While the French army was advancing towards Rivoli, Marshal Wumser of the Holy Roman Empire was using binoculars to observe the French cavalry troops appearing in front of his troops.
"Didn't we drive them away yesterday?" Wumzedu muttered, "Why are they back again?"
Wumser's chief of staff, Pence, said: "Maybe the French's purpose is to stay close to us and disrupt our actions. Do we want to drive him away again?"
Wumser thought for a while and shook his head: "No, a cavalry colonel died yesterday when we chased him away. Let them hang around here. Anyway, they can't pose a threat to our team. Order the entire army to speed up the march.
, today we will rush to the Rivoli Terrace!"
Chief of Staff Pence looked troubled: "I'm afraid this is a bit difficult. There is a lot of snow in the valley, which will affect the speed of travel."
Wumser: "The report from the front shows that Beaulieu has been defeated, and the remaining soldiers are guarding the Mantua Fortress. We must rush to relieve the Mantua Fortress as soon as possible! We must be fast!"
Pence: "Yes, hurry up, I will let the troops speed up."
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Davout had already arrived at the Rivoli mesa at this time. He immediately inspected the pass between the mesa and the Adige Valley, and immediately laughed out loud.
"No wonder the General wants us to advance at full speed to occupy the Rivoli Terrace. As long as I have ten thousand people at this pass, I can block the attack of twenty thousand Austrian troops!"
The Rivoli mesa leads to the Adige Valley, which requires walking on a z-shaped ramp. Troops occupying the mesa can cause huge damage to enemies climbing the ramp by just throwing stones.
If the enemies in the river valley want to rush out of the river valley, they must walk up this z-shaped ramp, which is like a gate to hell. Climb up the ramp to see the small town on the Rivoli terrace.
Davout continued to survey the terrain of the platform and quickly came to a conclusion.
"To conquer the mesa, no matter how many troops come from the river valley, it is not enough. We must separate some of our troops and go to the mountains to the north. If we attack from the mountains, the only thing the troops on the mesa can rely on is a mountain more than 100 meters high.
Crest.”
The Rivoli Terrace is surrounded by a circle of hills more than 100 meters high, forming a natural barrier.
However, although this hill can provide a certain degree of defense, it is actually very limited. After all, it is too short.
If an attack is launched from the north of the platform, the defenders will have very limited things to rely on.
But if you rush from the river valley to the mesa, it will be difficult to succeed unless you have more than three times the strength advantage.
After surveying the terrain of the mesa, Davout suddenly realized something.
"This platform is suitable for defense by a small number of troops, but not suitable for an army with superior strength to launch an offensive war. Especially against enemies coming from the river valley... Because of the terrain of the river valley, it is almost impossible to fight a war of annihilation unless troops are sent to the mountains to capture the special area.
Lent.”
After Davout finished speaking, his adjutant asked doubtfully: "What do you mean?"
"It means that our general may have made a mistake. He should send me to defend here, and then the army will return to support Lana." Davout said seriously, "No, that's not right...I see, that's what the general meant!"
"
The adjutant was confused: "What do you mean?"
"We have to keep moving forward,
Go straight to Trent. The general is preparing to close the door and beat the dog! Leave a small number of troops to delay the enemy, and then go straight to Trent. This will be a battle of annihilation on an unprecedented scale!"
Adjutant: "Is that so? But the order given to us by His Majesty the General is to occupy the Rivoli Terrace."
"If you only occupied the Rivoli Terrace, your Excellency the General made a fatal mistake. He wasted his superior strength on terrain that is inconvenient for attack. Do you think the General would make such a mistake? No, the General has always emphasized the need to exert full force.
Our agency cannot blindly follow his orders."
An Ning did say this, but he said this because he knew that he didn't have much weight, and he still relied on these famous generals to win the battle on their own.
But Davout apparently understood this instruction to mean something else.
"So, this is the test His Excellency the General gave us," Davout shook his bald head and said decisively, "He only told us to come to Rivoli, and then wanted to see if we could see through his true intention!"
The adjutant suddenly realized: "That's it! Captain Bonaparte also ignored the general's order to move on the right wing and went to the center to bombard the Austrian army! Later, the general even rewarded him!"
Davout: "Don't be like this, I am no longer a captain."
"Sorry." The adjutant shrugged.
Davout's adjutant was a traditional French officer, and somewhat looked down upon the little dwarf from Corsica.
Davout: "So, we left our troops to block the enemy at the entrance of the mesa, and the remaining troops continued north, over the mountains outside the mesa, and headed north towards Trent! By the way, we have to inform the general of our decision.
, bring me a pen!"
**
When An Ning saw the letter sent back by Davou, her expression changed directly to the expression on the subway old man's cell phone: What the hell is this!
He read Davout's letter carefully again, and then took a deep breath.
He realized he had made a huge mistake.
He only remembered the other side of history that Napoleon severely defeated the Austrians at Rivoli, but he forgot that Napoleon was defensive when he faced the enemy at Rivoli, and the French army was at a disadvantage.
And because he sacrificed Rana to resist another enemy, he had a strength advantage, and he wanted to fight an offensive battle.
It was inappropriate to choose the battlefield of Rivoli in this way, because the terrain was not suitable for launching an attack on the Austrian army in the valley.
So if you really pile up your troops on the Rivoli Terrace, uu Reading www.uukanshu.com, the final result may be that you and the Austrian army in the valley stare at each other, and no one can do anything to the other.
It can be said that this is a very big mistake.
If Davout hadn't given An Ning a step up, this matter might have been stuck.
So An Ning immediately started to perform. He looked at Davout's letter and smiled: "Hahaha, as expected of Davout, he immediately understood my true intention!"
Napoleon was curious: "What is the real intention?"
An Ning pushed the letter to him: "Read it yourself."
Napoleon quickly read Davout's letter and suddenly realized: "So, your real intention is to attack Trent?"
An Ning: "Yes, the mountains north of Rivoli are actually not easy to walk, so the Austrian army chose to go through the Adige Valley. We just want to take advantage of this point of the enemy! Davout's troops will meet with those in the Adige Valley.
The Austrian troops passed each other, and there was only a high mountain between the two troops!"
Napoleon was overjoyed: "Wonderful, what a bold use of troops!"
An Ning secretly wiped away a cold sweat. It was so dangerous that I almost exposed myself as a bad military strategist.
An Ning: "Next, we will use a force similar to that of the Austrian army to defend the enemy on the Rivoli Terrace and create an opportunity for Davout to surprise Trent. In this battle, we have already captured a Shinra Marshal. I