The soldiers and horses of Western Xia are not like the soldiers and horses of the yellow-headed Hui.

In Liu Heng's cognition.

The soldiers and horses of Western Xia are very capable of fighting well, and they are far from being comparable to the soldiers and horses of the Yellow Head Hui.

Li Yuanhao, the prince of the hypocritical Hou Shizi, led 3,000 iron cavalry and tens of thousands of servant troops, and dared to go deep into the Western Regions and sweep away the two major forces of the Ganzhou Uighurs and the Shazhou Uighurs.

Qingtang and Huangtou Hui wanted to deal with the Ganzhou Uighurs and Shazhou Uighurs, and they had to have 100,000 soldiers.

Such a comparison is enough to illustrate the benefits and disadvantages of the Western Xia soldiers and horses.

They led thousands of elite soldiers and more than 10,000 people, and they were able to defeat the soldiers and horses of the Huangtou Hui, which was the advantage of taking advantage of the location.

Now the Western Xia soldiers and horses are besieging Shazhou City, occupying an absolute geographical advantage.

If Li Yuanhao led people to ambush them, it would be difficult for them to win.

Kou Ji seemed to see Liu Heng's concern, and said with a smile: "If Li Yuanhao sends someone to ambush us, it will be great news." ”

Liu Heng squinted at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji smiled and continued: "If Li Yuanhao sends people to ambush us, it means that they have not been able to take Shazhou City. Since the officers and men of our army have the strength to resist the repeated attacks of the soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanhao, it means that there are quite a few of them.

The side proves that they have no worries about their lives for the time being. ”

Liu Heng said with a smile: "They don't have to worry about their lives, but we do." ”

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and asked seriously, "What are we worried about our lives?" Li Yuanhao only had 3,000 heavy armored cavalry and tens of thousands of servants. We also have 3,000 heavily armored cavalry and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

If you really want to be right, it's not certain who loses and who wins.

Besides, our mission is to deliver food, not to fight.

Our strength is enough for us to tear a hole in Li Yuanhao's blockade and transport the grain back.

As for whether Li Yuanhao will ambush us, whether he can ambush us or not, it depends on you.

You have the spies of the Imperial City Division in your hands, and the scouts in the army are currently at your disposal.

If there is an ambush in our path, it will be a remiss of your duty.

If we die because of this, it will be in your hands. ”

When Liu Heng heard this, he said with a bitter face: "You say that, I am under a lot of pressure. ”

Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said, "I'm not joking with you. ”

Liu Heng sighed and said, "I know, I'll go back and send out all my horses." We must not give Li Yuanhao a chance to sneak attack us. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly, glanced at the yellow sand in the distance, and said indifferently: "Tell me to go down and camp on the spot." ”

The yellow sand in the distance is very large, and there is a faint tendency to obscure the sky and the sun.

Kou Ji was afraid that his soldiers and horses would encounter a sandstorm, so he decisively ordered to camp on the spot.

The men drove the captives and quickly set up their tents, and the guards gathered together to find a source of water nearby.

When marching in Shazhou, water is the most important thing.

In order to avoid the contamination of the water source, or someone doing things in the water source, looking for the water source, and replenishing the water, the horse guards have been patrolling the horses and guards.

Others simply can't meddle.

The guards went out for more than an hour, and did not return to the camp until it was after dark, when the wind was howling.

As soon as we returned to camp.

The leader of the Horse Patrol found Koji.

"Little master, there are a lot of water sources nearby, but there are not many that can be used. Some of them could not be drunk, and the other part was cast with dead cows, dead sheep, and dead horses......

Outside of the place, the little people found a spring, and the water in it was barely usable. ”

After listening to the words of the leader of the patrol guards, Kou Ji put down the pen he was writing a letter and muttered: "It seems that the war in Shazhou is very fierce, otherwise Li Yuanhao would not have used this method to drag us down. ”

The leader of the Horse Patrol nodded solemnly.

Kou Ji groaned for a moment and ordered: "You go and lead people to watch, and tell all the people that when drinking water, it must be boiled before drinking." Do not use cold water.

Then go to the people's camp and tell the people who have been idle all the way.

Let those of them who can sew water bladders sew more water bladders as soon as possible in case they need them.

After I went out, I summoned Liu Heng to my tent. ”

The leader of the patrol said yes and exited the tent.

Not long after, Liu Heng entered the tent.

Kou Ji saw Liu Heng and directly instructed: "I'm afraid the road behind is not easy to walk, we have a huge number of cattle and sheep, and it will become a burden to us."

The men and horses led by Li Zhaoliang have arrived at the junction of Huangtou Huifu and Shazhou.

It is impossible for the yellow-headed soldiers and horses to appear behind us again, and we are safe behind us.

You have sent a thousand soldiers from the Japanese army, and let them bring a thousand yellow-headed captives to garrison here, guarding cattle and sheep.

