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Chapter 431

    At dawn on the second day of the battle, the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry led by Anjie concealed and advanced one kilometer in front of the baggage camp of the Swedish army.


    In fact, as early as the first day of the battle, before the main force of the Swedish army arrived, the Lithuanian cavalry led by Anjie had moved near here. They ambushed in advance according to the plan of commander sapega, so that the Republic Army could surprise the coalition logistics base from the rear when it was in a fierce battle with the main force of the Swedish Prussian coalition.


    In the decisive battle with yanush raziwiu, commander sapega defeated the prince''s army with this move, but the purpose at that time was to give a fatal blow to the traitor from behind. Now the commander does the same on the battlefield in Warsaw, with the goal of destroying the enemy''s supplies.


    Perhaps it was providence that king kazimiz and commander sapega chose the line of attack for Anjie by relying on the visva River, while Carl X''s army went on the other side of the forest, which made the two troops wrong. Otherwise, Carl X''s army moving at night will inevitably collide with the ambush of Lithuanian Tatar cavalry led by Anjie, and the Swede''s flank detour may fail, but Anjie and his Lithuanian cavalry will be doomed in the face of an enemy dozens of times their own.


    In 2000, Lithuanian Tatar cavalry showed high quality. They drove the war horses to lie on the ground and hide without making a sound.


    Anjie led oshka to continue to hide. They fell on the dewy grass and crawled forward to a place less than 50 meters away from the Swedish baggage camp.


    Through the thin fog in the morning, Anjie vaguely saw that the Swedish baggage camp was full of food, grass and supplies. About 200 Prussian soldiers were guarding, and two squadrons of black cavalry were patrolling back and forth.


    After finding out the situation of the enemy''s baggage camp, Anjie and oshka crawled back.


    200 meters behind them, two war horses were lying quietly on the ground.


    Anjie stroked the horse''s neck like a lover, and his mount stood up from the ground. They rode on their horses and returned to the hiding place of the big army.


    Anjie took a handful of oats and fed it to the mount. He said to the officers around him, "the number of the enemy is not large. When the Swedes are in a fierce battle and have no time for him, we will attack."


    "Yes, sir!" the Tatars replied in broken polish, and then returned to their ranks.


    When the horse finished eating the oats, Anjie patted the residue on his hand. He looked into the distance, where his compatriots fought against the invaders.


    Before the sun came out the next day, the elector was worried about the possible attack by the Polish army, because one night was not enough for him to build a strong defensive position. However, the poles did not attack until dawn, so the elector had enough time to strengthen his position. He even ordered a team of Prussian infantry and artillery to seize an important highland under the cover of cavalry, and put four cannons on the highland. This highland is precisely what the poles ignore. It will play an important role in future battles.


    At 9:00 p.m., the Polish army began to recover from yesterday''s binge drinking. When they found that the coalition had set up artillery on the opposite highland, the Polish artillery immediately began shelling the highland. They tried to expel the coalition artillery from the highland through heavy artillery fire. This was immediately hit back by coalition artillery.


    At this time, from King kazimiz to soldiers, they still took the elector and Marquis opposite as the main force of the coalition.


    The artillery battle between the two armies lasted more than an hour. After the Polish Army transferred the artillery in the forest, the artillery firepower with obvious quantitative advantage gained the upper hand. They couldn''t lift the joint artillery on the highland. However, even under such fierce artillery fire, the heroic artillery still chose to stick to the highland.


    At 10:30, seeing that the main force of the coalition did not launch an attack on his own position as yesterday, King kazimiz was a little worried. He decided to strike first and then induce the Swedish Prussian coalition to hit his own position through the attack.


    Therefore, King kazimiz ordered Jan sobeski''s headquarters in charge of the right side of the position to attack the left side of the coalition, and the Polish infantry under Jan sobeski began to advance towards the coalition position. When the Polish infantry advanced 300 meters away from the coalition front, they were fired by a large number of intensive grape shells from the artillery on the Highlands, and 57 people were killed on the spot. In the next 10 minutes, Polish infantry suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat.


    Jan sobesky''s first attack failed.


    The defeated Jan sobesky headquarters launched a second attack immediately after a short rest.


