In November 1014, after two months of calm, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army once again appeared in the eyes of the Harveys, this time starting from Guanpingkou.

The darkness before dawn is about four o'clock in the morning, during this time, people are the most sleepy, there are some people who will not call him up no matter how you call him, normal people, if you get up at this time, the reaction is also relatively slow, and at this time, of course, the sky is also dark, of course, the five fingers are not visible, of course, it is also the best description, for the Harvey soldiers of the Guanpingkou Fortress, at least until they launched an attack, it is also the same ordinary. On the city gate against the mountain pass, a few high-brightness magic lamps were not lit, because they consumed too many magic crystals, and this thing was very expensive, so in normal times, Harvey soldiers did not turn it on, but if there was any noise below, it would definitely be opened, but the perennial calm here had already made them forget the ferocity of war, and the sound of many small animals also made them lose the most basic principle of a guard. Now the cold autumn wind also made them hide in the small house at the head of the city, there was not even a person outside to observe, if they turned on the magic lamp, then they could have already spotted the team of more than sixty people walking in the distance, if they listened carefully to the sound, then they could also hear the sound of the snow wolf walking on the sand, which was a sound that the autumn wind could not hide. But there was no if, until the people of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment launched a battle, and they died, and still no one knew why someone would attack them, the mighty Harvey Empire.

More than a hundred people cautiously walked to a place only sixty meters away from the city gate, which was the place where the magic effect was best. One of the magicians said: "It's okay, right here, everyone, take out the magic scroll, and use the seventh-level magic to destroy the city wall at once, otherwise, the effect of the second time may not be so good." "You must know that even when using magic scrolls, there is a time to prepare, especially for high-level magic scrolls, of course, this is also related to the strength of the individual and the level of the scroll. For these magicians, although this thing is fast, but it also takes time, doesn't it? Quietly in the night, suddenly several terrifying magic fluctuations came from outside the city gate, this kind of magic fluctuation alarmed some high-level magicians in the city, but these fluctuations for the soldiers guarding the city gate, they didn't know what it was. Soon, all the people were stunned, because several huge flashes of light spread from the city gate to all sides, and later, the sound also spread around, several huge roars made those who were not prepared for a burst of tinnitus, and lost the sense of sound in an instant, and those who lived near the city gate were even more miserable, because of a shock for no reason, they had fallen into a stupor, they didn't know what was going to happen, and they couldn't remember what happened, this is a special kind of damage to the human body caused by the shock wave in the war, this injury is characterized by people who are close to it, their internal organs are shattered, but there are no scars on the outsideThose who are a little farther away will be shocked into temporary amnesia, and their heads will be blank. At this time, at the location of the landing point of those few light balls, the entire city gate has disappeared, and the city wall of more than 30 meters on both sides of the city gate has also disappeared, the city wall that is a little farther away has collapsed dozens of meters long to both sides, and the houses within dozens of meters close to the city wall have collapsed, the whole place is a mess, and even the city gate has sunk into it more than three meters deep, after all, these light balls are not all concentrated in one place, so the effect is not good, but the city gate is the center, cast on both sides. The dust rushed to the sky, and the air formed a strong wind to blow all around.

Kong Ming and the others saw these very clearly from a distance of five kilometers, and several regiments also saw them, and at the same time, they began to run in their respective directions according to the prior plan. Five kilometers is not too far for a snow wolf, but it is a place that can be reached in five minutes, and this is not full speed. One of them had reached the city gate within five minutes, and by this time the dust had not completely dissipated, and the other rushed into the city gate at once, and rushed towards the city along the road. The fortress itself is a military camp, and the main places in the city are also made according to their establishment, and there are only more than 10,000 real civilians, and most of the civilians who support the army. At this time, many Harvey soldiers still don't know what is going on, and so are the officers, you must know that since they came here, I don't know how many generations, there are really very few wars that have passed through here, one aspect is that the road of the mountain pass is really too small, it is inconvenient for large-scale military operations, only those merchants and smugglers will pass through such a small road, and even some bandits did not stay there, because the conditions are too poor, so the people assigned here are almost all those who have been excluded or made mistakes in the barracks, and even the officers here have no way to master such a teamSo for many years, it has been like this, and some of the families of these errant soldiers have also come here, and slowly become residents here, in other words, there can be soldiers all over the city, on the other hand, there is not a single soldier here, who has made a mistake to be punished here, who has the heart to really defend Harvey? So when a group rushed into the city and was about to fight, a surprising scene appeared, not magic and long swords, but the soldiers and civilians who reacted constantly waving vegetable leaves and clothes, of course, there were a few officers who wanted to resist, but they all let those soldiers be shaken down. As a result, there was a great change in the policy of sending troops to Kongming, and this qiē was only because of those waving vegetable leaves and clothes.