After Li Zhaoliang arrived, he rushed to Shazhou City with Li Zhaoliang. ”

Liu Heng frowned and said, "At a critical time, will it be a little hasty to divide troops to garrison here?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head, "We are now reducing the burden, without the huge number of cattle and sheep to drag us down, not only will we not become weaker, but we will become stronger, and the speed of the march will be faster." ”

Before Liu Heng could speak, he heard Kou Ji continue: "The strength of the patrol horse guard is far stronger than that of the soldiers of the forbidden army. The horse thieves have not been newly subdued for a long time, and their loyalty has yet to be verified.

The people couldn't keep the cattle and sheep.

No one can guarantee that the soldiers and horses of Western Xia will not sneak around the rear. ”

Liu Heng also wanted to say whether to send the people to guard the cattle and sheep, but before he could say anything, he was blocked by Kou Ji.

Liu Heng pondered for a moment and nodded slowly, "I'll go down and make arrangements." ”

After Liu Heng left, Kou Ji finished writing the letter, sealed it, and prepared to send someone back tomorrow.

What he wrote was a private letter, not an official document, so he couldn't go through the official channels in Liu Heng's hands.

Since Xiang Yan became pregnant, Kou Ji has been thinking about time.

If Kou Ji's calculation is not bad, Xiang Yan should have been produced in recent days.

But he never got any news, so he wrote back to ask.

After putting away the letter, Kou Ji put his clothes together and fell asleep.

Nothing was said all night.

Following.

Early morning.

After waking up.

Kou Ji spat and lifted the blanket on his body and shook it, sending a cloud of dust.

After entering Shazhou.

It's the same every day when you wake up.

The wind swept the yellow sand, and it was pervasive.

As long as you stay in one place for more than an hour, you will fall into a layer of yellow sand.

When you wake up after a night's sleep, your place will be covered with layers of yellow sand, as if you haven't lived in it for a long time.

Kou Ji shook off the blanket, changed his clothes, washed up, and after eating, he left two thousand people guarding hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep, and he took the rest of the people and set foot on the road to Shazhou City again.

Thirty miles along the way.

He bumped into the Western Xia rangers.

The Western Xia rangers were very arrogant, and after meeting Kou Ji and his party, they did not flee immediately, but followed not far from Kou Ji, following all the way.

Koji sent men to chase after them, and they would flee away.

When the men sent by Kou Ji returned to his side, the Western Xia rangers would appear in Kou Ji's sight again.

Kou Ji frowned when he saw those Western Xia rangers appear.

Seeing Kou Ji's frowns, the leader of the horse patrol guard hurriedly came to Kou Ji's side and explained to Kou Ji: "The usual tricks of the cavalry of the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms, they know that my Great Song Dynasty has no good horses, so they rely on the excellent horses under their crotch, and often harass them when my Great Song soldiers and horses are marching.

Don't attack, don't leave.

Just follow silently. ”

Kou Ji frowned and said, "Pressure? ”

The leader of the Horse Patrol nodded.

The soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty fought with horses, unlike the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms, and they could gallop thousands of miles on horseback.

When the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty fought, there were often huge baggage troops.

Those who escorted the baggage were all people's husbands.

Western Xia and Liao could rely on the mobility of the rangers to frequently harass the baggage team and put pressure on the people.

When the people see the enemy wandering around them, they will be very nervous, and they will panic when the time comes.

When the people, intimidated by the rangers, began to flee.

The rangers will rush up, and the people will be frightened and scattered.

There is no one to guard the baggage.

The rangers will wantonly burn the baggage of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty.

Without baggage, it was difficult for the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty to fight on the grassland for a long time.

Previously, this was almost an unsolvable tactic.

Da Song did not suffer less in this tactic.

But now it's different.

Koji had muskets and invincible mine-guns in his hands.

Kou Ji watched those Western Xia rangers laughing wantonly in the distance, and snorted coldly, "I'm afraid they haven't been beaten ...... badly."

"You take people and teach them a lesson. Then tell Liu Heng to let his spies get some invincible mine cannons and bury them along the way. ”

"Since they like to wander around us, let them follow well."

“……”

When the leader of the patrol guard heard this, he smiled, "They are arguing with the little young master, obviously looking for the wrong person." The villain will take people out and teach them how to behave. ”

"Go Quick, Go Back to ......"

The leader of the patrol guards took the order, led a hundred patrol horse guards, rode horses and muskets, broke away from the team, and rushed out in close pursuit of the Western Xia rangers.

Time.

Gunfire erupted.

It was until the evening.

The guards drove some of the horses and returned to the group with a smile on their faces.

The horse was apparently captured.

The Western Xia rangers on horseback became the ghosts of their guns.

On the second day.

The guards wanted to go out, but were stopped by Kou Ji.

