136 Champagne at halftime? No, it will be opened before the opening!
An Ning didn't sleep well tonight.
He always dreamed that Rana was killed in a night attack, and then came to him with his head raised, asking over and over again, "Did I help?"
So before dawn, An Ning woke up.
Last night when he went to bed, he only took off his coat, and the result was that the shirt on his body was wrinkled.
An Ning didn't care so much anymore, picked up her coat, put it on, opened the curtain and went outside.
The first ray of morning light has appeared in the east, and the soldiers in the camp are surrounding the campfire, holding cups and drinking coffee or tea.
Seeing An Ning come out, they all stood up: "Your Majesty General!"
With that posture, An Ning almost heard them shouting "loyalty".
An Ning: "You can continue drinking tea, it's not time to gather yet."
"It's coffee, sir," said a plump sergeant.
Konta is relatively close to the trading port in the south, where you can get coffee from the colonies. Tea is also available, but the French seem to be competing with the British. The British like to drink tea, but the French don't.
Tea and coffee.
Fat Sergeant: "Would you like some coffee, sir?"
An Ning waved his hand and called out: "Where's the groom?"
"Here he is!" A young man who looked very smart came out immediately, "I was brushing your horse just now, do you want me to move it over?"
An Ning nodded.
"Come right here!" After saying this, the young man immediately ran away.
While waiting for the horses to arrive, Lazar Cano and a group of officers came over.
An Ning: "Is Lana back?"
"Not yet, Your Excellency." Cano replied, "I have asked the cavalry team that went out this morning to pay attention to search for Rana and his men, but there is no news yet."
An Ning: "Okay, let's go to the top of the mountain to see the situation."
Just at this time, the young man brought the horse over: "Your horse, Your Excellency!"
An Ning took the reins, got on the horse, and ran towards the top of the mountain at the lead.
**
On the top of the mountain, Davout's troops have all risen, and the soldiers are checking their weapons.
As soon as they saw An Ning coming, the soldiers shouted together: "Your Majesty General!"
Now An Ning's reputation is not enough, so they are not shouting long live.
An Ning waved to everyone, and then came to Dawu: "How is the situation?"
"The chaos last night must have made the enemy's center very tired," Davout put away his telescope, "but the enemy camps on both wings were not greatly affected. More than half of the enemy should be energetic."
An Ning: "Not bad. It can consume the energy of ordinary people in the enemy. This is better than I expected. The remaining question is whether Lana can come back."
Davout: "You seem to be particularly interested in that Jean Lannes? I don't understand. He is just an apprentice in a dyeing workshop. He has never studied military affairs before joining the army."
An Ning: "I feel in him the potential to become an outstanding officer. He will become a rare talent."
Davout raised his eyebrows but did not reply.
At this time, the faint sound of military music floated from the north.
Just at this time, An Ning's officers were also riding up the hillside, so everyone used binoculars to look at the enemy camp down the mountain.
The enemy's column walked out from the group of tents and lined up on the edge of the hedge at the bottom of the hillside.
Davout: "Look at the flag, the ones fighting in the front line are the 2nd and 3rd Divisions."
An Ning: "Well, just looking at this formation, the troops are well trained. Davout, can you withstand it?"
Davout smiled: "Don't worry, we built fortifications overnight. And it is impossible for the enemy to attack us in a group. Only the few battalions closest to us will attack us. The remaining enemies will be handed over to us." The brothers' troops are here to deal with it.
"We will be firmly nailed here, waiting for you, General, to defeat the enemy's two wings."
Napoleon: "My cavalry cannon can fire on the hilltop first to help you kill and injure the enemy, and then retreat after the enemy comes up."
An Ning: "All the cavalry and artillery are under your command. Now you can make them move."
Napoleon immediately saluted An Ning: "I understand, take a look."
After saying that, he turned the horse's head, whipped the horse's butt hard with the whip, and made the horse spread its hooves and start running.
An Ning: "Order all brigades not to rest and to form their formations at the reserved positions!"
