At noon, the Anglo-Prussian army began to rest for a while—after all, no one was iron-clad and needed a little rest—and at the same time, it was also possible to pull up the conscripts or mercenaries who had just arrived.

Yes, in order to take down this unexpectedly tough fortress. The British had already paid for several groups of mercenaries. Nowadays, although it is no longer possible to buy mercenaries in Italy, in Germany, it is still possible to spend money to get some mercenaries to come over.

At first, the British paid about 10,000 German mercenaries, but it didn't take long for these mercenaries to accuse the British of being liars and not explain to them the difficulty and danger of the mission. They strongly demanded that the employment contract be terminated, or that the salary be increased by five times.

Naturally, the British were reluctant to spend too much money, so they promised that the mercenaries they had hired would not have to carry out offensive missions. Of course, as a result, their salaries are halved. The first mercenaries immediately agreed.

After pacifying the first batch of mercenaries, the British went to hire a new batch of mercenaries. This time they learned a lesson, no longer let the mercenaries slowly adapt to the situation on the battlefield, but first put them in the barracks behind the battlefield where they could not see the battlefield, and strictly managed them, not allowing them to come and go at will, so as to avoid them from having too much contact with other people. When it's time to use them, just drag them up from behind and ...... Then this group of mercenaries will never ask for a salary increase or a termination of the contract.

The British selflessly passed on their experience to the Prussians, who were immediately inspired by the constant disobedience and even mutiny of the army. They also set up an isolated barracks a little farther behind, and sent the newly mobilized soldiers there to be sealed and preserved first, so as not to come into contact with some unnecessary information, which would lead to the contamination of their minds and the decline of their combat effectiveness.

In this way, when it is closed to the point of use, it will be dragged out and used up at one time, and the vacated isolation barracks can be used to house the next batch of mobilized soldiers.

Of course, this also brings up two problems.

The first problem is the lack of training of conscripts. However, in such an offensive operation, the speed of death of well-trained and poorly trained soldiers is actually not much different, so, at this time, this is not a problem.

The second problem was that the time interval between each wave of attacks by the British and Prussian forces had to be widened. Because they have to wait for the last batch of consumables to run out before they can bring the next batch of consumables over. Otherwise, let these consumables with weapons in their hands and witness how the previous batch of consumables are used before going to the battlefield, I am afraid that there will be problems immediately.

The increase in the interval between attacks, of course, would also give the French more time to prepare, which was clearly disadvantageous for the attacking side. However, the connection between Heights 1 and the rest of the French army has been severed anyway, and now the Coalition forces have to consume their ammunition. A slightly slower pace is not unbearable.

So the battlefield was quiet for a while. Everyone also seized this time to hurry up and have a meal. Because for many people, it is impossible to say that this is the last meal.

Napoleon's army, however, had already eaten and moved to the north of the Anglo-Prussian army. Now the soldiers are resting in place, preparing for a decisive attack in the near future.

By this time, the cavalry sent to liaise with Joseph had also returned. Returning with the cavalry was General Murat.

"Joashan, welcome back to the team. How's it going, you're still having fun with my brother, aren't you? Napoleon said.

"Not at all, I almost suffocated." Murat replied, "General Joseph Bonaparte was certainly a great military strategist, but ...... Especially when it's in a meeting, that's really ...... You look at his dejected and sighing face, and think that we are being hung on a fishhook by the British and Prussians! The thing I can't stand the most is that every time he has a meeting, no matter who makes a new proposal, he always says, 'Sure, that sounds great, but don't make a mess!' 'That's ......'

"Alright, Ruo Ashan, rejoice, now you're back!" Napoleon was visibly pleased to hear Murat say this about his brother.

"Well, by the way, how's it going over there?" After a comforting pat on Murat's shoulder, Napoleon asked again.

"The situation is good, the enemy doesn't know how many dead, I haven't seen so many dead people." "I could smell the demoralization of the enemy with my nose, and in fact, relying only on the defenders of Verdun, I felt that I could now crush them with a counterattack." If it weren't for the general, he would be too cautious......"

