The gains and losses of the first battle are of great significance to an army, it is not only a great role in encouraging the morale of the whole army, it is also an exploration of the enemy's strength and weakness, and an important assessment of the combat effectiveness of their own team.

-- The Strategist

Early in the morning, less than 300 kilometers away from the prisoner of war place, Kong Ming and his party hid in a small forest, from the gap in the grove to watch a large road down the mountain, twenty-five Harvey soldiers are pressing a group of escaped prisoners of war mixed with some civilians, only more than two hundred meters away from Kong Ming and others, those prisoners of war and civilians are connected by Harvey people with ropes, and it is very tight and close, it is very inconvenient to walk, this movement is very slow, but this is also the most effective way to avoid people from escaping that this Harvey people can think of at present。

"Commander, let's kill it, the brothers can't help it, these people are not enough for us to eat. Feng said as Kong Ming shook his head. Looking at Kong Ming's appearance, the mercenaries who had just joined around him were very puzzled and silently mocked, not just more than twenty Harveys, what was so terrible, and it looked like this.

"Do you three see the valley ahead?" Kong Ming pointed to the direction where Harvey's path had been extended, it was a place of less than five kilometers, it was a small valley, the mountains on both sides were less than a hundred meters high, but it was really a valley, and from there it seemed to be able to pass through at once, "Liu Mingxin led a team and a reconnaissance team to go around, ambushed there, be careful not to let the Harveys find out, and after they entered first, immediately attack and kill the Harveys, the second team, The three teams followed me, followed the enemy's advance, did not let the enemy find out, and when the first team entered, we would kill from here. ”

"Why?" Feng asked curiously.

"Only this time, don't question my decision in the future. Kong Ming looked at him coldly, at this moment, Feng Shuming felt as if he was immersed in sub-zero cold water, as if there were tens of millions of murderous invasions in his spirit, although the two of them were both great sword masters, but he didn't know why he felt like this, this is indeed an incredible thing, if he had some doubts about why Kong Ming became the leader of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment before, then after this second, he would no longer have any doubts, people like Kong Ming would not have such a murderous aura if they were not killed from thousands of troops。 But what he didn't know was that Kong Ming was not only killed from thousands of troops, but also a dual-line magician, although three years have passed, but Kong Ming is obviously not a genius or anything like that, although his magic has improved greatly, and he also has a large stock of knowledge about magic, but he still hasn't broken through to become a magician, but this qiē is enough, because the spiritual power of a magician far exceeds that of a swordsman of the same level, not to mention that Kong Ming was originally a great swordsman, and he is a person who is about to enter the sword saint among the great swordsmen。

"Hmm!" Feng squeaked a few times, his reaction made the person next to him who had just joined the snow wolf very strange, I don't know how this person who is not afraid of the sky and the earth could make Kong Ming so nervous with a word, but they didn't go into it, and they didn't have time to delve into this kind of thing. At this time, the first team and the squad had already followed Liu Mingxin and started to set off, and the others stopped making a sound, because they were close enough to the enemy, and if they made a little more noise, they could be discovered by the enemy at any time, so that although they could still win this battle, the effect would be greatly reduced. An hour later, seeing that the enemy was already approaching the valley, Sora knew that his opportunity had come. With a wave of his big hand, the whole team rushed out like an arrow from the string, and the one who rushed to the front was Kong Ming. Because this is the first battle, Kong Ming must take responsibility for himself in order to let the soldiers know Kong Ming's strength and win the respect of the soldiers. Perhaps because they had never trained together, the sound of the cavalry rushing out was not as rhythmic as the well-trained cavalry regiment, but it was very chaotic, but the impact of the impact of more than eighty people was immeasurable. Those captured civilians and prisoners of war looked at the sound, and after seeing that it was the Chu people, some of them did not leave directly, some shouted for help, and some kicked the Harvey people with their feet, on the other hand, those Harvey people were suddenly empty-hearted, eighty to twenty-five, don't think about it, escape is the only choice, one of them may want to rely on a big sword master, after seeing Kong Ming and others rushing through, they did not flee, but stood there fixedly, looking at the Chu people who rushed over. After getting close to the enemy, Kong Ming jumped up from his horse, drew his sword from his back, and slashed at the enemy, while the others followed Kong Ming's orders and killed the other Harveys.

