"Retreat."

A Bulgarian officer, seeing that the Romanian soldiers were approaching, shouted orders for his soldiers to evacuate.

"Hooray."

Seeing the retreating figure of the Bulgarian soldiers, the Romanian soldiers who rushed forward and had just occupied the enemy's positions cheered loudly. It is a joy that the enemy retreats and everyone is less harmed, and the soldiers cheer and vent can also relieve the tension of the previous battle.

Unlike the excitement of the soldiers, the officers in charge of leading the command felt a little different. "What's the matter with these Bulgarians, retreating again?"

Officers, unlike soldiers, feel the difference in battle.

"It's a little different, compared to the Balkan war a few years ago, the Bulgarian soldiers are not tenacious enough."

An officer who had fought in the Balkan War spoke up differently.

The officers could feel the difference in the Bulgarian army, and Lieutenant General Fereit, who commanded them, of course.

Standing in the city of Veliko Tarnovo, which had been conquered by Romania again, he immediately felt different. When it was time to count the seized lists, he confirmed his idea. Looking at the few seized lists, Fereit smiled and muttered to himself. "This is an attempt to resist and stretch our supply lines, Kutinchev, are you underestimating me."

When Fereit had finished speaking, he called a staff officer. "Send a telegram to Lieutenant General Mandev, Major General Dorimitu, and Major General Foktor, and tell them to take their troops lightly and immediately attack and entangle the retreating enemy, and I will make it impossible for the Bulgarian army to escape."

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander."

Looking at the staff officer who had left to send the telegram, Fereit looked at the battle map again. "I'll let three divisions pester you to see how you can calmly evacuate. If you want to get a bargain from me, I want you to leave something behind. ”

As Lieutenant General Fereitt's order was delivered, the 2nd, 3rd, and 7th Praetorian Divisions immediately picked up speed. They laid down their heavy packages and pursued the evacuated Bulgarian soldiers with only weapons, ammunition and a few days' rations.

In the face of lightly armed pursuit, the effect is very obvious. It took only one day for a Bulgarian army, which was slow to retreat and was responsible for the evacuation of the population, to catch up.

"Oh no, the Romanians are coming up."

A soldier in charge of reconnaissance hurried up to the retreating large team and informed the commander of the team of the bad news.

The commander, who served as the regiment commander and was responsible for protecting the evacuation of the population, immediately asked. "How many enemies are there?"

Faced with the question of the regimental commander, the scouting soldier stated what he had observed. "I saw from a distance that there was a black press, at least five thousand people."

The soldier's words made the regimental commander chuckle inwardly, the enemy is coming at least one brigade.

"I heard an enemy approaching?"

At this time, the chief of staff of the regiment, who had received the news, also rushed over.

"Yes."

The regimental commander informed him of the results of the reconnaissance and was also startled to hear that at least one brigade of the enemy was approaching.

"So what should we do, should we stay on the defence immediately, or should we hide with the people."

"It's useless to hide, there are tens of thousands of people here, it is impossible to hide, and now we can only resist or evacuate." In the face of the regiment commander's rebuttal to his words, the chief of staff was also a little surprised.

If they resisted, they would face the enemy's brigade attack with one regiment, and it would be difficult to fight. Not to mention that the enemy is likely to have reinforcements, and he can see these soldiers in front of him. If they evacuate, then the people in front of them can be said to be basically abandoned, after all, no one will care about them if they evacuate at full speed. As a soldier abandons the protection of the public, this makes the two of them unacceptable.

Just when the two were entangled and uneasy, another news came.

"The enemy has reached the village of Wadran, five kilometers away."

A panting soldier brings back even worse news.

This news made the chief of staff a little anxious. "Now we can't wait, we have to make a decision right away whether to leave or stay."

In the face of the urging of the chief of staff, the regiment commander finally had the upper hand with reason. "Immediately order the troops to move forward at full speed, and tell the people to find a path to advance if they can't keep up with the troops."

As the commander's order was delivered, the people who followed him were in an uproar. Everywhere there were the wails of women and children, because at this moment they knew that they had been abandoned. In the face of the imminent 'murderous' Romanians, most of the old and weak women and children ran to the sides, intending to break away from the large army and give themselves a chance to avoid the murderous enemy.

At this time, it can be seen from a distance that the people gathered together are divided into many groups, and nearly half of them are breaking away from the large army, and only the young and middle-aged people are still following behind the army.

More than ten minutes later, the Romanian pursuers arrived here. Seeing that the items discarded in panic were thrown everywhere, the figures of the people who fled in the distance were still visible. The officer leading the team ordered directly. "Regardless of these Bulgarian people, we pursue the enemy deserters."

This happened more than once, in fact on the road from Veliko Tarnovo to Norwich and Plevin, with troops carrying the evacuation of the population. How could the Bulgarian soldiers, who led the evacuation of the population, hide from the lightly charged Romanian troops. Several retreating Bulgarian soldiers were overtaken by the Romanian army. The lucky ones escaped with the organic spirits, and the unlucky ones were annihilated on the spot.

Faced with this situation, Lieutenant General Kutinchev, as the commander, was quite angry. "These damn Romanians, who do they look down on?"

Faced with the lieutenant general's anger, the chief of staff, who was also aware of the situation, asked. "What should we do now?"

"What else can we do, of course, is to get the troops to evacuate first. The decision to let the army lead the people to retreat was simply terrible. ”

Lieutenant General Kutinchev, though furious, did have a very thorough understanding of the situation. Don't look at the fact that only three Romanian divisions are entangled with themselves now, as long as they want to attack them, the Romanian troops that are dragging behind will immediately pounce. And these three divisions will also desperately drag themselves, this is a trap set for himself, so he is not so stupid to jump in.

Soon the order of Lieutenant General Kutinchev was conveyed to the retreating divisions, and with the exception of the troops close to Plevin, the other divisions abandoned retreating with the population and withdrew separately. Such a decision may seem inhumane, but it is the best option for the Bulgarian army. The Bulgarian soldiers have quickened their pace, and there is less and less news of them being caught up by Romania, and many times the Bulgarian soldiers who have laid down their burdens can reinforce their teammates and leave them without a chance.

In the end, the Romanian soldiers could not find a chance, so they could only watch the Bulgarian soldiers retreat to their destination. But both sides know that this is just a warm-up before the big war, and that somewhere in the future, they will both fight for the future of their homeland.