    This time, Jan sobesky learned the lesson of the last time. He ordered Pedro to lead a mercenary regiment to destroy the coalition artillery to remove this threat, and a cavalry of more than 500 people was assembled. They would attack the front of the coalition instead of the artillery, and the infantry would follow up after a breakthrough was formed.


    The highland was not high, but as soon as a squadron soldier of the mercenary regiment climbed up half his waist, he met the fierce counterattack of the coalition army. A group of swordsmen wearing full body armor and holding two handed swords rushed towards the infantry squadron of the mercenary regiment. Their two handed swords are extremely powerful in close combat. They can often kill three soldiers and three swordsmen at one stroke. Although the mercenary regiment has a large number of people, it does not have an advantage. The swordsmen firmly entangled the mercenary regiment''s close combat infantry and didn''t let the Musketeers have a chance to fire.


    And Jan sobesky''s cavalry''s frontal assault on the coalition failed to achieve results. As Carl x predicted, the narrow battlefield also limited the charge of Polish cavalry. More than 500 Polish cavalry were divided into five echelons, and more than 100 people in each echelon took turns to attack. Under the attack of "Gustav thunder" and long Spearman phalanx, these cavalry couldn''t break through the coalition position for several times. When the artillery on the highland re aimed at the cavalry in the charge, the cavalry that the Republic of Poland has always been proud of fell on the road of the charge.


    At 1200 hours king kazimizh withdrew Jan sobeski and his army. Commander sapega, as commander in chief, personally directed the attack.


    By this time, the Polish Army''s feint had become a real attack. War is like a red eyed bull. Once it runs, it can''t stop.


    Commander sapega ordered all non participating departments on the position to attack the coalition front at the same time. The Polish soldiers braved the overwhelming artillery fire and bullets to advance, and the Polish artillery guns provided the greatest support. Some small guns were even pushed out of positions to support infantry attacks.


    Soon, the figure of Polish soldiers was buried in the dust rolled up by the gunfire on both sides.


    The left wing led by Colonel Jerzy halletsky was scattered by the coalition artillery fire, but the infantry team of General Alexander otkinski, who replaced the right wing Jan sobeski, successfully moved to the coalition front. After paying a great price, they destroyed the swordsmen defending the highland and destroyed all four guns on the highland. The cavalry regiment of Mikhail vorodyavsky, as a reserve team, also moved forward to make up for the gap left by the collapse of Colonel yezharletsky''s left wing.


    When the Polish soldiers approached the front position of the coalition forces, the elector who knew the situation was critical immediately ordered all the soldiers to launch a white-edged charge. This is a wise decision, because in the face of opponents with absolute superiority in number, white-edge warfare is much better than firepower. The two sides scuffled together. The cavalry in black with Leather Breastplate jumped off the horses. They fought like infantry; The severed heads and limbs of the Allied soldiers overlapped with the pierced bodies of the poles.


    Despite heavy casualties, the elector led the coalition forces to stabilize the front and regain the highland with a white-edged war. They repulsed the Polish soldiers and even seized a Polish cannon that moved too far ahead.


    The angry king kazimiz threw his hat on the ground. He even once decided to take out one of the 1000 winged cavalry who had been retained as a reserve for a decisive raid. At this time, King kazimiz had determined that he was facing all the coalition forces led by Carl X.


    A thousand winged cavalry came out of the gap in the position, which was all the strength of the six winged cavalry companies. Four of them belong to the special jurisdiction of King kazimiz, while the other two belong to sapega, the commander of Lithuania.


    Shortly after the battle began at 10:30, Anjie, who heard the sound of guns near the coalition''s baggage camp, told the soldiers not to act rashly. At this time, the battle has just begun, far from the time to launch a surprise attack.


    At 12 o''clock, Anjie saw a team of coalition soldiers escorting the supply line. He knew the time had come.


    Anjie made a sign to get on the horse. The cavalry and horses lying on the ground stood up one after another. They lined up the formation of attack and waited for Anjie''s order.


    "Rob money, rob food, take everything you can go there!!" Anjie shouted.


