Chapter 61: On the Banks of the Songjiang River
The water of the Songjiang River has long been frozen, but the ice above it is not thick enough, and it will not be thicker, so that the army cannot pass directly. Kong Ming looked at the smooth ice, and kept thinking about how to conduct this battle more appropriately, you must know that the plan always can't catch up with the change, now the cities of the Harvey Empire within three hundred kilometers on the south bank side of the Songjiang River have been swept away by the mercenary army, and the mercenary army has also paid the price of more than 100,000 people, but because there are 200,000 civilians in these cities who have joined the mercenary army, it has increased the number of mercenary troops by another 100,000, and the total has reached 400,000 people, if you add the people from Jiangbei, it will be moreγ Such a force is still very dangerous for the Fifth Army, but it is not without the strength to fight. The key is how to attack the strength of the Fifth Army, otherwise the losses are too strict, which is always not a good thing.
The place where Kong Ming stood was about a hundred kilometers upstream of Taicheng, and Taicheng could not be seen from here, especially on this day of light snow, but Kong Ming still looked in the direction of Taicheng again, you know, in the past month, the sixth and eighth legions of the Harvey Empire have been getting closer to Wencheng, and now they are only about fifteen days away from there. In order to reduce unnecessary losses, Kong Ming once again evacuated the mercenary army of Wencheng, and this was also understood by all the civilians of Wencheng, after all, the strength of the mercenary army is too weak, and it is not easy to fight a big tough battle for Wencheng, and it is impossible to let Wencheng stumble on the footsteps of the mercenary army forever.
"Have you gotten the deployment of Taicheng's troops?" Kong Ming didn't look back, still looking at the distance covered by light snow.
"It's been obtained, half a million troops, after hearing that we have cleared the banks of the Songjiang River. All of them retracted into Taicheng, and constantly raised and thickened the walls of Taicheng, strengthened the magic array a lot, and transported a lot of magic crystals from the magic teleportation array there, enough for them to squander for a while. Che replied from the side. As the head of intelligence in charge, Che Yu's intelligence on the entire war led to the victory of the mercenary brigade. Are they all indentacing, and if so, how can they be drawn out of the city?
Heavy snow was still falling, and it stands to reason that heavy snow weather was not suitable for war, the cold in the snow and the lack of food. The difficulty of transportation and other conditions can limit the movement of the large army, but this is not a big problem in this continent where magic and vindictiveness are rampant. As cultivators, whether they are magicians or swordsmen, they have a certain resistance to the cold, and the space ring solves a large part of the food problem. Only the movement between marches would be somewhat hampered. But it has not yet reached the point where it is impossible to fight. There are obstacles and opportunities in the snow, but let's just take a look at how to do it. All of this has to be overcome with great difficulty.
"Commander. They're coming. A staff officer next to him said. Looking over with his hand, Kong Ming vaguely saw a group of people coming over from the ice on the river, there were about a hundred people, these people were the people Kong Ming was waiting for now, the commander of the various mercenary armies, Kong Ming after clearing both sides of the Songjiang River. In connection with them, you must know that Harvey's three corps are not so easy to deal with, the south two are rushing to the north, and the north one is like a nail. Nailed in it, not to let the mercenaries on the north and south sides of the strait get together, so now the only way to take advantage of the fact that they are all cowering in Taicheng is to gather some large mercenary armies together to see if they can find a plan to break through Taicheng, so that the Snow Wolf mercenary army can avoid the embarrassing situation of fighting on both sides.
"Commander Kongming, you really have admired the name for a long time, and now you are the leader in our mercenary world, you will guide us more in the future. A stout man walked over and smiled.
"Yes, Commander Kongming, we must let our brothers have a good soup like you!" said another.
Since the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army came out of the army, there have been many victories and few defeats, and a lot of standard equipment of the Harvey Empire has been captured, so that the entire Snow Wolf Mercenary Army has also changed a lot of good things, these things, usually there is nothing, but when Kong Ming cleared both sides of the Songjiang River, as soon as several mercenary troops came into contact, the difference was revealed. The Snow Wolf Mercenary Army is almost all the same standard weapons and armor as the Harvey Imperial Army, while most of the other mercenary troops are still in rough clothes, the swords are still brought by themselves, and the war horses are also uneven, which makes them extremely red-eyed. Of course, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army is a guy who even killed Harvey's Seventh Legion, and no one will give the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army eye drops at this juncture.
