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On 20 July, the headquarters of the Rhine Corps stationed in the Munich area had already received the report of the battle of Rosenheim. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"On the 19th, more than 60,000 people, including the Sirte Regiment of our army, engaged 50,000 horses of the Austrian army in Umsel, and so far they have lived up to the trust, and have completely routed the Austrian army in the Rosenheim area, and the battle line is approaching Salzburg on the Austrian border. The losses of our army in this battle were less than 7,000 people, the morale of the army was high, and the weapons and ammunition were quite sufficient. ”

MacDonald flipped through the pages of paperwork, and then continued: "According to post-war statistics, the number of Austrian casualties this time was at least about 30,000, and the prisoners captured by our army on the battlefield were more than 6,000, and the rest of the remnants have been completely dispersed. In addition, the Austrian Marshal Marshal Umssel was killed on the spot by a cavalryman of our army, and in one fell swoop captured three officers of the rank of major general, two officers of the rank of colonel, and nearly 10 officers of the rank of lieutenant and major, who had already been escorted on the way back. Finally, General Soult asked you if you would allow him to continue the march, and he promised at the end of his report that he would be able to capture Vi Yena at the beginning of September at the earliest. ”

"This battle is really beautiful, and it can be said that the results are rich. This Soult is just too anxious to think about taking Vienna before he enters the territory of the Austrian Empire!" Brion couldn't help but laugh when he heard the news from the front.

To be honest, Brion was still very satisfied with Sirter's command performance this time, and even his tactical level was not much different from Brion's, so Brion handed over the important task of defeating Austria's 50,000 reinforcements to Sirt, who had not built an inch. Of course, Sirte is also the best commander in Brion's mind to complete a campaign of this magnitude.

If a general who can only command a division of up to 10,000 or 20,000 people and win consecutive battles under the command of the General Headquarters can be called a fierce general, then a general who can command more than 100,000 people in several divisions or even several corps, conquer cities and conquer cities, and win many battles can be called a generation of famous generals. The magnitude of this difficulty can be imagined, and Sirte can now be said to be on the threshold of a famous general.

There are really very few generals in the French military circle who can have such ability, and at present, those who have taken on important responsibilities and can be included in the ranks of famous generals are Napoleon, the commander of the Italian legion, and Brion, the commander of the Rhine corps of the Duke of Baden, who became famous in the first battle of Toulon.

However, Brion also knew very well in his heart that in addition to Sirte, there were only a few generals in the Rhine Army who had such ability, among the eight division commanders. For example, the commander of the reserve brigade, Desai, the commander of the 3rd Division, Dawu, and the commander of the 1st Division, Bernadotte, are just three people.

However, Brion glanced out of the corner of his eye, and among the generals beside him, only Bernadotte, the commander of the 1st Division, was smiling, as if he was sullen when he heard the news of Sirter's victory at Rosenheim.

It is not surprising that Bernadotte was depressed, considering that he was the most important player in Brion in the past, but the performance of the 1st Division since the beginning of the Austro-French War has been extremely mediocre. It can be said that apart from the siege of Stuttgart and Augsburg as the main attacking force, the rest did not have many impressive achievements. Even in the Battle of Elchingen, the 1st Regiment had a slight victory, but it was routed by the 4th Division of Archduke Charles, and the French army almost lost its efforts in crossing the river.

On the contrary, Davout's 3rd Division and Nala's Division had performed exceptionally well in the past few months, and they had been stubbornly entangled with the main Austrian forces of Archduke Charles with the strength of a single division, and almost always served as the mainstay of the French army in battle. In particular, the Nala Division also captured Marshal Alvinzi alive in the Battle of Augsburg.

Sirter led the Baden Corps to arrive, and the Battle of Rosenheim achieved a brilliant result of annihilating the Austrian army, killing nearly 30,000 Austrian troops. I am afraid that the exploits of this battle of the Baden Corps are enough to compare with the results of the 1st Division in the past few months.

In addition, Brion was relieved to hand over more than 60,000 troops to him before Sirte had not completed his work, which already showed that Brion valued him, but now Sirte sought independent command from Brion. If Brion agrees, what will it mean? Soul's position as the leader of the army will be unassailable, and he may even become the heir to the Rhine Legion. When the time comes, Bernadotte will still want to fight for power, and I am afraid that there will not even be a chance.

Davout's eyes were always on Bernadotte's body, but he inadvertently revealed a taste of sarcasm and even sarcasm, and Bernadotte immediately responded with extremely hostile looks.

