Chapter VIII: War Mercenaries
Neither Kong Ming nor Alexander realized that the two of them were lifelong enemies, and they were also the two people who knew each other the most in their lives, and there was an old saying that the person who knows you best is not your friend, but your enemy. The meeting between the two was just because of Alexander's unwillingness, and a trace of curiosity from Kong Ming, what kind of person was the person who captured himself, so the two met, and then, left, history is like this to tease the two of them once, if they knew what was going on, Kong Ming and Alexander would definitely like to overturn each other directly to the ground and fight first before anything else.
Kong Ming walked back to the original private room with a smell of alcohol, and saw that several other people had already left, and he also staggered out of the hotel. Looking up, it is already the time when the lights are on at night, people on the street are walking around, many women are wearing beautiful skirts, and men are also wearing cool clothes, it is already the late spring and early summer, so there are many people at night, and it is very noisy. This kind of scene Kong Ming has also seen in the Huayuan Imperial Capital, but because at that time, Kong Ming's heart was not like now, and there was always a trace of sorrow on his forehead, and now, as he gets older, Kong Ming has let go of many things, and there are some meanings to get by. At this time, people in the eyes of the empty mind are normal, but they seem to always take the wrong path. Walking and walking, Kong Ming saw three people coming in front of him, and walked towards Kong Ming, if Kong Ming was awake, then he must have known that the other party was coming towards him, but now he just thought that the other party was three ordinary passers-by, and after walking for a long time, he saw that the three people were in front of him, Kong Ming raised his head and looked, shook his head, and then tried to walk around, but soon the three were in front of Kong Ming, and now Kong Ming knew that these three people were not good. With a flash in his hand, Kong Ming still drew his long sword as fast as he could, protecting it in front, but at this time, no matter how outsiders looked at it, it was also a drunken cat, and the three of them saw Kong Ming like this, and their eyes couldn't help but show a look of contempt, but the hostility shown by Kong Ming also gave the three of them some headaches, so the one in the middle said: "Kong Ming magician, we just ask you to move to the teahouse in front, our master has something to discuss with His Excellency the magician." ”
"Talk to me, we know?"
"I don't know. ”
"So what are we going to discuss?"
"Your Excellency will know when you arrive. ”
"What if I don't go?"
"Please don't embarrass us, Your Excellency the Magician, for we are only loyal to us. The man said embarrassedly.
"Hehe, if I pass, it's embarrassing for me, hehe, it's better for you to be embarrassed than for me, isn't it? Get out of the way! After all, Kong Ming was born in a soldier, and the murderous aura on his body was released with his anger at once, so that these three people took a few steps back, and Kong Ming knew the details of the three people at this moment, they were just some senior swordsmen, although Kong Ming was drunk, but this momentum was not something that the three of them could bear.
"Damn, just like that, I also learn from others to get in the way. "Empty Ming disdainful shì said.
"You-" The man in the middle just wanted to say something, there was an extra hand on his back, and then he saw him get out of the way, and an old man walked out from behind him, this person was dressed in a rich and noble dress, and a jeweled body, which made people uncomfortable I saw this person say: "Hehe, the head of Kongming don't have general knowledge with him, our master has heard the name of the head of the group for a long time, and he once wanted to meet the head of the group, it is better to meet by chance, the head of the group might as well follow me up a few steps, not far from the teahouse in front, how about it?"
"Hehe, you can speak, for the sake of you being so good at talking, I'll go on a walk. I don't believe that there will be a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, even if it is a sea of swords and fire, I will have to walk on it. "Kong Ming did drink a little more.
A few people came to a small teahouse not far away, the old man signaled to the three people behind him, and the three people scattered at the door, as if watching something, Kong Ming felt their movements, but ignored them. Walking into the teahouse, Kong Ming saw that there were only three or four tables of people in the small teahouse, a total of more than ten people, one of whom was sitting in the middle, and the old man quickly grabbed the front of Kong Ming to lead the way for Kong Ming, Kong Ming staggered and followed him to the opposite side of the person, sat down at once, hiccuped in his mouth, pointed at himself with his finger and said, "Are you looking for me?"
