New Shun 1730

"Generals, continue to hold on. As long as we hold on here, before I go to meet the reinforcements and the Austrians rush to the battlefield, the defense line will not be broken by the Austrians, and we will have a chance to win this battle."

"The Austrians feel that victory is in sight. They will no longer change their tactics to attack the flanks, but will continue to attack the center with all their strength. They think that only one attack will end the battle in fifteen or twenty minutes."

"What you have to do is to let the Austrians continue to maintain this hope that seems to be about to break through, but they are so close that they cannot succeed."

"Continue to hold on!"

After issuing the final order to hold on to his generals, Frederick himself jumped on his warhorse and led a small number of personal cavalry to command the reinforcements that were about to arrive.

Fortunately, the interference of the hill in the northwest and simple geometry can determine that the Austrians will not find the Prussian reinforcements heading this way from the northwest.

The hill is the key. But the Austrians did not focus on the hill that was already shaky and could control the initiative of the entire battlefield.

The staff of the observation group of Dashun also followed Frederick, bypassing the valley between the hills. A gust of wind swept the spring dust in May and began to sweep across the battlefield.

There was already smoke from the battle in the morning, and the sudden blowing of dust made visibility even lower. The spring wind, the grass that has not yet grown, the soil in the dry season of Europe, and the spring wind.

The staff of the Dashun Army looked at the spring dust floating in the distance, and the faces of the three people became extremely strange.

After a long time of silence, someone finally spoke up and said the reason for the strange faces of the three people.

"Back then, Emperor Taizu fought a decisive battle in Yipianshi, which was also May in the Western calendar and April in ours. It was also the most intense time, when the Wu dog thief was about to collapse, and a dust storm came."

The reason why the other two staff members looked strange just now was the same.

"That day in the year of Jiashen, according to the Western calendar, was May 27. Today is May 17. The enemy formation was about to collapse, and after such a storm, the Eastern Tartar suddenly appeared."

That was all in the past, and it was only two years away from a hundred years. The three of them were not in a heavy mood, but just facing the dust blowing in the distance, feeling inexplicably emotional.

The Prussian king riding a white horse in front may create a great victory today, a great victory that the Austrians seized after making countless mistakes.

The main forces of Austria were all crowded in front of the town of Chatusitz, in a mess, and were reorganizing, preparing to tear apart the shaky defense line of the Prussian army after retreating. It seemed that victory was already in sight.

Just like in front of Shanhaiguan ninety-eight years ago, the Guanning Army was defeated in less than half a day, and victory was also in sight. The melee could not be disengaged or re-arranged, and the bet was that the Guanning Army could be defeated quickly. The Guanning Army on that day also fought desperately and was extremely tenacious. It was already shaky at seven o'clock, but it actually held on until half past eight. The same is true for the Prussian defenders today. They knew that their reinforcements were about to arrive and should have collapsed at nine o'clock, but they actually held on until now.

Riding forward, two or three miles away, the Prussian reinforcements marching in columns welcomed their king and commander in the wind and sand.

Taking advantage of the dust blowing in the Czech spring, 24 battalions and 12,000 Prussian infantry gave up the requirements of the old-fashioned drill manual to change formations, and instead lined up in four columns as if marching on a parade ground, playing war drums loudly, and marching in a complete four-way column posture, heading towards the northwest corner of the center of the most intense part of the battlefield.

The messenger conveyed Frederick's order with an excited tone.

"All battalions, no need to deploy formations, march in columns to the Austrians' left wing, stand still after approaching, and turn left. Fire in unison!"

Amid the sound of war drums, the four-column marching line, which seemed to be courting death and would be in chaos if a few hundred cavalrymen attacked, carried out the king's orders, marching forward in a neat pace beaten by military sticks.

The Austrians did not notice.

The Austrians did not capture the inconspicuous hillock.

After the Austrian cavalry drove away and slaughtered the Prussian cavalry on both wings, they all squeezed in the middle without making a big detour.

Amid the neat stepping sound, Dashun's staff took out his pocket watch and checked the time.

It was a quarter past ten.

He put away the pocket watch, looked up at the inconspicuous hillock again, and thought...it was too late.

If the Austrians attacked the flank first and took the hill when Chatusitz had collapsed and been lost at nine o'clock, even if the Prussian defenders did not collapse and could organize a second line of defense, the reinforcements would have to take the hill first, and the current situation would not have occurred.

"Austrians need a staff."

Muttering to himself, he rode his horse to catch up with Frederick, who was already showing a look of victory.

Frederick II experienced the previous despair and the current ecstasy, and his heart was inexplicably excited. After all, this should be his first victory, and the previous Battle of Mollwitz, he ran away in despair, and it was the old marshal who took over the command and won.

Now, this battle is in sight, and he can finally establish absolute prestige among the soldiers. A battle that is almost doomed to fail allowed the Austrians to deliver a great victory.

"Gentlemen from China, envoys of the Marquis of East Siberia, I think you will see a gorgeous battlefield end."

