Chapter 309 Unexpected gunshots
As the Duke of Ji'an expected, on the farthest part of the city wall from the city tower, the governor of the Saxony Legion was already quietly suggesting his soldiers to seize the opportunity to rush up the city tower and kill Charles VI.
The same was true in the Prussian Legion. The appearance of Charles VI did give them a good chance to end the war as soon as possible, but instead of putting down their weapons and leaving, rushing up to the city tower and killing him directly!
Everyone knows that Charles VI was the most critical point in this battle, or even this war. Once he dies, everything can be completely over.
Saxony and the Prussian soldiers slowly clasped the blade in their hands, their eyes no longer lost, but gradually a cold murderous intent appeared.
The defending troops felt the change in the atmosphere, and their bodies gradually became tense, and they all looked at the enemy soldiers in front of them with vigilance, ready to launch an attack at any time.
Both sides are tense, and perhaps the next moment, the battle will break out again, and it will be more tragic and dangerous than the previous battle.
The only person present who did not realize this tension was perhaps only Charles VI, who was waving his arms and speaking hard on the city tower. He felt very good now. After all, he stopped the entire battlefield with just a few words. Only the emperor of the empire could have such a majesty.
Just when Charles VI felt in good condition and wanted to say a few more words, a sudden bang sounded and a musket shot suddenly appeared on the battlefield.
The sound sounded very blurry, as if it was coming from a faraway place, but the gunshot was gunshot after all, and it overshadowed all the sounds on the battlefield as soon as it appeared and attracted everyone's attention.
It was still raining heavily now, and all the musketeers on both sides were silent and could not shoot at all. The gunshot was really surprising.
Charles VI was even more frozen there. Although he did not fall down or acted in disguise, he was still shocked and a layer of fine beads of sweat oozed out from his back.
At that moment, he really thought that someone shot him. No matter how confident he was, he would inevitably be a little lack of confidence when facing death directly.
However, it was not Charles VI that fell down, but a soldier in the Prussian army beneath the city wall.
The gunshot made Keiros a little confused. He turned his head blankly and looked in the direction of the gunshot. He saw that on the easternmost side of the Vienna city wall, a group of rapidly moving black shadows suddenly appeared.
There was originally a small bush over there, and his vision was blocked by the rain, and the bush became blurred and difficult to distinguish. Before, Keiros focused all his attention above the Vienna walls, so he did not care about the surrounding situation.
But now, looking at the batches of black shadows that kept appearing, Keiros only felt a buzzing sound in his mind, and in an instant, there was no thought, and only three words were left in his mind: "Are there any ambush?"
The black shadow appeared, and the crackling sound sounded like a bean exploding. A ball of fire and blue smoke rose. With the sound of bullets shooting in the air, the Prussian soldiers closest to the east fell down like harvesting wheat.
Keiros was stunned. The fire and shadows in front of him were like a huge vortex, spinning in front of him, trying to suck him in.
Dreams overlap with reality. The fire in the dream last night seemed to appear before his eyes again, and it is gradually becoming a reality.
"There are ambushers! Retreat quickly! Prussian Legion! Retreat!"
Fear completely overwhelmed him, and Keiros screamed in panic, his tone was sharp and harsh, like a woman who was raped. At this moment, he had no majesty at all.
The general who was guarding Keiros looked at the scene in surprise. His general turned out to be a coward, and this incident was too depressing.
They can also see the sudden appearance of ambush. Because of the rain, it is difficult to grasp the number of ambushers. However, the density of gunfire can roughly be used to show up. The number of ambushers will never exceed 3,000.
Only three thousand soldiers or musketeers with relatively weak combat power, with the current Prussian legion, they can withstand the pressure of these musketeers' attacks and forcibly capture the walls of Vienna.
It would be easy to deal with these ambushes when the time comes.
However, Keiros was so scared that he saw his eyes wide open, as if not a group of musketeers but a group of demons who were about to drag him into the deepest part of hell.
Fear is like contagious. Although these generals have their own rationality, they are still frightened by Killos's performance.
So they issued orders to retreat to the Prussian soldiers on the front line, asking them to protect themselves as much as possible and evacuate from the city wall.
The Prussian soldiers seemed to be surprised by this situation, but they still chose to abide by the orders of their superiors and began to evacuate from the city wall in an orderly manner.
Since Charles VI had stopped the battle before, the Prussian soldiers evacuated very smoothly. The defenders on the city wall did not stop them. After all, Charles VI had ordered the stop, so they had no reason to attack on their own initiative.
Duke Billon was not scared by the ambush. On the one hand, it was because the ambush did not appear from him first. On the other hand, Duke Billon was a fearless master. Even if he was the only one left in the end, Duke Billon dared to raise his spear and rush towards the enemy.
After the gunfire sounded, he was very decisive and directly issued an order to continue attacking his soldiers.
As a result, two completely different scenes appeared on the battlefields on both sides. The Prussian soldiers were retreating back in an orderly manner, but the Saxon soldiers launched an attack, desperately trying to rush up to the city wall to kill Charles VI.
Charles VI had retreated to the back side at this time and handed over the power of battlefield command to General Ike. When General Ike saw the battle situation, he immediately issued an order to mobilize a large number of soldiers from the east wall and join the west battlefield to block the Saxons.
At the same time, he also left some soldiers on the battlefield on the east side, alerting the Prussians. Although they had retreated from the city wall, it was also possible that it was a trick used by Keiros, so General Ike would certainly be wary of it.
Chapter completed!