After much deliberation, the problem of food and grass to arrive in Basel within three days was finally resolved, and it was suggested that according to the normal marching speed, it was possible to reach Basel within three days, and the normal marching speed did not cost much body, and it was completely possible to reduce the amount of food rationed by the soldiers by one-third, and only eat two meals a day, so that one meal was saved, and there were still three meals to be solved.

It was also suggested that the cattle and horses that transported grain and grass could be killed and eaten for meat, and that in addition to the wagons and ox carts that carried the wounded, there were still 50 cattle and horses to be slaughtered, and a total of about 20,000 catties of meat could be obtained, and half a catty of meat per person per meal was enough, and then soldiers with good spirit and body could be sent to dig wild vegetables and boil soup with bones, so that they could reach Basel Town within three days without starvation.

The food problem was finally solved, and Nicola's worries were finally no longer a problem, but she didn't relax, who knows if anything will happen in between?

In the palace, Qin Dong and Gibkett heard the report that Nicola led his troops west, Qin Dong said to Gibket: "I am also going to lead my troops to set off, if Nicola has passed the assessment, I will directly take her to attack the Burgundians, if she does not pass the assessment, I will also send someone to inform you, and then you will quickly send a general to catch up and lead the army to accompany you!" ”

Gibkate thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the minister should go to Basel Town, the minister also wants to see if Nicola can do it, and the first time His Majesty has come to the minister, the minister will send His Majesty to the border anyway!" ”

Qin Dong didn't refuse, nodded and said, "Okay then." We're ready to go! ”

On the way to Basel, Qin Dong and Gibkate knew everything about Nicola's army, and when they learned that Nicola had solved the food problem by slaughtering cattle and horses that transported grain. Gibkate asked, "Your Majesty, it seems that the minister's daughter has solved the problem of lack of food, how are you going to test her next?" ”

Qin Dongdao: "She already knows how to let her subordinates use their brains and exert their strength, it seems that her progress is not small, from this it can be seen that she is barely qualified in terms of command, and then she has to test her personal strength and adaptability, is there an uncontrolled tribe near the way to Basel?" Can you find a way to buy them? Let them deal with Nicola? ”

Seeing that Qin Dong was going to use those uncontrolled barbarian tribes to deal with his daughter, Gibkate couldn't help but be a little worried about his daughter's safety, and also worried about the safety of the 12,000 people. "Your Majesty, isn't this a bit of a big fuss? I'm worried that Nicola won't be able to handle it! ”

Qin Dong said with a smile: "Gibkit, you should understand that the young eagle can only better spread its wings and fly high if it goes through wind and rain and tribulations, and the flowers that grow indoors cannot withstand the toss." You should trust your daughter. I believe in her, don't you, a father, believe in your daughter as an outsider? ”

Gibkite listened to Qin Dong's words and felt that it made some sense, but he still felt sorry for his daughter, but in the end he gritted his teeth and ordered his ministers to deal with this matter.

"Where is Balhan?" After Gibkate sent people to bribe the barbarians to attack Nicola's army, Qin Dong looked at the generals in the big tent and shouted.

When Barhan heard Qin Dong call his name, he immediately stood up and said, "The last general!" ”

Qin Dong pointed to Balhan and said to Gibket: "This is my former guard commander, and now I am the commander of the 29th Division. With the rank of major general, there are less than ten of my army that can surpass him in individual combat effectiveness. I sent him to investigate Nicola's combat effectiveness, and if Nicola can survive a hundred rounds in his hands, it means that Nicola has the ability to charge into battle, and can be the general of an army, Gibkit, what do you think? ”

Gibkate thought for a while and nodded, "Okay, just according to His Majesty's words!" ”

Qin Dong immediately said to Balhan: "Balhan, do you hear that?" You are not allowed to release water when you are fighting against Nicola, but you must not hurt her life, otherwise military law will be involved! ”

Although this task is a bit difficult, it is not difficult for Balhan, who salutes and receives the order: "The last general obeys!" ”

Although many generals and ministers in the big tent didn't understand why Qin Dong went to such great lengths for a barbarian princess, since he intended to let him lead the army, he only needed to give the next holy decree to Gibkit, and he Gibkate still dared to disobey and disrespect? But Qin Dong knew it in his own heart, this had nothing to do with his relationship with Nicola, and the reason why he did it was for political purposes.

