Chapter 311: A Step to Hell (63/103)
On the other side, the soldiers of the Prussian regiment were also confused, and the infantry gathered in a phalanx, surveying the surrounding situation, alert for a possible attack.
However, except for the rainstorm that fell from the sky, there was no movement around at all, and the scene fell into a strange atmosphere for a while.
One minute, two minutes, ten minutes.......
Half an hour passed, and there was still no attack.
The torrential rain washed over the body, most of the soldiers' clothes had already been soaked by the rain, and the cold continued to invade, and they were too nervous to feel when they were fighting just now, but now they suddenly calmed down, and the soldiers immediately shivered.
Some soldiers sneezed one after another, looking at this, and if they drenched again, they were afraid that they would be in danger of catching a cold.
Half an hour passed, and Kylos calmed down, and then he realized that he was making a bit of a fuss.
Judging from the current situation of the war, the withdrawal just now is simply unreasonable, and it can even be said to be very stupid, and it is not at all like a decision that he can make.
But the order had been given after all, and at this moment, the generals of the whole army were all around Kyiros, looking at him with a puzzled look, obviously waiting for further orders.
Biting his lip, Keilos still didn't say the words of continuing to attack after all, he waved his hand weakly and said: "The whole army, withdraw to the big camp and defend tightly." ”
Then, without further explanation, he turned and walked down the makeshift lookout and walked towards the camp in the rear.
Several generals stayed where they were, glanced at each other, exchanged a lot of information with each other through their eyes, and then did not say anything more, just dispersed and went down to direct their troops to retreat.
Kylos didn't see the eyes of those generals, and he didn't need to look at him to know that at this moment, his generals must be full of disdain for him, and even a little ...... Despise.
But he couldn't ask, let alone get angry, and the only thing he could do now was to ignore it and pretend that he had other plans.
Only in this way can he continue to maintain his prestige in the army.
It's just that, in fact, at the moment he himself despises himself a little, the general of the dignified Prussian regiment, the future heir of the Hohenzollern family, can be frightened to withdraw because of a nightmare, and it is simply a shame to say it.
In any case, the Prussian army was eventually withdrawn to the main camp, and all the generals were once again concentrated in the camp of Kylos.
Either way, Kylos still has to give them an explanation, or arrange the next move.
Facing the full hall of generals, the corners of Keilos's mouth were a little bitter, and after thinking about it, he still had nothing to say, so he could only cough lightly and said: "In this rainy battle, the soldiers have been a little unable to hold on, so it is better to withdraw first, and wait for the rain to stop, and then attack." ”
"What......?"
Hearing this, some of the generals in the camp shouted in disbelief, as if they could not believe that Kylos would say such a thing.
Not only this general, but the other generals were thinking about the same thing, and they all agreed that Kyiros might be pulling calves, or maybe he was a little cold from the rain and talking nonsense, or maybe Kyiros still had something to say.
However, this is exactly what Kylos wanted to say, and after saying this, he waved his hand directly and said, "Okay, you all stand down, I'm tired, I need to rest for a while." ”
The generals in the hall are angry, isn't this playing tricks on them? Someone immediately took a step forward and wanted to say something to Kyiros.
But by this time Kylos had turned around and walked towards the bedroom on the inside of the tent, and the general's arm was grabbed by his companion, and he smashed his mouth, but after all, he did not say anything.
Then the generals in the camp retreated and walked out of the camp.
After leaving the tent of Kylos, the generals gathered in groups of three or five to discuss the battle of the day.
When they mention Kyiros, they always pout in disdain, and sometimes someone even whispers, "That idiot ....."
Every time such a scolding sounded, the others would nod their heads in agreement, after today's battle, Kyiros's prestige in the army had completely fallen to the bottom, and the generals under him no longer trusted him.
At the same time, Duke Billund's letter of inquiry was sent from the Saxon Legion and placed in the military tent of Kylos.
It is a letter of questioning, but in fact it is a very unceremonious and insulting letter, in which the Duke of Billon scolds Kylos, and even says that if you don't know how to fight, give me the command of the soldiers.
The letter was not torn up, but read it word for word, and in some places even repeated it several times.
In this way, he needs to calm himself down and reflect on what went wrong that led to the serious mistake he has today.
However, just as he was contemplating and thinking, a sharp headache hit him again like a tide.
The most angry were the generals, the most humiliated were the Kyiros, and the most pitiful were the soldiers of the Prussian regiments.
In today's battle, the Prussian army invested nearly 30,000 troops, and its losses amounted to 456 percent.
Almost halfway there!
Ranged units such as archers and musketeers were used as cannon fodder, and suffered casualties after the battle, while sword and shield infantry and pikemen were the main forces in the siege, and the losses were very heavy.
In the end, 30,000 soldiers rushed forward, and only more than 17,000 survived.
Coupled with the more than 3,000 people who did not fight, the Prussian army of 60,000 at the beginning has only more than 20,000 left.
40,000 people died in the months-long war, which is equivalent to the entire population of a large and medium-sized city.
Moreover, all the dead were young men in the prime of life, and it can be said that after this war, even if Hohenzollern won the final victory, the strength of the family would be greatly reduced, and it would take at least nearly ten years to recover.
Not to mention, until now, they have not won......
It was already afternoon, and the rain showed no signs of stopping, and the plain in front of the Vienna city walls was already full of water, and wisps of bright red blood were wafting in the white waterfront, and the pale corpses that had lost their temperature fell beside the water, gradually becoming swollen after absorbing the water.
On the city walls, on the ground, and in the rivers, there were corpses lying on the ground, and their empty eyes looked at the sky, not knowing whether they saw heaven or hell.
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