Chapter 30: Self-inflicted (II)
"The Slavs opposite us have made a comeback this time, gathering the strength of twenty-seven tribes, about 20,000 or so to invade the border, it is said that secretly the Slavic monarch of Poland, Grand Duke Mieszko, also secretly helped the rebels, he has long wanted to get rid of the suzerainty of the German emperor, this time it may be a temptation for him to find the weakness of Germany."
Proxy wars, I know, Americans have always played like this, paying money and guns to support thugs to work in the foreground, hiding in the shadows and waiting for the opportunity, ready to fall into the well at any time.
"We have a small army in Italy to ensure the security of the southern regions, and an army in the Alps to suppress the aggressive offensive of the Burgundians and the nomadic tribes of Hungary, and now Germany has only so many troops left at its disposal that if we cannot defeat the Elbe Slavs in a war and let the war fall into a protracted war, the enemies of Germany on all sides will take advantage of the situation."
How do you listen to a kind of heaven to the taste of the people, in danger of being ordered to turn the tide, this burden is too heavy I dare not pick it on my shoulders casually, in case I play smashed, a basket of eggs smashed to pieces, I must not be chopped into dumpling filling!
"Do you have any good suggestions? Baron Randy? "The young emperor began to ask me again.
Big brother, can you figure it out yourself, the scapegoat can't find me such a handsome and handsome young man, I haven't found true love yet!
"As I said earlier, the enemy is now gathered in one place, and we need to take turns to harass him, so that they can give up their camp and fight to the death with us, so that the initiative of the war can be in our hands."
"By turning the enemy into a frightened bird, fatigue them, and make it difficult for them to move, we can annihilate them in one fell swoop by virtue of the superiority of cavalry mobility."
This sentence comes from the bottom of my heart, don't we have a lot of German knights, and it is not a problem to run and sneak away to kill those barbarians.
"Your Majesty, our knights are all noble swords of God, and they deserve a face-to-face war with an equal number of enemies, and I believe that no knight will agree to a sneak attack on the camp of the Slavs, and no one will like to rely on ambushes and intrigues to win."
Henry, Duke of Bavaria's quarreller, scoffed at my plans, but he seems to be an expert at intrigues, right? The smell of thieves shouting to catch thieves is very strong.
"There is no need to pay attention to glory and justice with the barbarians, the present situation is that the enemy is strong and we are weak, and the national fortunes of Germany are all pinned on this war, and we must not lose."
The young emperor finally tried his best to disagree with the public, it was as if the countless handles below were arguing happily, and after the decision was made, everyone had to nod their heads in agreement, which was called keeping up with the general situation, His Majesty the Emperor turned his face to me after saying this, and said to me with a harmless smile:
"So, would Baron Randy be interested in leading your so-called surprise soldiers to attack the Slavs' camp?"
What does it mean to shoot yourself in the foot? That's it!
I regret it so much that I want to pull my intestines out and strangle myself, fate is sometimes so fucked up, whenever you think you've gotten through it, it's always hiding in the corner waiting to scare you, to make you understand that life is not as simple as you think.
Overall, I'm very happy with the season of the army, because it's already autumn and it's crisp, and those annoying snakes and stuff have gone to hibernate early, otherwise it's hard for me to imagine how I could have lurked in this dry wood.
As you have guessed correctly, I promised Emperor Otto to lead a carefully selected infantry in a surprise attack, and there is no suitable person for this task except me.
But if I fail and be captured, I cannot admit that I am a German knight, that would be detrimental to the glory of Germany, and as for the unknown fate of being a prisoner of war, no one has come to discuss with me how to escape from the Slavs, who have suffered a lot of abuse.
It all depends on God's will, and if you are a warrior of God's favor, then you will surely return safely, Emperor Otto comforted me.
I really wanted to put my punching fist into his bearded donkey's face, but I kept my restraint because behind him stood a dozen Norman warriors, and I couldn't imagine what these medieval hippies would do to my chrysanthemums, and the only foreseeable result might be that chrysanthemums were wounded all over the ground......
The infantry of the entire battalion was selected according to my requirements......
In fact, my standard is very simple, as long as you can play with your life, just like when I was young, in order to peek at Xiaofang next door taking a bath, you can bury yourself in the mud for half a day without panting, then you are simply a chicken and dog thief made in heaven, this task is none other than you have not run.
In this way, after layers of screening, I finally got the elite of 1,000 people, and everyone took off the complicated armor according to the requirements, so that I could reduce the burden when I was running.
All the crossbows, crossbows, and crossbows in the camp were pooled by me to meet the firepower standards I required, and all in all I assembled the first rapid reaction force in history to come and go like the wind, and they were going to carry out a gorgeous medieval decapitation with me, and could there be a cooler crosser than me?
The 1,000 infantry were divided into four teams, each of 250 men, and they relied on the call of birds of different timbres to communicate with each other, one for attacking, two for outflanking, and three for retreating, which was easy to understand.
Due to the urgency of time, I gave up the trick that Sun Tzu had planned to play at the beginning to train the army to kill the concubine of King Wu, so that my orders could be forbidden.
The Bulls were appointed by me as the commander of the reserves, which was a small abuse of power for personal gain.
Everything was ready, the sun was slowly sinking in the west, and just as we were about to set out, a cold wind blew in the autumn evening, and the fallen leaves fluttered in the wind, which made my heart miserable, and I couldn't help but want to compose a poem temporarily:
The wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man is gone...... Not returned!
It's a pity that everyone in the camp is busy with their own work, burying pots to cook, drinking, and eating meat, everyone only knows that we are going to perform an extremely dangerous task, so the scene of no one caring is even more uncomfortable, it is really the child raised by the stepmother and no one hurts......