Chapter 57: The Battle of Wencheng (10)

On January 11, 1015 in the Chinese calendar, on this day, the whole continent was paying attention to a matter, that is, the battle of Wencheng, after receiving the war letter from Kong Ming, Zhao Wu reported this matter to the emperor of the Harvey Empire, and swore that he would definitely win, and fully explained the reasons. Zhao Wu said several reasons: First, Harvey's Seventh Army has a total of nearly 600,000 troops, well-trained, and high morale; while the mercenary army has less than 500,000 troops, and most of them are recruits recruited nearby, without much training, and most of the officers are from mud-legged backgrounds, and it is okay to fight the kind of hit-and-run tactics, but they are not very familiar with the battle formations of the two armies, so Harvey's Seventh Army has 80 percent certainty of annihilating the mercenary army; Most of the relatives of the mercenary army were captured by the Harvey army, and putting these people in front during the war was worth 100,000 troops; third, the battle of the large corps was the strength of the Seventh Army and the weakness of the mercenary army; fourth, the victory of the Harvey Seventh Army was the destiny of heaven, there is no doubt. Although the last one is hard to put up, it is undeniable that this sentence really hit the heart of the Harvey Empire, so he deliberately announced the news to the whole country, and also released this news to other countries: The Seventh Legion of the Harvey Empire and the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army fought a decisive battle in Wencheng. In order to let him understand the whole process, he also deliberately asked several great mages to broadcast the whole process live with the magic water mirror technique, so that this crucial battle could be displayed in front of the world. So before the war began, the countries of the entire continent who cared about this matter knew about it, and used the characteristics of magic to show this war in front of them in real time.

At six o'clock in the morning of January 11, 1015, the mercenary army had been assembled, and the whole team slowly appeared in front of Wencheng, stopping when it was two kilometers away from Wencheng. Kong Ming looked at the time, seven o'clock, and looked at the past, the city wall of Wencheng had already been demolished by the mercenary army, and the Harvey army had not rebuilt it until now, after all, the time was too rushed, so you could see the situation in the city at a glance. At this time, the Harvey Army is slowly starting to gather, and it seems that they are still very relieved about the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army. Kong Ming knows that now is a good opportunity. If he rushed over, maybe everything could be solved, suppressing this strong impulse, Kong Ming took a deep breath, he knew that it was impossible for Harvey's Seventh Legion to be unprepared. If you rush over, you may not get the results you want. And it can be a big loss. Sometimes, when he is calculating others, others are calculating himself.

"Why aren't they moving? Are they waiting for something?" asked Yiyiyi.

"Maybe I'm waiting for Zhao Wu to get dressed!" Che Yi said with a smile. What everyone doesn't know is that Zhao Wu is really dressing up, in order to shine in the live broadcast and let the world see his heroic posture. The style of a famous general, now he endured the excitement of not falling asleep for a night, and was sitting in front of the mirror constantly looking at his appearance, next to a makeup artist from the city. He must not be disgraced in the eyes of the world, and now he is not afraid of the snow wolf mercenary army rushing in, as long as they dare to rush in, then what awaits them will be a fierce attack. The magicians set up magic arrays in many places in the city, and the infantry hid in various houses in the city, waiting for the mercenary army to attack at any time. From this point of view, Zhao Wu is not worried at all.

"General, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army has appeared two kilometers outside the city, and now the formation has been completed, those commanders have asked for instructions, what should we do?" a staff officer appeared behind them.

"Let them wait, and when they are tired, we will go out again, and then we can wait for work, hehe, I didn't expect that Kong Ming, who had been giving His Majesty the Emperor a headache, turned out to be a stupid. It seems that the heavens are going to help us too. You go and ask those magicians, how is the preparation for the live broadcast, there is no cuò at all, but now the whole continent is paying attention to this matter. Zhao Wu said, for a nobleman, this is the top priority.

"I was about to report to the general, just now the magician division commander came to report and said that everything was ready, and according to the general's request, the live broadcast has now begun. ”

"Ah, then order them, start gathering, let's also be a little ahead, don't let Your Majesty wait for a long time. Zhao Wu said, originally he wanted to cool the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army to the side, cool down, but now he can only advance a little.

The imperial palace of the Huayuan Empire, now is the time of the early dynasty, the emperor sitting on the top is obviously a little distracted by today's national politics today, and the prime minister below carefully reminded him several times, but he couldn't attract his spirit, so the intimate prime minister asked: "Your Majesty, today's weather is snowy, the beautiful scenery of the good morning, it just happens that today's things have been done, why don't you find a place to go, while enjoying the snow, while watching the live broadcast, what do you think?"

