Chapter 292: The army crushes the realm (54/103
"Is that?" The flag-carrying soldiers moved the flag from the left to the right, changed their posture and stood still, and then said, "Oh, I've just rushed so far, and I've had to go to the battlefield again before I could calm down for a while. You said those people from Habsburg are really shameless, why do you have to choose this time to attack?"
His companion was still wiping his blade attentively. When he heard this, he just curled his lips with disdain on his face and did not answer.
Seeing that his companion ignored him, the flag-carrying soldier smiled helplessly, changed the topic and continued: "Hey, hey, did General Keiros say that if he could arrive at the battlefield for two days, he would reward us with Kild gold coins and let us have a good rest? The promise of resting well now cannot be fulfilled, so what should I say about the gold coins?"
The companion who carried the flag soldiers was a team leader, and he was of some size and he might know more.
Speaking of this, the team leader put down the blade that was being wiped, sneered with disdain, and said, "Are you still thinking about gold coins? Haha, I think you haven't woken up, don't worry, those gold coins will be given to your family after the war is over, together with your pension."
Hearing this rude words, the flag-carrying soldier showed some anger on his face. He said angrily: "Hmph, I can't die. Leave the gold coins to the stupid woman in my family to raise another man. But you, you have to be careful. Aren't you sword, shield, infantry, all of you rushed to the front?"
The team leader put the wiped long knife back into the scabbard, straightened his waist and walked forward. While walking, he smiled and said, "Okay, let's keep some strength on the battlefield. We are more people than them. No matter what, the situation will not be too bad."
The flag-carrying soldier looked at the back of the team leader, his mouth moved, he said a silent swear word, and then he lost his words.
The same words were whispered in the entire military formation, and even if they were not spoken out, they would be chanting in their hearts.
Another low voice, the huge Prussian army began to move. The vanguard was more than 5,000 heavy infantrymen, wearing iron armored boots, trampling heavily on the ground, pressing out diving pits in the soft soil.
They either held long swords or war hammers, and approached the mountains and forests ahead step by step.
Heavy infantrymen came out, with more than 10,000 archers following closely. Every forty-nine archers formed a seven-by-seven square formation. The captain in charge of command happened to be fifty people, two hundred square formations lined up in a row, the long bow drooped downwards, and the arrows were already on the bowstrings. With a command, these archers would immediately create a rain of arrows in front of them.
The archer troops alone formed a front after they were deployed, which was a result of losing 5,000 archers last night, otherwise the front would have been longer.
Further behind the archers, there was a thick square formation composed of more than 30,000 sword, shield, infantry and spearmen. Heavy siege chariots were also mixed among these infantry. After the battle began, they were the main force of the attack. The soldiers in front were just appetizers.
In addition, there are more than 5,000 musketeers in the Prussian legion. Keiros does not pay attention to the combat effectiveness of these musketeers, so he only distributes them equally in the phalanx of sword and shield infantry. They will charge with the infantry later and provide some necessary long-range fire support for the infantry during combat.
The muskets in these musketeers' hands are simple and rough, and their hit rate and range are very problematic. As for power, if neither of the first two can be guaranteed, it would be meaningless to raise the power.
After all, not everyone has new muskets like Eugen. For these old legions, muskets are just a foil on the battlefield.
In the end, the remaining five thousand soldiers were troops mixed with light cavalry and heavy cavalry. The cavalry did not play much role in this offensive and defensive battle, so Keilos put them in the end and prepared to wait for the victory of the battle to rush forward to chase the fleeing Habsburg soldiers.
As for failure, Keiros never thought about failure. After all, they have such a huge military advantage, how could they fail?
However, there was an important point that he ignored. Their huge military advantage was based on the fact that the Saxony Legion also participated in the war.
While the Prussian Legion launched an attack, there was no movement in the Saxon Legion's camp.
The Saxon cavalry were lying in their tents, sleeping soundly. The movements made by the Prussian army next to them did not affect them at all.
Yesterday, the Saxon cavalry had already worked hard to harass the Habsburg defense line many times. The harassment lasted all day and did not end until the night.
Therefore, all these Saxon cavalry are resting now and are not willing to get up and fight.
Duke Billon also wanted to let the Prussians work more. After all, his own people were attacking the past few days, so he did not summon his subordinates, but just acted like he was watching the show and let the soldiers under Keiros go to trouble.
Therefore, only 55,000 troops from the Prussian Legion were left, and less than 50,000 people were able to participate in the battle.
The advantage of troops is no longer so obvious.
However, Keilos directly ignored this problem. If the advantage is not obvious, it is still an advantage. Time is tight. In order to avoid the long night and dreams, Keilos brazenly issued an order to attack.
Woo woo woo woo ~
After the horn sounded three times, the huge square formation formed by the heavy infantry army was pressed up. Their steps were stable and solid, one step at a time. As they advanced, the battle formation gradually opened and turned into a long line, with two rows of soldiers in front and behind, just in front of the archer formation.
All the heavy infantrymen were making irritable shouts and killing sounds, accumulating their own momentum. Later, they were the first group of people to face the enemy head-on. In this case, momentum became particularly important.
However, among these shouts of killing from time to time, there was a faint sense of weakness, which seemed to be a little lacking in energy. However, the voices of so many people combined together were loud enough.
The heavy infantry arrived in front of the Avenue leading to Vienna, and did not divide it, but rushed up to the hillside on the east side.
In the strategy formulated by Keiros, he completely gave up his attack plan on the west hillside, and instead concentrated all his troops on the east hillside, which stretched longer and had a slightly smoother terrain.
This strategic layout is like clenching the five fingers into a fist, making the attack sharper and easier to break through the opponent's defense line in a short period of time.
Chapter completed!