Chapter 34: Persistence in Battle

If, at the beginning, Kong Ming hoped to use the assault power of mercenaries to cause a large number of deaths in the Harvey army with one to four or so assaults, and let them mess up their positions, in the hope that there would be a phenomenon of bombing the camp within the Harvey army, then the battle would be easier. But obviously, these are a little too wishful thinking, the Harvey army under the supervision of the three princes, did not produce the phenomenon of retreat, although they were not launched and were killed and injured by a large number of mercenaries, but as the front end of the line of defense, there has always been an army to pick up, at this time Kong Ming knows, the battle directly entered the stage of stalemate, entering this stage is extremely unfavorable for the mercenaries led by Kong Ming, because the mercenaries are too few than the Harvey, and now the only advantage is because the Harvey army has not been expanded, and the mercenary army is fully expanded。 The battle is still continuing, at the junction of the two sides, the battle is going on, and the magic is constantly being put into the Harvey army, full of colors, explosions, and dust, which has caused a great shock to the Harvey army, because the magicians of the Harvey Army have wiped out all the snow wolf mercenaries in a battle, and now those magicians who have been formed again are not so many people after all, not to mention that the magician's mobility ability is not as good as that of the swordsman, so now the magicians of the Harvey Army are in the valley watching the magicians of the mercenary army continue to cast magic and magic scrolls, giving the Harvey army great damage。 The face lethality of magic is amazing, and the scene is even more terrifying, and the fighting spirit is relatively much worse from the surface of sound and light, but it is also flying everywhere at the junction of the two armies. In fact, at this time, it is longer than which side has held on, the Harvey Army has suffered heavy losses in the front under the multiple blows of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and waves of soldiers have been pushed to the front, but they have fallen in the continuous magic, fighting spirit and arrows, and even because the Harvey Army has not been deployed at all. More soldiers were killed by the fighting magic and bows and arrows without a chance to make a move. There are more and more corpses of soldiers on Harvey's side, and they are accumulating higher and higher, and more are broken limbs and scattered flesh, weapons and armor are spread all over the ground, the scene is tragic, which makes Harvey's soldiers hesitate more, and the same is true of the snow wolf mercenary's side, groups of mercenaries fall in front, and the people behind continue to attack, as the attacking side. There will be more advantages between natures, and these natural advantages will make their attacks more diverse, but these will not avoid death, compared to death, because the frontal firepower of both sides is not at all a level. Therefore, it also caused more and more deaths on both sides.

Ali is a fifth-level mercenary of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Division 1, and he rides a third-level snow wolf. This snow wolf has been with him through many battles. Of course, for people like the commander, the number of battles is distinguished by the number of battles, but for people like Ali, every battle with the enemy is a battle, and in the battle here, he has established a deep bond with the mounted snow wolf. And today is the hardest battle he has fought since joining the Snow Wolf Mercenaries. In the past, when there were few battles, it was just a cutscene, and when there were many battles, there were half-day battles, but today's battle was only two hours old. But it was like he had fought for a lifetime. He is a member of the vanguard, and he is one of the people who came into contact with the Harvey people for the first time in this battle, and he also used the Dou Qi Slash in the first time, not only him, but all the mercenaries in front of him used the Dou Qi Slash, because this is the experience they have gained from the battle, after a round of Dou Qi Slash, plus the snow wolf's wind blade, the attack after the short range of the two rows, at least half of the Harvey soldiers standing in the front row have become ghosts, this is a summary of their experience, which cannot be learned in those textbooks. When these two rounds of short-range attacks are over, he directly enters the stage of hand-to-hand combat, at this time, he can only continue to kill the enemy in front of him, and he does not know how many enemies have fallen in front of him, and after each enemy he kills, he will take a step back, give up a vacant seat, and join the battle for his companions who join the battle from behind, and he is using this brief opportunity to take a break, once the comrades in front of him fall, or kill the enemy, then it will be his turn or other mercenaries to play, only in this way, they can always save the body, and not until there is a phenomenon that the enemy is in front but cannot raise the sword。 But even so, he is now almost as tired as Wang Badan, and he has gone from counting the number of kills at the beginning of the battle, to now he has long forgotten how many Harvey soldiers he killed, and of course he has forgotten the time. His comrades around him don't know how many people have changed, some have died, and some have joined other groups to fight, because they must ensure that any vacant position must be filled, only in this way will their attacks not be disrupted and the attack can continue. In the beginning, they were still very concerned about whether the magic flying towards the enemy above their heads would fall on them, but now they have long been numb to this, and even some of them have fallen in front of him, and he has not had a chance to frown, because this qiē has lost its meaning. Now in his eyes, nothing is the most important thing, only to live, and to live with dignity is the only reason to live in this very cruel battle. To live, all is to live. Ali's eyes turned fiery red, and the fierceness hidden deep in his heart emerged. This fiery red color has a function for those enemies that even Ali did not discover, that is, every Harvey soldier who fought with him face-to-face had some fear in his heart after seeing his red eyes, these are not virtual things but real qualifications to kill, of course, after the war, there will be some sequelae, these things depend on what kind of person they are for. But today, at this time, the more these things will be more secure for Ali's life, and this is the mercenary.