The Western Xia rangers suffered a loss, and they were a lot more cautious, widening the distance between the two sides.

Then, as usual, they followed around Koji and his party.

"Bang ......"

The sound of explosions was heard as they went.

It was the evening of the second day.

The Western Xia rangers couldn't keep up.

The invincible mine cannon planted by Liu Heng did not have any rules.

Therefore, no matter how the Western Xia rangers changed their paths, as long as they approached the team of Kou Ji and his party, they would step on the invincible mine cannon.

The Western Xia rangers suffered heavy losses from the bombardment of invincible mines, and in the end, they did not dare to approach Kou Ji's team again.

Outside the city of Shazhou.

Western Xia Terracotta Battalion.

In the big tent of the Chinese army.

Li Yuanhao's face was gloomy and he could drip blood.

In front of him, the Western Xia generals knelt on the ground.

Li Yuanhao stared at one of the round-hat generals, gritted his teeth and said: "Yeli Yu beggar, I will give you 3,000 rangers to let you go to find out the truth of Kou Ji, not only did you not find out the reality of Kou Ji, but you lost a thousand warriors of our clan."

Until now, you still can't tell clearly, what do I want you to do with Kou Ji's reality and reality? ”

Ye Liyu gritted his teeth and lowered his head guiltily.

Li Yuanhao showed a hideous look on his face several times, and wanted to draw his sword several times, but in the end he still didn't pull out the long sword.

He was very violent, but if the civil and military ministers who were subordinate to him did not do what he wanted, he would be immediately executed.

But Noli Yuqi is not an ordinary minister.

He was a man of the Wild Division.

The Yeli tribe was one of the few large tribes in Western Xia.

It is one of the big forces that their father and son need to woo.

Yeli Yuqi and his brother Yeli Wangrong are the masters of the entire Yeli Department.

The Yeli warriors led by the two brothers helped the Western Xia to make great achievements.

Li Deming relied on the two brothers very much.

For this reason, he wooed the Nori Department, and in order to win over the two brothers, he also asked him to marry the sister of the two brothers, Norishi, as the crown princess.

It can be said that Yeli Yuqi and his brother Yeli Wangrong are now his elders.

If he cuts down the wild and begging by his temperament, it will cause great trouble.

The 10,000 warriors of the Yeli tribe in the servant army led this time will not agree.

Western Xia was very different from the Great Song Dynasty.

Even now that the Western Xia has established a state, the tribes have chosen to submit to their father and son, but the tribes still retain a certain degree of autonomy.

The warriors of the Yeli tribe only recognize the two brothers Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yuqi, and only listen to their dispatch and only work for them.

Li Yuanhao dared to ask for the life of one of their brothers, and the warriors of the Yeli tribe dared to make trouble and rebel.

Li Yuanhao forcibly endured the anger in his heart, and begged Ye Liyu: "Quickly go down for me and figure out the truth of Kou Ji." ”

Ye Liyu hesitated for a long time, and said in embarrassment: "His Royal Highness the Prince, it's not that his subordinates are unwilling to find out the truth of Kou Ji, it's Kou Ji's house, and his methods are too weird.

He's got a good horseman, you already know.

The elite horsemen under his command have a special firearm in their hands.

That firearm is more lethal than a crossbow.

The rangers sent out by his subordinates could only flee for their lives when they faced them.

On top of that, Koj's men also have a firearm that can be blasted from underground.

Buried in the ground, there is no trace to be found.

Once our rangers collide, they burst out of the ground and are very lethal.

It was also supposed to be a firearm, with rusty broken iron inside.

After our warriors are scratched, they can only rip their flesh, otherwise they will not survive at all.

If a horse is hit, it will surely die.

Now the rangers in the hands of his subordinates are afraid of the unpredictable firearms, and they refuse to approach Koji's house at all. ”

Li Yuanhao's eyes widened, and he was about to roar.

At this moment, a Western Xia soldier quickly rushed into the tent and hurriedly announced: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, a large number of soldiers and horses have been dispatched from Shazhou City to break through the encirclement of our army by the wrong way. ”

"Damn!!"

Li Yuanhao scolded angrily.

Without the help of the 140,000 elite soldiers who returned to the Yellow Head.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under him besieged Shazhou City, and he was a little weak.

He led people to storm Shazhou City several times, but was repelled by the Song soldiers in Shazhou City.

While repelling him, the Song soldiers also discovered that the Huangtou Hui soldiers and horses had left, so the Song soldiers in the city began to try to break through.

The non-stop breakthrough day and night made him anxious.

It was at this time that a more difficult Kou Ji appeared again.

Li Yuanhao glared at Ye Li Yuqi, and said angrily: "You lead someone to block the Song soldiers who rushed out of the city, and I will personally take someone to meet Kou Ji for a while." I don't believe it, Kou Ji has three heads and six arms! ”

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