The entire mercenary army in Liaocheng stayed for five days, not only to arrange the friendship of the entire Liaocheng, but also to carry out an adjustment and short-term training of the entire mercenary army. And in the past five days, the situation from another snow wolf mercenary army is not very good, because Alexander, not only commanded the battle in Liaocheng, after leaving Liaocheng, he teleported from the teleportation array, to another city that was fighting with the snow wolf mercenary army, although it is said that the snow wolf mercenary army finally took the city at a huge price, but if it goes on like this, then the entire mercenary army will no longer have combat effectiveness if it only captures five or six cities. Because they lost 30,000 people, of whom 20,000 died alone. The entire mercenary army has fallen into a kind of trough, and although Kong Ming's side has a slightly better record, it has also paid a great price, although this price has to be paid, but it may not be a good thing in the long run. Kong Ming sat in the hall of the City Lord's Mansion, surrounded by staff officers walking around, constantly arranging and dealing with things on various lines. When the army is strong to a certain extent, many things will not need to be dealt with by the commander, because once an army enters a normal track, then all things will be carried out by someone, without a commander to experience all things, once a commander is distracted by these small things, it means that the defeat of an army is coming, so a wise commander must know how to let go and delegate power, do not grasp everything in his hands, once everything is grasped in his hands then it means that everything is not grasped well, after all, a person's experience and time are limited, and there will be various situations if there are too many things to be distracted。 That's going to be a big deal. Alexander's matter gave Kong Ming a profound warning, you know, people like him don't need to come to Liaocheng to take this risk in person, and it is impossible for the Harvey Empire to send a person like him to the front line to put out fires everywhere, this is obviously not the truth of the matter, so what made him come to Liaocheng to personally face Kong Ming, and also discharge such a deployment, you must know that if this is the case, many cities after Liaocheng are actually empty cities, which is a good example of this since Kong Ming captured Liaocheng, many mercenary troops crossed the snow wolf mercenary army and captured a lot of cities。 Of course, in order to keep Harvey's people from opposing the mercenaries, the oath issued by the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army has also spread throughout the entire war zone, and even spread to various regions of the Harvey Empire, and many suppressed contradictions have slowly emanated, and this qiē will depend on the future achievements of each mercenary army. If once the mercenary army breaks the counteroffensive of the Harvey Empire, then this contradiction is bound to burn the prairie trend. Otherwise, they will continue to wait. So Alexander must have come here to prepare for something. Perhaps, the big war will come soon. It would have been easier to judge if we had more information. Unfortunately, since the current intelligence network of the mercenary army is only limited to a small part of the northern part of the Harvey Empire, the knowledge is also limited, and the spies of other empires have not sent more information to the mercenary army, although they have let many of their mercenaries in the chaotic land join the snow wolf mercenary army. But this is just an upfront investment, it is good to have gains, and it is a good choice to add some plugging to the Harvey Empire without gains.

"There's some information, you might be interested!" Yi Yi said.

"Could it be that someone will send a pillow if you doze off?"

"This is information from twenty days ago. Transmitted from the capital of the Harvey Emperor, the Harvey Emperor ordered Alexander to lead an army of 500,000 to exterminate the mercenary army. This information has been sent to some places only today. Looking at Kong Ming's dissatisfied expression, Yi Yiyi added, hearing this sentence, Kong Ming knew that she was wrong, and after apologizing, he looked at this information carefully.

The Harvey Empire appointed Alexander as the Generalissimo of the Northern Qing Dynasty of the Empire, leading the Fifth Army of the Harvey Empire, with a total of 500,000 people, responsible for destroying all the mercenary armies in the northeast that broke into the Harvey Empire.

"It's numb, is this Alexander the illegitimate son of Emperor Harvey, how can a young man let him manage so many soldiers?" Kong Ming said angrily, he was really angry, the news from more than 20 days ago, he only knew now, you must know that with the speed of the Harvey Empire's troop transfer, then this army may arrive near Liaocheng in about ten days, that is to say, if Kong Ming does not start the operation earlier, then in about ten days, this piece of the battlefield may not be able to be used by him, and now he finally knows why Alexander came to the front line from the teleportation array to observe. He not only has to observe the capabilities of the various mercenary armies, especially the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, which is the leading mercenary army among many mercenary armies, but also constantly puts a kind of pressure on the generals on the front line, so that they will not give up the city lightly, but hold on for a period of time, so that they can consume a lot of the strength of the mercenary army, especially the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army. Only in this way can they have an absolute advantage in annihilating the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, the mercenary army that opened the door to Harvey, when their army arrives, otherwise even if they win, they will be defeated by the attacks of other mercenary armies.

