Battlefield of All Sides

Chapter 330 The Battle of Wugemeng Manor

Li Muman's procrastinated and perfunctory attack methods surprised all the officers and soldiers. They also looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering why the Marshal who took him to kill himself a few days ago seemed to be a different person today.

But at this moment, they still dispersed the queue according to Li Mu's arrangement. Although they were still standing in place, they raised their guns and shot at the air in front of them.

After shooting, he roared loudly under the command of the officer, and after a while, shot again.

The area around Wugemeng Manor was quite lively, and it looked like Li Mu was directing the soldiers to fight bloody battles.

And this kind of action also stimulated the British army in the manor. Because the heavy rain could not see the situation outside, the officers of the British army simply ordered the soldiers to fight back directly. Can see the flames clearly.

But these attacks were too far from the French to be of any use.

It was the readjusted artillery that fired again, and these lead pellets caused damage to Wugemeng Manor.

Throughout the whole process, the only French army on the edge of the Wugemeng Manor had a record was the artillery.

The heavy rain has been falling for a while now, and it seems that the patter has finally become smaller, and the French soldiers have begun to feel a little restless again.

They felt that the real battle was coming.

"Marshal, the rain is getting lighter, let's get ready to start."

Luo Bao came to Li Mu again and said, Li Mu nodded this time and asked them to get ready.

The cavalry also came up to plead for orders at this time, but Li Mu did not agree.

Soon the French army regrouped, and the rain was about to stop. The soldiers at the Wugemeng Manor in the distance could see the situation outside clearly at this time. Seeing that the French army was still so far away from them, all previous attacks were in vain. He was also cursing non-stop.

However, seeing that the French army had begun to move forward, they hurriedly started preparations, relying on the solid terrain of the manor to carefully deploy their troops and prepare for the battle.

At this moment on the entire front, the battle situation in Wugemeng Manor should be the calmest. There have been countless casualties in other places, but it is still calm here.

"Let the artillery go forward, target the manor wall and the enemy artillery, remember, don't shoot the artillery with the infantry, the shells will sink in the mud like theirs."

At this moment, Li Mu also urged the artillerymen to follow the infantry forward, and at the same time kept urging them.

In addition to being able to violently attack the city, artillery can also attack infantry, but it mainly removes the projectile and bounces up after hitting the ground, relying on the kinetic energy of jumping to kill the enemy.

But in today's heavy rain, the ground is extremely muddy, and the soil's ability to block the shells is surprisingly good. These shells are often shot out and land on the ground, like crushed almonds falling on the dough, unable to move.

Li Mu realized this and said the same to the artillerymen.At the same time, he turned around, found Lobao and said to him and several officers.

"Don't get too close, mainly to consume their infantry, don't worry about the enemy's artillery, there is no threat to you!"

Li Mu said this, but Luo Bao was a little puzzled and asked quickly.

"But Marshal, isn't our mission to capture Wugemon Manor? With this kind of fighting, when will we be able to capture it?"

"What do I want it for!" Li Mu said so, while pointing to the battlefield on the far left.

"What we have to do is to capture the Duke of Wellington. Once he is captured, how long can the British army resist here?"

"Didn't you see the manor piled up with stones? Do you think I want the soldiers to die here for no reason?" Li Mu's series of questions made several officers unable to react.

"But... Marshal..."

"There is nothing wrong with it. Your task is very difficult. You have to fire fiercely and show offensive power so that the British feel that we are going to conquer this place."

Li Mu said so, staring at Luo Bao closely.

"Got it? Let the British army have an illusion and send more people here."

After saying this, Li Mu patted Luo Bao and the officers on the shoulders and told them to start attacking.

So under Li Mu's order, tens of thousands of infantrymen began to form a phalanx and moved forward one by one. They marched steadily to the sound of drums, carrying their flintlock guns with their heads held high.

The British army also made a defensive move at this time, and they also sent out a phalanx. These lobster soldiers were all arrogant, stopped at a high point on the hillside, and then formed a three-stage attack to face the French army .

The French army stopped at the foot of the mountain, and then began to form a formation under the order of the officer, and then the soldiers lined up and raised their guns and continued to advance slowly.

In an extremely tense atmosphere, the two armies engaged in battle, and the front rows of both sides began to fire at the same time. At this moment, gunpowder smoke and flames once again filled the battlefield.

Soldiers continue to fall, and soldiers continue to replenish. The situation on the battlefield is very anxious.

The artillery also continued to launch attacks, and the shells grazed the scalps of the British soldiers and smashed into the Wugemon Manor, making them panic.

Li Mu didn't stay idle either, and sent two thousand cavalry to harass Wugemeng Manor from two directions, fought with their cavalry, and made an appearance of attacking their army formation.

But every time they were about to reach the range of the infantry, they immediately led the cavalry back, played a sloppy eye, cheated a round or two of attacks, and then fled.

But such a scene has been able to make the British officers stationed in Wugemeng terrified.

Because of the victory in the battle against the Prussian army, the French army retained a large number of soldiers, and did not need to allocate part of their troops to guard against the sneak attack of the Prussian army, so now the French army can let go and put all the chips on the table.

Therefore, Ugemeng Manor faced up to 2 French troops, including more than 3000 infantry, more than 5000 cavalry, and thousands of artillery and other arms.

Such a scene spread out, no matter how it looked, it looked like a strong attack was about to be launched, which made the British officer rush to ask the Duke of Wellington for help.

The Duke of Wellington was also afraid of the fall of Wugemeng Manor, so he naturally sent [-] more troops here without hesitation.

But after the whole morning, the French army suffered less than a thousand casualties, and they did not attack the mountain for half a point, but the artillery knocked out most of the ammunition and blew up Ugemeng Manor beyond recognition.

At noon, Li Mu ordered the soldiers to retreat temporarily, while he followed the orderly soldiers towards Napoleon.

The frontal battlefield has achieved staged victories, the French army has advanced a long distance, and Napoleon has already stationed at a post station called Arians in the middle.

And thinking about the battle all morning, he suddenly found that there was only one place on the entire battlefield that had not achieved results.

That was the estate of Ugmen that Grouchy had attacked.

The furious Napoleon ordered Grouchy to be called over, but when Li Mu just entered the post station, he immediately said to the angry Napoleon.

"I have seen Your Majesty, we have already achieved great results, and at the same time contained about [-] British troops. The Duke of Wellington probably didn't want to give up Ugemeng Manor, so he mobilized troops from around to supplement Ugemeng Manor. "

Li Mu took the lead and blocked Napoleon's words. He stared wide-eyed, but still cursed.

"Grushy, I heard that the cavalry given to you is useless at all, you are wasting my troops for nothing!"

"Do you know how fierce the battle on the frontal battlefield is?!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand, but we also fought fiercely in Wugemeng. There are strong fortresses there, and we have tried our best to attack them."

Li Mu said without timidity, the expression on Napoleon's face became a little ugly.

Nei also walked in at this time and looked at Li Mu with burning eyes.

"Look what you've done, Grouchy!"

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(End of this chapter)