On the other hand, most of Harvey's soldiers were already full of fear in their eyes, which was the absolute greatest challenge to their nerves, few people had gone through this kind of long-term tearing and killing, few people had seen such a long and bloody scene, even those officers who still supervised the battle could no longer give orders normally at this time, such a scene was the same for them, because they did not have more such experiences than those soldiers.

Two hours is a very short time for any ordinary person. But today was an ordeal for both sides, especially for the two commanders. In Kong Ming's eyes, the mercenary formation in front of him is getting thinner and thinner, while the Harvey army on the opposite side still can't see the end, or because they are in the valley, but it also shows that the number of Harvey troops is still too much, and every second that passes will be the beginning of a defeat. Now it's just a matter of who can make it to the end and who will be the ultimate winner. This situation is an equal opportunity for both sides, and it is no longer a question of the number of troops, but who will hold out until the last minute. Persistence is king.

Yi Yiyi looked at Kong Ming beside her. It's been two hours, Kong Ming has been constantly issuing various orders, constantly deploying the troops in front, and constantly transferring the magicians to support the side that needs them the most. The front of the high ground was paved with blood. But in Kongming's eyes, she hadn't seen the slightest retreat. There was never even the slightest hesitation. If there is now an adjective to describe emptiness, then only perseverance is the most appropriate word.

"What are you looking at?" asked Kumei.

"What are you looking at?" Yiyi asked nervously.

"Look at me for so long. Nor did it change direction. What do you say I'm asking you to see?" Kong Ming smiled, but the laughter didn't sound like that kind of laughter, more of a dry laugh.

"When will we win this battle?" Yiyi said, changing the subject.

"I don't know, I really don't know, the only thing I know now is persistence. We will be victorious, and this persistence is not only in the battle of these soldiers, but also in some other factors. Kong Ming thought for a moment and said.

"What factors?"

"Reinforcements. Will our reinforcements arrive first or will the enemy's reinforcements arrive first? This is the final factor that will determine this battle. Kong Ming said.

"Is it Li Yao's 20,000 reinforcements? Even if they add in now, it won't help?"

"Huh. Sometimes people's hearts are so delicate, now it is not a matter of 12,000 soldiers, but whose reinforcements arrive first, then whose morale will rise sharply and the morale of the other side will fall into a trough. This invisible thing is the only reason to persist in this kind of battle. A famous general once said that there are not too many secrets to our victory in the war, but only a little more persistence than others. Kong Ming said loudly, as if encouraging others, but more like encouraging himself.

"Really, I think you said it!" Yiyi laughed.

