Anning looked at the numerous enemy forces below the hill and stroked his chin, pondering over countermeasures.
Suddenly, he asked Davout, "Do your troops have alcohol?"
Davout replied, "My troops are not ragtag soldiers; they don't have camp followers lugging alcohol around."
Anning clicked his tongue, then turned to Napoleon and said, "Your artillery unit brought the powder wagons, right?"
Napoleon, looking puzzled, answered, "Yes, we have. What about it?"
Anning slapped his thigh, "Get several powder wagons and put them in the granaries and the mill!"
Napoleon nodded, "That's easy. I'll allocate a few powder wagons right away."
Davout asked, "You're planning to abandon the hilltop?"
Anning replied, "Correct. The purpose of holding this position was to make the enemy stop here and fight us. Now that objective has been achieved. We'll throw powder into the mill and granaries, and when the enemy approaches, we'll ignite it with lime bombs—BOOM!"
