At this time, the French army was worthy of the title of Gallic rooster, and even if they were put to death, even if they knew that they would die if they did not surrender, the remnants of the French army still rushed to the Prussian positions under the leadership of Amenable Pellisier.

It's just that the Prussian barbarians are not covered, and the French-Swiss mountain people under the leadership of the shotgun William fired a salvo of guns, and even launched a counter-charge.

However, compared to the militia under William the Shotgun, the quality of the French expeditionary force was obviously superior, and the Prussian army could still maintain it with its numerical superiority and high morale when the two sides fired at each other from a distance.

However, the hot-blooded shotgun William launched a counter-charge, and the difference in the quality of the soldiers on both sides was infinitely magnified in close combat.

The private soldiers sent by the local nobles became the biggest breakthrough, and their escape led to the collapse of the entire defensive line, and the militia of Neuchâtel saw the friendly army fleeing and instantly turned into headless flies.

Fortunately, Shotgun William himself did not lack courage, and he pushed away his attendant and led the royal guard to the top.

The Fribourg Army and the Luxembourg Army were not the kind of friendly troops that could not move like a mountain, and when they saw that the Prussian Army was showing signs of collapse, both sides immediately attacked the rear of the French army with all their might.

In the end, Amenablel Pellisier and his expeditionary force failed to work a miracle, and of the 24,000-strong expeditionary force, 17,112 of the remaining 22,435 were killed, 3,864 were captured and 1,459 were missing, except for the 1,565 wounded soldiers who returned home ahead of schedule.

The chief and deputy commanders, as well as officers at and above the rank of colonel, were all killed, and none of them surrendered.

The body of Amenable Pellisier was bought by the Prince of Shotgun from the Count of Chambor for three hundred thousand thalers and sent to the capital Berlin.

When King William IV learned of this, he threw his glass in anger and suffered a stroke.

On the outskirts of Celesta, the temporary residence of the commander of the coalition forces.

In order to avoid something unnecessary, Franz did not choose to live in the city of Celesta. On the third day after the Battle of Celesta, Franz began a reconstruction plan.

Since the plan was made long ago, everything was in order. Most of the German allied troops were improvised recruits, many of whom were skilled.

During the reconstruction work, Franz paid him according to his ability and efficiency, and even agreed to restore some people in situ, so the enthusiasm for work was very high.

Even soldiers who have no good experience can get a considerable salary for carrying sand, materials, and cleaning up the rubble of buildings.

Franz demanded strict military discipline when he gave high treatment to the soldiers, the gendarmerie and the military judges were busy all day long, and the soldiers who had been flogged had to line up every day, but there were few complaints.

After all, Franz gave very good treatment, and it was the soldiers' fault in the first place. As for why these soldiers have money in their hands, they have to rob and steal it, and they know that they will be whipped but they have to defy the law?

The first is the problem of habit, the armies of this era have long been accustomed to burning, killing, looting, looting, and even the main means of making money for the armies of most countries at this time.

Military salaries can only ensure that they will not starve to death, and only war looting, and even corpse theft, can make them change their fate.

Especially the low-level soldiers, they are originally a group of people who are excluded from society, and when they turn over, they will naturally want to do something they usually dare not do.

The second had a fluke mentality, and many soldiers felt that the new military law might not really be so harsh, perhaps just a temporary act of the Archduke Franz, or a new way of demonstrating the benevolence of the Habsburgs.

Especially some veteran soldiers, they think that this young duke has never seen torture, as long as he sees the bloody scene, he will definitely stop with those kings and grandsons.

So there are really people who take the initiative to make trouble and want to see Franz's condition. These Austrian ruffians also had the demeanor of Oriental thugs, but they clearly underestimated Franz.

Franz was in no mood to care about these things, so he directly chose to let Zoche go to prison, after all, people like Bordeaux and Colonel Monta can be ruthless to the enemy, but they may not be able to deal with their own soldiers.

And those who can do it, such as Henau and Baron Brooke, have more important things to do.

On the one hand, it can show Franz's attitude, and on the other hand, it can take the blame, after all, hatred of foreigners is much less costly than hatred of royalty.

In addition, Zoche can also make the execution relatively objective, objectively speaking, she is relatively difficult to buy, and at the same time has less sympathy for those who are tortured.

However, the reality is that Zetche is completely worthy of the name that Franz gave her, and he looks at each execution as if he were a real executioner, and even suggests that Franz use a beheading sentence.

In fact, beheading did exist in Austria, but theoretically it could only be used on high-ranking nobles and high-ranking generals, but usually high-ranking nobles and high-ranking officers would graciously choose to pardon their crimes when they made mistakes.

Therefore, at this time, there were two main criminal laws in force in the Austrian army, one was hanging, and the other was whipping.

As the name suggests, hanging a person with a noose, the Austrian flogging is actually a very heavy punishment.

Unlike the usual long whip or the nine-tailed whip commonly used by the British, the Austrian whip used for execution should actually be called a heavy horse whip.

Its wooden handle is usually a wooden stick about fifty centimeters long and three centimeters in diameter, and the whip rope is usually more than four meters long.

I don't know if he can whip the war horse Franz, but a whip can definitely make people's skin open.

Fortunately, most people commit small problems with a few whips, such as drinking alcohol and hurting people, and theft.

However, there are also some people who want to try whether Franz dares to kill, most of them can't bear a few blows, and they start to cry wolf as soon as they go down, and usually they don't move after five or six whips.

Franz's strict military discipline did have the selfish intention of winning over the local Germans, but on the other hand, he was also protecting the soldiers.

This protection is two-fold, on the one hand, to protect the interests of law-abiding soldiers, because not punishing those who violate the law and discipline is tantamount to trampling on the rights and interests of law-abiding soldiers.

On the other hand, it also prevents the occurrence of immortal jumping and the "six-son dilemma".

After all, strictly speaking, Franz and Mayor Blanqui are both outsiders, and if they can't keep it, a bunch of Huang Shilang or vindicators will pop up.

It's just that Franz is not a stunned young man, his inner age is more than forty years old, and Austria is not the kind of stormy empire in history that cannot protect itself.

There is no better customer in the world than the rich and disciplined soldiers, who have greatly stimulated the recovery of the local economy.

In contrast, the Orleans army was much less ethos, and they presented themselves as victors and masters.

If there were no German coalition to compare, the inhabitants of Celesta would have endured, after all, they could comfort their soldiers with this.

(End of chapter)

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