King's Landing in France

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As he spoke, he knocked down a deserter with a single shot from his pistol.

The next moment, several deserters rushed forward and opened a few "eyes" on the stubborn officer with bayonets.

Seeing this, the remaining officers immediately turned around and ran wildly.

Chapter 268 The Eagle Banner and the Roman Legion

Old Dumas was startled, and he watched Kleiber's left wing—that is, the right wing of the Austrian army—just push it over.

Originally, he firmly believed that launching an attack with such an army that couldn't even move in line was courting death.

But reality doesn't seem to think so.

It seems that it is the ability of the French army to run 1000 meters that determines the speed of advancement.

At the beginning, the French army could still stick to the fleeing Austrian army, but after running, some people couldn't run anymore, and the French army's front line became sparse.

Originally, the front line of the French army looked like a piece of cake, but gradually it turned into a piece of cake.

According to the military common sense of old Dumas, this cake-like formation is very fragile, and the soldiers will start to turn around and run away at the slightest sign of trouble.

But Kleiber's brigade didn't, and every point that formed the scattered formation was advancing, but many people were really exhausted.

The Austrian army in front of the Black Devil also wavered, visibly shaken, and many people's steps obviously slowed down, so the marching ranks also became "curved", some officers' positions became raised, and the rest of them were sunken down.

——At this time, should we launch an attack?

While old Dumas was hesitating, the adjutant shouted: "Look at the right wing!"

On the French right—that is, on the Austrian left—was Moreau's brigade, which was also advancing.

Many soldiers on the left wing of the Austrian army have not yet realized that their flanks have collapsed, so they are still advancing dully.

The two sides gradually approach each other just like a normal hedge against each other.

Old Dumas: "Crazy! Why did he attack too?"

As he spoke, Dumas turned his head to look at his brigade, and in the eyes of the soldiers, he saw longing.

Yes, all the soldiers were activated by the attack of Kleiber's brigade and were eager to attack.

No matter how pedantic you are at this time, you still know you should attack.

Old Dumas muttered: "Crazy, let people who can't even walk in line attack. The world is crazy, and I am crazy. Trumpeter, blow the horn, and the musicians beat the attack drum!"

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At this time, the Austrian army actually still had a way to resist. After all, one-third of the 2 people were defeated. No, because a considerable number of troops were left in the camp to support them. In fact, less than one-third of the defeated troops were defeated.

As long as the troops in the camp are organized and the baggage carriages are formed into roadblocks for defense, some will still fight.

After all, fortifications have a side effect of stabilizing the morale of the army. Even the army of the dynasty will be more resilient behind the line of defense formed by carriages.

Who wouldn't hide behind a carriage and fire a gun?

However, at this time, a huge change led to the defeat of the Austrian army.

Brigadier General Ferdinand looked at the collapsed left wing, his fat cheeks twitched: "What the hell... this..."

Suddenly, he stared at the French military flag on the opposite slope: "That military flag... Come on, take a look at the military flag over there. Is it Frost's commander-in-chief flag?"

Colonel Bacon, who was held back by Ferdinand, picked up the binoculars and looked at the French army flag on the opposite side: "Uh... no, it's just an ordinary French army flag. The coat of arms is the same as yesterday, without any new decorations."

"No, no, look carefully! That is definitely Frost's military flag!"

"No, no, no," Colonel Bacon denied, "Besides, we haven't received any information that Frost has a special military flag, but the troops under his command will have different military flags..."

He paused, and performed the duties of a chief of staff: "General, we need to send someone to the rear immediately, so that the troops in the camp can take the baggage truck..."

Ferdinand roared angrily, "You're talking nonsense! I've already seen the eagle emblem on the military flag!"

Colonel Bacon couldn't hold back anymore: "General, our army only has the eagle emblem, because our country is Holy Rome..."

Ferdinand interrupted the colonel again, and said frantically: "Frost is Caesar! I saw his eagle emblem! No mistake, he came to the front line! That's why our right wing collapsed! Do you understand? Frost Te is at the front! Soon his cavalry will be coming!"