"Wow" At the moment when the sword broke, Kong Ming used the broken sword to lean slightly towards the enemy's sword, and used his strength to change his body to an angle, at this time, the enemy did not react, he thought that Kong Ming could not change direction in the air, and he could only rush straight to his divine soldier and be split into two sections, but Kong Ming borrowed this strength, and the two of them directly staggered by。 The enemy sword swept past an inch above Kong Ming's head, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on Kong Ming's body, and the positions of the two of them changed direction at once. The cavalry behind Kong Ming galloped past the two of them and killed the enemy behind Kong Ming.

"Hehe, you're so lucky, you're the first to escape under my sword, and as a sign of my respect for you, I'll let it pass you quickly, and there won't be any pain. The enemy said darkly.

"It's really verbose!" Kong Ming rushed forward with the broken sword, and the two of them fought, and the enemy sword slashed over, and the sword body carried a fiery red fighting spirit, attacking towards Kong Ming, Kong Ming flashed sideways, and the fighting energy directly split the ground behind Kong Ming into a long sword mark, rushing to the aftermath of the fighting spirit on both sides, and several civilians were lifted up. And Kong Ming also took advantage of this moment to get close to the enemy, the broken sword flicked up, and a gas aeration slashed towards the enemy from above, and the person also flashed to the side, only to see a fiery red light flash on his feet, the person was already ten meters away, and Kong Ming's sword qi flew into the sky and disappeared.

"Fire Great Swordsman, hehe, yes, I think you are a person who has experienced a hundred battles, and you happen to be my whetstone, there has been no such person for a long time, among the Harvey Great Swordsmen, I have never met an opponent, I didn't think that I could fulfill my wishes here, as a considerable opponent, you have the right to know my name, Fire Great Swordsman Fang Hua!" After speaking, Fang Hua saluted Kong Ming when he was competing between swordsmen. Kong Ming looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd, but he still knew the etiquette between the swordsmen, and also saluted the other party, and then the two re-put on a fighting posture, and their expressions gradually became strict. Kong Ming looked at the other party, the other party's advantage now is the divine weapon in his hand, and Kong Ming's hand is just an ordinary long sword in the middle of the battle, such a confrontation, there is no doubt that Kong Ming has lost the upper hand, because Kong Ming has to worry about the opponent's divine weapon in the battle with him, and the other party does not need to have this concern. That long sword could be the most direct deciding factor in the outcome of this battle. Kong Ming saw that there was already a trace of victory in the other party's eyes, but unfortunately, the other party's hopes would soon be disappointed.

"You must think that with a sharp sword, you can win me!" Kong Ming said in a low voice.

"Oh, oh, isn't it? Oh, do you know how many people died under my sword?" Fang Hua said.

"I don't know, I don't want to know, but I do know one thing, and that is that this sword will soon be mine!"

"Your ......"

The other party has not finished speaking, Kong Ming will start in an instant, the competition between masters, the victory or defeat is often in an instant, and this moment is the flaw of the other party, it is an opportunity for the party, and there are many kinds of such opportunities, it may be a heart-warming word, as long as it moves, whether it is a slight movement or vibration, it may be a small habitual action, it may also be a small distraction, etc., this is the difference between a master and a low hand, this is the difference between a veteran and a novice, a high level is not necessarily a master, just like some big swordsmen will also let a small swordsman kill, the veteran is not necessarily a high level, but he can sometimes kill an opponent who is two levels higher than himself。 Kong Ming saw the other party's confidence in his own skills, and also saw the other party's naivety, the other party really thought that a sharp sword could freeze a qiē, if that's the case, what do you want to fight? Kong Ming's broken sword stabbed straight towards the other party, the tip of the broken sword emitted a fiery red fighting aura, like the tip of a sword, Kong Ming's attack came so suddenly, Fang Hua panicked, and hurriedly used his sword to block, and at the same time opened the protective shield to resist Kong Ming's fighting aura. But he forgot one thing, that is, Kong Ming's sword was broken, Fang Hua's sword slashed through the center of Kong Ming's fighting qi, and at this moment, his face became very ugly, as if it was full of pig blood, red and purple. Kong Ming's fighting spirit stabbed on Fang Hua's protective shield at once, "Bang!", Fang Hua's protective shield was broken at once, this method of breaking the surface with a point is just a common means used by swordsmen, but at this time, it shows its extraordinary ability, it can be seen that swordsmanship is still suitable, not something profound. Kong Ming's broken sword pierced straight into Fang Hua's lower abdomen with a residual fighting spirit, and the fighting qi exploded in Fang Hua's lower abdomen, blowing Fang Hua into two, until he died, Fang Hua still couldn't believe that such a promising peak sword master disappeared like this. Kong Ming picked up the long sword in Fang Hua's hand in the air, turned around and ran towards the place of battle, he is a commander, not a pure warrior, if it is not on the battlefield, then he must be a brave fighter, but now, he must be a certain commander, because the result of commanding or not commanding is very different for a battle, the team with a command can give full play to the combat effectiveness of the group in an orderly manner, and sometimes even play two hundred percent of the combat effectiveness, while the team without command will turn from a lion to a sheep and be slaughtered, even if it is a small number and quality。 But apparently Kong Ming was overthinking, when he turned around, the battle was over, twenty-five enemies, all annihilated in one battle, twenty killed, five captured alive, those who wanted to escape were all attacked by a team, these people under his command now are either military or mercenary, this is very well implemented for some of Kong Ming's arrangements before the war, looking at those who were still confused and captured, Kong Ming walked to a big rock in the confusion of those people, and said to them:" I am Kong Ming, the head of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment, the former commander of the Third Division and Third Regiment of the Chu Army Cavalry Army, and now we have established the Snow Wolf Mercenary Regiment for the purpose of striking at the Harvey people and rescuing people like you, don't talk nonsense......" Kong Ming calmed down, let their minds think for a while, and then shouted loudly: "Walk to my left hand side who is willing to join us, the person in green clothes, the captain of the first team Xu Zhisheng Great Sword Master gathers, where are the rest of the people going back and forth, we don't need those who are greedy for life and afraid of death!"

