I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 801 A natural outcome

The Austrian cavalry didn't feel anything because they didn't understand English, but the British cavalry masters were immediately furious.

They were basically of noble origin. When had they ever been humiliated by these North American pariahs?

Even two red-hot cavalry captains stared at the Americans and swung their swords to kill them.

Seeing this, the other British cavalry followed them with curses. The British cavalry commander couldn't stop them at all. He couldn't help but hear all kinds of vulgar insults from the Americans, so he simply ordered an attack on the American infantry.

The Austrian cavalry was stunned.

The mission this time was to annihilate the French artillery. What were these British people going to do?

The Austrian cavalry commander saw that it was impossible for him to break through the French army covering the artillery. He hesitated for a moment and ordered his men to retreat first.

Well, yes, the British infantry is indeed known for its discipline and tenacity, but the British cavalry is famous for its freedom and laxity.

In history, the Duke of Wellington complained more than once that his cavalry did not listen to orders at all, and once they rushed forward, they did not know how to withdraw. They were annihilated several times because they chased the enemy too deep into the enemy's position.

At present, the British cavalry is interpreting their poor discipline with actions.

More than 1,500 cavalrymen rushed to the Americans angrily, and the American infantry immediately ran behind the slope.

Then, a drum sounded, and Murat rushed out from the side and rear of the British with 500 cavalrymen.

It was obviously an ambush long ago.

After a period of running wildly, the British cavalry was exhausted. At this time, they were suddenly attacked from behind. They wanted to organize defense in fear but were powerless.

And shells fell on the heads of British cavalry from time to time in the distance.

When Murat chopped down the first enemy with his sword, the British cavalry collapsed instantly.

Murat shouted excitedly, chasing after them and slashing non-stop, like a hungry wolf driving a flock of sheep.

The British had consumed too much horsepower before, and now they couldn't even run well. A moment later, five or six hundred people were intercepted by Murat and surrendered directly.

The Duke of York looked grim as he watched the coalition artillery, which was halfway through the journey, begin to be bombarded by the French army, and then retreated tremblingly, and immediately poked the ground with his cane in anger.

In fact, even if his artillery really arrived at the predetermined position, it would be difficult to pose too much threat to the French army.

After all, the back slope tactics were originally created to deal with Napoleon's terrifying artillery threat.

Because the soldiers were deployed at the top of the slope, once they were bombarded, they could immediately turn around and hide on the back of the slope.

Until the 21st century, this tactic was an effective means to resist artillery bombardment. Even guided artillery shells could hardly hit the enemy on the back of the slope, not to mention the front-loading smoothbore guns.

Under the order of the Duke of York, the coalition infantry forcibly launched an offensive, but they were not as far as they had gone three days ago, and were hit back by the percussion cap guns on the top of the slope.

That afternoon, in the Allied Command, the Duke of York frowned at the senior officers who bowed their heads and kept silent, and a strong sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.

He couldn't understand why he had a huge advantage in manpower, but after two consecutive attacks, not to mention breaking through the French defense line, his side was defeated one after another...

He sighed, left a sentence "launch another attack in three days", and frowned and left the tent.

Just when the Allied Forces were helpless against Joseph's back slope + thin white line, Major General Gaillard was commanding the Walloon Defense Force to launch wave after wave of offensives against Brussels.

The Walloon soldiers were like chicken blood, rushing towards the Dutch defense line with red eyes.

You know, this is to fight for the territory of Wallonia!

As long as Brussels is occupied, the economy of the entire Wallonia region will be greatly improved.

And almost every Southern Netherlander has a dream of settling in Brussels. Joseph also promised the soldiers that all those who have made meritorious contributions will be rewarded with a set of real estate in Brussels.

How could the Walloon soldiers not attack the city like crazy?

On the other hand, the Dutch defenders all looked depressed.

Brussels is Austrian territory, why are these Dutch people fighting for their lives here?

In addition, the Flemish in the city are also very restless.

As early as a month and a half ago, William Weigel van Tine secretly convened Flemish parliamentarians with political influence to promote the movement for Flemish independence from Austria.

These people can control every aspect of Brussels. With their efforts, the Dutch defenders either had their weapons stolen or their supplies could not be raised in time, and there was even a fire in the barracks.

This made the morale of the Dutch soldiers even lower.

If Davidovich had not relied on his personal prestige to hold on, the Dutch army would have opened the city and surrendered long ago.

But soon, the news of the defeat of the Anglo-Prussian-Austrian coalition in Mechelen spread to the city.

To be honest, the Duke of York was not defeated, at most the situation was unfavorable and stalemate.

However, after the Flemish independence movement made some deletions and published them in newspapers, panic quickly spread among the Dutch soldiers.

Yes, the largest newspapers in Brussels are all assets of members of the independence movement.

Davidovich declared the city under martial law and could not control it.

Three days later in the morning, more than a dozen Brussels citizens secretly opened the east gate while the Dutch soldiers were napping, and Gaillard immediately led his troops into the city.

No mistakes, one song, one post, one content, one look!

The battle was basically over by noon.

The Dutch army had no will to resist. Except for Davidovich and his officers who guarded the east gate for a while, the Walloon Defense Force took control of the entire city without fighting.

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East of Brussels.

Leuven.

Scheher looked at the thousands of troops behind him, feeling nervous and excited.

He had never dared to think that the French crown prince would actually let him command the Flemish Corps to fight.

Oh, the crown prince also promoted his rank, and now he is Brigadier General Scheher.

And His Highness also promised him that after the establishment of the Flemish Republic, he would get the position of vice president or speaker.

But he immediately became sad again.

He didn't know how to fight, and his previous lieutenant colonel rank was also bought with money.

How should he capture Leuven now?

Although there were only 2,000 Austrian defenders in the city, and he brought 4,000 Flemish surrendered troops, he didn't even know where to start the attack.

Of course, Joseph didn't expect him to really capture Leuven.

This was just a "letter of surrender".

Joseph needed an obedient political force in the future Flemish Republic. After all, Thayn was a man with his own ideas and would be difficult to control.

And this Scheherazade was a good candidate - greedy, mean, without moral integrity, and without any foundation, he could only rely on himself in the future.

As long as Scheherazade led his army to fight the Austrians, regardless of winning or losing, the hatred between the Flemish and Austrian people would be established.

With another instigation from Thayn, Flemish independence would be a natural outcome.