That's it, the first day of fighting ended. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe Third Army of the Hereford family retreated in an orderly manner and withdrew to the rear in one fell swoop to rest. Together with the last severed cuirassiers, because by the end, the Imperial Army, which had lost more than half of its troops, had basically lost the courage and interest to pursue. So in reality, the enemy just sent a few companies and tried to pursue them - or simply put on a pursuit posture.

So, in fact, the cuirassier regiment after the break did not suffer much losses.

It was also because the establishment was basically preserved, and, although there were more losses and positions were lost, it gave the enemy more casualties. So the 3rd Army did not feel discouraged from top to bottom. On the way back, they even collected the corpses of their own fallen soldiers and brought them back.

"There are a lot of them, and they charge quite well, but it's not a big deal, we can fight the three of them alone!" This is the news that the soldiers of the Third Legion brought back. There are many people who are even very unwilling, thinking that if they continue to fight and fight more resolutely, then before that, the imperial army as the enemy will collapse first.

Although, the army of this era suffered casualties and was much better able to kill than the troops of the feudal era. Normally, a unit with a half killed can still hold on. Some of the more powerful infantry regiments, such as the Praetorian Guard, can ensure that they will continue to fight even if they lose more than 70 percent of their numbers...... Of course, this insistence doesn't really mean much. Because the first could not maintain the formation, and the second could not maintain the firepower output, it is said that continuing to fight despite the death of 70% can only be exchanged for helpless defeat in the end.

Unless the situation advances, it evolves into the era of skirmishers. With stragglers, combined with bayonet battles, and the tactics of the three-three system, then even if there is only one combat group left, it can still maintain a certain combat effectiveness. However, it is conceivable that this is a false proposition. William felt that the current comprehensive promotion of skirmish tactics would have no other effect than hehe.

Unless he could give each of his men a Minie rifle, he would never have promoted skirmishers on a large scale......

In Wilhelm's previous world, the Migne rifle was only mass-loaded in the post-Napoleonic era. It's a pity...... At that time, it was already possible to go to Gatling, gritting his teeth, copper shell bullets and modern bolt-action rifles were not impossible. So it's a pity, at least in this war, the Hereford family army still has to hold flintlock muskets and face the enemy in a hurry.

That's it. The war did not bring much hurt and frustration to the Hereford family. After a moment of fierce fighting, it was night. The two sides temporarily ceased fighting in accordance with the areas under their actual control. The Hereford family was on their side, while the Imperial Army, after experiencing the excitement of "victory", fell into the fear of war and could not extricate itself.

Tens of thousands of troops died -- remember, deaths, not casualties. In this age of healing magic, casualty and death are two completely different concepts. William was even very worried that with such a good healing technique, everyone would not need to study medicine, so the development of biology and chemical technology in this world should be very slow. That's not great...... Maybe you should do something to advance the following medical advances?

All in all, that's it. The first array of the Imperial Army's 20,000 troops was basically crippled...... Thanks to the high lethality of the Hereford family's army, the situation of the Imperial Army is very ...... Subtle. The death of 10,000 troops was not evenly distributed among the regiments, but the attacking troops were almost completely annihilated. And the regiments, which did not attack, remained intact.

This one-size-fits-all situation is good in a sense - because you can't see the death of familiar soldiers and comrades around you, so there will be less damage to morale. At the same time, if the organization is kept intact and the attack is launched with regimental units, it is natural that there will be no problems.

At some point, or under some circumstances, they could continue to fight until they were annihilated......

Still, of course, these people are not idiots, nor are they fools. Although the individual infantry regiments remained largely intact. But you want to force these guys to continue to die...... I'm afraid it's not that difficult.

10,000 people. 10,000 people were thus corpses. Moistens the earth. Some of them even disappeared with their bodies. The camp where they used to live is now dead silent. There was no sound, only the evening breeze whistling by. From the various camps, the empty camps were pitch black (or possibly because of the widespread night blindness among the soldiers of this era), and it was like hell......

