The fiefdom increases by 1 soldier in 1 second, and the empress kneels down and begs not to rebel

The next day, in the afternoon.

"How is it?" Qin Ze asked the oncoming scouts in the marching Yan Army.

Wu Sihai wiped the frost from his eyebrows and panted, "Reporting to Your Majesty, we arrested three people and interrogated them separately, and we got roughly the same information."

"These defeated soldiers are going to their military base, called 'Heinrich', just below the Enzos Mountains."

Qin Ze raised his eyebrows: "They want to join their main force. It seems that they are preparing to gather their forces and have a big battle with us."

"From what I can see so far, yes, Your Majesty, this should not be wrong. If they just wanted to escape, they would have already run away without a trace."

"The leader of the fleeing soldiers is a guy named 'Tachino'. According to the interrogated Golts, this Tachino had previously falsely conveyed military orders and led them to escape from the military factory, but now he is forcing them to go to the military base, so they fled." Wu Sihai said.

"But isn't he a deserter himself?" Qin Ze was a little puzzled.

"No, Your Majesty, the soldiers said that Tachino wanted to continue to fight, hoping to redeem himself for his crime."

"That's why he rushed these people to the military base. He wasn't taking them to stand trial, but the soldiers who escaped didn't dare to fight again."

Hearing this, Qin Ze burst into laughter:

"You've already chosen to be a deserter, and now you still want to continue fighting in order to turn defeat into victory?"

"I don't know if it's the sheer number of troops on this military base that gives him confidence, or if he's just a genius."

Wu Sihai replied: "I don't know, but I think it means there are a lot of soldiers in that military base."

Qin Ze nodded slightly and said, "It seems that our obstacle is the army in this military base."

"Sure enough, just as I thought, the entrance and exit of the Enzo Mountains are firmly in their hands."

"Where are the captured Golts?"

"After they were killed, they were covered with weeds. No valuable information can be obtained from them. They were just ordinary soldiers." Wu Sihai replied.

Qin Ze touched his face: "Okay."

"But since we already know that there is a large Goltish army waiting for us ahead, we can't just charge in blindly. There is absolutely no need for unnecessary casualties."

"I think we should find someone to lead the way. Otherwise, once we enter the mountains, there will be ambushes everywhere, which will be too difficult to deal with."

"Then... Your Majesty, shall we go and capture some more deserters?"

"There's no need to catch the pawns. To catch a thief, you have to catch the leader first. If you catch their leader, things will be much easier."

"Now that these defeated soldiers have abandoned their weapons and armor, they have already become a group of stray dogs. It won't be too difficult to defeat them, and the leader may not be a man of integrity."

"I think it's worth a try. But regardless of whether we can capture them or not, it won't be a problem to disperse this group of fleeing soldiers. Before reaching the Enzo Mountains, it will never be wrong for us to destroy as many enemy forces as possible. If we don't get rid of this group of fleeing soldiers, we won't be able to explore the way forward."

Qin Ze made up his mind, so in the early morning of the next day, he sent out a light cavalry unit of 3,000 people. He thought that this was definitely enough for a group of defeated soldiers, as he did not need more troops.

However, if an unexpected situation occurs, for example, the fleeing soldiers are just bait, the cavalry unit will retreat immediately.

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Completely unaware of this, Tachino led his troops on the road to the military base again early this morning. The snow had stopped last night, but the cold it brought had not dissipated because it was a cloudy day today.

The gloomy weather made Tachino even more depressed. The soldiers were moving too slowly, but there was no way to solve this problem because the road was completely covered with snow. There were too many people walking and the snow became wet and slippery after being trampled. The ground became muddy as a result. The soldiers were basically infantry and there was no way to speed up in the absence of war horses.

By two o'clock in the afternoon, the army had only advanced twelve kilometers.

Tachino was dejected. The sun would set in three hours, which meant that today's march would be even shorter than yesterday's because they had to set up camp before the sun set.

It was just after four o'clock.

Tachino knew that he could not move any further, so he set up camp with his army and asked some people to chop trees and make a fire. The cold night was about to come, and only a fire that was kept burning all night could help them get through the cold night.

After half past five, the sun had completely set, but several bonfires had been lit in the camp. Tachino sat in front of a bonfire, warming his hands, and occasionally looking towards the main road.

Barney, the deputy beside him, said at this time: "Sir, I believe we will receive the news soon."

A few days ago, without waiting for any news, Tagino sent out several signalmen to investigate ahead and find out where the support troops were, what their current status was, and why they had not come to support him yet.

But they have not returned until today, which makes Tachino more and more anxious. His troops are in urgent need of rescue. They not only need warm clothes and food, but also horses. The marching supplies that they brought out urgently when they left the military factory have been almost consumed.

But Barney's comfort at this moment made Tachino even more indignant:

"It's been several days! It's too slow!"

"The weather has a huge impact. It will take more time to go back and forth." Barney looked at him and said.

"They're all excuses!" Tachino glared at him fiercely.

Barney got himself into trouble and cursed Tachino in his heart, calling him a loser who only knew how to put on airs and act like a bully.

After all, it was definitely not a wise move to take the soldiers to Heinrich, who was far away, knowing that their morale was low after the defeat.

Even if they reached Heinrich, their morale had already been worn out along the way. Could they be expected to participate in the next battle? They might not even need the enemy to come and kill them, they would just run away.

Barney could guess that Tachino wanted to redeem himself by making amends for his crime, but in his opinion, incompetent generals would tire the soldiers to death, and right now, the team seemed to have fallen into this state.

Just as Barney was complaining in his heart, Tachino suddenly stood up and shouted:

"came back!"

Barney looked up and saw several flickering torches burning in front of the road, and the neighing of war horses could be heard from far away.

Tachino ran out impatiently to meet the returning signalman, while Barney still sat in front of the campfire, thinking that Tachino really did not act like a superior.

Tachino, who had run away, was at a distance and began to shout urgently to the signalmen in the night.

"What's going on?! Where are they!?"

"Sir! General Carter left a troop to meet us in the front!" the signalman replied loudly.

Hearing this, Tachino was surprised and delighted, and asked, "Why didn't you bring it here?"

"It's hard to travel in the snow. They need to go back immediately after picking us up."

"Bullshit! We are all compatriots! Can't we just walk a few more steps?!" Tachino cursed.

next moment.

"Woo!" A sharp warning horn suddenly sounded. Tachino was stunned. When he turned around and looked back, he heard rapid shouts one after another.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Under the cover of night, in the rear of the defeated soldiers' camp, the Yan Army's light cavalry troops were galloping towards them.