The attack continued, and within the range that Kong Ming could see, the resistance of the rebellious Harvey soldiers in front of the City Lord's Mansion had gradually slowed down, and now the rest were undoubtedly the strong, weak ones had disappeared in that magical storm. At this time, the open space in front of the City Lord's Mansion also allowed more mercenary troops to enter the battle. In order to avoid the houses on both sides, many mercenaries even rode snow wolves to jump onto the top of the civilians' houses and went straight away, but this also caused many mercenaries to run straight into the homes of civilians, causing countless screams, including men and women, old and young, adding some different kind of fun in this cruel war.

After the Harvey soldiers saw the battle besieged from three sides, the existing courage in their hearts suddenly expanded a lot, and it had been half an hour, and the reinforcements from the other two sides had not yet come, so their hearts were even more panicked. In a battle, morale is something that can be almost seen, something that comes from the blood of the human being itself, or rather the deepest thing in itself, which is something that is knowable and intangible. In animals, this kind of thing may be more obvious, because they don't have intelligence, so they don't have more thoughts from humans, so for them, fear is fear, excitement is excitement, it's the most instinctive reaction, not a decision made after thinking. Therefore, we can often see that those animals can leave but have to attack some animals that are more powerful than them, which is a survival instinct, and this instinct is the most direct embodiment of morale. But obviously, because human beings have wisdom, measurement, thinking, and comparison, they also have more thoughts, and therefore more ideas about such things as morale, and once people have ideas, it is almost impossible for them to rush forward fearlessly except in a desperate situation, unless they are in the midst of victory. And now the morale of resistance in front of the city lord's mansion has been extremely weak, there are no reinforcements, and the loss itself is large, and the city lord has also changed some thoughts after seeing the mercenary's magic bombardment, no matter what, Kong Ming did not find the figure of the city lord on the battlefield, it stands to reason that this is not normal, because under normal circumstances, as a battlefield commander is to be on the front line, some are even at the forefront, just like when Kong Ming formed a mercenary group in Chu State, some are in a position that is more conducive to command, just like Kong Ming is now, in the most favorable way to command the whole army, of course, there are also like the current city lord, I don't know where, at this time it is impossible to talk about commanding the army, and at this time, the army can only go its own way, so the current city owner is either commanding the army to prepare what counterattack, or it is running away, there is no way, even the sage is different, some sages are conducive to fighting, some sages are conducive to agitation, in short, no matter what kind of sage, there are always his shortcomings, the sage who is good at fighting will also let a large number of soldiers pile up to death, even if the god-level strong man is on a certain terrain, he will also be killed by soldiers。 And at this time, if that city lord appeared in the form, it might make a few saints slash to death, for a saint who could live for a very long time, how could he want to die? What's more, this is not a battle-shaped sage, it is easier to clean up. Therefore, at this time, Kong Ming knew that these soldiers in front of the City Lord's Mansion had been abandoned.

"Surrender or kill!!"

"Surrender or kill!!"

"Surrender or kill!!"

"Surrender or kill!!"

"Surrender or kill!!"

"Surrender or kill!!"

The heart-wrenching words, coupled with the battle situation in front of the City Lord's Mansion, made many of the Harvey soldiers who were already dying, ready to carry out the final desperate suicide attack, and then, after the first Harvey soldier still lowered his weapons, the thunderbolt in front of the City Lord's Mansion still laid down a large number of weapons, and those surrenders and soldiers were forced by the mercenaries, squatting down, raising their hands above their heads, and for such a strange posture, where did they dare to think of something at this time? Within a few minutes, there was no more resistance in front of the City Lord's Mansion, and the mercenaries in front also gave way to the place, so that the mercenaries who followed behind were still attacking the plane. This point is very important, a person's combat power is limited, and unlimited combat power only appears in the novel, in reality, a person can fight for an hour or two in the battle is already the limit of a third-level swordsman, but after that, it will definitely lose its strength, and only some people with strong willpower will insist on being longer than others in this kind of battle, but it is not unlimited, only in this way those god-level powerhouses will be piled to death, otherwise it is really a god, not a god-level powerhouse, and there is an essential difference between the two。 Therefore, a qualified commander must know when to bring a new force into the ongoing battle, and not waste it on some frivolous things that come and go boringly, so that it seems that there is nothing, but it invisibly consumes a new force. And what a great commander must remember is that always having a reserve force that can change the shape of the battlefield is their magic weapon for a hundred battles.

