Chapter 31: An Unexpected Gain
As a pure cavalry, the biggest advantage of the Snow Wolf mercenaries is that they come and go freely, have high mobility, and because the mercenary army has mages and other terrifying saboteurs behind, these are almost equivalent to a mechanized army in our modern times. Walking on the road back to the land of chaos, all the mercenaries are very happy, this period of time of fighting makes them very comfortable, for mercenaries, this kind of career itself is a kind of pursuit for them. And because Kong Ming knows the nature of these mercenaries, so every time after the battle, the money will be distributed to them as soon as possible, so now no matter which mercenary can be called rich, and Kong Ming chose to return to the chaotic land at this time, not only because the battle of Kaesong made the entire snow wolf mercenary fundamental, one of the two snow wolf divisions is half useless, and the other is not easy, the other cavalry division has also suffered great losses because of this urban siege, and because of the city defense army's hard fighting, the entire snow wolf mercenary army has been greatly tested, at this time, if it is said to continue to fight, but it's not good for the future of the entire mercenary army. Moreover, once these mercenaries have money, many mercenaries need to spend the money or do other things, which need to be dealt with, otherwise these small things are a hidden danger for an army, so they must go back at present. This situation, in military terms, is called the apex of the offensive, that is, the maximum value of the ability of an army to maintain its offensive in a posture, once it exceeds this value, then the offensive capability of the army will definitely decline sharply, and if it has to fight another battle, then it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, this is the apex of the offensive. It is also one of the most basic laws of military affairs, and a superior commander must know where the apex of an army's offensive is, especially the team he leads, and only in this way can he make timely adjustments to make an army's offensive apex come later, or let this army stop attacking in time, so as to avoid being used by the enemy because of the storage of the apex of the offensive, so that his own side will suffer immeasurable losses, and he must know that some losses are irreparable. These losses include not only material and monetary losses, but most importantly, the losses of excellent soldiers and officers who have experienced the war. These are irreparable, these are the most advantageous talents for the formation of a large army, whether he is a soldier of the third rank or an officer of the seventh rank, this kind of soldiers and officers who have experienced war will always be the best wealth of an army.
Look at the hometown in the distance.
A place I will always miss,
Whether it's on the battlefield of tearing up.
Still in the girl's gentle embrace.
There's always a place in my heart,
Put my hometown,
Wherever I go.
In the group of mercenaries, there are constantly songs of this or that, which are composed by some of the original wandering poets after joining the mercenary army in some idle time. And these short but powerful songs are the favorite of these mercenaries. And these poems will also reflect more or less the battles that have been experienced.
Sora is looking at the fast-moving team in front of him, and he couldn't help but think about something inconsequential, and after going back this time, he didn't know how long he could repair. And maybe you can take this opportunity to retrain this mercenary army, or you can add more magic horses, you know, these magic horses have made a great contribution in this series of battles, after all, these magic horses themselves are a combat power, not like those war horses, only when they travel and impact will have such a function, once they lose their speed, then they will lose their biggest advantage.
"What do you want?" Yi Yiyi asked on the side, although Kong Ming was thinking about this or that question a lot of the time, he rarely took a few glances at the beauty next to him who had been with him for a few months, which made Yi Yiyi, the big beauty in the Huayuan Imperial Capital, really doubt her own charm or doubt Kong Ming's orientation.
"I want to ask you, see if you can add more snow wolves or other magic horses to us, if you can, try to have one per person, so that it will have a lot of benefits for our future battles. Kong Ming said directly.
"This is quite difficult, you must know that just getting 20,000 snow wolves has almost bankrupted us. Yi Yiyi said embarrassedly.
But for this sentence is clear and filtered, you must know that there will be no family that can unconditionally support a mercenary to fight an empire, if there is such a family to support this kind of activity, then it indirectly proves that this is a country's behind-the-scenes behavior. In other words, that is, the current Yiyi is supported by the Huayuan Empire, and this kind of intelligence is actually not an unsightly thing for all empires, and some even openly declare their support, which is a foreign policy in itself, not to mention that no empire will allow a family to have 20,000 snow wolves as the storage of private troops, if there is, then you need to think about why this is.
"We've been together for so long, you should know me as a person, I don't like to go around and talk directly, your purpose. Kong Ming said very directly. Speaking of this, Kong Ming couldn't help but pause, it is obviously unreasonable to say that Yi Yiyi is not beautiful, as a celebrity in the imperial capital of Huayuan, the people who pursue her are first-class both for her beauty and her life experience, but as a man, he just can't mention the idea of liking, which makes Kong Ming feel very strange, so Kong Ming has always been a companion of her, the deputy commander of the mercenary army, but never thinks in the direction of women. And this has always made Yiyi depressed, although her idea is not to let Kong Ming pursue her, but people are like this, once a person keeps pursuing, then she will feel that she is amazing, once that person does not pursue, she feels that there is something wrong with herself, this is just a characteristic of people.
