readx;? In early June, the situation on the German battlefield was still not very clear, and more than 100,000 men and horses of the two armies were in a stalemate, but there was no exchange of fire. The strong smell of gunpowder still permeates all corners www.biquge.info of Europe, and I am afraid that the most thrilling thing to see is the Austrian Empire. Of course, in this situation, the two militaries have different mentalities toward this stalemate.

On the side of the Rhine Army, especially Brion and other high-ranking generals, they were full of indifference to this, not because of the conceit of the French army's successive victories, but because of the fact of absolute strength. Moreover, in addition to the necessary precautions, the French army took advantage of this time to rest and recuperate, and brought a large number of weapons and ammunition from the rear of the Duchy of Baden to replenish the losses in terms of baggage.

However, the comfortable situation of the French army at this time formed an extremely strong contrast with the anxiety of the Austrian army stationed in Augsburg all day long, although it was a confrontation between the two armies, but in fact a large part of the soldiers and even officers in the Austrian army had long been unable to hold their breath. After all, at least half of the Austrian army at this time had fought in the Battle of Württemberg or the Battle of Ulm, and the shadow of several crushing defeats still lingered, so that the timidity of fighting the French army slowly turned into an endless fear.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if the soldiers of a brigade of the Austrian army only ran into an infantry regiment of the French army, the Austrian army would not dare to act rashly at that time, although it did not reach the point of immediately fleeing. I had to contact my superiors and bring in some support troops before I dared to do it.

You must know that in the Battle of Elchingen, Lampard's first regiment easily defeated more than 6,000 Austrian troops with only more than 3,000 infantry, such an astonishing achievement is unique in the French army, and it caused the Austrian officers to fight the French army with a sense of oppression that they could be defeated and die at any time.

However, this situation was also the same among the senior officers of the Austrian army, such as the Prince of Schwarzenberg, who had fought with the Rhine Army, advocated cautious and conservative, while the generals who came to support Alvinzi promoted the initiative to counterattack the French army, and the huge strategic differences directly led to the division and internal contradictions of the Austrian command.

At the military meeting, the two factions quarreled fiercely, but they could not come up with a set of battle plans for the generals of both sides to compromise.

"According to the report of the forward scouts, nearly 90,000 troops of the French Rhine Regiment are stationed in Ginzburg, and the front line of the city of Krumbach is about 60 kilometers away from our army, and our army has basically reached more than 110,000 soldiers through recruitment and the support of Marshal Alvinzi, and the weapons and equipment have been basically replenished, and various units have been deployed on the Augsburg line to block the French army's continued eastward advance. ”

After a preliminary briefing on the basic situation to the Austrian generals, Prince Schwarzenberg picked up a pencil and pointed to the battle map on the wall without the slightest hesitation and continued: "At present, the Rhine Army has won consecutive battles and its morale is booming, while it is an indisputable fact that our army is losing and retreating one after another, and its morale is low. I think all the generals know this very well. ”

"So I think that our army should abandon Augsburg and avoid field battles with the French, and retreat to Munich, the capital of Bavaria. In this way, our army could use sufficient forces to hold several strong fortresses in the Munich area, deplete the morale and strength of the French army, and form an impregnable wall on the Munich line. Second, Munich was only a little more than a hundred kilometers from the borders of the Empire, and if necessary, the troops could retreat and receive the fastest support. ”

Before Prince Schwarzenberg finished speaking, Marshal Alvinzi on the side already put on a stinking face and said: "Young man, do you know what you were talking about just now? Give up the important German town of Augsburg to the French without the slightest resistance? Only a coward would instigate the most elite soldiers of the empire to become deserters, so that defeat is inevitable!"

Alvinzi, who participated in the Seven Years' War in 1756 under the command of the famous Austrian general Field Marshal Daun, later participated in the Bavarian War in 1778 and the Austrian War against the Ottoman Empire in 1787, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1790 due to his outstanding military achievements, and served as the military mentor of the Imperial Crown Prince Francis for a period of time, and gradually became a new generation of leaders among the Austrian generals. In 1792 he was promoted to the rank of general, and in 1794 he was finally promoted to the rank of marshal, and he is currently a veteran general in the Austrian army. Even Marshal Wirmze, who had a long reputation on the Rhine battlefield, was his old colleague and had a deep friendship.

If you really talk about combat experience and seniority, even the commander-in-chief of the Austrian army at this time, Archduke Charles, must be called Marshal Alvinzi, let alone Prince Schwarzenberg. Therefore, Archduke Charles naturally didn't say much about the argument between the two sides, but just sat in the first place and remained silent.

"But marshal, I think you should have understood, a few months ago our army had 150,000 elites, but it repeatedly suffered great losses in field battles. Now our army has just regained its strength, and there are even a large number of strong men in the army who are untrained and do not even have guns. Coupled with low morale, should we use such a force to fight the French army?" said Prince Schwarzenberg.

