At this time, behind Lafayette's command position and close to their camp, Rana hid for a nap and happened to wake up at this time.
Lana looked around suspiciously, trying to grasp the situation.
He heard the rumble of artillery fire from the south.
"The General is still fighting." Rana thought to himself, "Didn't I do enough damage last night?"
At this time, he suddenly noticed that there were soldiers in ragged clothes gathered in piles on the road, limping back and supporting each other.
Lana thought for a while and came up with a plan.
He tore off his sergeant rank and smeared more dirt on his body, so that his clothes were almost the same as those of an officer.
Then he jumped in front of the defeated soldiers and shouted: "What part do you belong to!"
The defeated soldiers were startled and looked at Lana in shock.
Because Frost's troops and Lafayette's troops were both National Guardsmen, they had the same military uniforms, except that An Ning's troops had to wear a red cloth.
Then the defeated soldiers seemed to judge from their tone that Rana was an officer on their side, so they said: "We are the 13th Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 3rd Division. We...we were dispersed."
Rana: "That's right, I am Lieutenant Colonel Robb of the Second Division. Following the order of His Excellency General Lafayette, I am preparing to gather the troops and retreat."
Broken troops: "Retreat?"
Rana: "Yes, the enemy has occupied a superior position. The terrain is too advantageous. We have to retreat to a position suitable for us and fight them again!"
The defeated soldiers were a little confused: "Why are you alone? Shouldn't a team of people be sent to handle this kind of thing?"
Rana: "I encountered the enemy skirmishers who attacked us last night! I managed to escape with great difficulty! My team was scattered! Come with me now! We are going to burn the camp and prepare for retreat! We cannot let the retreat go.
The rest of the camp is left to the rebel bastards!”
The defeated soldiers looked at each other, and finally their eyes focused on an old sergeant.
The sergeant shook his head: "No, we can't help Lafayette. I saw it with my own eyes. Twenty thousand of us were beaten into hiding as soon as we crossed the hill. General Lafayette couldn't win this battle.
Yes. Let’s go!”
When Rana heard this, his eyes rolled: "That's even better. I am Jean Rana, the captain of the training team under General Frost. I led the night attack yesterday! Look at this!"
Lana took out a red belt and said: "This is how we identify ourselves and our enemies! You follow me and pretend to have Lafayette's order to burn the camp. Once you succeed, you will be greatly rewarded!"
The defeated soldiers looked at each other, and finally looked at the old sergeant.
The old sergeant stared at Lana suspiciously: "Are you...really a close associate of General Frost? Are you the captain of that training team?"
Lana slapped his chest: "That's me! You should have heard that Mr. Frost particularly valued a dyeing apprentice, and I am that dyeing apprentice! My troops were dispersed in the night attack last night, and I am worried that no one will follow me today.
I will cause destruction together! If you join now, you are all great contributors!"
The old sergeant was still thinking about it, and one of the big soldiers couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Mr. Frost rewarded you with silver instead of coupons?"
Rana nodded: "That's right! General Frost all pays his troops with silver, and never issues coupons! You must have a lot of money to fight with me!"
The old sergeant finally made up his mind and slapped his thigh: "Let's do it! It's chaos now anyway, and General Lafayette can't take care of his own camp. Let's go!"
**
Lafayette is here watching his troops advance towards the top of the mountain.
From his position, he couldn't see Frost's formation on the back slope, so he was still a little worried.
He could only keep comforting himself, saying that if he pressed forward this time, he would fight a full force of 30,000 people. Frost's army, excluding the cavalry and artillery, only numbered just over 10,000. If three of them fought against one, they would always win.
As long as he successfully rushes to a shooting distance and shoots at the enemy, the advantage of three against one will be reflected in the firepower, and then Frost will have no choice but to admit defeat.
Even if the enemy relies on the advantage of the terrain and can't lose in volleys of guns, as long as they enter hand-to-hand combat, it will be pure meat grinding! In this way, the strength advantage of your own troops will be highlighted!
The more Lafayette thought about it, the more he felt that he should rush forward and fight directly.
