Chapter 303: Meeting the Difficulties (59/103)
In the early morning, Keilos had tidied up his clothes and armor, and walked majestic from the inner bedroom into the big tent. All the generals of the Prussian Legion had gathered here, waiting for Keilos' orders.
Sitting in his seat, Keiros looked around for a while and said in a deep voice: "It's dawn, it seems that everyone is resting well. Today we are going to start a battle to conquer the Vienna walls. You can tell me any ideas you have."
As soon as these words were said, the generals below looked at each other and a general of the commander came out.
"Sir, the rain is too heavy, we think we should suspend the offensive and wait until the rain stops a little before starting the attack."
The generals present obviously had already discussed and decided on some things before Keilos arrived. As soon as he said this, everyone else turned their attention to Keilos's face.
Keiros nodded, looked at the other generals, and asked, "Do you all think this way?"
Seeing Keiros ask, the generals present nodded in agreement. The current situation is really unfavorable to launch an attack. For the sake of victory, it is understandable that the generals have such a decision.
But Keiros's face sank, but he was no longer as irritable as yesterday. He just said in a cold voice: "Did you forget what we saw yesterday?"
As soon as this sentence came out, everyone present immediately fell into silence. They could see that Killos looked wrong, and it was obvious that they didn't need to answer this question.
Keiros continued, "Don't forget that we don't have much time left. It's no exaggeration to say that the emperor's reinforcements may come to us at any time, and it's even possible that they have surrounded us now and are ready to catch them all in one go!"
This statement is really unreasonable. Some generals with a straightforward temperament couldn't bear it and whispered: "No, no, it's only five days passed. It's logical that they will need at least two days to get here."
He spoke very little, and I don’t know if he was afraid of angering Killos or if he had no confidence in what he said.
However, Keiros was still angry. He suddenly glared at the general fiercely, then waved his hand directly, and called the two guards into the camp.
"Take him down for me! I'm punished for disrupting the morale of the army!"
"As for the order!" The two guards received the order and immediately walked up to escort the talking general and took him out of the camp.
Disturbing the morale of the army is a great crime. The punishment in the Prussian military camp is the twenty-square whip. This whip is not an ordinary cowhide whip, but a whip made with thorn strips. Once you whip it, you will immediately become a skin and flesh.
"Give me your life! Lord Keilos, what is my crime? What is my crime?!" The escorted general shouted in discontently, his tone full of anger.
He was the commander of the Prussian legion, and he was also one of the nobles of the Principality of Prussia. Keiros whipped him at will, which was an insult to him and his family.
However, Keiros was not moved by his begging for mercy, but stared at the other generals in the tent with a deep face, as if asking who would want to accompany him.
The big tent immediately became silent, and all the generals lowered their heads and pretended that they were a stone.
"Okay! Since there is no objection, then we will rectify the army and prepare to launch an attack! Take down the city of Vienna in one fell swoop!"
As he said that, Keiros stood up and walked out of the tent.
At this moment, a messenger suddenly broke in. When he saw Keilos, he fell to his knees on the ground, held a letter in his hands and said, "Reporting to the Saxony Army Camp, news came from the Saxony Army that it was too heavy and it was inconvenient to attack, so we should also suspend the offensive!"
Keiros didn't read the letter, so he grabbed it and squatted it into a ball, and then said to the messenger: "Go and tell Duke Billon that if he is a coward and his Saxon cavalry is all cowards, just hug in the room and be scared by the sound of thunder and rain! And we Prussians are fearless!"
As he said that, Keiros strode out of the tent and drilled into the rain outside.
The messenger received the order and ran quickly towards the Saxon camp. As a conscientious messenger, Keiros would pass the words of the Saxons wordlessly into the ears of the Saxons.
The other generals in the camp no longer had any objections. They sorted out their equipment and walked out of the camp, scattered back to their own legions, and began to mobilize soldiers.
The whimpering horn sounded, but it was soon covered by the sound of heavy rain falling to the ground. Every Prussian general shouted loudly. If all the soldiers under his command could hear the order clearly, sometimes they had to shout one order twenty times.
After about half an hour of rectification, it took several times more effort than usual. The Prussian Legion finally all gathered and gathered in front of the camp.
The heavy rain hit the soldiers and flowed into their underwear along the gaps in their armor. After swimming all over the body for a week, it flowed out from the legs of the trouser below.
To this extent, only the heavy infantry and the heavy knight's armor can isolate all the rain. Other soldiers can do nothing about it and can only grit their teeth and endure the slap of the cold and rain.
The catapult was not pushed out. In such weather, the powder barrels could not be used, and the catapult became a waste. If they were really used to throw stones, that would be the stupidest thing.
Similarly, the accuracy of the archers will be greatly reduced. The rain will sometimes fascinate their eyes, and the flight trajectory of the arrows will be disturbed by raindrops. The combat effectiveness of the entire archer army will be reduced by more than 50%. They almost have to walk to the foot of the city wall to accurately shoot the arrows onto the city.
However, Keiros also had a solution to this. He assigned a short knife to each archer. If he could not use the bow and arrow, they could immediately turn into infantry and rush up to the city to fight the enemy at close range.
The same is true for the musketeers. On rainy days, the muskets in their hands were not as good as a wooden stick, and the short knife was distributed to them. Moreover, in the battle formation of Keilos, they were the first soldiers to attack the city walls.
While the Prussian army was organizing the army, there was also a whimpering sound of fighting horns in the Saxony barracks on the other side. Obviously, Keiros's aggressive generals played a role. Duke Billon could not bear it and was ready to lead the soldiers to fight.
Chapter completed!