Field Marshal Alvinzi shook his head and said, "In any case, I will never allow the French army to advance a single step in the German region, and this is also the meaning of the Emperor and the Imperial High Command. ”

"Then what are your plans, marshal, that our generals would like to hear the details?" asked Archduke Charles, who sat the prince down, and then asked Alvinzi.

Alvinzi pointed to the map and said, "In my opinion, we should take advantage of the superiority of our army to attack first. The troops were divided into three routes, first of all, Archduke Charles led 40,000 soldiers as a right flank to advance in the direction of the Wertingen area, Prince Schwarzenberg led 20,000 troops as the left flank to attack the Krumbach area, and I personally led 50,000 elite troops as the middle to march to the city of Yettingen. When the time comes, march quickly and encircle Güntsburg as quickly as possible, and the main force of the French army will be able to encircle and annihilate here. ”

"Our army must not divide its forces to fight。。。。。。 ”

"Say no more. Charlie told Prince Schwarzenberg to shut up, and then continued: "Do the rest of the generals have any objections to the marshal's plan?"

Archduke Charles glanced around, except for Prince Schwarzenberg, who was extremely dissatisfied, the rest of the generals present were silent, and seemed to have a tacit attitude towards Alvinzi's plan.

"Then the generals will immediately rush back to their departments and immediately prepare for battle, and this time they will completely annihilate the Rhine Army. ”

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At the same time, in the luxurious villa in Ginzburg, Brion had just hurried here from the headquarters of the Rhine Corps, followed closely by Davout, Desai and several core high-ranking generals, because an envoy from the Duchy of Baden arrived in a cloak.

To be honest, Briand has not heard from the rear, especially from the Duchy of Baden, for almost a year. At this time, although only an envoy of unknown purpose had arrived, with a sense of intimacy with the fiefdom, Brion immediately put down his military affairs and hurried back to his temporary residence in Ginzburg.

"Why are you?!" Brion was surprised as he pushed open the door, only to see a woman with a charming and delicate face appear in his sight, yes, Charlotte. Looking at her extremely seductive and fiery figure, Brion's inner **, who has always been restrained, was immediately hooked.

It's just that because of the presence of his subordinates, otherwise Brion would have been furious. Helpless, gritted his teeth and could only temporarily dispel this thought.

"Charlotte, what is it that relieves you from a lot of government work in Lyon? Sometimes I even feel like you don't care about my existence. Brion smiled slightly reproachfully and hugged Charlotte into his arms, and the soft delicate body and a faint fragrance made Brion intoxicated.

It is no exaggeration to say that this is the first time that Brion has enjoyed a woman in nearly a year of being in the army. There's no way, Brion was born to be a good law-abiding citizen in his previous life, and he has never been associated with Brion when he messes with flowers and grass.

"Listen to me, Duke, I have brought a big thing. Charlotte smiled seductively, enjoying the rare warmth in Brion's arms: "Duke, you have a child." At Baden Castle, Audrey has already bore you a little highness, a healthy boy. You've got offspring!"

At this moment, a servant brought up an oil painting. It is clear that this was painted by the court painter of the Duchy of Baden for a child, and the painting shows a lovely boy receiving the blessing of an angel. In this era, the portraits of ordinary people will have some religious overtones, especially the great nobles of the separatist forces like Brion. Of course, Brion has long been used to it, not in this era, what European oil paintings have not been seen in art class in the previous life?

Brion's eyes lit up, but he still didn't forget to maintain the calm and cold demeanor of the aristocracy, of course, Brion's excitement was obvious to everyone, but it was just hard to say. "This... This is my child, my first child Brion?" Brion trembled and stroked the painting, as if it were his child in front of him now.

This feeling of being a father for the first time is so strange that even Brion would never have imagined that he could become a father so early in this era, let alone that he would be able to have a successor so soon. With Brion's current status, I'm afraid that what he lacks most is an heir to consolidate his power. On this point, Brion's Bernadotte and other generals are unanimous.

"Duke, give your son a name. Charlotte said, looking at Briand.

Brion nodded with joy on his face and said, "The fact that this child was born at the height of the war indicates that this child's reputation for war when he grows up will definitely be above me. So I named the son of war Auguste Briand Bourbon, and immediately made him the Count of Freiburg, and I would give the whole of Freiburg as a gift. ”

It is not yet known what this newborn child will bring to Brion. One thing is for sure, though, that Brion doesn't have to worry about the hassles of having no heirs. Brion remembers vividly that the question of heirs has also plagued Napoleon throughout history, but Brion was fortunate that the child came ten years earlier than he expected.

"Commander, according to reports from the front, the Sirte regiment has marched to Kempten, less than a hundred kilometers from our army. Chief of Staff MacDonald hastened to report back to Brion as soon as he got the news.