Xixia's soldiers and horses are not like those of Huangtouhuihe.
In Liu Heng's cognition.
Xixia's soldiers and horses are very good at fighting, far from Huangtouhuihe's soldiers and horses.
The hypocritical Hou Shizi Li Yuanhao, led by three thousand cavalry and tens of thousands of servants, dared to go deep into the Western Regions and swept the two major forces of Ganzhou Uighur and Shazhou Uighur.
Qingtang and Huangtou Huihe wanted to deal with the Ganzhou Uighurs and Shazhou Uighurs, and they had to have 100,000 soldiers.
Such a comparison is enough to explain the advantages and disadvantages of Xixia soldiers and horses.
They led thousands of elite soldiers, more than 10,000 civilians, and they could defeat the soldiers and horses of Huangtou Huihe, which is the advantage of occupying the ground.
Now Xixia soldiers and horses besieged Shazhou City, occupying an absolute geographical advantage.
If Li Yuanhao leads people to ambush them, it will 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, that would be great news."
Liu Heng squinted at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji continued with a smile: "If Li Yuanhao sends people to ambush us, it means that they have not been able to capture Shazhou City. Since our soldiers have the strength to resist the continuous attack by soldiers and horses led by Li Yuanhao, it means that there are many people. .
It proves that they have no life worry for the time being. "
Liu Heng said dumbfounded: "They have no worries about life, but we do."
Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and asked seriously: "What is our life worry? Li Yuanhao has no more than three thousand heavy cavalry, tens of thousands of servants. We also have three thousand heavy cavalry, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. .
It's really going to be right. It's not always certain who wins.
Moreover, our task is to deliver food, not to fight.
Our strength is enough for us to tear open a hole under Li Yuanhao's blockade to transport the food back.
As for whether Li Yuanhao will ambush us, whether he can ambush us, it depends on you.
You are holding the spies of the Imperial City Division in your hand, and the scouts in the army are currently assigned to you.
If there is an ambush on our way, it is your dereliction of duty.
If we were killed because of this, it was also buried in your hands. "
Liu Heng said with a bitter face when he heard the words: "I am under a lot of pressure when you say that.
Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said, "I didn't joke with you."
Liu Heng sighed and said, "I know, I will go back now and send out all the horses under me. Li Yuanhao must not be given a chance to attack us."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, glanced at the yellow sand in the distance, and said calmly: "Order to go down and camp on the spot."
The yellow sand in the distance is very large and tends 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 civilian husbands drove the captives and quickly set up tents, and the horse guards gathered together to find a source of water nearby.
When marching in Shazhou, water is the most important.
In order to prevent the water source from being polluted, or some people are doing tricks in the water source, looking for the water source, and replenishing the water, the guards and guards have been patrolling the horses all the time.
Others can't intervene at all.
The guards of the horse patrol went out for more than an hour, and did not return to the camp until after dark, when the wind was screaming fiercely.
Once back to the camp.
The guard leader found Kou Ji.
"Young Master, there are a lot of water sources nearby, but not many can be used. Some of them are not good for drinking, and the other part contains dead cows, dead sheep, dead horses...
The little people found a spring in the distance from here, and the water in it was barely usable. "
After listening to the leader of the guard, Kou Ji put down the pen he was writing and muttered: "It seems that the fighting in Shazhou is very fierce, otherwise Li Yuanhao would not use this method to hold us."
The leader of the guard nodded solemnly.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Go and take people to stare at, and tell everyone that when drinking water, it must be boiled before drinking. Cold water is not allowed.
Then go to the private husband camp and tell the private husbands who have spared all the way.
Ask those of them who can sew water bladders to sew more water bladders as soon as possible to prepare for emergencies.
After going out, Liu Heng was called to my account. "
The guard leader agreed and exited the tent.
Not long after, Liu Heng entered the tent.
Kou Ji saw Liu Heng and directly said, "I am afraid that the road behind will not be easy. We bring a large number of cattle and sheep, which will become a burden to us.
The troops led by Li Zhaoliang have reached the junction of Huangtouhuihe and Shazhou.
The soldiers and horses of Huangtou Huihe couldn't appear behind us anymore. Behind us was safe.
You separate a thousand soldiers from the Japanese army, and let them bring a thousand yellow-headed Huihe prisoners to station here, guarding the cattle and sheep.
After Li Zhaoliang arrived, he rushed to Shazhou City with Li Zhaoliang. "
Liu Heng frowned and said, "Will it be a bit sloppy to dispatch troops to garrison here at a critical time?"
