Chapter 44: The Unexpected
"Am I that annoying?" Kong Ming said depressedly, he knew that as soon as his actions came out, those nobles would definitely be very annoyed with him, but he didn't expect to use the adjective devil, and he didn't know if it was due to the poor words of these nobles, or if he really annoyed those nobles very much.
"No, it's just annoying the nobles, and your prestige among the commoners is still relatively high. Ye Wen said with a smile.
"This, forget it, whether it's annoying or liking, it's not a good thing. "Obviously, Kong Ming is not too used to this kind of thing.
"That's something that a lot of people can't do. Yi Yiyi on the side also smiled, looking at the woman in military uniform, Ye Wen, an elf who was used to seeing beautiful women, couldn't help but be stunned, he looked at Kong Ming, but saw that Kong Ming had no reaction to this, thinking that Kong Ming was used to this situation. But what surprised him was that Kong Ming was not used to seeing it, but directly and ignored it.
"What else is the reaction from the imperial capital?" Finally, there is a guy from the imperial capital, Kong Ming does not want to give up this opportunity to inquire about the situation, after all, Kong Ming knows that this kind of arrogant guy is generally associated with the upper echelons of the imperial capital, and he knows a lot more inside information. But apparently, this guy had only heard some news from before, and he didn't know anything about why Kong Ming appeared here with the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, so he didn't ask anything. In the end, Kong Ming had no choice but to arrange it by his side, as a guard, Ye Wenzhi had no reaction to this.
The atmosphere in the square did not cool down because of the death of those nobles, at this moment, maybe it was because Li Shuiqing's mind suddenly opened, or maybe it was really a divine possession, in short, what happened after that also made Kong Ming dumbfounded.
"Brothers and sisters, young and old. I'm Li Shuiqing, I'm Li Shuiqing! It's the Li Shuiqing who died in his family here three years ago, in the past three years, I've been on the run, evading the pursuit of these nobles like the city lord, but I've fallen into the pursuit of other nobles, this kind of unreasonable pursuit is not because of this worthless waste paper for these guys who died here, and the bounty on it is only ten gold coins, and these make those boring nobles and lords happy, why? Because of ten gold coins? Could it be that a wealthy nobleman is still short of these ten gold coins? I knew the real reason, and when I knew the reason I was completely angry. I was not angry when my family left me, because I knew that I had to keep a calm heart to take revenge, and I was not angry when I was being hunted for endlessly. Because I knew that I could only get revenge if I lived, but when I knew why, I was completely angry. For those of us who fled the aristocracy were little games to pass the time when they were bored. I'm just a rabbit in the eyes of people. I'm no match for a rabbit. I'm cāo. Li Shuiqing's sentence made all people have a consensus, you must know that these people themselves are not very educated, if they use any civilized language, they may not understand, but if they use Chinese, they will talk eloquently, this is the market, this is the common people. They are not those boring guys who spend their days sad and sad, nor are they those who stare at money all day long, they are just people who can survive and get by.
"This temporary city lord of yours doesn't seem to be very educated!" Ye Wen said on the side. For an elven race, sometimes even if they die, they can be graceful. Such vulgar words should be despised in their eyes.
"Ahem, oh, we just need the city lord, not culture. Kong Ming said embarrassedly. Kong Ming's answer made Ye Wen really speechless, his relationship has always been the top of the empire, not a guy like Kong Ming who climbed up from the bottom of life, two different experiences also made them have different views on this kind of thing, but now it is obvious that Kong Ming's answer made him have a lot of dissatisfaction, but in order to stay by this guy's side, he can only be silent, and Kong Ming saw that he didn't answer, thinking that he also acquiesced, and there were no more words.
"Later, I was fortunate enough to join the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and I was fortunate to hear our division commander Deng Si say such a sentence, today I will use it to tell you, he said so, Wang Hou will Xiangning have a kind!" Li Shuiqing's last sentence was almost shouted, so that everyone could hear it clearly.
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
"Wang Hou will have a kind of Xiangning!"
The whole square was boiling, and the sound kept coming out, so that those who didn't come heard it, and they walked out of the room one after another, looking in the direction of the square, and for a while this sentence spread throughout the city, and at this time Li Shuiqing was the one who shouted the most, and even his voice was hoarse.