Kong Ming kept observing the map, if the enemy's fastest speed is calculated, then they still have about ten days to enter the front line of Liaocheng, and now Kong Ming obviously can't let them get their wish, Kong Ming needs to set up a battlefield in a place, waiting for them there, waiting for work, only by taking the initiative to attack, attacking the enemy when the foothold is not stable, can they take the initiative in the whole battle, and although the snow wolf mercenary army is only more than 200,000 people, but the mercenaries in the northeast of Harvey can initially reach the scale of millions of people. Of course, since these are relatively scattered, and they are a group of stragglers, we can't expect them to give any help, but it's okay to let them grow their momentum. So Kong Ming immediately summoned all the officers above the division and regimental level of this mercenary army for a meeting.

"Che Yu, you quickly send a message to the mercenary armies that an army of 500,000 led by Alexander is attacking our side, tell them to be careful, and then, if there is any trouble, let each other know. It wouldn't be worth it to prevent a surprise attack by Alexander. ”

"Commander, if we inform them like this, will they think that we are scaring them and want to eat alone?" asked Che Yi as he asked, a typical mercenary mentality.

"Whatever it is, we just need to get the news out there, and as for what they want to do, that's their business. In addition, he ordered Wei Qian to let them immediately advance towards Taicheng. and immediately take Taicheng, where we will meet them. ”

"Taicheng is now under attack by the Berserker Mercenary Army, will we let them have some opinions?" Teng Qinglong asked, he had a relationship with the Berserker Mercenary Army and had a clear understanding of the other party's abilities.

"Tell them, we are ready to face the 500,000-strong army of the Fifth Army of the Harvey Empire in Taicheng. If they are interested, we can not enter Taicheng, but we will not support them against the Fifth Legion of the Harvey Empire. If they let Kaitai City to us. We won't compensate you either. We don't give any explanation for the rest. ”

"In addition, you will send a force of 1,000 men to swiftly return our wounded and the spoils of war to the city of Hailuo, leaving only a minimum of our troops in all the cities to maintain law and order, and abandon them as soon as the enemy appears. Of course, all the walls had to be destroyed before that. And those civilians who want to emigrate, also let them withdraw to the northeast. Sora said sternly.

"There are only 500,000 enemies, and although we only have more than 200,000, the number of mercenaries in the entire Northeast region has reached millions. Isn't that a bit too much?" asked Che Yi from the side.

"That's just the most conservative estimate, if we're lucky, we'll be able to maneuver Harvey's Fifth Legion around here, and if we're unlucky, we'll be back in the Land of Chaos. Kong Ming said with a sigh.

"Why?" said Yiyi, puzzled.

"This is mainly due to the establishment of the Harvey Empire. The Fifth Army Corps had a total of 500,000 men, including five corps and one directly subordinate corps. Each corps consisted of about 100,000 men and was divided into five divisions and one division directly under it. Each legion must have a magician division, amounting to about 10,000 people, and two magic saints are in charge. And there must be two Sages in each army, and there are five Sages in the legion who are responsible for protecting the safety of the commander, and there is also a thousand-person guard team dominated by seventh-level powerhouses in the direct team, which is a team to protect the commander, and it is also the biggest guarantee for them to turn the tables at a critical moment. In other words, they have at least seventeen saint-level powerhouses. In addition, each legion has an aerial magic horse, about 2,000 people, who are not only responsible for aerial reconnaissance, but also some sneak attack missions. In such a situation, it is almost impossible for the large army to sneak attack, so it is only right to weaken their strength by constantly fighting head-on. If we had to take care of so many things in the middle of the battle, the battle would have been lost without a fight, so let the other mercenaries get out of the way for us, and we will use the terrain there to give the Harveys a head-on blow. Hopefully, this will stop their attack. The other mercenaries may not be able to help us in times of adversity, but if they intervene at the critical moment of the battle, our chances of victory will be much greater. "You must know that falling into the well is a mercenary's specialty.