Kou Ji shook his head, "We are now reducing the burden. Without the burden of a large number of cattle and sheep, not only will we not become weaker, but on the contrary, we will become stronger, and the marching speed will be faster."
Liu Heng still wanted to speak, so he heard Kou Ji continue: "The strength of the guard is far more powerful than the generals of the Forbidden Army. The horse thieves are not long after the new conquest, and their loyalty remains to be verified.
The folks can't keep the cattle and sheep.
No one can guarantee that Xixia's soldiers and horses will sneak around behind. "
Liu Heng also wanted to say whether or not to send civilian husbands to guard the cattle and sheep, but before he could say his words, he was blocked by Kou Ji.
Liu Heng pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded, "I'll go down and make arrangements."
After Liu Heng left, Kou Ji finished writing the letter, sealed it, and prepared to send it back tomorrow.
What he wrote was a private letter, not an official document, so he could not use the official channels in Liu Heng's hands.
Since Xiang Yan became pregnant, Kou Ji has been thinking about the time.
If Kou Ji's calculations are not bad, Xiang Yan should have been in production recently.
But he never got any news, so he wrote back to ask.
After putting away the letter, Kou Ji went to sleep.
No words for a night.
The next day.
early morning.
After getting up.
Kou Ji spit, lifted the blanket he was covering, and shook it, causing a burst of dust.
After entering Shazhou.
It's the same every day when I wake up.
The squally wind swept the yellow sand, pervasive.
As long as you stay in one place for more than an hour, a layer of yellow sand will fall on your body.
After sleeping all night, the place where you live will be covered with layers of yellow sand, as if you haven't lived in a long time.
Kou Ji shook his blanket, changed his clothes, and washed them. After eating, two thousand people were left guarding hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep. He took the rest and set off again. Road to Shazhou City.
Traveled all the way for thirty miles.
Just hit Xixia's wandering ride.
Xixia's rangers were very mad. After meeting Kou Ji and his party, they did not immediately escape, but followed not far from Kou Ji and followed all the way.
Kou Ji sent people to chase, and they would flee away.
After the man Kou Ji sent back to his side, Xixia's Ranger would appear in Kou Ji's line of sight.
When Kou Ji saw those Xixia Rangers appeared, he frowned.
Seeing Kou Ji frowned, the guard leader hurriedly approached Kou Ji and explained to Kou Ji: "The tactics used by Xixia and Liao cavalry. They know that I have no good horses in Song Dynasty. The horses are excellent, and I often harassed me by my side when the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were marching.
Don't attack, don't leave.
Just followed silently. "
Kou Ji frowned and said: "Put pressure?"
The guard leader nodded.
The Great Song Dynasty warriors and horses, unlike Xixia and Liao, can gallop thousands of miles on horseback.
When the Great Song Dynasty fights with soldiers and horses, there will often be a huge squad.
The escorts were all civilian husbands.
Xixia and Liao Kingdoms can rely on the mobility of the rangers to frequently harass the heavy party and put pressure on the civilians.
The folks will be very nervous watching the enemy wandering around them, and they will panic every time.
When the folks started to flee under the intimidation of the rangers.
The rangers will swarm up, and the folks will be frightened and scatter away.
There is no civic husband guarding the baggage.
The rangers will wantonly burn the baggage of the Great Song soldiers and horses.
Without the luggage, it is difficult for the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty to fight on the grassland for a long time.
In the past, this was almost an unsolvable tactic.
Da Song did not lose out on this tactic.
But now it's different.
Kou Ji has muskets and invincible mines.
Kou Ji watched the Xixia riders laugh wantonly in the distance, and snorted coldly, "They're afraid they haven't been beaten..."
"Take people there and teach them a lesson. Then tell Liu Heng to let his spies take some invincible landmines and bury them along the way."
"Since they like to walk around us, let them follow along."
"..."
When the guard leader heard this, he smiled, "They challenged you to the young master. Obviously, they found the wrong person. The villain will take the people out and teach them how to behave."
"Quickly go back quickly..."
The leader of the patrol guard took the lead, leading a hundred patrol guards, riding a horse with a musket, leaving the team, and rushing out after the Xixia Ranger.
For a time.
The gunfire was loud.
Until the evening.
The guards drove some horses and returned to the team with a smile.
The horse was obviously captured.
Xixia wandering on horseback became the dead soul under their gun.
On the second day.
The guardsmen wanted to go out, but they were stopped by Kou Ji.
Xixia Youqi had suffered a loss, and he was cautious a lot, which widened the distance between the two sides.
Then, they followed Kou Ji and his party as usual.
"Boom..."
