Chapter 10 The Siege of Horses
Kong Ming's words were only half right, in fact, Pang Longye had a bigger plan, that is, to constantly cross the Chu army and the allied forces of the countries that supported the Chu army in this area, because here, close to the Yan country, the supply and reinforcements are very convenient, on the other hand, although the supply of the Chu army and the coalition army is in the Chu country, but for other countries, it is very difficult. And Pang Longye is to go through guò again and again small annihilation wars, which is commonly called "mushroom warfare", to wipe out all the Chu army and coalition forces here, in this way, the future battle will be very convenient, it can be said that this is a once and for all method, and his idea is also fully supported by the emperor of the Harvey Empire and various ministers.
All four of them felt a deep shock during their conversation with Kong Ming, if this is the case, then what should they do, there are enemy troops in front and enemy troops behind, how should they pass?
"Then should we pretend to be enemy troops, and then use the gap to get through the enemy's defense area?" said Li Zixin, the leader of the third squad.
After hearing this, they also nodded, this is a good method, especially since they just used it last night, and the effect is still very good.
"I think we should go around so that we can avoid the enemy. Yi Jinyu, the second squad leader, also said that although this method takes a little longer, it is better to be safe, and if you avoid the enemy, your own losses will be reduced a lot, which is a way to choose.
"It's definitely safer to move at night. Pound just added. Xu Ze Matsushi nodded, these two methods are good, several people looked at Kong Ming, because they knew that no matter how good the method was, the person who made the final decision was Kong Ming, after all, Kong Ming had already proved with his actions that he was a person who could be relied on, and more importantly, Kong Ming was their direct superior. Kong Ming thought for a while and said calmly: "Soldiers avoid war, and they can directly kill their heads on the battlefield!" After hearing Kong Ming's words, several people became nervous, Kong Ming's words were undoubtedly a negation of these two methods for them, do you want to let them two hundred people, towards the tens of thousands of enemy troops in front of them suicidal impact, this is not to serve the country, but stupid suicide, the three squad leaders looked at each other, there is an inexplicable thing in their eyes, as mercenaries, they can sacrifice for the task, but it does not mean that they can act as cannon fodder at will. Only Pang Degang still looked at Kong Ming, he knew that Kong Ming must have something to say, as early as when everyone was the captain, the two often corresponded, but he knew that Kong Ming was not the kind of stupid person who committed suicide, and he must have a deep meaning when he said this. Sure enough, after sinking for a while, just before several squad leaders were about to speak, Kong Ming said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, I'm just saying this to make everyone remember that they are now a soldier, not a mercenary." After hearing this sentence, the three of them unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, they knew that Kong Ming must still have something to say next, and sure enough, they saw Kong Ming take out a map near Macheng from the space ring, this map is a regular military map, but the people in the army with the help of magicians drew in detail, all the mountains, rivers, forests, cities, The villages and towns are clearly marked, Kong Ming unfolded the map, laid it flat on the ground, and then pointed to a high ground on the map with his index finger, and said: "The place where we are now is here, judging from the time when the flashes and sounds of magic and fighting spirit are coming, the enemy should be in this place to surround our troops who have retreated from Zhecheng in this place, only less than five kilometers away from Macheng, and the distance between the enemy's army in front of Macheng is closer to maybe only two kilometers, this is a naked provocation." Saying that, Kong Ming sneered: "Calculate that the enemy has an army of four to fifty thousand?"
"Why 40,000 to 50,000? Didn't you just say that it was less than 60,000?" Xu Zesong asked, and everyone was also very curious, why Kong Ming said 40,000 to 50,000, not less than 60,000.
"Surrounding more than 8,000 fleeing soldiers, do you think they will be unscathed, and, you know, killing 10,000 people and losing 3,000 self-losses, the combat effectiveness of the army in despair is absolutely terrifying, so based on this calculation, then the enemy may still have more than 40,000 less than 50,000 soldiers left, and the army in the city in the unclear situation, seeing that so many people in our army are surrounded, in order to give an explanation to the people in the city, then they will definitely make a tentative attack, and the time of this attack will definitely not be too long, and the number of personnel will not be too much, and it may not exceed 10,000, because no matter how much it takes, it will take time to gather and other aspects, and it will lose its suddenness。 And in order to kill and injure our army more, the Yan army will inevitably retreat at the beginning, and will definitely retreat not far from our besieged army, well, let me think that they may be in that place, here...... No, it's too easy to go back, and here, it's not right, it's probably going to bring the two armies together, hmm, where should it be?" Kong Ming said as he pointed to the map and pondered, both of his brows furrowed, and the four of them saw Kong Ming's attentive appearance, and they all subconsciously did not speak, and looked at each other.