When the ministers heard this, they were simply angry, just after eight o'clock, and in less than 10 minutes after they came up, the day's business was over? Fortunately, the emperor is usually quite diligent, and it should be okay to take a break once in a while, so these ministers pay an expression that all men understand, and pay the prime minister's Jianyi.

"Haha, the prime minister really knows my heart, so let's go somewhere else and take a look at the snow and magic images. ”

After a while, everyone arrived in a garden in the palace, now in winter, the snow is falling, inside and outside are white all over the place, except for a large pavilion in the middle, all kinds of things in it have long been prepared, next to the pavilion is a huge magic image, on which is the scene of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army and the Seventh Legion of the Harvey Empire preparing to fight, everyone knows why the emperor is indifferent to other things today. At this time, everyone already knew that behind the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army was actually the support of various empires, allowing them to fight against the Harvey Empire and reduce the military pressure of the Harvey Empire on various countries. Next to the video are two small screens, which show the comparison of the military strength of the two sides and the basic situation of each general. The magic display here not only has the signal provided by the Harvey Empire, but also some of them are taken by the magicians in the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, and some of them are specially taken by some mercenaries, similar situations are found in various countries.

"Count Radiance, do you say that the Snow Wolf mercenaries will win this battle, or will the Harvey Empire win this battle?" the Emperor's voice slowly came out. Yun Haifeng is really entangled now, although it is said that Kong Ming's life experience, some people here already know a little bit of the rumor, but what is really clear is that they were present at the time, and now the emperor asks like this, it is really difficult to answer, saying that Kong Ming wins seems to be really a little idealistic, after all, the strength of the Seventh Legion of the Harvey Empire is there, saying that the Harvey Empire wins, it is his own grandson who is now commanding the mercenary army. It's a real dilemma. After thinking for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, if you compare it according to the strength, Harvey's seventh legion has a better chance of winning, and if you follow the command, the ability of the snow wolf mercenaries is stronger." This is exactly the battle of the dragon, it is really unpredictable!"

"Huh. You're so disconfident about this grandson of yours? haha. The Emperor smiled. He pointed to Yun Haifeng, then suddenly thought of something and shook his head. At this time, everyone knew that the rumor that the commander of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army was Yun Haifeng's grandson was actually true, and everyone looked at each other. A look that you know, I know, everyone knows.

"Let's wait and see!" added the emperor to everyone's astonishment. Today, I leaked a secret.

In the palace of the Harvey Empire, the same thing is happening here, you must know that this is related to the fate of the entire empire. Therefore, it was impossible for Harvey Junchen not to care, and the early dynasty had no intention of going on, so everyone was watching the live broadcast on the side early.

Wencheng, at half past eight in the morning, Harvey's army has begun to leave Wencheng, and a third of the people, that is, about 200,000, have come to the front, but the formation is not ready, and their magician division has come out, standing about two hundred meters behind the first-line army, they have not become a formation, and the Harvey soldiers behind are still coming out of Wencheng one after another. And Zhao Wu, as the commander of the legion, has not shown up until now, and now there is only an hour and a half before the time of the battle.

Kong Ming looked at the appearance of Harvey's Seventh Legion lazily coming out of the city, and looked at the magic mirror, which showed that the enemy's magician had come out.

"All the personnel of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army listen, order--the whole army prepares--the whole army is attacking at full speed!" Kong Ming shouted to the whole army with a magic amplified voice. When Kong Ming shouted the order, he amplified the sound through the magic so that the whole army could hear it, and stretched the pre-order as long as possible so that everyone could hear it clearly, and the voice resounded through the sky. When they first heard Kong Ming's order, the officers at all levels below followed one after another, because they knew that it was Kong Ming's voice, and it was an order from the supreme commander of the entire battlefield mercenary army.

"All the personnel of the first army of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army are ready, and the order - the whole army is ready - the whole army is attacking at full speed!"

"All the personnel of the Second Army of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army are ready, and the order - the whole army is ready - the whole army is attacking at full speed!"

"All the personnel of the three armies of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army are ready, and the order - the whole army is ready - the whole army is attacking at full speed!"

"All personnel of the four armies of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army are ready to order--the whole army is ready to attack at full speed!"

"All the personnel of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army are ready in one column, and the order - the whole army is ready - the whole army is attacking at full speed!"