After Kong Ming finished speaking, he jumped and walked towards the five captives. Seeing this, Feng Mingshu walked over to Kong Ming and asked in a low voice: "Regiment Leader, we are now in need of people, you don't blow too much, dry hemp and hit those people like this, so I don't think we can get too many people." ”

"Hehe, Minghuai, what we need now is elite soldiers, not too many people, I say this to let those who have pressed the Harvey people tightly in the past two days, people with blood to join our regiment, only these people who will join us when they see this situation are the people we need. Such people will exert their due abilities in battle, and those who only want to live in a low voice, if they follow us, those who can kill the enemy when the wind is good, but when the wind is against us, they are the pests in our team, and they can drag us across in an instant. If we had had had enough time to train on weekdays, there would be no problem, but now we need elite soldiers, people who can fight at any time, not them. Hehe, when we grow stronger in the future, we can recruit 1.8 million such people at any time, and you can have as many as you want at that time. ”

"It's pretty beautiful to think about, but I don't know if there is such a day?" Feng Mingsheng muttered in a low voice.

"Haha, there will be. A flash of light flashed in Kong Ming's eyes.

"Although it seems reasonable to hear you say this, I think I still like more people, more people are easier to do, more people are powerful, and more people are powerful......

"Hey, who doesn't want to clean the battlefield. Feng Mingsheng was talking when he suddenly heard Kong Ming shouting, which startled him. Looking towards Kong Ming, he saw Kong Ming looking over and saying to him: "Go and inform them, don't clean the battlefield, we may still be useful here." ”

"Ah, yes!" he said, and went to inform him. After watching Feng Ming's injury leave, Kong Ming sat next to a big tree and watched the chaos in the scene, thinking about it in his heart, how to use this battlefield to attract some enemies, twenty-five people, it is impossible to catch so many people, even if they are caught, they will become chicken and egg beatings because of the continuous escape and impact, chicken feathers, nothing can be gained, just like now, they have also filled themselves in, thinking that there should still be some Harvey people around here, capturing prisoners of war and civilians, and these people are just letting them send them back first。

Kong Ming walked up to Liang Hua and whispered, "How is it?"

"Hehe, they belong to a team, there are more than 110 people in total, and they are arrested around here, they are sent back in advance, and then the team arrives. ”

"Did you ask about their strength?"

"There are three great swordsmen, one magician, oh, it's a magician of the light system, the other fifteen high-level swordsmen, and the rest are some third-level and fourth-level swordsmen, and the fifth-level swordsmen are only fifteen people. It's not very far from here, they meet around here, and the time is ......" Liang Hua looked at the watch in his hand, and then said: "There should be about half an hour until now." ”

"In that direction?"

"I heard that they were divided into two groups, one led by two great swordsmen, in a small village about twenty kilometers away, where they were gathering some nearby civilians, and the other was led by a great swordsman and a magician, searching for prisoners of war and civilians who had fled into the mountains nearby. ”

"Is the information reliable?"