All the arrangements of Kong Ming are useless, and the accident of the war is really too great. When Kong Ming walked into Guan Pingkou, those residents looked at this team of demon cavalry curiously, there was no resistance, no violence, only some people took out the flowers and some bright fabrics in their hands and kept waving in their hands, and shouted different voices in their mouths, Kong Ming really didn't expect this incident to happen, this happened far beyond Kong Ming's imagination, in Kong Ming's consciousness, when he hit a place, those people should have looked at these people who destroyed their peaceful life with a sense of hatred, and some even performed different actions to kill those invadersOf course, in a certain way, Kongming is not an invader, because most of them are also Harvey, but a Harvey who belongs to the Land of Chaos, and most of the Harveys in the Land of Chaos ran from the Harvey Empire, of course, those who can run to the Land of Chaos, if they are not capable, they are first-class in wisdom, or they are persevering, otherwise where can they reach the Land of Chaos through the layers of defense of the Guò Harvey, and survive there, so now they are not rejecting the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army but welcoming them, and accompanied by the sound of celebratory celebration that shook the sky. Perhaps to prove Kong Ming's guess, suddenly a civilian shouted not far in front of Kong Ming: "Big brother, big brother!"

This voice was not surprising among the many voices, but because the man called out, it also attracted the attention of several people around him, so many people began to call out a name.

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The sound of this piece made Kong Ming a little unnatural, because they were staring at Kong Ming's side, Kong Ming felt a little incredible, so he looked left and right, and sure enough, he saw a mercenary looking at those people with tears in his eyes, this is one of Kong Ming's guards, a senior swordsman, it seems to be called Wang Li. Wang Li looked at those people, and looked at Kong Ming unnaturally in his heart, Kong Ming naturally knew what he meant, and said: "You go over to say hello to them, and then come back, and when we settle down, you can find a few people who are highly respected here to come over to me." ”

"Yes! After Wang Li answered, he trotted into the midst of those people with the snow wolf, and he didn't know what he said, and he followed not long after Kong Ming walked by.

This situation provides Kong Ming with another way of fighting, this way is a bloodless battle, and the process of fighting is accelerated, the most important thing is that it does not have the usual sequelae of war, that is, the area that has been warn, for a period of time, social chaos, economic stagnation, people's lives are miserable, some of this process even lasts for decades, and even worse, it becomes a barren land, and no one is inhabited. So it is feasible to achieve this bloodless way, and it can also be achieved by many different means. The only criterion for testing truth in practice.

In the evening, Sora came to the chief officer's hall of the fortress early in the morning to entertain respected people from various walks of life in Guanpingkou. There were thirty-five of them, and they sat on two sides, while Kong Ming and the other mercenary officers sat in the middle. Kong Ming looked at the thirty-five people, there were three or four in their eighties, Kong Ming watched these people being helped in by their children and nephews, the whole person had a little trembling, as if they were about to fall down at any time, the wind and frost and scars on their faces Kong Ming knew that these people might be the earliest group of people who could be found in this city, and they were also the most familiar with the situation here, of course, under the condition that their thinking was still normal. There are about twenty people who are about fifty or sixty years old, these people should be people who can still speak at the moment, among them, there are five or six people who are dressed more wealthy, obviously people who live better in the city, and the remaining ten or so people are relatively strong, Kong Ming can see that these are all people with a skill, and three or four of them have a faint trace of the fluctuation of fighting spirit, from these points of view, it should be a great sword master. These people are all people who were found by Kong Ming and asked Wang Li to have a great influence in the city. Kong Ming looked at them quietly, Yi Yiyi was on the side, and also looked at them, but what made Kong Ming strange was that Yi Yiyi looked very calm, as if she had experienced many situations, and not like a person who didn't understand anything in front of Kong Ming, could this be the legendary two-faced man? Kong Ming thought.

"I am Kong Ming, the commander of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, first of all, I want to express my apologies for today's incident, if there is any damage to that family, although it is inevitable that there will be damage in the war, and this is not something we can grasp, but we have done our best to recover these losses, everyone go and ask, if one of you still has losses, we will try to compensate, of course, it is also within our ability. ”

"We just need to overcome it ourselves, there is no need to embarrass the brothers anymore!"

"yes, yes!"

"There are only a few families who suffer, we can solve this problem, and we will never trouble you. ”

"That's right, that's right!"

"There is one that belongs to me, but I have long wanted to demolish the house, and now it is just right, so as not to hire labor, and the contents have long been moved, and there is nothing wrong, and the few servants who were injured are just some minor injuries, which can be cured at once. ”

"Yes, yes!"

Hearing Kong Ming open his mouth to compensate them, they couldn't help but think about it, whether this commander was going to take them under the knife, or just to make a show, you must know that at their age, this kind of thing has happened I don't know how many times, this is the advantage of age, and it is also a lesson from all kinds of laughter and sadness.

Listening to their words, Kong Ming didn't hear the taste, after all, he didn't have much experience with these things, although he often said that he was like this, but he didn't have the same pain as these people. Kong Ming said: "Since you ......"

"Since you have all said so, we will not embarrass you too much, so let's go back to the city and count the number and amount of those losses, and we will use the things we got from the city lord's mansion to compensate, so that they also have a house to live in, and they have money, are they commanders." Yi Yiyi interjected. Kong Ming originally asked her to snatch the words away and felt a little unhappy in her heart, but when she heard this, she had already reacted in her heart, if there were some words as soon as he said them, it would not be easy to handle.

