Chapter 12: After the Battle

Kong Ming slowly woke up from the tragic image of the battlefield, held the sword with both hands, propped it down, stood up with difficulty, and looked around, those who were alive were slowly moving in one direction, there was a person standing up a tattered military flag about two meters high, it was the military flag of the swordsman battalion, and an officer standing under the flag was shouting something loudly, but Kong Ming didn't hear clearly, his current state was indeed extremely poor, he didn't have a little strength up and down, his muscles seemed to be torn, and his strength had been completely hollowed out or even overdrawn in the battle, and his whole body was constantly trembling, I don't know if it's because of this reason or because of fear, but these don't matter anymore, at least he survived this battle, whether it was a victory for the army or not, living was his personal victory, because he survived the battle, not because he lived because of evasion. Although Kong Ming didn't hear what the officer was calling clearly, but looking at the way the people walked that way, it seemed that they were gathering troops, Kong Ming staggered there, I don't know how long it took, Kong Ming walked to the flag, a large number of people had gathered here, and they were all divided into several parts, swordsman battalion, shield sword battalion, bow and arrow battalion, The spear battalion was separated, among these people, including Kong Ming, most of them were injured, the lighter ones were only scratched on their arms, the heavy ones were carried over, their legs had been cut off, and they had fainted, and there were those supported by spears, and there were those who were supported by swords like Kong Ming, and so on, but most of the people were sitting on the ground in the same way, and the corpses on the ground had not been cleaned up, the blood was still not dry, and weapons and flags were thrown everywhere. After gathering for a long time, Kong Ming's strength gradually recovered a little, in a large group of people, the fear in his heart was also put down, the pain of the wound finally made Kong Ming feel it at this time, Kong Ming suffered several injuries, two on his hands, one on his thigh, and I don't know what weapon to smash his head, fortunately there is a helmet, otherwise Kong Ming would not have survived until now, but his head is still a little dizzy, and Kong Ming, who has returned to his senses, looked around, are there any people in the class, the people in the swordsman battalion are not many people compared to the previous crowds, but there are thousands of people, Kong Ming staggered to his feet, and worked hard to find familiar people in the crowd, Walk a few steps and shout a name, after walking for more than ten minutes, Kong Ming finally found a few people he was familiar with in the crowd, they were all together, the old headhunter, Kasia, **, and the black wolf, and ten people who were on the same team, including Kong Ming, there were only fifteen people left in a swordsman team, Kong Ming sat next to the old headhunter, and finally settled down in his heart. After Kong Ming sat down, he took a look, the old headhunter had his left forearm cut off, and the place where his hand was broken was wrapped in layers of cloth of a flag, and the blood was still oozing out, and the blood stained a large area in front of him, his face was pale, his teeth were clenched very tightly, and he trembled from time to time, obviously very painful, his head was gray and he didn't know where to throw it, and his black and white hair was even more fragile. Seeing Kong Ming coming over, he squeezed out a smile from his pale face, but there was clearly a tear in his eyes. Kong Ming didn't say anything, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only pat the old hunter's back lightly and put his hand down. Kasia looked at Kong Ming, as if out of breath, and said, "You're here." ”

"Hmm. Kong Ming replied, looking at Kasia, unlike others, Kasia did not have any major wounds on his body, it was like going out of a long way, but his clothes were a little torn, seeing Kong Ming's puzzled look, Kasia did not explain too much, just said, "I'll tell you later, rest first, and take a breath of air that only a living person can breathe." Kong Ming didn't ask after hearing this, just took a deep breath, and then looked around, the other people, none of them were good, all of them were wounded, the black wolf and a soldier were back to back, his injuries were a little lighter, probably because of his high ability, he was only cut by a sword on his arm, wrapped with a strip of cloth torn from his clothes, his face was heavy, looking at Kong Ming, he didn't say anything, and continued to look at the distance of the battlefield godlessly, ** His thigh was hit, and his armor was deformed in several places, and when he saw Kong Ming looking over, he just said lightly, "Thank you." "Don't say any more. Kong Ming also stopped talking, no matter what he said at this time, it was not suitable, only by listening to his heartbeat, he knew that he was alive, and that was enough. I don't know how long it took, Kong Ming suddenly felt a soft light from the sky on Kong Ming's body, Kong Ming's wound slowly healed, and the pain slowly moved away from Kong Ming, this is the magic of the light system, Kong Ming felt the fluctuation of the light magic elements in the air, raised his head, and saw a large piece of light in the sky floating down more than ten meters above their heads, and the chorus of spells came from the direction of the military flag, Kong Ming looked over, and saw more than a dozen high-level magicians of the light system releasing magic, which was a kind of healing magic, and within the scope of magic coverage, the wounds of the soldiers were healingSeeing this situation, everyone slowly leaned towards the place where the magic was sprinkled, most of the people close to the military flag were seriously ill, and most of the injuries on the outside were slightly lighter, and after more than ten minutes like this, the magic stopped, and after waiting for a while, there was no more healing magic, it may be that the magic power of those magicians has been exhausted, and most of the people have been treated, only some of the people who are close to the outside have not had time to lean over, so they have not been treated. Those who did not have pear to be cured kept shouting in the hope that the noble magicians would perform their magic again, but apparently that was unlikely, this large-scale magic had exhausted all their magic power, and the officer said that they should go back to the camp and stay in the treatment center first, and once the magicians had recovered their magic power, they would be treated, while the others returned to their original tents in battalions and waited for the units to be divided again, while the original officers of each battalion were temporarily in charge of the army. As soon as he had finished speaking, the army began to move, supporting each other and moving towards the camp.

