"Appeal ......"

Li Yuanhao's face was gloomy and could drip blood, he stopped his horse, and watched the horse thieves gradually flee away in front of him.

The Iron Harrier behind him, along with the auxiliaries, also stopped their horses.

The Iron Harrier is a heavily armored horseman, and the rangers who pursued Zhang Yuan and his party seemed a little difficult.

In order to catch up with Zhang Yuan and his party, Iron Harrier had already taken off his armor with the help of the auxiliaries in the process of running.

The auxiliaries would jump on their horses and sit behind them as they ran, helping them unarmour.

The Iron Harrier's auxiliaries are all blood relatives of the Iron Harrier, and when the Iron Harrier dies, they will put on the armor of the Iron Harrier and become the new Iron Harrier.

Therefore, the cooperation between their blood relatives is very tacit.

Removing the armor right away, something that others would seem impossible to accomplish, they can easily accomplish on horseback.

Even so.

Li Yuanhao led the iron harrier, but still failed to catch up with Zhang Yuan's entourage.

Although they encountered some broken soldiers who broke away from the ranks on the way of pursuit, they were not numerous.

On the way of pursuit, there were very few horse thieves who fell into their hands.

It wasn't until the explosion sounded that Li Yuanhao realized that he was very likely to be tricked, and this battle, from beginning to end, was very likely to be a strategy.

When the horse thieves are escaping, they are very fast and concentrated, and when they escape, they do not panic and run along a road with a strong purpose.

The horse thieves who scattered along the way can't compare to the horse thieves who fled in groups together.

Li Yuanhao guessed that the horse thieves who were scattered might be outcasts.

They may not know the truth at all, and have been blindly following the leader of the horse thieves.

But the horse thieves who gathered together definitely knew the truth.

"Damn ......"

Li Yuanhao scolded in a low voice.

The leader of the horse thieves, when he abandoned those horse thieves, not only abandoned them decisively, but also took advantage of them.

The sound of explosions everywhere is proof of this.

"Hurry up and get our brother back......"

Li Yuanhao stopped where he was and shouted in a deep voice.

The auxiliaries behind him exchanged horses with Iron Harriers, and Iron Harriers sent out a hundred men to find the Iron Harriers who had already been dispatched.

"Hahaha......"

"Li Yuanhao, no matter how powerful you are, you have to drink my footwashing water...... If you want to blame it, blame you for being too underestimated...... You shouldn't have chosen to go after us at all......"

“……”

After Zhang Yuan led the men and horses away from the pursuit of Li Yuanhao and his party, he laughed heartily.

"Chief, where are we going now?"

Behind Zhang Yuan, a thin horse thief asked in a low voice.

Zhang Yuan pinched the horseback under his crotch and said loudly: "Go to the camp where the cattle and sheep are entrenched......

"Not going to the poplar forest?"

"Of course ......"

Zhang Yuan replied as a matter of course, and led the horse thieves to the place where Kou Ji placed the cattle and sheep.

Hu Yanglin is just a fake news that Zhang Yuan released to those fleeing horse thieves.

The reason why the poplar forest was chosen is because there are three main roads that must be passed to the place leading to the poplar forest.

Zhang Yuan buried all the invincible mine cannons allocated to him by Kou Ji in one breath on the three main roads that must be passed.

The horse thieves who escaped were the bait that lured the Iron Harrier into the ambush circle.

As long as they enter the ambush circle, no matter who is blown up, Zhang Yuan will always be the winner.

Those horse thieves knew that they had been deceived by Zhang Yuan, and they would definitely not give up with Zhang Yuan.

If they died under the invincible mine artillery, it would save Zhang Yuan a lot of trouble.

Kou Ji gave him the task of dragging the Iron Harrier as long as possible, but not letting him fight with the Iron Harrier.

Iron Harriers go from concentrated to dispersed and from dispersed to concentrated.

There was a lot of running in between.

It takes a lot of time.

After this battle, the Iron Harrier has run many miles and spent a lot of physical strength.

You need to take a break before you have a chance to return.

At least until noon tomorrow, the three Iron Harrier brigades led by Li Yuanhao will not pose any threat to Kou Ji.

"Driving ......"

Zhang Yuan straddled the horse's back and galloped happily on the dry grass.

Li Yuanhao, who was in the distance, was straddling the horse, and his face became even more gloomy.

The Iron Harriers he sent out had already returned to him, and more than three hundred Iron Harriers had been dispatched, and only two hundred and ninety had returned.

Dozens of them were lost in pursuit.

