Chapter 469: Attack of the Provisional Decision
Two hundred miles outside the Bernina Pass, Jonas stood on one side of the long line, and next to him stood the knight captains, looking at this team like a long snake, although Jonas was calm as water on the surface, but his heart was a little anxious as if he was on fire. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The speed of the march was too slow, Jonas knew that these town soldiers were not very good, and they were originally only used as cannon fodder, but he didn't expect that these townspeople who had been out of the war for a long time would decline to the point that even the march was so slow, which was too much for Jonas to imagine.
After starting from the concentration of Quake Town, it has been half a day since they walked, and they have only walked a total of about a hundred miles, which may be a good thing for modern people, but the human constitution in this world is much better than that of modern society, so such a result really can't be regarded as fast, and this is still a rapid march, and the speed is so slow, it can't be allowed for Jonas not to be in a hurry.
After all, he is not absolutely sure of this battle, and even the advantage of the war is on the side of the French army, not on his side, in half a day, maybe the French army's encirclement network has begun to tighten, maybe at this time, if he is caught, it will be wasted, Jonas does not want to face such an ending.
"Franz, our army is marching too slowly, if we continue like this, before we reach the Bernina Pass, we will be caught by the French, they have already begun to attack Martin City, there is not a single defender there, those cities are just decorations for them, the speed of the cavalry is very fast, they will approach here very quickly, we must find a way. β
Jonas said anxiously, Franz on the side was also in a deep thought, the limit of the human body really can't be solved by a way, if you want the enemy to catch yourself, you can only slow down the speed of the enemy, this is the only feasible way, but the enemy is coming from all directions, and on this road, there are flat open fields everywhere, how easy is it to stop them here?
In addition to these two points, Franz only had one plan left in his mind, he glanced at Jonas, and then said: "Commander, we can select soldiers of good physique from this team of four thousand five hundred people to form a vanguard force, and then our knights will lead the attack on the Bernina Pass, so that although the losses of our knights will be serious, we should be able to destroy the defenders of the Bernina Pass before the French army attacks." β
Hearing this idea, Jonas's brows furrowed, it is inevitable that the knights will die, after all, it is a stronghold, although the defense of his side is not high enough, but compared to the flat land, it naturally has its advantages, not to mention that there are three hundred knights among them, if the soldiers are streamlined and then attacked, then their knights will inevitably lose their vitality, but this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Jonas said: "This, what about the rest of the people?"
"Let the rest of them slow down their march, and if we have time, when we have the Bernina Pass, we will be able to use this passage of 20,000 troops in Susa to enter Savoy territory, and then these Savoyians may be saved. Franz was a little unsure of this, because he knew very well that the time to go back and forth was enough for the French to kill all the remaining Savoys.
Jonas also knew this, but he didn't dare to refute it, because he also knew very well that this was the best way, at least in this way, they still had the possibility of opening up the situation, and if they didn't do that, when the French army caught up, then he would face a more miserable ending, so Jonas still agreed with Franz, and the whole team immediately began to re-form, Jonas looked at the busy crowd, and could only comfort himself in his heart, if you are in poor health, you should not come, you are here, God is going to take you away, he just borrowed my handγ
The team was soon divided into two parts under the treatment of Franz and other knights, the first part of which was the soldiers who were still physically fit, at the moment they were still breathing very smoothly after walking a hundred miles, and they did not look exhausted, this part of the people was about 3,000 people, and the rest were about 1,500 troops who would slow down and finally enter the French encirclement, which was about 1,500 people, which was much larger than Jonas thought.
This made him can't help but have scruples about the next big battle, the same soldier, he only has two hundred more knights than the defenders, and most of these knights have knightly strength through red pills, while the knights of France are all born through orthodox knight training, between the two, although there is no difference in strength, but in the use of skills, there is still a gap, which can't help but make Jonas worried, after all, even if France loses these three hundred knights, he still has more than two thousand knights to use, but if Jonas loses a lot, then he can no longer make waves in Savoyγ
And what makes Jonas even more scruples is that he is not the official head of the Third Knights, but was temporarily appointed by Il, the real head is the son of Muller, Octo, and this official head is on the way back to Susa at the moment, if he waits for him to come, he finds that his knights have been reduced by more than half of the news, Jonas really doesn't know how he will hate himself, at this time, the Luger family is already too big, if it attracts the grudge of the Mueller family, it will really not be worth it.
However, although Jonas had his scruples, but he did not fall behind the orders that should be carried out, and after the army was assembled, Jonas immediately took the three thousand soldiers who had been sorted out and headed towards the Bernina Pass, as for the rest of the troops, they could only resign themselves to fate, but the people who stayed did not know this, Jonas took all the scouts away when he left, so they didn't know what was going on in the outside world, and they didn't know that at this moment there was a large group of French troops who wanted to kill them were rushing towards them, at this time they were still strolling leisurely, walking very comfortably, as if going for a walk in the wildernessJonas on the other side marched quickly with his army, and by four o'clock in the evening, he finally brought the three thousand men to the vicinity of the Bernina Pass.
In a whole morning, they had only walked a hundred miles, and now in a night of more than two hours, they had walked two hundred miles, and the increase in speed made Jonas very satisfied, looking at the light and shadow of the Bernina Pass in front of him, covering the light and darkness on the high mountain, Jonas's heart suddenly became nervous, and he suddenly found that now arriving at the Bernina Pass was a good opportunity to attack.