"What are you talking about, why don't I understand?" said Yi Yiyi, pretending to be stupid.
"The 300,000 army of the three devils! I think this price should be okay. "Kong Ming made his debut without looking back, you must know that this 300,000 army is the most powerful mobile army guarding the northeast of the Harvey Empire, once this Harvey army disappears, the situation in the northeast will be completely chaotic, this is for all the enemies of the Harvey Empire. It's all good news, this is an important legal code, no empire is not tempted, not to mention this kind of transaction, they only need to pay money, and the military expenses of an army of 100,000 people can get over the goal, why not, and this may not be a family, as long as several families come out together, they can save money. And to be able to achieve the goal, this is a double thing.
"Who are you and I, do you have what you want, and if so, why am I here?" Yiyi said annoyedly. The complexion on his face had a hint of cunning in this anger. But apparently she was using the wrong person for this ploy. Kong Ming said to himself: "If this is the case, then I think the only way to find another empire to cooperate." If everyone divides some. I don't think it's hard to get together 100,000 snow wolves, it is said that the Orc Empire has too many snow wolves, I think they should be able to give a little for free, although they are really a little ugly, but they are also a cooperative partner. The Han Kingdom is also said to have an opinion about the Harvey Empire, and I wonder if they are interested in this business, as well as the devastated nobles of the Chu and Yan States. There should also be some interest, as the saying goes, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and a villain takes revenge from morning to night. I guess it shouldn't be a problem!"
"What are you talking about?" Yi Yiyi is obviously not as simple as it seems, and Kong Ming has not been able to see her strength clearly. Because on the surface, she is a low-level magician, but who would believe that an adult woman from a big family of the empire will definitely die a miserable death if she is just a low-level mage, because Kong Ming has seen countless children of the nobles of the empire when he was an emperor, even if the talent is so low, but by the age of twenty, he can become an intermediate magician or a fifth-level swordsman, so a person like Yiyiyi who comes out to perform the tasks of the family will be a low-level magician?
"What?"
"What are you talking about?"
"Oh, I'm just calculating how many snow wolves we'll get when we return to the Land of Chaos this time, probably not less, because the snow wolves in the orcs can't run out. Kong Ming said indifferently.
"Hehe, if it's a war, I don't have this ability from you, but if it's anything else, I can let you ten kilometers, and I can catch up with you. Yi Yiyi said, judging from the observation in the past few months, Kong Ming may really be a general, but for other words, he is not very good, of course, this does not include magic and fighting spirit. "I need a preliminary idea from you to give me, in that case I think enough snow wolves should not be a problem, but if you can't impress me, then other things are not easy to say. Yi Yiyi said naturally.
Kong Ming thought for a moment and said, "Do you know the difference between the Land of Chaos and the Harvey Frontier?"
"One is enemy territory, and the other is ours. ”
"Not exactly, in war the terrain can be divided into many kinds, and now, for example, we are fighting on the borders of the Harvey Empire, and in the military language, these places are light for us, and chaotic places are scattered for us. ”
"What is light land and what is scattered land?" asked Yiyiyi.
"Hehe, this is a technical term, to put it simply, light land is our entry into the enemy's territory and not too deep, in this way, like now, we can return to our own place from them at any time, and the art of war, light land is endless, that is, don't stay on someone else's territory or don't stay for too long, because it is the enemy's territory, our every move will be under the supervision of the enemy, it can be said that we are almost not confidential to the enemy. Kong Ming said.
"I see, is this the reason why you have been fighting and have hardly stopped the mercenary army to rest?" Yi Yiyi finally knew the reason why Kong Ming had conquered several cities in a row, but rarely stayed in one place for too long.
"Of course, if we have enough troops, then we can rely on the terrain of the city to start an offensive and defensive battle with the Harvey army, but our strength is too much to do, but we just took advantage of their light enemy at the beginning, ate their magician, and then retained a little bit of initiative, if my guess is correct, if there is no battle of Kaesong. The enemy is at most a day's distance from us, that is to say, the enemy's vanguard is only a day's journey from us, and if we are dragged a little longer, then they will be able to fight a large-scale battle against us and annihilate us all. This is the Light Lands, the enemy's frontier lands. Kong Ming said.
"What about the scattered land?" asked Yiyi.
"The scattered land is what we usually call the home field, and within the home field we have many advantages, such as our familiarity with the terrain, the people here are acquainted, and we can get a lot of help from them that we cannot get in the enemy's territory. In other words, for the enemy, here it is light land. That's why the Harvey Army hasn't stayed on the edge of Hairong City for too long, and that's why a large part of it is. If they take down the city of Hailuo, then they will definitely be attacked by more mercenary troops. This is an attack that is not only manifested in frontal combat, but also in the shadows. That's what they're going to do. ”
"You just want to use Hairong City to defeat the 300,000 troops of the Harvey Army?" Yi Yiyi said suddenly.
