King's Landing in France

Chapter 137 Opening Champagne at Halftime?No, it will start before it starts!

An Ning didn't sleep well tonight.

He always dreamed that Lana was killed in a night attack, and then he came to him with his head up, asking "Can I help you?" over and over again.

So An Ning woke up before dawn.

When he fell asleep last night, he only took off his coat, and the result was that the shirt on his body was crumpled.

An Ning didn't care too much, picked up her coat, put it on, opened the curtain and went outside.

The first ray of dawn had already appeared in the east, and the soldiers in the camp were surrounding the bonfire, holding cups, not knowing whether they were drinking coffee or tea.

Seeing An Ning come out, they all stood up: "Your Excellency, General!"

With that posture, An Ning almost heard them shouting "loyalty".

An Ning: "You guys continue to drink tea, it's not time to gather yet."

"It's coffee, sir," said a chubby sergeant.

Konta is relatively close to the southern trading port, where you can get coffee from the colonies, and of course tea, but the French seem to be trying to compete with the British. The British like to drink tea, but the French don’t like to drink it. Tea, coffee.

Fat Sergeant: "Would you like some coffee, sir?"

An Ning waved her hand, and then called out, "Where's the groom?"

"Here it is!" A young boy who looked very clever came out immediately, "I was brushing your horse just now, do you want me to move it here?"

Anning nodded.

"Come on!" After throwing down such a sentence, the boy ran away immediately.

While waiting for the horse to move over, Lazar Kano and a group of officers all came over.

An Ning: "Is Lana back?"

"Not yet, Your Excellency." Kano replied, "I have reminded the cavalry that went out this morning to pay attention to search for Lana and his men, but there is no news yet."

An Ning: "Okay, let's go to the top of the mountain to check the situation."

Just at this time, the young man brought the horse over: "Your horse, Your Excellency!"

An Ning took the reins, got on the horse, and ran towards the top of the mountain at the head of the horse.

**
On the top of the mountain, Davout's troops have all risen, and the soldiers are checking their weapons.

As soon as they saw An Ning approaching, the soldiers shouted together: "Your Excellency, General!"

Now An Ning's reputation is not enough, so they are not shouting long live.

An Ning waved to everyone, and then came to Davout's side: "How is the situation?"

"The chaos last night must have exhausted the enemy's central army," Davout put away his binoculars, "but the enemy camps on the two wings have not been greatly affected. More than half of the enemy should be full of energy."

An Ning: "Not bad, it can consume the energy of ordinary people in the enemy, which is better than I expected. The remaining question is whether Lana can come back."

Davout: "You seem to value that Jean Lana in particular? I don't understand. He is just an apprentice in a dyeing workshop, and he has never studied military affairs before joining the army."

An Ning: "From him, I feel the potential to become an outstanding officer, and he will become a rare talent."

Davout raised his eyebrows, but did not reply.

At this time, the faint sound of military music floated from the north.

Just at this time, An Ning's officers also ran up the hillside on horseback, so everyone looked at the enemy camp down the hill with binoculars.

The enemy's column came out of the tents and lined up on the edge of the hedge at the bottom of the hill.

Davout: "Look at the flag, the front line is the second division and the third division."

An Ning: "Well, just looking at this formation, the troops are well trained, Davout, can you stand it?"

Davout smiled: "Don't worry, we built the fortifications overnight. Moreover, it is impossible for the enemy to attack us in a crowd. Only the few battalions closest to us will attack us. The rest of the enemies will be handed over to us." The brother army is here to deal with it.

"We will be firmly crucified here, waiting for you, General, to defeat the enemy's two wings."

Napoleon: "My cavalry guns can fire on the hill first to help you kill and injure the enemy, and then retreat after the enemy comes up."

An Ning: "The cavalry guns are all under your command, now you can make them move."

Napoleon immediately saluted An Ning: "Understood, just take a look."

After speaking, he turned the horse's head and whipped the horse's buttocks hard, causing the horse to run away.

An Ning: "Order the brigades, don't rest, and line up in the reserved positions!"

