From the beginning of this battle, Kong Ming can only passively accept this result in the whole process, if it is a regular army that is put in Kong Ming, especially a strong army that has been fought, then Kong Ming will dare to fight with him with 30,000 people, and see who loses and who wins, but now with these new Ding who have not been tempered by the battle, these self-righteous mercenaries, only to escape all the way, how can Kong Ming not be annoyed, the gods will be angry, not to mention a mortal like Kong Ming. Looking at the stars in the sky, after several directional corrections, the team did go due north and did not deviate. The fifth regiment commander and the captain of the special detachment looked at Kong Ming's contemplative appearance and did not disturb him, but discussed in a low voice.

"How many people do you think we can go back this time?"

"Two-thirds of them!"

"Probably not, you must know that there are many who have just died in battle, and I think there are 2,000 people, so it is very good to have 3 or 4,000 people. ”

"It's numb, we let them die this time, if it's not decisive, then we'll die more people, damn, what a bird god of war, purely a yin ghost. ”

"By the way, the Three Emperors--"

"Huh?"

"Three Yin Ghosts, Three Yin Ghosts, it's okay, what's his name?"

"The devil knows, I'm not the one who repaired his ancestral genealogy, how do I know what his name is?"

"His name is Martin Cruid. Kong Ming interjected.

"Excuse me?" called the task force leader.

"Hehe, no, but there are some things that I have been thinking about for a long time, if I had thought about it earlier, maybe we would not have suffered this disaster, hehe, one general will not exhaust the three armies!"

"Don't think about it, if it weren't for your quick reaction, we might all have to enter the enemy's encirclement, and if so, we might have died by now. ”

"Hehe, I'm still not mature enough, if I had been a little more stable at the time, maybe I could have brought more people out, but now in addition to the more than 2,000 of us, it is good to be able to run out of one or two thousand people. Kong Ming said in a low voice.

"I don't think it's so pessimistic, the second regiment seems to be going in the opposite direction to us, thinking that they can also escape from the enemy's pursuit, but the first regiment, the third regiment, the fourth regiment they are crowded together, maybe not good. ”

"Commander, there's a group of empty horsemen flying towards this direction from behind!"

"Hidden, everyone hidden!" Kong Ming directly used a small sound magic to silence everyone at once, and quickly hidden. Then Kong Ming looked at the observation of the magic mirror, from there saw that there were about a hundred people of air horses flying towards this side, they kept using some magic to observe the ground, as if looking for something, Kong Ming knew, can not let these air horses drag, otherwise most of the enemy's air horses once this side, then the trouble will be very big, now there are only two ways to avoid such an attack, one is to kill all the air horses, only not to miss one, will make them have no one to report, even if they have a way to send the information back, but Kong Ming can let the mercenaries speed up to get rid of, and the other way is to hide, so that those air horses passBut this kind of exposure is even more dangerous, because those air cavalry are originally engaged in reconnaissance, and one or two or even a dozen or so people can evade their reconnaissance, can more than 2,000 people escape? Therefore, this method was denied by Kong Ming at that time, you know, the biggest threat to air cavalry comes from his reconnaissance ability, and combat effectiveness is another matter.

"The first team of the fifth regiment and the second team immediately moved forward in the original direction, quickly, don't look backwards, just go forward, as if nothing happened. Special detachments are ready for magic and arrows, do not be exposed, and wait for the moment. The senior swordsman and above of the other teams are ready to fight and slash, and the other personnel take out arrows and prepare to shoot, except for the first team and the second team, the others are well hidden, and one qiē acts according to the order. Violators will be killed. ”

With Kong Ming's order to skip the level, the first and second teams stood up from the hidden place and began to walk forward as if nothing happened, as if they were really in a hurry, but they were originally very anxious, and they didn't have to pretend to have such an effect, but they didn't look like it at all, because there were always some people who looked back secretly, but they quickly stopped the other people next to them, this is a matter related to the life of the family, who can take him as a child's play? The magicians of the special detachment were holding magic scrolls, others were preparing magic in a low voice, and the archers wound the arrows, but did not pull them apart. The senior swordsmen of the third, fourth, and fifth teams held swords in their hands, and the others took out the bows and arrows that were usually used to fight birds, and waited for the arrival of those empty horsemen at any time against the sky that was still empty. Except for the two marching teams, everyone else waited quietly. In war, it is not fought all the time, and sometimes this kind of waiting is the most common phenomenon of the First World War, and some writers call it the calm before the war.