"How did they die?"

Looking at the somewhat tattered armor, Li Yuanhao clenched his fists and asked in a low voice.

Wu Luo buried the ground on one knee, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers under him were greedy for merit, and after catching up with the horse thieves, they forced the horse thieves to surrender, and from their mouths, the horse thieves would meet in the poplar forest, so they took charge of themselves and chased them out."

Then there was an ambush ......"

"A bunch of fools, I only told them to pursue, I didn't tell them to call the shots......"

Li Yuanhao roared angrily.

Since its establishment, Iron Harrier has never encountered such a big loss.

If it was lost in the hands of the Song army, or in the hands of the Qingtang and Liao armies, he could barely accept it.

But it was lost in the hands of the horse thief, and it was difficult for him to accept it.

A group of thieves who were not even soldiers in his eyes actually caused casualties among the most elite soldiers under him.

"All damn ......"

"When I take Shazhou City and dominate the entire north of the Great Snow Mountain, I must crush all of them to ashes."

“……”

Li Yuanhao promoted dozens of auxiliaries on the spot, put on the armor of the iron harrier, and became the new iron waist.

At the same time, he ordered the iron harrier to camp on the spot and recover his strength.

Just after Li Yuanhao ordered the iron harriers to unload, Kou Ji led the men and horses and arrived ten miles away from Shazhou City.

There is a mountain bag outside the city of Shazhou.

There is a river under the mountain.

The river is not spacious, but it is the river of life that the people of Shazhou rely on for survival.

It's just that the drinking water in this river is difficult to quote.

The Uighurs of Shazhou, in order to make trouble for the Western Xia soldiers and horses, threw many dead cattle and sheep inside.

Many white-boned cattle and sheep that have been soaked or eaten by wild beasts are piled up on the shore, and they look very infiltrating.

After Kou Ji and his entourage arrived at Shanbao, Kou Ji issued a strict order for Liu Heng to control his subordinates, telling them not to go to the river to wander and not to drink the drinking water in the river.

Where did the plague come from, and how terrible it was?

Kou Ji is far clearer than Liu Heng and the others.

After occupying the hill bag.

Kou Jice immediately went to the top of the mountain, and there were some shrubs on the top of the mountain, which had been cut down by the former army.

Kou Ji stood on the top of the mountain, looked up into the distance, and vaguely saw a little shadow of Shazhou City.

Shazhou City has long been dilapidated under the repeated attacks of Western Xia soldiers and horses.

On many sections of the city wall, huge openings have appeared one after another.

The inside of the city was almost pitch black, and it was difficult to see what was going on inside the city.

There was only one place where some lights were shining.

Kou Ji guessed that it was the Uighur palace in Shazhou.

"Our people are not happy in Shazhou City......"

Kou Ji looked at Shazhou City from afar and sighed.

Liu Heng followed Kou Ji's side, looking at Shazhou City in the distance, "How can you see it?" ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "The lights are like food...... People who haven't eaten or drunk are still eligible to light the lamp? ”

"The only light in town is ......"

"The mansion of Cao Xianshun ...... of the Guiyi Army's festival"

"He has food...... Why don't you give it to me as a Great Song soldier......"

"Then I'll have to ask him in person......"

“……”

Kou Ji and Liu Heng chatted for a while, and Liu Heng said to Kou Ji in a deep voice: "Since we approached Shazhou City, my spies have encountered more than a dozen detectives in Western Xia......

I'm afraid our whereabouts have already been discovered by the Tanguts......

In addition, the scouts found traces of the Iron Harrier not far from here......"

Hearing this, Kou Ji frowned, "Li Yuanhao didn't fall for the trick, and he didn't send all the iron harriers to deal with Zhang Yuan and his party. ”

Liu Heng nodded heavily, "It should be ......"

"How do we deal with it?"

"Expected......"

Koji sighed and whispered.

Liu Heng raised his eyebrows slightly, "You had long expected that Li Yuanhao would not send all the Iron Harriers to deal with Zhang Yuan?" ”

Kou Ji pursed his lips and said, "Li Yuanhao is not a fool, and the spies of Western Xia are not fools. They found no trace of us in the soldiers and horses led by Zhang Yuan, and they will definitely leave a hand.

The biggest possibility is to split the iron harrier in two.

The notice went down, and the patrol horses and guards rode heavily, and they all put on armor and mounted their horses.

Patrol horses and guard crossbowmen, and move the tigers here.

Tell Kou Cheng to move all the artillery on the carriage here, clear out all the shells, and send them here together.