The follow-up mercenaries were already enthusiastic when they saw the battle in front of them, and there was no more mobilization, and they directly surpassed the previous team and joined the battle. Looking at the mercenaries who rushed into the City Lord's Mansion, Kong Ming looked at Yi Yiyi and asked, "Did those two sages follow up?"

"It's been with me for a long time, and you're still asking, are you just at ease with me like this?" Yi Yiyi said unhappily.

"It's not that you're not worried, it's supposed to be responsible for the lives of the mercenaries. If there are no two Sages, let these soldiers face a Sage, even if they win the battle, the price paid will be very high, and this will affect the subsequent battles, you know, we are not the only ones who will have this battle. ”

"I've already told them. They had gone with the team in front of them early in the morning, and although they didn't make a move, I believe that as long as their Sage appeared, then there would be no place for them to die. Yi Yiyi said with a little dissatisfaction in his tone, anyone like Kong Ming is so incomprehensible, there is only one beautiful woman around him and he doesn't look at it, let alone in a team where there are more men than male rats, it really makes people doubt his ability. At this time, Kong Ming didn't know that the person next to him was slandering him, his eyes were still looking at the battlefield in front of him, and he couldn't see anything in the city lord's mansion, but the sound coming from there proved that there was still a fierce battle going on inside, and he thought that it should be the real guard of the city lord inside, and the battle at this time was becoming more and more intense. Suddenly, a huge pillar of fire emerged from inside, and at the same time, a blue fighting aura soared into the sky, such a fluctuation is obviously not something that a seventh-level powerhouse can make, this should be the battle of the sage, Kong Ming suddenly looked at Yi Yiyi and said, "Aren't there two sages, why is only one fighting?"

"I don't know, maybe they're going to fight alone!" Yi Yiyi said puzzled.

"Oh, when is this still single-minded, is he sick, or my mental abnormality. Kong Ming scolded angrily, at this time, it is the time when the battle is most intense, and the casualties of the mercenaries at this time are increasing in large numbers, these two waves actually play the technical work of heads-up, which does not let people live, if it is Kong Ming, it would have been more and less, and the number of outnumbered, where to tell others what chivalry, for Kong Ming, one-on-one heads-up is a job done on the stage, or something done in private, where is there to do at such a time. Just as Kong Ming was about to lose his temper, Yi Yiyi asked a magician to show the battle there with water realm magic. I saw two sages, one was wearing a mercenary's costume, and the other was dressed in gorgeous clothes, the two were sending out gorgeous moves to fight, and even Kong Ming saw that they were there full of taste, or in the battle on the side, from which it can be seen that the city lord should be a fire sage, he is holding a spear in his hand, and the fiery red fighting spirit is manifested on the outside of the gun, making him look majestic, and opposite him is a water sword master, the battle between the sages tests the understanding of the battle and rules between the two, not the amount of fighting spirit。 There is also a sage, Kong Ming saw that he was watching from the side, and more than a dozen figures of Harvey generals had fallen around him, judging from the aura that emanated, it should be a powerhouse at the level of a great swordsman, and Kong Ming turned the camera to something else, obviously the mercenaries were gaining the upper hand. After seeing this scene, Kong Ming was somewhat comforted, because at least those two people had dealt with those tricky seventh-level powerhouses for the mercenaries before they were brain-dead, otherwise it would not be a battle between two saints now, but a group of great sword masters fighting there. Seeing this, Kong Ming had no interest in the battle between the two, after all, for a commander, command is the most important thing.

