King's Landing in France

Chapter 198 Davout patted his head

While the French army was rushing towards Rivoli, Marshal Wumze of the Holy Roman Empire was using a telescope to observe the French cavalry units appearing in front of his troops.

"Didn't you drive them away yesterday?" Wu Muze muttered, "Why are you back?"

Wumze's chief of staff Pence said: "Maybe the purpose of the French is to stick to us and disrupt our actions. Do you want to drive him away again?"

Wu Muze thought for a while, then shook his head: "No, a cavalry colonel was killed when he drove him away yesterday, let them hang around here, anyway, they can't possibly pose a threat to our team. Order the whole army to speed up the march , today we are going to the Rivoli Terrace!"

Chief of Staff Pence looked embarrassed: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. There is a lot of snow in the valley, which will affect the speed of travel."

Wu Muze: "The report from the front indicates that Beaulieu has been defeated, and the remaining remnants are guarding the Mantua Fortress. We must rush to rescue the Mantua Fortress as soon as possible! We must hurry!"

Pence: "Yeah, hurry up, I'll get the troops going faster."

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Davout had already arrived at the Rivoli Terrace at this time, and he immediately inspected the pass between the Terrace and the Adige Valley, and immediately laughed.

"No wonder Your Excellency the General wants us to advance at full speed to occupy the Rivoli Terrace. As long as you give me 1 people at this pass, I can block the attack of [-] Austrian troops!"

The Rivoli Terrace leads to the Adige Valley, requiring a Z-shaped ramp. The troops occupying the terrace can cause huge damage to the enemies climbing the ramp as long as they throw stones.

If the enemies in the valley want to rush out of the valley, they have to walk through this Z-shaped ramp like a ghost gate, and climb up the ramp to see the small town on the Rivoli Terrace.

Davout continued to survey the topography of the platform and soon came to a conclusion.

"To conquer the plateau, no amount of troops will be enough just to go from the river valley. It is necessary to separate some people and go to the mountains in the north. If they attack from the mountains, the army on the plateau can only rely on a ridge more than 100 meters high."

The Rivoli Terrace is surrounded by hills more than 100 meters high, forming a natural barrier.

However, although this hill can provide a certain amount of defense, it is actually very limited because it is too short after all.

If an attack is launched from the north of the platform, the defenders will have very limited resources to rely on.

But rushing from the valley to the plateau, unless there is more than three times the force advantage, it is difficult to succeed.

After surveying the topography of the platform, Davout suddenly realized something.

"This platform is suitable for a small number of troops to defend, not suitable for an army with superior strength to launch an offensive war. Especially against the enemy coming from the river valley... Because of the terrain of the river valley, it is almost impossible to fight an annihilation battle, unless you send troops to go to the mountains to take down special forces. Lunt."

After Davout finished speaking, his adjutant asked suspiciously: "What do you mean?"

"It means that our general may have made a mistake, he should send me here to defend, and then the army will return to assist Lana." Davout said seriously, "No, that's not right...so that's what the general meant! "

The adjutant looked confused: "What do you mean?"

"We have to move on and go straight to Trent. The general is going to close the door and beat the dogs! Leave a small number of troops to delay the enemy, and then go straight to Trent. This will be an unprecedented battle of annihilation!"

Adjutant: "Is that so? But Your Excellency the General gave us an order to occupy the Rivoli Terrace."

"If you just occupied the Rivoli Terrace, your Excellency the General made a fatal mistake. He wasted his superior force on terrain that is inconvenient to attack. Do you think the General would make such a mistake? No, the General has always emphasized the need to play Our initiative cannot blindly follow his orders."

An Ning did say that, but he said that because he knew that he was not worth much, and he had to count on these famous generals to win the battle by themselves.

But Davout obviously understood this instruction to mean something else.

"So, this is the test that His Excellency the General gave us," Davout said decisively, shaking his bald head. "He only told us to come to Rivoli, and then he wanted to see if we could see through his real intentions!"

The adjutant suddenly realized: "That's right! Captain Bonaparte also ignored His Excellency the General's order to operate on the right wing, and went to the central army to bombard the Austrian army without authorization! His Excellency General also rewarded him afterward!"

Davout: "Don't be like this, he is no longer a captain."

"Sorry." The adjutant shrugged.

Davout's adjutant was a traditional French officer, and he somewhat looked down on the little man from Corsica.

Davout: "So, we left our troops to stop the enemy at the entrance of the platform, and the remaining troops continued northward, over the mountains outside the platform, and headed north towards Trent! By the way, we must tell the general about our decision. , get a pen!"

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Seeing the letter sent back by Dawu, An Ning directly changed into the expression of the old man on the subway: What the hell is this!

He read Davout's letter carefully again, and then took a deep breath.

He realized he had made a huge mistake.

He only remembered that on the other side of history Napoleon beat the Austrians in Rivoli, but he forgot that Napoleon was defending against the enemy in Rivoli, and the French army was at a disadvantage.

On his side, because he sacrificed Lana to resist the other enemy, he has a superior force, and what he wants to fight is an offensive battle.

It is inappropriate to choose the battlefield of Rivoli in this way, because this terrain is not suitable for launching an attack on the Austrian army in the valley.

So if you really pile up the troops on the Rivoli Terrace, the final result may be to stare at each other with the Austrian army in the valley, and no one can do anything to the other.

It can be said that this was a very big mistake.

If Davu hadn't given An Ning a step, this matter might have gotten stuck.

So An Ning started the show immediately, and he smiled when he saw Dawu's letter: "Hahaha, as expected of Dawu, he understood my true intention in no time!"

Napoleon was curious: "What's the real intention?"

An Ning handed him the letter: "You read it yourself."

Napoleon quickly read Davout's letter, and suddenly realized: "So, your real intention is to attack Trent?"

An Ning: "Yes, the mountains north of Rivoli are actually not easy to travel, so the Austrian army chose to go to the Adige Valley. We just want to take advantage of the enemy's advantage! Davout's troops will fight against those in the Adige Valley. The Austrian troops passed by, separated only by a high mountain!"

Napoleon was overjoyed: "Wonderful, what a bold use of troops!"

An Ning secretly wiped his cold sweat, it was so dangerous, it almost exposed that I was a bad military strategist.

An Ning: "Next, we will use a force similar to that of the Austrian army to defend the enemy at the Rivoli Terrace and create opportunities for Davout to surprise Trent. In this battle, we have already captured a Marshal Shinra, and I Don't mind catching one!"

(End of this chapter)