"It's almost time, get ready to attack!"

It was not easy to surround an enemy army, which gave the coalition officers and soldiers, who had always been extremely tired of being unable to defend to the death, finally have a chance to vent their anger. Although the Chinese army that was surrounded this time was only about 3,000 people, it is said that the cavalry contingent that entered India from Nepal was only about 10,000 people, and more than 3,000 people accounted for more than one-third of the total number of enemies. Therefore, as long as we can achieve a beautiful victory and perfectly eliminate these more than 3,000 Chinese cavalry, we will definitely be able to very effectively curb the Chinese's "riot" harassment in northern India and change the current environment in which the coalition forces are located.

"Chinese's biggest mistake in this war was the constant division of troops...... If this cavalry of theirs does not disperse, but directly "forces" into the area of Azassor with its great strength, threatening one of our wings of the Azassol coalition army, or going to Delhi to "riot" and attack the besieging Prince Eugen, they will surely achieve much greater results than simply "rioting"! So said the commander of the coalition forces in this operation, French Major General Rensted. This time, the Chinese cavalry harassed northern India too much, and the coalition army, at the "invitation" of the threatened Indian native kings, secretly transferred more than 7,000 troops from under the city of Asansol, and formed an alliance with several nearby native kings, totaling 15,000 people, and successfully surrounded this cavalry team of more than 3,000 people on the bank of the river outside the city of Zhambyl through the strategy of luring the enemy. As the commander of this campaign, although Major General Rensted has always been very hostile to Marlborough, and at the same time has some contempt, he is still very happy to be sent by the other side to carry out this mission, and his perception of Marlborough is also slightly better...... At least. The Englishman is still more discerning.

"General, do you want to send those Indians to attack first?" Hear Rensted's order. Colonel Collins asked with some hesitation. Although the coalition forces were ostensibly the main force in this joint operation, the Indian army outnumbered the coalition forces. More than 8,000 people. Let such an army deal with that cavalry force of only more than 3,000 people, and the opponent is still unable to exert it due to geographical restrictions, even if it can't win, at least it can destroy a lot of enemies. After all. The coalition forces are alone, and if they can avoid casualties, they will naturally try not to suffer casualties.

"I know what you're going to do, Colonel!" Don't you want those Indians to be cannon fodder? Ransted looked at the Indian generals who were walking towards their respective armies with a blank face, then looked at Collins and said: "Indian soldiers are not soldiers at all, they are too loose, and the army is too undisciplined." Moreover, I found that they have always had a fear of the Chinese military...... I don't know if that's because they heard about the bloody massacre that Yu Zhong carried out in Bengal! So. If they were to act as pioneers at this time, it would be hard for me to imagine that they would be able to give full play to their combat effectiveness, maybe. They will also be beaten back by Chinese...... In that case, even if the Chinese cannot take advantage of the situation to break out of the encirclement, our morale will definitely be difficult to maintain! Therefore, I would rather let them take on the role of guarding the periphery than let them take the lead in order to preserve their own strength! Moreover, we must fight this battle beautifully, so that those Indians, who are already a little restless, can rediscover our strength, and only in this way can we stabilize our camp. And then the final victory. ”

“…… I see, General! Thank you for your advice! Collins nodded instructively, and Lonsted had a point, and Marlborough had said so. As a Marlborough fan, Collins naturally has no objections.

"Hmm!" Lunsted also nodded, and commanded again: "Colonel, please go and tell the front, let them advance layer by layer!" First compress the range of activities of the Chinese! ”

"Yes!" Collins saluted and turned to give the order.

……

Under the watchful eyes of the besieged Qing army and the Indian army on the sidelines, the coalition forces began to attack.

Rønsted is using a linear tactic! It was a new tactic created at the beginning of the 17th century, when King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden began to massively replace cold weapons with hot weapons such as arquebuses and artillery. Although this tactic is very similar to the common tactics of the ancient Roman Empire armies, it is "a return of the same tactic at a higher level". Moreover, Gutaav II was the first European general to coordinate infantry and artillery, and his military ideas continued to influence European military strategists from the beginning of the seventeenth century to the present century (and into the twentieth century). Rensted was very fond of the Swedish king, who eventually died on the battlefield. This is not only because the king once said that "the welfare of the kingdom depends on God and the navy", "the artillery fire must be fierce and concentrated, not scattered, and the artillery must fight in coordination with other weapons and arms", but because His Majesty the King from Northern Europe had a brilliant record, defeating Russia, Denmark, Poland, Prussia and the Catholic coalition in the Thirty Years' War, and at one time expanding Sweden's territory to almost all of Northern Europe! The French astrologer Nostradamus, who is famous for writing a collection of prophecies called "The Centuries", once predicted that at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century, there would be a lion king in Northern Europe, who would be proud of the European continent and make earth-shattering careers. And it is clear that Gustav II is the "Nordic lion".

Since the Qing cavalry was already surrounded by the coalition forces and had to stand in front of the Indians, there were almost no reserves left in Rensted. In fact, the use of line-based "sex" tactics almost never leaves a reserve. The line "sex" tactic is to strike the enemy in the shortest possible time! Rensted divided the battle formation into three lines, each of which consisted of three columns, forming a battle formation with extremely shallow depth and a very wide front. However, because he was ordered to come secretly this time, he was unable to bring the heavy artillery in the general. However, his flanks were protected by the Indian army and cavalry, and the infantry artillery was also placed between the horizontal formations, which could exert maximum combat effectiveness with the horizontal musketeers, and the Chinese cavalry on the opposite side also formed a dense shock formation...... Lonsted believes. With a single blow, he can destroy at least half of his enemies.

"Tsk. General, how can the tactics of these Westerners be so similar to the musket tactics of our handsome land? Well, it's just that the artillery is a little less, and it's too exposed. Unlike our marshal, before the war, the artillery will definitely be hidden tightly! Looking at the linear formation of the coalition army opposite, someone from the Qing army led by Yue Zhongqi said.

"It's somewhat similar. However, it is only superficial! Hearing this, Yue Zhongqi nodded secretly, he had heard Yu Zhong talk about the war between the Europeans and the land. The wars in Europe are not like the wars in the East, and they are often wars that exhaust all national strength and never stop fighting. Most of the European wars were fought between dynastic rulers there. The purpose of the war was mostly limited to gaining a province, or adjusting the borders, or gaining political advantage, or gaining the rights and interests of some members of the royal family. Thus the scope of the conflict is also limited. Because in that country there are many and there are many forces, and you have me. I have you, and if I want to completely destroy the enemy, it will not benefit both sides of the war, and it may even attract other people to attack in groups. Coupled with the linear tactics and the application of fortifications, European warfare has the characteristics of "fixed fighting style, many positional battles, limited objectives, rigid principles, conformism, and indecisiveness."

"Dongmei. People put on such a formation, it seems that they are planning to give you a few rounds of ruthlessness, and when the bullets rain, the lethality is not small...... Moreover, they are so scattered, I'm afraid my cannon won't be able to kill a few! Zhao Dahe, who was originally a very famous "three-fingered general" in the army, walked back from the village and said to Yue Zhongqi.

"No hurry! The Achilles' heel of this linear battle formation is obvious: the depth is too shallow and it is easy to break through; The front is too wide, and it is not easy to save each other; Although there are wings on both sides, if they cannot defend it, it is easy to be attacked; The horizontal column is long and narrow, not easy to maneuver, and so on. It can be said that every part of this Westerner, whether it is the Chinese army or the two wings, is easy to become a weak center of gravity. The mobility is poor, and it is not convenient for the change of the center of gravity between virtual and real; Qi Zheng was violently "exposed" and suffocated the treacherous way; Throwing all the local armies into the battle at one time, without retaining reserves, not only cannot form a continuous attack, but is even more unfavorable for dealing with sudden changes; With the horizontal line infantry as the main firepower, even if it can win, it will be difficult to effectively pursue the enemy army, and it is simply difficult to fight a battle of annihilation. …… Besides, since we have made careful arrangements, even if they are ten times more powerful, it will be in vain. All you have to do is listen to me! Yue Zhongqi replied. Zhao Dahe is Yu Zhong's life-saving benefactor, and he is also a great general, and he has made a lot of contributions to commanding artillery. That time, Yu Zhong led his troops along Tibet to return to Sichuan, but was intercepted by Alinga halfway to Yunnan, but Zhao Dahe led the artillery under his command to return to Sichuan with the large army, and later, because it was once the old Han army flag of Manchuria, he was named the capital. Although Yu Zhong later thought about transferring this old subordinate to Yungui, the imperial court refused to let it go, and finally had to give up. However, this time, when the European army is coming, there may be a few fierce artillery battles, so before Yu Zhong sent out his troops, he finally transferred Zhao Dahe, but at that time, Yu Zhong had already arrived in Burma, and it was a little unreasonable to let Zhao Dahe go over the mountains and mountains with artillery, so he let him follow Yue Zhongqi together. However, because he still had to climb the plateau, Zhao Dahe did not bring any heavy artillery this time.