The defenders of the Bernina Pass are not particularly clear about the internal situation in Savoy because Jonas has cut off their communication with the interior of Savoy at this moment, but they only know that there is a rebel army that is constantly fleeing in the territory, and they don't know the real situation at all, after all, ancient times are not modern, a phone call or even a WeChat can inform the whole situation, and all the towns exchanged letters have been conquered by Jonas, so they are naturally not particularly clear about the situation.
And now, Jonas was very lucky to come here in the early hours of the morning, when everyone was sleeping the deepest, even the defenders of the Bernina Pass were sleepy-eyed at this time, like a sick person about to die, lying on the wall of the watchtower, his eyes half-open and half-closed, there is no doubt that the Beninar Pass at this time was in the most lax defense, which had to make Jonas's heart produce great excitement, he couldn't help but say to Franz beside him: " Franz, do you think our army can attack now?"
"Commander, the soldiers are a little tired, but if you give the order to attack, I am sure all the soldiers will obey it. Franz said with some embarrassment, the defenders of the Bernina Pass are waiting for work, which is very sleepy, not to mention the Jonas army that has walked three hundred miles in a day, naturally it is even more tired at the moment, but Franz also knows that this time is the perfect time to attack, if you miss it, then there will be no more, so he gritted his teeth and gave Franz a relatively vague answer and let Jonas make this decision.
Anyway, no matter how tired these troops are, at least they are prepared in their hearts, but the defenders in the Bernina Pass are not prepared in the slightest, as long as they are prepared, even if they are stuck, they can still endure the time of the day, after all, compared to death, the fatigue of a day is naturally insignificant.
Franz's words undoubtedly made the idea of adventure in Jonas's heart more rampant, he looked at Franz, and then looked at the other knights, seeing that they were also nodding in support, Jonas finally made up his mind and said to Franz beside him: "Okay, you go and call the army leaders of the various towns, I have something to tell them." β
"Yes, sir. Franz nodded, and immediately went to the rear barracks to call people, and after a while, a total of twelve military leaders appeared in front of Jonas, Jonas looked at them and said a simple hello, and then told them the order to attack, these city army leaders were naturally surprised, and one of them stood up and asked: " Our troops, Mr. Viscount, are tired, they should rest, and our reserves haven't come yet, so we can wait for them to come before attacking, can't we?"
"I'm sorry, sir, I have to regret to tell you that we are in a very dangerous situation now, the French army has known about our military operations at the moment, and has sent a large army to prepare to suppress us, we are now in a race against time, if we can take the Bernina Pass now, then tomorrow, the 20,000 infantry of the Duchy of Susa will enter Savoy, so that we will be safe for the time being, and if we wait any longer, then we will very likely be surrounded by the French army, gentlemen, I also know that the soldiers are tired, but as long as they hold on a little longer, they will really be able to restInstead of hiding in the grass, in the company of flies and mosquitoes, and falling asleep to the buzzing sound, as is the case now, you go to sleep in your own bed, covered with a warm quilt. β
Jonas said very practically, at this point, he doesn't want to deceive these simple people, although they have been deceived by themselves for a long time, but when it comes to human life, especially when it comes to human life, especially when it comes to disappearing in front of him, Jonas will still make this matter as clear as possible, instead of fooling them, this is his bottom line, although this bottom line is too low.
After hearing Jonas's words, many people fell silent, apparently they did not expect that the French army was chasing them, Jonas had never told them this before, which made them all a little confused, and after a while, a voice suddenly came from the crowd.
"So what's going on with our city, is it in ruins?"
This voice suddenly appeared in the dark night, and then everyone looked at Jonas, his eyes were full of distrust, Jonas looked into everyone's eyes, and was silent for a moment, he didn't want to lie to these people, but if he told them the real situation, then the entire army would instantly lose its combat effectiveness, which Jonas absolutely did not allow, so he finally thought about it and said: "We are attacking now, just so that your homeland does not become ruins, the faster we act, the safer your homeland will be, I don't understand." β
Jonas's words did not say that they had become ruins, nor did they say that they had not become ruins, but as long as they were people, they could hear that some towns must have become ruins, and suddenly several town leaders close to the periphery fell to the ground one after another, the expressions on their faces were as white as rice paper, and Jonas couldn't say anything in his eyes, while the other military leaders were firm in their thoughts to attack, and then agreed to Jonas's order.
They came out to join the army to protect their homeland from being invaded by others, and now, only by taking the Bernina Pass, they can really protect their homeland, although this is what Jonas told them, and other than that, no one can prove that this is right, but it is better than doing nothing, so whether it is right or wrong, most people still choose to agree.
As for those who were desperate, Jonas didn't ignore them, and after a while, after these people slowly recovered, Jonas said: " Ladies and gentlemen, please don't give up, I don't know exactly what the situation is in your homeland now, but I know that if we drag on here for a minute, then the situation in your homeland will be dangerous, and it is possible that they are still alive, just because of our hesitation and died tragically under the knife of the French army, this is all an uncertain thing, so we can't give up yet, only by seizing the opportunity, it is possible to see your relatives again. β