Please Sink In Happiness

At noon, Li Ergou got off the carriage.

Major General Leclerc kept his promise, and now the army has changed from the original route to the northeast.

Along the way, the morale of the soldiers was high, but the high morale only lasted until lunch.

Because today's lunch is very shabby compared to yesterday's, in addition to beans, there are a few vegetable leaves floating in the bean soup, and there is basically no meat.

In the distance came the screams of the soldiers:

"What the **** is going on? We are warriors who serve our country, so you give us this kind of food?"

"The grain hasn't been delivered yet? Why hasn't it been delivered? Logically speaking, shouldn't it have been delivered yesterday?"

"Hurry up and send someone to investigate. I just heard that the nearby friendly troops have not received military supplies either."

"Could there be something wrong?"

The soldiers were talking for a while.

Li Ergou witnessed this scene as a bystander and knew that Tom was executing smoothly according to his plan.

Chapter 187 Improve the food before the war

The smooth progress of Tom's plan will mean that the morale of the soldiers will inevitably suffer a lot. About two days later, the soldiers learned that the rations had been looted by the bandits, and the military camp exploded instantly.

"Damn, what the **** are those ration teams doing? How could the bandits take away the rations? This is the most shameful act of treason!"

"Hmph, if I want to tell you, it may not be the bandits who stole our food at all, it may be the corrupt officials, they all eat so much, and the value of the food during the war has skyrocketed. Someone seized our food! Unforgivable!"

"Enough is enough. We bleed and sacrificed on the front line, and they made money in the rear. This kind of country is not worthy of our protection at all!"

"Hey, be quiet."

At this moment, Miss Ivy passed by the barracks holding Li Ergou's arm, and the soldiers were obviously afraid that Miss Ivy would hear their complaints.

But even though they lowered their voices, the complaint was still heard by Miss Ivy. Ivy wanted to go up and say a few words, but Li Ergou held Ivy back:

"The taste of hunger is not good. I think you should understand this group of soldiers. They also set foot on the battlefield with blood."

"Why don't I know how to understand them?"

In order to save food, the cooking squad leader had to divide the remaining food evenly into seven days' worth. If the rations were still not delivered after seven days, the troops would have to withdraw the same way.

And these days, the eldest lady is also eating the same shabby lunch as the soldiers. Yesterday, she only ate two biscuits at noon, and the day before yesterday, she ate vegetable soup with almost no leaves. The eldest lady, who has never felt hungry, is now It was also the first time I tasted hunger. As for the high-end cooking ingredients that were prepared earlier, they had already been distributed to the soldiers on the march.

At this time, Major General Leclerc came to Miss Ivy's residence again. Compared with the previous two days, Major Leclerc's face also looked pale. In Li Ergou's impression, Major General Leclerc did not look like that. The officer who would open a small stove behind the soldiers' backs, it seems that he should have made the same choice as Ivy, that is, to share weal and woe with the soldiers.

"I didn't expect our food to be robbed by bandits. It's really difficult." Despite being hungry, Leclerc had an optimistic smile on his face, "But to be honest, big nobles like us are full of fat and brains. , Occasionally, you should eat less food, so that it is good for your health, are you right, Ivy?"

Ivy covered her mouth and smiled:

"I didn't expect Uncle Leclerc to be so funny."

Major General Leclerc of the 2nd Cuirassier Division now looks much thinner than before. The soldiers immediately gave up the idea of ​​complaining to the general that they could not fill their stomachs. In fact, they also knew that their general was a man worth following. Soon I heard that in order to take care of a veteran with poor physical strength, Major General Leclerc personally gave his mount to the veteran, and he marched on foot like the soldiers.

Although Major General Leclerc was a fifty-two knight, the long journey would not make him feel too tired, but there were no more than ten generals who could give up their mounts to soldiers in the entire Kingdom of Shengluer.

"Everyone, take a good rest, don't stand up. You have suffered for the past few days, but brothers and sisters, keep persevering."

Major General Leclerc said loudly to the soldiers under Miss Ivy's command.

The soldiers also nodded to Major General Leclerc.

There does not seem to be any sense of restraint between the soldiers and the generals. Li Ergou found that the major general exudes an inexplicable affinity, but this affinity does not allow the soldiers to be too presumptuous, so they lack the major general's affection. Respect.

