After a night of discussion, everyone reached a consensus, that is, they decided to set up a mercenary group, which is a very common practice in the entire Huatian Continent, because these mercenaries are needed in various places to explore, open up wasteland, protect and even war, which can be said to connect all aspects of life in the Huatian Continent. The name of the mercenary group is called "Snow Wolf", which actually contains two meanings, one is that this is a very powerful magical beast, this kind of name is very common, and the mercenary group called Snow Wolf on the entire continent is not one thousand but eight hundred, so that it is easy to recognize, and it will not let the enemy have more and earlier attention, and break it at the time of birth; Kong Ming became the head of this mercenary group under the recommendation of everyone, Liu Mingxin was the deputy leader, and the others were team members. Kong Ming knows that the members of this team are just playing together temporarily, and they are not too familiar with each other, and they don't know much about each other, and in the future, they are brothers who depend on each other for life and death, if they are not familiar with kuài, it will be very unfavorable for the future, but the reality does not allow them to have too much time to solve each other, which can only be solved in the future battles and lives, although these may be at the cost of blood. After Liu Mingxin saw this situation, he asked everyone to introduce themselves.

Kong Ming: The Great Swordsman of the Fire Department, a native of the Huayuan Empire, a former Kali soldier, studied in the Military Department of Huayuan Comprehensive University, the captain of the third team of the first brigade of the swordsman battalion of the Chu State, the captain of the three major teams of the swordsman battalion, the intelligence staff officer of the legion, and the commander of the third division of the cavalry army.

Liu Mingxin: The Great Sword Division of the Wind Department, the commander of the Second Regiment of the 11th Infantry Division of the Chu State, has been in the division, from a soldier, squad leader, squad leader, captain, captain to regiment commander, it can be said that he is a native of the elite soldier.

Xu Zhisheng: After graduating from the swordsman school, he has been wandering around the Chu State, and after becoming a great swordsman, he served as the captain of the guard under an earl.

Zhan Lian, a senior swordsman of the fire department, the leader of the second team of the third division of the cavalry army, and a standard cavalryman.

Zhang Zhongjing: Senior Sword Master of the Water Department, Staff Officer of the Third Division of the Cavalry Army. Graduated from the Military Academy of Chu State.

Pan Li: Senior swordsman of the wind system, deputy commander of the first battalion of the third cavalry regiment.

Shi Zhongqiang: A senior swordsman of the wind system and a captain of the Guard.

Liang Hua: A high-ranking assassin in the dark lineage, a captain of the Guards.

In the afternoon of the next day, Kong Ming and the others had basically recovered their bodies after a night's rest, and although their fighting spirit had not completely recovered, they had also recovered seven or eight layers, so that they could already fight, and now was very time, and there was not much time for everyone to rest, so they started their pre-planning, otherwise they would have missed this excellent opportunity. The group returned to the hill next to the town and went their separate ways. Liu Mingxin took Liang Hua and went to the town to find the old man, and then communicated with the magic of Guò Town and began to spread rumors. Kong Ming took Zhang Zhongjing and Pan Li to find someone to find out the news, and Xu Zhisheng took the other two to the town to collect some fighting supplies. Walking to the gate of the town, Kong Ming saw three large characters written in Chinese on the city gate, "Liantang Town" ,Only then did I know that this is the name of this town.,There are a few samurai in standard clothes in front of the town guarding there.,It's just a level.,It's only a little stronger than those who haven't cultivated.,Think about this messenger is a kind of unpopularity in them.,There is no so-called entrance fee here.,And I didn't search for anyone.,This makes Kong Ming very strange.,Because yesterday's events will definitely make the mayor here react.,And now this situation is not a normal situation.,In other words, there are some abnormalities.,Abnormality is unreasonable.,And unreasonable must need a reasonable explanation. 。

Kong Ming took the two of them into the town where something big happened without surprise or joy, but there was no reaction, this is a typical town of Chu State, there are buildings on both sides of the road into the city, there are also bungalows, always the same, the street is also deserted, few people walk around, and even the people who come and go are hurrying by with their heads down, and there is no reason for others, and the road may be because of the snow, wet and muddy, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

The three of them walked into a tavern, the inside and the outside formed a great contrast, the inside was very lively, there were a lot of people in the wide hall, most of them were people from the town, they were very familiar with each other, the smell of wine was flying all over the sky, and on the high platform in the center of the hall were two young women dressed in open clothes dancing a typical Chu dance, and on the side of the high platform was a woman playing the piano, the scene was quite hot. Kong Ming and the three of them found a corner, sat down, asked for a snack casually, watched the dance, and listened to the people in the tavern discussing all kinds of things.

"Commander, something is wrong!" After listening for a while, Pan Li said, "Our people haven't had time to release those things yet, you hear that the people here are talking about what we want to do." ”

Kong Ming also heard it, but he didn't say it, he was just thinking. In the hall now, people are not only discussing the news of the rescue of those people yesterday, but also the news coming from all over the country, and it is obvious that some of these news are exactly what Kong Ming wants, and others are what Kong Ming wants to release. What I want to release is the rumor that everyone discussed last night, and what I want is the current affairs of the recent period, and the two are mixed in.

