Chapter 43: Siege Wei and Save Zhao
It is better to divide the enemy than to divide the enemy, and the enemy yang is not the enemy to the yin.
Press: Governing the army is like controlling the water: the sharp ones avoid their fronts, such as diversions, and the weak ones plug their weaknesses, such as building weirs. Therefore, when Qi rescued Zhao, Sun Tzu Tian Ji said: "The husband who solves the messy dispute does not control the fist, the rescuer does not fight, and the criticism is exaggerated, and the shape is forbidden, then he is the ear to relieve." ”
"The Siege of Thirty-six Plans: Wei Rescues Zhao"
"Wei Wei saves Zhao?" Yi Yiyi asked strangely, she knew this idiom, and even this story she often heard, but what did this idiom mean at this time? But soon, the car next to her became happy, after all, although there are countries like the Harvey Empire on this continent, civilians do not have much education, but many other countries still attach more importance to education for all, and there are still more known idioms and stories behind idioms like this that everyone should know.
"What are you laughing at? Do you know what he's talking about?" said Yi Yiyi angrily.
"Hehe, of course I know, didn't the commander make it clear, encircling Wei to save Zhao, we are now attacking some of the targets that Harvey's army must save, and then the enemy's attack on our rear will not be able to save itself. Che Yu said with a smile.
"It's that simple?" Yiyi couldn't believe her ears.
"It's that simple, how complicated do you think?" Kong Ming said angrily, how did this well-known idiom become more advanced in her ears, to know that the truth and truth of facts are often stored in simple facts and words, but it is artificially thought of them too complicated.
"Then why did you still do some kind of trick yesterday, didn't that fool people? Yi Yiyi grumbled.
"There is nothing wrong with the wargame deduction, if we are fighting according to that line of thought, the process of fighting is like this nine times out of ten. Kong Ming explained.
"You didn't plan to fight according to this deduction in the first place, why do you want to engage in such a deduction?" Yi Yiyi did not let go of the essence of this question.
"Two purposes. One. It's to confuse the Harvey Army. "Kong Ming Dao.
"One of us, a spy of the Harvey Empire?" Although Yi Yiyi said that she had studied military affairs and brought some soldiers, as a nobleman, her political sensitivity far exceeded her military sensitivity.
"Hehe, just in case, the spies of the Harvey Empire are notoriously pervasive, not to mention that they have to drill one out of a hole if they don't have it. Kong Ming is very helpless, you must know that the spies of the Harvey Empire are far beyond his imagination and understanding, but there may not be many arranged to his side, and there must be.
"What's the other purpose?"
"Just teach those division commanders a lesson. On-site teaching, combined with life and death, no one will not be serious. In this case, we will have more senior officers at our disposal in the future, otherwise we will be exhausted. Kong Ming said.
"Okay, don't ask so much, is it arranged over there?"
"It's arranged. Let Wei Qian lead the rest of the mercenary army, according to the plan. Once the Harvey army crossed the river. If you make contact, you will retreat, and if you can't do it, you will retreat to the place of chaos. Yi Yiyi said, obviously she had explained this very much, so she also had some pride in what she said. Obviously, she didn't support the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army after Kong Ming arrived in Hairong City, and she must have intervened when this team began to be established. I don't know where she got her confidence.
"The general is outside, and the monarch's order is not subject to it, so we just give him a bottom line, if everything is restricted. It's better not to do this, let him go!" Kong Ming thought for a moment.
After resting here for two hours, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army set off directly, and their target was the cities in the hinterland of the Harvey Empire that did not have too many city defenses.
The news reached the headquarters of the Harvey Fifth Legion, and when they learned that the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army was advancing towards the hinterland of the Harvey Empire, their first reaction was that this mercenary army was purely looking for death, because that was the weakest place in the Harvey Empire's defense, but it was also the most powerful place in the Harvey Empire, because it was densely populated, and there were many private armies of various nobles, and once they were recruited, they could fight, and it was far away from the chaotic place, and the supply of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army was difficult, especially the replenishment of soldiers, as long as it took a few battles, a snow wolf mercenary army of 100,000 troops would disappear without a traceNot to mention the fact that there are many saints who live in seclusion there. But this news made Alexander fall into extreme contemplation, and even those who were advancing towards Taicheng and the procession stopped, waiting for Alexander's orders. And this kind of thing, Alexander couldn't decide after thinking about it for a long time, so he directly reported the situation to Harvey's supreme military commander.