Brion had also heard privately that Davout and Bernadotte had a discordant relationship, and that they were now almost incompatible. Of course, both of them are Brion's henchmen and generals, and both have heavy troops from the Rhine lineage, and it is normal for such high-ranking generals in the army to have some factional struggles that you fight for. Besides, if such a secret battle does not affect the battle or endanger his own dominance for the time being, Brion will never act so easily against his right-hand man.

In this way, Brion can only turn a blind eye, as if he did not see.

Brion's mind returned to Soult's final request, and the first decision that came to mind was no, and he would never hesitate again.

As the commander of one side, Brion was naturally aware of Sirte's superior military ability, and at this time, the Austrian Empire's army was probably all lost in the German battlefield. Even if there were still 100,000 troops of Wilmze on the Italian battlefield on the southern front, they still held the front line of the fortress of Mantua and maintained a confrontation with Napoleon's army, and they could not be withdrawn at all. As for the headquarters of Archduke Charles, which is still besieged by the Rhine Army in the city of Munich, it is even more so, it is not bad to wait for reinforcements from the Austrian rear.

Once Sirte's army did set foot in Austria, it would be driven straight until the capture of Vienna and the complete collapse of the Holy Roman Empire. In the eyes of the general public, this was indeed a golden opportunity, but Brion would not allow Sirte to continue his march.

First, although Brion reuses Sirte, he still has a firm grasp of military power, and it is the maximum authorization to let Sirter command a Baden legion. If Sirt were given independent command of half of the army of the Rhine Legion, it would not only displease Bernadotte and other subordinates, but would also disintegrate Briand's supreme authority in the legion.

You must know that the three armies of the Nala Division, the Rubert Division, and the Baden Army of Sirte originally belonged to the same Baden line, while the 1st and 3rd divisions belonged to the orthodox Rhine faction, but they were all absolutely obedient to Brion as a unified leader. The first and third divisions of the Rhine faction had contradictions, open and secret battles, but the Baden faction was very different. The reason for this is that Sirte was in charge of training 80,000 new troops in Baden.

So much so that although Sirte had just arrived with his army, he had gained a very high position in the Baden faction. It is no exaggeration to say that Sirte already has the qualifications to be the leader of Baden's tens of thousands of troops, but it is only a prototype and has no foundation of power.

Once these more than 60,000 people are left to Sirte's disposal, then Sirte will undoubtedly be promoted to the position of the orthodox leader of the Baden faction in the Rhine Legion, and there will even be a chaotic situation of two commands in the Legion, which is by no means what Briand wants to see.

Second, the siege of Munich by the Austrians had not yet been resolved, and the 1st and 3rd Divisions could not be withdrawn at all, which meant that Sirte would fight a war of no support in Austria. Of course, the Austrian army at the end of the crossbow was nothing, but the bad thing was that the Austrian people formed partisans to resist the French army together with the army.

After all, the French army had driven the Austrian army out of the territory to the German battlefield, and if this Great Patriotic War continued to be fought, it would become a war of aggression. Don't look at the civil strife in the Austrian Empire now, if 60,000 French troops really enter Austria. In addition to a quick victory, otherwise most of them will be dragged down by the local people in the case of losing reinforcements.

The third is the attitude of Prussia, England, and Russia, although England is the only one of these three countries who has always supported Austria in the war against France, and Prussia is more than happy to see Austria weaken or even perish. But in any case, the three major European powers will never allow France to replace Austria as the hegemon in Europe.

Brion knew in his heart that dealing with Austria was a small matter at the moment. However, once Britain, Prussia, and Russia re-formed an anti-French alliance, France would face more than three times as many enemies directly. This also means that Brion's Rhine Army will also face an attack by more than 300,000 troops of the Triple Alliance. Although the probability of such a situation happening is very small, but at that time, even if the Rhine Army can win, I am afraid that it will have to pay the price of at least 50,000 soldiers.

However, no matter how many soldiers the Rhine Army lost, in the eyes of the politicians who sang day and night in Paris, it was probably just a string of numbers, and the difference was only that this number could be related to whether they could continue to enjoy a life of poverty and luxury.

However, Brion will have heartache, not only because he has been tempered by bullets on the battlefield and understands the cruelty of war, but also because almost every soldier in the Rhine Legion has his heart and soul. It can be said that the Rhine Regiment is Brion's private army.

Brion thought for a moment, then looked at MacDonald and said, "In this case, let the Sirte Department stop attacking Austria." The Battle of Rosenheim had just ended, and the soldiers were tired enough, so let Salzburg on their border rest and stand by. Here in Munich, I saw that the defensive line besieging Archduke Charles's headquarters was a little tight, so I asked the Nala Division and the Rubert Division to withdraw quickly. Sulte was then ordered not to allow the Baden Corps to march further into Austria and to await the next instructions from the command headquarters. ”