After going around several times, he finally returned to Zhecheng, but after climbing along the rope to the Xicheng Tower, Kong Ming was dumbfounded, only to see that above the city gate, there were flags everywhere, more than three times more than usual, and above the West City Tower guarded by Kong Ming, there was even the handsome flag of Zuo Ding, under that flag was a soldier wearing real or fake armor made of straw men, through the light of the magic lamp, Kong Ming saw that the faces of those straw men were faces that I didn't know who to draw, vivid, even if Kong Ming was in such a close range, I could see that this thing was fake, and I couldn't tell the truth from the fake if I was a little farther awayThe fake soldier's feet were made of a wooden stick, inserted in a small hole, and when the wind blew, he would see that the soldier was shaking, and the flag in front of him was shaking in the wind, and it seemed that there was no damage at all from a distance. The mercenaries who came with Kong Ming were also stunned, not knowing what the defenders were doing, and they started talking about it. Looking at the expressions of Kong Ming and the others, Pang Degang, who was guarding the city gate, said with a smile: "My lord, let's go first, I will tell you about this matter in detail on the way, but now it is better for us to leave immediately." ”

"Leave?" said Kong Ming in surprise. The other mercenaries looked at Pang Degang with a look of surprise on their faces.

"Yes, leave! Soon after you left, the entire army of the city was ordered to secretly and quickly evacuate Zhecheng, and until now the civilians of the city have not known about it, and these things on the city walls are all disguises, just to push back the time for the enemy to discover our intentions. Except for me and your guards who stayed here and waited for you, and some locals who were unwilling to leave to make a show here, the rest of the people had already evacuated at night, and Camp Commander Cao asked me to tell you to evacuate here as much as possible, and they were waiting for us in Macheng. We deliberately stayed and waited for you to come back and leave directly, in addition to this, Battalion Commander Cao also said that after you come back, this group of mercenaries will join our guard, and you will be responsible for commanding it in the future. Do you want to leave now?" After finishing speaking, Pang Degang added.

Kong Ming didn't have any more nonsense, now there was no more time before dawn, there was no more time for Kong Ming to think, Kong Ming directly led people to walk down the city tower directly with Pang Degang and the guards. Under the city tower, Kong Ming's more than 80 guards were already waiting here, Kong Ming looked at all the people, and then looked at the city tower, and couldn't help but think of some inconsequential things in his heart, that is, the person who was called Aunt Hui by Youlan was actually his mother, in the past three years, she always hid in a corner that she thought she couldn't let Kong Ming find out and observe Kong Ming, if she fell in this war, would she be sad? Shaking his head, he put this thing aside, and rushed towards the east gate, with this guard of more than two hundred people, towards the night before dawn.

An hour later, Kong Ming and the others came to a hillside, under the corner of the mountain is a road leading to Mano City, and more than thirty kilometers further is Macheng, in front of which is a plain, as long as you pass Guò this place to reach Macheng. Kong Ming took the team away from the original road, motioned for everyone to rest, and recruited the three mercenary group leaders, who are now the squad leaders of the Kong Ming Guard, and Pang Degang, and then asked Pang Degang to repeat the order. It turned out that not long after Kong Ming and the others left, Cao Zhenghong issued an order for all the soldiers to pack up their things immediately, but in fact, there was nothing left, the main thing was that the city lord and the soldiers who were originally defending the city had some things, and those who escaped from the surprise attack of the enemy army such as Kong Ming and others had something to speak of? At the same time, they also issued some dummies and flags to the soldiers defending the city to insert them on the top of the city, arrange them, and then evacuate. At this time, all the horses in the city were requisitioned by them, including the more than eighty horses left by the Kongming Guard, Pang Degang and He Feng fought with them, but helplessly, the other captains Deng Xianteng, Black Bear and the two captains Chen Mingjian, Jiamusi is all towards Cao Zhenghong, and he is not very convinced by He Feng, and He Feng has no way to control this brigade within a few hours, at this time Cao Zhenghong borrowed the battalion to transfer Kong Ming away, in this case, He Feng and Pang Degang discussed Pang Degang to stay and wait for Kong Ming, and He Feng took the other people away, and at the same time, Pang Degang took Cao Zhenghong's warrant to Kong Ming. In this way, the soldiers defending the city hurriedly withdrew towards Macheng overnight.

