Chapter 10: The Conspiracy of the Emperor's Throne
Kong Ming sat in the tent, looking at the map of the Harvey Empire, Kong Ming was silently remembering it, this is a personal habit, Kong Ming always thinks about fighting or will fight the place to write down, in this way, no matter when you will not get lost, and getting lost is a taboo in the army's march, many battles are because the army is lost and misses the fighter, or is surrounded by the enemy, so no matter when, marching according to the map is a compulsory subject for the army, from ancient times to the present. Then, Kong Ming made a gesture, the distance between the place of residence and the nearest Harvey military camp was about two hundred kilometers, and it only took five hours to reach it at the speed of a cavalry assault, so Kong Ming put the alerted area far away to thirty kilometers, so there must be more time to react. If it is necessary to attack, Kong Ming can have three or four options, provided that Sun Zhixing's intelligence will not be wrong, but so far, Kong Ming has not found anything wrong with it, but Kong Ming always feels very weird, because no one will continue to hire mercenaries to attack the Harvey empire out of pure anger, which is very contrary to common sense. After thinking about it, or after a long time of discussing this issue, Kong Ming felt a little irritated in his heart, so Kong Ming asked the orderly to call a regiment commander over.
Five minutes later, I heard a report from outside that the regiment commander came in, this is the head of the regiment, Deng Kai, the great sword master of the light department, who has participated in the organization of the mercenary group three times, this is not three times in a row, but separately, but these times are all organized by Sun Zhixing, which Deng Kai knows, and these three times, he was seriously injured in the final battle each time, and once he was even almost dead, if it weren't for some accidental factors, there would have been no such person now. And these things were heard by Kong Ming from other people inadvertently, and those people had some connections with Deng Kai, as for what Kong Ming was, it was unknown.
"Commander, are you looking for me?" Deng Kai asked.
"Well, I've heard some things about you these days, and I want to know something, oh, it's not your personal business. Kong Ming saw that Deng Kai was a little nervous and knew that he had some misunderstanding.
"What's the matter?"
"I want you to tell me what you know, first, which mercenary group activities you participated in, where did you fail, and what is the name of the other party's commander?" Kong Ming said.
"This is nothing, I participated in the first, fifth, and eighth mercenary regiments' operations, and those few times failed in Jiutang, Liu's house, and Najiao, and then I inquired, the first time was in the hands of Harvey's First Legion, and the other two times were all failures in the defense of Harvey's Third Legion. Deng Kai pointed to the place on the map and said slowly, when he said it, his mood was a little indescribably heavy, Kong Ming knew that this kind of memory was something that everyone was unwilling to recall, in a certain situation, if Kong Ming was not the commander of this mercenary, Deng Kai would not tell him about these things.
"Can you tell me about those few times?" asked Kong Ming again.
"I really don't want to talk about this again, after all, it's over, I just hope that this time it doesn't disappoint me again!"
"Oh, you have a vendetta against the Harveys?"
"I was originally from Harvey, but due to some changes in my family, I fled to the northeast, a country within a country within the Harvey Empire, otherwise, maybe I would have ...... a long time ago" Deng Kai said a little gloomy.
"Forget it, everyone has their own story. If there's anything you want to say when, I think I'd be happy to hear it. ”
"Hopefully there's a chance. ”
After sending Deng Kai away, Kong Ming called several other regiment commanders to ask questions similar to this one by one, but Kong Ming really couldn't get the news he needed. But Kong Ming got a message that was not news, that is, except for the first time, the mercenary group was defeated by the Third Legion several times, and it is doubtful that except for the first time, the other times were surrounded by the other party, so it seems that some things are very worth thinking about. Kong Ming's next target was a barracks of the Third Army. What kind of conspiracy is in it, maybe it will soon be revealed. In more than 20 days of waiting, Kong Ming got a lot of good news, that is, more than a dozen people sent out have returned, and what they brought to Kong Ming is good news, that is, they are very comfortable with the destruction of the Harvey Army in nearby places, and they let the reputation of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army spread throughout the chaotic land in the Northeast, which made the Harvey Army have a headache enough, and regarded the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army as the number one enemy, and reported these to the Imperial Capital, so that the Imperial Capital was shocked for a while. These news made Kong Ming more vigilant, and the connection of these things may be a multiple conspiracy. Kong Ming guessed that this mercenary army was originally for the Harveys to eat, which had several benefits, one of which was to let the army make meritorious contributions and eliminate dissidents. Every victory in a battle must have led to a great deal of merit on the part of the officers, and the more famous the mercenary army that was cleared, the merit could be revealed, and in this way, the dissidents in the army could be eliminated, and the purpose of killing two birds with one stone could be achieved. Second, these mercenaries are from the land of chaos, and they are the people who want to clean up the Harvey Empire, and there are many mercenaries in the land of chaos who are very happy to be enemies of the Harvey, and there are dozens of famous teams that often attack the Harvey army, and at this time, if you go the opposite way and let your own people organize a mercenary to attack the Harvey army, the army under their own control, then the whereabouts and purpose are naturally under their own control, so sent to the encirclement of the Harvey army, compared to their own hard work to find these mercenaries, it is not a little bit stronger, such a bandit and meritorious service can be parallel, this is also a strategy to kill two birds with one stone。 Third, if the commander of Harvey's army is still a prince, then in the process of fighting for the throne in the future, he can fight, which is a hard bargain. The above three points, no matter from which point of view, are worth investing in, even if this thing is exposed later, people will only call that person witty, not that he is a conspirator or something. And as far as Kong Ming knew, the commander of the Third Legion was the third son of the emperor ---- the third prince. After assuming it like this, Kong Ming suddenly had a general understanding of everything, this should be a trap, and Kong Ming may have made some big people remember Kong Ming because of his cousin in the Chu State. Now there is only one time left, that is, the time when the enemy is about to surround the mercenary army, and this time should not be too far away, because the name of the ten people who went to the Snow Wolf mercenary is to let the administrator of the imperial capital know the existence of this mercenary army, as long as this is enough, no one will care if the others don't care. Of course, there is no showdown with Sun Zhixing now, because the three sages are not only the protection of Kong Ming, but also the monitoring of Kong Ming. These three people must be eliminated, otherwise the second battlefield will be captured again, and Kong Ming will not put his life in the hands of others again. Fortunately, Kong Ming is a magician, and besides, those sages are not magician-type saints, so it is difficult to grasp the methods of magicians.