"It seems that there are still literate people among you!" Ye Wen exclaimed.
"I don't remember Duns saying anything like that!" said Yiyi.
"I can't remember his original words, which bastard is it, who actually changed it so well?" Kong Ming was also a little depressed, I really hope this sentence was said by himself, but now I can't rob other people's words.
Even Duns, who was defending outside the town, felt strange when he heard this sentence, it sounded a little familiar, and there was some imagination of a certain sentence he had said before. So in the midst of this ignorance, this sentence quickly became a sentence of Harvey's war in the northeast, and it was the famous slogan: "The king will be a kind of Xiangning!"
Under the influence of this fanatical atmosphere, many young people asked to join the mercenary army, which made Li Shuiqing directly dumbfounded.
"What should I do, Commander!" After seeing this situation, Che Yu asked Kong Ming directly, you must know that the original mercenary army is a magic cavalry, and rapid mobility is its most important feature, once these new armies without cavalry are added, then the entire combat effectiveness will directly drop several times. But if these demands are refused, then it will greatly affect the morale of these people and will not be conducive to future battles. After thinking about it for a while, Kong Ming said: "Recruit directly according to the standards of our mercenary army, and form a defense army of this city, this defense army is not only responsible for the defense of the city, but also responsible for the security of the entire small city, after our army is gone, it is still responsible for resisting the occupation of the Harvey army, of course." We don't need them to fight the Harvey, they need to hide when the Harvey army comes, and after the Harvey army withdraws, it is enough to harass the city defense troops left behind by them, and their main task is not to eliminate the Harvey army. It's about not letting the Harvey army safely occupy every such town. I believe that once there are more cities like this, there will be more cities. Then they can not only be our eyes and ears in this area. It may also give us the strongest support, for example, our wounded soldiers can be arranged for them. And our mercenary army is on their periphery to destroy the Harvey. ”
Kong Ming didn't know how much trouble his simple idea had caused to the Harvey Empire after it was implemented. There are so many contingencies in war, as a commander can only complete a battle or even a war according to the way he has been exposed, but once something is used, it will be like a mysterious chest. No one knows if it's a good thing or a bad thing when it opens, and the things in it are unpredictable for both parties, because a lot of the time they're brand new. This kind of thing often changes the complete situation of the war, especially when Kong Ming opens the hearts of the people, and its release gives those civilians and slaves under the rule of the Harvey Empire to participate in the changes of this era in a new way, which catches the entire Harvey Empire by surprise, and it will all fall to the foundation of the Harvey Empire is greatly affected.
Kong Ming's order was quickly implemented, the town of 100,000 people was just to recruit 5,000 soldiers, and these 5,000 soldiers Kong Ming deliberately divided Li Shuiqing's team and asked them to lead this army, and Kong Ming specially instructed Li Shuiqing that the battle here is not to destroy many enemies, but to survive, because for the huge army of the Harvey Empire, 5,000 people are not enough strength for a breath. So there is only survival. And the lack of this team of the mercenary army and draw enough people from among the five thousand people to make up for it, and re-establish a team, this is a very simple thing for the mercenary army, just break these people up and divide them into various teams, and then draw people from each team to form a new team. So the first local detachment of the mercenary army was built in this way, and Kong Ming named it the Wolf Tooth Detachment of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and the affairs of this detachment were decided by Li Shuiqing, of course, this was completed under the leadership of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army.
"Li Shuiqing, after we leave, you must be prepared to deal with the necessity of showing the shape of the show, try your best to save yourself, and give the Harvey army a blow at the appropriate time, but you are not seeking to be big, nor are you asking for speed, take your time, you can't be in a hurry. You know, right?"
Kong Ming pulled Li Shuiqing aside, looking at Kong Ming's appearance, Li Shuiqing was also very excited, you must know that this is the first time he has independently led a mercenary army, and it is a mercenary army of 5,000 people, and for this mercenary army Kong Ming also left a mercenary from the Huayuan Empire Lu Tianting as the deputy detachment leader, and Kong Ming learned from Yi Yiyi that this person is actually a graduate of the Military Department of Huayuan Comprehensive University, and he is Kong Ming's senior brother type of person.
