At night, at the guard post outside Lafayette's First Brigade camp, the sentry was yawning.
"Brace yourself!" the sergeant who was checking the sentry shouted angrily, "Keep your eyes wide open, the enemy is right ahead!"
The sentry quickly stood at attention, and then couldn't help but yawned.
The sergeant directly hit the sentry on the back of the head: "Damn it! I'm going to wake you up!"
"No! Don't do it! Sergeant, I know I was wrong!" The sentry immediately begged for mercy, "It's dark at night, no one will attack us! If I were the enemy, I would have been so scared that I ran away all night!"
The sergeant curled his lips: "What you said is indeed true. We have a huge advantage. Tomorrow's battle should end with our victory. But it is precisely because of this that we must cheer up and prevent the enemy from using their brains!"
The sentry shouted: "Yes!"
The sergeant nodded and started to check the next sentry post.
As soon as he left, the sentry yawned, then leaned back against the tree, his eyes blurred.
At this moment, a flash of a knife suddenly appeared in the darkness. Before the sentry could make a sound, his throat was slit with a dagger.
The face of Jean Lannes, who led the sneak attack force, emerged from the darkness. He gently put down the body of the sentry, and then whistled into the darkness behind him.
So the soldiers who were attacking the troops emerged from the darkness one after another.
A sergeant reported to Rana: "There are many people left behind, and there are only so many following us."
"Don't worry about it," Lana waved his hand, "The enemy's camp is right in front! The torches are ready, use them on the spot, let's go!"
After saying this, Jean Lannes took the lead and rushed towards the enemy camp.
Everyone follows closely behind!
**
Lafayette had just finished dinner under the service of the orderlies, and was trying to write a battlefield diary by the candlelight in the camp, when suddenly a cry came from outside: "Fire!"
As soon as Lafayette raised his head, there was a loud noise outside.
Lafayette immediately stood up and shouted: "Here comes someone!"
Immediately the orderly opened the door curtain and came in: "General!"
"What's going on?"
"I don't know. There was a fire in the distance and there was an explosion."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chief of Staff Berthier burst into the tent: "Oh no, General, I think this is a night attack by the enemy!"
Lafayette frowned: "Night attack? Stabilize the troops immediately. Night attacks can only be carried out by small groups of troops, and chaos cannot spread among the troops!"
Just as he finished speaking, another explosion came from outside.
Berthier: "Maybe the artillery powder exploded."
At this time, someone broke into the camp again. They were the battalion commanders of several battalions stationed around the tent of Commander Lafayette: "Your Excellency General! Frost is calling! Let's..."
"Asshole! Stop panicking!" Lafayette shouted angrily, "I don't believe Frost's army can march at night, and march at night without lighting torches! This is absolutely impossible! The enemy must be a small force, maybe There are only a few hundred people. Hold on!"
At this time, Lafayette heard someone shouting outside: "Lafayette has been killed! Our army is defeated! Run!"
Lafayette was furious: "Catch the person who shouted this, he is disturbing the morale of the army! Catch him and kill him!"
As he said that, he rushed out of the camp angrily and shouted: "I am Lafayette! I am right here! Everyone, calm down!"
**
At the same time, Davout's station.
An Ning still stood under the beech tree on the top of the mountain, observing the night with a telescope.
Davout stood beside him: "General, there is still a big battle tomorrow. You should go back and rest. Even if the night raid team fails to win, we can defeat Lafayette tomorrow."
An Ning was about to reply when suddenly fire appeared in the distance.
At first it was just a little bit of fire, but soon it became a whole.
An Ning: "Look! Fire! Lana and the others succeeded!"
Davout also looked at the fire: "It looks like a few camps have been burned, so it shouldn't be a lot."
An Ning: "You don't understand. Even if they only cause a few casualties, their attack can cause chaos in the enemy's camp, which will be of great benefit to tomorrow's battle!"
Davout: "Yes, that's for sure. Now that the fire has started, general, it's time for you to return to the central camp and rest."
An Ning shook his head: "No, I want to be here to take a look at the flames. You think it would be great if we took this opportunity to cover up and kill them!"
Davout frowned: "This is unrealistic. Let alone attacking at night, even an ordinary march is difficult to maintain, and it is useless even with torches."
An Ning could only sigh.
Davout said this, and it should be true. The organization level of the troops in this era, as well as the subjective initiative of the soldiers, cannot support organized night operations.
Therefore, An Ning often feels that the comparison between the modern army and the ancient army, which was very popular on the Internet before time travel, is very meaningless.
An Ning: "I hope Rana can return safely."
Davout: "Do you need me to send some troops forward to meet them?"
"No, no, it's useless. I don't want to join a group of well-trained troops. I have to have you guard this important area tomorrow." An Ning said and yawned, "I'm a little sleepy too, so I'm going back.
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Davout: "Good night, General."
**
At this time, Lana had just fired a baggage train carrying gunpowder, and the violent explosion almost threw him out.
He was unconscious for a while, then opened his eyes and got up.
Looking around, the sergeants were organizing to put out the fire, and the comrades who came with Rana to attack were nowhere to be seen.
Lana raised his eyebrows and muttered: "My mission is almost over."
He quietly moved his hands and feet and crawled on the ground.
Fortunately, the situation was so chaotic that no one noticed him.
A group of soldiers fighting the fire even ran past Rana without even glancing at him squirming on the ground.
He just struggled and crawled into the bushes next to the camp.
After hiding in the bushes, Lana observed the situation again and decided to hide here and sleep tonight until General Frost defeated the enemy tomorrow.
Yes, Lana had no doubt that Mr. Frost could win, because when they set off, Mr. Frost looked so confident.
Mr. Frost said this at the time: "Rana, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Even if your sneak attack fails, we can defeat Lafayette tomorrow. Just do your best and try to keep yourself alive."
That’s it!”
Lana hid himself among the roots of the shrubs, and fell asleep carelessly to the sound of the enemy's hurried shouting.
**
The next morning, when the first ray of morning light appeared from the east, Lafayette looked at his subordinates who were in a mess.
"Fuck." He cursed.
At this time, Berthier came from a distance and saluted Lafayette: "Your Majesty General, we have counted the losses last night. About five hundred people were injured and more than two hundred died, but we lost a considerable amount of baggage.
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"In addition, the troops of the First Division fought the fire all night and were very tired."
Lafayette cursed again: "Damn it! Send out the cavalry, I want news about the enemy's formation."
Berthier: "I sent out a reconnaissance at dawn. The first wave of cavalry has returned. The enemy has formed a formation on the unknown hill in front of us, occupying the mill and barn that are conducive to defense, as well as the low stone wall next to it.
"
Lafayette stood up: "Very good, it seems that Frost is going to fight us here. The first division will serve as the general reserve and will recover its physical strength on the spot first. The second and third divisions have a total of 20,000 troops.