Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Napoleon was behind Wachau, which was relatively forward in the deployment of his entire army and could be said to be the key point of the battlefield.

He always liked to take the initiative to join the attack. However, the old bastard Blücher fled every time the French army approached the Silesian Corps, causing Napoleon's operations around Saxony to be confined to this small battlefield.

In fact, compared with the past, the French may be more combat efficient when they do not have the armies of their vassal states.

Although there are Saxon heavy cavalry, Bavarian grenadiers, and Württemberg infantry among them, these vassal states' armies are considered good supplementary forces.
But their loyalty is now a problem. After Bavaria and the anti-French alliance reached an agreement, there were only 505 people from Bavaria left in the main force of the French army. It can be said that they are only slightly stronger than the air in a potato chip bag. They are still potato chip fragments after all.

However, since Napoleon relied on France's own strength, he would definitely be short of manpower, so he racked his brains to get all these troops to join in.

Now, on the main battlefield, since many allies are now in a state of disunity, probably only the Italians and those Poles who have always followed France for the cause of independence are actively joining the battle.

Napoleon was riding on a white horse, holding a telescope in his hand and looking at the situation ahead.

"Now we need the Austrians to continue their attack. We need to wear them down. Then things will get interesting."

In the past, Napoleon was always on the offensive, but today he was always on the defensive.

Because the coalition forces had more troops, he was also carefully considering the next battle plan.

Unfortunately, Bertrand got entangled with the Russian army on his way back, but by not having his nephew, who always caused trouble for him, come to the battlefield, he had removed a destabilizing factor.

After all, this guy had gone against him many times, especially in Eylau. In that battle, the Russian army deployed a "turtle formation" that could echo each other from a distance, and kept reserve troops in it to be able to provide support at any time. As a result, Napoleon, who was preparing to attack from multiple points and three sides, finally declared victory in early 1807 only after the Russian army voluntarily withdrew from the battlefield.

"Your Majesty, why do you do this this time?"

"Colancourt, we have to let the enemy attack first this time. They are exhausted from fighting for the front positions, while our troops are still fighting in their positions, so the consumption is less than expected. At this time, send the reserve troops to join the counterattack, first our cavalry, then the guards. As long as we can open a breakthrough, I am confident that we can win the war."

In fact, this time Napoleon wanted to use his elite cavalry to launch a large-scale attack while the coalition forces were being exhausted on the front line, open up the battlefield, and finally win.

He even did not forget to cite war examples from the Hellenistic era to evaluate the current situation.

"Antiochus the Great should have won a victory in Magnesia, but he only used his cavalry to pursue the enemy on the battlefield, and ended up in failure. Our cavalry will open a gap and shock Alexander and his monarch friends. This time, the stupid Austrians will probably not continue to fight, right?"

If you are in doubt, you can indeed attack the Austrians.

And now there is good news, that is, Moreau's close friend Le Gub actually repelled the Austrian troops operating in Lindenau. However, because of caution, he chose to keep this road completely in the hands of the French army.

Although Napoleon was somewhat dissatisfied, he burst into laughter after reading Le Courbeau's letter.

This puzzled the marshals and generals around him.

"Your Majesty, Le Gub just continued to hold out in Lindenau and did not act according to your orders. Why are you laughing?"

"Although this Claude is good at both offense and defense, he is still too cautious. He said that staying in Lindenau can ensure the safety of our transportation lines." The address even became a name instead of the general's surname.

But Napoleon did not comment too much. After all, this general was a typical republican. When he appointed him, he refused the imperial baron and bonus as compensation for the years of house arrest.

Le Gubu was on the other side of the river, even strengthening his position and ensuring the road was open.

Even though he has been sitting on the bench for so many years, he still patrols the position whenever he has nothing to do, just like he did in the past.

Napoleon knew that his retreat was very safe, so he focused his attention on the front battlefield.

Of the two main battles, on one side, MacDonald and Lauriston faced the Austrians, while on Poniatowski's side, in a series of positions divided by the river, there were still the Austrians.

Although Napoleon was only considering it from a strategic perspective now, instead of being indecisive, he fired two shots at the Austrians first.

Now was not the time to attack, he needed the two Scots and the Pole to hold out for a while before he would commit his reserves.

Yes, Lauriston was actually from Scotland, but he seemed to have been born in India.

At this time, the front of Lauriston was not the weak Austrians, but the Russian and Prussian troops.

However, Gorchakov's biggest problem is probably that he is really short of soldiers.

His 1st Army could not even muster troops, so he recruited a lot of Prussian troops to assist in the battle.

Within the coalition forces, the coordination between the Russian and Prussian armies was fairly good.

Austrians, there are really no words to describe them.

Now, emerging from the woods near Leipzig and having just joined the battle, a Russian division came under heavy artillery fire.

After all, Lauriston was also an artilleryman, and his artillery position was in front of the infantry, causing considerable losses to the Russian army that launched an attack on the French position.

Seeing Mesentsov retreat like this, Gorchakov could easily think of the time when he was defeated by the French in Zurich.

He was Suvorov's nephew, and although he often relied on his uncle's relationships, he was often under the command of other generals.

However, the French bombardment at the beginning always managed to calm him down and find another way out.

The good news is that the Austrians on the flank came up to support this time, but the price they paid was not small.

The two generals who led the attack were both injured in the battle. The good news was that the Austrian army captured the outer positions and at least cleared the roadblocks. If an attack was launched, the two sides would be able to coordinate with each other from a distance.