"Joseph is not cautious, but his mind is dark enough and his appetite is big enough. Otherwise, what do you want us to do here? Counterattacks can indeed repel the enemy, but what we need is not to repel them, but to annihilate them. Napoleon spoke, and thought to himself, "Bad heads just can't help it, not even Joseph can make them smarter!" Doesn't he know that by complaining, he is denying the meaning of our actions? ”

"Well, Joashan, did Joseph ask you to bring any news here?" Napoleon continued.

"General, General Joseph Bonaparte asked me to bring you a message, as long as he ...... there"

Joseph intended that his troops should launch a full-scale counterattack first, and Joseph felt that his counterattack would surely attract the attention of the enemy, and then Napoleon would be able to attack from the flank.

"Do I need him to teach me when to attack? But...... This time, I'll do as he says. Napoleon finally said this.

Twenty minutes after the British and Prussians had thrown into battle mercenaries and conscripts, who had no knowledge of the brutality of war, the French army, which had been on the defensive, began to counterattack on all fronts. The French opened fire on the coalition forces with a variety of weapons. At the same time, they counterattacked from several other directions towards the No. 1 Heights, seemingly trying to restore contact with the No. 1 Heights in one fell swoop.

The British and Prussian troops were not alarmed by the movements of the French army at first, because they actually had some preparations for a large-scale counterattack by the French army. The location of the No. 1 Heights is so important that the French will not fail to see it, and if they still want to ensure the integrity of the battle line and want to hold the fortress, then they will definitely find a way to open up the connection with the No. 1 Heights. Especially since it has been several days, and there must be a new commander on the French side.

So, at first, they only regarded this as expected, and even when they found that the French attack was quite fierce, they only took it as a sign that "our French friends are in a hurry".

But soon, they found that the French attack was more powerful than they expected, and they were already somewhat unable to resist. So the Duke of Braunschweig made a move that he regretted ever since, throwing more troops into it in order to withstand the French counterattack and, if possible, to expand his area of control if the French were defeated.

As a result, just when he had just mobilized the new force to launch a counterattack, someone suddenly came to report that the cavalry had found the main force of the French army in the north, and the number was huge and innumerable.

The news fell like lightning on Marshal Braunschweig and the other generals. Now their armies, especially those with the most effective strength, were engaged in defensive and counter-attacking operations, and although some reserves were retained, they were only used to prepare for known contingencies on the battlefield. And the strength of the reserves cannot be too large, otherwise it will be a waste of combat effectiveness. Therefore, the reserves in the hands of the coalition forces will definitely not be able to deal with the French Italian legions that are about to be killed.

For now, the only way to do this is to quickly and forcibly drag the army out of the stalemate battlefield. Of course, this is very risky, if the organization is not good, and even the French army in the north does not need to be killed, and the French army in front of it is chased and killed, it may directly collapse the coalition army. But at this time, Marshal Braunschweig had almost no other possible options.

"Let the cavalry check the news again, and besides, get all the troops ready to withdraw from the battle. Let General Blucher take his cavalry and prepare to delay the French army coming from the north. "The Duke of Braunschweig gave the order.

Blucher went with the cavalry, but the Duke of Braunschweig was not confident at all that the cavalry in his hands was more than a thousand people, and how much of a force it could play.

It's easier said than done if you just want to retract in the middle of a fight? No sooner had the coalition made a slight gesture of contraction, when the French army swooped down again. Moreover, the French counteroffensive was quite resiliently organized, and it was clear that highly experienced officers were in charge of the command.

Without the pressure of Napoleon's Italian legions, the Duke of Braunschweig would have been able to reorganize his army and withdraw. But when the Italian legions were about to be killed, he did not have time to do so. He had to gather as many troops as possible and get out of the battle before the Italian legions could kill him.

What's more, at this time, the cavalry returning from the north had confirmed again and again that Napoleon's army was rapidly approaching. Braunschweig assessed the situation and finally made a final decision: "Order that all troops, but everything, be disengaged from contact with the enemy and return to the barracks." ”

This order caused great confusion in the army - but it was inevitable. The retreat quickly turned into a rout. Many troops who were too deep could not retreat, and were cut off by the counterattacking French army and besieged. Many more armies were routed in retreat, lost their formation, and in disarray.

In the end, the coalition army that followed Braunschweig back to his barracks did not even have half of the total number, and many more troops were either killed or captured by the French, and many more did not know where to go. They wisely did not return to the barracks, and the French could not bother to arrest them for the time being.