Volume 5 Chapter 8 Making Something Out of Nothing
Kong Ming and the others walked all the way along the road, maybe those people were used to being powerful, or maybe they were not worried about their situation, Kong Ming didn't see any cover along the way, and they thought that no one would take care of this kind of thing. Kong Ming and others didn't have any other measures, for a few great swordsmen and a group of high-level swordsmen, a high-level swordsman was really not a dish in their mouths, and they didn't even have the qualifications to sift between their teeth. And it's far away from the Harvey, so there's no danger. In this relatively relaxed atmosphere, everyone walked very fast, and they were about to approach the target in about forty minutes, and the footprints in front of them were all newly formed and messy, and even the stains in the muddy water in the footprints did not settle.
"It's coming!" Kong Ming breathed a sigh of relief, if he continued like this, he didn't know if he would meet the Harvey. "Brothers, work hard, wait to break them down, and we can get out of here. ”
"Head! A man behind him shouted.
Kong Ming immediately stopped when he heard it, turned his head to look over, it was a person who escaped with Kong Ming at the beginning, called Xu Zhisheng, the earth great sword master, before being captured, he was an earl's guard, and he was captured with the unlucky earl, and then the earl escaped in the first escape incident, the situation is unknown, but the earl didn't even call him in order to escape, and finally when he knew, he no longer had a good impression of those nobles. This time the prisoner of war rioted and he saw Kong Ming at first sight, because Kong Ming's escape route was to avoid strong enemies and find gaps, which made him have an intuition that he would definitely be able to get out of this predicament by following Kong Ming, so he joined Kong Ming's team without hesitation.
"What's wrong?" asked a man next to Kong Ming nervously. They had escaped for so many days, and they couldn't let go of any of the slightest suspicions, otherwise they would have been caught by the enemy again, and maybe they would have been dead by now.
"Come and see. Xu Zhisheng pointed to a footprint in the middle of the road and said. More than a dozen people immediately gathered around after hearing the sermon, looking at the footprints pointed by Xu Zhisheng, everyone looked at them for a long time, Leng didn't see anything suspicious, Kong Ming looked at the footprints, and couldn't see the reason for a while, "Is there anything wrong with this footprint?"
"You see, this footprint is deeper, and it was the last one to step on, and this shoe print is not ours. Everyone nodded, it was obvious that everyone's shoes were standard, but this footprint was different.
"This is a Chu shoe. Zhan Lian next to him said that he was a senior swordsman, he had always been a standard cavalryman, he had grown up around here since he was a child, and he was very familiar with these things.
"There's nothing wrong with the shoe prints, but you see, there's a paw print in this one, and it's a monster's. Xu Zhisheng said. Hearing this, everyone began to look at the paw print carefully, the more they looked at it, the more familiar it became, how could it not be familiar, for so many days, they have been showing off their power on their heads, and from time to time there are Harvey people riding them down to scare these poor prisoners of war, many of them have been cursing this damn thing, this is the mount of the Harvey air cavalry, a kind of monster called Cloud Eagle, said to be an eagle, but it can't be compared with those eagle-like monsters, this is a second-level monster, the temperament is relatively mild, it is very suitable as a mount to equip the army on a large scale, and they are omnivorous, very easy to raise, in the process of pressing prisoners of war, the Harveys brought with them a thousand-man force of this kind of air cavalry. Moreover, most of the escaped prisoners of war were also captured by them. Therefore, Kong Ming is very familiar with this kind of magical beast. Xu Zhisheng said this, and everyone understood it at once.
"What now, if it's that Erwuzai, we have no problem solving it, but if we add Harvey, there are too many variables, maybe we will also get in?"
"That's right. ”
"Oh yes!!!", for a while, most people were in a sense of pity, with great anger.
"It's not that bad, it's not clear all the situation yet, don't jump to conclusions so early. Liu Mingxin said. "Kong Ming, what do you think?"
"Well, keep up, don't startle the snake first, spread out, form a triangle formation, Liang Hua and Xu Zhisheng are on the wings, pay attention to the situation on both sides, Liu Zhixin takes the two of them to drag back, and answer at any time. The others followed on either side of me while watching and walking. After speaking, he took the lead in chasing forward, in fact, Kong Ming knew in his heart that so many people in front of him would gather together and move forward, which would definitely attract the attention of the Harvey people, but what he didn't expect was that the Harvey people acted so fast, so fast that Kong Ming was a little caught off guard. However, one thing is for sure, there are definitely not many Harvey people, maybe two or three people at most, because a cloud eagle can only hump one person, and in order to track people like Kong Ming, there will not be too many, plus in all directions, it will be more scattered, and there will be fewer here, in short, as long as it is not a sword master, then those Harvey people in front can only be the target of Kong Ming. After holding it for so many days, they can finally find some people to breathe a sigh of relief, how could Kong Ming let go of such an opportunity.
