Let’s talk about the Habsburg coalition. It’s not for nothing. Although it has been going downhill recently, the legacy of the Habsburg family is still there. This time, it is not less impressive. The scale of the coalition

It's not much smaller than the French Allied Forces.

In particular, the number of coalition forces gathered here in Luxembourg is larger than that of the French coalition forces.

It is precisely because of this that Franz II boldly ran to the Luxembourg border to pick up Mrs. Deficit.

But Francis II never expected that Napoleon, who had no martial ethics, would lead his men to attack Luxembourg directly.

In terms of military strength, France's military strength in the direction of Luxembourg is indeed smaller than that of the Habsburg family.

But when it comes to combat effectiveness, the French army is indeed stronger than the Habsburg coalition.

First of all, the French army is equipped with percussion guns imported from the Ming Dynasty, which are better than the flintlock guns equipped by the Habsburg Allied Forces in terms of accuracy, range and loading speed.

Secondly, in the French army, there are not only a large number of senior officers like Napoleon who studied under the Ming army, but also a large number of low-level officers who have received training in the Ming Dynasty.

Although the French officers have not learned the essence of the Ming army's integration of officers and soldiers, and the integration of military and civilians, they are much better than the Habsburg coalition in terms of tactics and military discipline.

Especially in the hands of Napoleon, there is also an elite force that is fully equipped with Ming ordnance and trained completely according to the training model of the Ming army, known as the European Little Ming Army.

Therefore, when Napoleon led this army to launch an attack on the Habsburg Allied Forces stationed in Astovler, the Habsburg Allied Forces were deceived.

"Who can tell me what is going on!"

"The five thousand French frogs outside the city actually blocked our twenty thousand coalition troops in the city and beat them?"

As soon as he returned to Astovler, he was blown away by the bombing that day. Franz II was also angry: "Can any of you tell me, besides staying in the castle and being bombed by French frogs, is there any other way?"

way!"

Austria's Chief Interior Minister Zweig also looked confused. After pondering for a while, he bowed and said: "Dear His Majesty the Emperor, I believe that of course we cannot blindly defend, we must find a way to counterattack."

Franz II hummed and asked, "So, how to fight back?"

Zweig said: "You can have people lead the cavalry to attack the artillery positions of the French Frogs, and then let the musketeers go out of the city to fight the French Frogs musketeers."

Obviously, when there was no other good way, the method proposed by Zweig became the only way.

Fred Jelinek paid homage before the battle and was awarded the important task of cavalry commander by the Austrian Emperor Franz II. He was responsible for leading the cavalry in the city of Astovler to attack Napoleon's broken positions, while Oune

St. Gold also paid homage before the battle and was appointed commander-in-chief of the musketeers, responsible for waiting for opportunities to leave the city to fight against Napoleon's French musketeers.

But what no one expected was that when the drawbridge of Astovler Castle was slowly lowered, Napoleon, who personally led the troops to attack, burst out laughing.

Seeing Napoleon so overjoyed, everyone couldn't help asking: "Why is the general laughing?"

Napoleon pointed his whip at the city gate of Astovre and said with a smile: "I laugh at the incompetence of Franz II and the lack of strategy of Zweig - if he had guarded the gate, our army could only smash it with artillery fire."

, and implement the strategy of strengthening the wall and clearing the wilderness. Apart from this, there is actually no other way."

Gu Shan/span "However, after all, Franz has no experience in leading troops to fight, and Zweig only knows how to write and write. He actually dares to send cavalry out of the city to fight. Such a childish thing, isn't it an act of national subjugation?"

After finishing speaking, Napoleon called his soldiers and ordered: "Bring me my secret weapon!"

The soldiers followed the order and left. Not long after, someone from the French rear army pushed something to the artillery position. He first carefully opened the box and then fixed the secret weapon Napoleon said. Waiting for Asto

After the door of Führer was opened that day and the Austrian cavalry led by Fred Jelinek left the city, Napoleon's soldiers ignited the so-called secret weapon——

Divine Machine Arrow.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

As the fuse burned out, sixty-four large flying monkeys hit the Austrian cavalry square.

As we all know, creatures like war horses can charge under gunfire after undergoing rigorous training. However, facing the unprecedentedly large sixty-four-piece Sky Monkey with rusty nails added,

The Austrian war horses were also a bit weak.

The consequence of being unable to withstand it was that the horses were frightened. Some simply took the knights and ran wildly with them, while others simply threw the knights off the horses and then ran all the way, and they all perfectly avoided the French artillery positions.

Seeing this scene in front of him, Napoleon couldn't help laughing again: "I just said that the war in the future will be a war without cavalry."

Bessières, who was following Napoleon, couldn't help but shook his head and said: "But I have to remind you that no one else except the Ming army can afford to fight such a luxurious war - just

Just this set of magic arrows will cost you two hundred taels of silver, you know what this means."

Of course Napoleon knew what two hundred taels of silver meant.

Two hundred taels of silver, roughly two thousand coins, was enough to buy one thousand kilograms of rice in the Ming Dynasty. Calculated based on one kilogram of rice per capita per day, one thousand kilograms of rice was enough to feed a family of three for a year.

Or look at it from another angle: the annual income of an ordinary family of three is about 20, 30 to 50 taels of silver. Even if calculated based on the highest 50 taels, this set of magic arrows is equivalent to shooting

Four years of income for an ordinary family of three has been lost.

This is still calculated based on the income of the people of the Ming Dynasty. If it were replaced by French civilians, this set of magical arrows is almost equivalent to the income of an ordinary family of three for seven or eight years.

However, Napoleon didn't care: "Don't worry, you should remember what the instructor said - the wool always comes from the dog. Every set of magic arrows we shoot now can bring us three hundred taels or even five taels later."

War reparations of one hundred taels.”

Napoleon didn't feel sorry for the magic arrows that cost two hundred taels of silver, but Franz II felt so distressed for the five hundred cavalry that he couldn't breathe.

That's five hundred cavalry!

Although it is true that the Habsburg family cannot afford to lose five hundred cavalry, it is too unreasonable to simply abolish these five hundred cavalry without even playing their due role!

What made Franz II even more distressed was the three thousand musketeers who were ready for war.
Chapter completed!