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Chapter 1698 Polish Winged Cavalry

"The flames and the terrible explosion just now... how much black powder did they use?"

The generals of the Continental Allied Forces, including Prince Condé of France, the Duke of Brandenburg, and the Grand Commander of the Polish Royal Family, were observing the attack on the outskirts of the highlands. Even those around them could hear the explosion clearly, and they were terrified.

4000 Indian soldiers have already entered the fortress. They are fighting the defenders in the fortress, trying to drive the defenders out of the fortress.

Behind the 4000 Indian Tubang soldiers is the Irish Legion. Their weapons are various, but it does not affect them to follow the Tubang soldiers to expand the results of the battle.

The Irish Legion has experienced the English Civil War and the expedition to the West Indies, and is more effective than the French Rebels.

The fighting changed from shelling battles outside the fortress to hand-to-hand combat in towns, and Tubang soldiers lined up in bayonet squares to occupy roads and houses.

Prince Kong Dai and others broke into a cold sweat for the defenders, but they did not dare to act rashly.

The troops of the Holy Alliance to attack the fortress were only part of it, and the Chinese Army, the English Army, and the Scottish Army remained silent, monitoring the 4.5 European Allied forces on the periphery.

"Damn it, they are not far away from opening the gates of Paris. At that time, we must fight them in the north of Paris, otherwise Paris will be captured, and our French king will lose prestige and rebel." Prince Condé said.

"Let us the hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to experience the power of their infantry." Koniecpolski, the commander of the Polish royal family who arrived for the first time, was full of confidence in his cavalry. Tsarist Russia, the Crimean Khanate, and the Ottoman Empire were at war, and their combat effectiveness was very strong.

"Our German cavalry should be able to crush the English cavalry, but I always feel that their cavalry seems to have become well-trained. It's strange that they were on par in the last battle. Koniecpolski, you can't Underestimate the enemy." The young Duke of Brandenburg said to this battle-tested Polish veteran.

Koniecpolski had not led the cavalry to the battle on the beach of Dunkirk, and he did not know the power of the opponent's infantry and cavalry.

"I will act cautiously, but our Polish hussars will not retreat easily at critical times." Koniecpolski said.

"Covering the defenders withdrawing from the fortress, we lost the fortress of Amiens. We continued to lure them in, and then cut off their supply lines with cavalry, so that they could look for a decisive battle when their morale was broken." Prince Condé still did not dare Fight the Holy Allies.

"It's better to let our Polish hussars attack their food road from behind." Koniecpolski asked for orders.

"They have Chinese cavalry and English cavalry regiments patrolling the rear, can your Polish hussars deal with them?" Prince Condé asked.

"No problem." Although Koniecpolski is old, he still insists on playing.

Fighting continued into the evening, and the French defenders of Amiens were largely driven out of town.

The nobles and civilians in the town were dissatisfied with the Holy Alliance, and many of them fled the Amiens area with the defenders.

The houses and walls on the outskirts of the town suffered a lot of damage, while Sun Chuanting and other military officers led the main force into the town to garrison and rest.

"Conquering this fortress will bring us closer to Paris." Sun Chuanting boarded the tower of the fortress.

The Holy Allies attacked the forts one after another and continued to march towards Paris.

However, apart from the fact that the strong fortress gave Sun Chuanting and Prince Rupert a group of officers some headaches, there was another annoying thing—according to the report of the cavalry patrolling the grain road, besides the French cavalry, another strange cavalry appeared. Attack the grain trucks in their rear.

Behind this cavalry, there are wing ornaments made of eagle feathers, crane feathers, or ostrich feathers. If ostrich feathers are used, there will be rustling winds while galloping.

In addition to these cavalry with strange wing decorations, there are also Cossack cavalry.

Cavalry tactics from Eastern Europe and French cavalry from Western Europe jointly attacked the supply line of Sun Chuanting and others. A group of grain carts protected by Scottish soldiers fell. Polish cavalry, Cossack cavalry, and French cavalry captured the Scottish soldiers protecting the grain and grass, and burned them before the arrival of reinforcements. The loss of food and grass caused considerable losses to the Holy Alliance.

The Holy Alliance began to penetrate deep into the territory of France, and they faced a problem that almost all expeditioners faced-after leaving the fleet by the sea, the food and grass needed to rely on the occupied fortress for turnover.

The Confederate Army had amassed more than 12000 cavalry, and they relied on large numbers to attack the supply lines between the forts.

Sun Chuanting received information that Polish hussars and Cossack cavalry were appearing in the rear, and knew that they could not continue to attack the supply line: "Cao Bianjiao, the army that besieged the northern fortress of Paris will be entrusted to you to command, and Prince Rupert and I will lead the cavalry to encircle and suppress This is the cavalry behind us."

Sun Chuanting rectified 2000 Chinese cavalry, while Prince Rupert led 2000 English cavalry and 1000 Scottish cavalry. The two sides assembled 5000 cavalry and began to move to the rear.

The Holy Alliance has the advantage in firearms and discipline, but the European army after 30 years of war is not vegetarian. Their soldiers have participated in wars all year round and have rich experience.

The Polish cavalry has been fighting against Tsarist Russia, the Ottomans, and the Crimean Khanate for a long time. All parties have won and lost each other. Under the premise of sufficient military pay, whether it is harassment or head-on confrontation, it can be regarded as an elite cavalry unit.

"According to the report of the food team that was attacked, the opponent's cavalry had strange wing ornaments, and some light cavalry wore Eastern European costumes. They were likely to be cavalry from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It stands to reason that the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is a kingdom and principality federation in Eastern Europe. , and there is not much conflict with us, they will not send troops to participate in the coalition forces at such a long distance. It is estimated that they have received funding, and at the same time they have been promised some benefits. It is even very likely that the Ottoman Empire deliberately encouraged them to come. Ottoman The empire has just been defeated, and they dare not send troops openly, so the Poles are engaged in a proxy war." Prince Rupert said.

"The Ottoman Empire was defeated by us and dared to play tricks. When we have free hands in the future, we will go to Constantinople to treat them to tea." Sun Chuanting was a little bit concerned about the Ottoman Empire's funding of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth to participate in the European War. dissatisfied.

Constantinople is obviously still not convinced. If the capital of the Ottoman Empire was not a coastal city, and the pashas from all over the country had no time to reinforce Constantinople, maybe Constantinople would not have fallen so quickly.

(End of this chapter)