"You're one set after another...... I don't care anyway. As long as you don't let my precious artilleryman get into trouble! Otherwise, I'm not done with you, and Dashuai will have enough for you! Zhao Dahe said with a smile.

"Hehe, how dare I let your artillery have an accident? …… Not to mention that someone will trouble me, I can't afford to pay for this loss alone! Yue Zhongqi also smiled.

"General, Xikou has moved!" While Yue Zhongqi and Zhao Dahe were talking, the deputy general next to him reminded again.

"Oh?" Yue Zhongqi and Zhao Dahe successively 'touched' the binoculars from their bodies to look in the direction of the coalition forces, and sure enough, the soldiers of the coalition forces began to "force" in their own side with neat steps.

"It's good to be here! Wait a little longer! Wait for them to get closer! The corners of Yue Zhongqi's mouth showed a hint of a smile, and he ordered his subordinates again.

"Yes!"

……

"Boom"!

The battle began with a cannon shot. However, Colonel Collins, who stayed in the front army and planned to watch the "heroic" appearance of the Qing cavalry falling from his horse after being shot, was surprised to find that just after a cannon shot, the Qing troops on the opposite side seemed to have all "fallen" from their horses as if they had all been hit by evil! …… That artillery seems to belong to the French Army, when did those "Gallic roosters" invent a super artillery that can stun more than 3,000 people at once? Colonel Collins was dazed and puzzled, so as the former army commander, he did not give the order to attack for a while. As a result, the allied soldiers, who were also surprised by the actions of the Qing army, looked around for a while. I couldn't maintain the continuity of the attack. However, it was this hesitation of the whole "nature" that caused the coalition forces to suffer huge losses! First of all, a fierce artillery fire suddenly erupted in the Qing army's local camp, and in a short instant, the infantry artillery team arranged in the middle of the queue by Lunsted was shattered. Frightened by this, the coalition ground muskets opened fire one after another under the subconscious pull of the soldiers, and as a result, no powerful combined fire was formed at all. The fight can be said to be scattered. Then, the Qing troops opposite them took advantage of the time to hide behind those war horses, and then ,...... The war horses were ramming, and more than 3,000 war horses were driven by more than 3,000 Qing soldiers who had been demoted to infantry behind, and they seemed to be "crazy" and rushed towards the coalition soldiers who were in a hurry to reload!

"Cavalry attack!" Collins roared.

He didn't expect the Qing army to have such a strange move. You know, he and Lonsted originally planned to use three horizontal rows of muskets to carry out continuous "shooting" fires, so as to form a dense rain of bullets. It can also effectively prevent the enemy's counter-charge. However, the strange tricks of the Qing army made their soldiers shoot all the bullets in their guns at once, and they were not accurate...... At this time, the effective killing distance of the musket was not far away. Therefore, during the period of reloading, the Qing army's ground war horses can completely break up their line "sex" queue, and when the time comes, those Qing troops with sabers in their hands can definitely kill the coalition soldiers easily...... Although the coalition soldiers were armed with bayonets, how useful was this? Therefore, in a hurry, Collins did not have time to consider that he was not the commander of this battle, and directly commanded the cavalry used by Lunsted to protect the flank, which also numbered about 3,000 or so, into the battlefield. In the hope of being able to change the current situation of the war.

Once again, however, the turn of the war was beyond Collins's expectations. Among the cavalry on the flanks, only 1,000 belonged to the coalition army, which was transferred by Marlborough considering that they were going to deal with the cavalry of the Qing army on this trip, and the other 2,000 people were drawn from the Indian army, in order to avoid the Qing army's dogs jumping over the wall as much as possible, desperately attacking the flank of the line "sex" queue. However, Collins did not expect that the cavalry of the coalition army had just started, and the Indian cavalry who were with them suddenly waved their sabers in their hands - these Indians actually raised their weapons to the soldiers of the coalition army!

"Hit the mark!"