Tell the Japanese soldiers to put on heavy armor and prepare to meet the enemy.

If there are any surplus weapons, give them to the people.

Tell them that if you kill the enemy by one level, you will be rewarded with ten dollars. ”

Liu Heng's eyes widened in astonishment, "Where did we get so much money?" ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly, and said faintly: "After entering Shazhou City, there will be it." ”

Kou Ji turned his head sideways, his eyes fell on Liu Heng, and said in a deep voice: "You go down and prepare, and when the cannonballs in my hand run out, everyone will rush to Shazhou City." ”

"Hard rush?"

"At this point, we have no second way but to rush hard."

“……”

Liu Heng said in a deep voice: "I understand, I'll go and tell them to prepare." ”

Liu Heng straddled the horse and got off the hill.

Convey Koji's order.

After hearing Kou Ji's order, the patrol horse guards, the Japanese soldiers, and the people knew that there was a tough battle to be fought in a while.

They did not panic because of this, but were very calm.

In the past, when there was a war, the people would become very panicked.

But this time it was different.

After the baptism of the first battle of the victorious river, the people knew that they would be fine with Kou Ji, and they knew that Kou Ji had a powerful weapon in his hand.

Not only were they not afraid, but they were a little eager to try.

A thief's head is ten dollars, and if you cut off a few more thieves' heads, it will be a rich reward.

It's worth the gamble.

Besides, they don't fight on their own.

In each of them, they also controlled two yellow-headed Hui captives.

Some clever people, after getting their weapons, got some sticks and other things for the Yellow Head Hui captives.

Tell the captives that if they can help him take off the enemy's head, he will buy them meat to eat and improve their treatment if they get a reward.

Some of the captives agreed to the temptation of meat, and some of them succumbed to coercion, but many more were very tough and unwilling to go to war.

In the end, when the men put their knives on their necks, they chose to give in.

Koji saw everything in his eyes and didn't stop it.

If the people really have the ability to coax the yellow-headed captives to die for themselves, it is also a good thing in his eyes.

Three lives are better than one.

As for whether the captives of the Yellow Head Hui would rebel during the battle, Kou Ji was not worried at all.

The people are not the main force in battle, and the enemy they encounter is not the strongest.

Those who can rush in front of them must be some small groups of Western Xia rangers, and the number will not be too many.

It was difficult for the Huangtou Hui captives to escape from the swords of the people with the help of a small group of Western Xia cavalry.

Even if one or two are lucky enough to get out of trouble, they will be strangled by other people.

The people probably wished that the captives who had returned to the country would defect.

Because as long as they made the act of defection, the people could easily pocket twenty yuan of money.

Koji's order was clear.

It is only said that money is counted according to the enemy's head, but it is not said that the enemy's head must be the head of the Tangut people.

As long as you get money that you can see and touch, the people will become very smart.

Kou Ji and his party were halfway through the arrangement.

The Western Xia rangers had already appeared not far from the mountain pack.

Before the rangers, there was a group of captives.

There were those who escaped from Shazhou City and were captured by the Western Xia, and there were also those who were captured by the Western Xia soldiers and horses along the way.

When they were fighting, they always captured prisoners.

After the captives were caught, the women did not need to be mentioned.

Men would be sent to work as coolies for them.

Once the value of the captives is almost used, they will push the captives out and become cannon fodder to test the strength of the enemy army.

Not only the Western Xia and Liao States were like this when they were fighting.

If you bump into some people who have mercy on the captives and are unwilling to kill the captives, you will suffer a great loss.

The Western Xia rangers drove the captives and rushed up the hill with a wail.

Kou Ji stood on the hill and looked indifferently.

After the captives rushed to a certain distance, Kou Ji gave the order without hesitation.

"Ordered the Japanese soldiers to attack and beheaded their ......"

On the battlefield.

Human life is like a mustard.

There is no room for mercy.

Koji would never do such acts of mercy that would affect his men.

"Kill ......"

"Roar ......"

Gao Yi was wearing a step armor and gave an order.

Two thousand Japanese soldiers formed a fish-scale formation and pushed out.

The fish scale array composed of 2,000 Japanese soldiers is a complete and huge fish scale array.

It's not like the kind of separate fish scale array used by the Western Xia Iron Harrier.

Judging from the fish scale array recorded in the war book.

The fish scale array used by the Japanese soldiers can be regarded as the most formal.

The fish scale formation used by the Western Xia Iron Harrier is a mutated formation that combines the traditional fish scale array and wolf pack tactics.

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