"Commander, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army in the northern part of the Jiang Province is here to report. Wei Qian flashed over from the side, and after receiving Kong Ming's notice, he put down his military affairs and rushed over directly with everyone with a guard.
Kong Ming nodded, then looked at the leaders of the other mercenary armies, and said, "It's snowing heavily, it's really embarrassing for everyone to come here, come and we have prepared a house over there, let everyone rest first, and then conspire together." β
"Good!"
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Everyone followed Kong Ming to a large house, and a magic array was set up around the house to block out this special cold, which was not done by Kong Ming, but this was originally a Harvey nobleman's manor, used for enjoyment. This is the cheapest Snow Wolf Mercenary Army.
Kong Ming sat down, and the other people also sat down around, there was no requirement for these Kong Ming, as long as everyone sat down, Wei Qian sat next to Kong Ming. Looking at the leaders of more than a hundred large and small mercenary armies around him, Kong Ming said:
"I didn't want to trouble everyone, I'm really embarrassed to let everyone come all the way over, I'm a rough person, let's not talk about so many virtual things, in a word, our snow wolf mercenary army wants to take down Taicheng, but now the strength is not enough, I hope that if you are interested, we will join forces to make this big deal." Say your opinion, and if you don't want to hit someone, don't speak. "Kong Ming's words are very domineering, among the mercenary army, the snow wolf mercenary army is a lone show, which will inevitably make other mercenary troops a little jealous, but now is not the time to solve these small problems, the current is to do their best to capture Taicheng. is the most important thing.
Hearing Kong Ming's words, the leaders of all the mercenary armies were taken aback, and then they were excited, you must know that the scale of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army is now far greater than that of other mercenary armies, and they have just killed a seventh legion, and in a blink of an eye, they have remembered the fifth legion, what a big deal!
"Commander, we would like to hear how the spoils of war will be distributed if we defeat Taicheng together?" said one of them. This is the norm of the mercenary world, let's talk about benefits first. And besides, otherwise, there will really be no place to reason for a war.
"If other people have any opinions, say them together, it's best not to hide anything, and make all our things clear first. And then say something else, how to say that sentence. Oh. First the villain, then the gentleman. Otherwise, when a war starts, who cares about his personal five or six. Kong Ming said, Wei Qian looked at Kong Ming a little strange, you must know that Kong Ming usually doesn't talk to them so domineering.
"Since the commander said it, then we won't be sloppy. We wanted to divide the city, how to divide the spoils of war, and how to divide the direction of the attack? As long as the commander came up with a reasonable method for us, we would follow the commander to do this vote. Several of them spoke together for a while.
"Everyone is not an outsider, so we will distribute it according to the rules of the mercenary world, based on the number of troops sent and the quality of the territory captured. Whoever destroys more Harvey soldiers will be the one who captures, and whoever wins the territory will belong to whom, because none of us has the strength to eat Taicheng alone, so Taicheng can only be jointly managed, as for the direction of the attack, we will divide the Taicheng into four directions, southeast, northwest, and set the direction by number before the war, and then draw lots to determine the direction of the attack. Our Snow Wolf Mercenary Army attacks one direction alone, of course, the four directions of the southeast, northwest, and northwest, and after you have picked them, we can be the last choice. If the other forces are sufficient, they can make a single direction, and if they are not enough, they can attack in one direction together, and we will not interfere with the distribution between you, in order to facilitate the command, we will set up a Taicheng attack command group, which is only responsible for the attack time of the battle, and the others do not care. To each his own, the place he occupies, the others can no longer occupy it, and he cannot harass the civilians of the city, these are the two things. If you have any opinions, we can discuss them. Kong Ming said that such a statement can be supported by almost all the mercenaries, because what Kong Ming said has always been the most reasonable distribution method for the mercenaries when they work together.
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"Our forces are too small, so we don't do it, we quit. β
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So in less than twenty minutes, the two camps separated. Fifty percent of the people participated in the battle to capture Taicheng, and the other 50 percent withdrew from the battle. After letting the non-involved people go to the side of the house, the rest of the people began to discuss how to take Taicheng.
