Chapter 69 The Victory of Italy
Well, if we don’t count the prisoners, our casualties are about the same as those of the French. One can imagine how ruthless Duke Marson is and how powerful the elite French army is. If it weren’t for the fact that not all of Duke Marson’s men are French.
With elite troops, including some from the Italian city-states, I estimate that Alexander will win even more miserably.
In the final analysis, it was the cannon that caused the trouble. Among the more than 8,000 casualties, the cavalry suffered more than 2,500 casualties. Without the blockage of the cannon, we would have swallowed all the French in our stomachs, and we would not have to pay such a high price.
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However, it was precisely because of cannon that Alexander was able to completely suppress the French army in a frontal battle. Alas, it can only be said that cannon is a double-edged sword, hurting both others and himself.
The defeated Duke Marson is not much better now. Although he inflicted heavy casualties on Alexander in the battle of Ratinglo, he was also seriously injured. Not only did he lose most of his cannons, but also most of his weapons.
The cavalry was at an extreme disadvantage in terms of strength, 30,000 vs. 65,000. More importantly, the French army did not have much food baggage.
It seems that Alexander's plan to deal with the Duke of Marson is already on the chopping block, so as the main force of the French army in the Italian Peninsula, the failure of the Duke of Marson means a lot of things.
For example, if the French no longer have troops to launch a counterattack on the Italian peninsula, well, it should be easy to wipe out the 15,000-strong French army.
For another example, Alexander could fight whoever he wanted on the Italian peninsula.
For another example, if Alexander wanted, he could attack the French fortress pass in Provence at any time.
In the Italian theater, there were many examples and assumptions, but for the French, they had very few choices.
Can they save Duke Marson?
The French want to rescue the Duke of Marseille. In addition to the main force of the Duke of Vendôme, do they have other troops?
There are still some, but which troops can be dispatched?
Since the domestic army cannot be dispatched, it means that the main force of the French army of the Duke of Vendôme will be the Duke of Marsin's only hope. But the Duke of Vendôme is going to run into the defense line I set up in Keszthely.
Or we can only return to Austria via the original route. Then we can cross the mountains via the path between the Alps and reach the Milan Plain.
As for the latter, after this back and forth. I am afraid that before the Duke of Vendôme asked his hundreds of thousands of people to cross the Alps, the Duke of Marson was dragged into a corner by Alexander and had a big explosion.
As for the former, although I have fewer troops than the Duke of Vendôme, my cavalry is several times inferior to that of the French army. However, we have built a camp on the mountain and cannot fight in the plains. Even if we fight a defensive battle in the mountains, the French army will not be able to win.
It would take a lot of damage to eat us, and then it is estimated that they will face a group fight from Alexander's reinforcements.
In other words, the French will not save Duke Marson because it is not worth it.
Since it's not worth it, what is the most important thing that the French should do.
Shrinking the front. Returning from Imperial Budapest to Germany to consolidate their original gains.
Even if the French don't do that, I still want them to do that. Because as soon as they retreat, we will be able to recover all the territories and cities that fell to the French.
Yes, this is my entire plan. Through Alexander, the Duke Malayson's cover French army wings, and then let Alexander turn over the Alps, threatening the traffic lines and supply lines behind the French, forcing Duke Wang Duomha
They swallowed into the empire territory in their stomachs, and I did not have to lead a soldier and one soldier. With the recruits of the empire and the French tiger and wolf, you died.
Alexander is a doubt, allowing Duke Marison to invest in all his troops in a battle. Because only the Duke of Malayson devoted himself to all troops, this Italian army Alexander could enter
Go to the German Theater to merge with us.
I don't know what others think. For me, in this year, the most headache is not how to defeat the enemy, but how to kill the enemy's life in large numbers after defeating the enemy.
Many generals in this era fight like a wealthy man who spends money, and he will be half half of it. When they find it, they will start to retreat, and because of the existence of the cannon, if the pursuing party does not want to win a victory, the party does not want to win a victory.
The failure to become a loss of money, in the face of the barriers of the cannon, there is only the pace of the cavalry and infantry.
Such a scene has caused it. Many battles are involved in the corresponding quantities of the enemy and us. After the retreat of one party, the winner of the winning side stops the pursuit. When the results of the battle are counted, the party who loses will not be better than the winner of the winner.
How much losses are heavy, that is, the living force is still there. After they can resist. After the retreat, find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.
"Ganed, and then wasting a victory with Bai.
Therefore, in order to prevent the Duke of Malayson from taking out the battlefield smoothly with a little damage, I asked the small legion with 6,000 people to fight the gun instead of the intention to break into it.
Duke of Malayson will be proud of the form after eating the support forces. At this time, we will have a lot of success behind the attack behind it, but it is divided into small stock forces for disturbance, so that the Duke of Malayson realizes that his opponent is much smarter than expected.
Then let him expand his brain hole, and it is also a good choice.
Duke of Malayson's retreat is also in my expectations, but the army I sent is on the sea. No matter how he searches, it is impossible to find my army from the sea without a boat.
Then, then
Then, when choosing to retreat, or between the offensive, Duke Marison chose to attack, because from the perspective of the situation at the time, although the Duke of Malayson was trapped, the outdated situation he had received told him that Alexander Alexander was a big Alexander.
There are fewer troops than him, and Alexander's warriors are winning by sneak attacks. As a sand venue general, Duke Marson believes that it is a matter of minutes to hit Alexander.
Some are from the city -states of Italy. If they retreat, the consequences will be very serious and will cause unnecessary blows to the military heart.
Since the morale is high and the military power is dominant at the moment, and he is able to fight in Baya, why should he retreat? As long as the enemy's reinforcements appear, it is fine to defeat the enemy.
As for why the army is divided into two roads, and the number of vessels with excessive actual army is carried, that is, to deceive those spies in Constantinople.
I don't need to think about what kind of information those guys will send to Duke Malayson.
"Wow, the Roman Empire prepared a large number of fleets enough to take about 25,000 people at the port. After the large army set off, the 16,000 people's army did not leave."
"Wow, the 16,000 army's army disappeared!"
"Wow, all the disappeared troops turned out to be infantry!"
"Then have you considered Alexander and defeated?"
Faced with Penovis's question, I gave my answer.
"Of course, if Alexander fails, the Duke of Malayson will definitely abandon the port of Namnnina to march here because of defeating us, and the empire will lose the two main force.
As soon as the Duke of Malayson appeared, Duke Wangdom would go south. "
"Then we have been dangerous in the past?" Penovis interrupted me.
"This is why I stay here, supervise the soldiers daily, the reasons for building a fortress, and the turret. Less than 90,000 people have to deal with almost twice the enemies of myself."
"Supervise, you are tired of being beside others all day. He shouted and wrote a book every day, and I haven't seen you out a few times."
Listening to Penvis' complaints, my old face blushed: "Isn't that nothing to do, do you cultivate love?"
"Damn, don't be allowed to compare me with those superficial mistresses!"
Chapter completed!