The man nodded: "I have always heard of Your Excellency's prestige, but it is rare to see it, but I didn't expect to come here." ”
"Prestige, hehe, it's just a waste of fame, if you just want to say something nonsense like this, don't say it, I'm in a hurry to go home and sleep, and I don't have the leisure to talk to you here." Uhh
"Okay, it's a pity that today is not a good opportunity, so how about we make an appointment tomorrow. "That doesn't shy away from the smell of Kongming's body.
"I don't remember, hehe, I'll talk about it then, I'll talk about it later!!" Kong Ming left the tavern and staggered back.
After watching Kong Ming walk away, the old man asked, "President, let him go like this?"
"How is that possible, but today is really not a good time to meet. The man said.
"Because he's drunk?"
"No, mainly because there is something else to do today, and tomorrow we will make an appointment to see if he comes. Talent is rare! How can we let go of such a general. ”
The next day, Kong Ming woke up from sleep, shook his head, took a bath and finally made people a little sober, thought about it yesterday and those few people did drink a little too much, it seems that the person called Alexander was put down at once, and the rest did not stand back, it can be said that the four sides of the war, although I haven't drunk for a long time, but yesterday I still returned victorious, and the victory that I couldn't get on the battlefield was won back in the wine field, and it was won by Ganjing Lisuo, which made Kong Ming very happy, so he was so drunk。 It's a pity that if Kong Ming wins the battle, then he will be even happier to drink. With the smell of alcohol, Kong Ming walked towards the classroom, and he had to give them a lesson today.
After class, Kong Ming walked on the path of the academy, thinking about some magic and other things, at this time, an old man suddenly appeared in front of him, Kong Ming looked at it, felt that there was some familiarity, and just wanted to speak, but heard the old man say: "Your Excellency Kong Ming, my master wants to invite you to lunch." ”
"We know each other?" asked Kong Ming, confused.
"Hehe, I just met it yesterday, and His Excellency the Magister is really a noble person who forgets things. The old man was not surprised at all.
"Why didn't I see it yesterday?, no matter what, just have lunch and it's okay, and I hope it's not too far to lead the way. ”
"Not far away, just two hundred meters in front of a restaurant. Please. ”
The two came to the restaurant, Kong Ming saw the person from yesterday again, Kong Ming looked at it, but there was still no reflection, thought about it, walked to the opposite side and sat down. The one who had been watching Kong Ming come over, got up to greet him, and sat down again.
"Serve the food, let me introduce myself, my name is Sun Zhixing, the director of an organization. ”
"What did you invite me to do?" asked Kong Ming strangely, as if he was not familiar with this person.
"Hehe, I invite you here mainly to discuss the possibility of cooperation between us. ”
"That aspect?"
"War!" Sun Zhixing said.
"War?
"War mercenaries. Sun Zhixing said.
"Hehe, you think too highly of me, how can I be a war mercenary?"
"We have hired you to be the leader of a mercenary army. Sun Zhixing said unhurriedly, as if he had settled on Kongming.
"Why did you come to me to do this?" Kong Ming wondered.
"Hehe, we found several people, but they all failed and did not fulfill the agreement between us, so this time we came to the imperial capital to see if we could find a military commander to lead an army to complete our mission. ”
"That's it, you'll find me, won't you?"
"Hehe, it wasn't originally, but we happened to hear that your Excellency's record was popular among the officers, and it came from the mouth of your original enemy, and we went through the relevant departments in order to verify the situation, so we got your specific information, and we are satisfied that you are always temporarily ordered, but you can always complete some difficult tasks, so we found you, I hope you can think about it. ”
"How did you know I was going?"
"The name of the snow wolf has long been introduced to our professional world, and a snow wolf will not stay still forever. ”
"Hehe, you think too highly of me, the weather is good today, let's have a meal and don't talk about anything else. Kong Ming refused.