Kong Ming kept budgeting, and suddenly Kong Ming seemed to remember something? Yes, it's too quiet, there shouldn't be so quiet in the forest in a summer, there should be a lot of small animal sounds, only when the army is hiding in it, the murderous aura on the mercenaries makes those small animals silent, this is a huge break, Kong Ming whispered a few bird calls, but the effect is not very good, the people next to him don't know why Kong Ming is like this, but fortunately, there is a young man who reacts very sensitively, and a crisp nightingale's cry blows out of his mouth, as if it is real. Perhaps it was the sound that alarmed the nerves of the others, and several different sounds of nocturnal animals rang out, and then similar sounds came and went, as if there were many small animals in the vegetable market in this woods. The first and second teams were marching in front, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised when they heard these voices, how could they suddenly come from a quiet place and so many small animals at once? Kong Ming didn't expect that there would be so many wizards among the mercenaries, there were really a lot of talents. Speaking of which, although Kong Ming has been a mercenary, he really hasn't used this profession for long, it's just a cameo, it's a small fight, and most of these people are real mercenaries, and the days of licking blood on the knife head are few, but they don't know how to fight, sometimes, a professional is a professional, and an amateur is an amateur. Kong Ming listened to the sounds around him, and in the end, even the real little animals kept screaming.

Looking at the Harvey Sky Rider approaching in the distance, everyone slowly became nervous, and even the animal's cry gradually became much quieter, looking at the black bird shadow that came with the stars and moon, Kong Ming ordered in a low voice: "Prepare - release!"

All the mercenaries drew their bows and arrows in the direction in which the airriders were flying, and the mages quickened their preparations for the magic.

On Harvey's air horse, the air horse team leader is constantly looking at the magic mirror, this kind of mirror is used to find the enemy on the night of the moon, it can enhance the light of the night to find targets hidden on the ground, and if it is in the daytime, it can expand the activity target on the ground for people to see, this qiē is just because this magic mirror is only for those who are not magicians, without the control of magicians, these things can only rely on a magic mirror called a magic crystal or a magic beast spar. And Kong Ming, who has been dealing with Harvey's army for two years, can be said to be very familiar with these, so Kong Ming dares to set up such an ambush. The mirror constantly showed that there were some small animals running around in the woods on the ground, and suddenly he saw a shocking scene from the mirror, where the mirror below saw several arrows facing them, and this time he knew that it was going to be worse, because the distance of his mirror's farsightedness was only one hundred meters, and in order to find the enemy, they lowered the height to more than fifty meters, which is the farthest distance of the general intermediate sword volume and fighting qi slash, which is also a defense for the sword master. This time the distance was directly within the enemy's arrows. In an instant, I only saw a burst of light in the sky, which was the long-range magic of more than two hundred magicians, covering it, and the light in the sky indicated the best target for the archers, a large number of arrows directly covered this area, and these more than 100 empty horsemen instantly let these mercenaries be dismissed, you must know that such a magic strength, coupled with height, even a high-priced great swordsman will be killed. A salvo, just one salvo wiped out the team. Kong Ming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and ordered: "Withdraw!"

"If you don't clean up the battlefield, maybe there will be a living?" said the fifth regiment commander.

"Our lives are more important, and there is no need to do this kind of work at this time, otherwise we would all end up here. ”

All the mercenaries left directly into the distance under Kong Ming's command.

Four days later, two hundred kilometers from the battlefield, outside the city of Hai Rong in the Land of Chaos. With a mercenary battalion of 3,000 people, Kong Ming led the remaining 2,000 mercenaries here to wait for those who came down from the battlefield and were willing to return to the mercenary group. Kong Ming waited for four days, but there were still relatively few people who came back from there, except for the return of the second regiment that went separately, the total number of people from the other regiments came back was less than a thousand, and in this way, a mercenary army of more than 10,000 people was left with more than 5,000 people at once. This is a real failure for Kong Ming, looking at these 5,000 people, Kong Ming can't help but have some worries, he is here, one has no money, two has no land, how can these five thousand people live, whether to continue to fight the Harvey Army or how to let Kong Ming live with these five thousand people, this is a problem, a big problem. Several people were in the tent, frowning, worried about this.

