readx;? On June 15, the 50,000 elite of the main Austrian army in the Yettingen area was suppressed and besieged by more than 60,000 people from three divisions of the French army, which was the most tragic annihilation battle since the beginning of the Austro-French War. The battlefield www.biquge.info corpses were strewn all over the field, and many of the corpses were blown up so that their flesh and blood were blurred and their faces were even unrecognizable. Of course, the vast majority of them were the corpses of the Austrian army.

After more than 6 hours of fierce fighting, when the French soldiers proudly planted the flag of the Rhine Regiment on the battlefield, it officially announced the total annihilation of the main force of the Austrian army. After cleaning the battlefield, according to a rough estimate of the corpses on the battlefield, the number of Austrian soldiers killed in this battle was at least more than 30,000.

As for the deserters after the collapse of the Austrian army, the French army naturally would not let go, and each division of the Rhine Army sent out a cavalry regiment to disperse to patrol and pursue around the battlefield. In this way, it is conservatively estimated that the French army will destroy more than 2,000 Austrian troops.

At about two o'clock in the afternoon, news came from the southern Krumbach area that Davout's 3rd Division was engaged in a battle with the Austrian Schwarzenberg Division. In the Klumbach area, Davout's division wiped out more than 5,000 Austrian troops in one fell swoop, and the remnants of the enemy's 9th Infantry Division were routed except for the 16th Infantry Brigade under the division, which managed to escape. Originally, Davout planned to completely defeat the Schwarzenberg army and then annihilate them all, but in the end he allowed more than 7,000 Austrians to break through.

Looking at the battle reports just sent in front of him, although Brion felt very uncomfortable that Davout did not completely annihilate Prince Schwarzenberg's troops and let them escape, but fortunately, Marshal Alvinzi's main Austrian army has been completely wiped out, and Schwarzenberg's troops have been heavily damaged, and its remnants of combat strength cannot stop the attack of a French brigade if they die, and there is no need to take it too seriously.

After cleaning up the battlefield, the losses of the troops were counted, and the losses of the four divisions of the Rhine Army added up to only more than 6,000 people, except for the shells with howitzers that were consumed a little more due to the continuous bombardment of the battle, and the weight of the weapons was relatively not much lost. Brion is most satisfied with this.

After the French army completely annihilated the main Austrian army of the Alvinzi division and personally swept the two Austrian armies of the Schwarzenberg division, the next target of the Rhine Army was the 40,000 Austrian right flank troops commanded by the Archduke Charles. I have to say that the only Austrian general in Briand's heart who can really bring him big trouble is Archduke Charles, so Archduke Charles's troops are the number one strong enemy that the French army wants to destroy.

However, Briand originally planned to mobilize heavy troops to besiege Archduke Charles' troops first, but who could have known that Verstingen, which Archduke Charles' army marched on, was more than forty kilometers away from the main battlefield, and its strategic value was low, and Alvinzi's main elite troops were no less threatening to the French army than Archduke Charles's troops, so Brion made up his mind to defeat the other two Austrian armies first, and then it was not too late to go north to deal with Archduke Charles.

Archduke Charles's cunning was not as simple as Brion imagined, and when Archduke Charles received that the main Austrian army of Alvinzi was besieged by the French army, he immediately mobilized his troops. First, a cavalry unit was sent south to observe the next movement of the French army, and collected the scattered Austrian soldiers, while leading a large force to flee back to Augsburg in a hurry. On the way, they happened to run into the left flank led by the routed Prince Schwarzenberg.

That's right, the first time Duke Charles received the news was not to go south to rescue Alvinzi, but immediately led his army to run away. In fact, Archduke Charles was very familiar with the terrifying combat effectiveness of the French army, and the psychological shadow of being entangled by the 20,000 soldiers of the Nala Division during the Battle of Württemberg probably still lingered in his mind. He naturally understood that the Austrian army and the French army would inevitably suffer losses in a field battle, and it would be good for a unit like Alvinzi, which was surrounded by the French regiment, to have a third of the soldiers break through, even if the division was completely annihilated, it was expected by Archduke Charles.

Moreover, it would take at least seven hours to rescue Alvinzie from the battlefield of Wertingen to the battlefield of Yettingen, and since Archduke Charles understood that the main force of the Austrian army was in danger of being doomed, he would stupidly go south to rescue him? At most, it would be good to send a force to meet the remnants of the army. At least at this time, Augsburg is the safest, if you go to fight the French army at this time, I am afraid that even the last 40,000 soldiers will not be able to survive.

Brion, who was originally full of confidence and was ready to go north to eliminate Archduke Charles's department, was inevitably a little disappointed when he got such news, you must know that the Rhine Army is best at field warfare, and it is the most ideal result to be able to wipe out Archduke Charles' troops in the field in one fell swoop. Although it was only a matter of time before Augsburg was captured, after all, the losses were much more than in the field, and this was the last thing Brion wanted.