Three days later, Sun Zhixing brought the latest order, the employer asked to attack a place, Liangcheng, and destroy the Harvey army among them, about 2,000 people, of course, the sooner the better. Kong Ming looked at the map and measured the distance between Liangcheng and the garrison, three hundred kilometers, if it was pure infantry, it would take about ten days to get there, because it was impossible to march at a rapid pace, otherwise the army would not have combat effectiveness, and the distance of thirty kilometers per day was the best. If it is pure cavalry, then it only takes five days, four days of marching, one day of preparation, it is completely possible to attack, now Kong Ming has four thousand cavalry in his hands, these people can be trained to carry out surprise attacks, if it is put before, Kong Ming must have commanded these four thousand people to fight directly, but now it is obviously not possible, because whether it is with cavalry or infantry, entering there is an enemy ambush circle, and there is no doubt about death. Now that Kong Ming knew Sun Zhixing's idea, Kong Ming had a new idea. Once this idea was realized, then the whole Harvey was really shaken. Then there is nothing to say, Kong Ming directly arranged the march, mixed foot and horse, normal march, but in the past few days of marching, Kong Ming intentionally or unintentionally leaned together with the three sages to discuss some cultivation issues, now everyone knows that Kong Ming is a demon and martial arts double cultivation, this kind of is not uncommon on the mainland, it can be said that all people more or less have some magic and martial arts double cultivation, but the magician is inclined to have more magic, and the swordsman and the like tend to be a little more vindictive. And after every question, Kong Ming always took out water and drank a few sips, and even when Kong Ming asked them to drink, they refused, making Kong Ming very depressed every time, but next time he hurriedly asked for advice. On the contrary, for the work of marching, Kong Ming completely handed over to those mercenary captains, which is called refining.
Ten days passed in one fell swoop, and Liangcheng was thirty kilometers ahead. After crossing a few more hills, it was almost there, Kong Ming let the army rest on the spot, and all the regiment commanders and the captains of several detachments came over to gather for a pre-war meeting. This is the usual practice of the army, and anyone is justifiable. A few minutes later, ten people gathered at Kongming's place, and Kongming's guards stood guard all around. Kong Ming first introduced the troop layout and defense of Liangcheng. Then, when everyone could hear it, Kong Ming suddenly asked, "How many Harvey troops are waiting for us in front of Sun Zhixing?"
"Thirty thousand. After saying this, Sun Zhixing immediately reacted, "That's impossible, it's just two thousand people." After saying that, he was glad that he remembered himself and reacted quickly.
"I think you must be glad that you are reacting quickly now?" After Kong Ming's words fell, everyone was stunned, except for the three sages who didn't seem to hear it, and still maintained an indifferent appearance, in their opinion, no matter what Kong Ming did, they couldn't escape being caught.
"What do you mean by that?" Sun Zhixing saw this, knowing that maybe Kong Ming knew some things, but he couldn't know everything.
"You know what I mean. Kong Ming said coldly.
"I really don't know, if you don't want to fight this battle, then the employment contract between us can be terminated, and I can choose another person to fight this battle. ”
"This battle is definitely going to be fought, how can you be worthy of your trust if you don't fight, hehe, but, I don't think you will see it again. Because you're going to die soon. Kong Ming said lightly, walking to the side as he spoke.
"I really don't understand what you're saying, and I don't think anyone here understands what you're saying. "Sun Zhixing is still on top, as long as Kong Ming has no evidence, he can't do anything. And there are three more saints here.
