Seeing that Gibkite didn't agree, Qin Dong asked rhetorically: "It's hard for me to believe that you, a father, don't understand your daughter, how do you know that she doesn't know how to fight without trying?" If she can answer my question, and answer correctly, it means that she can be preliminarily qualified for the position of general leading the troops, if her answer is incorrect, then you will assign another general, this time I will not be right, as long as the general you assigned resolutely obeys the military order, do you think this will work? ”

Why did Qin Dong say that if Nicola could answer his question, it would mean that she was initially competent? Not all generals in a country's army have the ability to command the army to fight a war, and those people can also be generals, such as those who are in charge of logistics, those who escort grain and grass, and those who are in charge of the thinking of officers and soldiers, they are all generals, but they do not necessarily have the ability to command the army to win the war, to have the courage to make a decision at a critical moment, after all, the lives of countless people in the hands of the hands, this kind of strong psychological pressure is not something that anyone can bear.

As a general leading the troops, he must not only have the ability to command the military and the courage and vision to make decisions on the spot, but also know how to make overall arrangements for all affairs of the army, and must have the ability to manage all affairs in the army in an orderly manner, not delay routine military training, and also keep up with logistical support. The soldiers' minds should be more concerned, and more importantly, they should have the ability to restore the morale of the army at critical moments and the ability to stabilize the morale of the army.

Generally speaking. The stronger the commander, the more armies he can command, because he has the ability to bring enough armies well and let them show their excellent combat effectiveness, and the army will not be chaotic when fighting; The lower the commander's power, the fewer troops he can lead, and the more troops he can bring, he will not be able to keep busy. Not only could the command fail to keep up, but the work of all the armies could not keep up, and the army was in chaos. Naturally, it is even more difficult to fight a war.

Of course, a general's ability is not only reflected in one aspect of command, but only shows how many soldiers the general can lead, and a general has other abilities. For example, personal force. This is a very important ability in the era of cold weapons, the higher the personal force, the greater the chance of saving one's life on the battlefield, if the individual force is strong enough to a certain extent, it can even affect the outcome of a small battle, of course, no matter how strong the individual force is, it cannot control the balance of victory or defeat in a large war.

Many generals in the Cold Weapon Era basically had no education, so their cultural literacy was not high, which also caused the low political ability. In the era of cold weapons, the political talent of soldiers was rarely very high. This restricts the maximum extent of a soldier's military ability, and only a soldier with a high level of political wisdom can not be affected in a series of political events, so political wisdom is also an important indicator of a general's ability.

In addition to the indicators of political wisdom, personal force, and commanding power, a general also has a very important talent, that is, strategy. This ability can be said to be the most important of all the abilities of a general, it directly reflects the command ability of a general, and the level of command ability often determines the victory or defeat of a battle.

A general's personal strength may not be high, his command power may not be high, and even his political wisdom may not be high, but if there is no strategy, he will not be able to win the war.

Gibkate listened to Qin Dong's words, thought about it and nodded in agreement, but still asked, "I don't know how Your Majesty is going to take Nicola?" ”

Qin Dong stretched out four fingers and said: "Whether a general is qualified or not, there are four abilities that are the most important, the first is command, the second is personal force, the third is political wisdom, and the fourth is war strategy. ”

Gibkett listened and agreed: "Okay, just according to your majesty's intentions!" ”

said that the test would be taken, Qin Dong immediately sent someone to find Nicola, and told Nicola about the matter, Nicola was eager to lead the troops and Qin Dongyi to find the bad luck of the Burgundians, so she immediately agreed to the exam.

Qin Dong saw that Nicola agreed, so he came up with the first question: "Okay, then I will come up with the first question now, Gibkit, now you order a camp outside the city, and then transfer 3,000 people from each of the four places in the surrounding area, a total of 12,000 people to Jurigo in one day, and appoint Nicola as the commander of these 12,000 people, from now on, Nicola, these 12,000 people will be under your command, and now I will give you 200 soldiers to be your guards, I ask you to arrive after all these 2,000 people arrive, Lead them all to Basel Town within three days, no one is missing, and if you can't reach or miss one person within three days, it means that you haven't passed the test! ”

Qin Dong's first question is obviously to examine Nicola's command, these 12,000 people are transferred from other places, so they are guest troops, Nicola, as their main general, must take two hundred guards to prepare food and grass for them and do a good job of logistics before they arrive, and make some simple arrangements on the camp assigned to them separately, making it look like a military camp, because they will leave for Basel Town the next day, so the camp does not have to be too cumbersome, as long as it can block the wind and rain, The construction of some of the necessary defenses is not a heavy task, but the logistics are cumbersome, which must be prepared before the arrival of all the people.