"Welcome everyone to join the siege team, I know that we are only a cooperative relationship, but I ask that before taking down Taicheng, we can have a unified command and a title like a real army, after all, even animals need a name, so let's take a look, what kind of title can better reflect our momentum and power?" Kong Ming looked at the leaders of the various mercenary armies that were still more than fifty left, and said with a smile. You must know that an army must be famous, and an army with no name is not far from defeat, because all the people do not know what you do, and there will be no one to support it, and no one will oppose it, so that an army will not be replenished in the real sense and morally supported anywhere.
"This time it's mainly the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, so I think it's the Snow Wolf Army?" said one of the leaders, this sentence was obviously intended to slap the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army's ass, but Kong Ming was not interested in it.
"This time it's a coalition force, not a separate operation of that army, and the title of Snow Wolf is still forgotten. Kong Ming said.
"I don't think it's better to imitate an ancient military alliance called the Mercenary Warfare Federation?" said the leader of a mercenary army with a little Sven. Kong Ming glanced at him strangely, this is really a talent, why is he not in the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army?
"I think this building is good. However, the name of the Mercenary Participation Federation seems to be a bit too much, so it is better to change it to the Mercenary Joint Conference of the Land of Chaos, what do you think?" said another leader of the mercenary army.
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The name was quickly settled on by everyone, and to everyone's surprise, this tradition has been going on for a long, long time.
The next meeting was even more direct, the fifty-three mercenary armies participated in the war with a total of 2.6 million mercenary troops, of which the Snow Wolf mercenary army participated in the war with a total of 400,000, and the other fifty-two mercenary armies had a total of 2.2 million troops. It also achieved very good results, because after the passage of the two sides of the strait, many mercenary armies went to various cities to recruit soldiers, and many mercenary armies expanded a lot at once. And these fifty-two mercenary armies are united to let the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army lead them to fight, and take the opportunity to learn some powerful skills of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army from the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army. Many times. That's how people are, no matter how much they learn in books. It's not as profound as experiencing it in person. In other words. Although the writer writes about his own experience, not everyone can personally experience the mystery, only personal experience is truly obtained and understood, it can be said that many of them are coming for the name of Kongming.
So naturally, Kong Ming became the chairman of the Joint Mercenary Council of the Lands of Chaos and was responsible for leading the entire military operation. In the entire joint meeting, the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army occupies two seats and has five votes. The rest, regardless of the size of the mercenary army, each has one vote. The meeting decided that the Joint Conference of Mercenaries of the Land of Chaos would be responsible for the combat command of the 53 mercenary armies in the coming period and the coordination of the actions of the various mercenary armies. In order to allow more people to benefit, the Mercenary Joint Council of the Lands of Chaos has also stipulated corresponding regulations. And so, a military organization that united all the mercenary armies in the Land of Chaos appeared, and it continued for a long time. As for the other fifty or so mercenary armies, they were jointly excluded, and if they wanted to join, they had to obtain the consent of the majority of the mercenary army council, which was more than eighty percent, and the five largest mercenary armies, including the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, had a one-vote veto system. In order to make better use of this platform, all the leaders of the mercenary army have left a magical image, in the snow wolf mercenary army, so that the leaders can be summoned to a meeting at any time, and the meeting also stipulates that whether there is something to do or not, the mercenary joint meeting of the land of chaos must meet once within three months to solve some problems in the direction of the mercenary army or among the members of the meeting. The creation of this mercenary joint meeting in the land of chaos made those mercenary troops who did not join regret it after hearing it, they did not expect that Kong Ming would fight such an idea, instead of summoning the mercenaries of the land of chaos to hold a meeting, and go their separate ways after a battle. The establishment of the Mercenary Joint Conference in this Chaotic Land was also shocked by the whole continent, and everyone didn't know what this newly established unit meant, but everyone knew that the sky of the Harvey Empire was going to change from then on, and the development of things was true, even if Kong Ming left the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army later, it was the Mercenary Joint Conference of the Chaotic Land that was retained, commanding the mercenary army of the entire Chaos Land to fight against the Harvey Empire, and Kong Ming, as the founder and first chairman of the Mercenary Joint Conference of the Chaotic Land, became the nominal chairman of the Mercenary Joint Conference of the Chaotic Land even if he leftγ
At this time, attacking Taicheng has become the first thing since the establishment of the Mercenary Joint Conference of the Land of Chaos.