Ten minutes later, Kong Ming's brows suddenly opened, and he said with a smile, "Hehe", it should be here, Kong pointed to a place on the map and said. The four of them looked around, this place is not very far from Macheng, about a little more than a kilometer, it is a highland of about three hundred meters high, the name is Wangling, this highland is about three hundred meters away from the road leading to Macheng from Zhecheng, you can see the entire battlefield, it is a very important place, stuck here, you can see the entire battlefield, command the actions of the entire army, and the most important thing is that this is outside the strike range of ordinary magic, in addition to the very ninth-level forbidden spell, otherwise it is necessary to have some amplified magic arrays to hit this place, these people can see at a glance, but I don't know if it's useful for Kong Ming to point to this place. Feeling the confusion of the four people, Kong Ming said: "You all understand the reason, I won't say more, this may be the command post of the enemy army, not only that, I guess this should also be the best place for the enemy's magicians to cast magic." You see, the magic cast from here can directly cut off the retreat of our army, slow down the withdrawal of our army, and it is impossible for them to put so many troops in front of the horse city in advance, that will scare the defenders in the city, so there should be few troops here, but it must be the enemy's most elite soldiers stationed here, after all, the enemy's commander may be in this place. ”
"What's the use of that for us?" Li Zixin asked.
"Hehe, you said that when the enemy was about to cast a magic and didn't have a magic shield, and suddenly they were attacked by magic, what would be the effect?" Kong Ming said. Everyone is still very puzzled, after all, this is where the enemy is, in order to protect the magician around the magician, there will always be a lot of people above the intermediate swordsman to guard nearby, and at the same time, there are also some magicians nearby, so as to detect those assassins who sneak in, and protect the safety of the commander and the magician. Pang Degang said: "How can more than 200 people sneak into such a protected place?"
"Knowing is knowing, but there is a heart but no power. Kong Ming sighed, after everyone heard it, they couldn't help but exhale, and thought that Kong Ming was going to do something amazing, but although Kong Ming said that he was powerless, why did he propose the military regulations in front of him? Ignoring the doubts in everyone's eyes, Kong Ming of course couldn't say that this was just Kong Ming reminding them at the moment, but continued:
"My plan is this, we detour back to the south gate of Macheng from the enemy's flank, and then enter the city from there, Pang Degang, lead a group of five people, as the front guard, from this nameless height, from the south side of the south gate of the nameless heights on the southwest side of the south gate of the south gate of the north side of the pig ridge, and finally to the south gate; Composed of three squads, set off at a distance of 100 meters from the top soldiers, with an interval of 20 meters between the squads, Li Zixin brought three squads of five people as the rear spikes, pay attention to the situation after the march, pay attention to remind everyone when marching, don't make noise, we are now acting under the nose of the enemy, we have to be extremely careful, fortunately, we are at least the cultivation of the sword master here, the speed is a little faster, the speed is twenty kilometers per hour, do you hear clearly?" Kong Ming kept pointing to the place on the ground as he spoke, and looked at the four people, for fear that they would not understand, and after seeing that several people nodded, Kong Ming continued: "Now go and prepare, and set off in ten minutes." ”
After the four of them replied in a low voice, they went straight to get ready. Two hours later, Kong Ming and others who avoided the reconnaissance of the Yan army appeared in front of the south gate of Macheng, and after a strict interrogation, Kong Ming and others finally entered Macheng, and then they were lined up in a military camp on the side of the east gate of Macheng, where there were troops that broke out with Xiang Zuoding, Kong Ming They were obviously the only remaining personnel of the swordsman battalion, because in the past military camp, there were flags of other battalions, but there was no banner of the swordsman battalion. Kong Ming stood up the military flag of the swordsman battalion outside the tent where he lived. Then let all the swordsman battalion go to rest, and he also entered the tent to rest, these days are too tired.