Chapter 118: Revolution Defense War - Kaiserin
Before Marquis Lafayette, nearly 20,000 Imperial soldiers knelt.
Ten thousand were captured or surrendered to the Revolutionary Army's Chasseurs while fleeing, and countless soldiers deserted during the disorderly retreat.
The Empire's Hussars, who would normally crack down on and apprehend deserters, had long since been crushed by Francia's cavalry.
The Imperial Army barely managed to retreat to the Rhineland, but the forces that arrived numbered less than 10,000.
An Imperial Army of 50,000 had vanished in an instant, and even the Empire's hero and renowned general, Grand Duke Johann Leopold, had fallen.
With the Revolutionary Army advancing into the Rhineland under such circumstances, Duke Heinrich and Count Wittelsbach could only gather the remaining troops and retreat.
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Germanburg, capital of the Germania Empire.
“Johann, Johann……!”