Life Of Being A Crown Prince In France
/ Life of Being a Crown Prince in France Chapter 536
Chapter 536: Chapter 447 “The Undying Army
Delrisen naturally got it wrong. The Guard Corps sent to intercept only consisted of 14,000 men, and they had been avoiding villages all along, so nobody noticed them at all.
Even if the Prussians had detected something anomalous, by the time it would have been reported to him, the Guard Corps would have already been upon them.
When Joseph learned that there was a large-scale movement in the Prussian Army, he knew they were definitely heading towards Ratibor. It could be said that, with the rapid marching speed of the Guard Corps, the ambush was almost guaranteed to be successful.
This is the advantage of encirclement tactics–you know the enemy's reinforcements must take a certain path, so you can launch targeted attacks on the reinforcing troops.
Soon, a straight white line of infantry appeared in the Prussian soldiers' line of sight, accompanied by the orderly sound of military drums, it slowly advanced towards them.
Seeing that only about seventy percent of his own soldiers were formed up, Delrisen had no choice but to order them to engage the enemy immediately.
Fortunately, the hussars who had been responsible for scouting reported that the French Army probably numbered only over 10,000 men. His own Fein Corps, along with two grenadier battalions, had a strength close to 9,000. Even though their formation was not complete, delaying for two hours should still be achievable.
Once his main force completed forming up, they would be able to counterattack against the French with superior numbers. After all, there were over 17,000 soldiers at his back!
The drumming of the French Army grew ever closer. In front of the Prussian defensive line, Lieutenant Olif of the Prussian Royal Jager Battalion was crouching behind a clump of withered grass, his eyes tightly fixed on a flag in the distance that bore the emblem of a “Dolphin with a Sword”. If he remembered correctly, that seemed to be from the French Royal Guard Second Corps.
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