Although my troops are very tired, the First Division did not sleep well last night, and the Second Division and the Third Division have just been defeated and consumed a lot of physical energy, but as long as we work hard and enter hand-to-hand combat, we can win by using our strength advantage!
And this has a huge chance of winning!
On the contrary, there may be problems with cross-shooting.
So Lafayette turned to Berthier and said: "Send the order, tell the commander of the first brigade, Count Ernette, to launch a charge after the first round of firing!"
Berthier frowned slightly: "Are you going to charge?"
"Yes, we will use our superior strength to grind meat and hang Frost's trousers!"
"Trousersmen" was originally used to describe the working trousers class in Paris and other cities. Lafayette used it to call Frost's troops to express his contempt.
Berthier reminded: "The main body of our troops are also men in long trousers..."
"It's not important! Anyway, rush forward and fight hand to hand! We have more officers and more troops, so we can win in hand to hand fight!" Lafayette shouted.
Berthier: "Okay, messenger!"
The messenger ran over, and Berthier wrote an order in his hand and stuffed it into his hand: "To Count Onette!"
"Yes!" The messenger galloped away on horseback.
Lafayette once again focused his attention on the large army heading up the mountain.
Thirty thousand troops were organized into four columns, each with three horizontal rows, and pressed toward the top of the mountain in a mighty manner.
Seeing this momentum, Lafayette regained a little smile on his face: "Frost, this time I will kill you without a trace!"
If it were a Hong Kong comic, Lafayette would definitely laugh out loud at this time.
Then, just after he laughed for a while, someone next to him shouted: "There's a fire over there in the camp!"
Lafayette was shocked. When he looked back, he found that behind him and in the direction of the campsite, there were continuous fires.
This is so annoying, because in this era, not all troops will go to the battlefield. Of the 40,000 troops, at least a few thousand will be left to guard the camp.
If it is the British army, each regiment will leave half a battalion to guard the camp and be responsible for taking care of everything in the camp.
Now that the camp is on fire, it means that the enemy's troops with considerable strength have launched a sneak attack.
Lafayette couldn't figure out where Frost came up with the sneak attack troops?
Isn't his military strength only 15,000?
Judging from the cavalry reconnaissance report in the morning, all his troops are already on the mountain in front of him!
Where did this army come from?
In a panic, Lafayette suddenly felt that he could not understand Frost.
"Frost!" he gasped and murmured, "this cobbler is so terrifying!"
Berthier was still very calm: "Since the enemy chose to attack the camp instead of sneak attack on our rear, it means that there are not many troops. Putting in the reserves of the last brigade should be enough to cope with it."
Lafayette: "You don't understand! Now that the camp is on fire, the morale of the attacking troops will be affected!"
He muttered: "Damn it, it's a good thing Frost doesn't have enough cavalry, otherwise if he puts in cavalry at this time, we will be finished."
**
Among the attacking troops who were climbing the mountain, some people also discovered a fire in the rear.
More and more people started to turn around and look.
The sergeants had to shout loudly: "Don't look back! Our order is to move forward! Keep moving forward!"
Fortunately, Lafayette's army had many experienced non-commissioned officers, otherwise half of the people would have fled before climbing up the mountain.
But the seeds of uneasiness have been sown!
**
Rana stood in Lafayette's camp and shouted loudly: "Burn! Everyone, move fast!"
That's right, Lafayette had no problem thinking that An Ning really couldn't spare the troops that could take out his camp.
This camp was basically burned by Lafayette's remaining troops themselves.
Lana relied on his momentum and the current chaotic situation to successfully convince the defenders of the camp that it was Lafayette who ordered the burning of the camp.
The defenders of the camp had already seen a large number of defeated troops, and then suddenly a arrogant "officer" came with a group of soldiers who looked like they had experienced a hard battle to deliver the order, and they believed it.
So at this moment, thousands of defenders were hurrying to burn the camp tents and prepare to retreat.
Rana looked at the defenders and thought, "General, you must win. If you lose, I won't be able to escape."
Lafayette treated soldiers very harshly. He once used "sticking" to treat soldiers who mutinied because they had no military pay-that is, the soldiers were tied to wheels and beaten to death with sticks.