"All the personnel of the second column of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army are ready, and the order - the whole army is ready - the whole army is attacking at full speed!"

"Impact!"

"Impact!"

"Impact!"

"Impact!"

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When the mercenaries heard Kong Ming's command, they suddenly lifted their spirits from a normal state, and when they heard the full speed of the whole army, they did not hesitate to rush forward at a consistent speed, and kept shouting "Impact!" while impacting. The impact of 500,000 people, just like the sky and the earth cracked, the volcano erupted, and the tsunami impacted, the whole earth was shaken, and the sound of earth movement spread from the feet of the mercenary army to all directions, and bursts of murderous aura came out from the mercenaries' bodies. Most of the soldiers in front were people from Wencheng's local origin, and they couldn't bear these beasts on the other side for a long time, if it weren't for a few people who couldn't do anything, they would have rushed over to kill one of them, even if they died, what could they prevent? This time, Kong Ming didn't leave any reserves in the first stage, and there was no room at all.

The people of the lazy Harvey Seventh Legion couldn't help but panic and be stupid when they saw the mercenary army rushing over at once, because they were still not ready for battle, and their people had not finished coming out. Only about 200,000 soldiers came out, and the formation was not set up, how can this fight?

In the palace of the Harvey Empire, the emperor was stunned, he thought that he could slowly appreciate the wonderful drama brought to him by Zhao Wu, and he could wipe out the army of 500,000, except for the troubles, what he never expected was that the snow wolf mercenary army did not keep its promises and began to attack before ten o'clock, a full hour and a half earlier than the scheduled time. At this time, the Seventh Army was very fragile, the formation was not well placed, the personnel were not in order, and if it was attacked by the mercenary army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The Imperial Palace of the Hwahara Empire. The emperor and his ministers had just sat down and discussed two sentences. Everyone saw it on the screen.

"Old Yun. Your grandson is really a talent!" the Emperor sighed. He had long forgotten the embarrassment of leaking the secret just now.

The situation on the battlefield changed all of a sudden, and just now it was still a breezy appearance, and in an instant it was like a purgatory on earth.

It was originally two kilometers from the front of the mercenary army to Wencheng, but now the Harvey army is deployed within these two kilometers, which has been shortened a lot, so it can be said that from the first row of soldiers of the mercenary army to the nearest person of the Harvey army. It's just a mere place of less than 500 meters, and with these soldiers of the third level and above, this distance is only less than a minute, so to speak. The reason why Kong Ming chose this distance was to shorten the distance between Harvey's Seventh Legion and the mercenary army, so that Harvey's soldiers could not form an impact, and this assault was successful.

In an instant, the mercenary army rushed into the camp of the Harvey army, and the two armies fought fiercely at the first time. The Seventh Legion is worthy of being the elite of the Harvey Empire, although it was attacked by the mercenary army, but no one on the front line still wanted to escape, but drew out a long sword and magic staff, and began to attack. At the time of the handover of the two armies, bursts of bows and arrows shot out of the ranks of the mercenary army, covering all directions, and striving not to leave any dead ends within the range of the arrows. Many ill-prepared soldiers and mages fell from arrows or were wounded. The long sword clashed with the long sword, and the bow and arrow slashed through the long sky, and the dense bow and arrow were as thick as the clouds. Let the people in the back look at the scalp tingling. The lack of preparation of the Harvey Seventh Legion gave the mercenary army a great advantage at the first time, and soon, in less than ten minutes, all the Harvey soldiers within fifty meters in front fell, and the Harvey soldiers behind just reacted from the shock, but many were also wounded and killed by bow and arrows, and the Harvey soldiers began to counterattack, with arrows in front and bows in the rear, but at this time, in the first wave of contact, the Harvey army directly lost about 50,000 people. Wen Yue looked at the many magic shields raised in the camp of the Harvey Army in front of him, facing the magician division, which was the magician division of the Seventh Legion, with a scale of nearly fifteen thousand, if it wasn't for the fact that they divided five thousand into other armies, they could have more, of course, more than two thousand of them had already been killed by Duns.

"Two hundred meters!" Wen Yue estimated the distance between the magician and the enemy magician, this distance is a little far for the magician, even if it is a magic attack, it will not take any advantage, and at this time, the mercenary army in front is still attacking and advancing, constantly pressing the enemy's camp with bows and arrows, including the magician, they dare not cast magic now, because they will weaken the power of both if they cast magic and shield at the same time, and it will accidentally injure Harvey's soldiers, which is also what they don't want to see. But their womanly kindness was eventually rewarded with ruin.