The sound of explosion sounded frequently as they marched.
It followed the evening of the second day.
Xixia Touring couldn't follow.
There are no rules for the invincible landmines that Liu Heng sent to plant.
Therefore, no matter how the Xixia Ranger changes the road, as long as the team of Kou Ji and his party get close, they will step on the invincible mine cannon.
Xixia Ranger suffered heavy losses by the invincible landmine bombardment, and in the end he did not dare to approach the team of Kou Ji and his party.
Outside Shazhou city.
Xixia Soldiers and Horses Camp.
In the Great Account of the Chinese Army.
Li Yuanhao's face was gloomy and could bleed.
In front of him, the Xixia general who knelt on the ground.
Li Yuanhao stared at one of the round-hat generals, gritted his teeth and said: "Ye Li is begging, I will give you three thousand rangers, and let you find out the reality of Kou Ji. Not only did you fail to find out the reality of Kou Ji, but you lost. One thousand warriors of my race.
Up to now, you still don't know clearly, what use do I want you to do with Kou Ji's fiction? "
Ye Li gritted his teeth and bowed his head guiltily.
Li Yuanhao showed a hideous look on his face several times, and tried to draw the sword several times, but in the end he did not draw the long sword.
He has a very violent temper, but if the ministers of civil and military affairs under his account do not work well, he will be put to death immediately.
But Yeli is not an ordinary minister.
He is a member of the Wild Tribe.
The Yeli Tribe is one of the rare large tribes in Xixia.
It is one of the big forces their father and son need to win over.
Yeli Yuqi and his brother Yeli Wangrong are the masters of the entire Yeli tribe.
The wild warriors led by the two brothers helped Xixia make contributions.
Li Deming is very dependent on the two brothers.
For this reason, he won the Ye Libu, and in order to draw the two brothers, he even let him marry the brothers' sister Ye Lishi as the princess.
It can be said that Ye Li Yuqi and his brother Ye Li Wangrong are now his elders.
If he cuts Yeli and beggars by his temper, it will cause a lot of trouble.
The 10,000 warriors of the Yeli tribe in the servant army led this time would not agree.
Xixia is very different from Da Song.
Even though Xixia has established a country, the tribes have chosen to surrender to the feet of their father and son, but the tribes still retain a certain degree of autonomy.
The warriors of the Yeli tribe only recognized the two brothers Yeli Wangrong and Yeli Yuqi. They only listened to their dispatch and only worked for them.
Li Yuanhao dared to kill one of their brothers, and the warriors of the Yeli tribe dared to make trouble and rebel.
Li Yuanhao resisted the anger in his heart and begged Ye Liyu: "Quickly let me down and figure out Kou Ji's falsehood."
Yeli hesitated for a long time when he was begging, and said embarrassedly: "His Royal Highness, it's not that his subordinates are unwilling to find out Kou Ji's fiction.
You already know that he has a fine rider in his hand.
Those fine riders under his hands hold a special firearm in their hands.
That kind of firearm is more lethal than a crossbow.
The ranger sent out by his subordinates met them and could only escape for their lives.
In addition to this, Kou Ji Nai also holds a firearm that can be exploded from the ground.
Buried in the ground, there is no trace to be found.
Once our ranger hits, it will burst out of the ground, and its lethality is also very strong.
It should also be a firearm with rusty broken iron inside.
After our warriors were scratched, they had to gouge their flesh, otherwise they would not survive at all.
Once a horse is hit, it will die.
Now the rangers in the hands of his subordinates are all afraid of the unpredictable firearms, and they are not willing to approach Kou Ji's servant at all. "
Li Yuanhao stared, about to roar.
At this moment, a Xixia soldier rushed into the tent and hurriedly reported: "His Royal Highness, a large number of soldiers and horses have been dispatched from the city of Shazhou, and they rushed to open the encirclement of our army."
"Damn!!"
Li Yuanhao cursed furiously.
Without the help of the 140,000 elite soldiers from Huangtouhuihe.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under him besieged Shazhou City, which seemed a bit weak.
He led people to storm Shazhou City several times, but was repelled by Song soldiers in Shazhou City.
While Song Bing repelled him, he also discovered that the Huangtou Huihe Bingma had left, so Song Bing in the city began to try to break through.
Breaking through the encirclement day and night, made him burn out.
It happened at this time that a more difficult Kou Ji appeared again.
Li Yuanhao glared at Ye Li's beggar, and said angrily: "You lead people to block Song Bing who rushed out of the city. I will personally take them to Kou Ji for a while. I don't believe it, Kou Ji has three heads and six arms!"