Chapter 288: South Gate
A group of courtiers and guards also followed Charles VI down, leaving only the Duke of Ji'an standing alone on the city tower, the cold wind blowing, but it seemed that it could not blow away the words left by Charles VI here.
"What kind of royal demeanor, it's not because your surname is Habsburg that you can sit in this position." Duke Ji'an rolled his eyes and said helplessly, as soon as this rather disrespectful words came out, they were blown away by the night wind, leaving no trace.
"Alas, if necessary, you will strike directly, knock the Emperor unconscious, and then take him out of the city immediately, and do not stay in Vienna." Duke Ji'an suddenly said this, and there was no figure in the darkness around him, as if he was talking to himself.
"Yes, my lord."
A voice suddenly sounded from the corner of the tower, and when I looked closely, it turned out that there was a faceless man in a black robe standing there.
In fact, the Faceless One had been standing there from the beginning, but he had not made any movement the whole time, and he had not even breathed as slowly as possible, like the lifeless bricks on the city walls.
There were so many people standing on the city tower just now, except for the Duke of Ji'an, no one actually noticed his existence, knowing that he was speaking at this moment, he showed some sense of existence.
After receiving the order, the Faceless One disappeared into the darkness again, like a shadow, silent.
Duke Ji'an glanced at the faceless man, nodded slightly, and then walked down the city wall.
These more than 100 faceless beings, combined with a powerful and efficient intelligence system, can exert a power that increases exponentially, and at some moments, they can even play a role beyond the army of 10,000 people.
On the line of defense in front of the city of Vienna, General Ike also sent his answer to the Prussian barracks, and Kylos stood in the tent, listening to the report of his soldiers with a gloomy face.
General Ike's answer was not unexpected, but the shouts of the soldiers on the line surprised him slightly.
After listening to the report, the corners of Keilos's mouth glanced slightly, revealing a smile full of disdain, and said coldly: "Hehe, I really don't know whether to live or die, since he wants to die, then fulfill them!" ”
"Pass the order, rest the whole army today, and launch a direct attack at noon tomorrow, I will take the south gate of Vienna in one fell swoop!"
Kylos palmed his right hand, and then clenched it into a fist, as if he had grasped Vienna's life, and his face was full of hideousness.
Several heralds immediately left the camp and conveyed Kyiros's order to all parts of the army, and soon after the order was given, the entire Prussian barracks fell silent.
All the soldiers are seizing this last opportunity to rest and prepare for tomorrow's big battle, how quiet this moment is, how crazy it will be at the time of the big war.
The cliff defense line where General Allen was stationed was the southern gate of the city of Vienna.
As the central city of the Habsburg Empire, Vienna was founded with defensive conditions in mind, and the chosen location could not only defend against enemy attacks, but also be very conducive to the future development of the entire city.
To the north of the city is the Danube River, which is a strong bulwark and a natural barrier against most of Vienna's enemies.
Just like Duke Billund's cavalry legion, no matter how strong their combat strength is, they can only bypass from the north and attack from the Southern Avenue instead.
To the south of Vienna is a long mountain range, the end of the Alps, which is not very high in altitude but has very steep terrain.
Except for a road that leads directly to Vienna, the rest of the city is blocked by dense forests and mountain cliffs, and the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, making it an excellent place to defend, so it is also known as the southern gate of Vienna.
General Ike certainly would not give up such a great natural defensive line, and from the very beginning he placed a large number of soldiers on the cliffs to rely on the terrain to block the enemy.
It was with this line of defense that he was able to block the attack of the Saxon cavalry and at the same time deal a heavy blow to the enemy.
It's just that this situation, with the addition of the Prussian legion, will inevitably take a turn.
The Prussian Legion has a very reasonable mix of troops, including heavy shield infantry that blazes the road ahead, archers who carry out long-range strikes, and even an independent formation of musketeer brigades.
More importantly, these soldiers are suitable for attacking the defensive line, and they do not want to attack like the Saxon cavalry, and their combat effectiveness will not drop much when attacking.
The defenders on the defensive line would not have much advantage over such soldiers, and this small advantage alone would not be enough to close the gap in numbers between the two sides.
No matter how strong the morale of the defending army was, there was almost no chance of holding the line, and General Ike knew this very well, knowing that if he did not do something, the defensive battle tomorrow would inevitably suffer a crushing defeat.
After pondering for a while, General Ike's eyes lit up with a sharp essence, and he finally made up his mind, and said loudly to the heralds waiting in the camp: "Go, bring me the captain of the cavalry!" ”
At the sound of the order, the herald immediately rushed out, because he ran too fast, he accidentally hit the pillar next to the camp tent, the big battle was imminent, even this little herald was already very nervous, into the state of imminent battle.
After a few moments, several captains of the cavalry entered the camp, and the defense of the battlefield was not conducive to the cavalry, so these cavalry were always left in Vienna by General Ick, and they did not fight a decent battle except for the siege of the Saxon Eagle Feather Legion that day.
The cavalry captains have long been eager to fight, and the cavalry should be the most eye-catching existence on the battlefield, but they are like pearls covered in dust, and they have never had the opportunity to show their value, and their hearts are quite depressed.
As soon as they received the order from General Ike at this moment, these cavalry captains immediately cheered in unison, they were eager to fight, eager to make achievements, eager to achieve themselves, this was a group of bloody cavalry, in terms of momentum alone, no weaker than the strongest Eagle Feather Cavalry Regiment in Saxony.
However, according to General Ike's plan, they still need to hold back their killing intent for the time being, and only after receiving the order to set off can they launch an attack.
Time passed, the campfire in the barracks dimmed a little, and the voices gradually disappeared, leaving only the howling of the wind.
At about four o'clock in the morning, all the stars gradually faded, only the morning star on the horizon shone more and more, and the darkest time before dawn came, and the surroundings gradually became invisible.