodded: "That's great, how about it, I will write to His Majesty Franz and the King of Prussia, abdicate the throne! I will serve as the deputy to assist you!"

Everyone was blinded.

Brunswick was the most puzzled: "What? Uh, it wouldn't be a good idea to change the situation?"

"Very good! We have an army of 40. It's too shameful to be forced to defend the city by 20 French troops. I support you to lead us to attack bravely and defeat the French army on the plain. This honor is given to you. !” Alvin Qi said sincerely.

Brunswick was dumbfounded: "This... But now I wrote to the two majesties to change generals. Even if I got the consent, it will be five days after I received the reply. This is still a fast situation!"

Alvinzi seemed to be full of confidence, and he was completely different from just now: "We now have a fortified city, and we have twice the strength of the French army. We can still hold it for five days! Of course, you want to change the command on the battlefield now." There is no problem with the right, the military situation is urgent, I think the two majesties will understand if we cut it first and then play it!"

Brunswick frowned, and he understood that Alvinzi was sure he would lose, so he threw the blame away.

Anyway, Alvin Qi is also in his 70s and almost [-] years old, and no one can say anything about Ji Liuyong retreating to retire.

Brunswick took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and responded, "Let's wait for your majesty's decision. If the two majesties let me lead the coalition army, I will definitely live up to everyone's expectations!"

Now it was the turn of the surrounding junior officers to be dumbfounded.

The Nima French army is about to make dumplings, and the supplies have been cut off. You actually want to stand still and wait for the order of the emperor and king?

At this moment, all the officers had the idea of ​​"destroy it quickly".

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What the officers of the coalition forces did not expect was that their decision was far beyond An Ning's expectations.

Facing the coalition forces whose feet had taken root and stayed where they were, An Ning was in a bad mood.

On this day, he paced back and forth in his headquarters, saying as he walked: "Oh, what the hell is this? Why is the enemy not moving?"

Just at this time, a new messenger came in, so Berthier said to An Ning after hearing the report: "Moreau reported that the Austrian army has been besieged in the city, and asked what to do next."

An Ning frowned, looking at a series of circles along the Danube River.

Each circle is an encirclement circle, inside which is a coalition army.

He said to himself: "Ten besieged and five will be attacked. I only have half the strength of others..."

Although I have mastered the method of bypassing barricades, it is for street fighting, and there is a siege stage before street fighting.

Moreover, the cities of the Austrians usually have bastions for defense next to them. Although most of the bastions are not very large bastions, they are after all a fortress.

This thing is disgusting to attack.

After all, European military engineering has been developed for so many years, and there is still a skill in building fortresses.

With 40 coalition troops defending the city like this, An Ning suddenly realized that she really had nothing to do.

Unless you can immediately transform into a doctor of science and engineering, equip yourself with c4 explosives, and let other people's fortresses take earth planes.

But An Ning doesn't know how to rub such high-end things with his hands.

It seems that they can only wait for the coalition forces in the city to be too hungry to come out and surrender.

The problem is that An Ning doesn't know how much food these cities have in store, and he is not sure how long the siege will take.

He still remembered the fortress of Mantua in Italy, which had been besieged for more than a year before Davout finally broke through.

Thinking about this, An Ning murmured, "Damn it, it would be great if I could launch a general to blow away the city defense."

Berthier's face changed drastically: "What? Launch a general?"

An Ning: "I'm joking."

Berthier froze for a moment, then asked, "Where's the joke?"

An Ning: "The point of the joke is the firing general... Forget it, don't worry about it. So when facing the enemy's strong city, do you have any suggestions?"

Berthier also had a troubled look on his face: "Our supply line needs to rely on the city."

In this era, due to the low supply capacity, the setting of supply lines must rely on the ready-made storage facilities in the city.

Therefore, in this era, it is impossible to bypass the city and attack the rear. No matter who it is, it must smash the strong fortification.

It seems that the stronghold system of Europa Universalis 4 has been reflected into reality.

An Ning: "Can't we go around? For example, supply from Zurich, and then the army goes straight to Vienna?"

Berthier: "You mean, let Davout go north to occupy Zurich, and then we go straight to Vienna?"

An Ning: "Yes, Italy will be handed over to Massena."

Berthier did a quick mental calculation and nodded: "Well, it should work."

Chapter 358 Davout and Massena Have Unique Views on Orders

An Ning herself became suspicious: "Is it really possible? It will take at least a month for us to send a letter to Italy, right? The messenger has to cross the Alps, even if you don't consider the enemy's checkpoint, it will take a long time, right?"

Berthier asked back: "How long do you think it will take to attack the city step by step? Can it be defeated in a month?"

An Ning was stunned: "I don't think so. I mean, if the enemy has enough food and grass, they can't."

In fact, as long as there is a way to break into the city, the French army should be able to win quickly. The problem is how to break into the city.

Except for the method of rushing forward with casualties, the remaining methods are very time-consuming.

For example, it takes a lot of time to do soil work and dig tunnels.

An Ning regained the feeling of playing Europa Universalis 4 at that time, launching a general from a fortress, and then surrounded the first half.

An Ning: "We will use a two-pronged approach. While contacting Davout, we will mobilize heavy artillery and attack cities that are more important for us to establish communication lines first. Can the navy's heavy artillery be brought up? Or dispatch the navy to enter the canal from the mouth of the Danube and go up the river... ..."

Berthier: "Then we have to defeat the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet first, and then convince the Ottoman Sultan to allow us to pass through those two straits."

An Ning slapped his forehead with his hand: "Damn it, forget about the British. Wait, the British didn't declare war on us..."

"Do you think they're going to sit and watch us detour around Istanbul? No, no, the Royal Navy could have robbed our warships even if war hadn't been declared, because they have a privateer's licence, it's just that they don't generally do it now.

"But if we're going by Istanbul, you'll soon get word that our fleet has been robbed by Barbary pirates."

An Ning curled her lips: "'Barbary Pirates'..."

"That's right, the Barbary pirates, or maybe the Knights of the Hospitallers intercepted our fleet. In short, they can always find a way to disguise. The only way to judge identity at sea is by the flag."

An Ning shook her head again and again.

In this era, if the fleet goes out to sea and wants to communicate, they can only send a contact ship back, or pass by somewhere to send a letter, and let other ships bring it back, so the port basically does not know what happened at sea.

Even if someone came back and reported that the British Navy intercepted the fleet, you have no evidence.

Unless the Royal Navy is defeated, the Royal Navy's ship or the flag on board, and the commander's saber are captured, this will be convincing enough for diplomats to find someone to tell the truth.

But that is the Royal Navy. At this time, it is still a bit difficult for France to snatch the flag of the Royal Navy.