I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 1225 Close Allied Comradeship
The already crumbling Russian front line collapsed completely under this heavy blow.

Four or five thousand soldiers screamed and ran in all directions, but the French lines continued to unleash volleys of bullets like precise machines.

Many Russian soldiers, while running, suddenly collapsed forward. This terrified those who were lucky enough to survive, and many of their malnourished bodies surprisingly ran at a competitive pace.

Vorotov was very familiar with the habits of his own soldiers, so he immediately abandoned his plan to gather the fleeing troops and fled to the rear with a dozen or so guards.

Two kilometers to the east, Suvorov listened to his staff report on the still-organized unit designations, which were frequently interrupted as he gave orders: "These two regiments are equipped with British guns, place them in the middle..."

"Yasov's regiment is down to half its original size; let's keep them as reserves..."

Under his exceptional organizational and command abilities, the previously withdrawn Russian vanguard has begun to regroup, with some even forming a line formation on the south side.

Just then, a disheveled Vorotov, escorted by his guards, rushed over.

Without even asking him about the battle situation, Suvorov immediately shouted to the messenger, "Order Kanasky and Marlenko's regiments to hold off the enemy in place. The rest of you, gather up immediately, abandon all supply wagons, and head to Wedensville."

He muttered to himself again, "God, I hope it's not too late."

Vorotov's army collapsed after only about an hour. This gave Suvorov a new assessment of the fighting capacity of the French army before him.

That means that with his chaotic army, there was no way he could stop them.

Therefore, the best option was to take advantage of the French troops in Wedtensville before they could react, quickly pass through the south of the town, and then head north across the narrow plain between Lake Zurich and Lake Wallen.

Once you reach the north side of Lake Zurich, you can return to Innsbruck via the St. Gallen Pass.

An hour and a half later, Suvorov led more than 20,000 Russian soldiers and hurriedly headed east.

However, Sérusier's reaction was faster than he had expected.

That afternoon, his vanguard cavalry crashed into the French lines.

Suvorov didn't even try to charge forward—the Massena Legion behind him could catch up at any moment, and if he got entangled with Séruriès for even a moment, he would be caught in a pincer attack.

He frowned and pondered for a moment, then said to the messenger, "The entire army, turn south."

Vorotov exclaimed in surprise, "Marshal, Lake Lucerne is just to the south. We'll be stuck."

Suvorov glanced at him, turned the reins and said, "According to the timeline, Blücher's army should be crossing the lake now."

"Now, he has to retreat. We can then use the Prussian ships to reach the southern shore of Lake Lucerne."

Of course, he and Blücher would later be trapped in Altdorf by the French army, but that was better than being annihilated there.

The allied forces will definitely try to rescue them, and there is still a good chance they can escape.

On the other side, Rosenberg's 10,000 Russian troops were cut off by a French infantry brigade less than 5 kilometers after advancing.

He had no intention of fighting, leaving two or three thousand cannon fodder for the French army, and continued to flee to Schlieren.

However, suddenly a flash of fire appeared on the hill ahead, and more than a dozen shells swept across his ranks.

The French horse artillery battalion was incredibly fast, managing to get right in front of him.

The Russian army immediately panicked, because the presence of artillery often meant that the main force of the enemy was still nearby.

At this time, there was only one regiment of dragoons, or 1500 men, protecting the horse artillery battalion.

But Rosenberg, seeing the soldiers around him who were no longer under his control, and looking back at the French troops behind him, ordered his staff officer to take his sword and surrender to the French. Meanwhile, between the western peaks, Gorchakov luckily escaped the French troops who came to intercept him—thanks to the north-south ridge, the hot air balloon on the east side could not see him.

Apart from a little over a thousand infantrymen who were overtaken by the French, the main force of Gorchakov's army successfully escaped the Reuss River basin the following afternoon and entered Aarau a day later.

At this time, he still had eight or nine thousand soldiers with him.

……

West of Altdorf.

Blücher was yelling at the soldiers, telling them to hurry up.

Due to food shortages, his soldiers could only eat two-thirds of their usual amount of black bread and potatoes for nearly a week, and then fill their stomachs with alfalfa that they had stolen from Swiss villagers.

This caused his army to lose strength, and it took them nearly three days to complete the journey that should have taken two days.

Just then, a Prussian cavalryman brought Colonel Welotl, who was in charge of liaison for the Russian army, to him.

Upon seeing him, Welotl immediately urged anxiously, "Commander, Marshal Suvorov is in a disadvantageous position in the battle against the French. Please go to the north shore of Lake Lucerne as soon as possible to provide support. The main thing is to prepare enough ships."

Blücher frowned at that moment.

The Russians came to help him break out of the encirclement, but now they need him to provide support.

He had previously collected all the fishing boats near Lake Lucerne and had his soldiers make a number of rafts, enough for his 7 men to reach the north shore of Lake Lucerne within a day.

He was about to order the officer beside him to lead the cavalry to deliver ships to the Russians when he suddenly narrowed his eyes and said to Virottel, "Please tell me about the battle situation on the north bank."

"Huh? Okay."

After the Austrian briefly explained that Suvorov had been attacked by Massena and that Séruelis was blocking the way from the east, Blücher immediately instructed him: "Please go back and tell General Suvorov that I will arrive in a day at most."

As soon as Welotter disappeared from sight, Blücher immediately told the messenger, "Order the entire army to return to Altdorf."

Huo Ce stared wide-eyed at him: "What are you trying to do? The Russian army will be..."

Blücher interrupted him: "If we bring the Russians to Altdorf, we will be surrounded by the French again."

"Right now, the main French forces are engaged in a fierce battle with Suvorov and have no time to spare for us. This will give us three to four days of freedom to move around."

"But……"

Blücher continued, "We traveled from the Muten Valley to Glarus. Then we crossed the Roschoutok Mountains and left Switzerland north through the gap between Lake Zurich and Lake Wallen."

"It is well worth exchanging some worthless Russians for our excellent soldiers."

Well, to be fair, as a Prussian, he was quite happy to see more Russians die. After the victory over France, there would likely be a struggle between Prussia and Russia in places like Courland.

Just as Blücher had predicted, the French never bothered them.

Four days later, his army successfully reached the foot of Mount Roschtok.

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