"Hehe, it's true, I'm a person who never jokes about these things, because these are the classics of the predecessors. And I have a lot of respect for these predecessors, not for anything else, just because they are truly experienced in a hundred battles, and their words are a summary of the wars they have gone through, even if sometimes it seems that there is only one sentence. Kong Ming said, but then Kong Ming's eyes couldn't help sinking, because he saw an army rushing out from the other side of the mercenaries, and the banner of this army was obviously under the banner of the Harvey Army, thinking that the Harvey Army had already transferred the army on the left, and at this moment, there was a trace of nervousness in the eyes of those who saw the mercenaries, but because the soldiers in front did not see it, the battle in front of them would not collapse immediately, and they were still fighting, not to mention that the number of them who appeared was obviously not much. I think this is just the vanguard of that Harvey army. Kong Ming slowly closed his eyes, is this battle really going to be lost? You must know that for the Harvey Army, their strength is almost endless, as long as the Harvey Empire exists, they can recruit unlimited troops, but the Snow Wolf mercenaries are different, maybe they can win countless wars, but as long as a battle is lost, then they may be wiped out, for them, it only takes one.

"Order, Che-" Just as Kong Ming's order was about to be given, a soldier next to him shouted: "Commander, look, look, reinforcements are coming behind us, many, many reinforcements!"

Kong Ming turned around, only to see that behind them, low dust was raised, this was cavalry, but what surprised Kong Ming was that the area of dust he saw was definitely more than the amount of 20,000 cavalry, and there should be more people following behind. Could it be that they tied a branch to the horse's tail? But in any case, Kong Ming knew that he did not lose this battle, but probably entered a stalemate again, but this time he might be able to get through it. But the fact was clearly beyond Kong Ming's expectations, and the whole guard on the hill rejoiced when they saw the reinforcements coming, and this joy was accompanied by an astonishing excitement.

"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming, we're going to win!"

"Reinforcements are coming. Reinforcements are coming, we're going to win!"

"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming, we're going to win!"

"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming. We're going to win!"

"Reinforcements are coming, reinforcements are coming. We're going to win!"

"The snow wolf will win. Snow Wolves will win"

"The snow wolf will win, the snow wolf will win"

"The snow wolf will win, the snow wolf will win"

The sounds of the call were earth-shattering and spread far away, and there were clever magicians who magically carried these sounds farther away, with the focus on the place of battle, of course. Those who were fighting towards the front heard these voices, and their spirits were shocked, and they had a little more strength at hand, on the other hand, on the side of the Harvey army. The morale itself is not high, and the law enforcement team gradually can't suppress the soldiers' resistance, coupled with this cheer, as if announcing the victory of the mercenaries, it makes the Harvey army who don't want to fight forward even more frightened. The defeat is like a mountain, and the mountain is a matter of moments. At this moment, the Harvey army retreated, not because of weakness, but because of fear, the law enforcement team could no longer suppress it, because if one step forward was death, one step backward and one retreat could die, between the two, they chose to retreat, and then like an avalanche, they retreated one after another. Dealing with this situation, for these mercenaries, it is simply commonplace, and in an instant, the knife in his hand seems to be blunt, and the usual sharpness just now is gone. This is not a very good time to kill, at this time, the most correct way is to let those people have a trace of survival, and for this idea, let those people dare to resist the command of their officers, but do not dare to come to the mercenaries again, only in this way can they rush to their own camp, those who are already crowded enough, squeeze even tighter, and in order to escape, at that time they will even do it to their own people, if this is the case, then the goal has been achieved. You must know that if you are still too tight at this time, they are already in a desperate situation, and they don't care what happens, anyway, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, if so, then it will not be a blessing for the mercenaries, so it is like driving sheep, not hurried or slow, this kind of thing can only be understood after many wars, and Kong Ming directly taught these mercenaries, and they have always adhered to it very well. Today they did not disappoint Kong Ming either.

The Harvey army began to retreat, as long as the army retreated, it could no longer be contained, at the beginning, the law enforcement team of the Harvey army killed a few people, but when more people raised their swords and swung towards the law enforcement team, they began to retreat, you must know that in this kind of thing, that is, if you take a step back, people will go further, not to mention that if you take a step back, people will also take a step back so great, not to mention that just now in order to deter these Harvey soldiers, they killed a few retreating Harvey soldiers, and now when everyone is about to escape, they want to block it is too late, because they have also become the target of the soldiers' attack, in an instant, the law enforcement team of the Harvey Army was overwhelmed by the endless number of Harvey soldiers. The law enforcement team is just a soldier who usually enforces the law against a soldier because of the support from above. If, at some point, the people above are already too busy to take care of themselves, and military discipline is lost, they will lose their role, especially when the overwhelming majority of the people are against it. And when those law enforcement members also began to retreat, the entire Harvey army no longer had anyone to maintain order in their army, and the retreat began to change from one or two people to a team, a regiment and a division, and the people all over the mountains began to run in the direction they came, and at this time, the mercenaries also began to show the courage to beat the water dogs, and the killers began to fall one after another, one by one the Harvey soldiers fell, and the fleeing soldiers had no morale at all, and even more ineffective, under the pursuit of the mercenaries, they all fell on the road。