"What's the matter, Alexander!" a man who appeared to be in his fifties appeared in the magic mirror.
"Your Excellency the Minister of Defense, I think you should have heard about the Fifth Legion. Alexander did not mean to hide the loss.
"Well, I heard that, we're talking about it now. If that's the case, don't report it!" said Defense Minister Harvey with some displeasure, and no one could have a good mood when he heard such news.
"I don't mean to shirk it now, and I don't want to report it, it's something else. ”
"Oh, what's something you can't decide? Seeing Alexander's expression, the Minister of Defense couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, you must know that Alexander's loss caused a great shock after it reached the imperial capital, except for the 300,000 troops of the third prince, there has never been such a shock to the high-level of the imperial capital as this incident. The successive defeats made the Harvey Empire, which had always been founded by force, really doubt its military strength, and even more angered those senior officers who withdrew from the front-line command, and many people directly demanded that the two defeated commanders be guillotined.
"The information I just got is that Marshal Kong Ming is leading 100,000 snow wolf mercenary troops to the interior of our country. The goal is unknown. ”
"Reliable intelligence?" the Minister of Defense was also shocked.
"Our spy sent him, and he's in that mercenary army. The position is okay. Alexander said.
"Well, you guys are standing by now, we'll discuss it and give you an answer. ”
"Siege Wei save Zhao!" Alexander sighed.
The news soon spread to Taicheng, and this news made many officers who had participated in the war games in the past two days. Letting go of the smile, the entire construction of the fortifications, the snow wolf mercenary army that preset the battlefield was happy, and the sound shook the sky. And the other mercenary soldiers outside the city also quickly got the news, and they were stunned. And they didn't know until now that the army of 100,000 disappeared under their noses, which really made them feel extremely strange and frightened.
A day later. The Fifth Legion of the Harvey Empire was opened, and the direction they were taking was not the direction that Kong Ming expected, and they were advancing towards Taicheng, because they received an order to abandon the 100,000 troops that had already attacked, and these people would have someone to deal with. Concentrate your forces to eliminate the mercenary army on the other side of the Songjiang River and retake this area. Because only in this way will the retreat and supply of the 100,000-strong army of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army be cut off. This is also the siege of the Harvey Empire to save Zhao. It can be said that both sides have adopted a strategy in favor of their own side. Knowing that he was unable to resist Harvey's endless army, Kong Ming adopted the strategy of going deep into danger and then fighting to the death, hoping to withdraw Harvey's Fifth Army from the Matsue side to deal with his own 100,000 troops. On the other side of Songjiang, those mercenary armies have enough time and space to develop, not just a corner of the chaotic land, so to speak. As long as there is enough time and space, the other side of Songjiang will soon become another chaotic place, and this is exactly what the high-level of the Harvey Empire does not want to see, so they have also adopted the strategy of advancing against the advance, they need other legions to destroy the 100,000-strong army of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and let Alexander attack the other side of Songjiang to cut off the retreat of Kongming and others, that is to say, Alexander's 400,000-strong army is surrounded by Kongming from everywhere, the judgment of the high-level of the Harvey Empire is good, and the intention is also very correct, but they miscalculated Kongming's ability and the strength of this 100,000-strong army, because all the people are commensurate with the 100,000 army when estimating the mercenary army led by Kong Ming, it is impossible for them to count those snow wolf demon cavalry, if they are counted, it will be 200,000 troops, and it is a fast mobile demon cavalry that can be anywhere in the Harvey Empire. From the perspective of the strategy of the high-level of the Harvey Empire, Kong Ming did not expect that they would do this from the beginning, and would not hesitate to let Kong Ming's team flow everywhere in the hinterland of the Harvey Empire in order to recover the land on the other side of the Songjiang River.
It had been more than a day when Kong Ming knew this, and at this time, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army had already arrived at the outskirts of Harvey's small city, and the whole army had already set up a battle formation and was about to attack.
