Chapter 55: The Battle of Italy (3)
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this task will be difficult for me to complete, you can also see the composition of my troops, most of them are poorly equipped local forces, and their fighting will and combat experience are not as good as the battle-hardened noble soldiers, and the number is only two thousand, and it is almost impossible to conquer Vipitano."
For the sake of my own life, I decided to take a direct step and ask for some help even if the order could not be changed.
"Don't talk nonsense, Your Majesty doesn't know your difficulties yet, but this is the overall situation of the strategy, as a small person, just carry out the order."
The dead old man of the Grand Duke of Swabia reprimanded me with a blowing beard and glaring fingers, as if I had dug up his ancestral grave: "Remember your identity, don't bargain here, it's a gift from Your Majesty to let you command the avant-garde troops, go all out for the Empire, stop talking nonsense." ”
Emperor Otto sat there fiddling with wooden models, did not seem to hear our conversation, and was fascinated by the elaborate world, and Henry, Grand Duke of Bavaria, had always been at odds with the Grand Duke of Swabia, and when the old duke sat down panting, he stood up and comforted me, saying:
"We also know that this is a task that Hannibal cannot complete, but your mission is only to contain, and I have explained to you before, the capture of Vipitano depends on the timing, and how to grasp this degree depends on yourself. As long as we attract the attention of the rebels, make them relax their vigilance in other areas, and the army will go straight down to occupy the Bresano class like a thunderbolt, and threaten the logistical supply line between the rebels and Venice, in fact, we have already won, and you will understand this strategic significance without me, and you will be credited with a great credit when the time comes! ”
You might as well scold me like the old duke, at least I'm refreshed when I scold, who wouldn't let a tasteless fart go! Meat buns also need more meat to beat the dog to hurt the dog, right? It's like giving a knife to comfort you for a while, to die for me to be conscious, don't tremble, you can have a good time with a knife, try not to learn from the little RB to draw a cross on the belly, and fly to heaven with a sharp point, you see how lacking you are!
Emperor Otto finally came out of the two-dimensional space, he put the wooden man on the map, leaned back in his chair and stared at me, and said slowly:
"If the equipment is not good, I will change the equipment for you, and if the food and grass are insufficient, I will pull you into a full car, but there are only these soldiers, and it is impossible to change them. Your mission is not to find a fighter, but to imagine yourself as a piece of fat, luring the salivating hungry wolves to come and tear you apart, and the army is ready to use their time to devour you for a strategic detour to uproot the rebels' important logistical stronghold and military stronghold in Verona, the Bresano. ”
"You are a chess piece, but you are the most important chess piece, you must know the truth that if you make a wrong move, you will lose the whole game. Say, what do you want, I will definitely satisfy you, and at the same time I hope you can live up to your trust and successfully complete your task, don't let me really look down on you, your reputation is very bad in the aristocratic circle now, everyone says that you are only opportunistic, and your luck is always a little better than others, hehe...... I think so too, if you want to change everyone's opinion, just show you some real skills, maybe that's when you really enter the German aristocratic circle. ”
That's what you said, don't blame me for opening my mouth, I don't take advantage of it!
Hehe, I like to slaughter people the most......
I lowered my eyes and thought for a while, then crossed my fingers and said to His Majesty the Emperor one by one: "Each of the hundred cavalrymen under my command should have two fast horses, the fastest crossbow and two hundred arrows, a cavalry long hammer and a round shield, no spears and no heavy armor, only breastplate and leather armor, and try to travel as light as possible without burden." ”
"The infantry must be equipped with the best heavy armor, protected from head to toe, spears and battle axes and swords, armed crossbows with five hundred arrows, craftsmen for the manufacture of siege equipment, baggage soldiers for carrying supplies, and a guide who knows the land well. As long as my request is met, Vipitano will be captured within ten days, please remind the follow-up troops to be ready to respond. ”
Scaresome silly, right? How can such harsh conditions be met by such difficult to achieve?
Obediently change people and send them to death, don't trouble the uncle!
"Are you sure you can conquer the rebels' heavily fortified fortress in just ten days? You must know that there is no joke in front of the army, and if you can't do it, you can only use your life to maintain the authority of His Majesty the Emperor, understand? ”
Henry, Grand Duke of Bavaria, kindly reminded me that this uncle seemed to be a little interesting to me, how could the entire German upper class aristocracy have such a heavy taste, first the Pope, then the Emperor, and now the Grand Duke of the Empire, all said that women mix well by their looks, and it seems that men can also eat with their faces.
"Since he dares to say it, he should know what kind of responsibility he has to bear, the name of the despicable is very loud from France to Poland, and he has completed the combat mission several times very well, our viscount said that he can fight it in ten days, then give him ten days, at this time we should also not be far from the Bresano class, the enemy has no time to turn to attack the main force of the army."
Emperor Otto looked at me with a smile on his face, unable to tell whether it was schadenfreude or gratification, and I could see that my hairs stood on end.
"I promise you all the conditions you proposed, and I will wait for your good news for ten days."
"Uh...... That, judging from all the circumstances, it will not be twenty days, right? ”
I was so confident that I was so proud that I was triumphant, but after I calmed down, I realized how big a cowhide I blew, and where could I find the demolition team in ten days? There is no choice but to discuss with His Majesty with a cheeky face.
His gradually gloomy face made me secretly swallow a mouthful of spit, and immediately changed his breath with a smiling face: "Hehehe, twenty days is too long, fifteen days!" In fifteen days, I promise to complete the task! ”
I faced His Majesty the Emperor in a tone that bordered on pleading, and discussed cautiously, for fear that I would not be able to eat and walk around if I touched his scales.
Emperor Otto did not speak with a dark face, and the Grand Duke of Swabia on the side was holding his breath and was about to stand up and reprimand me, it seems that I have dug their family's ancestral grave again, and your family is really prosperous!
Duke Henry looked around at the atmosphere of the scene and stood up to help me play the round: "Your Majesty, our army is too large to cross the mountains in ten days, I think it is better to extend it to fifteen days, so that both sides have sufficient time for strategic preparation, so that nothing goes wrong." ”
"In that case, then fifteen days."
His Majesty slapped the table heavily, and the wooden soldiers on the map were knocked down in a large area, and they looked miserable, and the camp fell silent in an instant, everyone was pretending to be fools and not squeaking, and the pre-war meeting ended happily.
His Majesty's order was conveyed, and the avant-garde troops were quickly redressed and ready to go, as I had requested.
I rode on my horse and said goodbye to Zareyi, who came to see me off: "Dude, if I can't come back, you can go to my territory and take over the paper workshop, that thing is very profitable, and it will not live up to our brothers if you leave it, remember to burn me some paper during the New Year's holidays, so that I know that there are still people who are thinking about it." ”
How I regret being crossed, now I have to lead the soldiers to die, and there are still 2,000 people staring at me if I want to escape, woo hoo lament, farewell, twenty-first century! Farewell, Mr. Akiho Yoshizawa!
Zare, who was holding my hand with a sad face and crying for the ground, instantly returned to normal as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, and squeezed my shoulder tightly and asked, "Can I send someone to receive it now, huh?" ”