Struggle in Russia

Bulgaria, Tarnovo, as one of the three ancient capitals of Bulgaria, it goes without saying how important this city located in north-central Bulgaria is.

As an important defensive town in the Balkans that was once second only to Constantinople, with dense traffic lines around it, it was exactly the kind of node city that Li Xiao focused on.

The Bulgarian anti-Turkish forces in this city are relatively strong. Several nobles have united to form an anti-Turkish alliance. Although they have not caused any trouble to Turkey since the war began, compared to other places, Bulgarians are indifferent to the war and Turkey. In terms of attitude, it is still much stronger.

As a key cooperation unit designated by Li Xiao personally, the nobles of Tarnovo received key support. Li Xiao not only donated a thousand rifles and 100,000 rounds of ammunition, but also asked Vishniak and Boris's people to strengthen their control of them. training.

After a month, the so-called Bulgarian National Liberation Front Volunteer Army has begun to take shape. At least the formation of more than 3,000 mud-legged serfs is in good shape. Just looking at walking and marching, they are almost the same as the regular army.

"Silver pewter gun tip, it looks good, but it's useless!" Boris gave a bad review rudely. "As long as a cannon is fired, these losers will piss their pants! The Turks can make them piss their pants with just one charge. !”

"You are too mean," Vishniak said with a smile, "After all, they have only been training for a few months, and it is not easy to achieve such results!"

Boris snorted again: "That's because we have lowered our standards. According to our standards, they all fail!"

"Calm down! My friend!" Vishniak persuaded while patting Boris's thick shoulder: "You can't use our standards to ask these Bulgarian friends, be tolerant to them, I think you should relax , go out to have a rest, have a glass of wine and have a good chat with a beautiful girl, and then you will find that everything is so wonderful!"

Boris angrily said: "I am not you! And I am loyal to my wife!"

Why is Boris so angry? The reason is very simple. At first, he thought that he would be able to beat the Turks immediately when he arrived in Bulgaria. He was obsessed with being knighted for meritorious service, but when he arrived in Tarnovo, he came to be an instructor.

The professor was still teaching to a group of people who had never carried a gun before. He felt that he had been deceived by Li Xiao and was deceived.

"How could you be deceived?" Vishnyak comforted softly, "We only have a thousand people, and the Turkish and British and French forces combined have more than a million. If you rush forward regardless, you are not enough to be criticized. Teeth!"

Boris understood the truth, but he was just unhappy, so he simply turned away and ignored Vishniak.

The latter didn't mind either, Xiaoxiao continued to explain: "So we must develop more allies, and then join forces with them to deal with the Turks. Imagine that in the future, huge armies of tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, will It was trained by you, what a sense of accomplishment this is!”

Boris pouted and said: "I don't want a sense of accomplishment, I want to go to the battlefield, and I want to kill the Turks!"

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There is nothing he can do about this stubborn donkey Vishnyak. He has exhausted all means, but he can only stabilize this guy for a few months. Judging from this guy's posture, I am afraid that he is on the verge of breaking out. If he doesn't give him any more help, He found a way to vent, and it wouldn't be a big deal if he gave up, but the big man might really get frustrated.

Vishniak was suddenly in a dilemma. Li Xiao had told him before that he must keep a low profile after entering Bulgaria and never make things happen in a big way. It would be better to hide behind the scenes and act as a consultant and instructor, leaving the life-threatening work to the Bulgarians. .

The best way for Boris to vent his anger is to ask him to go out and mess with the Turks. Obviously this goes against Li Xiao's instructions. To be honest, Vishnyak is in a difficult position.

At this moment, Vishnyak's adjutant sent Li Xiao's letter. After reading the letter, he breathed a sigh of relief - the problem was solved!

However, Vishniak is familiar with Boris's personality and must not relax his control on this impulsive big man, otherwise his desire will become stronger day by day, and one day he will break out of control and cause big things.

"What did the letter say?" Boris asked with concern. "Did it say when we can fight the Turks openly?"

"No!" Vishnyak said sympathetically as he folded the letter and carefully put it into his breast pocket: "Andrei wrote a letter specifically to tell me that I must keep an eye on you and that I must watch you to prevent you from being reckless. Act. He also said that you should train the Bulgarians well, and a group of new recruits should come in a few days, so that you can step up your efforts to turn them into real soldiers as soon as possible! "

"Come back!!" Boris stomped his feet in frustration. He complained again and again: "These scumbags are enough to give me a headache. I don't want to continue doing this boring job!"

Vishnyak deliberately said with a straight face: "What is a boring job? Your work is of great significance. The front line is very tight now. Only by training enough Bulgarians to distract the Turks can the front line be relieved." The pressure, do you still need me to teach you such a simple truth?"

Boris replied with a grimace: "I understand, of course I understand! But this is really boring! Why don't you tell Andrei and let me go to Duke Mikhail's ability? Even being a company commander is better than training These scumbags are so interesting!"

"Really?" Vishnyak was secretly amused and said deliberately: "Then I will tell him that you disobey the arrangements and have no enthusiasm for being picky about your work. I think with Andre's temper, he will definitely I’ll arrange a more interesting job for you!”

Boris was taken aback. Of course he knew this was an irony. If Li Xiao knew that he was slacking off in work, he might be assigned to work as a heavy baggage soldier to escort food. That kind of life was not what he wanted.

Boris suddenly became honest, and he said to Vishniak with a shy smile: "That... uh... that, I was just complaining, just joking... isn't it just to train new recruits? I like to train them. , this is full of a sense of accomplishment...don’t tell Andre!”

Vishniak almost didn't laugh out loud, but on the surface he still had to be tense. He glanced sideways at Boris and snorted: "Really?"

Boris quickly flattered him: "Of course it's true!"

"Oh?" Vishniak said with an enigmatic smile: "Since you said so, I will reply to Andre according to what you said... I originally thought that the training would be too boring for you, but... I want to talk to Andre so that you can perform other tasks and relax. It seems that you are much more patient than I thought, so I don’t have to worry about it anymore..."