Chapter 39: The Battle of Vorvorno 5
readx; Angus said in a low voice: "Now that we have reached the most critical moment, maybe it is time for a strong man to break his wrist!" Your Majesty has already made up his mind to get rid of the stolen jewels, so I don't think it is impossible to consider making up his mind to abandon a part of the troops and save the overall situation! ”
When the generals heard this, they immediately gasped, knowing that Angus wanted to sacrifice some people to seek a way out for the main force, and they were a little drumming in their hearts, for fear that they would be called to break the queen, and the hatred with the Italians was so deep, and the people after the break were simply dead!
However, several generals are not fools, after the initial surprise, they slowly calmed down, and all of them were thoughtful, and caught a little key, so they were very sure in their hearts, and at the same time secretly admired Angus's trick to be vicious enough to come up with such a bad move. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Charles VIII heard Angus say this, and then observed the expressions of several generals around him, knowing that they had already understood, and he was more satisfied with the reaction of the generals. However, although he had already made up his mind, he could not show a look of ecstasy, so as not to make others feel cold.
Charles VIII opened his mouth and said: "Old General Angus, what do you mean by this, do you want us to arrange for some troops to stay behind and hold back the enemy?" ”
Angus replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, now our French ** team is here, and the Swiss soldiers led by Tedler are fighting bloodily with the enemy on the front line, and the light cavalry of the Allied army was tempted by the bait dropped by His Majesty and did not come in time. As for the Swiss soldiers, we can only say sorry, after all, everyone died together if they stayed here, and they helped us drag the enemy troops in the rear to cover our retreat, but they were able to give us a glimmer of life, and we can vigorously compensate the families of these heroes after we go back! ”
At this time, the generals showed such expressions, and all of them expressed their approval.
Charles VIII deliberately showed a look of embarrassment at this time, and said: "Won't this be bad, we will abandon our allies like this, and it will not be good to say it in the future!" ”
Angus said a little anxiously: "Your Majesty, if you continue to make decisions, you will suffer from it!" If we don't make up our minds to retreat now, we won't have such a chance to get out again! Make the sacrifice of the Swiss mercenaries worthwhile! "Angus has already settled the matter between words, and is already discussing the value of the sacrifice of the Swiss soldiers.
When Charles VIII heard this, he showed a sad look: "At that time, we recruited Tedler, a Swiss soldier, in France, and we trained and grew together, and then made great achievements in this Italian expedition, which made our early campaign very smooth, and their Swiss soldiers were all good!" When we return to France, we must not treat their families badly! You all have to remember that! Okay, now let's start preparing for the evacuation, not only not to let the enemy know about it, but also not to let the Swiss soldiers know about it, otherwise our plan may be in vain, and then we will all die together in Italy! "Charles VIII was still reminiscing about the past one second ago, deploring the Swiss soldiers, and the next second he ordered to keep the secret and sold the Swiss soldiers cleanly, showing his true colors!
When the rest of the generals heard this, they also barely cheered up and responded to Charles VIII, after all, this was indeed a rare opportunity to get out, and they were still looking forward to rushing back to France as soon as possible, and they didn't want to die in Italy like this at all.
So, the French army quietly made preparations and evacuated the town of Vorvorno without anyone noticing.
On the other hand, after Tedler suspended the offensive in Venice and collected his troops, the more he thought about it, the more bizarre it felt, he had already had a premonition, and now he felt it more and more intensely. He suddenly realized that in this battle, only their Swiss soldiers appeared before and after, and not a single Frenchman could be seen. Although it is true that the main force blocking the enemy's attack this time is their Swiss soldiers, it is too outrageous that not a single Frenchman can see it. In the past, Charles VIII would more or less show up on the battlefield to boost morale, or send the rest of the senior generals to lead the troops to assist the Swiss soldiers in battle, even if the weather and rain were not conducive to the archers and cavalry, the French army would generally send troops to wave the flag and shout to cheer for the Swiss soldiers.
However, now Tadler found that the Swiss soldiers had been fighting with the enemy for so long that not a single French soldier could be seen, let alone the rest of the high-ranking French generals! The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. His clever head began to turn, knowing that this was not the time to fight the enemy, but to figure out the situation immediately. Tedler sent out several scouts to spy on the rest of the Allied armies and the French.
After waiting for a long time, the soldiers who went to investigate the movements of the French army came back to report that the French camp was empty, and there was no one in the French camp. Although Tedler had a little premonition and psychological preparation before, when he heard the news, it was as if he had been struck by lightning, and he suddenly felt dizzy and heartbroken. He never thought that these damn Frenchmen would sell their brother troops who lived and died with them all the way! A moment ago, he called himself a brother, but this time he sold himself cleanly, leaving no love at all! Tedler's face contorted, and there was a great deal of pent-up anger in his heart.