Sun Zhixing looked at Kong Ming's appearance, and didn't say anything, and there would be no result in it. So a meeting became a dinner for the two to talk about. Looking at Kong Ming's distant figure, the old man couldn't help but gloomy his face, Sun Zhixing said: "Don't worry, if such a person can save this team, it will be worth us to spend a little more time." ”
"Director, I'm afraid we don't have so much time to wait, you must know that there are already ten, those ten people are the so-called military geniuses recommended by the people above, but they all failed, the top can't wait so long, it has made all of us lose confidence, this time it is said that it is nine out of ten. ”
"This man has to fight for it, and this is the last hope. If we don't succeed, then our team will be disbanded, which many people don't want to see. You go check it out and see what this Kong Ming likes?" Sun Zhixing still said unrelentingly.
Kong Ming walked on the way back, still thinking about this so-called war mercenary in his heart, Kong Ming had really heard that there was such an organization in the mercenary world, they were specially hired by various countries or organizations, and they were to serve these people, carrying out some activities such as wars and mutinies. Their bosses are people of status, but this kind of thing is usually done in a country other than their country, and only then will they not be punished by the laws of their own country, and if they dare to set up in their own country, they will be uprooted. And today, these people came to invite Kong Ming to serve as a commander, and from their situation, the situation is still very urgent, and the only very urgent war is the war in the chaotic land northeast of Harvey, which is not a good idea, although it does have a certain attraction for Kong Ming's peaceful life. But the most important thing is that Kong Ming doesn't know about these people, and there is no way to understand them, because these people have their own set of principles of secrecy, except for the people they approve, they will not know who the boss behind them is. There is a joke about these war mercenaries, that is, a team receives an order to annihilate a caravan, but when they annihilate the caravan, they realize that no one pays, because the owner of the caravan is their employer, and the boss kills them, and naturally no one pays. However, Kong Ming muttered this obsession called Sun Zhixing, and also muttered the shape of the mercenary. Within more than ten days, Sun Zhixing almost kept working with Kong Ming, and from Sun Zhixing's explanation, Kong Ming gradually learned about the situation of that mercenary.
That mercenary is located in the chaotic land in the northeast of the Harvey Empire, where even the regular army of the Harvey Empire has no way to interfere in it, because it is said that there are many god-level powerhouses there, and behind each god-level powerhouse there will be some forces behind it. However, except for those god-level powerhouses, no one knew why they didn't go to so many places in the whole continent, so they had to stay in that place and beat them together. And this mercenary is one of them, they are now in a very disadvantageous position, and there is a danger of being eliminated by other mercenaries at any time, because they have changed more than ten commanders and have not changed the situation of the battle, so they can only come to the imperial capital to see if they can find a suitable candidate, originally Kong Ming was not people's goal, but who made Kong Ming suddenly famous during this time, and many things after becoming famous were also raised by people as gossip, just like that, when Sun Zhixing came to the imperial capital, he suddenly found a better choice, so looking for some individual people, where would he careThus, the negotiations with Kong Ming began directly.
It was really difficult to be disturbed by it, Kong Ming actually agreed to his request in the quarrel with Sun Zhixing again, Kong Ming knew that this was a point of no return, but it was still feasible at a certain price. So in Kong Ming's stunned, Sun Zhixing helped Kong Ming resign from his job at the magic academy as quickly as possible, and after helping Kong Ming finish a chore, he directly sent Kong Ming out of the imperial capital with a flying demonic beast.
