I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 454 "Immortal Elixir" (asking for monthly ticket)
Morris rubbed his eyes subconsciously, and when he looked again, most of the white line had appeared, at least seven or eight thousand people!

The Saxon soldiers who were originally "bullying" were even more frightened. When the front-line officers began to order the troops to stop and form a formation, they saw dozens of horses dragging cannons coming to their front side in a flash, and they began to unload the horses and set up the cannons less than 200 steps away.

Just a few minutes later, seven 7-pound cannons roared at the Saxon infantry. The iron balls swept accurately through the ranks of soldiers, leaving a pile of broken limbs and arms on the ground.

The Saxon who had been fighting carelessly just now was suddenly knocked dizzy, mainly because being hit in the face was too scary.

Before the Saxon cavalry could react, the 6-pound guns had been harnessed back to the carriages, made a large circle from behind the French infantry, and appeared on the other side of the Saxon infantry.

The elusive artillery bombardment completely disrupted the rhythm of the Saxons. The infantrymen who were hit by the shells scattered to reduce losses, while officers in other positions pulled up ropes and shouted at the soldiers to line up in neat rows to meet the French infantry line opposite.

After more than 20 minutes of struggle, the infantry line of the Guards Corps had arrived less than 100 steps in front of the Saxony position, whose formation was still crooked.

In the era of line-up executions, using scattered formations to fight against neat linear arrays was undoubtedly seeking abuse.

The Guards Corps took the lead and started firing at a distance of 65 steps. Although this distance was a bit far, it was a reasonable tactic when the enemy's formation was not in order - firing first could further disrupt the pace of the enemy's formation.

Moreover, the percussion cap rifles equipped by the Guards Corps have a longer range, and can cause effective damage even at around 80 steps, but the hit rate is more touching.

Sure enough, after being attacked, the Saxon soldiers began to counterattack subconsciously. Due to the previous bombardment, their officers were still busy lining up and had no time to stop the soldiers.

Chaotic shooting was originally difficult to cause effective casualties. Occasionally, some bullets hit the target, but they were basically blocked by the bulletproof inserts equipped by the Guards Corps.

In this way, people in the Saxon army kept falling, while the French army on the opposite side advanced to within 30 steps in front of them as if nothing had happened.

Suddenly, a Saxon soldier cried out in surprise: "That drug is real! They can't die at all!"

His words immediately aroused great fear:
"God, there really is such a medicine!"

"How can we fight this?"

"No! We can't win at all. We're done..."

It turned out that after Driesen's troops returned to the Prussian coalition camp a while ago, they told others in fear that the French had a magical medicine that could instantly heal gunshot wounds. After being shot, the French only needed to swallow the medicine in their mouths and they would be able to stand up again in less than a minute.

Before, the Saxon soldiers laughed at the Prussians for making excuses for their defeat, but now they all believed it.

After another round of volleys, the Saxon soldiers began to turn around and flee, and even some junior officers followed them - they also saw with their own eyes that some of the French who had been shot stood up again. How could this battle continue?
In fact, the firing between infantry lines that could cause a lot of casualties mostly occurred within 40 steps of each other. However, because the Guards Corps seemed almost "invulnerable" at a long distance, this had a huge psychological impact on the Saxons. So much so that when they started to fire at close range, their hands were shaking, and their morale was crushed when the casualties were slightly higher.

The process was accelerated by the close-range bombardment of the Guards Corps' cavalry artillery.

Similar to the situation of the Drison Legion, the fleeing soldiers of the first infantry line soon affected the rear. The second infantry line only exchanged a few shots with the Guards Legion before fleeing together. And the third line...

In just 40 minutes, the Saxon Army formed three lines of battle, with more than 1 soldiers, and began to flee northward desperately. Berthier looked at the black-clad soldiers all over the mountains and fields, and couldn't help feeling depressed. Most of the cavalry were sent to cover the Austrian fleeing soldiers. He only had 3 cavalry companies here, and they had to cover the flanks of the infantry. There was no cavalry to pursue.

The Guards Corps rested for an hour and continued to advance northward.

At this time, they were standing in the middle of the gap in the Austrian defense line, cutting off the Prussian army that had broken into the Austrian-controlled area.

The Duke of Brunswick soon received the news that the Saxon army had been attacked, and immediately frowned and lay down in front of the map.

Although he didn't know where this French army came from, according to Maurice's report, they only had more than 10,000 people, so he just needed to immediately dispatch troops to stop them.

He looked at the herald: "Order General Andreas to go to the breakthrough point immediately and intercept the French team."

He thought about it and felt it was not safe enough, so he continued: "Send the August Legion over as well."

The two legions had a total of more than 1 soldiers, plus the cavalry responsible for covering them, close to 6. He had a huge advantage in local forces and was willing to invest in them.

Berthier soon received news that two Prussian armies were on their way. At this point, he was close to completely plugging the gap in the Austrian defense line, but he did not hesitate to order:

"The entire army will turn to the southwest and gather on the gentle slope to prepare to deal with the enemy."

The staff officer next to him hesitated and said, "General, this means we will have to abandon the defense line we just sealed."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once told me that I should never forget the established strategic goal." Berthier patted him on the shoulder. "We are here to annihilate the main force of the Prussian army, not to help Marshal Lacy recapture the defense line."

The staff officer was startled, then stood at attention and said, "Yes, General!"

When Andreas and August's corps arrived at the gap in the defense line, the French army that had just attacked the Saxons had disappeared.

Then, the Saxon army's experience just now happened again -

The cavalry artillery suddenly attacked in the face, and the infantry line of the Guards Corps appeared on their right and rushed forward at a very fast speed.

These Prussian soldiers had also heard of the legend of the "immortality elixir" and were also frightened after facing the French army for several rounds.

The battle was declared over at around 4 p.m. Andreas's men were barely able to provide cover in echelons and retreat to the north, while August's Corps was completely defeated.

Berthier did not order a pursuit, but instead ordered the entire army to immediately return to the gap in the Austrian defense line, begin deploying cannons, and send soldiers to block major traffic arteries.

Previously, the Prussian corps that had broken through the western side of the defense line had now been completely divided into the Austrian-controlled area.

(End of this chapter)