    He knew that these real things could inspire the fighting spirit of Lithuanian Tatar cavalry more than nihilistic patriotism.


    He was the first to jump forward and run towards the enemy''s baggage camp.


    Suddenly, a large number of Lithuanian Tatar cavalry quickly surrounded the baggage camp of the Swedish Prussian coalition army. These medium cavalry in robes and strong bows moved so quickly that they appeared in front of Hans von konismark, the garrison officer of the baggage camp in the blink of an eye.


    At this time, the concepts of front and rear learned by Hans von konismark in the military academy are invalid, because there are a large number of enemies in either direction.


    Fortunately, although Hans von konismark was frightened, he did not lose his head. He hurriedly ordered his Germanic long gunners to block the gate of the camp, while the Musketeers hid behind the baggage car and supported the long Gunners in front with fire.


    The Lithuanian Tatar cavalry greeted the Germanic spearmen who blocked their advance with a long gun with a Tatar bow in their hand. The spearmen in front of the gate were almost covered by the arrow rain. They had at least two or three arrows and at most seven or eight arrows. Fortunately, the first wave of attack of the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry was shot from a long distance. Most of the feather arrows had no strength after penetrating the chest armor of the Germanic long spearmen. Except for a few, the Germanic long spearmen had almost no casualties because they were shot in the throat and face.


    Seeing that the first wave of attack did not destroy and defeat the enemy, the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry who took the lead showed their superb riding skills one after another. They passed almost close to the tip of the enemy''s spear, and then scattered to the left and right. Some cavalry who were good at bowing left and right twisted their bodies, ready to give a fatal blow to the Germanic spearmen at close range.


    Just then Hans von konismark saw his chance and ordered the Musketeers to fire.


    A fierce volley knocked Anjie''s Lithuanian Tatar cavalry dizzy, and many people were shot and fell off their horses.


    A Germanic Lieutenant shouted the battle number and led the spearmen out. They stabbed the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry, who had not yet recovered, off their horses with long guns, then quickly retreated and regrouped. The whole process was rapid and orderly. Nearly 20 Lithuanian cavalry companies, people and horses lay down in a semicircle around the gate.


    A Lithuanian Tatar cavalry led by Anjie met the black cavalry who came to support in front of the camp. Anjie ordered a squadron of Lithuanian Tatar cavalry company to evacuate and surround the enemy with "lava tactics", which is a kind of irregular cavalry tactics of grassland nationality and a good play of Tatars. However, under the continuous pistol fire of the black cavalry, the encirclement of the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry failed.


    Therefore, Anjie ordered a squadron of Lithuanian Tatar cavalry to form a group dense formation of two rows to launch an assault. However, because Lithuanian Tatar cavalry did not adapt to this tactic and were only equipped with saber and bow, they could only straighten their arms as far as possible, and the saber pointed straight ahead over the horse''s head.


    However, one squadron of the black cavalry formed the same formation, and they collided with the Lithuanian Tatar cavalry under the cover of another squadron.


    The difference between occupation and spare time. The Lithuanian Tatar cavalry squadron failed to charge and was defeated again.


    After two failed attacks, Anjie began to worry.


    For Anjie, the immediate situation is imminent. Although the enemy is surrounded by a large number of cavalry, the enemy''s reinforcements may come at any time, and their task is to destroy the enemy''s baggage. The success or failure here will be directly related to the war ahead. Only success is allowed, not failure. In a hurry, he ordered a cavalry to drag the enemy''s team. He himself urgently selected three warriors, let them tie hand grenades to their horses, and then galloped forward at full speed. Like the ancient siege hammer, he crashed into the team of Germanic spearmen and dispersed the infantry in front of the gate.


    Although the Germanic Musketeers tried their best to shoot and killed two war horses and the people above, one war horse still rushed to the gate. The knight on the horse gave a cry of despair and excitement, and then there was a loud noise.


    The whole gate was blown apart, and the Germanic long gunmen guarding in front of the gate disappeared in the flames.


    Other Lithuanian Tatar cavalry saw this and immediately galloped up. They put down their Tatar bow, raised their sabers and prepared to kill the remaining coalition soldiers in the barracks.
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