"Don't worry, Commander, I will definitely take this mercenary with you. Li Shuiqing said.
"Lu Tianting, you have to build more for Li Shuiqing, and Li Shuiqing wants to listen to Lu Tianting's methods, only the two of you can work together to do this well, if things can't be done, remember to bring this team back to the place of chaos." Kong Ming still said one more word.
Two days later, Harvey, the city of Wen.
Wencheng is a city on the axis of the march of the Harvey Fifth Legion, and it is also the only way for the Harvey Empire to lead to the land of chaos, and it is also a supply base for Harvey's attacks on the land of chaos over the years. Wencheng is fifty meters high, the magic array is sound, and the city defense army is usually 50,000 people, and the Harvey army defending it now does not know how many people, you must know that it is a time of war. And these situations are not much to be recognized for an army like the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, only judging from the common sense in the past, from a military point of view, it is undoubtedly a gamble to fight a battle in a situation where the enemy's strength is not clear, and once this gamble is lost, the consequences are unbearable for Kong Ming and others. This kind of battle is something that Kong Ming is unwilling to fight, because of ignorance, it is easier to be damaged, but Kong Ming still brought the mercenary army here today.
"What's wrong?" asked Yiyi. Kong Ming looked at Wencheng here for a long time. There was not a single movement, and the others were already a little annoyed waiting for his orders.
"It's nothing, it's just that I don't know what's going on in the city, so some of them don't want to fight. Kong Ming said lightly.
"So what should we do now?" Yi Yiyi was also strange, since Kong Ming said so. What are you waiting for?
"Waiting for information on the city. As a last resort, I won't attack even a small target that I don't know anything about. Kong Ming said.
An hour passed. Finally, from the back of the car came to the front of Kong Ming. Holding a piece of paper in his hand, he handed it to Kong Ming.
"Commander, this is the movement of Wencheng in the past few days. ”
"On December 3rd, Harvey's Fifth Regiment passed through here without stopping, December 6th. The logistics of the Fifth Army departed from here, and no troops were seen entering or leaving the city gates. On the seventh day, one qiē is normal, and on the eighth day is also one qiē normal. On the 9th, the first qiē was normal, the 10th was normal, and on the 11th, the news came that the First Army was destroyed, and all the private troops in the city began to gather, and martial law began in the city, and there was no news after that. Kong Ming muttered.
"What's wrong? No news is the best news. Yi Yiyi said on the side.
"Order, bypass the two sides of the city and march to the next city. Kong Ming said.
"Why don't we attack Wencheng?" Yi Yiyi was on the side, wondering why Kong Ming didn't attack Wencheng after seeing this news, but chose to detour and leave from both sides.
Looking at the mercenary army that detoured from both sides of the city, the city lord of Wencheng standing on the top of the city had a trace of loss, he thought that these people would rush up regardless of a single qiē, blast open the city gate with magic, and then rush in. But not a single qiē happened, which made the action they had been preparing for so long not carried out, and gave them a sense of loss.
"General, what should we do now?" the city lord asked a middle-aged man in the uniform of Harvey's regular army next to him.
"I didn't expect them to be so cautious, our plan seems to be difficult to implement, it's a pity, it would be nice if we could drag them here!" the middle-aged man sighed.