As Kong Ming said, the news that the Fifth Army of the Harvey Empire was coming to the northeast to eliminate the mercenary army soon spread throughout the mercenary army in this area, and the berserk mercenary army that attacked Taicheng directly gave up the idea of attacking Taicheng at the first moment when they heard the news, withdrew their positions to the side, and ceded the entire Taicheng to the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army. And when Kong Ming led the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army to Taicheng, Wei Qian had completely taken this place, perhaps because the soldiers here had long been evacuated by Alexander, or maybe the prestige of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army was too strong, and the furious mercenaries attacked Taicheng that had not been defeated for two days, and Wei Qian took it down at once.

Kong Ming stood at the head of Xicheng, next to which was a topographic map of one-fifty-thousandth of the entire area under the jurisdiction of Taicheng, and the marks on the map could even be seen clearly by a big tree. Taicheng is an ordinary city in the northeast of the Great Plain of the Harvey Empire, the east of Taicheng is a plain, and there is a large river in the west that separates Taicheng from the opposite plain, and the name of this big river is called Songjiang. The Songjiang River is two kilometers wide, and this section of Taicheng is the most soothing section of the river in the vicinity, and it is also the largest section of the river. Other places may be a little smaller, but the current will be much more turbulent. In other words, this is the most suitable place to cross the river, and the reason why Kong Ming chose this place is to know that if Harvey's Fifth Legion wants to quickly attack the mercenary army in the northeast, this is the fastest way for them, which is commonly known as a shortcut. The large plain terrain in front of Taicheng is very suitable for large-scale corps operations. And now Kong Ming is going to be preset here as a battlefield for both sides, for this terrain that is beneficial to both sides, Alexander will not refuse. Sure enough, after hearing that Kong Ming had captured Taicheng and set up a battlefield here to fight against the Harvey army. With a stroke of his pen, Alexander redirected the route they had planned to travel in a different direction, and at this time, they were only five days away from Taicheng.

Night, Taicheng City Lord's Mansion. Kong Ming gathered all the divisional officers here and made a pre-battle preparation. This preparation is very important for every battle. You must know that in a battle, the commander's order from the top to the bottom to the ordinary soldier in which the time it takes is long and short, but this always takes time, so at ordinary times, one or more deductions will be carried out in advance for the time of the battle, which is usually also called wargame deduction, which can let more officers know what will happen on the battlefield. How to deal with it, what kind of coordination between superiors and subordinates should be, these must be clear in advance, otherwise once a war starts. It's going to be a mess. The most interesting thing about the facts is that in this kind of wargame, it is necessary to write out in advance what happens in each season, and then choose the best method through guò against each other, and when selecting each move of the enemy, it is usually selected by a dice rolling method, rather than intervening artificially, so that the conclusion is usually closest to the truth. And once the choice is artificially made, it often deviates greatly from the course of the battle. During World War II, the German army used to adopt this method, and the facts have proved that this is the closest to the whole process of the battle.

"Let's arrange some things about the battle of Taicheng today, and also deduce this battle, although there are some differences between what we deduce and the real battle, but this is also to be carried out, after all, if we don't deduce it a few times, many people will be caught off guard when the battle comes. Kong Ming looked at the people sitting around the sand table, although a few people seemed to be confused, but Kong Ming himself didn't want to explain something, so he could only let them ask others afterwards or learn while pushing.

"We are across the river from the enemy, once the enemy comes, we will go out of the city to meet the battle, instead of waiting for their attack in the city, from the first to the fifth division are arranged from north to south, the front of each division is two thousand meters, the column is arranged according to its own numbers, the sixth division is the reserve, to deal with all kinds of unexpected situations, the magician is under my unified command mainly for the necessary area and season, the forward division is mainly responsible for discovering the enemy's situation and dealing with the situation at any time during the battle. Special columns, in the city, are ready to fight. There is no objection to this, right?" Kong Ming raised his head and looked around, and everyone shook their heads.

"Now each division and regiment will plant your small flag in the corresponding place on the sand table, and we will start to deduce. After Kong Ming finished speaking, one of the guards handed out the flag in his hand to the corresponding people's hands, so they planted the small flag of their own team in the place that Kong Ming pointed to, and lined up. Kong Ming continued:

"The enemy's army is 500,000 strong, and we line up according to their serial numbers and their usual standings. So a few guards on one side lined up the formation of Harvey's Fifth Legion according to the formation given by Kong Ming in advance.