The Water Mirror Technique continued to sweep through the scenes of the battle line between the two armies, and Kong Ming saw that the mercenaries had the advantage overall, especially in the City Lord's Mansion when the original battle was almost over, except for the battle between the two saints, of course. And in the direction of the two attacks of the first regiment and the second regiment, it is obviously much slower, because the main attack forces are concentrated on the first line of the city lord's mansion, and the strength of the two regiments is about 3,000 people, if you count the snow wolf, then each regiment can be regarded as 6,000 troops, with 6,000 people against 5,000 people, there is no absolute advantage, not to mention that the snow wolf is not a person after all, and in the military camp, it is not convenient for the cavalry to fight, plus without the support of the magic group, the battle can only be in a state of handover, not like the city lord's mansion here, with an absolute advantage of 14,000 against 4,000By the time the enemy in the other two directions reacted, the battle on the middle line would have been completed long ago. So this is the art of battle, how to make oneself have a certain advantage in the battle against the enemy, this is what the commander must calculate, otherwise, one to one, only a fool will be a kind of attrition. But this is the case, everyone knows that at one end of the battlefield must be an absolute advantage, but in many cases, this is not done, especially when the forces of the two sides are about the same, this situation is even more obvious.

"Order the Sixth Regiment, the Magic Regiment, and the Bow and Arrow Regiment to quickly go to the Eastern Barracks to support the battle of the First Regiment, so that they can end the battle within twenty minutes. The rest of the teams continue with the current task unchanged. Kong Ming's order was sent out with a magical communication, and it didn't take long to see the ranks of three regiments, heading towards the enemy's eastern military camp. And the people who saw the enemy's other two military camps from the water mirror technique finally came to the city lord's mansion to support the battle in constant hesitation, but obviously, their hesitation ruined the entire battle situation, and in order to prevent people from attacking from behind, their soldiers did not all come, but only came to the half, and the combined strength of the two military camps was only more than 3,000 people, if this kind of strength joined the battle at the beginning, it might be able to support for a while, but their hesitation ruined this possibility, and now the mercenaries have achieved absolute superiority in the battle of the city lord's mansion, and it is too late for them to come again。 The fighter plane was fleeting.

The whole battle, the moment the mercenary army captured the city lord's mansion, it was already over, and at this time, some Harvey soldiers close to the city gate had escaped from Fangneng City under the leadership of some officers, and this situation is increasing, especially the west gate and the north gate, these two barracks are not attacked by the mercenary army now, but they directly saw the city lord's mansion covered by magic, judging from this strength, where will many people survive? And those who are clamoring for support are gone, and it's time to escape, and who cares about whom? This is the result of an untrained team and an unresponsible commander.

The whole battle situation has developed in this way as the mercenaries hoped, in fact, the original defense has a certain weakness for the offense, especially the defense without protective facilities, you can't guarantee that all your forces can be used at a time, you won't know how many troops you are facing, and you won't know the intentions of the opponent's commander, all of which will cause a defensive weakness in a certain way. On the contrary, where to attack, in which direction the main point of attack is, where there are more concentrated troops, and how many troops should be invested at what time, all these are the absolute initiative that you occupy, and this natural advantage makes people summarize more and more in one sentence: attack is the best defense.

Soon, an unwilling voice came from the city lord's mansion, the sadness of this voice made the whole city can hear it clearly in the noise of the battle, the city lord of the city, a sage disappeared, and after Kong Ming heard the voice, he hurriedly turned the water mirror technique there, only to see that the city lord and the sword saint were two guns and swords together, and the position of his heart, a sword tip appeared, and another sage was holding the sword, thinking that this tactic was discussed by the two in advance, you must know that the battle between the sages, if it is not for a few people or some kind of killing stunt, the battle between the two will generally last for a long time, who called them to this level and refused to get hurt, and they all cherished their own lives, which is also where Kong Ming was very annoyed with them from the beginning. There is an absolute advantage not to use, what else to play heads-up? As the voice of the city lord spread throughout the city, all the people heard it, and this voice became a signal for the Harvey army to flee for their lives, and they withdrew towards the place where they could get out of the city, first by one person, then by a squad, by a team, by a regiment, just like they had crossed at once, and the battle had lost its suspense, and the mercenaries had completely won this adventure.