When the men and horses from all walks of life arrived one after another, Nicola also had to arrange the camping of the various armies and distribute food and grass in the camp, and they had to arrange it well, otherwise, the barracks would be chaotic.

This is not counting, and the next day we will leave for Basel, the journey is not long, but it is not short, it is not an easy task to bring these twelve thousand people to Basel in its entirety, because there are many people, and all kinds of affairs are also numerous, and if they are not well arranged, it is possible that they can only march twenty or thirty miles a day, and it is possible that the whole army will not be able to advance at all.

"Okay, I've accepted this test!" Nicola simply accepted the test.

Gibkate immediately assigned 200 soldiers to Nicola as guards at Qin Dong's instructions, and appointed her as the temporary commander of the Western Expeditionary Army of the Alemanni Kingdom, and ordered 12,000 people from the surrounding towns of Jurigo to come and set aside a piece of land outside the city as their temporary camp, but no one went to build a camp for them and prepare logistics, this series of affairs required Nicola to take the 200 guards just allocated to her to do.

Nicola had never led soldiers before, had never fought in a war, and didn't know anything about military affairs, but after all, she was a member of the royal family of the Alemanni people, and she was really not comparable to ordinary noble ladies in terms of political wisdom and military talent, she at least knew more than those noble ladies, at least she knew that people from all walks of life would have to camp after they came, so she had to run back to the palace from the camp to find Gibkite to build the wood, iron nails and camp tents for the camp, Gibkate did not embarrass her, She readily ordered her subordinate to allocate some supplies to her, and Nicola took the guards to pull the supplies and happily returned to the military camp.

After Nicola left, Gibkate smiled at Qin Dong and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you are wrong this time, I still know about my daughter, she has never been in contact with the military, just now she asked for the materials to build the camp, but she didn't even ask for the food and grass of the army, and when the 12,000 people arrived, everyone shouted for food to eat, I'm afraid she will be blind, right?" ”

Qin Dong got up and walked a few steps, turned around and shook his head, "This is maybe, since she knows that she wants to build a camp for the army to camp, how could she not think that the army needs food and grass?" It's still early, so let's wait and see! ”

Soon after, Nicola really ran back to the palace again and asked Gibkate for four days of food and grass for the army, in addition to grain and grass, she also asked for a lot of ox carts and carriages, but when Qin Dong asked her what she needed these ox carts and carriages for, she replied that they were to be used to transport grain and grass and carry soldiers who had been wounded on the march, Gibkate was very surprised when he heard these words, and was immediately impressed by this daughter.

The construction of a temporary camp is very simple, as long as the framework of the main body of the camp is built, such as the camp gate, fence, divided soldiers' camp, officers' camp, livestock pens, grain and grass storage points, and so on.

In the evening, the temporary camp was built, and Qin Dong sent someone to find Nicola and ask, "Has your camp been built?" ”

Nicola replied, "Yes, Your Majesty!" ”

"And how your camp was built and laid out, can you draw it?"

Nicola thought for a moment and replied, "Yes!" After speaking, he immediately took the pen handed over by Qin Dong and drew the floor plan of the camp.

Qin Dong and Gibkite immediately leaned over to watch, and after Qin Dong finished reading, he asked Gibkite: "How do you think this camp is built?" ”

Although Gibkite did not receive a formal military education, after all, as the head of a country, he had a lot of experience in commanding wars, and he was very experienced, so he certainly knew how to build a camp. ”

Qin Dong smiled and nodded: "You're right, but I have already said it beforehand, this is just an investigation, and this is in Jurigo, the possibility of an enemy appearing is very small, and it is understandable that there are no early warning and defense facilities such as watchtowers and arrow towers!" ”

After Qin Dong finished speaking, he said to Nicola: "This strange me didn't make it clear in advance, from now on everything is true, that is to say, as long as what may happen in the war can happen at any time now, I hope you remember this, the construction and layout of this camp are considered to be barely passable, and the future will depend on your real ability!" (To be continued......)