Fox of France

The location where Augereau arrived was a bit far from Napoleon's main force, and the amount of food they collected was quite limited. Augereau knew that he had to act quickly enough to prevent more nobles from burning the grain in the granary. Therefore, he immediately divided the cavalry in his hand into teams of fifty people, and under the guidance of the guide, he rushed to the surrounding manors.

However, most of these manors have seen the thick smoke rising here, and some manors have also started to burn their own granaries-in these manors, there are a few Austrian soldiers stationed, their task is not to protect the manor, but to supervise the manor The person in charge, burned the granary when the French army was in danger of approaching.

But not all Austrian soldiers can be loyal to their duty. As soon as many Austrian soldiers saw the smoke, they shouted at the man guarding the manor: "Go, the granary is burned!" Mounted and ran. As soon as they ran away, who else could care about burning the granary? Closer to the noble lords who have already run into the city, hurried to follow those soldiers. Of course, the burning of the granary was left to the people below.

　　 But the people above all ran away. When the people below saw the grain in the granary, their first reaction was: before burning, move a little to their own home. After moving a little bit, they understood better-what to burn? What are the benefits of burning? As a result, it will not burn naturally.

　　 As a result, Augero quickly obtained a large amount of food. He sent people back to suggest to Napoleon: The army is too far away from the area where it is convenient to collect food, which is quite disadvantageous. It's better to move the army over, first control the nearby countryside, get enough supplies, and leave enough trouble for Austria, and even make it look like it wants to Italianize Austria. Look at the reaction of those Austrians.

　　 Napoleon gathered the other generals for a meeting and discussed Augereau’s opinions. In the end, Napoleon pointed out with foresight:

"Austria actually has a huge weakness, that is, it has too many peoples, too many languages, and is full of various contradictions inside. Even when nothing happens, various rebellions often occur within it— -This is a country that is forcibly kneaded together and has no real centripetal force. Their army is the most important and almost the only means to maintain this country. So as long as we prove to the Austrian people that this army is weak , Then the foundation of this country will continue to shake."

"How can we prove the weakness of the Austrian army?" Napoleon continued, "Going directly to attack those bastions will only expose our weaknesses. On the contrary, we must mobilize them and let them come out to fight with us. From now on, Please forget Vienna for the time being, let us first go to the Austrian countryside, to mobilize and arm the farmers there.

　　As long as the Austrians have a little bit of political acumen, they will understand that they cannot let us do this. I guess there will be a series of small-scale cavalry and infantry battles. This requires us to continuously strike the Austrians in such battles. The Austrians cannot but surrender to us. "

　　 Napoleon’s speech received general support from the generals, so the French army began to leave the camp early the next morning. Archduke Karl immediately put all the soldiers into a state of battle, ready to fight the French attack.

　　 But the French army did not launch any offensive operations, but left the road to Vienna and turned directly to the north.

　　 "Grand Duke, do you want the cavalry to catch up?" an officer named Fritz asked.

　　 "Let the cavalry follow, but don't attack the enemy lightly." Grand Duke Karl replied, "Well, you take a thousand light cavalry and follow them."

　　 So Fritz took a thousand light cavalry and followed.

　　 Napoleon naturally noticed the thousand Austrian cavalry. He said to Murat next to him: "I'll give you two hundred cavalry. Can you drive them back?"

　　Mura looked at the Austrian cavalry, curled his lips and said, "No problem."

　　 After saying this, Murat took two hundred cavalry and went back.

　　 Murat stopped on a small high ground with two hundred cavalry. The Austrian cavalry gradually approached. Karl did not let Fritz take the initiative to attack the French army. To be honest, relying on a thousand light cavalry to attack the French army of tens of thousands, the Austrian army did not have such morale. But there are only two hundred French cavalry in front of you. What is there to be afraid of? Besides, if you don't expel these cavalry first, how can you continue to follow the French brigade?

　　 Fritz observed the cavalry of the French army, this is a group of light cavalry like them, equipped with sabers, pistols and so on. He remembered that those cavalry soldiers who had defeated and retreated in previous battles mentioned one point, that is, the French pistol can fire continuously, and there is no need to reload in the middle to fight until the end of the world.

