The location where Ogero arrived was a little far from Napoleon's main force, and the amount of food they collected was quite limited. Ogero knew that his actions must be quick enough to prevent more nobles from burning the grain in the granary. So, he immediately divided the cavalry in his hand into teams of every fifty people, and under the guidance of his guide, he rushed to several surrounding manors.

However, most of these manors have seen the thick smoke rising here, and some manors have also begun to burn their own granaries. Among these manors, there are several Austrian soldiers stationed. Their mission is not to protect the manor, but to supervise the manors, burning the granaries when there is danger of the French army approaching.

However, not all Austrian soldiers were loyal to their duty. When many Austrian soldiers saw the smoke, they shouted at the people guarding the manor: "Go and burn the granary!" Then they got on the horse and ran away. As soon as they ran, who else could care about burning the granary? They had a closer relationship with the nobles who had already run into the city and quickly followed the soldiers. Of course, the burning of the granary was left to the people below.

But everyone above ran away. When the people below saw the grain in the granary, their first reaction was: before burning, move a little to their home. After moving a little, they understood more clearly what to burn? What are the benefits of burning? So naturally, they stopped burning.

As a result, Ogero quickly got a lot of food. He sent people back and suggested to Napoleon that the army was too far away from the area where it was convenient to collect food, which was quite unfavorable. It would be better to move the army over, control the nearby rural areas first, obtain enough supplies, and leave enough trouble for Austria, and even make a look like it was about to Italianize Austria. Then look at the reactions of the Austrians.

Napoleon gathered the other generals to hold a meeting and discussed Ogero's opinions. In the end, Napoleon pointed out with a far-sighted vision:

"Austria actually has a huge weakness, that is, it has too many nations, too many languages, and is full of various contradictions. Even when nothing happens, various rebellions often occur inside it. This is a forced country and does not have real centripetal force. Their army is the most important and almost the only means to maintain this country. So as long as we prove to the Austrian people the cowardice of this army, the foundation of this country will continue to shake."

"How can we prove the weakness of the Austrian army?" Napoleon continued, "To attack the bastions directly will only expose our weaknesses. On the contrary, we must mobilize them and let them come out to fight with us. From now on, please forget about Vienna for the time being, and let us go to the countryside of Austria first to mobilize and arm the farmers there.

As long as the Austrians have a little political mind, they can understand that they cannot let us do this. I guess there will be a series of small-scale cavalry and infantry battles from now on. This requires us to continuously attack the Austrians in such battles. The Austrians cannot but surrender to us."

Napoleon's speech was widely supported by the generals, so early the next morning, the French army began to leave the camp. Grand Duke Carl immediately let all the soldiers enter a state of war and prepare to fight against the French attack.

However, the French army did not launch any offensive action, but left the Avenue to Vienna and turned directly to the north.

"Duke, do you want the cavalry to chase after me?" asked an officer named Fritz.

"Let the cavalry follow, but don't attack the enemy easily." Grand Duke Carl replied, "Well, you bring a thousand light cavalry and follow them."

So Fritz brought a thousand light cavalry and followed him.

Napoleon naturally noticed the thousand Austrian cavalry. He said to Murah next to him: "I will give you two hundred cavalry, can you drive them back?"

Murae looked at the Austrian cavalry and curled her lips and said, "No problem."

After saying this, Murah took two hundred cavalrymen and went back.

Murah stopped on a small high ground with two hundred cavalry. The Austrian cavalry gradually approached. Karl did not ask Fritz to take the initiative to attack the French army. To be honest, relying on one thousand light cavalry to attack the French army of tens of thousands of people. The Austrian army did not have such morale. But there were only two hundred French cavalry in front of him. What should I be afraid of? Besides, if I didn’t expel these cavalry first, how could I continue to follow the French brigade?

Fritz observed the French cavalry, which was a team of light cavalry like them, equipped with sabers, pistols, etc. He remembered the cavalry that retreated in previous battles and mentioned one thing, that is, the French pistols could be fired continuously, and they did not need to be loaded in the middle, so they could be shot until the end of the world.

