Struggle in Russia

Odonrich didn't know what neurasthenia was, but he had definitely experienced the feeling of neurasthenia. After entering the territory of Srebnoye, his troops not only had to face the test of wind, snow and severe cold, but were also attacked by sneak attacks from time to time. It made me miserable.

These damn sneak attackers are pervasive and despicable. They lay booby traps on the road or make cold shots in the woods. What's more, when they stopped to rest, they suddenly launched a wave of attacks, fired a burst of gunfire to attract them to chase, and then ran away without a trace.

There was no direct confrontation with him at all, and he couldn't ignore it. In short, it was all kinds of headaches. In desperation, he could only order the troops to advance carefully and sent many scouts to clear the way ahead.

But this still can't change the situation of being passively beaten, because his scouts often make no sound after being scattered, and are eaten without realizing it. Occasionally, he could hear some movement. When he arrived with reinforcements, he was left with either one or two corpses or one or two wounded.

This was the first time Odonrich saw such an unruly opponent. He thought they were not so oily when they first rebelled. I’ve never heard that Rykov is so cheap?

However, no matter how fiercely his opponent tormented him, and how miserable his men were, Odonrich had a firm belief: although his opponent was cunning, he was not very strong. If the opponent is really strong, why would he use these dirty tricks?

It is precisely because the opponent is not strong and knows that he will never be a match against him, so he engages in these off-board moves. In other words, as long as he can reach Srebnoye and fight head-on, he believes that his opponent will soon be defeated.

Then it will be his turn to repair the other party!

With full of malice, Odonrich kept urging the troops to move forward, which caused a lot of trouble for his troops. Only because of his high prestige could he be able to suppress them. If it had been anyone else, the troops would have mutinied.

Even so, it took Odonrich five full days to arrive at Srebnoye. Compared with the high spirits when he left Sumy, his troops were tired and exhausted from the journey, which forced him to give up his plan to attack the city immediately. idea.

After leading his personal guards to conduct a reconnaissance outside the city, Odonrich became more firm in his previous judgment. The enemy in Srebnoye had limited strength.

Because he didn't see a few enemies through the telescope, there were very few people active in the city, and there were only a few sparse people in the fortifications built by the opponent. And generally when troops with a little strength see him coming to reconnoitre like this alone, they will have the idea of ​​​​a sneak attack.

But Srebnoye's enemies had no such idea at all and were more honest than quails, which made the troops he arranged to hide behind useless.

Yes, this kid fights with ghosts and ghosts. How could he not want to take revenge after being tricked so badly before?

So he resorted to his usual trick of trying to fish using himself as bait.

But this time it failed. Li Xiao and Dmitri were unmoved at all and just watched him play.

After going back and forth several times, he saw that he was too close to the enemy's position, and the enemy's rifle could almost hit him, so Odonrich had to fight back. He was still wondering why the other party didn't fall for the trick!

Why didn't Li Xiao and Dmitry fall for the trick? The reason is that they are playing a long game to catch the big fish. Their goal is not to eliminate one Odonrich, but to completely annihilate Odonrich's troops.

Although he saw Odonrich's performance, it was easy to rush out and kill an Odonrich this time, but once his main force was frightened and retreated, wouldn't the previous preparations be in vain?

It's better to watch his performance quietly, let him relax and focus on attacking the city with the main force, then stick him firmly, and finally consume his excess energy before making dumplings!

This was the overall plan of Li Xiao and Dmitri. They would first show weakness to lure Odonrich to attack violently, then slowly consume him, and finally encircle him and eat him in one bite.

Now that the drama has just begun, it's natural to wait for the protagonist to show off.

Dmitry ordered: "If nothing else happens, Odonrich will definitely attack tomorrow. Let the front-line troops pay attention to their sense of proportion and not to scare him away by exposing their strength too early... They must fight slowly and retreat at the same time. Let him feel that our strength is limited..."

After explaining the tactics, Dmitri suddenly asked Li Xiao: "Do you want another sneak attack tonight?"

The effect of the previous harassment tactics impressed Dmitry. In his opinion, if the effect was good, then he must continue to use it. However, Li Xiao objected: "This Odonrich is still quite good. He has faced harassment from before. Judging from the tactical arrangements, he is by no means a mediocre person. He will definitely guard against our sneak attack tonight. If not, he will turn an entire army against us. There is no need. Just kill him coldly in a few days. This will have a more effective effect. good!"

Dmitri thought for a while and felt that Li Xiao's words made sense. How could he not be on guard if he was Odonrich who had suffered so much along the way? He was probably ready to wait for them to fall into a trap!

"It makes sense. Then let the troops strengthen their security. If we don't sneak attack on him, we have to be prepared for him to sneak attack on us!"

I have to say that Dmitri's ability to draw inferences from one instance is quite good, and he immediately thought of potential risks. Under his instructions, the frontline troops stepped up their vigilance, and they actually repelled two small-scale sneak attacks by Odonrich that night.

The next day, although Odonrich didn't wait for the enemy's sneak attack at night, and the night attack he arranged didn't turn out anything, he didn't particularly care.

In his opinion, these tricks are not worthy of publicity. On the battlefield, strength will speak for itself after all, and he is full of confidence in his own strength!

Under his command, two thousand men were deployed in the first wave to attack the city from the southeast and two directions, and even artillery support was deployed.

After watching the battle for a while, Dmitri put down his binoculars and said to Li Xiao next to him: "You said he is just a serf? He has never joined the army? He has never been on the battlefield? But I see that his formations are quite organized! He really hasn’t learned anything?”

Li Xiao shook his head and said: "He has definitely never joined the army and never studied. Maybe some people are born to eat this kind of rice! What a pity!"

Dmitry also shook his head regretfully. In his opinion, Odonrich's level was higher than that of many generals with serious academic backgrounds. He relied entirely on self-taught and talent, which simply made those pig-headed The noble generals are ashamed!

Considering that there must be many military geniuses like Odonrich among the Russian serfs, it is a pity and regret that the talents of these people have been completely ruined by the backward system!