After listening to the man's words, Kong Ming looked at the old headhunter, the old headhunter's complexion was obviously much better, and then Kong Ming looked at the black wolf, the black wolf was the head of their team, the black wolf stood up with difficulty, after all, the magic can only restore the injury, but not the body, and said in a low voice: "All stand up, the lightly injured one lifts the heavy one, you three, lift him up, you two support him, Kasia, Kong Ming, you two help the old headhunter, and the others follow." Let's go-". So everyone slowly walked towards the barracks three miles away, and this road, which usually takes a few minutes to complete, forced them to walk for more than an hour.

Back to the empty tent, Kong Ming took off the armor on his body, put the sword he snatched in his hand and wiped it quietly, and when he got to the armor, he fell asleep directly as soon as he fell, he was so tired that he had no nightmares, no disturbances, and slept directly into the night. When he woke up, Kong Ming saw that it was already dark, put on the cold armor, put the sword on his back, Kong Ming felt a burst of relief all over his body, walked out of the tent quickly, and came to a pile of fire, eight or nine people had gathered by the fire, the black wolf, the old headhunter, **, Kasia, they were all there, there was a shelf above the fire, a large piece of horse meat was roasted on the shelf, the fragrance of the barbecue made Kong Ming's stomach call straight, and there were several wine jars next to the fire, and the aroma of wine in it floated out, and Kong Ming sat down on the ** In the middle of Kasia, seeing Kong Ming's arrival, everyone nodded their heads, ** beat a bowl of wine with a bowl and handed it to Kong Ming, "Come, drink a bowl." ”

"Didn't you say that alcohol was forbidden in the barracks?" asked Kong Ming, puzzled.

"The order from above has been handed down, the enemy has retreated more than a hundred miles, with heavy casualties, and now the cavalry is in pursuit, there is nothing for us to do, let us repair. You can drink it tonight. The black wolf solved Kong Ming's doubts.

"Drink. The old headhunter also said from the side.

Seeing this, Kong Ming took the bowl and drank it in one gulp, but it all spewed out again, spraying in the fire, like a fireball exploding, the fragrance of wine was everywhere, and everyone laughed out loud after seeing it. Kong Ming looked very embarrassed, and when he first drank it, he felt that there was a pungent taste that irritated his entire throat, which was very uncomfortable. Kasia smiled, "That's not how you drink wine, it's the first time you drink alcohol?" Kong Ming nodded,

"Drink slowly, that's what you do. ”

**Poured another bowl for Kong Ming, this time Kong Ming slowly took a small sip and found that the wine had a little fragrance.

"How's it going?" ** asked.

"Well, it's okay. ”

"Come and eat a piece of meat. Kasia pulled out a dagger from his boots, cut a piece of horse meat from the shelf, and handed it to Kong Ming, who put aside the wine in his hand, took it with one hand, grabbed it with both hands, and ate it in a big gulp, he hadn't eaten for a day, it really made him hungry, his action made some other people stunned, and Kasia asked calmly: "Kong Ming, your body is of fire attribute?" In the Huatian Continent, all people's bodies have certain magical attributes, but some people have higher mental power, which is more suitable for being a magician, while others are not suitable for being a magician. "Well, it's fire-attributed. Kong Ming replied calmly. In fact, Kasia knew that Kong Ming used to be a magician, but he didn't know what kind of magician it was, and he also knew the ability of the old mage, so it was impossible to teach any high-level magicians, so he never said that Kong Ming was a magician. After getting Kong Ming's confirmation, Kasia took out a few books from his arms, chose one of them and threw them to Kong Ming, "This is a little bit of my trophy, this is "Fire Dragon Fighting Qi". I took a brief look, it is more suitable for people with fire attributes like you to cultivate, and the fighting qi recorded in this book can allow you to cultivate all the way to the sword god. The people next to him laughed heartily when they heard it, everyone knows that there are many Douqi books on the mainland, these books record a variety of Douqi cultivation methods, there are many Douqi books that can be purchased in the store, the price depends on the situation, but having books is one thing, but cultivation is another. It is impossible to have a so-called top-level cheats, you are a top-level master, and it can only be said that you can take a little advantage of others in cultivation in a certain way. But if you can find a suitable cultivation book, you can make people's cultivation twice as effective with half the effort, such as warrior fighting qi, it is not suitable for most people to cultivate, because of its limitations, but because it can make most people become junior swordsmen in a short period of time, and it is regardless of attributes, so it is very suitable for the needs of the army. Therefore, cultivation still mainly depends on personal efforts, so everyone laughed out loud when they heard Kasia say this. Kong Ming didn't read the book, he gulped down the horse meat in his hand, and after chewing it, he took another sip of wine, and just like that, until he was full, he wiped his hands back and forth on the turf, and then picked up the book and looked at it, this is indeed a fighting spirit suitable for Kong Ming's cultivation. "From now on, you don't want to cultivate that warrior fighting qi anymore, change to this fire dragon fighting qi. The black wolf said. "Uh, why?" asked Kuming curiously.

