In the next time, in addition to resting for a while, Kong Ming went directly to participate in the defense meeting of the entire city, presided over by the city lord Xiang Ping, and he was also the supreme commander of the defense of the entire city. The defenders of the entire Zhecheng are only 8,500 people, the west city is the focus, a total of more than 2,500 people, the rest of the city gates are more than 1,800 people, 600 people are reserves, and the city lord also mobilized some civilians in the city to participate in the defense task, but the total number is not much, for those civilians, no matter which country rules them, it seems to be the same, there is no difference, this is not to say that the commoners do not have a sense of belonging, in fact, in this kind of aristocratic rule based on the rule, no matter who is the same for the commoners。 Due to historical reasons, the state of Chu did not build the city into a fortress on the border of the state of Chu, but only symbolically built a city wall, announcing that this was the rule of the state of Chu. And Xiang Ping's task was to defend for three days, and the three days were to give the Chu army that had just been hit a chance to rest and rectify, because Xiang Zuoding had already reorganized his army in Macheng, a fortress after Zhecheng, and wanted to fight to the death with the Yan army. Everyone was in a meeting discussing how to survive these three days, and it was a crucial three days for everyone. Some people say that they negotiate, some people say that they first see how the other party acts, some people want to recruit mercenaries to defend the city, and there are a lot of incredible constructions that have been proposed, so that Kong Ming has opened his eyes, it turns out that the meeting can still be opened like this, although it is said that those buildings have nothing to do with defending the city, but they can broaden people's horizons, but this meeting was held for a whole day, and there was no conclusion to be made, but it was finally reassuring that the Yan army did not come to attack the city, that is, even the most basic scouts were not sent, which really made people know what they were doing。 The only advantage of this kind of meeting for Kong Ming is to know the truth of brainstorming, and at the same time to know that this kind of meeting is indeed a good way to learn in peacetime, but for Zhecheng under the city, it is very harmful, what is needed at present is time, not to make some meaningless conjectures and conjectures here, not to waste time here, but to go to the scene, to the city wall, and solve the problems that need to be solved on the spot. Looking at the rhetoric of those people, Kong Ming had a feeling of crying and laughing, and after more than ten hours of fighting and running in a row, Kong Ming was tired, and before he knew it, he fell asleep on the chair. After watching Kong Ming fall asleep, Cao Zhenghong glanced at the first captain and the second captain of the swordsman battalion, both of them nodded, Cao Zhenghong looked at Xiang Ping again, made a look, Xiang Ping nodded, and then adjourned the meeting for ten minutes, and several people went to the back to discuss for a while, about fifteen minutes, before the meeting was held again. After the meeting again, Cao Zhenghong woke up Kong Ming, who was sleeping, Kong Ming shook his head, wiped his face with his hands, dispelled the sleepiness a little, raised his head to look at Xiang Ping, and heard something that surprised him. I saw Xiang Ping cover his mouth with his hands, coughed a few times, and then said: "Since I am a civilian official, I really don't know much about military affairs, so during this period, the acting commander of the swordsman battalion will command the entire defense operation for me, and the deputy commander of Ximen Kong Ming will act as the commander, and at the same time appoint Kong Ming as the deputy commander of the swordsman battalion, the acting battalion commander, the first captain and the second captain to assist the Cao battalion commander in commanding the entire defense of the city, and their duties will be acted by their deputy captain. The order was in effect from the time it was announced, and at the same time about 1,400 men from the original garrison were scattered to join the siege of the West Gate. ”。 Hearing this surprising news, Kong Ming didn't react for a while, this came too quickly. It took him less than half a day to go from a captain to a captain to a deputy battalion commander, and although he has now been promoted and has not received any benefits, his responsibilities have become much heavier. But at the same time, Kong Ming was thinking more about how to guard this West Gate, because the news came too suddenly, which really surprised him. After the order was announced, there was nothing more to say, but Xiang continued to defend himself with his staff, and saw that there was no action, and the meeting was not ended until the sun went down. After the meeting, Kong Ming, led by one of the captains of the defenders, led the more than 1,400 men who had been assigned to them back to the west gate.

After returning to the West Gate, Kong Ming stayed directly in the command post on the upper floor of the West Gate City, and next, he summoned Deng Xianteng, the acting captain of the first team, and the acting captain of the second team, Hei Xiong, He Feng and Pang Degang, to a meeting to prepare for the defense of the city. After watching a few people sit down, Kong Ming said softly: " According to the order of the city guard, Deng Xianteng is now acting as the captain of the first brigade, Black Bear is acting as the captain of the second brigade, He Feng is acting as the captain of the third brigade, and I am appointed as the deputy commander of the swordsman battalion, acting battalion commander, and at the same time, we have been given 1,500 people from the defenders, as a source of soldiers, 500 people in each brigade, and after the meeting is dismissed, you will bring them back and break them up to join your team, and be sure to let them integrate into our combat team within two hours, and we must not become a drag because of them. I saw it when I brought them over, they should be mercenaries of some mercenary groups, most of them have the strength of senior swordsmen, a small number have the strength of junior swordsmen and intermediate swordsmen, and even ten people are still high-level swordsmen, this is a big help, you have to use it well. At the same time, Pang Degang came to me as my guard, and selected four high-level swordsmen and thirty middle-level swordsmen from among the mercenaries to join the guard, and the rest will be divided equally among you. You must know that mercenaries have a strong ability to fight alone, and their sense of cooperation is also very strong, but they are still the first brothers on the battlefield, and they must be strong when necessary. ”。 After adding the soldiers, Kong Ming arranged all kinds of matters for the defense of the city, such as bows and arrows, fire oil, wood, stones, etc., and everyone talked about some necessary coordination before they dispersed, and it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