Colonel Bacon looked at the already mad general as if he was looking at a madman.

He muttered softly: "It's over (liao)."

This was heard by the crazy Ferdinand: "Yes, everything is over! Hahaha, run, Bacon!"

He turned the horse's head and started running without looking back.

Seeing this, the flag bearer followed immediately.

Colonel Bacon: "Wait a minute! You can't leave! Bannerman! If you leave, it will be over!"

The standard bearer looked back, and then continued to gallop.

Colonel Bacon's expression can be summed up by a famous line from a Chinese comedy that was said a long time later: "Tired, destroy, hurry up."

He also started running.

Seeing this, the officers of the general headquarters rushed to run one by one.

In fact, the Austrian army hadn't completely collapsed at this time, and the center and left wing were still attacking. As a result, when the general's flag ran away, the whole thing was over.

The Frosts didn't go to the front, but they scared the Austrian front to pieces!

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A small unit of the [-]th Hussars, a rare cavalry unit in the French army at this time, was looking for Austrian units on the road from Babi Village to Klotz.

They were ordered to attack the coalition forces nearby, so they are carrying out the task of searching for the coalition forces.

They were led by a blacksmith.

The officers and a considerable number of soldiers of the Fifth Hussars defected, and the rest of the squad were deeply influenced by Enlightenment ideas and had a sense of belonging to France.

Although the blacksmith who commanded them was a German.

The cavalry who had been wandering aimlessly looking for a convoy to fight something suddenly found a large number of scattered Austrian soldiers in the direction of Babi Village.

So the cavalry charged happily, and captured hundreds of people at once.

Their blacksmith leader was very puzzled. After all, the news they got before they set off was that the Austrians in Babi Village had a huge advantage.

So he approached the captain with the highest rank in the rout and asked in German, "How did you get rout?"

The captain raised his head: "Do you speak German?"

In Europe in this era, it is not surprising that French can be spoken, and basic nobles can.

But speaking German or English is something to be surprised at, especially when a French officer can speak German.

Blacksmith: "I was born in Saarlouis, where both German and French are spoken, but then I went to work as an overseer in an iron factory in Sarek, so the soldiers called me a blacksmith. It doesn't matter, why did you fail? "

The captain said with a thoughtful expression: "It's terrible, let me tell you, we were attacking at first, and we had a great advantage. Who knew that your French general Frost suddenly appeared!"

The blacksmith frowned: "Suddenly appeared? He is alone?"

"Yes, alone, with an eagle flag, the kind of the Roman Legion!"

Blacksmith: "The Eagle Banner? The Roman Legion?"

"Yes, the Roman Legion!"

A sergeant next to him turned around and said, "Yes, I saw it with my own eyes. It's red armor with a red shield. It's square! It's very special in Rome!"

The blacksmith asked suspiciously: "Is General Frost alone, or did he come with the Roman legion? Please give me a letter!"

Captain: "A man came, took a military flag, and rushed towards us!"

Sergeant: "And then the Roman legionaries show up!"

blacksmith:? ? ? ?

Chapter 269 Fermentation and Spread of Rumors

Because he was too surprised, the blacksmith slapped himself.

Then he asked the sergeant, "Did you really see the Roman legions?"

The sergeant said solemnly: "I see, it's all red, and it's holding a big shield that can hide a person behind."

The blacksmith looked at the Olivier suspiciously, it was ridiculous no matter what.

So he turned his head and said to his subordinates, "Come here and smell the alcohol in his mouth."

Sergeant: "I didn't drink! That's true!"

The blacksmith turned to look at the captain: "Have you seen the Roman legion too?"

The captain shook his head like a rattle: "I didn't see it, but Frost is indeed charging towards us with an eagle flag!"

The hussars looked at each other, and the last lieutenant said: "Perhaps General Frost really rushed towards the Austrians with an eagle flag."

In fact, Frost-An Ning was not at the scene at all, and he couldn't rush to the enemy at all, and there was no eagle flag.

