Crossing the Continent in the Eighteenth Century

ps: I’m not dead, I’m still alive... I uploaded a chapter... and then I went back to endorse it, next door to Spicy.. At the end of four semesters, more than 1000 pages of paper tt. Fortunately, I took one exam every two days.. and .At the end of the term, the test will be on the 15th, and the normal update will resume on the 17th...

The conversation between the two sisters was not over yet, but I backed away quietly, because Penny Weiss was right, no matter how important the relationship is, it is far less important than the war.It's better to win the French army first and then think about other things. If you lose, let alone marry Felicity, it's hard to say whether you can keep the previous results. Moreover, you have sex with the French army and the Duke of Hesse Engagement is not just as simple as guaranteeing the results of the battle and marrying Felicia.

The army set off in the early morning of the next day. According to the map, there is still more than 60 kilometers away from the small town of Oschersleben where we are now to the border area between the Principality of Brunswick and the Principality of Hesse. If we work harder, we will The border between Brunswick and Hesse can be reached in the evening.

According to the report of the Assassins, the French army had moved to the station two days ago and returned from the border of the Principality of Hesse to Kassel, the capital of the Principality of Hesse. The French who provoked the siege of Prussia by many countries obviously sent spies to attack Our movement was scouted, but it seems that the French army stopped moving in Kassel because they did not know our attack target. He rushed to our front and blocked our way.For some reason, the Duke of Hesse still did not move and continued to besiege their city.

However, I don't want to engage the French army as soon as I reach the border of Brunswick and the Principality of Hesse.In that case, they would pin their hopes on defeating the French army first, and then they could withdraw their hands to adjust their forces to deal with the Duke of Hesse, although it sounds good to concentrate superior forces to defeat the French army first.But the Duke of Hesse has more than 3 people, more than the French. If there are too many casualties in the process of dealing with the French army, and then they encounter the Duke of Hesse who has newly entered the battlefield and has high morale, can they No guarantee of victory is still unknown.

For this march, as an experienced general in the army, the Prince of Dessau was the most suitable candidate to be the commander of the seven Prussian infantry regiments and three artillery companies in the forward position.I believe that with his rich military experience and the Roman Chasseurs can capture the fighter, walking in the middle is the Fifth Spartan Army, Saxons, Mustache Infantry, Prussian cavalry, most of the cannons are on the Prussian infantry. Between the regiments, remaining behind were the Hessians and the Prussian infantry.

Because this time there were nearly 40 people on the road together.There are more than [-] infantry battalions and nine cavalry regiments with a size of up to [-]. They are arranged in a column formation, and the mighty army can't be seen at a glance. To the Prince of Dessau.Around him was Constance, who had a good memory, as the commander-in-chief, and Schwerin, who was familiar with the number of the Prussian regiment, as the adjutant.Hippias took care of the rear.It was my first time commanding such a large army that I might not be able to handle it.

As time passed, the clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker. At three o'clock in the afternoon, when we gradually approached the border of the Principality of Brunswick, the air in Brunswick seemed to be stagnant, almost staggering. out of breath.The long march and waiting made me feel impatient, but I know that there will be many emergencies that I need to deal with soon.

Occupy a high ground and open the map.I carefully observed the terrain with a telescope to see if the information provided by the map was consistent with the reality. At this time, the pocket watch in my hand had only passed a quarter of an hour. Come on a fast horse.

coming!

"Our outpost found a small group of enemy cavalry!"

The messenger on the fast horse conveyed the frontline information in front of me, and quickly turned his horse's head to leave. Constance looked at the map and frowned: "We are nearly 20 miles away from the capital of Brunswick. According to the normal warning range, we contacted the cavalry of the Principality of Hesse after five kilometers."

Looking at the shrinking back of the orderly in front of me, I asked, "So?"

"The Duke of Hesse in Brunswick must have been notified by the French army, so the scope of investigation has been expanded." Constance said with great certainty.