Lazar Kano immediately gave specific instructions to the messengers, and soon the nine messengers galloped to the rear camp on horseback.

An Ning continued to stay on the top of the mountain, observing the enemy's actions with binoculars.

Enemy artillery appeared pushing cannons.

Lafayette's artillery consisted of clumsy infantry guns, but there were quite a few of them, and a large row of artillery looked very scary.

Exposure to so many artillery, even if the morale can bear it, the casualties will be great.

An Ning instantly understood that he had chosen the right slope position.

After all, the accuracy of artillery in this era is very bad, and it is impossible to really use artillery to perform anti-artillery missions. Generally, artillery from both sides aim at the line infantry formations that are easier to hit and collect each other's heads.

An Ning touched Davu's shoulder: "The enemy has a lot of cannons, can you hold them?"

Davout smiled: "We have bunkers, so it shouldn't be a problem."

An Ning patted Davout's shoulder hard.

At this time, An Ning heard the sound of drums coming from behind her.This drumbeat is much more advanced than the ones coming from the bottom of the mountain.

He turned his head and saw the other four brigades of infantry walking out of the camp to the beat of military musicians' drums and lining up in front of the camp.

Thin blue lines are gradually formed on the back slope.

Napoleon came up with his mounted artillery and unloaded the guns on the ridge.

An Ning shouted to Napoleon: "Bombard them hard! Then withdraw in time!"

Napoleon saluting on horseback.

An Ning turned to Davout: "I really want to stick to this beech with you, but Kano disagrees."

Lazar Kano immediately said: "Of course I disagree. I have never heard of the commander-in-chief personally coming to the front line."

An Ning spread her hands: "So I will watch from behind, right under that tree over there."

An Ning pointed to another beech tree in the distance.

Davout: "Under the other beech, I know. If reinforcements are needed, I'll have the orderlies run wild for that tree."

An Ning: "Good luck, Davout."

"I wish you good health and victories, Your Excellency!"

After Davu saluted, An Ning turned his horse's head and ran towards the tree he had chosen, with the officers following behind him.

On the ridge not far away, Napoleon raised his right hand high and waved vigorously: "Fire!"

The cavalry guns that had just been deployed opened fire.

Immediately afterwards, the squadron of infantry guns assigned to Davout also roared in the battery.

The rumble of cannons made An Ning's heart excited.

It's started, he thought, [-] vs [-]. When I first crossed, I never thought that I would command such a big battle.

If I can't win, I'm afraid I'll have to go to the guillotine.

Thinking of this, An Ning's breathing became short of breath.

He really has no bottom line. Although it is a night attack and he has chosen a good position, he has such a large force advantage after all.

That confident look was all for his subordinates to see. After all, the commander must appear confident at all times and have a certain chance of winning, otherwise the soldiers will be shaken.

——Damn it, I obviously just want to be a fencer, how could I become like this.

It's pointless to think about it now.

Davout, Napoleon, you must do your best!Now in An Ning's hand, the most reliable is the talent of these "famous generals".

With such complicated thoughts, An Ning came to the beech tree he had chosen as the headquarters.

Then he found that the little maid Fanny appeared driving a carriage.

An Ning: "What are you doing here?"

Fanny: "I think you might need these to pass the time."

As she spoke, she stopped the carriage, jumped out of the carriage, and then took out tables, chairs, parasols, champagne and fruit from the carriage.

An Ning opened her mouth into an O shape.

Fanny: "Why, don't you want it? Then I withdraw?"

"No, no, you stay. I want some champagne."

An Ning got off the horse, came to the table, sat down, and took the champagne from Fanny.

After taking a big sip of champagne, An Ning felt that her breathing was much easier.

Sure enough, wine can strengthen courage.

**
At the same time, in the queue of the Third Infantry Brigade not far from An Ning, many people saw An Ning drinking champagne.

So the well-informed veterans spoke one after another: "See! Your Excellency, General Frost, already feels that we have a chance to win! He is opening champagne!"

For a time, the morale of the soldiers was boosted.

(End of this chapter)