Lazar Cano immediately gave specific instructions to the messengers, and soon the nine messengers were galloping towards the camp in the rear on horseback.
An Ning continued on the top of the mountain, observing the enemy's actions with a telescope.
Enemy artillerymen appeared with cannons.
Lafayette's artillery was all heavy infantry artillery, and there were quite a few of them. A large row of artillery looked very scary.
Being exposed to so many artillery pieces, even if the morale can hold it, the casualties will be huge.
An Ning instantly understood that he had made the right choice in choosing the anti-slope position.
After all, the accuracy of artillery in this era was very poor, and it was impossible to really use artillery to perform counter-artillery tasks. Generally, the artillery of both sides aimed at the line infantry formations that were easier to hit and killed each other.
An Ning touched Davout's shoulder: "The enemy has many cannons, can you bear them?"
Davout smiled: "We have bunkers, so it shouldn't be a problem."
An Ning patted Dawu hard on the shoulder.
At this time, An Ning heard the sound of drums coming from behind her. The drums were much louder than those coming from down the mountain in front.
He turned around and saw four other brigades of infantry walking out of the camp to the drums of military musicians and lining up in front of the camp.
Thin blue lines gradually take shape on the reverse slope.
Napoleon came up with his horse artillery and unloaded the artillery on the ridge.
An Ning shouted to Napoleon: "Bombard them hard! Then withdraw in time!"
Napoleon salutes on horseback.
An Ning turned to Davou: "I really want to stick to this beech tree with you, but Kano doesn't agree."
Lazar Cano immediately said: "Of course I disagree. I have never heard of the commander-in-chief personally coming to the front line."
An Ning spread her hands: "So I will watch from behind, under the tree over there."
An Ning pointed to another beech tree in the distance.
Davout: "Under another beech, I know. If reinforcements are needed, I will let the messengers run towards that tree."
An Ning: "I wish you good luck, Dawu."
"I wish you good health and victorious times, Your Excellency!"
After Davout saluted, An Ning turned his horse's head and ran towards the tree he had chosen, with the officers following behind him.
On the ridge not far away, Napoleon raised his right hand high and waved vigorously: "Fire!"
The cavalry cannon that had just been deployed opened fire.
Immediately afterwards, the infantry artillery group assigned to Davout also roared in the fort.
The rumbling sound of cannons made An Ning excited.
Let's start, he thought, fifteen thousand versus forty thousand. When I first crossed over, I never thought I would be able to command such a large battle.
If I don't win, I'm afraid I'll have to be guillotined.
Thinking of this, An Ning's breathing quickened.
He really had no bottom. Although he attacked at night and chose a good position, he still had such a huge military advantage.
That confident look was all for his subordinates to see. After all, the commander must appear confident and sure of victory at all times, otherwise the soldiers will be shaken.
——Damn, I obviously just want to be a fence-sitter, how could I become like this?
There is no point thinking about this now.
Davout, Napoleon, you must work hard! Now the most reliable cards in An Ning's hand are the talents of these "famous generals".
With such complicated thoughts, An Ning came to the beech tree he chose as his headquarters.
Then he discovered that the little maid Fanny had appeared driving a carriage.
An Ning: "What are you doing here?"
Fanny: "I thought you might need these to kill some time."
As she spoke, she stopped the carriage, jumped out, and took out tables, chairs, parasols, champagne and fruits from the carriage.
An Ning's mouth opened into an O shape.
Fanny: "Why, don't you want it? Have I evacuated?"
"No, no, no, you stay. I want some champagne."
An Ning dismounted, came to the table, sat down, and took the champagne handed over by Fanny.
After taking a sip of champagne, An Ning felt that her breathing was much easier.
Sure enough, wine can strengthen your courage.
**
At the same time, many people in the queue of the 3rd Infantry Brigade not far from An Ning saw An Ning drinking champagne.
Then the well-informed veterans spoke one after another: "See! Your Excellency, General Frost, already thinks that we have a chance to win! He even opened the champagne!"
For a time, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted.