The Prussian Cavalry, from a distance, saw the French Artillery attempting to make a desperate stand and couldn't help but show a mocking sneer as they began to accelerate steadily from seventy to eighty paces away.
"Stay calm! Don't fire..."
Napoleon had not finished speaking when one of the soldiers, tense, pulled the trigger—their expertise was in operating cannons, but they had no experience engaging the enemy within 200 paces.
Influenced by this, the others also haphazardly fired off their precious bullets. The disorganized shooting, coupled with the distance being too great, failed to cause any harm to the Prussians.
Napoleon felt bitterness in his heart but still loudly encouraged his men:
"Do not fear, grip your guns tightly, point your bayonets at the men, not at the horses!"