Maybe it was those people with a large group of people, or maybe these people were not of high rank, and after a while, Kong Ming saw those people from a distance, walking forward slowly, and there were no Harvey people and their cloud eagles mixed in, only those two or five boys were driving those civilians. Kong Ming made a gesture backwards, causing everyone to flash towards the trees on either side, and then carefully touch forward from there. Once again, caution is not a big deal. Just more than 200 meters away from Kong Ming and these people, the three Harvey Great Sword Masters were buried in a pile of snow, and their Cloud Eagle was placed on the back of the mountain, where they could not be seen, because these demonic beasts could fly, but once they fought, they would be like no chickens in front of Kong Ming and these people, without being beaten, and they could not afford to lose.
"They have five Great Sword Masters, what should I do?" said one of the Harveys.
"Let them go, it seems that this time there is no way to kill them, there are some pity, what a good opportunity. It would be even more perfect to bring these people back. ”
"Forget it, be careful not to talk, let them find out that we are in a bad fight, five to three is too much of a loss. Let them go. It's bad luck. ”
Kong Ming was still touching forward. "It's less than fifty meters away from those people, why can't you see the Harveys yet?" said one of Kong Ming's side.
"Except for Liu Mingxin, don't join the battle among the Great Sword Masters, and the others will go forward and kill those scum. Then retreat quickly, don't stay, let those civilians go home on their own, we won't stay to take care of them, that's to be made clear to them. ”
Under Kong Ming's order, except for the four great swordsmen, everyone else was like a tiger descending from the mountain, and all the problems were solved in less than two minutes, and all the two or five swordsmen fell, including the senior swordsman who still had great ambitions, the son of the mayor of the town. Then, Liang Hua shouted to all the civilians: "Go home by yourself, be careful on the way." Then all the team members quickly disappeared in front of the civilians, and the civilians scattered like birds and beasts in a moment.
Ten minutes later, Kong Ming stood on the top of a hill just over 300 meters away from the place of liberation with the gathered team members, looking out at a small hill on the opposite side through the gaps in the trees covered with snow and leaves.
"Head, what are we doing here?" asked Liang Hua. This is also the wonder of most people, why they still waste time here after saving people, instead of leaving here quickly.
"We're waiting! Wait and see when the Harveys leave, we'll leave. Otherwise, they will chase us and kill us when the time comes, and it will not be worth it. Deng Mingxin said, it is true, if Kong Ming and they leave after saving people, then those Harvey people may follow up and use the cover of these civilians to kill and injure Kong Ming's people, only in this way will they get the best effect. On the contrary, Kong Ming and others suffered the greatest losses.
On the other side of the mountain, the three Harvey Great Sword Masters were also waiting, and they vaguely felt that Kong Ming and the others had not left.
"They don't seem to be leaving, what are we going to do?
"No, let's go. ”
"It's a shame that if they don't leave those civilians, we can still use those people to kill so many. ”
"Come on, it's better to do less of this kind of unprofitable work, otherwise, death will only be a matter of time. After speaking, the three of them came out of the hiding place, looked indifferently at Kong Ming and the others, one of them stretched out a hand, made a contemptuous hand gesture towards Kong Ming and the others, and then waved back, and three huge cloud eagles flew out of the back mountain, and the three of them jumped up and flew into the distance.
Looking at the departing Harvey, everyone couldn't calm down, "Head, why don't you kill them?"
"Do you have this strength? Even if you have this strength, kill the three of them, we will lose at least a few people, is it worth it, and why should we kill them, the war is over for us, we are no longer the Chu army, and we are no longer the ugly prisoners of war, now we are real civilians, if you want to go, you can go!" Kong Ming thought for a while and replied.
Everyone looked at each other, and indeed everyone could see that they were really out of the pursuit of the Harveys, otherwise, they would not only see the Harvey air horses of the three great sword masters, but a large number of empty horses in groups of three or five. Three of them whispered to each other for a while, and one of them walked towards Kong Ming and walked up to him, "Head, then we'll go, we'll see you again in the future, thank you for taking us out of that place these days." ”
Kong Ming nodded at them. After that, a few more people left, and Yang Li also left, after all, he was not a person all the way, and Kong Ming had been standing there, looking at the place where the Harvey people had disappeared, not knowing what to think again. At this time, only Liu Mingxin, Liang Hua, Xu Zhisheng, Zhan Lian, Zhang Zhongjing, Pan Li and Shi Zhongqiang were left by Kong Ming's side, plus Kong Ming was a total of eight people, three great sword masters, and five senior sword masters.