Now the situation is indeed too sinister, although the Venetian infantry opposite him has been killed and wounded a lot, but the strength is still there, and there are thousands of Allied hoplites behind him, originally there was a French army as a cover in the rear, and the six thousand Allied light cavalry who could not be afraid of a sneak attack would suddenly appear behind the Swiss soldiers, but now as soon as the French army left, they were faintly and directly surrounded by the Allied forces with superior forces! If they fail to find a way out of the encirclement before it is closed, then what awaits them will be annihilated by the enemy in one fell swoop.
However, after all, Tedler is a general with extremely high war literacy, and at this extremely dangerous moment, he calmed down, and quickly turned around in his mind for various years, one by one ideas emerged, and they were rejected one by one, and then slowly came up with a way out of the current extreme badness.
He ordered his generals to make all kinds of preparations, and then each of them carried only a few days' rations, and all the rest of the extra armor and equipment were not needed, and even all the cumbersome things on their bodies were quietly discarded, and they tried to travel as lightly as possible to gain an advantage in speed.
Next, he arranged for some of the soldiers to put on normal armor and bring normal weapons, and make it look like they were going to defend this place, and they were ready to fight to confuse the enemy, and the rest of the soldiers all hid in the tents to rest and try to recover their strength.
The rest of the generals and the soldiers also knew that the next time would be a test of their physical strength and perseverance, so they did not dare to slack off, and tried to lie down or sit in the tent in the most comfortable position to recover the physical strength that had been almost exhausted in the previous battle.
Next, Tedler arranged for the army to eat some dry food and drink some water as quickly as possible, so that the soldiers could flee in the best possible condition.
After making all kinds of preparations, Tedler intensively planned the escape route, arranged the order of escape and the things to pay attention to during the escape, and quietly waited for the soldiers to recover their physical strength.
When the soldiers' physical strength was almost recovered, Tedler called several generals and taught them face to face: "Now everyone knows that the situation is very bad, we must be careful and careful, once we start to flee, everyone must try their best to eat, and we can't have half a fluke mentality!" You know, there are more than 10,000 Allied infantry in front, and thousands of Allied light cavalry are outflanking us in the rear! I don't know why they haven't arrived at the battlefield yet, but we can't take it lightly! Next, you listen to my arrangement! ”
Tedler paused, licked his lips and continued: "Each of you leads your own soldiers, divide them into 3 batches and evacuate, except for the necessary rations and weapons, the rest are abandoned, remember, when evacuating, you must be quiet, and you must not let the enemy find out about our movements, otherwise we will really have to explain here!" ”
Several generals nodded solemnly, knowing that they couldn't giggle at this fateful moment, and they had to be cautious.
"As for you, lead your soldiers who are still outside to confuse the enemy, and in the last wave of evacuation, when evacuating, first all slowly enter the barracks, and then quietly take off their armor, take the necessary weapons and rations like other troops, and quietly withdraw. The enemy army will definitely be confused, and will not attack us immediately in a short time, and by the time they react, we will have already gone away! ”
The general who was interrupted after the election also agreed yes and went to make arrangements. Although he is also broken, he is not sent to death, as long as everyone can cooperate with the tacit understanding and quietly withdraw, then he will definitely be able to retreat unharmed in the end. The Swiss soldiers are all elites, and everyone knows each other's qualities and experience, so he has nothing to worry about.
In this way, the Swiss soldiers, at last, even those who had confused the enemy, entered the barracks and quietly withdrew from their positions, and they had to rush back before the Allied light cavalry arrived, lest they be made dumplings.
On the Allied side, seeing that the Swiss soldiers who were on guard with all their might entered the barracks, they didn't know what they were going to do, and they were all very nervously on guard, afraid that they would suddenly come out and take them by surprise.
However, they waited for a long time, but they still did not see any Swiss soldiers come out, and the whole camp seemed very quiet and strange. The Venetian infantry commander was confused, thinking that this battle was extremely strange, the expected reinforcements had not arrived for a long time, and the Swiss soldiers had all run into the barracks halfway through the battle, and they had not come out for a long time, and they couldn't figure out what was going on, and their minds were about to burst.
Finally, someone on the Allied side saw that something was wrong, and sent some scouts to investigate, and when they saw that the barracks were all empty, and it seemed that they had been gone for a long time, they immediately went back and reported to the senior Allied generals.
When the Allied high-level heard the news, they all blushed, and they didn't expect that these Swiss soldiers who were not afraid of death would actually escape halfway through the battle! This huge contrast is too much for a moment to react to.