Chapter 326: Capture Blücher Alive
The cavalry charge quickly unfolded on this land, the galloping horses' hooves struck hard on the muddy road, and the rumble spread throughout the battlefield.
The resisting Prussian troops immediately saw an astonishing number of cavalry rushing towards them behind the French infantry.
The Prussian officers hurriedly ordered their soldiers to prepare, but the next moment they discovered that the pace of the cavalry's attack was very strange.
No longer harassing from both sides, facing the huge battle formation, these cavalry no longer waited, but instead rushed directly from the middle waving their sabers.
"Defend! Defend! Shoot at the cavalry!"
The Prussian officers shouted loudly, but the smoke and noise on the battlefield had already drowned out all the orders. The Prussian soldiers belatedly moved their guns towards the cavalry, and the cavalry's sabers were already in front of them.
Li Mu rushed to the front, his horse heading towards the center of the phalanx. The saber in his hand was swung down, and a road was trampled out.
The French cavalry's attack was very brutal and brutal, without any regard for the Prussian spears and bayonets, and fiercely rushed into the square formation.
"Don't stop, rush out, go around and go back!"
Li Mu rushed ahead, and at the same time shouted loudly for the cavalry to leave the phalanx quickly to ensure that the entire team would not be dragged down.
The French infantry phalanx was still firing, and they were still aiming at the organized Prussian phalanx. The soldiers who were escaping separately let them escape from both sides.
The several Prussian phalanxes that were pushed aside by Li Mu also began to show signs of collapse.
They encountered a huge attack by the French army in Ligny. The sudden attack caused the Prussian army to lose effective command. As a result, they finally organized a team here, but they did not expect to encounter this French army.
The attack of this French army was as fierce as the previous ones. Infantry and cavalry attacked one after another, and Prussia's effective counterattack was quickly dispersed.
Especially when someone discovered that there were openings on both sides to escape, these organized soldiers suddenly found hope.
Li Mu's differentiation methods have already been effective under the fierce attack.
After the French cavalry charge on both sides, the Prussian army began to disperse.
The French infantry regiment began to adjust and flexibly design large-scale gathering places, and its attack firepower was much weaker.
Li Mu led the regrouped cavalry and stopped in front of the infantry regiment. Li Mu was facing thousands of retreating soldiers and was trying hard to find his target among them.
According to reports from the Prancing Troopers and cavalry, no trace of Prussian Blücher was found.
The purpose of Li Mu's blocking attack was, firstly, to completely defeat the defeated troops, and secondly, to find Blücher and destroy the command center of the Prussian army.
"Marshal, what do we need to do?"
At this time, Luo Bao came to Li Mu panting and looked at Li Mu with excitement.
His performance this time should be pretty good. The infantry regiment's attack was orderly, and Li Mu should not be angry with him anymore.
"Let the infantry regiment set off towards the dense forest, disarm all the Prussian soldiers who can be seen, and let them go empty-handed."
Li Mu said this, then he remembered something and said to Luo Bao.
"Leave me an infantry phalanx. It needs to be composed of soldiers with the best physical strength."
Luo Bao heard this and quickly agreed, but he didn't understand what Li Mu was thinking.
At this time, two leaping soldiers came to Li Mu with a Prussian officer. Li Mu held a saber in his hand and asked him.
"Where is your Marshal Blücher now?"
The officer with the golden beard kept struggling, looking at Li Mu with an angry look on his face, as if he would rather die than surrender.
Li Mu had already anticipated this situation, and immediately asked a few soldiers to press over a few Prussian soldiers.
Before they could say anything, Li Mu waved to a leaping soldier next to him. The leaping soldier immediately took action and stabbed a Prussian soldier in the thigh.
The soldier screamed and fell to the ground. The Prussian prisoners around him quickly looked over. Li Mu pointed at the officer again and said.
"Tell me, you can leave now."
Li Mu's tone was very calm, but his actions were unambiguous. The soldier's screams stimulated several people, but the Prussian officer still didn't seem to let go.
Li Mu sneered, and a group of infantry came over. The prisoners just now were pushed to the ground beside them.
The soldiers pretended to line up to be shot, but the Prussian soldiers immediately refused and yelled and cursed at the officer. Li Mu summoned a French cavalryman who understood.
"Marshal, they said they saw Blücher fleeing from the right side."
"The specific location, appearance, and number of people?" Li Mu asked. The cavalry asked, and the soldiers said in a panic, but they all pointed at the Prussian officer next to them.
Li Mu understood and waved his hands to let the soldiers prepare to shoot. Only then did the Prussian officer speak.
"Marshal, he said that Blücher broke out from the right with a small number of cavalry. They are all wearing gold and blue uniforms and should be easily identifiable."
After listening to this, Li Mu showed a satisfied look and asked people to let the Prussians go.
At the same time, the cavalry began to take action, following the location mentioned by the Prussian officer to find Blücher.
Luo Bao, who was standing aside and watching all this, really saw the ruthlessness of his commander at this moment. It seemed that he was really wrong before. This kind commander was actually a battlefield killer!
Li Mu's eyes happened to glance at Luo Bao's face at this time. The two people's eyes met. Luo Bao was about to run away, but Li Mu stopped him.
"General Lobo, remember the mission and focus on the effective force."
After saying this, Li Mu suddenly retracted his long sword from its scabbard, and his fierce momentum overwhelmed the opponent.
Li Mu, who had just experienced a big battle, felt extremely oppressive.
The blocking battlefield soon transformed into a pursuit battlefield. The infantry regiments began to defeat the remaining Prussian soldiers again. At the same time, they launched concentrated attacks on the artillery, cavalry and officers, disrupting the Prussians' basic structure and force.
Li Mu led the cavalry and a group of powerful infantry to pursue Blücher's troops. Although they only fled with a small number of cavalry, they still encountered many broken Prussian troops along the way. Blücher, as the leader, naturally chose to gather together
Broken troops.
Therefore, shortly after the blocking battle began, Blücher had actually gathered nearly 2,000 broken troops, and the equipment in the team was relatively complete.
But these soldiers also slowed down Blücher.
So in the evening, Li Mu's troops met the opponent. The number of cavalry who arrived first was less than a thousand, but it was enough to cause panic among these Prussian soldiers.
Under Blücher's organization, these soldiers reluctantly began to attack, but the subsequent arrival of the French infantry completely shattered their self-confidence.
In the dark night, Li Mu didn't know how long the troops had been fighting before they had to stop because of the darkness.
Beside the campfire, Li Mu was eating something he had just cooked when the sound of horse hooves suddenly struck him.
"Marshal, we have captured Blücher!"
A soldier ran to Li Mu with excitement on his face. Li Mu, who was sitting on the fallen tree, quickly stood up.
"Where?"
"Right in the back, he was injured and we caught him in a farmhouse!"
Chapter completed!