"What are they going to do with our horses?" Although he knew that it would not be of much use to say it, Kong Ming subconsciously asked.

It's fine if Kong Ming doesn't say this, but as soon as Kong Ming said this, Pang Degang was so angry that he scolded: "Fuck, if that birdman used these horses to give those soldiers seats, then I don't have anything to say." But the kings used these horses to transport their women and their slaves, and their property, and that was not enough, and they requisitioned more than three hundred horses from our brigades for this kind of work. Instead, our wounded brothers have to walk on their own......". Hearing these words, several people were so angry that they scolded directly, although so, everyone saw that Kong Ming didn't say anything, and they didn't dare to say too loudly. Several people followed Kong Ming to participate in these two battles, and they had some understanding of Kong Ming's approach, and they were more convinced, so they saw that Kong Ming didn't say anything, and they didn't dare to say it too loudly. Kong Ming's face was gloomy, as Pang Degang said, if this horse is for soldiers to ride, he has nothing to say, after all, no one knows whether such a task is life or death, but let these horses be used by those people like this, he is powerless, and he is very annoyed in his heart, but as a chief officer, if he is not calm at this time, it will lead the whole team to a dangerous situation. This is especially true in the present situation where there is ignorance in front and there is an enemy in the back. Kong Ming thought for a while and said: "Listen, everyone, don't say too much in this situation now, you each send a guard in your own direction, three people and one post, the distance is not too far about forty meters, and then send three people on the front and back sides of the road three hundred meters away from us, pay attention to the situation at any time, report the situation in time, we will rest here for three hours, and then set off." ”

Hearing Kong Ming's decision, the four of them all felt incredible, this place is only more than 30 kilometers away from Ma Cheng, with the ability of these warriors, it is only a matter of an hour, why does Kong Ming have to rest here for three hours? Pang Degang said: "My lord, this place is less than 40 kilometers away from Ma Cheng, why can't you walk this less than 40 kilometers in one go?", Pang Degang said the doubts of several people? Several people were staring at Kong Ming, wondering what kind of excuse Kong Ming used to send them away, who knew that Kong Ming didn't even bother to find an excuse to send them away, so he just said: "How can there be so much nonsense?" Let you rest, you will rest, go to implement it quickly, let the brothers rest early, it is now four o'clock in the morning, and set off at seven o'clock in the morning." After speaking, he stopped talking, crossed his legs and went directly into meditation, from yesterday early morning to now Kong Ming has not had a good rest, the fight between life and death made him full of exhaustion, but he can't help but do these things, now he finally has a chance to rest, where will he let go, and, if they go directly in the direction of Macheng, most likely they met Cao Zhenghong on the way, although they walked a few hours earlier than Kong Ming, and the distance was not very far, but you know, they are more than 8,000 people, plus the property of the city lord Xiang Ping, then at a speed of six kilometers per hour, they have to walk sixIt will take seven hours to get to Macheng, and at this time it should be on the way. If at this time, Kong Ming catches up, most of the time he will be responsible for the back, if it is placed in peacetime, it is not a big deal, but if it is once it is in conflict with the enemy, it will be the role of cannon fodder, plus that Xiang Ping's thing, it will definitely drag the entire army down, and it will not be able to run at that time, Kong Ming does not want to do this kind of thankless work. With the order given, the entire more than 200 people were hidden in the mountain, and the whole mountain returned to silence again. Half an hour later, there was a sound of horses' hooves from the road at the foot of the mountain, the sound was very urgent, and among those horses' hooves was mixed with the sound of some people shouting, the sound lasted for a long time, about an hour, I think there were at least 20,000 people passing here, until the sound of horses' hooves disappeared for more than ten minutes, everyone recovered from the shock of the enemy passing by just now, you know, the enemy who passed through guò in the dark, when the last person passed guò, the sky was just dawning, and everyone saw from the banner that it was the Yan army。 And less than thirty minutes have passed since the first Yan army passed from here, there was a constant sound of tearing and killing in front, and the light of all kinds of magic and fighting spirit flashed in the direction of Macheng, and you don't have to think about it to know that there is a battle going on there, and the two sides must be the Chu army and the Yan army, but I don't know what the battle process looks like, is the Chu army ambushed, or is the Yan army catching up with the Chu army? Everyone crouched on the mountain, in order to prevent the enemy from discovering, all used stealth skills, listening to the sound of horses' hooves at the foot of the mountain, looking at the various images in front of them, listening to the fiery sound, all the people were trembling and couldn't help themselves, if it wasn't for Kong Ming to let them rest here, then now they might be tearing apart with the enemy in this tragic situation, maybe they are just as a cannon fodder behind the mat The chance of survival is really not high. Sora Ming sat there cross-legged, staring intently at the place where the battle was taking place, calculating something in his mouth, his fingers constantly moving there.