This feeling is something that even the stupidest, most stupid and bold guy will never turn a blind eye to. Because of this, the 10,000 troops in the first echelon are currently a bit demoralized. There was even a small-scale desertion. Presumably, it takes some stimulus to get them back into battle - money, or money, or indulgence in the looting of these guys.

It's just that the current financial situation of the empire is quite tight. It's basically impossible to send them money or anything. As for the plundering of the army, neither Kalman IV nor the lower-ranking officers had any psychological obstacles...... It's just that the current war is imminent, and this kind of thing is really ...... To make matters worse, the Hereford family has done a pretty good job of clearing the walls. The tens of thousands of people on the side of the battlefield in the central and northern regions have all been evacuated, and even if they rob, they can't find a target. If you really want to rob, you have to walk a considerable distance, return to the area controlled by the Empire, and then rob again.

This is naturally impossible. In the north, it's easy and normal for heretics to rob heretics or something. But plundering on their own territory...... With the exception of a handful of lunatics who really don't care about anything, very few monarchs would be willing to do this for mercenaries.

That's it, although the first array of the Imperial Army still has six fully formed infantry regiments, hundreds of artillery pieces and such a formidable force. But in reality, this army has been abolished. Now there is only one tactic that can rejuvenate them, and that is to wait, and wait for time to make their fears and resistance disappear little by little.

I don't know how long it will take, but one thing is for sure, these guys will definitely not be useful in this war.

So, the next day, when attacking the second line of defense of the Hereford family, General Franz simply abandoned the six infantry regiments and locked them alone in the barracks to make a fuss for themselves. It is only natural that they will not be allowed to come into contact with other troops.

Fighting against the Hereford family, the Fourth Praetorian Guard Regiment of the Russian Kingdom, was a brand new infantry unit of 20,000 men, nominally subordinate to the second array of the Crown Prince, Archduke Charles.

Looking at Archduke Charles, who was expressionless and looked like he didn't know whether to be happy or angry. General Franz secretly sighed in his heart - this Grand Duke's personality is really a little worse, and his understanding ability is not very good.

The old emperor gave Franz the power to command an army of 40,000 troops on two routes, but only to Archduke Charles in name. On the one hand, it is indeed because General Franz's command ability is much stronger than that of Archduke Charles. But at the same time, there is another reason, which is to expect Archduke Charles to lie down and earn credit and learning experience for himself. At the same time, he also hopes that through this way of teaming, his son will have a chance to buy people's hearts.

It can be said that although the old emperor attached great importance to his authority and power, he still spared no effort when cultivating his son......

It's just a pity that Archduke Charles is not so empathetic...... Or a book like a thirty-year-old who is already an adult, but in fact the mental state is still stuck at the age of sixteen, it is really difficult to do it. Although the old emperor was painstaking, he did not explain anything clearly to Archduke Charles. And it is taboo for anyone to say such a thing to Archduke Charlie except the old emperor himself.

Therefore, Archduke Charles, according to his own way of understanding, completely misinterpreted the meaning of the old emperor. He believed that all this was the fault of General Franz, and everything was the reason for the old emperor's stupidity and incompetence. What he wants is power, what he wants is for others to look up to him. What you want is to be the brightest star in the sky.

Especially after the reference of William again.

Seriously, William has harmed almost all the rulers of various countries in the human world...... Reserve.

All the crown princes, crown princes, grand dukes, dukes, and so on, had to accept the fact that there was such a powerful prince in the world. And then had to accept the kind of humiliation that others compared to William. William has become someone else's child completely. And it's the most typical one, the decathlon.

Archduke Charles was looking forward to a one-time battle with William - he didn't think he was going to fail. Of course, he is the best at what he does. He has completely forgotten that all this is because he is a prince, so others let him ......

In this way, Archduke Charles failed to bribe General Franz, the most important military representative of the empire, as the old emperor thought, but instead had a great conflict with him. At the same time, he didn't want to just take credit in name, but wanted to participate in it. Command Operations...... That's it.