"Shall we take the initiative?" the city lord tried to say, you must know that as the lord of a big city, he is at the same level as this general, but in any case, he can't put on an equal appearance in front of this person, there is no way, it is really that this general's reputation in the Harvey Empire is too strong, and his title is higher than that of the city lord of Wencheng. He was Zhao Wu, the commander of Harvey's Seventh Legion. Now the four main battle legions of the Harvey Empire are guarding the country for the Harvey Empire in four directions, and the remaining six main battle legions are in a state of mobility, that is, they will be sent wherever they are needed, that is to say, the Harvey Empire has six field legions alone with a total of three million people, and the other city defense troops and the private armies of the nobles are not counted. One can imagine how many troops there will be in the entire Harvey Empire, and Kong Ming's 100,000 troops are just a drop of water thrown into it. And this Zhao Wu is the commander of the Seventh Legion who was sent to be in charge of the war against the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army. When he heard the news, he immediately came from the teleportation array with his guards, and if it weren't for the cost and maintenance of the teleportation array, he would have been eager to transfer all the Seventh Legions. After coming, the first thing he did was to integrate all the private army and the city defense army to get an army of 150,000, and then block all the news so that the snow wolf mercenary army would not get a little news from the city, even so, he was not sure to defeat the snow wolf mercenary army, because he knew that although the newspaper said that Kong Ming was only a hundred thousand army, but that was not counting the snow wolf mount, if it was added to the 200,000 army, as a commander, he could not make such a low-level mistake, so he planned to be like Alexander, through the terrain in the city to minimize the advantage of the snow wolf mercenary army, it's better to leave most of them here. So he waited here. But to his surprise, Kong Ming did not attack Wen Jiàn City, but went around it, what does this mean? Why did Kong Ming attack directly last time, but this time he directly went around the city, and did not stop at all and did not conduct fire reconnaissance. Looking at the disappeared mercenary army, Zhao Wu shook his head: "Go back, now that they are gone, strengthen reconnaissance, don't let them come back We don't know yet!"
Sixty kilometers away, in an open field, the mercenary army directly camped here. Everyone was busy, as usual, without a single change. Everyone slept very early today, because Kong Ming ordered to rest early, and he had to hurry tomorrow. At eight o'clock in the evening, most of the mercenary army had already slept, only the magic lamp was still on in Kongming's tent, Kongming carefully stared at the location of the city on the map, this city was stuck in the throat of the mercenary army's march into the hinterland of the Harvey Empire, which made Kongming look very dissatisfied, but there was no way, not knowing the inside story, it was a big taboo for the soldiers, even Kongming who had been fighting for many years was unwilling to touch this kind of mildew, and the car was next to him, and several staff officers around him were constantly marking on the magic map the information about the transfer of troops in the Harvey Empire collected by various empires。
"It would be nice if there was no private army, alas!" Kong Ming sighed, looking at the map, Wencheng originally only had 50,000 Harvey City defense troops, but because of the deformed half-army of the aristocratic private army, Kong Ming really didn't know about the situation inside, plus the teleportation array, this kind of cheating in a big country, it was even more difficult for Kong Ming to know the specific situation inside, you must know that Kong Ming had been taught a lesson by Alexander before, so Kong Ming did not attack the city.
"Commander, the private army is a policy of the Harvey Empire since the founding of the country, and I don't know what the reason is. Che Yi said on the side.
"Hehe, I'm not asking you to examine history. Come on, let's continue to see what happens next!" Kong Ming smiled bitterly.
"Division commander, those enemy spies are still around, should we do it?" said a staff officer in charge of intelligence.
"Don't pay attention to them, just let them watch, anyway, we won't do anything now, and let them rest assured, let the city lord of Wencheng rest assured. Che Yu said, looked at Kong Ming, and saw that Kong Ming was still constantly comparing the distance and number of each Harvey army on the map. Two more hours have passed, Kong Ming is still there calculating, there is no way, now for Kong Ming, the facts have pushed him to a path of the sage that he can't choose for the time being - the soldier saint, the soldier saint, and now he can only continue to gain some understanding from every engagement, before every engagement, continue to judge and make decisions, and now only in this way can he have a little more capital to save his life in the future battle.
At this time, a scout suddenly walked in from outside, whispered a few words to Che Yu, handed over something to Che Yu, and then went out. Che Yi looked at the things in his hand and walked towards Kong Ming: "Commander, the scout has a letter, saying that there are magic fluctuations in Wencheng, it is a spatial magic fluctuation, and from the intelligence it is that there are many people who use the teleportation array to teleport away, and the destination is to the front of us, and the time lasted for an hour." Che Yu said.
"What is the judgment of the magician?" Kong Ming asked, although he is also a space magician, and he is also an expert in this area, but he has a specialization in mathematics, and this kind of information is usually analyzed by a few experts specially selected by the magician, and only in this way can the accuracy of the information be guaranteed. This is a kind of attitude of Kong Ming, with experts, in order to achieve more victories, rather than relying only on the commander alone, a person can achieve one, two, or even many battle victories, but he cannot win forever, and only one defeat can completely destroy an army. (To be continued......)
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