After Nicola left, Qin Dong said to Gibkit: "Nicola was recommended by me, but I will not favor the deliberate release of water, I will give her a real test tonight!" ”

"Oh?" When Gibkite heard Qin Dong say this, he immediately became interested, and his appetite was aroused, and he hurriedly asked, "I don't know what Your Majesty is going to do?" ”

Qin Dong didn't answer, but shouted outside: "Come on, go and call Batu over!" ”

Someone outside quickly agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

The commander of the Praetorian Guard, Batu, was quickly called over, and after saluting, Qin Dong ordered: "Batu, you prepare two hundred cavalry to raid Nicola's camp tonight, burn their grain and grass, and withdraw immediately after the raid is successful, no love is allowed, and before the raid, everyone must wrap their weapons in a layer of leather, and they are not allowed to really kill, do you understand what I mean?" ”

Batu was very excited at first when he heard this, but Qin Dong's next few words made his face stiffen, and after Qin Dong finished speaking, he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this can't be done, if you don't kill people, how can you achieve the effect of a surprise attack?" If we don't kill people, we can't deter the enemy, let alone discourage the enemy's army, and I'm afraid that we will suffer great casualties, after all, they have not been ordered not to kill my people! ”

Qin Dong glanced at Gibkate and said angrily: "I can do whatever I ask you to do, Nicola has never led the troops, in that case, it is impossible to organize a counterattack, after you rush into the camp, those people will already be frightened and flee, you only need to burn their grain and grass, it won't take much time at all, and you don't need to kill people at all to do it." Go ahead! How? Could it be that my orders don't work? ”

"Yes, the last general will retire!" Seeing that Qin Dong was angry, Batu could only take the order a little unwillingly.

Gibkite looked at Batuu's back in the distance. Turning his head to Qin Dong, he said: "Your Majesty, this seems to be a little unfair to General Batu, even if the 12,000 people of the minister are transferred from different places and lack of tacit understanding, but the number of people is there, and General Batu only has 200 people, once they fall into the siege, it will be more than lucky." Moreover, His Majesty did not allow them to kill people, this task was too difficult, as long as the daughter of the minister was not frightened on the spot. It's almost impossible for General Batu to get out of the way! ”

Qin Dong waved his hand and said: "This time is not only to test Nicola, I also have the meaning of testing the Praetorian Guard, this is actually equivalent to a real raid battle, the difference is that I put a shackle on the two hundred horsemen of the Praetorian Guard this raid that is not allowed to kill." Deaths and injuries are inevitable. Don't be afraid of the dead, as for the outcome, let's wait and see! ”

"Since His Majesty said so, the minister has no opinion!"

When it was late at night, the 12,000 people who had just arrived at the new camp had already fallen asleep after eating and drinking, although Qin Dong had hinted to Nicola in advance, but Nicola was not vigilant at all, in her subconscious. After all, this is outside the city of Jurigo, and it is impossible for the enemy to penetrate here to sneak attack. She didn't expect that Qin Dong would arrange men and horses to sneak attack her own people, but she still ordered to arrange defense and guard personnel, but those generals did not carry out her orders because she was a woman and did not have any prestige, so they did not carry out her orders, and did not arrange patrols and guards, which made the two hundred Praetorian Guard cavalry easily and silently touch the edge of the camp.

The gate of the camp was quietly opened, and when the two hundred cavalry entered the camp, everyone under the command of the battalion commander who led the army lit two torches, and as the battalion commander held the torches and shouted: "Kill! ”

Two hundred Janissary cavalry stood up and shouted, "Kill! He then rushed into the camp's tents.

The shouts of killing one after another coupled with the sound of war horses running non-stop, as if thousands of troops and horses had entered the camp, these cavalrymen threw a torch in their hands to the tent that passed by, and the tent was ignited instantly when it encountered the torch, and the soldiers who had just been woken up inside were run away by the fire, and the army's heart collapsed instantly.

Countless soldiers scurried around the camp, dodging the fire and the Praetorian Guard cavalry, who did not actually swing their swords and slash people, but only whipped the soldiers along the way with another torch in their hands, which seemed to be more deterrent than a real weapon, because the soldiers were afraid of being burned, and they kept hiding far away and did not dare to approach.

For a long time when the camp was raided, Nicola was stunned, she was already in chaos, because this was beyond her expectations and bearing, the first time she led the troops, she had no experience in leading troops at all, and she had not completely shocked the generals under her, and there was no prestige among those generals at all, and her control over this army of 12,000 people was extremely low, so she did not make any effective response after the camp was attacked, After a few minutes of trance, he came to his senses and organized a counterattack to drive the enemy out of the camp or besiege it.

