Chapter 459 "Perfect Merits"
"Your Highness, no enemy troops have been found in the area of the Bull River." Berthier stopped his horse and raised his hat to signal to Joseph.
"Okay, continue to march faster." Joseph nodded and raised a few pieces of paper in his hand, "Marshal Lacy's personal letter expressed praise and gratitude to the 2nd Company of the 3rd Hussars Battalion, and also sent 5,000 Florin.”
Berthier smiled: "If they hadn't provided timely cover, Marshal Lacy's command might have been overtaken by the Prussian cavalry.
"However, the young men of the Second Company of Hussars are indeed very brave, and four of them have won medals. Especially the second lieutenant named Joachim Murat, who has won the Silver D'Or for the second time in half a year. "
Murat killed three enemy soldiers this time, captured a Prussian major, and led a team to escort Marshal Lacy to a safe area, just shy of being awarded the Golden Iris.
"He is such an outstanding cavalryman!" Joseph looked surprised, but he was not surprised at all.
This is Murat - the emperor's cavalry commander in history. In the Battle of Aylau, he personally led tens of thousands of cavalry to charge, tearing apart the Russian army's central defense line, and annihilated dozens of Russian artillery batteries, establishing victory in one fell swoop.
Such talents cannot hide their own light anywhere.
Joseph said to Berthier again: "I think we can make an exception for Second Lieutenant Murat."
"Yes, Your Highness. In fact, the General Staff also recommended that he be directly promoted to captain."
While the two were talking, a courier arrived and handed a report to Berthier: "General, this is the latest battle report from Breslau."
The latter took it apart and took a quick look at it, and said excitedly to Joseph: "Your Highness, Marshal Lacy's troops have arrived at Breslau Fortress and will soon launch an attack. And as you expected, the main force of the Prussian army is rushing to Breslau. "Lao reinforcements."
Joseph heard this and breathed a sigh of relief. After so many twists and turns, he was finally close to the situation he wanted - there was no big change in the military strength comparison between Prussia and Austria. When the Duke of Brunswick arrived in Breslau, They should re-form a confrontation near the fortress.
As for myself, we can reach the city of Lignitz in three days. Although the Duke of Brunswick left nearly 10,000 defenders there, he came with the main force of the Guards Corps.
Since its establishment, the Guards Corps has rarely fought battles with superior numbers, so there should be no surprises in siege battles.
When the city of Lignitz is handed over to Marshal Lacy, then he will be completely "meritful".
By then, William II, who had lost Lignitz, would definitely not give up, and Austria had finally regained a province in Silesia, and it was even more impossible to let go.
Both sides will continue to increase their troops and fight on the front line in Breslau. France can just use this time to develop and even sell supplies to the war-torn German region.
Alas, for the future of France, we can only work hard on the great Holy Roman Empire.
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The Duke of Brunswick frowned at the gloomy sky, yelled at the soldiers, and asked them to speed up.
The old guy Lacy dared to attack Breslau when supplies were insufficient, completely disrupting his deployment.
However, the defenders of Breslau Fortress were too few. The nearby security forces were urgently mobilized, and there were only less than 9,000 people. It was very likely that the Austrians would break through if they were not careful.
"God, please don't rain."
He looked up at the dark clouds again, but heard the rapid sound of horse hooves. Turning around, he saw a messenger covered in mud running in front of him and said with a grimace: "Marshal, Lignitz City... "
"The enemy attacked the city of Lignitz?"
The messenger nodded: "Yes, Marshal. When General August sent me, the enemy forwards had already entered the outskirts of the city." The Duke of Brunswick immediately roared: "What on earth is August doing?!"
The day before yesterday, the messenger from Lignitz also told him that no enemy movements were found. In less than two days, it was lost!
He looked down at the saddle with a grim look on his face. Just half a month ago, he had successfully invaded the Austrian defense line, preparing to end the war in Silesia and return to Potsdam.
At this time, he was thinking about how to apologize to His Majesty the King...
Vienna.
In the VIP room on the second floor of the luxurious Giwon "Red Boots", a young woman wearing the most popular makeup among ladies put her hands around Bazel's neck, looked at him coquettishly, and cooed: "Mr. Miller, if you have difficulty 'standing up', I have some mummy powder here. Although it is a bit expensive, it is guaranteed to work..."
As she spoke, her hand moved towards his crotch.
"Please get out of the way!" Bazel slapped her hand away, and then immediately lay down on the keyhole again.
The technician of "Red Boots" was very dedicated. She stuck up again and unbuttoned her chest: "Sir, you can let me do anything..."
Bazel suddenly felt his legs were a little sore, so he pulled her to the door: "Then please help me look at the side room, the one with the statue of Hera in front of the door. If there is any movement there, please report immediately tell me."
"Huh? Oh..." The skilled woman reluctantly bent down and looked at the keyhole.
Bazel picked up the violin used for entertainment and started playing it silently.
Soon, the technician complained: "Are you interested in Miss Feeney? Then why are you looking for me..."
Feeney is the technician serving in the room diagonally opposite.
Bazel said calmly: "No, what I want is that man."
"Uh..." The skilled woman's eyes were filled with gossip, "So are you here to 'catch an adulterer'?"
"That's right. Please keep an eye on it."
"Okay, sir. I will definitely help you deal with that 'heartless man'!"
Another hour later, the technician rubbed her sore waist and suddenly lowered her voice and exclaimed: "Mr. Miller, the door, the door is open!"
A cold light suddenly flashed in Bazel's eyes. He dropped his violin, took off his bag from the coat rack, opened the conservator's door, and pushed out the door.
Baron Walter turned back to look at Miss Feeney hanging on him. Suddenly he felt something strange about the light beside him. He turned around and saw a man in his mid-thirties staring at him fiercely.
"Who are you? What are you going to do..."
As he was speaking, he saw the other party pull out a pistol from his bag and point it directly at his left chest. The second half of his words immediately changed to "Don't, don't do this..."
Bazel said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Devil, don't think that you can bully Camelia just because the French Crown Prince is not here! Go and repent to God!"
Immediately, he decisively pulled the trigger, and the flint clip landed on the lighter with a "pop" sound.
(End of chapter)