Although the Alemanni Kingdom is in fact already a vassal state of the Hu Empire, Qin Dong knows that the Alemanni people do not have any sense of belonging to the Hu Empire, and the Alemanni people are just afraid of the prestige of the Hu Empire from top to bottom, if this expedition to the west has Nicola, the princess of the Alemanni people, to lead the army and defeat the Burgundian with his army, then the relationship between the two countries will be deepened, and with this period of getting along, the relationship between him and Nicola can go further, if the two countries can marry, then the relationship is much stronger, although he rejects a marriage without feelings in his heart, but for Nicola, he really likes it, if this marriage can be successful, it is not exactly a political marriage, at least he and Nicola have feelings.

Over the next two days, Nicola's Alemanni army was attacked twice in succession, both by barbarian tribes along the way, and their leader was bribed by Gibket's ministers to get Nicola in trouble.

Before the first attack, Nicola had never fought before, and her experience and war experience were lacking, although she had sent scout cavalry to set up in front, but since the ambushed barbarians had chosen the ambush location, it was naturally not so easy to find, and Nicola herself did not realize the danger of the place she passed, so she was ambushed.

Nicola was lucky, the minister sent by her father to buy the barbarians was worried that Nicola would suffer heavy casualties, so he asked the barbarians to send only a few men, and the bribed barbarians were also very trustworthy, and only sent a few hundred people to attack Nicola's army.

Thanks to the lessons and experience of the last raid on the camp, Nicola calmed down a lot after the ambush of the army, calmly issuing orders to prevent the army from falling into large-scale chaos and panic, and actively organizing men and horses to prepare for a counterattack.

The battle lasted only a short time, after all, the ambushed barbarians were few people, and after a quarter of an hour of fighting, more than a hundred corpses were left behind and fled in panic, Nicola did not send troops to pursue, but quickly issued an order to let the generals stabilize the morale of the army and prevent further attacks, in fact, she was worried that this was the enemy's trick to lure the enemy, so she gave up the idea of pursuit.

The second time, this time Nicola's army was not attacked, but a barbarian army came head-on to block the army's path.

After seeing a large number of troops from other tribes blocking the way in front, the soldiers at the front of the army panicked, and the soldiers were afraid of sneak attacks in the past few days, and many of them suffered from the fear of being attacked by sneak attacks.

"What's going on? What's going on up front? Why is it so messy? Nicola, who was in the middle of the army, saw the soldiers in front of her in confusion and immediately shouted loudly.

Soon a cavalryman rode over and reported: "Your Royal Highness, there is an army of the Sara people blocking the way of our army in front of you, and Commander Manto is trying his best to stabilize the morale of the army!" ”

Hearing this, Nicola said: "The people of the Sara tribe are so bold that they dare to openly send people out to oppose the army of this princess, Nethan, you stay here to maintain order of the army, and this princess goes to the front to see the situation!" ”

The commander named Neeson sat on his horse and bowed in agreement: "Yes, my princess!" ”

"The guards come with me!" Nicola spurred her horse to the front of the army, and two hundred cavalry followed.

When they reached the front of the army, Nicola grabbed the reins of her horse, and the soldiers in the front had been stabilized by Manto and were no longer flustered.

"Princess, look, there are Sara people in front of you, and in my opinion there are about 2,000 people!" When Manto saw that Nicola had arrived, she immediately stepped forward to greet her.

Nicola looked ahead and found that it was indeed the army of the Sara people, although there was basically no difference in appearance between all the tribes of the Germanic people, but each tribe, whether it was a large tribe or a small tribe, had a difference in clothing, as long as those who were familiar with it could see at a glance.

At this time, the soldiers behind him were still a little panicked, and Nicola raised her hand and shouted: "Shut up, count the men and horses of each department, organize the formation, and restrain the soldiers!" ”

The captains, centurions, and millurions quickly reined in their men so that Nicola would not be given another grip.

Seeing that the army behind her was basically stable, Nicola turned around and raised her horsewhip and pointed forward and shouted at the Sara army: "Sara, let your leader come out and answer!" ”

After Nicola's voice came, a tall man with bird feathers on his head walked out with a giant axe on his head, and said with a big grin: "I am their leader Buck, woman, I know what you want to say, you don't need to say it now, since you are their leader, do you have the courage to fight with my warriors?" If you win my warriors, this leader will withdraw his troops and let you pass, if you lose, hehe, then please go back with me to be my woman and give me a lot of children, hahaha......".

"You!" Nicola was so angry that she almost vomited blood, she was a princess of a country, when had she ever been insulted like this? Immediately said angrily: "What a gut! You brute is really rude, this princess must chop off your head today, come and die quickly." (To be continued......)