Vincent Maurice was very fond of nationalism, because he loved that feeling of everyone united and striving forward together.
When the Revolution of 1848 swept into Munich, Vincent Maurice was the first to respond with his troops. Later, he also took part in the Frankfurt Parliament and became a representative of Bavaria.
After Heinrich von Gagern's death, the National Assembly had changed. They were now timid and hesitant about supporting Belgium.
So Vincent Maurice led a group of "true" German nationalists and joined the Luxembourgers.
Since Luxembourg's army had only been established a few years ago, and Austria and Prussia had led all the previous battles, the Luxembourgers had done little more than help transport supplies or maintain order.
In short, they had no qualified officers. In the entire allied army, few had ever been on a battlefield, let alone knew how to handle firearms.
After some discussion, the handful of officers unanimously agreed that only Vincent Maurice could lead this army.
Some of these officers outranked Vincent Maurice, but there was no doubt that his abilities far surpassed theirs.
The officers understood the dangers of this battle better than the soldiers did. Most of them thought they wouldn't make it back alive, so some things no longer seemed important.
Of course, they still held on to a glimmer of hope. What if they actually won? Being heroes was all well and good, but being living heroes would be even better!
Naturally, Vincent Maurice had done everything he could along the way to turn this allied army into an elite force.
But between their fanatical nationalism and the excitement of battle, his soldiers had quickly become a pack of man-eating beasts.
The chaos on the battlefield was very much to the allied army's advantage. It dulled their fear and threw