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Blucher immediately tugged on the reins, his eyes widening as he turned to ask, "Are you sure those aren't just cavalry coming to harass us?"
"It's definitely not harassment, General."
The two hussars exchanged a glance, "We saw cannons, and there were at least three or four regiments' worth of troops."
Blucher felt a buzz in his head, had these Frenchmen grown wings?
In his effort to accelerate, he had ordered the soldiers to abandon a great deal of baggage, but they had barely broken camp when the French Army caught up!
Ah, where could he know, the Guard Corps had almost no baggage except for shells and gunpowder. Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't bring a bed, let alone the other officers.
An hour before, Joseph had routed the Netherlands Army, leaving only one regiment to clean up the battlefield, two battalions to care for the wounded, while the rest of the soldiers, without even a moment's rest, immediately set off towards the main Prussian force.