The third prince was completely blinded, I don't know why things turned out like this, more than 200,000 troops against 80,000 people, and they would still be defeated, such a failure is simply unreasonable, this seems to be a little different from his military since elementary school, isn't there more people than few people in fighting, isn't fighting is more people bullying fewer people, but he has three times the strength of the mercenary army, how can he be defeated like this? It can be said that at this moment, the third prince is really short-circuited, and he doesn't even know how he got out of there. And the truth of the matter is that he muttered there, "Defeated, defeated!" It was as if he was giving an order and talking to himself, and of course, whatever it was, the people next to him who usually followed him to show off their might would take these as his orders, because this order was given by him, and he must be the bearer of responsibility, and other people are not responsible. So, in ignorance, the three princes began to run away, and in order to make the three princes unable to come back to their senses, those people deliberately forgot about the air magic horse, and set up the three princes to run back and forth, only in this way can the three princes maintain a heart to escape. When the commander moved, the army was even more uncommanded, and even some other people in the army who wanted to redeem saw that the commander had left, and their thoughts in this area faded and went with the flow.

And the reinforcements who had just come to support the Harvey army in the distance no longer paid attention to them at this time, and they were powerless to attack for a while, and when they saw the reinforcements of the mercenaries coming, they knew that the fighter plane was gone, so they could only go back on the way, not to mention that they themselves did not have many troops.

Looking at the mercenaries chasing and killing in the past, Kong Ming did not follow, because he knew that this time was the time when the armies on both sides were very chaotic, and it was very unwise to meddle in commanding the army at this time. The reinforcements from afar are gradually approaching, and unlike the situation where the horse in Kong Ming's imagination pulls branches behind the tree to fill the façade, Li Yao is really with many teams, of course, none of these teams except for Li Yao's headquarters are wearing the clothes of the snow wolf mercenary army, they are dressed in a variety of strange ways, and so on, those are other mercenary troops who came to support the snow wolf mercenaries, and when they saw the defeat of the Harvey army and fled, they subconsciously looked at Kong Ming, of course Kong Ming knew what they were thinking, it was nothing more than wanting a piece of the pie。 Kong Ming also knows that his own mercenaries can't eat so many things, and even if they can, they can't eat it now, because if they eat it now, there will be no allies to save them when they encounter this kind of thing in the future, and today, although they haven't joined the battle until now, but it was their arrival that crushed the last straw for the Harvey army, not to mention, if the 300,000 army is not completely solved, then Kong Ming will have more trouble in the future, so this soup must be divided. Kong Ming said loudly: "If you want to join the battle, join it, you don't have to give us the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army what you get, but you can't fight for what we have obtained, in short, what the Harvey Army has there is there, each with his own ability!"

Kong Ming's words gave everyone a reassurance, not only stipulating that no one should fight for what the Snow Wolf mercenaries have now, because this is what they deserve, but also did not prevent them from taking those who escaped Harvey, so that everyone will benefit. In an instant, those mercenaries rushed in the direction of the Harvey Army's escape. Looking at the mercenaries who disappeared into the mountains, Kong Ming couldn't help but exhale. Yi Yiyi asked on the side, "What order did you want to give just now?"

"What about that?"

"It's an order, Che Yu-, that sentence, what is the second half of the sentence?" Yi Yiyi looked at Kong Ming curiously, and after the others knew, they also looked at Kong Ming to see how Kong Ming answered.

Kong Ming smiled, pointed to the sky and said, "God knows!" (to be continued......)

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