"Little sister!" Kong Ming is no stranger to this kind of place.

"What do you need, sir?" asked a waiter.

"Give me some newspapers for the month, one a day. ”

"Please wait. The waiter replied with a smile. Although this waiter looks a little younger, he still has a vision, although the three of them are dressed as civilians, but there is no way to hide some things in their bones, such as murderous energy. But maybe it's because in their opinion, Kong Ming and the others are the heroes of the Chu State, not the scum, and now this situation is just an ordinary hero in distress. In a few moments, a large pile of newspapers was placed in the empty seat next to the three of them. There are all kinds of newspapers here, and from here, Kong Ming also learned about all kinds of news that have happened in Chu and neighboring countries in the past month.

Due to the intervention of the Huayuan Empire, the 300,000 troops of Harvey were pinned down in the east of the Chu State, and they were opposite the 300,000 troops of Huayuan, so on both sides of the Harvey Empire, they could only rely on the army of the Yan State and the Chu army that surrendered to the Harvey Empire to deal with, and their main army was helpless. And at this time, the Huayuan Empire adopted a very active strategy, that is, to hold the troops, but as long as the Harvey people moved, then they would press on the whole line, not allowing the Harvey people to have a chance, in this case, Harvey was in a dilemma on the frontal battlefield, if not enough Kuài defeated the Chu army on both sides, then when the Chu army regrouped, it was when they were defeated, and at this time, those original strategies could no longer be used, just like the extremely threatening thing such as a traitor, it was generally useless, because now most of them have been exposed to the eyes of the whole worldAnd now those who surrendered also have a lot of regrets, because they found that this qiē is different from what they originally thought, they did not get greater benefits after the entry of the Harveys, but they will be more threatened, compared to the two powers, these people are not loyal people, in this general environment, they have to secretly play a two-faced job, and they have to be discriminated against by both sides, plus the officers and soldiers in their hands and the civilians outside, I don't know how much cold words they have to endure. And now in this situation, those who were originally rejected by the upper echelons of the Chu State and let go away suddenly saw the opportunity, especially those who had the power and soldiers in their hands. At this time, smart people continue to emerge, rumors are really flying all over the sky, and there is no need to bother planning anything, after all, no one is stupid, and the world does not revolve around just one person, but whoever sees farther and plans more deeply, who will be the one who walks in front, all ambitious or ambitious people are more or less in different ways to achieve their goals, an old saying is "Qin loses its deer, and the heroes chase it." However, even so, no one dares to say that it is the one who will win in the end, and the chances in it are too great, and this is what is usually called the creation of heroes in the world. In this case, all rumors are not just words, because rumors start from the truth of the facts, and they are constantly distorting the truth, and after N times, the truth is hidden in thousands of rumors. And rumors are not just a little more psychological burden on people, this kind of orientation can make it more chaotic when people are confused, and it can also calm people down when they are turbulent, as long as someone needs this, then these rumors can be guided, but the premise is that you have to have enough rumors to rotate, and at this time, even the original rumor makers will not know the truth of the matter, because time is moving forward, and things are bound to move forward.

Kong Ming kept listening to the people in the bar talking about the current situation, as if they were always in control of the big picture. Kong Ming also gradually heard the four main versions of "truth" today. First, Xiang Tiancheng, the Grand Duke of Chu, was killed by the Harveys, and all the generals of the Chu State surrendered, except for a small number of scattered soldiers scattered throughout the Chu State, all other places had been occupied by the Harvey, and they worked together with the Harveys to fight against the Huayuan army. This is the version propagandized by the Harvey. Second, Xiang Tiancheng, the Grand Duke of Chu, was in the army of Huayuan, and led the Chu State there to continue to fight against the Harvey people, and will fight to the last person of the Chu army, so the Huayuan Empire is a friend of the Chu State, and the armies of all parts of the Chu State should work together with the Huayuan Empire to deal with the Harvey people, drive the Harvey people away from the Chu State, and restore the order of the Chu State. This is the version of the propaganda of the Huayuan Empire. Third, Xiang Tiancheng is the sinner of the defeat of the Chu State, and should be mainly responsible for the defeat of the Chu State, and as the armies of all places should unite to drive out the Harvey and Huayuan people, and restore the original order of the Chu State, and as for who becomes the new Grand Duke, only the person who has the greatest credit in this war, this is the version of the ambitious person. Fourth, there is no longer a Chu State, and it will either belong to the Harvey Empire or the Huayuan Empire in the future, so there is no need to fight with them for anything, because there is no difference between becoming a Harvey and Huayuan, it is just a change of skin. This is the version of those who want to get out of this war. There are many versions in addition to these four versions, but they are still dominated by these four versions.