"Huh. Smart, as long as we arrive at Hairong City, give us more than ten days of rest, replenish our troops and prepare, we have every chance to wipe out the enemy's 300,000 army there, and when the time comes. We can plunge into the depths of the Harvey Empire like a sharp knife and make them suffer even greater losses, and I think if the boss behind you knows about this, he will give us 200% support. You know, though you have provided twenty thousand snow wolves. But after this period of fighting, those trophies are far higher than the value of these snow wolves. What's more, we have annihilated more than 100,000 Harvey troops, destroyed three cities, and completely opened the entire Harvey border, in the future, I think in this case, as long as we annihilate the 300,000 Harvey troops of the three devils, then we will be able to control the situation of the entire war, and at that time, it must be Harvey's things for us to gallop!" Kong Ming said heroically, this tone even many people around him felt shocked after hearing it. Such a prospect is unimaginable, if Kong Ming's said words really come true, then how many mercenary troops will appear in the northeast of Harvey? How many nobles will be robbed in that way? You must know that the nobles of the three cities alone will make each of them full of money, if it is ten cities, twenty cities, and thirty cities? Thinking of this made all the mercenaries around Kong Ming spark in their eyes. But what they don't know is that Kong Ming only talked about the front, not the back, in the back, once the mercenary army captures more than a dozen cities, then the main force of the Harvey Empire will definitely come to this place, if at that time, there is a little bit of something that can't be done, then it will be the end of the whole army, you must know that the Harvey Empire is warlike, and those high-level strong people can live for a long time, in this case, I don't know how many people like Pang Yiran, otherwise, Kong Ming will definitely not withdraw so quickly, because Kong Ming doesn't want to attack the city and seize the land, and at the same time, he also needs to guard against the attacks behind, and this situation is enough for Kong Ming to suffer, I don't know how many brain cells Kong Ming died from this battle trip, but it definitely made Kong Ming sad a lot. Even Yi Yiyi was immersed in Kong Ming's imagination, but they didn't find that Kong Ming didn't say anything about the situation behind, and in their imagination, it was necessary to say it later, it must be to go straight to the imperial capital and then .......
Kong Ming's idea spread throughout the mercenary army in a way that was incomprehensible to Kong Ming, and this way must also be thanks to the change of the words in those words, because they made Kong Ming's words a version of this: the commander will defeat the soldiers of the Three Devils in the Land of Chaos, and then rush into the Harvey Empire with the mercenary army to capture more money and beauties, etc. So this version has become different wishes at different times, in short, it directly produced a consequence that Kong Ming could not have dreamed of, that is, when the mercenary army returned to Hai Cheng City, Kong Ming let those mercenaries who were full of contracts choose for themselves, and the vast majority of them stayed, continuing to fight for the cause of mercenaries, and most of those who left were disabled and had lost their combat effectiveness. This may be the unexpected harvest of Kong Ming's words.
The traces of the 50,000 army are difficult to hide, seeing that the mercenary army is far away from the direction of the Harvey Empire, the third prince has an indescribable taste in his heart, should he be glad that the mercenary army has left the Harvey Empire, or should these people stay in the territory of the Harvey Empire to annihilate it? These two have advantages and disadvantages, but now he no longer has to worry about Kong Ming running around the Harvey Empire with these mercenaries, because no matter how much trouble there is in the future, it will be in the land of chaos. And because he has nearly 300,000 Harvey troops in his hands, it can be said that he is an elite of the Harvey army, although it is impossible to take the land of chaos, but it is still possible to deal with border cities like Haiwei City. And he had already learned that the foothold of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army in the Land of Chaos was in Hairong City, and now although the direction of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army was not Hairong City, but another city in the Chaos Land, if the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army wanted to recover its strength as soon as possible, then Hairong City was undoubtedly the best choice. And now what he had to do was not to chase down immediately, but to wait for the arrival of the magicians who had been sent from other places to help, without which the forces of siege and support would not have reached a reasonable standard. Without the cooperation of magicians, other classes are undoubtedly more vulnerable, this is a consensus, only synthesis can multiply combat effectiveness.
In early December 1014 of Huali, outside Hai Rong City, in the snow wolf mercenary camp, Kong Ming and they finally returned here, and when Kong Ming dealt with all the things, he stopped to rest for less than ten minutes, and some huge noises woke him up, and when he walked out of the tent, he saw Yi Yiyi with Lu Hai and them, followed by more than a dozen mercenaries dressed as big sword masters, these are all mercenary captains who want to join the snow wolf mercenary army, this is the biggest unexpected gain after Kong Ming returned to Hai Rong City. (To be continued......)
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