"What are you counting?" asked Pound Gang. After those Yan troops passed, everyone recovered from the stealth state, after all, this skill is very consuming of fighting energy, under normal circumstances, an intermediate sword master can only sneak for about ten minutes without losing combat effectiveness, if there is more, it will double the loss of fighting energy, and then the gain will outweigh the loss, so in the more than an hour that the enemy has passed, everyone is constantly switching between stealth and normal state, and the best effect is achieved with the minimum loss. So once the enemy has cleared the guò, they all recover from stealth. And Pang De asked curiously when he saw Kong Ming constantly calculating.

"It's nothing, it's just a bit of nonsense. Kong Ming replied in a low voice.

"Can I know what it's counting?" Pound just didn't seem to want to let Kong Ming go, and then asked the same question again.

"Actually, it's nothing, I'm just calculating, to see how we get into Macheng, you know, there are enemy troops fighting in front of us, and they will definitely camp there, I don't know how many of them there are, where the camp is, how big the warning area is, what kind of guard we should send, how should we get there, of course, at the minimum price, even if we get under Macheng, how can we get in, after all, it's time for war, they won't let us in just by saying a word? What problems might we encounter when we get back to the enemy camp? These problems must be taken into account, otherwise, if we make a mistake, we will have people lying there, or even the whole army will be wiped out, so we have to be cautious!" Kong Ming sighed. The other three mercenary captains finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that Yan Jun had completely passed, and at this time they also came to Kong Ming's side, hearing Pang Degang's words, they also wanted to know the answer in their hearts, you must know that the three of them are not young, but they are not as young as those mercenaries who have just debuted, but they know what kind of fate a decision will bring to the entire team, just like this time, if they are not resting on this mountain, but rushing forward, then now they will not stand here alive and watch others fight, but fight there for life and death that they don't know。 At this time, they also looked at Kong Ming, waiting for Kong Ming to say something. After Pang Degang heard this, he then asked, "Is there any result then?" Several mercenary captains also looked at Kong Ming with concern, this is the life and death of a group of people, and it can't be sloppy. Kong Ming shook his head, sighed, and said something that made several people scratch their heads, "The enemy's generals are too powerful, and the use of soldiers is strange, and I have rarely seen it, so I can't figure out where to go back, it's better." And I think this fight may have been expected by him. ”

Xu Zesong, the leader of a mercenary regiment and now the leader of the first squad of the Kongming Guard, asked in a deep voice: "How do you say this?" You must know that the battle on the battlefield is ever-changing, but it is not a matter of several people who can say it clearly, because the war is originally a battle between the two sides, and in the case that neither of them is very clear about the situation of the other party or is not completely clear, the actions of both sides will be very different from the original plan, otherwise there will be no such thing as "the general will not be subject to the orders of the foreign monarch" and "emergency response". In this respect, there is a big difference in the survival of their mercenaries.

"I think things should be like this, the enemy first uses Fenglin as bait and puts 40,000 troops in front," as he spoke, Kong Ming picked up a small stone and drew a map of the border between Chu and Yan on the ground, which contained the initial battle map of the two armies, the defense map and the direction of the attack, as well as the intentions of both sides, etc., which were initially known to everyone. "This way is to pass guò such an expression, that is, the Yan army only has 40,000 troops, and it can't win the Chu army, so it can only be defensive, and the general attack on the city is more than twice as much as the opponent's strength, so our Chu army's strength is also insufficient, in this case, the two sides are just expressing such a meaning, for the Chu State is to let the Yan State understand that he is very dissatisfied with the Yan Army's surrender to the Harvey Empire, and even does not hesitate to fight, and also has the power of a war, and the Yan Army expressed its own protection for the Chu State soldiers coming to the city and for their relationship with the Harvey Empire, and clearly stated that they are not afraid of the arrival of the Chu army, and they will fight if they want to fightAt the beginning, the two sides were just going through the motions, which both sides knew very well. But we didn't know that Yan Jun's statement was just to confuse us and reassure us, and their real killer weapon was the army of more than 60,000 hidden in a very hidden place. ”