"What are your plans for the future?" asked Liu Mingxin.
"I'm not an impulsive person, but I really have one right now. Kong Ming replied.
"What an impulse. ”
"Impact Juggernaut. Kong Ming thought for a moment and replied.
"It's a happy event that you can enter the Juggernaut, so it will be much easier to do anything in the future. Liu Mingxin obviously smelled of excitement, as if this was his happy event.
"How can it be so simple? It is not a simple matter to break through the barrier of the Sword Saint, I am not the child of those people, I have the infinite resources of the family piled into, I can only continue to sharpen between life and death, and experience a trace of holy power from it, so that I can enter that world between nine deaths and one life. That's a heaven and a earth!" Kong Ming said with emotion.
"And what are you going to do?"
"What about you, what are your plans for the future?"
"Hmph, I can't stand this breath, I have to find a way to make those Harvey people and those Erwuzai pay some price, Lao Tzu's thousands of brothers let them die and live, I don't breathe, I'm not Liu Mingxin." Liu Mingxin said annoyedly.
"What about you?"
"We don't have any place to go now, and we don't have a good impression of those bastards, and if we go home, it's just a bully, and we'll go wherever you go!" said Liang Hua, who looked at each other with a few of them.
"It seems that we can still be together for a while, I'm going to find the Harvey people to sharpen their swords, Mingxin is looking for them to vent their anger, and you are the same, so let's do it, since everyone has the same goal, we can't help but cause them some trouble." Kong Ming had a smile on his face, this smile really made him hold back for too long, so long that he almost forgot what laughter was.
"Do you have any good ideas?" asked Liu Mingxin.
"Something out of nothing. Kong Ming replied.
"What kind of bullshit idea is this?" Liu Mingxin muttered.
"Let's go, change places, let's discuss it, I have to think about it, it's not safe here. With that, Kong Ming took the lead and walked in the direction away from the Harvey.
At night, eight people gathered around a fire, on which a magical beast was roasted, and the fragrance was overflowing, and everyone once again discussed the topic of the day.
"Head, what did you say out of nothing today, what do you mean?" Zhan Lian asked, this was an afternoon in his heart, and everyone also looked at Kong Ming, indeed Kong Ming's words were really weird.
"Something out of nothing, just something out of nothing, where else can there be any meaning?" Kong Ming smiled.
"Hurry up, let go of the fart, don't play with these pretending things. ”
"Hehe, okay, I'll talk about it, and then you guys will see if there's anything you can add, just talk about it. First of all, we are certainly no match for the Harvey, so we need help, and now is the time when the Chu State is in a very chaotic situation, the Chu army is defeated, oh, don't look at me like that, I'm telling the truth. Seeing that the faces of several people were not very good, Kong Ming hurriedly explained, otherwise he would have to quarrel before he finished speaking, but fortunately, everyone knew that this was the truth, and Kong Ming was just an ordinary statement and did not have any irony in it, "You see", while saying Kong Ming, he drew next to the fire, "The Harvey and the Yan people mainly occupied a line of cities, and they did not have time to capture other cities, and this time is the time for everyone's chance." ”
"What chance?" Pan Li asked.
"An opportunity to rise. Sora said sternly.
"A chance to rise?" everyone was puzzled, and Kong Ming didn't say it, because it took them to think about it, some things are like this, no matter how much others say, they can't think clearly, if they think clearly, then this may be a very simple thing, if they can't think clearly, then no matter how much others say, it's just a waste of saliva. After a while, Liu Mingxin said in a low voice: "Are you saying that this is an opportunity to rise, do you mean that this is an era of melee that is about to begin." ”
"That's right, it's such an era, and anyone who is familiar with history should understand the history of our Chu State, which is an unyielding history. Kong Ming consciously put himself into the role of a Chu person, otherwise, it wouldn't be long before he would be expelled from this circle, and once he made the corresponding things through his own efforts, no one would treat him as an outsider, which required his own efforts, not the recognition of others. "The Harvey and Yan people only had time to occupy the cities on this line, and the cities on both sides are in the hands of others, of course, many of them have already taken refuge in the Harvey, and many of them have taken refuge in the Huayuan Empire, no matter what, in the future, in a short period of time, the Chu and Yan countries will be a land of chaos. It is also an opportunity for the rise of all kinds of heroes. ”
"If the Chu State is like this, why is the Yan State like this?" someone asked puzzled.