"Ivy, let everyone eat better today."

"Has the rations arrived?"

"Unfortunately, no."

"Then why?"

"Now we are not far from the Mobolan orchard, and we will meet with the friendly army soon. It is estimated that there will be a tough battle to fight. I heard that the defender of the Fars Federal State has been found at that position. Shadow, if you can't even eat well before the war starts, the soldiers' combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced."

"I see, Uncle Leclerc, but what are we going to do when we've run out of food?"

"After eating, of course, we will withdraw from the same way. I can't let our soldiers continue to starve. Ivy, I understand the feeling of hunger. Even if the commander of Grouchy wants to blow my head with bullets, I can't. Let the soldiers go hungry. A question for you, Ivy, do you know how many days the average person can go hungry?"

Ivy bowed her head, she had never thought about this question, so she could only say:

"Sorry, uncle, I don't know."

Leclerc looked at the black-haired attendant beside Ivy again:

"Your Excellency Li Zijin should know?"

"If you don't eat or drink, a person can only live for three days. If you don't eat and drink only water, you can live about seven days. People with better physique can live longer."

"That's right. Now, our army's drinking water is only enough for four days. I plan to quickly rescue the defenders who were ordered to guard the Mauperland orchard, and then take everyone to evacuate the battlefield and return to Liege, so as to ensure as much as possible. The soldiers survived."

"But will Grouchy..."

"Don't forget, Ivy, I'm a nobleman anyway. Grouchy's supervising team dare not do anything to me. At most, it's just dismissing me." Leclerc smiled freely, "Your father once told me I have saved my life. Without your father, my life would have been lost long ago. If this time I am really dismissed because of the unauthorized mobilization of troops, I will not have any regrets. After the dismissal, I will get a Being a senator and doing his part to change this country."

Compared to Grouchy, Leclerc doesn't seem to care about his rank at all, he just wants to do what he wants to do, and never worry about gains and losses.

In the eyes of some self-proclaimed shrewd nobles, Leclerc is a vulgar person who does not understand politics, but Leclerc never cares about the views of those nobles and enjoys himself.

At noon, the soldiers cheered.

"Brothers, have you improved the food for lunch today?"

"Hey, it's mutton!"

"Sister cook, give me an extra bowl of mutton soup, I'm not greedy, just have soup!"

The marching pot is stewing the pitiful mutton, but there are more leaves than yesterday. Besides, the staple food at noon today is black bread. Although this kind of food is considered shabby in the countryside, it can be compared to In the past two days, this has been regarded as a lot of improvement.

"Let's go, let's eat."

Leclerc said to Ivy and Li Ergou.

Then he took the bowl and lined up behind the soldiers. When it was his turn, there was still some mutton in the pot. The cook wanted to serve the mutton to Leclerc, but Leclerc said:

"I never eat mutton, I can't stand the smell of mutton."

Chapter 188 Deuteronomy

After careful investigation, Prince Sinan was finally able to confirm 100% that the man who leaked the military information of Shengluer Kingdom said everything was true, and that Grouchy's army was arranged as the man said. , the supervising team is located in it to kill the rovers at any time, and the real elite hides at the end and waits to attack the flank.

"I didn't expect that the man known as the conservative general would be so insidious, cunning, and dehumanized."

In the military conference room, Prince Sinan gritted his teeth.

In fact, Prince Sinan was skeptical when the man leaked military information at first. After all, no matter how vicious a country's nobles are, they can't use the country's people as a shield, but after confirming the deployment of Grushi's army Later, he completely understood the enemy he faced.

That was a real demon, even if he was an enemy, Prince Sinan couldn't help but feel terrified by his vicious heart.

"His Royal Highness Sinan, as an officer, being insidious, cunning, and even dehumanizing is actually an advantage. Most officers in history have done the same thing, but Grushi has done it too obviously." Said Dolman, Marshal of the Eastern Front of the Fars Federal State.

For the marshal's words, Prince Sinan never agrees. A noble who takes the people as a shield is not worthy of commanding the people. The so-called noble should be the representative of the people, enjoy the wealth and honor brought by their status, and protect the commoners who support him.

Prince Sinan clenched his fists and swore that in this war, he would have to capture Grushi alive and put him to death before giving up.