But when the military order was issued, the problem arose, because she did not communicate well with the generals of the various ministries, although she was a princess, she was a woman, and the generals were not confident in whether she could lead the army well, so they did not take her orders too seriously, let alone implement them to the letter.

Due to the lack of unified command, the whole camp was in chaos, the Praetorian Guard cavalry obeyed the order and did not kill anyone, but the soldiers in the camp trampled each other due to the chaos, and many casualties were killed, and before Nicola could completely stop the counterattack, the two hundred cavalry of the Praetorian Guard had already set fire to the grain and grass warehouse, and after completing the task, they drove away.

The anxious Nicola has not yet controlled the various departments to fight back, and has to organize people to fight the fire, the grain and grass are burned but there is nothing to eat, she does not dare to guarantee that she will go back to her father to ask for food, and her father will give it to her again.

After some efforts, some of the grain was finally saved, but only one-third of the food was snatched out, and two-thirds of it had already been burned.

Later, it was calculated that more than 100 people were killed and hundreds injured on Nicola's side due to the chaos and trampling on each other, while none of the Praetorian cavalry sent out by Batu was killed or wounded.

Palace.

Gibkate listened to the report of his subordinates and looked at Qin Dong and said: "Your Majesty, it seems that Nicola is not suitable to be a general who leads the army, your Praetorian Guard only sent two hundred people to make her camp like this, and there were hundreds of dead and wounded, maybe she has no talent in marching and fighting!" ”

Qin Dong smiled: "No, Gibkit, you're wrong, Nicola didn't have any experience in leading troops before, and she didn't have any experience of life in the barracks, and it was okay to have only a few hundred casualties under the raid, and she also organized people to grab one-third of the grain and grass, even a general with rich experience in leading troops may not do more than that, right?" I believe that as long as she is given a little time and let her sharpen, she will be a rare general! ”

Seeing that Qin Dong was so sure, Gibkite had to give up the idea of persuading Qin Dong not to let Nicola be the leading general, and asked, "Then Your Majesty, ...... next?" ”

Qin Dong said: "Next, of course, let Nicola continue, let's take a look at the table behind her!" ”

In the camp, Nicola was wearing women's armor, with a frosty face, and her eyes kept scanning the generals on the left and right, who had not dared to raise their heads because of the surprise attack on the camp last night.

"General Ben arranged the task of guarding and patrolling before nightfall last night, but how do you do it? Don't take General Ben's orders seriously, how about now? People didn't kill any of us at all, and we killed hundreds of people by killing each other and trampling on each other, hahaha, that's really funny, isn't it ridiculous? You bunch of garbage, rice buckets! ”

Nicola had a gloomy face, and said that these generals were ashamed to death, she gasped and continued: "Disrespecting military orders and successfully being attacked by the enemy caused us heavy casualties, according to military law, all of you should be killed, but now is the time to employ people, and I think you are the first offender, I will not kill you for the time being, but the capital crime can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, everyone is dragged out to beat fifty military sticks to make an example!" If there are any more people who do not obey military orders in the future, there will be no forgiveness for killing, do you remember them? ”

Several generals escaped death, and they were all very happy, and at this time there were other ideas, and immediately thanked Nicola for not killing, and said that they would resolutely carry out her military orders.

Qin Dong arranged for the Praetorian Guards to raid Nicola's camp this time, although her shortcomings of not leading the army were undoubtedly exposed, and some soldiers were killed and wounded, but it directly helped her to really control the military power of this army.

After dealing with the dead soldiers, Nicola had to put the wounded soldiers in ox carts and wagons, and ordered the troops to take the remaining one-third of the grain and grass on the road to Basel Town, Qin Dong gave her only three days, if she could not arrive in Basel Town with the army within three days, she would not pass the test, so she had to hurry up and hurry.

With the profound lesson of last night's surrender, Nicola no longer dared to take it lightly, and she arranged scout cavalry in the four directions of the entire marching procession to reconnoiter the situation and terrain around the army, so as to prevent the army from being attacked or ambushed during the march.

During the march, there were no incidents throughout the morning, which made Nicola's nervousness a little, but she began to think about the problem of food and grass, only a third of the food and grass, if the normal supply could only last for a day, that is, the whole army would be hungry after a day.

Nicola gathered several of her subordinates together to discuss a solution, "Let's talk about it, it's been half a day, if the normal amount of food is distributed at noon, we will only have one meal left, and this food will not be enough for us to reach Basel in three days, you say, where do we find enough food now?" (To be continued......)