"Commander, can you say something, everyone is waiting for you?"

Kong Ming looked at the fifth regiment commander who asked and said: "Think about it, I think we ......" Suddenly there was a noise from outside, Kong Ming and several people looked at each other, and they didn't know what was going on, so a few people walked out of the tent, and suddenly saw a lot of people coming outside the camp, including mercenaries and civilians, and the person at the head looked like a great swordsman, but his outfit was more like a butler type of person. After a battle, the mercenaries in the camp reacted significantly more steadily than before, many people quickly found their own squads and personnel, and in the shortest possible time, they became a battle formation, and several guards at the camp gate also drew their long swords and faced those who came There was a sense of battle in their eyes, which made Kong Ming unimaginable, you must know that a new recruit to become a veteran needs several battles of life and death, a strong army will be achieved after how many defeats and victories, and now these mercenaries actually have a strong army reaction overnight, it seems that Kong Ming really underestimated these mercenaries, in a wayThey are actually veterans, they have experienced more life-and-death duels than soldiers in the barracks, and the environment they have passed through is more complex than that of the army, and these are their advantages, and their only weakness is that they do not have the regular combat methods and experience of the army, and they do not know how strong the collective strength is. If you give them a little time, they will become a strong army, they just need a right direction. And today Kong Ming knew that he had inadvertently given them a direction. This is the most crucial point of the Harvey War, the appearance of Kong Ming extended the battle of the entire chaotic land to the interior of Harvey, which also determined the first confrontation between the two old enemies, and the Harvey Empire turned from strong to weak also thanks to Kong Ming's discovery.

Fifty meters beyond the camp gate, the guards stopped there, and then sent the great sword master to come and negotiate with the guards.

"What do you guys do?"

"Please inform the commander, and it will be said that Hai Jianxing, the steward of the Lord of Haicheng City, has asked to meet with him to discuss the possibility of cooperation between the two sides. ”

"You wait, I'll go and report it. One of the guards said, telling the others to remain on guard, and he walked to the tent of the empty light. Coming to Kong Ming's face, "Report to the commander, there is a butler who claims to be the lord of Haicheng City who has asked to meet with you to discuss the possibility of cooperation between the two sides. ”

"Let him come in alone, the fifth regiment leader, let the rest continue to rest, and leave a few people standing guard. ”

After the two left, Kong Ming thought about something, and the captain of the special detachment next to him, the big archer, Hou Yu, asked, "What are they doing here?"

"It's just two thoughts, one is that they are afraid that we will occupy their sea wall, and the other is that they want to get this mercenary. I can't think of anything else than both. Kong Ming said.

"Weasel New Year's greetings to chickens?" Hou Yu asked.

"I don't know, I'll know in a while anyway, what do you want to do so much!" Kong Ming smiled. Now it is indeed a little scary, a team of more than 5,000 people came here, and someone was the lord of the city, and they were a little afraid of this, but although Kong Ming was not very clear about this, he knew that it was impossible for a team of 5,000 people to occupy such a city, you must know that this is a chaotic place, and even the Harvey people did not occupy it, not to mention that Kong Ming's 5,000 people, people can be gathered with a conscription order. Just as the two were muttering, the butler came to the two of them and saluted the two, thinking that although this place is a place of chaos, the number of courtesies is still very sufficient, after all, the land of chaos still nominally belongs to the Harvey Empire, although this state has been in this state for hundreds of years.

"What is the butler doing here? I'm the commander here. ”

"Oh, so you're Commander Kongming. I am the city lord's butler, Hai Jianxing. I have been entrusted by our city lord to discuss with you the possibility of cooperation between the two of us. ”

"Which one?" asked Kuming.

"Isn't it appropriate here?" said Hai Jianxing, looking around at the mercenaries who were looking at them.

"Hehe, it's okay here, let's talk about it here, I think there is nothing to hide here!" Kong Ming said heartily, it is indeed the time when the soldiers' hearts are unstable, if the two of them go to the tent to say something, let the people with a heart spread rumors, Kong Ming can bear it.

"It seems that the commander is still relatively strict with our precautions!" Hai Jianxing's tone was tinged with a hint of displeasure.