"I suggest that we should send cavalry to cut off the retreat of the Duke of Hesse from the left, so that they cannot return south to join the French army, forcing them to retreat to Hanover in the northwest."

I turned my head and saw Eugene looking down at the map and talking.

"Good idea." I nodded to agree with Eugene's idea, but before giving the order, I glanced at the map, and then observed the terrain in the southwest, I asked Schwerin, "Earl Schwerin, considering Hesse How many battalions of Prussian infantry do you think can hold the road leading to Hesse, relying on villages and woods, for an hour to two hours?"

"Two infantry regiments and corresponding artillery."

Combining the ideas of Schwerin and Eugene, I dispatched three regiments of Prussian infantry and two batteries of artillery in the center to the south-west road which might be used by the Duchess of Hesse under Brunswick to return to Hesse, and It also set the assembly point of the central army and the rear team about ten kilometers below the city of Brunswick. It is a small town called West Cote, which is only five kilometers away from us.At the same time, my order to the Prince of Dessau is that once the Hessians retreat to the south, don't love to fight, and quickly go straight to the north of the Hessians, and then close them. The reason why I didn't send the cavalry is because the cavalry is not It is suitable to implement this, even if the cavalry can reach that position soon, but what if a worse emergency happens later?

"Three infantry regiments were deployed between Wolfenbitt and Salzgitter to block the Hessian's southward return road, but the main force was deployed in Westkot, a few steps away from the Hessian's southward return. We’re on our way, are you trying to intentionally expose a loophole and let the Hessians get into their pockets?” Eugene said after looking at my arrangement.

"It depends on whether the Hessians are fooled."

"Should be." Eugene was very sure.

Schwerin also nodded.

From the beginning to the end, Feretlia, who was dumbfounded as he watched us pointing at the map for a while, asked, "Why?"

"Your Majesty the Regent of Prussia, because the Hessians have long been vigilant. If I were the general of the French army, since I have notified the Hessians to be on alert, then my next step should be to let them evacuate towards me quickly after they find the enemy. .Now our main force stays in West Cote, and the striker prepares to move north again. It seems that we want to cut off the Hessian road to the northwest. The main force enters Brunswick after driving away the Hessians. The elves will run west and go southwest. Therefore, the Hessians will go southwest."

"But what if the enemy goes west?" Feretlia asked again, but this question was asked to me.

"Then we can bite them hard."

The distance of more than ten kilometers is not too much, or too little. As soon as the main force on our side stopped in Seekot, the rumbling sound of shelling showed that the Prince of Dessau on the front line had already started fighting with the Hessians.

After a while, orderlies kept coming to tell me.

When the Prince of Dessau launched an attack on the Hessians, the Hessians went through a buffer of more than ten kilometers, and after finishing their reorganization, they sent a small group of troops to the southwest. The French army converged.It didn't take long for us at Seekot to see a small tentative attack by the Hessians against the Prussian infantry stuck in the southwest.

When the Hessians launched their attack, the Prince of Dessau had already led the forwards to block the north. Instead of launching the infantry column into a horizontal line, he directly used the infantry column to launch a storm.

The reason why I put the Prince of Dessau in the forward position is because of his rich experience. It seems that he knows very well that the Hessians have no intention of fighting at all, so he doesn't waste time on launching a horizontal team.But that's not the main reason why I put the Prince of Dessau at the front and lined up the army's marching order as it does now.

With an experienced veteran like the Prince of Dessau as the forward, no matter whether the front line encounters fierce resistance or an enemy surprise attack, I can quickly mobilize the mustache regiment, which can barely be called an elite, to defeat the enemy. If the Beard Regiment can't handle it well, then the battle will be unfavorable. At this time, we should rectify the forces at hand, use the Prussian cavalry to block the enemy, and then build a position around the artillery to resist, or use the Fifth Spartan Army to cooperate with the cavalry to launch a fierce counterattack , breaking the enemy from one side.

It's just that, to deal with the Hessians, do I need to use all my troops? (To be continued..)