Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 328 Li Mu's Request

On the 16th, the battle of the Lini ambush was officially launched in the original world. This battle was advanced by one day here, so on this day, the French army was marching to Waterloo and preparing supplies in an orderly manner.

And Li Mu was even more in the team at the moment, helping the soldiers next to him push the artillery out of the mud pit.

Although the war was suspended, the weather was not good. It was raining in the sky for several days in a row. The rainwater gathered on the dirt road into large and small puddles, and after being rolled by the ruts, it formed a ball of mud, making the road extremely muddy.

The heavy rain caused more difficulties for the army to march. From the people and supplies to the supplies, especially the carriages loaded with supplies and artillery, the speed was extremely slow. Along the way, there were figures pushing carts everywhere shouting.

Li Mu helped push the carriage out of the pit, and asked the soldiers to fill it with branches before continuing on.

At this moment, the French army's team was winding forward on the mountain road, and the French army was busy everywhere.

The cavalry and light infantry led by Napoleon and Ney had rushed to the battlefield first, because Li Mu was going to attack Ugemeng Manor, some heavy infantry and artillery were left to Li Mu to deal with.

These things really slowed down Li Mu's march.

Li Mu could only urge the team forward while recruiting cavalry to help drag supplies.

Finally, in the evening of this day, Li Mu led the troops to Waterloo with difficulty. The troops began to rest on the hills to the south of this place, while Li Mu led a few jumping soldiers and quietly headed towards Wugemeng Manor. away from the location.

Grouchy's body in his 40s made it difficult for Li Mu to act, but Li Mu still insisted on going to the front to check the situation in person.

Ugemen Manor can be said to be the top priority of the British defense line. They can rely on this solid offensive to launch an effective attack on the French flank.

At the same time, it can relatively easily block the attack of the French army.

The Duke of Wellington will definitely not give up this good place, and he will definitely try his best to take advantage of this place, so that Ugmeng Manor can attract more French troops.

Li Mu is not in the mood to fight with the opponent, so he needs to carefully examine the situation here and work out the next battle plan.

He and a few jumping soldiers discredited and came to the vicinity of Wugemeng Manor, and a few people from a distance could see the lights there. Although they couldn't see the whole picture clearly, they had already seen the general appearance of the manor under the lights.

"Marshal, we have seen it before. This manor is very solidly built, all of which are made of stone, and it has several walls, some of which are even parapets, which can be directly used as bunkers."

"This manor is still built on a high ground, almost overlooking the south, our attack will be clearly seen by the British."

Several jumping soldiers were introducing the situation of Wugemeng Manor to Li Mu. Li Mu also looked around at the moment, observing the nearby terrain through the night.

Here is still high in the north and low in the south. This terrain is extremely unfavorable to the French army as the leaping soldiers said. The formation of the entire French army will be under the opponent's gunpoint.

Not only that, this manor is so strong, if it is forced to break through, then whether it can be done is one thing, but the process can easily become a refueling tactic.

This goes against Li Mu's original idea.

So while Li Mu was observing, he was constantly thinking about it in his mind. Not long after, Li Mu had a general idea in his mind.

After continuing to observe here for a while, Li Mu also returned to the camp. At this time, Napoleon and others were already in the camp, and they were intensively arranging tomorrow's battle.

Seeing Li Mu coming back, Napoleon also put down the pen in his hand, looked at Li Mu, and said.

"Grushy, how's the situation?"

Li Mu shook his head, then respectfully said to Napoleon: "Your Majesty, the situation is very bad. There are at least [-] British troops stationed there, and they rely on the strong fortifications of the manor. It will be very difficult to break through."

Hearing this answer, Napoleon frowned. He was obviously aware of the fortification of Wugemeng Manor, but he didn't expect that there would be such a large number of British troops stationed there.

"That old fox Wellington beat him to the ground last time, and he wants to win a round here."

Napoleon muttered to himself, and then said to Li Mu: "Don't worry, no matter how strong the walls of the manor are, they can't withstand my cannons."

"I'll transfer part of the artillery to you, and you can make good use of it when the time comes."

After finishing speaking, Napoleon seemed to no longer pay attention to this matter, but called Ney and several generals to the table, pointed to the map above, and arranged for their battle tomorrow.

Li Mu didn't say anything, but he also stood by and listened to Napoleon's arrangement.

On the left, north of Waterloo, is a farm where crops are grown and the terrain is relatively flat, and the two armies will only maintain a state of confrontation.

But in the middle part, there are natural shelters on the hills, and tall trees are planted on the road from south to north. These places will be the hiding places of the British army and the places where the French army should be careful.

Li Mu watched and listened carefully to the planning and conversation between Napoleon and Ney. The plan Napoleon came up with was quite satisfactory, in line with the army arrangement he made as a military strategist for the terrain of Waterloo.

And it seems that because of the complete blow to the Prussian army, Napoleon seemed to be unrestrained, able to calmly analyze the situation in front of him, and arrange more arrangements.

At this time, Napoleon seemed to have returned to his peak.

Li Mu was standing by the side all the time, but it seemed that Napoleon had forgotten himself, and he didn't talk to him about the appearance of Wugemeng Manor at all.

Until late at night, when all the officers went out to rest and prepare for tomorrow's battle, Napoleon looked at Li Mu.

"Grushy, you haven't left yet?" Napoleon raised his eyebrows and said, Li Mu regained his energy and wiped his face to look at him.

"Your Majesty, I have something to tell you."

Napoleon poured Li Mu a glass of water, then nodded.

Li Mu drank his saliva and said quickly: "Your Majesty, tomorrow I don't want heavy infantry, I want cavalry, more cavalry."

Napoleon frowned again when he heard the words. This time the French army brought more than 7000 cavalry, and he had already given Grouchy [-] cavalry. The rest needed to be gathered and prepared to disperse the enemy army. .

At this moment, Napoleon could not see through Grouchy's thoughts. Why was this submissive, one-step-by-step person in the past so radical today.

"what are you going to do?"

"Used to break up the army formation." Li Mu replied.

"I know what it means. I ask why you need so many cavalry?"

Li Mu paused for a moment, then his eyes flickered for a while, and he seemed to think for a moment before slowly saying, "I can't trust Marshal Ney."

"He doesn't know how to use cavalry."

As soon as the words fell, sharp eyes suddenly fell on Li Mu's face, and Napoleon's face flashed a sullen look, but he still calmed down, but his expression was a little stiff, and he asked Li Mu in a rather cold tone.

"Marshal Ney doesn't know how to use cavalry, so you must?"

Li Mu did not speak, but stared at Napoleon with burning eyes. The expression on his face seemed to tell him that he could do it.

The two stalemate for a long time, and finally Napoleon sighed.

Li Mu grinned, he knew that Napoleon still believed in him.

That's enough, your own plan can be implemented.

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(End of this chapter)