"What army of more than 60,000?" Yi Yujin, the second squad leader, said strangely, this question is a puzzle for everyone, because everyone knows that the Yan army only has an army of 40,000 on the opposite side, and Kong Ming suddenly brought up the 60,000 army that has never been talked about before, how not to surprise people. Kong Ming didn't say that he read the memory from the soul of the enemy officer, because although this kind of thing is not a secret to people on the mainland, most people are still very taboo about it, after all, this kind of thing makes people shudder when they think of it.

"Hehe!" Kong Ming smiled, relieved the atmosphere of the scene, organized his words, and then said: "Although it is said that there is a possibility of a breakthrough in the sudden attack of 40,000 troops on our military camp, but think about it, do they have the courage to do this? Since we arrived under Fenglin City, they have raided several times, but that one was successful? And our military camp is getting stronger and stronger, 40,000 are coming, is it possible?" Kong Ming stopped again, thought for a moment, and then continued: " At that time, the troops attacking from three sides were very strong, especially the front camp where we were, the overwhelming magic poured down, and the cavalry battalion collapsed in an instant, and we did not let them put the precious magic scroll on our heads because we were on the side and did not block their path. If they put these precious magic scrolls on us, maybe the probability of us being able to escape is very small, not to mention bringing so many people, even if we are alone, we will not be able to escape like we are now. Can there be less than 60,000 troops in a battalion of 60,000 men on three sides? Together with the 40,000 in the city, the enemy has at least about 100,000 men. "Under the memory of another Harvey officer, coupled with some analysis by Kong Ming, a figure that is not too far from the truth has indeed been obtained, in fact, the Yan army and the Harvey army together are now a total of 110,000, including 40,000 Yan troops and 70,000 Harvey troops, and the follow-up army is still coming towards the border between the two countries. Looking at the thinking of a few people, Kong Ming continued, "Judging from the speed of the cavalry just now, this cavalry has at least 20,000 people, and there should be no less than 20,000 people in front, you know, it is impossible for an army of 10,000 enemies to fight us so close to Macheng, it can be destroyed at any time." Our army in Macheng should have less than 60,000 men, excluding the 10,000 who had just broken through, the 30,000 who originally defended the city, and the 10,000 temporarily recruited, it would be a little more than 50,000. The fact that the enemy dared to move so close shows that they are sure enough to leave those who dare to come and respond, and in my opinion, the enemy should be playing cat and mouse now, so that those who are besieged should not die so quickly, and lure out the army in the city as much as possible and wipe them out in the field, which is much easier. And judging by the timing and number of people they did, it is clear that it was premeditated. ”

"What premeditation?" Pang Degang subconsciously asked.

"The enemy's plan may be like this, to attract the attention of the main force of our army with Fenglin City, and to ambush outside the city with one piece, and then, after the surprise attack, after the success, to chase closely, and then the main force bypasses Zhecheng and ambushes again outside Macheng. When it arrived, the people of Zhecheng knew that Zhecheng was a lonely city, and they would definitely move closer to Macheng, so they were not in a hurry to attack Zhecheng. Because they know that the best place to destroy our army is in the field. I think this siege will definitely last for a while, they will definitely use the encircled army outside the city to make a fuss, if the army in the city out of the city to save, then they can annihilate our army in the outside of the field, in this way, the enemy can annihilate most of our army outside the city, the army to defend the city will naturally be less, the siege will be very smooth, if not rescued, then they can use the captives in the field, to shake the heart of our army, this is a dilemma, it is difficult to get out, it is difficult not to go out. This is the enemy's conspiracy, and it can be said that the person who made and carried out the plan was indeed very terrible. ”