"In the first season, when the enemy crosses the river, the art of war strikes the enemy in the middle of the crossing, that is to say, if the enemy crosses the river, the number is almost half, and when it is not in formation, it can immediately attack them and attack the enemy at an unstable opportunity. But the enemy obviously knows this, they cross a two-thousand-meter river, and if they come all at once, they will need to take half a million men and too many boats for their mounts, so they will come in batches, and this is the best time for us to defeat the enemy. We take the enemy's elite as the vanguard, and the total time for each river crossing is calculated as one hour, remember that this hour includes the enemy's embarkation and disembarkation and the completion of the formation, which means that if the enemy wants to seize a stronghold on the river, their vanguard must be able to withstand our attack for at least an hour, and in this case they must be able to protect their follow-up ladder ashore and not be attacked by us until the formation is completed. In order for their vanguard to accomplish these two tasks, they must have enough personnel, which should be counted in the number of 100,000 people. We count the dice, one is fifty thousand, and the rest of the numbers are multiplied by fifty thousand. Throw. ”

After Kong Ming finished speaking, one of the guards next to him threw a dice, which showed three, and Kong Ming continued: "Well, according to this calculation, the enemy should cross the river with 150,000 people in advance. It seems that they have a little more than that, and they crossed the river in a certain order with half of the enemy's three armies, that is, 150,000 men, to occupy the line on the river beach. Based on the beachhead. After Kong Ming finished speaking, several guards then inserted more than a dozen division-level flags in front of the mercenary army, on the bank of the river, to indicate that the enemy had occupied the first line.

"Next, the whole army will attack, and the divisions will report the location and location of your attack. ”

"A division, the whole division is dispatched, attacking the enemy's right flank, striking at the enemy when his foothold is not stable. ”

"The second division, the whole division is dispatched, attacking the enemy's right flank in the center, and striking the enemy when the foothold is not stable. ”

"Three divisions, the whole division is dispatched, attacking the center of the enemy, and striking at the enemy when the foothold is not stable. ”

"The fourth division, the whole division was dispatched, attacking the center of the enemy's left flank, and striking the enemy when his foothold was not stable. ”

"The fifth division, the whole division, is dispatched to attack the enemy's left flank and attack the enemy when his foothold is not stable. ”

"Magician, the whole division is dispatched, and the second, third, and fourth divisions are deployed to attack the enemy's center, and the enemy is not firmly established. ”

"The forward division does not move. ”

"The Sixth Division does not move. ”

"The special column does not move. ”

"Hmm, now let's judge the attack just now!" A staff officer on Kong Ming's side directly read out the twelve possible situations, half of which were good for the mercenaries and half were bad for the mercenaries, and arranged them according to a certain probability to ensure that the events with a high probability corresponded to the numbers with a high probability of occurring, and to ensure that the whole event was deduced more reasonably. The guards then threw out a number, and compared with the number, a staff officer read: "According to the displayed figures, our army has destroyed half of the enemy and continues to fight with the enemy on the battlefield, and the enemy's other ships have transported troops to the beach with hundreds of thousands of people, and they are disembarking and arranging formations, and our army has lost 30,000 people." Among them, the central is the most. ”

Kong Ming said: "The divisions continue to attack, the magicians focus on attacking, the enemies on both sides, special columns join the battle, the six divisions do not move, and the advancing divisions do not move." ”

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Time passed little by little, and the upper echelons of the entire mercenary army were calculating the results of the battle in this, but in the end, the result was that the mercenary army lost 150,000 people, and then retreated on all fronts, while the Harvey army lost 300,000 people, more than double the mercenary army, but they occupied Taicheng on all fronts and obtained an offensive beachhead. The result of the war game made many people not optimistic about this battle, and Kong Ming's mood was not very good, after all, 150,000 people was an absolutely unbearable loss for the mercenary army.

"Okay, let's go back and rest first, let the others hurry up and train, and we'll do it again in the afternoon. Kong Ming said, everyone dispersed directly, Yi Yiyi saw Kong Ming's appearance, and said:

"If it doesn't work, might we better just retreat?"

"It's not as simple as you think, once Alexander and they occupy this Taicheng, then their reinforcements will be almost constant, and we will be more passive at that time. (To be continued......)

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