"Let's ask separately and comprehensively, otherwise I wouldn't dare tell you directly. Kong Ming smiled and patted Liang Hua.

"One hundred and ten minus twenty-five equals eighty-five, then they are about eighty-five people, if so, we are one hundred and twenty against eighty-five, although it is an absolute advantage, but even if we win, the loss will definitely not be less. It's a big loss in this way, you go and get a few of them, and we'll arrange it well. ”

A few minutes later, several people got together, Kong Ming briefly introduced the situation, and then said: "Time is pressing, we won't discuss, now listen to my arrangement, don't move all the scenes." The first team, the second team, and the third team, respectively in the southeast, west, and three directions, were concealed and let the north be vacated. The reconnaissance detachment is concealed in a place 300 meters outside the north, once the battle begins, do not move, and when the enemy runs there, attack from their front, do not seek to die, just kill a few, the other three teams after the enemy is confused, attack the enemy, and strive to destroy the enemy in the enemy's confusion, the number of the enemy and us in this battle is not much different, if we are all annihilated, it will be too difficult, so we can only strive to destroy more enemies. After the battle begins, one team and two teams will rush forward, and three teams will attack from a distance, avoiding those civilians, but don't pay too much attention to those civilians, only our attacks are fierce, and the enemy will have no chance to attack the civilians, and the three teams will set up some traps here, so that the enemy will fall into chaos in an instant, and after the battle begins, attack the enemy with a long-range attack, and cooperate with the front team and two teams, especially Fei Yu, you are in the battle, don't attack those big swordsmen first, but shoot and kill the magician and those senior swordsmen as quickly as possible, so that we can form an absolute advantage, and the others, our two big swordsmen entangle a big swordsman, Liu Mingxin and Xu Zhisheng entangled one, Feng Liren and Feng Mingsheng entangled the other, as long as they were entangled, don't let them feel our advantage, and Fei Yu and Zhan Tianhang immediately supported the other people in the battle after eliminating that magician, and the others were with me to destroy the other enemies. Don't ask any questions now, but if there's something I can't say, say it now. Kong Ming looked at the others and had no opinions, so he asked them to hurry up and execute.

In the forest, all the people entered the ambush area, and on the ambush ground were the corpses of the twenty-five Harvey, Kong Ming did not let those captives stay, perhaps because the memory of some time ago was too deep, and the anger against the Harvey people was soaring to the sky, and these five people were also among them, how could Kong Ming let them stay? And in the ambush ground, Zhan Tianhang and Liang Hua arranged several magic traps for creating chaos, all of which were electric, which could make the people near the trap, whether it was the enemy or others, be electrified, and produce a period of paralysis, and at this time it was the time for long-range attacks, Kong Ming did not let them arrange lethal traps because there were Chu people among those people, and in order to avoid accidental injury, only these auxiliary traps were the best choice. In the scene, except for some smoke left by the battle, no one remained, and those who were rescued, except for the twenty or so who were willing to stay, the others let Kong Ming arrange on the other side of the mountain, so that the enemy would not find out about their attempts.

"Commander, why do we two great sword masters entangle one of them? we can defeat them as long as we are one-on-one. Xu Zhisheng said.

"Hehe, if we just want to kill some of them, this is indeed possible, but we will also inevitably pay a big price, such as killing one or two great swordsmen and annihilating them, but in this case, we will suffer a big loss because of greed, you know, these people are our brothers, and those Harvey people no matter how many we kill, their great swordsmen can still be sent over in a steady stream, so that we have not defeated them, we have no strength, so no matter when, we must use the minimum cost to achieve the greatest victory。 If we just entangle them, the few people we have vacated can kill their subordinates as quickly as possible, and those of their subordinates can't get out because their leaders can't get out of our entanglement, so they don't dare to retreat immediately, so we can kill them under absolute superiority, and those two great swordsmen are entangled by us, seeing that their subordinates are like this, they can't go, they can't go, as long as they are in this situation, we can completely annihilate them, otherwise, a great swordsman wants to break through independently, even if we kill him, we have to pay a big price, and the little loss that can be reduced at this stage will be reduced a little loss。 Troop economy is an important principle in the use of troops. And to let a great archer and a magister deal with a mage is to prevent that mage from playing, and let our low-level swordsmen fall into unnecessary casualties. Every soldier we have now is precious, and we can't afford to suffer casualties. ”