But compared to the Roman Legion that traveled through time and space, the Eagle Banner seemed much more credible.

And the hussars believed it!I believed that Frost charged with the eagle flag in person. As for the Roman legion, he probably misread the French army in the panic of the rout.

Blacksmith: "I don't know if we can make an eagle flag if we fight bravely."

"There must be," said his subordinate. "I heard that troops with good performance can get the flag presented by General Frost himself. That is probably the eagle flag!"

The eagle flag of Rome is not painted with an eagle on it, but the decoration on the top of the flagpole is a metal eagle.

So you can choose what kind of flag you want, and it does not conflict with the eagle flag, so the setting of the eagle flag does not contradict the previous rumors!

The blacksmith waved his hand: "Okay, hand over the captive's gun, put it on the horse, and then quickly open the way and make meritorious deeds!"

The captured captain hurriedly asked, "What shall we do when you leave?"

"We don't have time to escort you," the blacksmith pointed to the southwest, "go straight in this direction, surrender to the town where we were formed, and they will take you in!"

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At the coalition headquarters, Alvinzi was studying the map with Brunswick, the commander of the Prussian army. Suddenly, a messenger broke into the door: "Report! Your Excellency, Marshal, Your Excellency, the Duke, the troops who just rushed to rescue Babi Village have turned around and returned!"

Brunswick: "What? You bastard, if you turn around like this without permission, you will be punished by military law!"

Alvinzi patted the Prussian commander-in-chief on the shoulder: "Maybe there is a reason, their commander should come to report to us soon."

As soon as the words fell, the orderly opened the door again and let General Brzeski in.

The Hungarian of Slavic descent had always been dressed as a hussar, and he didn't like the general outfit of other generals at all.

"Why are you back, Brzeski?" Marshal Alvinzi flicked his tongue deliberately when he said Brzeski's name, making the pronunciation a bit like Russian.

Brzeski: "Because Babi Village has already collapsed, there is no need to go for reinforcements. The rout troops have all run close to the headquarters. Calculated by the distance, they probably collapsed early this morning."

Alvinzi: "How is that possible! Even if the French army has a superior force, Brigadier General Ferdinand has 2 people, that is, [-] goats, and it will take a day for the French army to catch them!"

"But they were defeated. I asked different defeated soldiers. Some said that they started attacking early in the morning, but they were defeated by the enemy's counterattack. Others said that they were defeated after fighting for several hours. Anyway, they were defeated in the morning. It just collapsed."

As he said that, Brzeski stood aside and pulled out the major who had been hiding behind him: "This is an officer from Ferdinand's staff, you can ask him for details!"

Alvin Qi stepped forward and looked at the officer carefully.

"Hmph, you're so young, I bet you haven't finished your military courses." Alvin Qidu muttered, and then waved to the orderly next to him, "Give him a glass of wine to strengthen his courage, and see if he can scare him."

The orderly brought the wine quickly, and the young major drank it down in one gulp, choking and coughing.

After finally coughing, he looked up at Alvinzi: "Marshal, we launched an attack as usual in the morning, but the French army suddenly charged against us.

"Can you imagine? The French army swarmed up in the form of skirmishers, and our right wing was defeated all at once.

"I don't know where the courage of the French army came from. However, this is not the most ridiculous thing. Then something even more terrifying happened. Our general suddenly went crazy."

Alvinzi: "Crazy? Wait, is this a metaphor, or is it literal?"

"Literally, Your Excellency the Marshal! Brigadier General Ferdinand shouted 'Frost is coming', 'Frost is coming with the eagle flag', turned around and ran!"

Alvinzi: "Frost came with the eagle banner?"

"At least I didn't see it. But... you go ask the broken soldiers."

Alvin Qi: "Go and find some broken soldiers to come over for questioning."

Moments later the rout was brought.

"Your Excellency the Marshal." Several big soldiers were very cautious, obviously they had never seen such a big official as the Marshal up close.