"Because if you refine the warrior fighting qi again, it will be difficult for you to reach the level of a high-level swordsman in the future. ”

"How so?"

"I can't say the specifics, but I heard that the warrior's fighting spirit is a way to improve his cultivation at the cost of shortening the cultivation time in the early stage and not being able to cultivate in the later stage, this kind of fighting spirit will not have any impact on people before the third level of a warrior, but once it reaches the third level, it will be difficult to progress, and it will be difficult to advance after the fourth level. Of course, before the fourth level, compared to other Dou Qi, its cultivation speed was very fast, and after the fourth level, it was very difficult to refine other Dou Qi. But that's what the army needs. You're only level two now, and it's okay to transfer to the Fire Dragon Fighting Qi, but it's going to be difficult if it's a little later. The black wolf said slowly.

"That's true. The old headhunter also said.

Kong Ming nodded, "Then I'll start cultivating this Fire Dragon Dou Qi from tomorrow." ”

"I remember that this fire dragon fighting spirit was very famous three hundred years ago. The black wolf said suddenly.

"Oh, what's the reason?" said Kasia, a martial idiot, who wanted to ask but didn't ask.

"Three hundred years ago, there was a very famous sword god on the mainland, his famous fighting spirit is the fire dragon fighting spirit, after his cultivation was successful, he recruited a wide range of disciples, and passed on the books of this fighting spirit, but since then, although many people practice this fighting spirit, and there are several sword saints, and there are many great sword masters, but there has never been a sword god again, and I don't know what the reason is? It's just that I don't know where he's gone now? It's just that now few people on the mainland say that the fire dragon fights the spirit, and people call it the fire god fighting spirit, which makes many people forget its original name. Black Wolf explained. "Kasia, where did you get that?"

"I got it from an enemy officer, and I thought his armor was better at the time, so I took it from the body, and I found it. ”

"Alas, there are so many people dead this time!" said the old headhunter, something that no one had ever wanted to mention.

"We are the only ones left in one class, and Kong Ming is the only one, if it weren't for Kong Ming, I might not be able to sit here now, come to Kong Ming to drink a bowl, thank you. ** sighed.

Kong Ming lifted the bowl, touched the bowl with **, and drank all the wine in the bowl in one go, this time he didn't squirt it out again, but drank it all into his stomach.

"Woo!!Woo!! in order to save me, he used his sword to help me block the enemy's sword, who knew that a person suddenly came out from the side, and he was killed with a sword. A man beside the fire said, and he took a sip of his wine.

"This group of birdmen is really ruthless, a shot stabbed, directly knocked my armor down and cut it under my flank, hum, Lao Tzu split him into two pieces with a sword, if you want Lao Tzu's life, you have to exchange your life. Another said.

"These birdmen are really ruthless, when they saw the officers and masters, they hugged a few people together, fortunately Lao Tzu's life is good, otherwise I would be buried in the pit outside. The black wolf said fiercely.

"What if a few people come up together, it's not like I'm going to kill them one by one, hum. The battlefield is all about who is more ruthless and who is faster. Kasia was also very annoyed, and drank a bowl of wine in one gulp.

"Hmph, you have strong skills, but what about me? That is, a second-level swordsman, he grabs a lot on this battlefield, hmph, if you look down on me, you have to fill it with your life, who cares how many levels he has!" Kong Ming was obviously drunk, and he no longer had the scruples he had before.

......

The people around the fire subconsciously forgot about the things on the battlefield in the drink, and used their "heroic" deeds to drive away the fear in their hearts and the sorrow for their comrades.

"I am an idler,

Chasing girls at home,

O beautiful girl,

You can tarnish the moon,

It can also make my heart drunk,

Draw my sword,

Pointing to the sky,

Let me fight,

Drive away all those who pursue you,

You're all mine alone,

Beautiful girl. ”

The people beside the fire, striking their swords with their hands, sang together a song that was popular in the land, and the song was so high that it spread far and wide in the night, and all who heard it sang along, over and over again. The soldiers chose to use alcohol to anesthetize to make them forget the battle during the day, the red blood on their bodies, the fear they once had, and the soldiers who fought together and never fought together again. No one wants to think a little more, there is wine today and drunk tomorrow.

Tonight they were ordered to trim for three days, and to put those who were not fighting on guard. It's snowing.