Vaguely, he had already seen Grouchy being escorted to the square in the Netherlands, the capital of the Fars Federal State, with his hair disheveled and his body stinking. take his life.

A villain like Grouchy will keep begging for mercy, begging to save his life, but the heinous sins committed against the people of this country can only be paid for with blood.

"Everyone." Prince Sinan's voice sounded very confident. He walked to the military topographic map, pointed to the large and small red and blue lines and said to the officers, "Have you seen it? All the troops are deployed on the map. As the gentleman from the Kingdom of Shengluer said, now, the Grouchy army is clear at a glance. We have mastered all their movements, even down to their company-level units. The deployment of the Grouchy army seems to be a mess. But that's just to lure us into exposing the traps on our flanks. Once we attack those troops rashly, our army will fall into a passive position and be annihilated by Grouchy's army and his friendly troops in one fell swoop. Now our army's best response is to Not taking the initiative to attack, adopting defensive tactics, this is a conservative but sure-fire tactic."

The officers stared at the topographic map and agreed.

The defense line they occupy now occupies the commanding heights and has arranged many fortifications. Once the enemy attacks, they will suffer a lot of losses, and even if the first line of defense is abandoned, there are still the second and third lines waiting for the enemy. As long as you continue to bypass the main force of the enemy and use enemy exhaustion tactics, the enemy will inevitably be defeated.

"However, I don't agree that it was a victory. Grouchy's army brutally killed the soldiers and civilians of our army. If we let him go back to his country alive, then we will be ashamed of our compatriots. Labant, Xianghais, Limburg, and many other small towns and villages were slaughtered by Grouchy's army. The people there did nothing wrong. They lived and worked in peace and contentment. Just because they are citizens of our country, they were brutally killed, and there is not one left. Without killing the butcher, the anger in my heart will not be quelled, and without putting the butcher on trial, the Holy Light will not bless the Fars Federation. soil of…"

Prince Sinan's fists were clenched tightly, blood was running down his fingertips, and his pale face was filled with a prince's uncontrollable anger when his country was ravaged by others.

He hated Grouchy so much that he couldn't even swallow it.

This kind of person turned out to be the general of the first army power in the Western Continent, and he was also one of the noble leaders of the northern provinces.

After the war, when he returns to his country, he may still be worshipped by the people, surrounded by flowers and applauded, and then continue to be promoted. bear?

"His Royal Highness, do you mean to give up being conservative and turn to attacking?"

The Fars Federal State officer, who had guessed the prince's mind, asked.

"Yes, I am going to attack. Our army has already grasped the position of the enemy. As long as our army surprises the empty rear of Grouchy, his elite troops will definitely be caught off guard. Everyone, I will tell you the truth, not long ago, I was in I lost to De Gaulle on the northern front, but now, I don't think I'll lose to Grouchy."

"His Royal Highness, I support you!" A major general took the lead in standing up and said, "My hometown is from the town of Mann, which was slaughtered by Grushi. Although my parents have already moved to the capital, I was there when I was a child. The people I know must not be so lucky, so in order to avenge the teachers, priests, flower farmers, and those kind and innocent people who used to take care of me, we must stand up like men. If we hide behind the defense line, then What kind of men are we?"

"I object. I think it is more appropriate for our country to maintain the original line of defense. If our army loses to Grouchy after leaving the line of defense and is completely wiped out, then who will take revenge? The dead compatriots have become loess, They will understand our difficulties, we have few soldiers, and it is not wise to take the initiative to attack, we should endure it, wait for the world situation to change one day in the future, and join powerful countries to seek revenge."

"Need to seek the strength of others for revenge? The number of magicians in our army is far more than that of Gruhi's eastern front army, and now the army is in full swing, and it is completely capable of fighting against Gruhi's elite troops. Besides, Gruhi Xi would never have imagined that we would surprise his elite troops and be caught off guard, and we will definitely be able to annihilate Grouchy's army in one fell swoop!"

"It's ideal. We are soldiers, not bandits. We should protect the soldiers and civilians behind the defense line from being ravaged by Grouchy's iron hoofs, instead of considering pleasure and revenge."

The military meeting fell into a dispute between the radicals and the conservatives for a while. Prince Sinan looked at Marshal Doulman. Marshal Doulman stroked his gray beard and said leisurely:

"You must not pity your eyes, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."

