According to Frederick's deployment, Kirchbach's Fifth Army and Heshingen Brigade were mainly to prevent the French Rhine Army from moving south to support the Chalond Army.

At present, Napoleon III himself began to shrink his forces, and in order to prevent Prussia from cutting off MacMahon from the Rhine Army under his command and causing him to be caught between two sides, he ordered the French Fifth Army to immediately move south to support Marshal McMahon's headquarters.

……

"Your Highness Leopold, how about you deploy in Valdovisan next, while the Fifth Army and I hold Saverna!"

Although the Hexingen Brigade nominally belongs to the same level as the Prussian army, Kirchbach does not see it that way, the two are two levels apart, although Leopold has a noble status and is a member of the Hohenzollern family, but the battlefield is not a stage, and he can come as he wants, so the main force naturally needs to be served by the Fifth Army, which has a large number of people, in fact, although the Fifth Army is a regular Prussian army, in fact, the vast majority of soldiers come from the states except Prussia in the North German Confederation.

Leopold ignored Kirchbach and turned his head to the map to find Valdowisan's location.

After a long time, in the corner of the map, the so-called Valdovisan, a small and inconspicuous village, located in the southeast corner of Savina.

"Not here!" Leopold retorted.

"Although the Heixingen Brigade is a temporary unit formed by students, and has never been in contact with the battlefield, its military literacy is not weak, and it doesn't need your protection yet, Valdovisan is a small place, too close to the rear, even if you don't trust us, you shouldn't arrange the Heixingen Brigade in a small village that is difficult to find on a map!"

"Your Royal Highness Leopold, I don't distrust you, I still know your ability, but as you said, the Hexingen Brigade has never been in contact with the battlefield at all, put this group of student soldiers on the front line, to say something unpleasant, I don't feel at ease, and I have seen your troops, fifty percent of them are not German or even European faces, such a force combat effectiveness, may be useful in overseas colonies, but this is Europe." Kirchbach said arrogantly.

"Kirchbach! Put away your arrogance, in fact, the Hexingen Brigade belongs to the state army, I only obey the orders of Crown Prince William and the General Staff, you can't control my head, as for the combat effectiveness of this army? I know better than you that I also fought in the Second Schleswig War and the Austro-Prussian War, and I don't need you to judge my men! ”

"That's a pity, in that case, Your Highness Leopold! Where do you want to deploy your army? Kirchbach asked.

In his opinion, the so-called Hexingen Brigade could not take on the big responsibility, but as Leopold said, he really couldn't control him.

"Here, Daviette." Leopold pointed to the town directly east of Saverna, a road connecting Davilet to Saverna, an area that was part of Saverna's flank and strategically located second only to Stanburg, northeast of Saverna.

"If you're determined to do so, do it! But I have to say in advance that when the time comes, we will not be able to take care of this area when we fight the French. ”

"Hmph, I don't need you to take care of it, in fact, if you can keep Saverna well, you can ask for a lot of blessings! As far as I know, the Fifth Army was nothing more than a makeshift Prussian unit, and many of its soldiers were peasants who had just laid down their hoes and had been summarily called up in Hamburg, Saxony, and other places, but against France, whose troops were small but seasoned professionals. Leopold, though angry, reminded him.

"Hahaha, I admit that the Fifth Army may be a little inferior to the French in combat, but we are numerous enough, and at the same time we have a favorable location, and there are many Prussian veterans in the army, and under the leadership of Prussia, the recruits of other states will also grow rapidly in the war." Kirchbach laughed.

"It was better to do so!" Leopold put down this sentence and walked away without looking back.

As soon as Leopold left, Kirchbach changed his face and said to his subordinates solemnly: "I don't know what to do, Robert! ”

"Here, Commander!"

"That Hexingen Brigade has no combat effectiveness at all, but we can't help but consider the safety of His Highness Leopold, you lead the Third Brigade to be deployed on the right side of the Heheingen Brigade in Vilwisan, as soon as they get into trouble, you give me a top, don't let the defense line make a mistake, do you hear?"

"Yes, Commander!"

……

Leopold returned to the station of the Heshingen Brigade with a gloomy face, this Kirchbach is too arrogant, in fact, judging from the past records of the two, Kirchbach's command level can only be said to be average, and he has the ability to organize an army to fight, but he is 108,000 miles away from the famous general.

Originally, he would not have participated in this Franco-Prussian War, after all, as one of the protagonists of the Spanish throne incident, his energy before the war was on the Spanish throne.

When the French intervened and the Spanish government retreated, he would not have had time to return to the Prussian army, and if it had not been for Ernst's request, he would still be in Sigmaringen!

"Your Highness Leopold, who you off!" Heinrich saw Leopold, who was not in a good mood, exit.

"Is my face bad?"

"Yes...... A little. ”

Leopold rubbed his face with his hand to relax his muscles, and said: "It's not a big deal, I found some unhappiness in Kirchbach just now, this Kirchbach is a little unpopular, but I'm not used to him." ”

"Yes, Commander Kirchbach?"

"Uh, how did he mess with you!"

"Hehe, it's just a pig's head who relied on the change of the kingdom and rose with the trend, that is, he is a little older and his ability is not outstanding, and he doesn't even look down on the Heixinggen Brigade, which is the best execution unit among the soldiers I have led."

"Your Highness, don't be angry, the Heixingen Brigade does not have the blessing of military achievements, naturally it is not convincing, although the name of the Heixingen Military Academy sounds very imposing, but the popularity is not high, most of the cadets of the same class are from crash courses, and have gone to Africa, this session of the Heixingen Military Academy has been trained for two and a half years, but it is much stronger than my one, maybe in terms of single bush training and professional knowledge, the cadets who have undergone long-term training are stronger than many Prussian veterans, but on the battlefield, they do not look at their origins, People will only remember the winner, whether it is slander or insult, as long as there is a victory, they will know whether it is real or not. ”

"Hehe, you don't have to comfort me, in fact, I was not much better than Kirchbach at the beginning, when Ernst handed over the troops to me, my opinion was actually similar to Kirchbach, but after I really led this team and got along for a while, I changed my mind, this army is not inferior to the elite troops of the kingdom in any other way except for the battlefield, and I have not brought new soldiers, in my opinion, the Hexingen Brigade is more than one grade stronger than those temporary conscripts under Kirchbach."

"Therefore, Your Highness, we should do our own thing to prove that the Heixingen Brigade is not a fist and a leg, but a modern and powerful light infantry army."

(End of chapter)