War is like this, it is not a simple number game, it has its own certain laws, and the person who masters this law can win more with less, and the person who does not master this law may also be defeated, only in actual combat, the team and commander who are trained are the real team and commander, and those who talk about it in the middle of the war, they may lose their lives at any time, because this is not a game, no matter what, you can start again, as long as you lose a battle in the war, you may lose everything。

At dawn the next day, the City Lord's Mansion, although it had become very dilapidated due to the battle, but even so, it was the best place they could find. At this time, each regiment was stationed in the corresponding barracks according to Kong Ming's arrangement, and also assumed the task of the corresponding defense area. Now several regiment commanders and Kong Ming and others are summing up the gains and losses of the battle, this is Kong Ming's request, after the battle, it must take a certain amount of time to summarize the entire battle, only in this way can the entire mercenary Su zhì, whether it is the combat power of individual soldiers, or the combat power of the command, a hundred battles and victories are also obtained from the summary.

"In these two battles we combined lost more than 2,000 dead and seriously wounded more than 1,000, not counting minor injuries. In this way, we lost more than 3,000 people in two battles, and if we add minor injuries, we have a total of 5,000 people who cannot fight for the time being. Of course, we also annihilated more than 10,000 of the Harvey's army, while more than 18,000 were captured, and more than 2,000 escaped. Lian Ping said that he was not only the captain of the guards, but also the person in charge of the logistics of the entire mercenary army.

"In that case, we may lose the combat effectiveness that we did yesterday for a while. And if we continue to fight, our combat effectiveness will become lower and lower. Lu Hai said something after being silent, and after hearing this, everyone's silence fell, and the joy of victory was washed away at once.

"Commander, what should we do next?" Wen Yue asked, this is the topic that everyone is most concerned about, if there is no good plan of action, without the enemy to exterminate, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army will die out in constant battles, and history has proven this. How many rebel armies disappeared in this way.

"Can we levy money and new soldiers from the civilian population, so that we can replenish the troops in the shortest possible time, and we can have a certain balance. "Duns built yì on the side.

……

Several people discussed together for more than an hour, but they found that Kong Ming did not say a word, but listened quietly. Kong Ming is indeed listening, and is constantly thinking about what to do in the future, as they said, if there is no source of soldiers, then in the future battle, I am afraid that it will really be less and less, and now the source of soldiers can be recruited in two ways, one is to collect directly from the captives, the advantage of this is that these soldiers have undergone some training, have some military common sense, and the shortcomings are that if these people defect on the battlefield, it will be a very big loss for the mercenary army, and they have no precedent in this regard, and they do not know how to carry out this kind of recruitment。 On the other hand, it is recruited from among the civilians, and this advantage is that they will not worry about the problem of the mutiny, but since it is a time of war, who wants to join a mercenary army with no future? Not to mention that there are not many masters among the civilians, and there are often people above the third level, but they are older people, and these people have children and daughters in their families, who wants to be this mercenary? As for money, it is even more so, if it is collected from among the common people, then it may not get much, but it will offend a lot of people, and the reputation is not good, and it will also affect the conscription, when it is collected from other channels, where will it come from? After thinking about it, Kong Ming raised his head and looked at everyone and said: "I propose a method for everyone's reference, you can discuss it, the time is not too long, half an hour is enough." First, soldiers will be recruited from among the captives, so that we can replenish the supply in a short period of time, and there is no need to worry about training. Give them a few bucks to get them home. In addition, a notice was posted to recruit soldiers from among the civilian population, and only those with a condition of level 3 and above were allowed, except for those with special skills. Secondly, we must not give our money to civilians, because we have never given them any guarantees, and it is not good to do so. ”

"And where do we collect the money?" asked Lian Ping.

"We collected it from the nobles, they have a lot of money!" Kong Ming said calmly as he looked at the faces of the other people who had some discoloration.