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

"Your Majesty, we have been following that fleeing army for a day, and they have only traveled less than 18 kilometers."

"If they continue to march at this speed, our army can catch up with them within two days without speeding up." said Wu Sihai, the scout who came to Qin Ze.

As a member of the scouts, he and his companions had caught up with the fleeing soldiers two days ago. However, in order to avoid exposing their tracks, they only followed them from a distance. At the same time, they spread out along both sides of the main road to investigate the surrounding environment to prevent possible enemy ambushes. After all, no one knew whether the fleeing soldiers who were walking so openly on the main road were just a bait.

After hearing his words, Qin Ze looked at the snowflakes slowly falling in the night and said, "It's not that slow. After all, it has snowed for the past two days, and it doesn't look like it will stop."

Wu Sihai said immediately: "Yes, Your Majesty, and according to our observation, these defeated soldiers should not have made any preparations in advance. They decided to evacuate at the last minute that night, and the supplies did not seem to be sufficient."

"During their march, someone kept shouting at them to speed up. They have marched 18 kilometers today, which should be their limit."

Qin Ze touched his chin and said, "If the snow continues to fall, I'm afraid their marching speed will be even slower. If they continue to hurry, some people may fall behind."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Sihai immediately said: "Your Majesty's prediction was very accurate. In fact, some of them have fallen behind. No... to be precise, that should be called running away."

"Today, dozens of Goltish infantrymen quietly left the team and walked stealthily into the mountains and forests on both sides of the main road."

Hearing this, Qin Ze raised his eyebrows and asked, "Have you tracked him?"

"Yes, we have sent people to track him down."

"Capture a few people and interrogate them to find out where their army's next destination is."

"They had many opportunities to flee in different places along the way, but they still followed this road to the Enzo Mountains. This didn't look like a complete escape, but more like they were rushing to a certain location to carry out a mission."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Go and have a rest. We'll set off tomorrow morning. If you receive any news in the evening, send someone to report to me." Qin Ze stood up.

"Yes."

Wu Sihai agreed, took off his felt hat, and left while patting the snow off it.

Qin Ze stood up and looked at the road ahead in the night. The ground was covered with a layer of snow, and there was still no sign of the snow stopping. This was definitely not good news.

According to the map, the Enzos Mountains are clearly a pass, so there is a high probability that there are Gothic troops stationed there. If that is the case, the Goths occupy higher terrain, and if you want to get out through the mountains, you have to defeat their troops.

Mountain warfare has always been the most dangerous and difficult battles.

Although we have maps now, there is still a big gap between them and the real terrain. As long as the enemy controls the favorable terrain, they can defeat the larger force with a smaller one, and the gap in weapons will be narrowed as a result.

Qin Ze frowned when he thought of this, and said to himself: "But at least, this severe weather treats everyone equally..."

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the other side.

"From now on, anyone who dares to leave rashly will be treated as a deserter! Once discovered, they will be executed on the spot!!"

In the defeated soldiers' camp, Tachino put his hands on his hips and shouted angrily at the soldiers in front of him.

The soldiers sat exhaustedly around the campfire, listening to his lecture and weakly agreeing with him. Seeing that they had no reaction, Tachino became even more angry:

"Did you hear me?!"

Seeing this, the soldiers shouted loudly: "I heard it!"

Tachino snorted coldly, and then said: "Can bad weather defeat us?!"

"Cheer up, everyone! As soon as the sun comes out tomorrow, we must set out immediately! We can't dawdle any longer!"

"You are soldiers! You should have the tenacity of a soldier. This little difficulty is nothing you can't endure!"

Hearing this, Captain Barney, who was temporarily promoted to be Tachino's deputy, couldn't help laughing. He tightened his face and tried his best not to show his true thoughts.

As one of the first people to escape from the arsenal, he clearly remembered what Tachino said when he incited the soldiers to follow him and escape.

Obviously, it could not be a "tactical retreat". It was just a high-sounding whitewash. In essence, it was a simple escape.

But now, as the initiator of the escape, General Tachino had to stop the soldiers from escaping. This was really funny beyond words.

Thinking of this, Barney turned to look at the other officers and found that they all had tense faces, but Tachino still looked righteous, which made Barney feel a little admiration for him.

"Barney!" suddenly, Tachino shouted.

Barney, who had been lost in his reverie, came back to his senses and quickly agreed: "Yes! Sir! Any instructions?"

"Keep a close eye on the team tomorrow! Don't let anyone escape again! If I find anyone escaping again, I will hold you accountable!" Tachino said sternly.

"Damn it, you've only been a general for a few days, and you haven't learned the skills of commanding a battle, but you've learned the official airs of others who have been in office for decades without any guidance." Barney complained in his heart, but still replied in a loud voice:

"Yes, sir!"

Then Barney turned to the soldiers and said:

"Everyone! We are not far from the Heinrich Military Base! As long as we speed up, we will be able to arrive within ten days!"

"Cheer up, everyone!"

"Yes, sir." The soldiers shouted numbly. They were exhausted from the march in the past few days. The cold made their legs feel as if they were filled with lead. Their clothes were not very warm. Most people did not have time to bring warm cotton clothes when they evacuated, and food was also in short supply.

And Heinrich's reinforcements, who were supposed to provide support, had not seen any sign of them yet, which made the soldiers think that they might have already gone back.

It was too difficult to continue walking towards the Heinrich military base, but it was easy to evacuate to the town on the spot. However, Tachino ordered them to rush to the military base, which made all the soldiers exhausted.

At this moment, Tachino, who had finished his speech, was not as energetic as he looked. In fact, he was in a particularly bad mood tonight. During the day, he learned that some people had left the team without permission, but the number of people did not seem to be large. It was difficult to count the number of people on the march. But at night, after the army began to camp, when he counted the number of people, he found that hundreds of people had left quietly.

This is definitely not a trivial matter. If it is not stopped, more and more people may flee. Then when he arrives at the Heinrich Military Base, will he be left alone?

And this was not the only bad thing. He had previously told the messenger lieutenant named "Maud" to tell him to tell the troops at the front to come and support his troops, but until today he had not received any news, let alone seen any human figures.

This made Tachino wonder if someone was secretly doing something wrong, and there was only one person who could do such a thing, and that was Harris.

I had a big quarrel with him at the military factory before, and this guy left with a resentment in his heart. Now that he knew the military factory had fallen and he was evacuating with his troops, he might have deliberately said some sarcastic words in front of the reinforcement commander Carter and secretly tried to trip him up. This is entirely possible.

The more Tachino thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. He clenched his teeth, first glanced at the soldiers with a cold face, and then looked at the snow-covered road.

"They are all a bunch of bastards!" He cursed in a low voice and turned to walk towards the tent.