After eating, Kong Ming stood on top of the city tower and looked at the Yan army camp thirty miles away, only to see the company camp, hidden in a forest, and the fires were like stars in the sky, flickering non-stop, revealing from the woods. The sound of horses and the cries of monsters came from there, accompanied by the noise of many people, who seemed very happy and excited after winning a battle. Kong Ming shook his head, and couldn't help but think in his heart that if there was a team to attack now, the results should be considerable, because the most taboo thing about the army is poor discipline, and the military camp in front of him is a representative of this kind no matter what, the army with poor discipline has a characteristic, that is, when the battle is good, it is a lion, when the battle is a little unsmooth, it is a weak brigade, and if it is a headwind, it is a lamb that recognizes people to slaughter.

"Why haven't you slept yet?" Pang Degang's voice came from the side, and the guards lived with Kong Ming on the west gate building, Pang Degang had just finished the matter, so he came here to take a look, and saw Kong Ming standing upstairs looking at the enemy camp, so he came to take a look.

"I couldn't sleep, and I always thought about something I hadn't done, so I came over to take a look. "Saying that, Kong Ming pointed to the enemy camp and said arrogantly, give me an army of about 3,000 people, and I can directly tear apart the enemy camp and let it retreat for another thirty miles!"

"Oh, do you have this idea, do you want the two of us to take a look? The pride in Pang Degang's heart was also drawn out by Kongming. Kong Ming shook his head and said:

"No, I can see a lot of things here. ”

"What's there?" said Pang Degang.

"First, the Yan army won a new war, and the sergeants were arrogant; second, the Yan army had no commander, and third, its generals did not understand military affairs, and only followed books. Kong Ming said after a little thought.

"Why?" Pang De was just looking for a topic, and he didn't really want to know about the situation of the Yan army, but Kong Ming's statement directly fished the curiosity in his heart.

"It is already past ten o'clock, and there is still a loud noise and voices in the army, and the sergeants are sure to have won a battle, and they are full of excitement, ignoring military discipline, that is, they are arrogant; the generals do not care, do not ask, and do not help themselves, that is, they have no way to command; the military camp is set up in the mountains and forests, and from this it looks neat, but they do not know how to use the terrain to avoid unfavorable places, and that is not because they do not understand military affairs, but what is it? If I attack with fire now, then the enemy army will be very dangerous, and at least thousands of enemies can be killed. Kong Ming said.

"Really?" A voice came from afar, Kong Ming and Pang De just followed the sound to look over, it turned out that it was Cao Zhenghong who came to the city tower, just heard Kong Ming and Pang De just talking, so he paid attention to it in his heart, and just heard Kong Ming's words such as fire attack, so he opened his mouth to answer. Kong Ming and Pang Degang hurriedly saluted Cao Zhenghong, Cao Zhenghong waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be polite, and then, Cao Zhenghong said to Kong Ming: "If I give you a hundred people, do you dare to kill the enemy camp and attack with fire as you say." ”

"Why don't you dare?" Kong Ming's eyes lit up, and then he said: "Give me a hundred people, at least all of them are the cultivation of high-level swordsmen, and it would be even better if I added a few fire-based magicians, so that I can pass through the enemy camp tonight." It's just a matter of killing thousands. ”

"Okay, I'll give you a hundred people, but the magicians don't have them, but I can give you a hundred sixth-level fire-type magic scrolls, okay?"

"That's for the best, it saves time for magic to be cast. But it would be even better if there were a few more wind-type magic scrolls. ”

"Okay, this can satisfy you, wait a minute and go. You start by thinking about your course of action. As he spoke, Cao Zhenghong explained something to one of the guards next to him. And the guard hurried away. The three of them stood at the head of the city, talking about current affairs and defensive matters. An hour later, there were one hundred and twenty people wearing black night clothes, came to the West Gate Tower, Kong Ming also changed into black night clothes, Kong Ming looked, there are three great swordsmen, the rest are senior swordsmen, their bodies are more or less oozing some mercenary breath, think that these people are hired from the mercenaries, what makes Kong Ming happy is that they all know how to stealth, which makes Kong Ming a little surprised, I didn't expect this small city to recruit so many talents. After carefully talking to the commander of the three mercenaries, Kong Ming jumped directly from the top of the city tower and ran in the direction of the enemy camp, and those mercenaries also jumped down one after another, so many people jumped down, but they couldn't hear a sound.