King's Landing in France

Chapter 139
Lazare Kano held up the binoculars and said while observing: "Davout seems to be in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy."

An Ning put down the champagne and stood up, took the binoculars from Fanny, and looked at the mill on the hill.

The flag of Davout's [-]st Brigade fluttered in the haze of wolves, and it looked like a single-handedly guarding the gate.

Just at this moment, the enemy's group crossed the ridgeline.

An Ning put down the binoculars, and ordered to the artillery position not far from her: "Fire!"

An Ning arranged the heavy and inconvenient infantry artillery on the front of the battlefield and commanded it himself.

The order fell, and dozens of twelve-pounder infantry guns began to roar.

Because the distance was very close, the accuracy of the shells was astonishingly good. Some of the high shells flew almost close to the enemy's head, landed after crossing the hill, and hit the follow-up battalion behind.

And the shells flying close to the ground all turned into big killers.

In just an instant, hundreds of people had their legs broken and fell to the ground, howling like pigs being slaughtered.

At this time, another cannon sounded from the other side of the battlefield.

An Ning turned the binoculars and saw that the cavalry artillery unit led by Napoleon occupied a side position and opened fire almost touching the enemy's cheek.

Although Napoleon's troops all had six-pound or even four-pound cavalry guns, the effect of the shotgun at this distance was outstanding.

The key point is that he also occupied the side positions, and the killing effect was even more exaggerated.

"Good job!" An Ning yelled, "Napoleon did a good job!"

Lazar Kano was very worried: "In his position, he is easily attacked by cavalry."

An Ning: "Don't worry, trust our girls."

Anning's cavalry has been sent out, and they have only one order: to hold back the enemy's cavalry.

No news from the cavalry has been received yet, either they have not encountered the enemy cavalry, or they are fighting.

An Ning: "Now it's up to us, trumpeter, blow the trumpet!"

Kano: "Blow the salvo?"

"Yes, the salvo." An Ning was a little anxious, "Hurry up!"

Kano gave the order, so he blew the trumpet with the bugle player who was beside An Ning.

The melody of the trumpet stands for "Teams start shooting".

The second brigade closest to An Ning was the first to execute the order: "Second column, stand up!"

The queue that was squatting on the ground began to stand up, forming a formation of one row squatting and two rows standing up.

"Raise the gun and aim!"

The spear-stabbed forest fell down in unison.

"Fire!"

Accompanied by the "fire" command passed down one after another, a volley of firecracker-like shots sounded, and the entire field of vision was filled with flames and smoke.

**
At the same time, on the plain flanking the battlefield.

Oliver, the cavalry commander of Anning, was leading [-] cavalry in formation on the edge of the bush.

This is the most suitable plain near the battlefield for cavalry to charge. In other places, there are too many small hedges to block the line of sight, or too many stone walls and wooden fences.

So Oliver led the cavalry here early.

Christina took her deputy, Clarice, through the cavalry unit on standby, and found Oliver: "Ms. Oliver, is it okay for us to wait here? What if the enemy cavalry attack from another place?"

Oliver shook his head: "Didn't you listen to what the General said? Berthier, the enemy's chief of staff, is a man of discipline. If he was in charge of arranging the entire battle plan, he would arrange the cavalry here, because this is the most suitable place for cavalry to attack. "

As soon as the words fell, the flag of the cuirassier regiment appeared in front of them.

Oliver: "Look, here comes our guest."

Christina also turned her head and looked into the distance: "Look at the flag...it looks like a cuirassier regiment, are you sure you want us to rush to the cuirassier regiment?"

Oliver: "The order we received is to hold back the enemy's cavalry, and we don't need to defeat them. Sisters! Men always think that we are inferior to them, let them see how powerful we are today!"

The female knights shouted in unison.

Ms. Oliver looked at Christina: "Shouldn't you go back to your command position?"

Christina saluted Oliver, turned her horse's head and galloped away along the way she had come, followed by her deputy, Clarice.

Oliver kept watching Christina return to his unit, then stood up on the horse and drew out the long knife: "Sisters! The knife is out of the sheath! Let's go!"

Behind Oliver, the trumpeter blew the charge melody.

More than 40 female knights galloped on horseback, their beautiful hair dancing in the morning sun.

The cavalry galloped with great momentum, sweeping across the entire plain.

**
The Marquis Roland looked at the female knights rushing towards him, and snorted contemptuously: "Hmph, these girls actually charged us! Blow the horn, and the whole army assaults!"

The deputy interrupted him: "Wait a minute, the order we got is to detour the enemy's flank, we shouldn't waste our troops here..."

"It's just a bunch of girls!" Marquis Roland said angrily, "We'll kill them all soon, blow the horn, and attack with the whole army!"

The trumpeter glanced at the deputy, but still raised the trumpet and played the exciting melody.

The Marquis Roland drew out his saber and took the lead!
Behind him the cuirassiers swept across the fields like a silver hurricane.

The two armies headed towards each other and collided in the middle of the plain.

The first casualties appeared at the moment of encounter.

The felled knight fell off his horse, with his feet stuck in the stirrups, and was dragged along by the galloping horse.

The sound of weapons hitting each other and people's roars rang out together.

**
On An Ning's side, the smoke from the volleys almost covered the entire battlefield.

An Ning couldn't see the enemy and was a little anxious.

It stands to reason that given such a large amount of damage to the enemy, the enemy should almost be defeated.

But he couldn't see, and could only faintly hear Davout's brigade fighting.

The troops near An Ning were reloading to the beat of the drums.

When the army trains and reloads, they train according to a ballad of how many steps. Each step has a fixed beat, and a step should be completed as many times as the drum is played.

Therefore, well-trained troops come at a uniform pace because of the rhythm of reloading. Even if they fire freely, the subsequent shots will be close to salvos.

Accompanied by the beating of drums, most of the soldiers finished reloading at about the same time and fired one after another.

Compared with the first salvo, this shot was much looser, and it sounded like a continuous explosion of firecrackers.

An Ning looked in front of a cloud of smoke, thinking that being able to fire without being able to see the enemy at all was a feature of the era of queuing and shooting.

After all, the hit of a musket is luck, as long as it is roughly in the direction of the enemy, there is a chance of winning.

The real meaning of random guns and birds.

An Ning: "We have two volleys of guns, and the enemy hasn't fired back yet... Could it be that they have already retreated?"

Lazar Kano: "The sound of military music is also gone. It may be a retreat. I suggest a ceasefire and see what happens."

After the words fell, An Ning heard cheers from Davu and the others.

An Ning directly pulled the rein and got on the horse.

Kano: "Your Excellency, General! You shouldn't have left the command post! Only then can the messengers find you!"

An Ning: "It's all smog and you can't see any bullshit. As the commander, I have to grasp the situation on the battlefield. I will be back soon. You wait here and deal with the news from the orderly!"

After An Ning finished speaking, he sped up his horse and galloped forward.

(End of this chapter)