Chapter 873: Rescue of the Western Battlefield
The western battlefield, which was being beaten by the Britannia Army, was becoming increasingly devastated, which made Vasili extremely anxious.
In order to save the western battlefield, which was almost turned into a wasteland, as soon as possible, Vasili decided not to wait for the troops to gather slowly, but to hand over the troops that had already been assembled - 40,000 soldiers of the Central Guard plus 10,000 newly recruited soldiers, a total of 50,000 people, to Nikita, and let Nikita lead these 50,000 troops to rescue the western battlefield first.
As for the other troops that had not yet been assembled, they would continue to assemble, and then send them one by one to rescue the western battlefield after they were assembled.
Although he knew that this method of adding troops one by one was not desirable, Nikita had no choice.
Under the tyranny of the emperor and the prime minister, Nikita could only pinch his nose and accept this absurd method of warfare, and lead the 50,000 troops that had been assembled to the west to block Su Cheng's advance.
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Under Vasili's order, in order to rescue the west as soon as possible, these 50,000 troops spent almost every day on a forced march.
The rest time every day is pitifully short.
Every time it is rest time, all the soldiers will collapse on the ground like dead dogs, seizing every minute and every second to recover their physical strength.
It is rest time now.
Although it is rest time now, Nikita did not really rest.
Nikita led a group of senior generals in the army, found a good shady place to spread out the map, and studied the subsequent marching route together.
Leading troops to march is also a science.
How to use the least physical strength and reach the destination in the shortest time is a great test of the general's level.
Just as Nikita and the generals were discussing the subsequent marching route and speed, a messenger suddenly interrupted their discussion.
"Master, commander! Is there a message from His Majesty?"
After hearing the word "Your Majesty", many generals present suddenly changed their faces as if they heard some terrible words.
A slightly younger general shouted angrily in an extremely dissatisfied tone:
"Your Majesty? Why is Your Majesty here to pass on an order again..."
Before he finished speaking, Nikita stopped him with a look.
Don't say such taboo words - Nikita signaled to the general with his eyes.
After stopping the general with his eyes, Nikita asked the messenger in a calm tone:
"What is the content of Your Majesty's order?"
"Your Majesty said - I hope you can be faster."
As soon as the messenger finished speaking, many generals present showed indignation.
"Got it." Nikita waved his hand at the messenger, "You go down first."
"Yes."
After the messenger left, several generals said to Nikita with anger on their faces:
"Marshal Belov! Look! How many orders has His Majesty issued since we started marching!"
"Including the order just now, this is the 7th order!"
"He has been urging us to speed up, speed up."
"We are human! We only have two legs! Does His Majesty intend to let us fly to the western battlefield like birds?!"
"The current speed is already the limit! We can't speed up anymore!"
"If we continue to speed up, by the time we arrive at the western battlefield, the soldiers will have no morale!"
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Facing the complaints of his subordinates,
Nikita rubbed his temples with a tired face.
"Okay, calm down."
After listening to Nikita's words, the angry generals gradually calmed down.
Since the troops officially moved westward, Vasili has never stopped "harassing" Nikita.
Every once in a while, Vasili would send someone to tell Nikita to go faster.
Nikita understood Vasili's anxiety, but he also understood the current situation of the troops better.
As a certain general officer just said, the marching speed of the troops has reached the limit.
If the marching speed is increased, the physical strength and morale of the soldiers will drop quickly.
When they reach the battlefield on the western front, they may not have the morale and physical strength to stop Su Cheng.
He is the commander of this army. In the face of Vasili's unreasonable orders and requirements, he has the qualifications and ability to ignore them.
So Nikita has always ignored Vasili's endless "speed-up" requirements.
But even if he ignored it, Vasili's endless orders still made Nikita feel exhausted physically and mentally...
Nikita took a deep breath and decided to forget Vasili's new order.
After adjusting his mood, Nikita asked a general beside him:
"What time is it now?"
The general looked at the current time: "14:19."
"Well, okay."
Nikita turned his head and said to the generals in front of him:
"Let's rest for another 20 minutes. After 14:40, the rest will stop and the march will continue."
"Yes!"
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20 minutes later-
"Bernard First Class! Bernard First Class!"
El, who was taking a nap under the shade of a tree, suddenly felt someone calling him.
El slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the source of the voice.
"It's Kolovin Second Class, what's the matter? Is it time to rest?"
"Yes."
The young man called Kolovin Second Class by El nodded.
"The rest time has come and the army has begun to move on."
"The rest time is coming so soon... I feel like I haven't had enough rest yet..."
El sat up and sighed helplessly.
El was also drafted into the campaign.
In this battle, El, as the quartermaster first class, will be responsible for managing an entire baggage force.
The baggage force that El is responsible for managing has a total strength of more than 5,000 people, and they are basically civilians with no fighting ability at all.
Different baggage teams are responsible for transporting different materials.
Some baggage teams are responsible for carrying fodder, some are responsible for transporting grain, and some are responsible for carrying weapons.
El's baggage force is responsible for transporting some military supplies, such as flags and military drums.
In this battle, El also had a helper - the second class Kolovin who had just woken up El from his nap.
The second class Kolovin, whose full name is Kuci Kolovin, will be responsible for serving as El's adjutant in this battle, assisting El in managing and commanding this baggage force of more than 5,000 people.
El likes Kuci very much because he is a very talented young man.
The tasks assigned to him are completed very well.
After discovering that Kuci was very capable, El began to become "dependent" on Kuci.
Anything that can be left to Kuci to handle, El will leave it to Kuci to handle, and he will do his best to be lazy.
However, in the face of El's "exploitation", Kuci still worked hard and did his duty with all his heart.
This also made El more "reliant" on Kuci, leaving more and more things to Kuci to deal with. Even when the break time was up, El would ask Kuci to help him with things like getting up.
To this day, it is almost impossible to tell who is the commander-in-chief of this baggage force.