Is Duke Marson weak?

No, of course they are not weak. Although most French generals are very good at science, most of them just lack strategic vision and are not bad at tactical command. As for Duke Marson, he is ranked among the four famous generals. Marson is

His tactical attainments are definitely not weak.

So where did Duke Marsson fail?

And how could it fail so miserably?

His cleverness was deceived by his cleverness. He thought that I would send troops to attack him from behind, so he made the mistake of conducting the Battle of Ratinglo.

According to Assassin's intelligence, even though Duke Marson had found the hidden emperor and sent a corresponding number of troops to monitor it, he still took precautions carefully.

He did have a reason to be on guard. An enemy with a weaker force than him did not dare to come out to fight some time ago, but after a while he dared to do so. This is not a trick.

As for the battle location, Duke Marson not only chose La Tingluo, a place relatively far away from the coast, but also retained a reserve of 30,000 people from the beginning, and directly invested 8,000 cavalry on the frontal battlefield.

of thirty thousand troops.

Of the more than 80,000 French troops, the Duke of Marson sent nearly 15,000 to keep an eye on the Austrians, leaving nearly 20,000 as a reserve to cover the retreat, which meant that the French army could only spread out on the frontal battlefield.

50,000 people.

Twenty thousand people were invested as soon as they entered the battlefield. There is no doubt that Duke Marson wanted to use his military superiority to quickly crush Alexander before the possible reinforcements appeared.

However, at this time, Alexander's army had grown from less than 60,000 to nearly 75,000. This resulted in the Duke of Marson's French army on the frontal battlefield having a strength advantage of 30,000 more.

The emperor of man. But Duke Marson didn't know that Alexander's military strength was already equal to his. He thought that Alexander could have more than 60,000 people at most.

Where did the more than 20,000 people who suddenly appeared in Alexandria come from?

One is the fleet that I have arranged in Constantinople, and the other is the troops that Alexander himself drew from all directions from the men of South Naples.

Of the more than 16,000 people, only 6,000 of the Rifle Regiment used sea ships to get behind Duke Marson. The other 10,000 people were not sent for a sneak attack but were sent to Alexander's military camp.

Through the harassment of 6,000 people, it was also through harassment and self-exposure, probably because of the French spies in Constantinople. The Duke of Marson was forced to think that in addition to the 6,000 people, there was an army numbering in the tens of thousands.

Reinforcements will suddenly appear.

You know, the carrying capacity of 155 ships is as high as more than 20,000 people. The French would rather prepare for the worst than think that I really only packed 16,000 people inside.

But in fact, I only installed 16,000 people.

It's just that the fleet transporting troops was divided into two groups.

The purpose of going around and harassing the French army from behind instead of attacking hard at night was to alert Duke Marson. I saw through his intention to eat up my supporting troops. I also told Duke Marson that I had a back-up plan.

They stayed at sea all the way until Duke Marson showed signs of attacking, so they disembarked from the ship at night, and then used the method of hiding in the cavalry camp without holding flags, adding no more cooking fires, eating dry food for the reinforcements.

People continue to hide their traces.

Well, after miscalculating the direction in which I would send reinforcements, using inferior forces against superior forces was another reason for Duke Marson's failure.

One of the old scumbag's favorite words includes this sentence: "On the battlefield, the side with the most guns can often get God's favor."

From this it can be seen that the old man God is also afraid of fists. This is why I know that the Austrians are scum, but I still give them a death order to configure them to do some actions.

Duke Marson mistakenly believed that the army led by Alexander on the opposite side was smaller than the army he could spread. Even if the number of armies was equal, he was very sure that after pressing a large number of troops frontally, Alexander would be stunned.

When the battle began, Duke Marson discovered that the battle situation was different from what he had imagined. Alexander actually pulled out more troops than he did to suppress him.

One wrong step and everything is wrong.

Duke Marson, who tried to overwhelm Alexander with more than 30,000 men, soon discovered that the opponent had actually sent more troops than he did, and the enemy had more artillery than he had imagined.

Not that much, I heard that Alexander removed all the cannons on the ship.

If Duke Marson wants to achieve his goal, he must continue to send troops. Although he still has a reserve force of more than 40,000 people on hand, once he sends troops, there is no guarantee that they can stop the enemy army that has not yet appeared!

At that time, the best choice was to retreat, but sending almost half of the army at once and retreating rashly was a huge blow to the morale of the army. Therefore, Duke Marson chose to continue to invest troops. Very soon

Soon, Duke Marson was horrified to find that Alexander's troops on the opposite side were much larger than expected. If he continued to invest more troops, he would have to completely defeat Alexander before the enemy's reinforcements appeared.

If it were other generals, they might hesitate at this time and choose to terminate the battle and retreat, but who is Duke Marson?

Four famous generals!

Do famous generals lack the confidence to defeat their enemies?

How is that possible!

Therefore, Duke Marson invested 50,000 men in the long 10-hour battle that day, but he still invested 15,000 men less than Alexander. Although it is very dignified to fight with a small number, but if you can bully a small number with a large number, you still have to fight.

It was a very pleasant thing. What pleased me the most was that I only sent 16,000 men to contain more than 35,000 French troops for Alexander.

The army was reorganized after the rout, and spent a full five hours in the reorganization and rout. The battle continued into the afternoon. When the two sides reached a stalemate at the most critical moment, it was estimated that Duke Marson still had a reserve force of 20,000 people on hand.

, and his enemy, Alexander, invested almost all his troops.

Then, just when Duke Marson was hesitating to send the last cavalry reserve on hand to attack Alexander's flank, he received a warning from the Roman Imperial fleet appearing on the sea.

The appearance of the Imperial Navy fleet was not the result of Duke Marson's failure. After all, Duke Marson still retained 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry at this time, and the Imperial Navy did not have any troops.

At this moment, Duke Marson did not care about retaining his troops. For him, victory was only achieved by defeating Alexander.

Yes, Duke Marson, who was afraid that he would be surrounded, did not immediately issue an order to retreat, which would only lead to a crushing defeat. Instead, he chose to charge the entire army in one go. Then, he suppressed all the cavalry reserves on hand.

At that time, Alexander had more than 10,000 cavalry.

In the epic blockbuster, The Lord of the Rings 3, many people have seen the collective charge of Rohan's cavalry at the end. It was so spectacular and full of momentum, and it was only a charge of 6,000 people. So think about it, there are more than 10,000 cavalry on the plain.

, the scene of thousands of horse hooves whizzing by.

More than 10,000 cavalrymen seemed to have entered an uninhabited territory, and after sweeping through them, the French army's defeat was certain.

If Duke Marson had not built a continuous artillery position to block Alexander's cavalry, the French would have suffered more casualties, but even so, we would have won.

But these are not the reasons for Duke Marson's defeat. The reason why Duke Marson was defeated was because the imperial cavalry suddenly appeared on the battlefield when they were retreating.

What?

Are there still troops on the battlefield in Italy?

But, where did this army come from?

The Imperial troop transport that transported 6,000 infantry cannot transport my 2,000 cuirassiers?

I was building a plank road openly here in Hungary, but actually I was secretly transferring the cuirassiers on hand to the battlefield in Italy, and then launched an assault on the Duke of Marsson's retreat.

The Duke of Marson, who clearly knew that there was an enemy, broke through his organized retreat because of the 2,000 cuirassiers, and the retreat turned into a rout. The French army also suffered huge casualties. However, our casualties were not small, Alexander
Chapter completed!