Kong Ming shook his head, whether Xiang Tiancheng is dead or alive, he will no longer become the Grand Duke of Chu, of course, this is the opinion of most people, unless there is the full support of the Huayuan Empire, otherwise this life is hopeless. Kong Ming is just a classmate of Huayuan University for Xiang Tiancheng, one of the many classmates, he doesn't have much hope for Kong Ming to help him, there is not much expectation, in his opinion, Kong Ming to help him is just to seek a background, more Kong Ming is not more, less than one is not less, so after Kong Ming comes, he wants to go to the front line, he is in favor of both hands, without the slightest hesitation, and after Kong Ming has made some achievements, he selectively forgets, in his opinion, the people around him will give him more help, not Kong Ming, this kind of Huayuan people。 There has long been an awareness of these Kong Ming, after Kong Ming's last persuasion to no avail, Kong Ming is even more so, and at this time, Xiang Tian became a way to get rid of Kong Ming and did not let Kong Ming leave Chu with him, this is the practice of killing Kong Ming, which makes Kong Ming's heart cold, and makes Kong Ming completely dead to it, and also makes Kong Ming have a deeper consciousness and a layer of ideas about life. What qualifications does a person who can directly give up the army on which he depends for his survival have the qualifications to lead them to fight? What qualifications does a person who only cares about himself have to let others sacrifice for him? Now Kong Ming finally knows why the Chu State is so scheming, and who would really do things for him if he is such a mean grand duke? Now that I think about it, when I was in Huayuan, the other party was just deliberately trying to show his so-called "corporal Lixian" That's it, and the reason why Kong Ming didn't see through him was just because he had a short time with him, he didn't have an in-depth understanding, and he only looked at the surface and didn't know what was inside, so it was not unreasonable to be fooled. "It is difficult to draw the skin and bones of a tiger, and you don't know the face but not the heart. "That's how it looks. However, Kong Ming thought about it in a blink of an eye, he didn't come here to participate in this war for the so-called friendship, nor for the so-called ridiculous reason of the death of the so-called scholar, but just for a promise of his own words, for a kind of sublimation of his own practical knowledge, and of course to escape the rights and wrongs of the imperial capital. After taking a sip of wine, the reality is still cruel, although now Kong Ming can get out at any time, but he doesn't want to do it, because in such a chaotic situation, there are opportunities that ordinary people can hardly imagine, one may be power, or strength, maybe enlightenment, maybe something else, the key is to see what you need, not what it can give you. Shaking his head, Kong Ming thought, what a lot of thoughts, now that it's like this, it has far exceeded the idea that the eight of them came up with, there are still many smart people in the world!

However, from these rumors, Kong Ming still clarified the truth of several things. The first one, that is, Xiang Tiancheng is still alive, and it should be in the Huayuan Imperial Army, and now in the land of Chu State, there is only that place where he can live safely, once his use value disappears, then it is also a very dangerous place there. Second, the Harvey people are fighting head-on with the Huayuan Empire, although there are no rumors of war between the two countries, but there is no doubt that the Harvey people cannot divide their troops now, because although the division of troops can occupy more territory, but once the division of troops is eventual, it may eventually lose all the territory, whether it is Chu or Yan. In that case, it's really a chicken and egg fight. Thirdly, now that there are no Harveys everywhere, they are starting to get out of control, and many warlords are starting to move, because only now can they have a place in the future division by mastering more territory. Kong Ming is constantly thinking about the future situation, and constantly peeling off the cocoon from those newspapers, finding out that trace of the truth, and using it, this is the consequence of no intelligence, this is the biggest flaw of Kong Ming's snow wolf mercenary group.

In the continuous reading and thinking, Kong Ming came to a surprising conclusion, that is, the Harvey people do not have the strength to take care of those who press the prisoners of war at this stage, that is to say, after a big escape incident, the Harvey people's manpower is even more tight, unless there is an army from Harvey, otherwise, the Harvey people will not have the spare strength to catch more prisoners of war or civilians, this is an opportunity, an opportunity for Kong Ming and others to get some soldiers, if they seize this opportunity, Kong Ming thinks, they can form a team of two hundred to three hundred people, and such a team is small, but they can be used as a seed on the land of Chu State, sprout and grow, and they have to make up their minds from prisoners of war.

"Head, they're back. Pan Li said. This voice woke Kong Ming up from his thoughts, he raised his head, and saw the other five people walking towards them together, several people sat down at Kong Ming's table, Liu Mingxin lowered his voice, but his eyes looked outside, "Kong Ming, we haven't started to act yet, and now the rumors in the town are already flying all over the sky, it's really evil, is there anyone who has the same purpose as us?"

"Hehe, there are a lot of such people, go, let's go now. Kong Ming stood up as he spoke, placing a gold coin on the table, and several people left the tavern directly.

"Where are we going now?" Xu Zhisheng asked. This is also everyone's doubt.

"Do the right thing for heaven. Haha!" Kong Ming's heart dissipated in one breath, since he was captured, there has been an unknown thing stuck in his heart, difficult to remove, perhaps because of the impermanence of life, his own life is in the hands of others It is difficult to live by himself, so he can only live in a low-key manner, and this kind of behavior is a very luxurious behavior for that time.