"The Bible. Deuteronomy?" Prince Sinan looked at the marshal.

"Exactly." Marshal Durman stood up and said, "Now, if our soldiers continue to be on the defensive, they will only make them think that our high-level decision-makers are a group of cowards. Since our army has grasped the movements of the entire Grouchy army , our army can completely invest far more troops than the enemy on the local battlefield to annihilate them. In Grouchy's expectation, our army should give priority to eating the 'meat' that is brought to our lips, but we have Just bypassed them. As far as I know, those militiamen have extremely weak offensive capabilities, and only need to invest a small amount of troops to contain them, so there is no need to worry about the stability of the defense line. From the current situation, attacking is the best. Defense."

"Okay, thank you, Marshal Dolman."

Prince Sinan stood up excitedly, and began to draw up an attack plan under the attention of the officers.

Chapter 189 The End of the White Cross Magician Group

"The principle of conducting war is the same as that of conducting a siege. Fire must be concentrated on one point, and a gap must be opened. Once the enemy's stability is destroyed, the next task is to completely defeat it."

At nine o'clock in the evening, Miss Ivy's troops were less than five kilometers away from the friendly troops. Li Ergou looked at the troops heading for the original position and suddenly said.

"Li, what are you talking about?"

Miss Ivy, who was standing beside her, asked.

Aishwana also cast a suspicious look.

Looking at the admiring eyes of the two girls beside him, Li Ergou said lightly:

"nothing."

Just now, Li Ergou suddenly remembered Napoleon's classic words about war.

Who would have thought that the former second lieutenant of the artillery became a genius that later generations admired, and many of his ideas are not outdated even today.

A general should use artillery as easily as a pistol. In modern warfare, artillery was once considered the **** of war. Now in this different world, although artillery has not been fully developed, magicians can replace artillery. The position of the elite magician is infinitely equivalent to the artillery, and even surpasses the artillery.

In Li Ergou's impression, although the Fars Federation is far smaller than the Shengluer Kingdom in terms of strength and size, the Fars Federation has an obvious advantage, that is, the country is run by businessmen. The country established with the descendants of the magicians, compared with the army of the Shengluer Kingdom, the people of the Fars Federation are more pragmatic, without the red tape of the Shengluer nobles, and the strength of magic is even better than Shengluer. The Kingdom of Luer is one of a kind.

The evening wind was blowing Li Ergou's short black hair, and he could clearly sense the murderous aura coming from not far away, but that murderous aura didn't seem to be aimed at the militia divisions that were used as cannon fodder, but was hiding in the militia divisions. Behind the group is the White Cross Magician Group of Shengluer Kingdom.

It's about to start.

The counter-offensive of the Fars Federation and the defeat of Grouchy, in the end, everything led to a result.

That was Prince Louis' ambition.

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The magicians who were hiding behind the militia division were still enjoying a sumptuous dinner tonight. Even if there was a shortage of military rations, it did not affect their lavish lives.

Magicians are noble by nature, and their noble blood is the icing on the cake. Although the magicians of the Magician Corps are theoretically soldiers, they are not completely soldiers. They neither need to get up early to practice, nor do they need to Engaged in manual labor, even military uniforms are not required.

In the army, due to their special existence, Grouchy almost let their demands go, but when the war came, they had to play an important role. In previous wars, they did stand for Grouchy. Thanks to their hard work, it can be said that their treatment is equivalent to the military success.

Tonight, the sorcerers' dinner is delicate dishes such as black caviar, veal stew, frog legs and ham pie.

By their long table, the soldiers curled up like gregarious mice were holding their stomachs and enduring hunger. The light of the bonfire illuminated a blood-soaked fifteen-year-old boy who was crawling on the ground. He was severely beaten with a whip by a middle-aged magician because the boy secretly broke a piece of ham pie and was discovered by the magicians.

"You rat in the stinky ditch, how dare you touch my things? I think you don't want to live!"

The young man kept begging for mercy. At this time, his head was bleeding, and he had his last breath left, but the magician's whip still beat the young man's body mercilessly.

Looking at the boy who was whipped, the soldiers onlookers dared not to speak out. There was no other reason. Behind them, the soldiers in black military coats were squinting their cold eyes, like poisonous snakes examining their prey.