Of course, Fritz didn't believe such a mysterious statement. He felt that the so-called continuous-firing pistol should be the French who made a double-barrel or even a three-barrel pistol. This way, two or three-barrel pistols can be fired in a row. However, such a pistol is too bulky and may not be useful. Besides, now he has 1,000 people on his side to at most two hundred people. If he doesn't dare to fight, how can he fight in the future?

Thinking of this, Fritz took his cavalry over. Out of caution, Fritz sent all 1,000 people, without playing the division of two halves, half attacking the two hundred cavalry, and half continuing to track the main force of the French army. Anyway, the main force of the French army is infantry, and it only takes a while, so I can't go much far.

Seeing the Austrian cavalry rushing over with their sabers, Murah also took his cavalry to hedge against it without any weakness. It was just different from the Austrian light cavalry raising the sabers with their right hand and a pistol with their left hand. Murah's cavalry held both hands and revolver.

There is still a little difference between the revolvers used by the cavalry and the civilian version. First of all, they are larger in size, not only are the barrels longer, but the nests are also longer, and they are also rifled. Anyway, the revolvers are loaded at one time on the battlefield, and with Minnie bullets, loading is not more troublesome.

A longer bullet nest can accommodate more launching drugs, while a longer rifled barrel with more launching drugs can ensure that the bullet has a higher initial velocity and better ballistics. Compared with the single shot and no rifled pistols in the hands of Austrian cavalry (this pistol cannot guarantee the hit rate when the two sides are only a few steps apart, and it can only be a fool in cavalry combat) The revolver of the French cavalry is already a real killing weapon.

When the light cavalry was hedging, the formation was relatively loose, which allowed each rider to control his horse more freely. Mura rushed in front, and opposite him, an Austrian rushed towards him with a sabre. Mura pointed the revolver in his hand at the Austrian cavalry and fired two shots when both sides were only about three meters away.

This approach is proven to be the most efficient tactic after many exercises in the exercise field, but it is not the method suggested in the cavalry manual. This distance not only makes the enemy's saber unable to reach him, but also at the relatively accurate shooting distance of the revolver. Two shots can effectively improve the efficiency of killing. However, it is not easy to do this. He must have a very good judgment on the speed and distance of both sides. If he is not careful and makes mistakes in judgment, he will be unlucky.

Therefore, the cavalry manual recommends that when hedging, you can shoot at fifteen meters apart. The first two shots will be shot, and then the distance will be closer. Anyway, there are many bullets, which is safer.

The Austrian cavalry was hit by Mura and fell from his horse. But Mura had no time to care about him anymore, and the other Austrian cavalry rushed towards him. Mura calmly judged the distance between the two sides, and just as the other party raised the sabre high, he shot two shots at the Austrian.

The cavalry of both sides hedged by. Fritz pulled the horses and turned around. He found that at least more than one hundred human corpses fell on the battlefield just now and a considerable number of war horses. But looking at the opposite side, there seemed to be two hundred people.

This is of course an illusion. The French cavalry did not lose no money, but in terms of the number of losses, the Austrians were definitely much more. And just now he really saw that the guns in the hands of the French were really firing constantly.

"It feels like we are holding sabers and hedging with lancers holding spears. And it is the kind of person who has a spear in his hands at any time and does not need to be pulled out if he stabs a person!" Fritz felt for the first time that the French cavalry was really frightening.

Mura organized the team and rushed towards Fritz and the others. Fritz hesitated for a while before that he lost the opportunity to slip away. At this time, he had to bite the bullet and hedge against the French again.

Amid the series of gunfires, Mura and the cavalry again intersected with the Austrian cavalry. Many corpses were left behind where the two sides intersected. This time, Fritz did not stay to check the results, but turned around and ran back. Mura and the cavalry chased after him...
Chapter completed!