The vanguard of the Prussian army in the distance had already walked out of the place covered by the hillock. There were still ten minutes before the 24 battalions of the army turned to form a horizontal formation on the left wing of the Austrians to form a flank encirclement.

The Austrians, who were crowded together and looking forward to a breakthrough in the center and the final blow, had no chance of changing their formation within ten minutes.

After the Dashun staff talked about the art of war of switching between offense and defense, Frederick II was full of pride and eager to show these people his victory.

The leading staff smiled and congratulated Frederick II, then recited a section of the art of war, and then translated it into Latin as much as possible by paraphrase.

Taizong said: I defeated Song Laosheng, and at the beginning of the battle, the righteous army retreated. I personally led the iron cavalry, galloped down from Nanyuan, and rushed across. The Laosheng soldiers were left behind, and they were greatly defeated, and then they were captured. Is this a regular army or a surprise army?

Jing said: "Your Majesty is a natural gift of sagehood and martial arts, and you can't learn it. According to the military tactics, since the Yellow Emperor, it is said that the right should be first and then the strange, and the benevolence should be first and then the cunning. Moreover, in the battle of Huoyi, the army acted with righteousness, which is the right thing. Jiancheng fell off his horse, and the right army retreated slightly, which is a strange thing.

Taizong said: At that time, the retreat almost ruined the great cause, so how can it be called a strange thing?

Jing said: In all military tactics, the forward movement is the right thing, and the retreat is the strange thing. Moreover, if the right army did not retreat, how could Lao Sheng come? 》 said: "Lure them with benefits, and capture them when they are in chaos." I don't know how to fight, I rely on my courage and rush forward. I was unexpectedly cut off from the rear and was captured by Your Majesty. This is what is called using the strange as the right.

Taizong said: Huo Qubing secretly cooperated with Sun and Wu. Is it true? When the right army was defeated, Gaozu was shocked. When I fought hard, it was actually beneficial to me. Sun and Wu secretly cooperated. You really know what I mean. In the battle of Huoyi, the right army was slightly defeated. Was it fate? I was captured. Was it a man?

Jing said: If the regular troops are not transformed into the odd troops and the odd troops are not transformed into the regular troops, how can we win? Therefore, those who are good at using troops are only human beings. Change and make them divine, so they can be pushed to heaven.

They are all people in the military circle. After the paraphrase, it is easy to explain the process of this "Battle of Huoyi, which was slightly modified to highlight the importance of Emperor Taizong" in the language of the circle.

The general idea is that Li Jiancheng is a waste and fell off his horse, causing the right army to be in chaos and retreat. This was originally a bad thing, but Song Laosheng saw that the right army of the Tang army retreated and thought that he could defeat the Tang army with a little effort. He decisively seized the opportunity and attacked the right wing with all his strength. As a result, the flank was exposed and there was no defense. Li Shimin seized the opportunity and led his troops to encircle Song Laosheng from the left wing and the right army was in chaos. The battle formation was chaotic and he captured him alive.

"Your Highness, what if Chatusitz was defended? Even if the reinforcements arrived, the front of Chatusitz was open, the Austrians would not be crowded together, and the Austrian flank cavalry would not all squeeze towards the middle. Winning is not that simple. ”

“It was because Chatusitz was not defended that your army retreated a distance and organized a second line of defense, making the Austrians, like Song Laosheng who saw Li Jiancheng fall off his horse, think that as long as they tried harder, they could defeat your army, causing all the Austrians to crowd into the ruined Chatusitz, leaving the flank completely exposed. ”

“This is probably what it means to ‘If the regular troops are not transformed into the odd troops, and the odd troops are not transformed into the regular troops, how can we win?’ This battle is a classic, that is, Chatusitz lost its leader, and the unfavorable situation turned into a favorable one. ”

“In the Battle of Huoyi, the right army was defeated. Was it God? In the Battle of Chatusitz, the central army was defeated. Was it God?”

Although Frederick II was proud of his victory and arrogant by nature, he still laughed and said, “It’s fate arranged by God. The fall of Chatusitz was not in my plan. "

He smiled and admitted what the Dashun staff said. Indeed, if Chatusitz had not been lost, but on the contrary had been defended quite firmly, the Austrians might have changed their tactics and attacked the flanks to form an outflanking attack. In this case, even if the reinforcements arrived, it would be useless.

The central army was small and the town was lost. Was it fate?

Maybe.

But, those who are good at using troops are just people. Change and divine, so it is pushed by heaven.

…………

At half past ten, the Prussian reinforcements arrived at the Austrian left wing, without any formation change, only If you turn left after standing still, you can turn the marching column directly into a horizontal column that can maximize firepower.

It took a total of fifteen minutes from the time the front brigade walked out of the sight blocked by the valley to the time the last brigade arrived at the position and turned successfully.

During these fifteen minutes, the Austrians did not make any effective response. It was not that they did not want to do it, but that they could not do it.

It is recorded that the Austrian army in the small town of Chatusitz looked at the Prussian soldiers standing in a horizontal column with horror and exclaimed involuntarily.

"Prussian reinforcements! In the west!"

"It's over! It's all over!"

"Run..."