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Chapter 98 Who's in charge?

Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mercy is very cautious.

As far as the [-] troops given to him by the emperor were concerned, he could actually choose to go straight in and take Warsaw directly. After all, the strength of the Poles can only be said that no one can beat them.

In fact, Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mersey really needs to speed up.

Although the three parties have negotiated the division of power, once someone else is faster than you, eating the piece of meat that originally belonged to you, it is not easy for others to spit it out.

But Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.According to the intelligence received by Mersey, the Poles have put the key defense part on their side, planning to give themselves a head-on blow.

As for who leaked the information, as the head of one of Poland's biggest powerhouses, Kamil Czapotorski ultimately chose to hedge his bets.

In fact, this is not his fault. After all, most of Poland’s resolutions have to go through the Sejm (Parliament) before they can be implemented. With the influence of the Habsburg family, they know that it will be sooner or later.

That being the case, Kamil Czapotoreski doesn't mind selling a favor to Habsburg. After all, although his family's power is also great in Warsaw, its foundation is still in southern Poland, which is precisely the sphere of influence of the Austrians. .

If Poland is defeated, then with this nomination certificate, the situation of the Chapotoryski family in Austria and Germany will be much better.

You say that the Chapotoryski family is treasonous, how to put it, surrendering to the Habsburgs is simply normal in Europe.

As for Poland, anyway, Kosciuszko's strategy is no different from Yang's conspiracy, and the only loss Habsburg has to inform Poland in advance is the loss of an opportunity to ambush.

But if there is this opportunity, will Poland definitely win?

Kamil Chapotoryski doesn't think so. 6 people fight 4. It is estimated that when the fight starts, the composition of the armies of both sides has already been figured out based on the urine of the nobles.

Kościuszko's attempt to defeat the elite Habsburgs with a newly expanded force seemed to Kamil Czapotorski to be a fantasy.

The reason why he agreed to help Kościuszko to recruit troops in southern Poland was that he had a glimmer of hope on the one hand, and on the other hand, it was to remove the unstable factors in the area where the Czapotoryski family was located.

Once Austria annexes southern Poland, these ex-Polish soldiers who were fired home because of the first partition are likely to impact the local order. Now, in the name of conscription, these unstable factors have just been cleaned up.

Kielce

This is an important town between Krakow and Warsaw, and it is also where Kościuszko chose to intercept the Austrians.

In St. Christine's Church, Kosciuszko is discussing the enemy's situation with Arendar Mustafa Pasha.

Judging from the regular marching speed, the Austrians should have arrived near Kielce yesterday.

But until noon today, even though the cavalry had been sent far away, they still hadn't detected the enemy's movement, which made Kosciuszko very puzzled.

But he decided to wait a few more days, and a rash attack would not do Poland any good.

Another three days later, the Austrian army still did not show up, which made Kosciuszko even more suspicious. According to the spies, the other party left Krakow early tomorrow.

But he didn't have much time to wait any longer. The Russians were fine, and the Prussians were advancing faster than he had imagined, which Kosciuszko hadn't expected.

In this case, he had no choice but to take the initiative.

On April 1790, [-], Kościuszko arrived at the Kraków outpost with an army of [-].

As for the other [-] troops, [-] were led by Alexander Francisco Czapotoreski as a partial division, Arendar-Mustafa Pasha's cavalry was also among them, and [-] were left to guard Kai. Erce.

After a rest, Kosciuszko launched an attack towards Krakow.

Since the opponent was unwilling to fight with his own side, Kosciuszko chose to take the initiative. He did not believe that the opponent could afford to lose Krakow.

After all, this is a war with Poland, not France.

Before the siege began, there were waves of fluctuations on the ground, which was a signal for the cavalry to march on a large scale.

Kosciuszko understood that the other party couldn't help it.

In the rear of the cavalry, Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mercy is leading the army towards Krakow. The reason why he didn't appear before was to draw the opponent out, but now the goal has been achieved.

As for the small number of people on one's own side, this is not at all Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mersey needs to be considered.

As for the newly expanded army of the Poles, it doesn't matter if there are veterans. Veterans who haven't been on the battlefield for more than ten years still have some strength at this time.

Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mercy smiled disdainfully. In his opinion, the Poles couldn't even stop the first cavalry charge.

He picked up the binoculars and began to admire the massacre the Austrian cavalry was about to inflict on the Poles.

This is indeed the case. The Austrian cavalry easily pierced through the right side of Kosciuszko's central army. They did not love to fight, and quickly opened the distance from the Austrian army after the first wave of charge.

It was only at this time that Kosciuszko reorganized the skirmish line into horizontal formations.

The Austrian cavalry began to harass Kościuszko's troops continuously. The flexibility of the pistol cavalry was undoubtedly revealed at this moment, and the ubiquitous gunfire increased the pressure on the Polish army.

Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Before the main force of Mersey's infantry arrived, Kosciuszko's troops seemed to be showing signs of collapse.

See this scene, Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mersey immediately ordered the soldiers to march in double steps (a type of army footwork, faster than regular steps) to speed up their arrival so as to completely defeat the opponent.

Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mersey's army had already approached the Polish army, and the Austrian cavalry who were still harassing quickly returned to the flanks of the Austrian infantry.

Seizing the gap that the Austrian army had not yet launched, Kosciuszko quickly commanded the troops to launch an offensive.

He used a rotating attack, turned the army over, and began to compress the space for the Austrian army, and the Polish artillery in the rear also began to bombard.

Although the Polish army has not seen such a large-scale battle for many years, their performance is quite satisfactory

Facing the enemy's attack, Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mersey quickly ordered the soldiers to change into a skirmish line, trying to reduce the damage caused by the opponent's bullets and shelling.

At the same time, Franz.Leonhardt.Feng.Mersey dispatched his light infantry, the elite Austrian troops who excelled at free-firing and had so horrified Frederick of Prussia in the Seven Years' War.

Now, it's the turn of the Poles to enjoy themselves.

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　　Regarding the current situation in Poland, let me explain that Europe is only this big, so there must be a connection
　　Everyone said before that there was a sense of fragmentation. I think it may be that I have a problem with the transition and the writing is short, so I specially selected this copy of Poland. It has a connection with Ottoman and can write a relatively long plot. Let everyone experience it .

　　
　
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