Until Kong Ming stood in front of a group of 10,000 mercenaries, Kong Ming still couldn't believe that he had become the leader of a team of mercenaries, and he was the absolute leader, and Kong Ming's appearance did not disappoint the person who hired Kong Ming. Looking at the chaotic crowd below, Kong Ming knew that this was the team he wanted to lead from now on. There were ten people standing behind Kong Ming, who were five regiment leaders and three saint-level powerhouses, and two were the witnesses of their employers. The three of the Sages are to protect Kong Ming, because there are too many Sages in this battlefield, so many Sages have to be hired by some people in order to survive, this situation really makes Kong Ming feel strange, you must know that a Sage can get good treatment no matter where he is, why do he have to be a mercenary in this kind of place? It's really a strange place. Kong Ming said a few pieces to make these people stop, but the clothes underneath were extremely chaotic, this is a group of mercenaries, but this is not a group of soldiers, it is really difficult to make them obedient. Kong Ming whispered to ask the opinions of several regiment leaders next to him, but the people below booed. Kong Ming's face changed suddenly, you must know that the combat effectiveness of an army is not the combat strength of one person, nor is it that thousands of people together become a team, but thousands of people are like one person, which is an army. Kong Ming thought for a moment, then said loudly: "All the people of the level of senior archers and above will gather on my left side. So in the midst of everyone's smiling faces, more than 500 archers, sparsely walked towards the place that Kong Ming was pointing to, gathered together, the formation was still three, three, two, two, and two, Kong Ming really didn't know, how these people had not been killed by the enemy after so many battles, but until now he has not told Kong Ming what his goal is? But now is really not the time to get angry, if you can't put the military discipline in order within a period of time, then Kong Ming can only pack up and go home.
"Others disbanded. ”
With Kong Ming's order, the others scattered in a swarm, and the speed was more than three times that of the time when they came. When the others dispersed, Kong Ming asked the archers to stand in three rows and draw their bows. Even such a small action takes a lot of time. Kong Ming didn't say much, and then whispered a few words to the sage behind him, but he didn't let the others hear. Then Kong Ming began to emphasize military discipline,
"You are veterans, I can see it, so I only have one command, and that is to obey, and those who do not obey will be killed. Did you hear clearly?" Seeing that everyone did not react, Kong Ming directly ordered "Squat!"
I saw those mercenaries squatting down in twos and threes, but they didn't move quickly, but they finished squatting in the empty eyes for a while. Kong Ming thought for a while and said: "You didn't complete the action because I didn't emphasize it enough, I once again emphasize that I only have one order, that is, obey, and those who don't obey will be killed." Did you hear me clearly?"
This time, some voices answered, still sparsely, and Kong Ming said again: "Hear the password clearly, squat!"
Most of the people crouched down under Kong Ming's command, but the speed was still not very fast. In the end, the action was completed. However, such an action obviously did not satisfy Kong Ming, who then emphasized it again and ordered "Squat!"
This time, many people squatted down slowly, but the whole team also took a long time to squat. Kong Ming said: "Everything is not more than three, we have emphasized it three times just now, if it is not emphasized in place, it is the responsibility of my commander, my password is not clear, but now I have repeatedly emphasized that if you do not act according to the order, then the military law will act." Hear the command: Squat!"
Maybe Kong Ming emphasized it a few times, this time the effect was much better, but there were still more than thirty people who reluctantly squatted down slowly, but they didn't have a chance anymore, under the watch of those curious mercenaries in the distance, a sage's sword qi traversed the entire archer team, splitting those who had not yet squatted down or those who were squatting slowly into two sections with a sword. At this moment, there was a trace of fear in the eyes of those archers, and they all knew that if they were a little slower, then they would be on the side of death. This time Kong Ming didn't say much, because everything that should be said had already been said, and there was nothing more to say. Kong Ming then ordered, at this time, this group of archers can be said to be like an arm, there is nothing wrong with it. Looking at the appearance of this group of archers, Kong Ming finally had some comfort in his heart, although a few people died, but this did not affect the overall situation. Kong Ming brought all the archers to the high platform, and then asked the signal soldiers to issue an order for the squad leader and above to assemble in ten minutes, and Kong Ming asked those archers to execute those who did not come or who came late will be killed. Maybe it was because Kongming's method just now spread to the army, so many people ran to the assembly point at the beginning, but the latter gradually slowed down. When Kong Ming saw that the time had come, he waved his hand, and the bows and arrows of more than five hundred archers went straight to those who were grinding behind them, and a few of them were at the level of a great sword master who relied on their own cultivation to open the shield, but let the three sages behind Kong Ming directly split one person and one sword. This time, the people who went directly to the squad leader and above all changed color, looking at Kongming's face, there was an indescribable taste in their hearts. I really met a terrifying guy. Kong Ming's practice soon spread throughout the mercenary battalion.