Chapter 1473: Invincible Firearm (I)

"The military genius brought Zizhi Tongjian to another world ()"

Frankish Empire, Northern Front, Frankish Army's Main Formation.

"General Neumann!" Erich, one of the generals responsible for the blockade of the Sheeran Army, frowned and stared at Doppler, who was standing not far away from him, "What did you say? ? Let us give up the decisive battle with the Xilan Army and lead the troops back to Bailu? "

Doppler leaned against the wooden beam behind him and crossed his arms.

"That's right." Doppler said in a calm tone that was neither salty nor light. "I think - it would be better for us to give up the decisive battle with Xilan's army in the field and lead the entire army back to Bailu as soon as possible."

All the senior generals in the army had gathered in the main camp at this time to hold their first military meeting on how to defeat the Hiran Army stationed to the north of them.

At this time, their Frank army had successfully met the Hiran army led by El on a plain called "Reso" in the northern part of the empire.

El's 80,000 Hiran army was stationed to the north of them at this time.

Looking from this side of the formation, one can clearly see the wisps of smoke rising from their military camp.

Today's meeting is their first military meeting.

But who would have expected that as soon as the military meeting began, Doppler directly made a speech that everyone in the tent could not turn a deaf ear to - giving up the decisive battle with the Franks in the field and leading all the troops to withdraw to Bailu.

Hearing Doppler's speech, the other senior generals in the tent all looked at Doppler with doubts, shock, or anger.

"General Neumann." Rudolf, another general responsible for the blockade of the Xilan Army, frowned at this time, "Why do you say that? You think we can't defeat the Xilan Army in the wild. ?"

"...You can say that." Doppler replied, "My intuition tells me that if we have a decisive battle with Xilan's army in the wild, we will be in danger."

As soon as Doppler finished speaking, there was a burst of noise in the tent.

"intuition?"

"His intuition told him that it would be dangerous to have a decisive battle with the Xilan Army in the wild? What kind of reason is this...?"

"As the rumors say, Admiral Neumann is a weirdo who relies on the protagonist to fight wars."

"But I heard that Admiral Neumann's intuition is very accurate..."

"Admiral Neumann is still the same... he always says something inexplicable suddenly."

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Some of the senior generals currently in the account have fought alongside Doppler.

Some people met Doppler for the first time.

Those who have met Doppler know that Doppler has this strange temperament of "fighting by intuition."

Those who have never fought side by side with Doppler have heard some rumors about Doppler and know about Doppler's strange temperament of relying on intuition to fight. At the same time, they also know that Doppler's intuition has always been very accurate.

"...Admiral Neumann. I know your intuition is very accurate." Rudolph said solemnly, "But - you should also know that we can't look back now."

"His Majesty has given us a death order - to repel the Hiran army no matter what."

"If we withdraw to Bailu without firing a single shot, even you, Admiral Neumann, who is 'not bound by military regulations', will not be able to escape severe punishment."

"Furthermore - although you are not the kind of general who is responsible for commanding troops in battle, you should also know how difficult it is for an army to retreat when it is already facing a strong enemy, right?"

"...Of course I know." Doppler said softly.

"Now, our opponent is the Hiran Army, which also has 80,000 troops as ours."

Rudolph continued.

"And the one who leads these 80,000 Xilan troops is that El Bernard."

"That El is a fierce general who can defeat the prairie people with inferior troops and drive them away."

"It is too dangerous to retreat in front of that fierce general."

"So—Admiral Neumann,

I'm sorry, but I can't accept your proposal. "

When Doppler made his proposal, he had actually expected that his proposal would be rejected.

Doppler himself did not think his proposal was feasible.

"I can only... bite the bullet..." Doppler murmured at a volume that only he could hear clearly, and then sighed softly.

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The next day, early morning——

Frankish Empire, Northern Front, Reso Plain, Frankish Army Formation, Main Formation.

Rudolf stood on the watchtower standing at the main position, looking at the Frank army in the north who had set up a military formation.

"Commander!" Under the watchtower, a senior general shouted to Rudolph, "All units are ready! The battle can begin at any time!"

"Yeah." Rudolph nodded gently, "Okay!"

Erich, standing next to Rudolf, asked Rudolf:

"Rudolph, are you going to start attacking?"

"...Let's start." Rudolph gritted his teeth, "Start fighting according to the planned steps agreed upon at the military meeting last night!"

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"Huh?" El, who was also standing on the watchtower of the formation and observing the movements of the Frank army, raised his eyebrows at this time, "The Frank army has begun to take action..."

Standing on the high watchtower, El could clearly see the Frankish army formation in the distance making serious noises.

A group of sword and shield soldiers, numbering in the thousands, held large shields, formed a tight formation, and walked slowly towards Xilan's army.

Looking at the thousands of sword and shield soldiers holding their large shields high and forming a tight formation, El could not help but smile.

"I see...are you going to use sword and shield soldiers to fight against my muskets..."

Ell saw at a glance the Frankish army's plan - to use sword and shield soldiers in a tight formation to fight against his musketeers.

"In that case, let's see if your big shield can block my musket..."

After saying that, El raised his hands to the generals waiting under the watchtower.

"Get the Musketeers out!"

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The melodious sound of music immediately sounded from the Xilan Army formation.

The musicians, who were firmly guarded by the musketeers, played the "March of the Musketeers."

The musketeers also listened to this melodious music, stepped on the drums, and marched in neat steps towards the Frankish sword and shield soldiers who were also walking towards them in neat steps.

Even in the Frankish army's main formation, Rudolf could hear this faint music.

To be fair - Rudolf thought the music was pleasant and exciting.

Under normal circumstances, Rudolph might have enjoyed the music.

But at this time, he obviously did not have the leisure to enjoy the "March of the Musketeers".

His eyes were fixed on the troops walking toward them with drum beats, and he murmured in a deep voice:

"Is this... the new army of the Holy Hiran Empire... the Musketeers...?"