Chapter 258 Purgatory (36/102, Tenth)
In one day, the Saxony Cavalry rushed up the hillside seven times. The armored heavy war horses were not conducive to mountain combat, and the battle was once in a stalemate.
The coalition forces had a good position in the battle, but even so, defense was extremely difficult. In the most recent time, Saxony's cavalry had even rushed to the defense line, just one line away from being broken.
Fortunately, the coalition generals transferred the reserve troops in time, and then they repelled the Saxon cavalry and defended the defense line.
In the end, the Saxony Cavalry left a corpse and retreated to the rear camp. The coalition won a small victory, but in this battle, the coalition had already exposed all the deployment of the first line of defense, and there was no hidden power.
On the second day, Duke Billon personally took command, guided by ordinary cavalry units, dismounted and turned into infantry to advance slowly, pushing the offensive into the front line of the coalition defense. Then, the Eagle Feathers Legion rushed in quickly under the cover of the front team and rushed into the coalition front in one fell swoop.
The coalition troops' defense line was defeated. After the defense line was broken, only a large number of soldiers fled without fighting, and were then caught up by the Saxon cavalry and slaughtered.
In this battle, the coalition forces lost more than 10,000 people, but the Saxon army lost only less than 5,000 troops, and the most powerful Eagle Feather Legion did not suffer any losses.
After this battle, the coalition forces gathered the remaining 30,000 soldiers in the rear and scattered among five large cities between the Sudeten Mountains and the Danube River Basin. The five cities jointly defended themselves, hoping to rely on the solid city walls to delay the attack of the Saxony cavalry.
Although Duke Billon had an impatient temper, he did not dare to cross these cities and went deeper into the city. He could only choose one city after another to attack and gradually erode the coalition's forces.
The battle situation thus turned into a fierce urban offensive and defensive battle. Facing a single city, the Saxony Legion had a numerical advantage, but the cavalry was not conducive to siege, so it was not easy to win.
On another front, the Habsburg Legion relied on dozens of cities of all sizes along the eastern section of the Danube River to defend the attack of the Prussian Legion.
Keiros divided the 70,000 troops into seven parts, and chose seven easy-to-attack locations to launch an attack at the same time. The combination of legions of both sides was relatively balanced. Archers and musketeers first shot at the same time to suppress the enemy, and then the infantry and cavalry went into battle together, rushing closer to the front and causing a fierce collision of flesh and blood and swords.
The troops of the two sides are not very different, and the composition of the troops is roughly the same. The battle process is back and forth, just like two giants of similar size fighting with their arms naked. Every attack is not enough to be fatal, and they can only consume each other. The competition is for who can't stand it and fall down first.
The commander of the Habsburg side is the descendant of the old Defense Minister, known as the Steel Shield Ike. General Ike is not old and is only in his early thirties, but he has learned the essence of the old Defense Minister and is proficient in defensive operations.
The battle began. With his steady command style, General Ike successfully dragged the battle into a stalemate. Under his command, the main defense line was like a large elastic net, entangling the Prussian Legion.
No matter how the Prussian Legion exerts its strength, it cannot cross this line of defense. Even if it breaks through the line of defense for a short time, the surrounding defense forces will quickly backfilled and drive the enemy out again.
With the defense line as the center, the entire battlefield seemed to have become a huge meat grinder, and countless blood was thrown on the ground, and the screams and shouts of killing did not stop for a moment.
After a brief and rapid battle, the soldiers on both sides retreated, and a priest in a black burqa would shuttle through it, caring for the dying wounded, performing mass for the dead, leading them onto the road to heaven.
The Holy See will always oppose war, but unfortunately, when the war comes, this opposition seems so pale and powerless. In the face of interests, these words cannot even be spread out in the hall, and will be easily blown away in the wind.
In the end, the only participation of the Holy See in the war was to send priests under their name to the battlefield and contribute some insignificant power.
Neither side of the warring party would care about these priests who would devote their entire lives to God, nor would anyone raise a butcher knife at them.
The priest sometimes put the wounded on both sides together to treat the wounded. Two people in military uniforms in different colors are likely to lie on the same blanket. At this time, both sides no longer have any hatred, and sometimes they even talk to make good friends.
No matter which soldier is on the side, they are all Christians, and they can trust each other by speaking the same words.
Unfortunately, after returning to their respective camps, the two will be hostile again. When they meet on the battlefield in the future, they will wave their butcher knife without hesitation.
At this moment, there is no right or wrong, and it has nothing to do with hatred. The previous intimacy is true, and the subsequent murderous intent is also true. This is reality.
After the war began, Maria wanted to leave Leber and return to Vienna and contribute her own strength. In the end, Prince Eugen persuaded her to stop her. The prince mentioned that for her safety, she allowed her to stay in Leber.
The letter mentioned that Maria was the heir signed by Charles VI. As long as she lives, the Habsburg dynasty will not end.
Although Maria was reluctant, she remained in the end and did not leave.
At this time, Eugen's Leiber area also became part of the defense line under the order of General Alan. Eugen did not resist this and established a defense line for the Prussian army in a coordinated manner.
Keilos did not seek far and detour to attack the Lebir region.
So in this war that affected most of the Holy Roman Empire, Eugen was rarely immune to it and stood on the edge of the war.
Of course, he did not relax. The soldiers of Leber City were still training hard day after day to enhance their combat effectiveness.
Eugen did not completely let go of the Bohe defense line. During this period, he traveled between the Bohe defense line and Leber City several times, and urgently dispatched some soldiers from the Bohe defense line to the Bohe defense line to stay in Leber City.
As the commander of the disaster resistance army, such transfers are completely in line with the rules and no one will blame anything.
The First Institute of Pohe Defense, under the leadership of the witch doctor Pirantz, has established a complete plan to deal with Black Death infected people, and has also independently invented a costume that can protect the safety of front-line personnel to a certain extent and prevent soldiers from becoming infected when dealing with patients.
The Medical Science Competition in Heidelberg also established a connection with the First Institute. Many high-quality plans have been adopted and applied to the Pohe Line. All proposed plans that are adopted will be rewarded with a certain amount of gold.
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