However, if Archduke Charles was prepared to hold on to Augsburg, relying on his 40,000 troops and the fortified fortress of Augsburg, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack to block the French army's eastward advance. Storming is a fool's business, and just taking such a city would not only waste a lot of time, but also cause thousands of soldiers to die in vain.

But without fighting, Briand would never have had the opportunity to continue the crusade, and planting the French flag in Munich, the capital of the Kingdom of Bavaria, would have been a dream forever. Moreover, it is difficult to guarantee that the Austrian Empire will not send any more reinforcements, and when the Austrian army in Augsburg is stationed and the reinforcements should be combined with the outside world, it is difficult to guarantee that the French army will not suffer.

Although Austria has very little military strength at its disposal, is it absolutely no joke that the Austrian Emperor really wants to watch the French army wipe out his troops in Augsburg and then descend on the city of Munich? Although Emperor Francis II of Austria had been unanimous before the war, he would rather leave the capital himself than carry out the war with France to the end. But this is just a beautiful remark to fool the people and the army outside, and if he really wants to leave the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, I am afraid that he will not be willing to kill him.

Therefore, Briand's greatest hope at present is to solve the Augsburg problem as soon as possible, in case the Austrian emperor grits his teeth and mobilizes another 45,000 from the remaining 70,000 reserve soldiers to the battlefield, and it is difficult to say what will happen at that time.

At this time, however, Nala took a few soldiers and escorted a gray-haired Austrian captive into Brion's office.

"This is 。。。。。。 Brion put down the pencil in his hand, glanced at the old man in front of him, and immediately understood his identity: "It turned out to be Marshal Alvinzi of Austria." ”

Nala nodded happily: "After the defeat of the Austrian army in Yatingen, our troops searched all over the battlefield but never found Alvinzi's body. So I personally went to search with a cavalry team, and finally surrounded the remnants of a fleeing enemy army of more than 200 men in the Burtenbach area near the battlefield, and accepted their surrender. I saw at a glance that the old man's position in the army was definitely not ordinary, so I took him back for interrogation, and it turned out that he was Alvinzi, the commander of the 50,000 reinforcements of the Austrian army this time. ”

The corners of Brion's mouth lifted when he heard this, and he stared at Alvinqi with a burst of joy in his heart: "I didn't expect it, it's really a narrow road." It turns out that I was still wondering what kind of old general the general of the main force of the Austrian army was. Unfortunately, you really fell into my hands now. ”

Looking at the unconvinced expression of Alvinzi, who was over seventy years old, Brion was a little ridiculous, but after all, Alvinzi was the marshal of the Austrian army, and he was the supreme commander of the French Rhine Army.

"Nala, you've done a good job, and I'll give you a great credit this time. But the old-timers are also dignified Austrian marshals, how can they be so lazy? The others go out first, and ask the old marshal to sit down, and we will talk alone. Brion waved his hand and motioned for Nala and the others to leave first, and then turned his gaze to Alvinzi: "Even if Austria and France go to war, I think that no matter which side loses the battle, the generals should be treated with due courtesy, right?"

"Since I have fallen into your hands today, I will definitely die, where is so much nonsense. Alvinzi turned his face away in a huff, unwilling to say more.

Brion personally poured a cup of hot water for Alvinzi, and said with a smile on his face: "When we are marching and fighting, we are just our own masters. Besides, when the old marshal participated in the Seven Years' War, I was not yet born, so it stands to reason that I should call you a senior. When they met on the battlefield, the younger generation really felt guilty. ”

"The commander-in-chief is really joking. Alvinzi shook his head and took the glass. Alvinzi is not stupid, since the marshal's shelf has been laid out, and he has been treated so courteously by the supreme commander of the French army, there is no need for him to pretend to be full of blood. At least one thing is certain, and that is that his own life can be saved. Besides, this is the territory of the French army, and if one more wrong thing is said and the other party is provoked, then wouldn't it be sad?

Briand continued: "Marshal Alvinzi, rest assured that the French troops are civilized, your safety can be guaranteed, and you will be treated as you deserve. It's just that you can't let you go back to China yet, and you can only make a decision after the war is over. For now, I'll leave you in Ginzburg, and I'll have someone to take care of your daily life, as well as a personal bodyguard to keep you safe. ”

Having said so much, Brion actually wanted to implicitly express a meaning, and to put it bluntly, it was captivity. Alvinzi naturally knew in his heart that it was uncertain when the Austro-French war would end, and if the French lost, Alvinzi would be able to use Alvinzi as a negotiating capital. But if Austria had been defeated, then he himself would have been bound to be court-martialed for defeat.