Chapter 847 The brilliant victory
"To the east?" Blüchel frowned, "Did you forget that Trier has been occupied by the French?"
Scharnhorst He hurriedly said, "General, the number of French troops is limited. They must be rushing to Cologne to seize the ferry. "The remaining troops should be concentrated in Trier City and in the Fortress of Koblenz. "We just need to move fast enough to have the opportunity to pass through Trier near Castrawn, pass through Palatinate, and withdraw from Mannheim to the east coast of Rhine."
Castrawn is a town between Trier and Koblenz, and it is flat and easy to access.
Blüchel hesitated for a few seconds and then signaled to the messenger: "Transfer, the whole army turns to Castrawn."
On the other side, Saint-Elare led his army to come. When I arrived at the banks of the Ur River, I found that Blüchel had crossed the river.
In fact, this cannot be blamed for his carelessness. Generally speaking, the Ur River will not freeze at the end of October. It was the extreme weather this year that saved the Prussians.
St. Elare negotiated with the Staff and agreed that Blüchel must have fled to Cologne, which was the only ferry in the northern section of the Rhine that was controlled by the coalition forces.
He then accelerated northward, but never found the traces of the Prussian army. Just as he began to doubt his judgment, the cavalry that came forward returned to the report, saying that the British army had been found in Dylan and were fighting fiercely with the Wallonian Legion.
Next to the jungle east of Dylan.
The Duke of York looked at the British defense line that was constantly retreating in the telescope, trying to maintain the elegant expression of the royal family, and turned his head to ask the staff officer on the side: "How long will the Prussians arrive?"
"According to the officer who was summoning, they could arrive before noon today."
Before the staff officer finished speaking, the Duke of York noticed a strange movement in the formation of the French army.
A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What time is it now?"
"Third at ten, Your Highness."
"Obviously, General Blücher was faster than you expected It's much faster." The Duke of York said, "Telection, ready to cooperate with reinforcements to launch a counterattack against the French." "Yes, Your Highness!" However, the staff officer was about to turn around and saw him A cavalry rushed over in panic and shouted, "Your Highness, a large number of French troops appeared in the south, with at least 15,000 people."
The Duke of York was bloodless and even the telescope in his hand fell to the ground: "What, why are they French..."
At less than two o'clock in the afternoon, St. Elare cooperated with the Wallonian Legion. The British defense line was defeated, and tens of thousands of British "lobster soldiers" knelt in the wilderness. From a distance, it seemed like they had turned into a large forest of maple trees in late autumn.
But St. Ellaer soon received bad news - the Duke of York was not found among the prisoners, and he should have taken advantage of the chaos to escape to Cologne.
Saint Elaer immediately led his troops to pursue the north, and seizing the Cologne Ferry was one of his missions.
But when he arrived in Cologne without stopping, he found that the Austrian army had already been deployed here.
Faced with the strong fortress built in an extremely dangerous position, St. Elare had to let the soldiers rest on the spot, wait for the Wallonian Legion to follow and try to launch an attack.
The next day, before the Wallonian Legion arrived, he waited for Sirte's troops first.
After the latter controlled Mainz, he was also concerned about Cologne, the last ferry in the northern section of Rhine, and rushed over.
The army of both sides, together with the Wallonian Legion, had a total of more than 30,000 people, and began to launch a fierce attack on the Cologne Fortress.
Three days later. Bastogne.
Joseph was looking at the battle report sent by Mainz when he saw Emman knocking in with a messenger.
The prince's close servant smiled and said, "Your Highness, Captain Vidal has brought amazing good news."
Joseph just smiled at the messenger. It was really his acceptance these days There were too many good news, which made him produce "antibodies": "Please tell me which legion won the victory?" Captain Vidal saluted respectfully, handed the battle report to Emman, and then used exaggeration. He said loudly in his tone:
"God bless France!
"Your Highness, the main force of Ferdinand's army has surrendered. Colonel Massena captured more than 20 senior coalition officers, including the Duke of Brunswick, as well as more than 40,000 Prussian and Bavarian soldiers for you. ”
Joseph’s “antibodies” instantly failed.
“That’s great! "He punched hard and shouted excitedly, "God bless France! "
The guards inside and outside the room also heard this amazing good news, threw their hats into the air, jumping and cheering, "Haha, we won! ”
"This damn war is about to end!"
"End with our brilliant victory!"
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"God bless France!"
No wonder everyone was so excited. This important victory meant that the main force of the coalition forces on the west coast of Rhine was completely annihilated!
After this battle, the entire Rhineland region will be fully controlled by France, and the anti-French alliance will no longer have any power to fight back.
And judging from the results of this battle alone, it is enough to shake the continent.
From the time when the French army launched a counterattack, nearly 70,000 coalition forces were shot and captured.
You should know that in the 18th century without advanced reconnaissance methods, the defeated side could easily break it into pieces, take advantage of the night, or escape with the help of the terrain.
It is absolutely rare to be able to eliminate more than 60% of the enemy's forces. A series of operations such as layout, planning, and promotion of this battle will inevitably enter the military academy textbooks of various countries in the future.
Captain Vidal waited for everyone to calm down, and bowed to Joseph and said, "Your Highness, Colonel Massena hopes you can go to Rhodeshausen to preside over the surrender ceremony."
Joseph thought for a moment and nodded, "This It is very necessary. Let's set off immediately. "
A great victory of this scale is to hold a grand surrender ceremony, which can boost the morale of the army and even the entire France, and can also promote the entire Europe demonstrates the strength of France to enhance France's international influence.
Three days later, when Joseph arrived in Rhodeshausen, he only saw the endless camp of prisoners, but did not see Massena.
Bertier, who came to greet him, explained to him: "Your Highness, Brigadier General Massena is worried that the enemy will strengthen Cologne's defense, so he led the main force to Cologne the day before yesterday."
Yes, after Massena encircled and annihilated the Duke of Brunswick's army, Joseph personally issued a letter of commission and was promoted to brigade general.
Bertier continued: "At the same time, our army also launched an attack on Palatinate, Mannheim, as well as Aachen and Gelden in the northwest."
The Rhine Front's division of troops so carelessly did not cause too dispersion of troops, because the entire Rhineland region had no resistance.
For example, in the direction of Palatinate and Mannheim, you can easily occupy it by sending more than 3,000 people over.
Massena can still concentrate more than 70,000 troops to launch a siege on the Cologne Fortress.
(This chapter ends)