"One hundred meters, magic attack!" Wen Yue ordered loudly.

In an instant, more than 10,000 magicians hidden in the mercenary formation tore up the powerful magic scrolls in their hands, allowing those magic to fall into the camp of the Harvey Army. Powerful magic has torn off the shields of many magicians, so that the magicians inside disappear without a trace in an instant, the battle between magicians is different from the battle between magicians, the battle between a single magician They can cast magic scrolls at the same time as magic, but between magicians, it is more about comparing who makes the first move, who has the advantage, this is the first principle of using magician divisions to fight, but unfortunately, because the battle was launched too suddenly, and the archers of the mercenary army also kept pressing the Harvey army, so that these magicians had no way to cast their magic, and only became the target of the mercenary army magicians。 A steady stream of magic scrolls were cast, which made the remaining magicians of the Harvey Army unable to move, and the Harvey soldiers who were affected next to them were directly wiped out. This group of attacks directly caused Harvey Magicians to lose more than half, after all, there are not many high-level magicians, there are less than 5,000 magicians left, seeing such a situation, these usually high-ranking magicians began to have fear in their hearts, they have always been pampered and pampered like now, for their own life ability, one, two, the rest of the magicians began to run away.

That's how army battles are, slashing from the weak point, and once you choose an attack point and suddenly enter the enemy formation, it will have a huge impact on the enemy's body and mental strength. And as soon as someone starts to run away, then the whole front actually begins to collapse. And now the place where the Harvey Army collapsed was precisely where they were usually strongest, the mage. Many mages also began to fight back against the mercenary army. The magic fell on the heads of the mercenary army, and the attackers in front had to open the protective shield of the fighting spirit, but these were only some weakening of the magic, and many soldiers fell directly into the enemy's magic, but soon countless arrows drowned the place where the magic started. The battle ahead was fierce and bloody, but in just twenty minutes, the Harvey army was directly hit hard, and more than 50,000 people died, especially the magician Cao to almost ruin the blow, and even escaped a little, constantly impacting the assembly of the army behind Harvey, for this reason, many magicians let Harvey's soldiers enforce battlefield discipline and die at the hands of their own people.

The time of the death of the soldiers in the front was exchanged for the rapid build-up of the Harveys in the rear, and slowly the two armies began to fight within this battlefield. There were more and more Harvey troops on the front, and although the sudden attack could make them suffer great losses in the first place, it did not make them collapse quickly, which Kong Ming did not expect in advance. After all, the Seventh Army is not a city defense army, and if it were a city defense army, it might have collapsed long ago.

At this time, Zhao Wu was crazy, the battle was originally scheduled for ten o'clock, and the mercenary army attacked directly at half past eight, it is really not honest, doesn't this Kong Ming know that there is such a thing as integrity? Although the current Harvey Seventh Army is under his command, it is not yet a failure, but the first move has been lost, in Zhao Wu's imagination, it should be his first hand, so that the mercenary army can die without a place to be buried, but now the situation is just the opposite. This makes him embarrassed, even if he wins in the end, it is inevitable to be a batch.

It has been two hours since the start of the battle, Kongming quietly looked at the battlefield in front of him, the two armies were tearing and killing more and more fiercely, and more and more people died, after the Harvey army came to their senses, the mercenary army had pressed them to less than five hundred meters away from Wencheng, and now they couldn't press it even if they wanted to, and the excellent training of the Harvey soldiers showed its effect at this time. The mercenary army, on the other hand, seems to be a little lacking in stamina, although they have fought until now in one breath. Many wounded soldiers were transported back from the vicinity of Kong Ming, and the shouts kept coming, and Kong Ming's heart was getting heavier and heavier, although it was said that the mercenary army took the lead, but after all, the confidence was insufficient. The warriors in front of them are constantly fighting, and the soldiers behind are also constantly pulling their bows and shooting arrows, the magician's magic is close to drying up, and the mercenary army has also killed and injured nearly 200,000 people so far, which is not a small number, and Harvey's seventh legion has more casualties, Kong Ming's preliminary estimate, how can there be more than 300,000, all the troops on both sides have been put into the battle, and there is really no trace of troops, even if Kong Ming, who often leaves a part of the troops as a reserve, has no team left in his hands except for a guard。 The current ratio of troops should be 300,000 to 300,000, and the ratio of the two sides is one to one. Now I have to persevere. (To be continued......)

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