"I can't compare to you, I have a lot of money, I have a hard waist, these small capitals of mine are still given by others, I can't do it if I'm not careful!" Kong Ming sighed, Kong Ming was telling the truth.

"Look at these people, you know the commander's methods, we don't go around the bush, we want to hire you to protect us for a while, is it okay?"

"Protect you, as far as I know, you are a forbidden area for the Harvey army here, and there are no magical beasts in this place, so it is difficult for someone to come here to attack you without long eyes?" Kong Ming was surprised.

"Hehe, if it's self-preservation, we don't worry about this kind of thing, because no matter how many people Harvey comes, we can defeat him. Hai Jianxing said proudly, this is the proof of many battles, there is no need for any kind of emphasis, this is a kind of background that does not need to say too many words.

"Oh, what is the matter with the city lord looking for us in that case?" asked Ku Ming strangely.

"Every year at about this time, the Harveys always try to attack us, and each time the number of people varies, it varies from 50,000 to 100,000, but every year, although they have never conquered the city of Haicheng, but I don't know why this is happening? Hai Jianxing said.

"What do you guys think?" asked Kuming.

"I don't know, we've been talking about it for a long time, but we've just found out some of the reasons. ”

"What are the reasons?"

"One is to let there be fewer and fewer people in Hairong City, affect the economy of Haicheng, and let those people move away from Hairong City, and this is slowly showing now, now many people are moving to the mainland, and they can no longer bear such annual actions. One is for us to get out of here automatically, but that's certainly not possible. We have cleared a lot of speculation before leaving these two points. Hai Jianxing said cautiously.

"Hehe, actually, I don't think it's that complicated, if from a military point of view, I'm very willing to come here once a year. ”

"Why?" Hai Jianxing hurriedly asked.

"When the army is not in war, it must be trained, otherwise the combat effectiveness will be reduced, so proper combat is very beneficial for the army, and when there is no war, the army must create certain conditions to imitate the conditions of battle to train the army, which we call exercises. This kind of exercise can only achieve a training purpose from a certain distance, and the cost of it is relatively high, but now as long as you advance 200 kilometers and take Haicheng City as the location, you can achieve the purpose of the exercise, and if you have the opportunity, you can also take the opportunity to take the city, who would not want to do such a thing that kills two birds with one stone?" Kong Ming explained.

"Is that really the case?" said Hai Jianxing.

"I can only say that this is what it looks like from a military point of view, anyway, if it were me, when you were not prepared, it would be the day I captured the city of Haicheng. Therefore, it would be unwise for you to come to us to participate in your defense, knowing that you do not know much about us, and if we were to participate in the defense of your city, if we had Harvey's spies among us, your money would not only be wasted, but the city would be lost. This is more than worth the cost. Kong Ming said.

"Then what should we do?" Hai Jianxing asked, for this kind of sometimes they have no choice, they can't afford to raise an army for so much money, but there is such an annual action, so every year they will invite some powerful mercenaries to participate in their actions, although I also think that there will be a certain amount of cattiness here, but for so many years it has been like this, so I don't think about it so much. Of course, because of this, he doubted Kongming's words more than he believed.

Seeing Hai Jianxing like this, Kong Ming knew that he didn't listen much to Kong Ming's words. Shaking his head, Kong Ming didn't bother to explain too much to him, and then said: "Actually, I have a Jianyì, if you think it's feasible, I think their actions will stop this year, and you don't have to work so hard, how about it?"

"Oh, if it's good for us, we can consider it. A treacherous light flashed in Hai Jianxing's eyes, how could he hide this from Kong Ming, but Kong Ming didn't reveal this kind of thing, because everyone didn't trust each other, and what the two of them were talking about here was just some temptation.

"You pay me to recruit troops here, raise troops, and then when the time comes, we will attack the Harvey army, so that they will not have a chance to attack here, how about it, think about it, what is the possibility of such cooperation?" Kong Ming said with a smile.

"I can go and sue our city lord about this, I can't give you an answer now, wait until I go back. But before I go, I want to take the liberty of asking, why does the commander do this?" Hai Jianxing asked strangely, compared to the two, he believed that the construction they proposed would be more suitable for this mercenary army, but Kong Ming gave them another answer. But it was strange to him.

"For the sake of those brothers who died in this battle, this is our revenge on the Harvey Army!" Kong Ming said resolutely.