Collins was dumbfounded. Although there were no British in the main force of the coalition cavalry, most of them were French dragoons, but, in the end, they were also part of the coalition army. What is even more hateful is that if this cavalry is wiped out by the Indians, they will have no chance to turn it around this time. What's more, the composition of the coalition forces is quite complex, and many countries have a lot of dislike and even hatred between them. than Britain and the Netherlands, Austria-Hungary and Turkey, etc., and among them, especially the contradictions between Britain and Austria-Hungary and France are the most serious. Therefore, while facing the enemy, the coalition forces should also pay attention to internal unity at all times. However, the current French prince, the Count of Toulouse, has been captured alive by the Chinese, and if another French general is captured or killed by Chinese this time, then the French army that is following Marlborough to confront Yu Zhong will definitely be dissatisfied...... With almost no damage to the generals of other countries, it is not surprising that the French, who were already very dissatisfied with the British, would not be disgusted by the fact that France had lost one general and one major general in succession.

However, in spite of all the thoughts of Collins in this moment, he was no longer capable of changing the situation on the battlefield.

The sudden defection of the Indians, the strange surprise attacks of the Chinese, plus the fact that they did not have any reserves left, in this case, even Marlborough here could not reverse the situation! So, after a short period of thought, Collins and his entourage resolutely fled to the rear of the formation!

……

"General, we must retreat quickly!"

Collins didn't want to be a deserter, and he didn't want to take Runsted after Chinese Jisheng captured Toulouse, so he took Runsted with him...... A "strategic retreat" was carried out in accordance with the orders of the commander, and no one could say anything about him. However, despite the decision to retreat for the time being, Collins had to express his sincere admiration for the composure shown by Rensted. At this moment when the whole army was about to be defeated, it was amazing that this French major general could still drink with a coalition officer safely! It's just that...... Collins couldn't figure out when there were so many soldiers in British uniforms around Rensted? He didn't remember that he had brought such a team!

"Hello, Colonel Collins, yes? Please forgive us for our faux pas......" Collins was stunned when the "Coalition officer" who was drinking with Rensted had already stood up and gave him a military salute: "My name is Drake, an Englishman." The Qing Empire's Imperial Association Army! Ordered to come and invite you and General Rensted! ”

"Bang!"

Collins tried to take his musket, but was hit in the back of the head by a stick that came out of nowhere! …… That stick was almost as thick as his head!

"Harvey Krauss, you abominable manure digger! …… If you break this guy, how will we get the credit? "Drake, the former pirate leader who was transferred to the Imperial Concord Army because the coalition forces blockaded Temasek and had nothing to do, Drake's clothed minion Mader, couldn't help but shout loudly when he saw this extremely heavy stick under his men.

"I'm here to keep you safe, my lord! You see, he's pulling out a musket! Harvey Krauss, the former pirate who had been assigned by Madfa to manage the cesspool because he did not listen to the arrangement, immediately retorted dissatisfiedly when he heard the reprimand of the original leader.

"Who the hell are you?" Ronste, who had been captured, cried out.

"I told you...... We are the Imperial Allied Army of the Qing Empire! Drake said smugly. Capturing a major general and a colonel at one time, this credit should be enough for him to be promoted to a higher rank, right? After working in the customs for so many years, not being able to be promoted is his biggest heart disease.

"Imperial Army? …… Are you mercenaries of the Chinese? Rynsted asked, thinking for a moment.

"It's a general, but I don't know if you're right or wrong!" Drake said with a wry smile.

"Why?" Lonsted asked.

"Enough, don't think about procrastinating!" Hearing Lunsted's question, Drake's attitude suddenly became bad, "Don't think your people can come back to save you. This time, not only did the Indians help us, but General Yue also arranged more than 8,000 cavalry behind you! When you sent your troops here, you were doomed! Under the double blow of General Yue and those Indians, it is still unknown whether your soldiers can retreat here! ”

"I surrender!"

"Huh?"

"I say, I surrender! Please help me send a message to your general, and I will persuade my men to surrender and ask him not to attack again!" Lunsted said lightly.

"You're really ...... But, my dear general, do you know what we will do with you? Drake asked suddenly.

"Huh? What do you mean? Rynsted was stunned and asked. What do you do with yourself? Why is there something wrong with that?

"It's nothing, I just heard that you and the Admiral Toulouse, who was captured in the Battle of Zaiming Island, and this Colonel Collins, may be used by our Lieutenant General Yu to plot against your coalition forces!" Drake pouted and said.