"Hehe, now the Harvey people are powerful in the Chu State, and their power in the Yan State is not small, but once the Harvey people are caught in the war of the Chu State and can't extricate themselves, then how can those Yan people who are suppressed by the Harvey people give up?" Kong Ming said with a smile.
"So what should we do now?" Xu Zhisheng asked, and this is the problem to be solved at the moment.
"We're going to take two steps at the moment. ”
"Which two steps?"
"First, let the pond of Chu be muddy, only in this way will we have a chance, and second, recruit enough people to build a team of our own. Kong Ming said.
"How can I do it?" asked Liu Mingxin strangely.
"First of all, let's just muddy the pond of Chu State, it's not easy to say, it's not difficult to say, it's not difficult to say, Guan Jian is made out of nothing. Kong Ming whispered.
"How can you make something out of nothing?"
"It was hard for us to do that before, but now it's easy. First of all, we have to let out the rumors, that is, that the Harvey people are constantly capturing civilians to Harvey to be slaves, so that ordinary civilians will not go with them, and will avoid them, and even confront them; secondly, we will say that the Harveys are constantly robbing those nobles who did not cooperate with them when they conquered the Chu State, and they will also be reduced to slaves; third, we will release the rumor that those who surrender to the Harvey are just dogs under the Harvey, and once the Harvey people control the Chu State, then they will be purged。 "In this case, most of the people will panic, except for those who insist on standing on Harvey's side, the others will not lightly help those who want to enslave them, and many people will join the team against the Harvey." ”
"Is it really okay to do that?"
"Originally, I was still a little worried, but everyone has seen today's events, this is not only one or two examples, there should be more, plus we have to release some of the truth in the war, then there will be more certainty. ”
"What is the truth?" Liang Hua asked strangely.
"Hehe!" Kong Ming sneered, "You don't really think that our Chu army is so vulnerable, do you?"
"What, is there any other problem here?" Zhang Zhongjing asked anxiously, if there is really any problem in it, then the soldiers who fought with him and died are not worth it, from martyrs to foolishness, this is not just such a simple question, it is also related to how many soldiers who struggle on the battlefield, but in the end they do not get the honor they deserve, so what is the use of being a soldier on the battlefield, who does not cherish their lives? Who doesn't cherish their body, but such a battle, such a struggle in exchange for such a result, although some people have passed away, but more living people should be justified for them, this is what a real warrior has to do, life and death do not know how much has passed, will you call others?
"In the battle of Chudu, we are much better than the Harveys, as long as we fight hard, we will only lose both, but why do we just hold on for some time, we will be defeated on all fronts, and hundreds of thousands of troops will be captured without a fight. The battle of Macheng, although the enemy has the advantage, but it is not impossible to fight, as a result, surrounded on all sides, only a small number of people escaped, and further on, the battle of the border, the battle of Zhecheng, these places gathered the most elite army of the Chu State, but they were defeated in a battle, plus all the current situation, do you really think that we are really inferior to the Harvey. Brothers! We were all among them at that time, and the soldiers regarded obedience to orders as their duty, and many of them had no choice but to tell in a place where no one was around, and we could only watch them die one by one, and we were only a few of those who escaped these calamities, and we could not even protect ourselves, let alone other things. This qiē is caused by those damn bastards, hmph, now we are free, no longer controlled by anyone, do not avenge those sacrificed brothers, and walk in the world for men in vain......" Kong Ming's voice grew from small to large, full of hatred for those nobles and traitors who betrayed them, and pity for those who died, wounded, and captured comrades, although he was not a Chu person, but he was born and died with a group of people who lived and died together in the past few months. This kind of emotion is not something that the so-called experts can understand, because emotion is a rejection of reason from a certain point of view. A few people listened to Kong Ming's speech, and the tone gradually changed, they no longer cared about Kong Ming's speech off topic, they only cared about what Kong Ming said, those life and death they experienced together, just like Kong Ming said, it was in vain for a man to go in the world. Gradually, Kongming's feelings quieted down, looked at everyone, paused for a while, calmed everyone's mood, and then said, "Let those rumors out." Second, we have to have our own team, this team doesn't have to be a lot of people, we don't care how many, we just need elite soldiers, real elite soldiers, not only force or magic, but also other aspects as long as they are proficient, as long as they are consistent with our goals, we don't care what their reason is, we must fight for what we can't fight, and don't force what we can't fight. ”
"Where are we going to get people from?"
"Prisoner of war camp!"
"This is the real creation of something out of nothing!" Liu Mingxin said.