"Okay, I'll let you die now, anyway, there's still a lot of time, let's stop fighting this battle, and it's okay to tell you slowly. At the beginning of the first battle, I was really happy that the fight went so smoothly, but when I withdrew from the battlefield, I felt very strange, because in the northeast of Harvey, there were all Harvey troops stationed in the hundred battles, I fought with them for more than a year, I know what they are like, but when we have more than 10,000 people to fight my battle, there are less than 1,000 deaths, it really makes me wonder, a team that has never fought a war against a team that has been fighting all year round, can achieve such results, it really makes me feel incredible。 So I walked to the side of those Harvey soldiers and took a look, and found a very interesting thing, that is, these Harvey soldiers actually joined the army not long ago, or rather, they were just civilians who were captured to work, how could such a group of people and a few offended great swordsmen be the opponent of a team of mercenaries who often fight? Since that time, I have had some doubts about you, so I began to ask a few regimental commanders and other mercenaries, and I found that most of these people were hired by you for the first time, except for a few people, and I observed these people, and they all entered this mercenary again with the idea of taking a look at the inside story. From this, I conclude that this mercenary army is nothing more than a military increase for the prince of an empire. Speaking of this, all the regiment leaders changed color, except for Deng Kai, who may have known it for a long time, it was the first time for others to hear such remarks.
"Yes, you are just adding to the third prince's military exploits, so that he can add a lot of money when competing for the throne. A sage spoke, obviously even at this time he had already thought that Kong Ming and they had no way to live, and now there was no point in saying it or not, and once these people were killed, then Harvey's cavalry would only be able to make this group of mercenaries die in just a few shocks. Hearing the Sage say this, everyone except Kong Ming has already changed color. "But I'm curious, because you've been under our watch, how can you possibly know this?" the Sage was puzzled.
"Hehe, if it weren't for my multiple eyes, of course I wouldn't know these things, I learned from the remarks there when I was in the imperial capital, every once in a while, there will be a mercenary army for the three princes to annihilate, and often thousands or even tens of thousands, for this reason the three princes have the title of the god of war in the imperial capital. Of course, I didn't know if it was the same person every time, but when I accidentally learned from Deng Kai that it was the same person who recruited them, I finally knew that we were on the last net, a net woven by the three princes, and we were just going through a formality and letting them eliminate to increase their achievements. Hehe, this is just a conspiracy, where is the god of war? An old-fashioned story, trying to shut everyone up, is too much to take for granted. ”
"Of course we don't know if you want to, but we know that you're going to die tonight!" said the Sage.
"It's not certain who will live and who will die, so why be so sure?" said Kong Ming chicly.
"I just have to pinch it lightly. After saying that, the Sage stood up and took two steps towards Kong Ming, but his face suddenly showed a painful color, and then pointed at Kong Ming and said, "You--you--" fell like this, and a Holy One died like this.
"Sometimes the conspiracy is very harmful, but sometimes it can save people!" Kong Ming sighed on the side.
"When did you give us the medicine, how could we not know?" The other two sages, seeing such a situation, where did they still know the path of emptiness.
"Actually, I didn't drug you, it was just a small thing, and I know that this thing is very much needed for the Sage, but it can kill the Sage on some occasion. Kong Ming said lightly. Of course, what is it, Kong Ming will not say it if he is killed, otherwise maybe people will turn the tables like this.
"Hehe, I lived for more than three hundred years, and finally died in the poison of a great sword master. After saying that, the two Sages fell, and when the three Sages died, Sun Zhixing knew that the matter was really exposed, and without the Sages, he would have no chance to turn the tables.
"You say all that, but I really don't know what's wrong, hehe. Sun Zhixing smiled bitterly.
"Killed. Kong Ming stopped, and several long swords really stabbed at Sun Zhixing, Sun Zhixing was about to rush out with a fight, and he instantly revealed the cultivation of the Great Sword Master from a senior sword master, but after the death of the Sage, the Great Sword Master and the Great Arrow Master here paid attention to him, where could he escape? A few divine arrows and a few Dou Qi slashes directly cut it down, and the form and spirit were destroyed.
Looking at the chaotic venue, Kong Ming couldn't help but shake his head. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Do you still want to fight the Harvey Army now?"
"Yes, of course, why don't we come here?" said one of the regiment leaders. Kong Ming looked over, this is the commander of the second regiment called Zheng Jun, a fire great sword master, who is more popular.
"I didn't expect this to be a conspiracy, but, if there was a different person in command, I would definitely leave, but with you I think I will have a better life, anyway, I am a single, and it is the same wherever I go. ”
Kong Ming looked at the others, obviously they hadn't recovered from the scene just now, especially how Kong Ming killed these three sages, which surprised them even more. But for fighting, they all seem to have an instinctive belligerence, and this time Kong Ming finally knows why this is called the Land of Chaos, not only the place is chaotic, but the people are more aggressive. No matter how much they owe them, they can't get results, not to mention that they know that many mercenary groups are still fighting against the Harvey army after they have been destroyed, so you can imagine. Kong Ming thought for a while and said, "Since you all want to fight, then let's fight with them, and in this battle, we will turn the god of war into a dead pig." ”