"Commander, I just got the news that the remaining troops of Harvey's Fifth Army are heading straight for Matsue. And it's fast-moving, and it's estimated that the five-day journey will be turned into two days. Che Yi said on the side.
"Hehe, it seems that our plan has failed, we originally wanted to drop them back, but now we have to change our plans. "Kong Ming's reaction to Harvey's high-level is quite strange, maybe he has not reached that height, and his consideration of things has not yet reached a requirement of this, it is really not a position to think differently, now Kong Ming only wants to maximize the effectiveness of this army, only in this way, can the task be better completed, big deal, scatter all the people, hide in the people or mountains and rivers, so that no one can find it. And in a way, Sora Ming has already completed the tasks assigned by the employers behind it.
"What should we do next?" asked Che.
"We won't think about the future for the time being, let's take this city first. ”
This is a small city with only more than 100,000 people, it is not on the axis of the march of Harvey's army, and because the population here is not very large, it is far from being able to let any Harvey officer have a desire to protect it in terms of geographical location and military status, so it is very light, the mercenary army just stood in front of the city gate for a few minutes, and the city gate was automatically opened, and the city defense army inside directly opened the gate after the city lord fled, allowing the mercenary army to enter the city. Out of prudence, Kong Ming only allowed 20,000 mercenaries to enter the city. Routine propaganda and replenishment were carried out. And what Kong Ming didn't expect was that here he got something that would benefit him for the rest of his life.
Walking on the main road of the small city, now the mercenary army has controlled the entire small city, and according to the division of labor in advance, each of them is doing their own thing, all the noble mansions have many mercenaries in it to collect different materials, the whole small city is like a pile of dry firewood, directly let the mercenary army these people ignite the fire of resistance hidden deep in the civilians. Many civilians were afraid of the mercenary army at first, as advertised by the Harvey Empire, killing people like hemp, inhumane, leaving no chickens and dogs everywhere they passed, and many, many more. At that time, they hid directly in the house, looked through the crack in the door and walked around the outside, arresting people everywhere, thinking that the Harvey Empire's propaganda was correct, but then they found that the mercenary army was catching the nobles and accomplices of the nobles in the city. And almost all of these people let the mercenary army drag to the square in front of the city lord's mansion, and then the mercenary army's security notices were plastered everywhere. From there they learned that the mercenary army was not an army of bandits who killed and set fire when they came. But there was a certain purpose, and gradually they began to come into contact with the mercenary army, and even they saw a person who surprised them, Li Shuiqing. Li Shuiqing was originally a prodigal son in the city, and he was said to be a prodigal son just because he often went in and out of the Fengyue places in the city, and he was a good and righteous person, no matter who was in trouble, he would help if he could. As a result, he later offended the brother-in-law of the city lord, so the family let the city lord's brother-in-law kill them all, and Li Shuiqing escaped from the city with the help of many friends, and there has been no news. After three years, no one knew where he went, not even his friends, except vaguely that he had gone to the Land of Chaos. I didn't expect him to come back now, and it seems that he is still a captain or something, and I heard that there are hundreds of people under his hands.
Today is the most memorable day for Li Shuiqing, now he is standing on the high platform in the center of the square in front of the city lord's mansion, and in front of him is the city lord's family who did not have time to escape, as well as all the nobles in the city who did not have time to run away, are here. After three years of blood feud, he can finally have a blood today, and this qiē is only because he is a member of the mercenary army. Earlier, they came to this city, looking at the familiar city, his eyes were a little moist, but what he didn't expect was that the regiment commander came with a routine word, that is, who was born and raised in this city, this is a regular project of the mercenary army, because only the locals know the situation here best, so every time they go to a city, they will ask these mercenaries, and he stood up, because he escaped from here, and he used to be a local know-it-all. When he stood in front of the commander, the commander only asked him a few words, and then repeated a few disciplines, so he became the present temporary lord of the city, and decided to decide every big and small friendship in the city, and to be quick. Looking at the civilians surrounding the square, Li Shuiqing's eyes were already full of tears, his hoarse voice announced to all the people the mercenary's security notice, and then in front of all the civilians, the nobles and their lackeys who had been rampant in the city over the years were all killed, looking at this scene, for a moment, all the civilians cried, many things that are real or not, everyone has an account in their hearts, and this account has never been calculated, today is finally settled, and the long-suppressed hatred and pain in their hearts can finally be released。
Kong Ming and Yi Yiyi sat on the third floor of a tavern on the edge of the square with two saints and a few guards, surrounded by civilians in the city, and the costumes of their mercenary army were indeed very prominent, but perhaps because of this situation, Kong Ming felt that at the moment when those nobles died, their eyes towards Kong Ming and others were more cordial and less indifferent.