"Well, just do what Deputy Commander Yi said. Ladies and gentlemen, Kong Ming is still young, and there are some things that are really not very thoughtful, so I ask for your forgiveness for what happened just now. Kong Ming said sincerely, and then his words changed and continued:

"I always thought that military things can decide a lot of things, so most of the time, I use military power to decide a qiē, but today's events have touched me deeply, I have never fought a battle like today, and I have never seen a scene like today, maybe my experience is too little, today you have taught me a very realistic and vivid lesson, and I am still reminding me of what I have been doing, so now I hope you can give me some opinions, these can be military, or some other, if you tell me the real reason for today's incident, then I am even more grateful. After speaking, Kong Ming stood up and gave a military salute. Kong Ming's approach made everyone, including those mercenaries, a little sudden, looking at Kong Ming's appearance, it didn't look like he was lying, and Kong Ming's tone of speech was also so sincere. For a while, all the people were silent, looking at each other, and some even lowered their heads and didn't know if they were thinking about Kong Ming's words, or thinking about something else, but no one spoke for a long time, and just when Kong Ming was about to be disappointed, one of the people in his eighties trembled and said: "Commander, the old man wants to mention a few Jianyi, I don't know if it's okay." ”

"Hehe, of course the old man can mention it, it doesn't matter if you just point at my nose and scold. Kong Ming said with a smile. Although he said this, how could the people here dare to scold him like this? Isn't that looking for death?

"First of all, I want to know how big the commander's idea is?" said the old man.

"What do you mean by this?" Kong Ming wondered.

"Hehe, if the commander wants to enter the imperial capital, that's an idea, if the commander just wants to occupy this area, it's another idea, if the commander wants to occupy a large area to fight Harvey, that's another idea. I wonder what the Commander thinks?"

"This?" Kuming never thought about it, and it never seemed like he needed to think about it. Shook his head.

"The old man is really stumped on me, I haven't thought about the ideas you said above, or I will think about it in the future, but it's really not now. ”

"In this case, with all due respect, if the commander does not have a clear goal, then you will be defeated sooner or later, and you will lose miserably. The old man said directly.

"Oh, why did the old man say that?" Kong Ming asked strangely, and the others looked at the old man very strangely.

"First, you don't have a goal, so have you ever thought about the way back for these people who are following you after you go to war? If you don't give them a clear path, why should they follow you to fight? Second, there is only one pass in this place that you have taken down, what if you take more places in the future? What are you going to do, do you have to give up the Harvey army after you fight down? Third, if you lose territory, who will your army rely on to feed you all the time? Haven't you thought about all this?" The old man said.

After hearing this, Kong Ming fell into deep thought, and the others, especially those mercenaries, thought even more about what the old man said. Kong Ming muttered: "There is no place, there is no root, there is no root, an army is like a piece of duckweed coming and going with the wind, without a foundation, then there is no way to make up for the war damage, then the army will continue to be consumed like this, and sooner or later it will fail or wander like before." ”

"Actually, these things don't have to be for you right now. The old man continued. "Because you have to survive the onslaught of those Harvey troops to take these things into account, otherwise you don't have to talk about it. However, this is also a problem that you must consider as a commander, because as your territory grows larger and larger in the future, such problems will become more and more prominent, and at first you control them, if you don't solve it, it is they who will control you, you must know that at that time your subordinates are many followers, these people will think about their own things, even if they don't think about it, their subordinates will also help them think about it, this is actually the path that those heroes have walked for so many years, but a few people have succeeded, most people have failed, successful, formed an empire, failed, and lost everything。 This in itself is the doomed fate of your soldiers. Of course, there's so much in it. ”

When Kong Ming heard this, his heart couldn't help but tremble, maybe from the moment he got out of the plan of the three devils, he went to such a path, but he didn't feel it. If that's the case, why did those people in those chaotic lands support him with so many troops and financial resources, these people have survived in the chaotic land for so long, they must have seen this very clearly, but they thought that Kongming would not succeed, and their efforts would also make the Harvey people uncomfortable for a few years, and they couldn't take care of the people in the chaotic land in the past few years, so they could be comfortable for a few years. And after a few years, as long as there is another person, they can reinvest, and so on. It's no wonder that Sun Zhixing can easily recruit mercenaries in the land of chaos, which may have a great deal to do with these people behind the scenes. And Kong Ming, as an outsider, even if he had thought about such a problem before, but when he experienced it, no one had ever reminded him, and he himself did not think about it. There has never been love for no reason, and there is no help for no reason, every qiē has its price, and Kong Ming is now for the people of Hairong City, his price is to drag the Harvey Army for a few years, and only in this way will their investment be worth it. Thinking of this, Kong Ming sank even more, and he couldn't think clearly about the relationship for a while. So that's all there is to it. Kong Ming stood up, walked up to the old man, bowed deeply, and said, "Please advise the old man." ”