Chapter 752 The Journey of the Polish Restoration Army

Franz could see that the little girl in front of him was thinking about something, but there was one thing he was still very concerned about.

"Did you hear crying?"

It was not uncommon for noble manors to have dungeons, especially for those powerful families, who were no different from local tyrants.

But along the way, although Franz dealt with many nobles, he had never found anything like dungeons.

If a dungeon, a remnant of the Middle Ages, could be found in Vihliu Yasuski's manor, and some people could be rescued from it.

The publicity effect would be great, and the Polish nobles, especially those who were related to Yasuski, would never think of raising their heads in their lives. Although he could direct and act by himself, he was still inferior.

"It was very faint... like sobbing, intermittent, and there were a lot of... and occasionally chewing sounds"

"You sound so creepy, why do you feel like a group of zombies living there."

Franz sighed after hearing this, and Lakshmi Pai immediately shrank her neck and said timidly.

"Are there really werewolves in this world?"

The little girl obviously thought of the plot in the horror stories she had heard.

"If you are so timid, don't keep asking for horror stories all day long. What if you wet the bed at night?"

Lakshmi Pai was obviously frightened. She didn't notice Franz's ridicule, but asked stubbornly with a crying voice.

"Are there really were werewolves?!"

This thought was a bit divergent for Franz, so he simply answered.

"No. It's just a trick to fool children."

After all, Franz came from an atheist country in the East in the later generations and had no feelings for the story of werewolves. However, the legend of werewolves in the West continued until the 1980s when its influence gradually faded.

At this moment, Lakshmi Pai was completely frightened and no longer looked like the devil she usually was.

So Franz didn't continue to scare her, but chose to divert her attention.

After all, Lakshmi Pai was quite proud. She was unwilling to admit that she was afraid, let alone that she was deceived. She looked quite funny.

"I know I didn't. I just wanted to test you."

Franz suddenly stopped smiling and asked.

"Where did you hear it?"

"In my room."

"Take me there."

On the other side, the Krakow army had already left the city. The Poles were almost all out this time.

Because it was a desperate gamble, the top leaders of the Polish Restoration Army and all the combatants were gathered and sent to Dorobice, and mules and horses in the city were recruited for the journey.

General Bem, who opposed the dispatch of troops, and the remaining old, weak and sick were responsible for delaying the pace of the Austrian Empire Army.

This task was relatively too difficult, because Bem had no cavalry, and it was impossible to delay by cavalry mobile harassment.

And Count Stadion's military camp was fifteen kilometers away from Krakow. If infantry was sent at this distance, they would not be able to run back at all.

What's more, there are no more soldiers left, and the rest are some forcibly conscripted militia. The tactic of being on the move doesn't work at all, especially when retreating, it can easily turn into a rout.

However, the conscientious General Bem still thought of other ways. He decided to expand the defense range and build fortifications outside the city to block the advance of the Austrian army.

Although this increased the difficulty of defense and dispersed the troops, at least the trench fortifications gave the militia a sense of security.

General Bem knew very well that the key to this battle was not whether the Krakow army could stop the Austrian interception force, but whether the surprise attack on Dorobichi's team could succeed.

The surprise attack force had more than 30,000 people, while the Austrian army in the Yasuski Manor had only 3,000 people. But General Bem was not optimistic about this attack because there were too many variables.

But the duty of a soldier is to obey. He will defend until the moment when the surprise attack fails, but that's all. Poland still needs him.

Count Stadion didn't know that General Bem was so righteous. He just felt a little funny when he saw the fortifications of Krakow.

The defense line connected to the city was five kilometers long, but it was only a thin layer. Count Stadion couldn't even think of such a strange tactic.

To be honest, he was a little disappointed, because it was said that General Bem was a famous Polish general who had defeated Russians who were twice his size.

But after seeing him today, Count Stadion felt that the other party's military thinking was still in the eighteenth century.

Such a loose defense line can be easily divided and surrounded, not to mention that it is completely possible to directly attack the city to force the other party to return for help, or to make a big detour to make this defense line ineffective.

But his mission was just to besiege the city of Krakow, not to pursue or annihilate it. Because there was someone else responsible for this task, Julius Jacob von Heinau brought his Salzburg Army to the battlefield.

To be honest, General Heinau was the general who supported the construction of railways the most, but he still underestimated the military use of this new mode of transportation.

It only took a week to transport 100,000 troops, their equipment and supplies from Salzburg to Krakow, a distance of 580 kilometers, which used to take at least a month.

And after a month of high-intensity marching, it is hard to say how much combat effectiveness the troops will have left, and there may not even be many soldiers left.

The day after the Polish army left Krakow, Heinau's troops cut off their retreat.

"The Austrians are so fast, our retreat is cut off. We can't go back."

Tisovsky said with some sadness, but Dembovsky thought it was a good thing. After all, there were many deserters on the first day, which he couldn't think of.

Deserters are almost inevitable in this era, but three thousand people ran away after just one day's journey, and the loss of 10% of the total force is really too exaggerated.

If this situation continues, they will be left alone in ten days.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. This is a good thing for us. Otherwise, we can't stop those cowards from running.

Now the Austrians have become our supervisors. If they take a step back, they will die! Let's see if those Hams dare to run away? Haha!"

Tisovsky is not as optimistic as Dembovsky, but it makes sense when you think about it. Anyway, he has already gambled his life, but was stood up by Landre Promi. He simply broke the jar and picked up a bottle of red wine.

"Cheers!"

"That's more like it, cheers!"

The two temporary secretaries of state drank in the carriage, while the soldiers in the team were mostly temporary militiamen who felt their legs were about to break after walking for two days.

At first, they would laugh at and despise those who deserted, but now they hated themselves for not deserting.

Although there were pursuers behind them, they could not see them. The superiors said that there were glory and spoils waiting for them ahead, but they could not see them either.

They could only hear their rumbling stomachs, see the blisters on their feet, and feel the exhaustion all over their bodies.

On the third day, some people really couldn't walk anymore. They wanted food, rest, and rewards.