The army of 2.6 million is enough to submerge the entire Taicheng, and the ancients surrounded it, but that was in the era of pure cold weapons, and the number of people became a key to the siege war, and now in the Huatian Continent, which is dominated by magic and fighting spirit, the number can be reduced accordingly, with 2.6 million against the 500,000 Harvey army, Kong Ming can really find a piece of tofu to kill if he can't fight again.
"Let's assign tasks, according to the prior agreement, with the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army as the first corps, the ten mercenary armies dominated by the Demon Tiger Mercenary Army with a total of 500,000 people as the second corps, the corps commander is Lu Qinghu, the commander of the Demon Tiger Mercenary Army, the ten mercenary armies dominated by the Golden Eagle Mercenary Army with a total of 500,000 people are the third corps, the corps commander is Wang Jindiao, the commander of the Golden Eagle Mercenary Army, the ten mercenary armies dominated by the Black Dragon Mercenary Army with a total of 600,000 people are the Fourth Corps, the commander of the corps is Ao Long, the commander of the Black Dragon Mercenary Army, the ten mercenary armies dominated by the Xingyao Mercenary Army with a total of 600,000 people are the Fifth Corps, and the commander of the corps is Zhou Xingyao, the commander of the Xingyao Mercenary Armyγ A total of 2.6 million troops formed a siege cluster, with four mercenary armies as the siege corps and one as the reserve. β
After more than ten minutes of drawing lots, the battle sequence of all the teams was finally decided, the first corps attacked the east gate, the second corps attacked the south gate, the third corps attacked the north gate, the fourth corps was the reserve, and the fifth corps attacked the west gate. It was decided that on February 10, 1015, Huali, all the teams would gather in each attack position, that is, in all directions of Taicheng, less than five kilometers away, and after all the teams were in place, Kong Ming would command the entire Taicheng battle. Dozens of people met together for a full five hours, and every detail was fully discussed before the whole meeting process ended, such a long meeting was also a big burden for Kong Ming, although he had now become a sage, but Kong Ming was excited to see other people, and if anyone participated in such a big battle for the first time, they couldn't do it themselves. Kong Ming finally gave them a gag order, that is, they could tell the composition of the joint meeting of mercenaries in the Land of Chaos to others, but they must not leak the battle plan, because once these plans are leaked, thousands of mercenaries will die, and they should not be underestimated. I saw that they were full of promises, and then went back together to prepare for the corresponding things. When the meeting ended, Kong Ming saw the commanders of the mercenary army who were reluctant to join the battle looking at these people who had just walked out with a hint of schadenfreude, shook his head, and returned to the manor with a few generals of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army, and continued to discuss the plan of the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army.
"Black Dragon, what kind of meeting did you have in there, how did it take so long?" said a mercenary commander who did not attend the meeting to Ao Long, with a look of schadenfreude on his face. Ao Long smiled and told them about the composition of the Mercenary Army Joint Council in the Land of Chaos, and then walked away laughing. Soon, the news that the mercenary army in the Snow Wolf Mercenary Army led by Kong Ming and the fifty-two mercenary armies together formed the largest mercenary organization in the entire mercenary world spread to all directions, which surprised everyone, but before they had time to digest the news, another heavy news completely stunned them. The newly formed Joint Council of Mercenaries will be working on Harvey's Fifth Legion, and it will be in the near future.
"This Kong Ming is really a sinner in my Harvey Empire, who has made our big empire into a miasma, San'er, what a big stroke of your hand. "In the palace of the Harvey Empire, in front of all the ministers, the emperor of the Harvey Empire said such a sentence. The third prince knew that he had no hope of inheriting the throne from now on, because he released a demonic beast that did the most harm to the Harvey Empire, no matter what he thought at the beginning, but the facts had been cast, and there was no repentance, and he was sent to a small mountain villa that day, where he died of old age, and his only privilege was to read the newspapers of the Harvey Empire.
"Lao Yun, I didn't expect your grandson to be so capable, and he actually made a joint meeting of mercenaries, it's really not simple, when he comes back, we must celebrate him. Haha! This time, the Harvey Empire is in trouble, and they will use their last hole cards. A god-level powerhouse, a level that people are extremely desirable for. The emperor of the Huayuan Empire said to the ministers. This sentence made Yun Haifeng's heart even more happy, and even more uncomfortable, this grandson has never received his favor, how to make him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors in the future is really a big problem......!
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