　　Fritz certainly didn't believe in such mysterious claims. He felt that the so-called burst pistol should be a double-barreled or even triple-barreled pistol made by the French. This allows two or three shots to be fired in a row. It's just that such a pistol is too bulky and may not be easy to use. Besides, there are now a thousand people on my side and two hundred people at most. If I still don’t dare to fight, how can I fight in the future?

　　 Thinking of this, Fritz took his cavalry A with him. Out of caution, Fritz still sent all the 1,000 men, instead of splitting the troops in two, half attacked the two hundred cavalry, and half continued to follow the main French army. Anyway, the main force of the French army is infantry, and it only takes a while, and it will not go far.

　　 Seeing the Austrian cavalry rushing forward with a saber, Murat also rushed forward with his cavalry without showing any weakness. It's just that unlike the Austrian light cavalry with a saber in his right hand and a pistol in his left, Murat's cavalry is holding a revolver in each hand.

　　 There is still a little difference between the revolver used by the cavalry and the civilian version. First of all, they have to be a little bigger in size, not only have the barrels longer, the bullet nests have to be longer, and they still have rifling. Anyway, the revolver is also a one-time reload on the battlefield, and with the Mini bullet, reloading is not more troublesome.

　　Longer bullet nest can hold more propellant, and longer rifling barrel with more propellant can ensure the bullet has higher initial velocity and better trajectory. Compared with the single-shot pistol in the hands of the Austrian cavalry, there is no rifled pistol. (This kind of pistol can not guarantee the hit rate when the two sides are only a few steps apart in the battle, and it can only bluff people in the cavalry battle. ) The revolver of the French cavalry is already a real weapon of murder.

When 　　 light cavalry is in a hedge, the formation is relatively loose, which allows each rider to control his horse more freely. Murat rushed forward, and across from him, an Austrian leaped towards him with a saber. Murat pointed the revolver in his hand at the Austrian cavalry, and fired two shots when the two sides were only about three meters away.

　　 This approach is the most efficient method of tactics that has been proven to be the most efficient after many exercises on the exercise field, but it is not the approach recommended in the cavalry manual. This distance not only prevents the enemy's saber from reaching him, but also at the relatively precise shooting distance of the revolver. And even firing two shots can effectively improve the efficiency of killing. But to do this is not easy, he must have a very good judgment on the speed and distance of both sides. If you don't pay attention, you make a mistake in judgment, and you are the one who is unlucky.

　　 Therefore, the cavalry manual recommends that you can shoot 15 meters apart when you are in a hedge. The first two shots are used to shoot the horse, and the closer the distance is. Anyway, there are more bullets, so it is safer.

　　 The Austrian cavalry was hit by Murat, and fell from the horse. But Murat didn't have time to worry about him anymore, and another Austrian cavalry rushed towards him. Murat calmly judged the distance between the two sides, and at the moment the other side raised the saber high, he fired two shots at the Austrian.

　　 The cavalry from both sides rushed past. Fritz took hold of the horse and turned around. He found that at least more than a hundred people had fallen down on the battlefield. There were also a considerable number of horses ~ www.readwn.com~ But looking at the other side, it seemed that it was still There are two hundred people.

　　 This is of course an illusion. The French cavalry is not without losses, but in terms of the number of losses, it is definitely much more than the Austrians. And just now, he really saw that the gun in the hands of the French was really shooting non-stop.

"It feels like we are holding a saber against a Lancer with a spear. And it's the kind of spear in the hand at all times, so you don't need to pull it out when you stab someone!" For the first time, Ritz felt that the French cavalry was terrifying.

　　 Murat organized the team and rushed towards Fritz and the others. Fritz hesitated for a while, so that he lost the opportunity to slip away. At this time, he could only bite the bullet and hedge against the French again.

　　 In a series of gunshots, Murat led the cavalry and crossed again with the Austrian cavalry. Many more bodies were left where the two sides crossed. This time, Fritz did not stay to check the results, but turned around and ran back. Murat chased the cavalry from behind...

　　 Everyone is a light cavalry, no one is much faster than anyone. Fritz just ran away without turning a corner, but Murat wanted to turn around to chase, so he couldn't catch up with Fritz at all. But Murat was still chasing after him. His goal was not really to catch up and destroy these Austrian cavalry-this was impossible, and Murat knew very well. His purpose is actually very simple: just use the far fewer cavalry with his hands to chase after the more number of Austrian cavalry until their bastion, so that those Austrians who watch the battle have a correct view of their strength. understanding.