But that's all the progress we've made so far. But the problem is not here, but the Polish position which is full of water.

The Tsar himself was also paying close attention to the battle situation. Since the monarchs of the three kingdoms were all present, he couldn't get angry and could only secretly express sarcasm towards Schwarzenberg's actions.

Of course, if he returned to the Russian army's big tent, he would definitely express some opinions to his entourage.

"This Schwarzenberg, when he was in Dresden before, it was because of the swollen river that caused problems in his operations. Now he has placed the Austrians' own troops there."

Obviously, Napoleon's promotion of this guy to the position of Austrian marshal had some unexpected effects.

No wonder Napoleon always laughed at Schwarzenberg. He mentioned his name as if it were a joke and often laughed uncontrollably.

"But what shall we do, sir?"

"There are no troops of ours there, so we can only hope that there won't be any major problems on any of the fronts."

In the Wachau in front of them, the two sides were still fighting back and forth. Wittgenstein attacked again, but with little success.

But the situation was even worse than theirs, because the water levels of several rivers south of Leipzig had risen sharply, causing the Austrian army to be unable to coordinate with each other, which only made the coordination worse.

That damn Placer River actually divided the battlefield.

This was a stupid way of command, but because Alexander liked to micro-manage, he was always more aware of the problem than his two other monarchs.

King FW's ability is not enough, but he does listen to advice.

As for Emperor Franz, it was a sad story. It seemed that those Habsburgs with some military talent were basically descendants of Archduke Karl, until the Austro-Hungarian Empire was destroyed.

He and Carl are brothers, but Carl is much better than his brothers in this respect, which really makes people sigh at the diversity of species.

But Karl probably didn't expect that Schwarzenberg had helped him, but his ability to command alone was probably limited to avoiding the enemy's main force and running away with tens of thousands of people. If it really came to a battle, such a commander would be unreliable.

The Austrians themselves could only cross the river at a few isolated villages and fords and then launch an attack on the Polish positions.

However, in addition to the Polish army, there is also the 9th Army led by Marshal Augereau. Although this marshal and the veteran ruffian Massena and Soult may be more interested in robbery than fighting, it does not prevent him from being a brave soldier and deploying troops here.

Seeing that the Austrians were preparing to cross the river, the two marshals each issued orders, asking their troops to line up and prepare to join the battle.

The French used one side of the river to defend. Augereau placed his troops in the back and made careful arrangements for the artillery positions. It seemed that he had learned from the previous lesson in the blizzard in Eylau, where his troops were almost defeated by the enemy's artillery. This time he was on the defensive, ready to use half of the storm's artillery shells to attack the enemy who rashly crossed the river.

The Austrians first occupied several unoccupied buildings and then launched an attack on Poniatowski who was in the angle.

Here, the Austrians were responsible for launching the main attack, while standing on their flanks were part of the Prussian and Russian troops on the flanks.

Poniatowski was in an unfortunate location, across the river from Augereau, so as long as the Austrians occupied the school, he could launch a counterattack.

The Poles on this side actually did not have a very good position and even faced threats from the enemy.

But the Polish chasseurs had been deployed behind bushes and various woods, ready to strike a blow at the Allied forces at any time.

In addition, the Polish Lancers here are also ready to join the battle. In addition to them, there are also some light cavalry riding ponies.

Even Napoleon called them "dwarf cavalry", but the combat effectiveness of these 800 cavalry was not weak. They were just subject to some restrictions due to the characteristics of the troops and the problems of horses.

Augereau saw the Austrians' attack on the school and felt somewhat dissatisfied.

"These bastards actually found my place and blocked the door!"

So, in addition to sending troops to counterattack, he also added combat engineers.

The biggest characteristic of these engineers is that their pace is always the slowest among the marching columns on the parade ground.

Anyone who has watched the French National Day military parade will probably know that the Foreign Legion engineers who come out last always wear leather aprons, carry axes, and march slowly to the sound of a slow parade music, passing the Champs-Elysées.

That speed can be said to be quite slow.

But it is not without effect. These engineers are actually carefully selected outstanding soldiers, and they are always effective when breaking through some roadblocks.

Augereau, who had a bad temper, did not want to let the school in front of him be occupied by the Austrians. His younger brother had been defeated by the emperor's nephew in Russia in a short time. This was a very embarrassing thing. He always had to make up for it personally in order to improve the emperor's impression of them.

Although the emperor himself forgave Augereau's behavior and believed that the defeat in that situation was not without reason, after all, Solovyov was too difficult to deal with, and Augereau was able to become a general only because of his brother's reputation.

Then, the unlucky ones became the Austrians.

When the Austrian army was attacking, it was impossible for them to know that a French marshal would seek compensation from them for the loss he suffered at the hands of a Russian general, a relative of the French emperor.

Therefore, when the French infantry launched the attack, the ferocious artillery fire, as well as the infantry's failure to fire and instead launch a bayonet charge with their bayonets pointed, and doing so at the edge of the bushes, was somewhat unexpected.

The French surprise attack soon paid off. The engineers, armed with axes and under the cover of the infantry, cleared the obstacles and then chopped open the gate without any further ado.

The French also launched an offensive against schools. Since Napoleon and the various governments before the Great Revolution, schools were opened in many places. Are there any grievances against school teachers?
There is one thing in common between France and China, that is, teachers always hold a ruler in their hands. Mr. Hamel is like this, and so is a bald Italian substitute teacher who even beats himself a wife.

Therefore, there are always some psychological shadows, and they are actually very enthusiastic when they destroy things! (End of this chapter)