"It's really a place where life doesn't match!" A voice came from the side, and Kong Ming looked over and felt that this person was somewhat familiar, as if he had met it somewhere. When the man saw Kong Ming's expression, he knew that Kong Ming had forgotten him, so he said, "In the Elven Forest!"
"Oh, it turned out to be you, I almost forgot it, by the way, I didn't seem to hear the name you said last time, I don't know if I can repeat it?" The man didn't expect Kong Ming to say this, when he heard the previous sentence, he was still happy, Kong Ming didn't forget him, but when he heard the latter sentence, he knew that Kong Ming's impression of him was limited to passers-by, so his face fell straight down.
"It's really a noble person who forgets things, hum!"
"Come on, Master Ye Da Archer, I didn't expect to meet you here, come, please take a seat. Kong Ming smiled, pretending to be joking, and found out from the library of the Harvey Empire that among the elves clan, nine times out of ten they are surnamed Ye, and in Kong Ming's memory, this benevolent brother is also surnamed Ye, but is the name? Kong Ming has long forgotten it.
"Hehe, don't you want to fool the past, let me introduce myself again, Ye Wen, the Wood Elf, the Magic Archer. Save yourself from having to bother asking about something else. Ye Wen said directly, as an elf, they are very sensitive to people's minds in a certain situation, so it is very easy and difficult to deceive an elf, it is easy to say that it is easy because you only face it sincerely, they are easy to believe, but if it is not sincerely faced, then it is necessary to deceive very often, otherwise, as long as a little bit of damage may be found by them. So there is a saying on the continent that goes like this: If you want to deceive the elves, you must either be sincere or deceive.
"Kong Ming, the Great Sword Master of the Fire Department, the Space Magister. Sit. ”
"I know you, I came here to find you. Ye Wen directly stated his purpose.
"Looking for me, why?" This sentence really made Kong Ming a little strange, as if he and the elves were not as good as this, and his own cultivation would not be of any help to the elves.
"I want to learn about war by your side. Ye Wen's next sentence made Kong Ming really cry and laugh, this person studied military and couldn't go to school to study, what did he come to him for?
"Well, you seem to be in the wrong place, I'm just a mercenary, you don't go to school to learn this thing, why are you running here with me?"
"I once studied military affairs in the Harvey Imperial University, and later I also went to Huayuan Comprehensive University to study this knowledge, in order to improve my military knowledge, I also joined the army of the Harvey Empire and the Huayuan Empire to really experience the war, but those made me learn a lot of things, but they did not let me learn more, and during this time I kept hearing news about you, I have seen the photos of you being compiled, and indeed you are the person I met in the Elven Forest, so I came to you to study。 I think I should be able to learn what I want. The elves kept talking, making Kong Ming really dazed, when did the elves become so belligerent, didn't it mean that the elves were peaceful creatures.
"Well, can I ask why, what makes the always peace-loving elves actually learn war?"
"This is a big secret between heaven and earth, sooner or later you will all know, but it is not a good thing for you to know now, you don't need to care about this, you just need to know that I need to learn military affairs with you. Ye Wen had a profound look.
"What a god!" Kong Ming muttered.
"What did you say?" Ye Wen asked, Kong Ming said it too quietly, he couldn't hear it clearly.
"Oh, I said yes, but you just need to be by my side, and I'll give you a place in a while, how about it?" Kong Ming smiled.
"Okay, I'll just take a look around you and see how you became a devil. Ye Wen's words made Kong Ming really dumbfounded.
"What devil?"
"Oh, now the nobles of the Harvey Imperial Capital are all rumored to be a war devil!" Ye Wen added. (To be continued......)
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