The front troops, who were supporting the Japanese soldiers, held up huge shields and formed a shield wall to withstand the impact of the prisoners.
Behind the shield wall, pikemen kept piercing the gaps in the shield wall with their spears, taking away the lives of the prisoners who only wore ragged clothes.
The advancing speed of the Japanese soldiers was very slow.
The prisoners fell like wheat under their attack.
Some prisoners fled decisively after witnessing the tyranny of the Japanese soldiers.
The Xixia Rangers following them would rush out without hesitation, bend their bows and arrows, and harvest the lives of the escaping prisoners.
Kou Ji stared coldly at the lives of the Japanese soldiers and reaper prisoners.
During the Xixia Rangers, Ye Li, the right general of the Xixia Yeli tribe, met Qiu, and Mei Le, the captain of the first team of the Iron Kites, stared at the soldiers of the Japanese army harvesting the lives of the prisoners with the same eyes.
In Kou Ji's eyes, those prisoners were trouble.
In the eyes of the Xixia people, those captives were slaves and not human beings. They were dead as long as they died.
Mei Le stared at the battlefield for a long time, frowned and said to Ye Li Yuqi beside him: "Didn't you say that Kou Ji is a civil servant? Why doesn't he have any kindness at all?"
Ye Li Yuqi fumbled the beard on his chin and said quietly: "I have said before that Kou Ji is difficult to deal with. He is different from ordinary civil servants."
Mei Le pondered for a moment, "Ordinary civil servants can't win that big victory in Shengchuan?"
Yeli Yuqi nodded deeply.
Meile frowned and said: "He is different from the Song officials we met before. The Song officials we met before would always show mercy when they saw the prisoners dying."
Ye Li Yuqi was stunned for a moment and said calmly: "Maybe it's because those prisoners are not from the Song Dynasty."
Meile said blankly: "You mean, Song officials will only pity Song people and not others?"
Ye Li Yuqi nodded slowly and said: "I have been to the Song Dynasty, and some Song officials are like this."
Meile pondered and said: "But the Song Dynasty civil servant in Shazhou City is not like this."
Yeli Yuqi sighed: "So they were blocked by us in Shazhou City and couldn't get out. But Kou Ji led people through Qingtang, Huangtou returned to He, and appeared outside Shazhou City."
Mei Le frowned and said, "You don't seem to be optimistic about this war?"
Yeli Yuqi decisively closed his mouth and did not speak again.
He really is not optimistic about this war.
As early as after Huangtou Huihe's troops withdrew from Shazhou, he realized that their situation was over.
The Song army is slowly approaching.
And they couldn't take Shazhou City for a long time.
Once the Song army arrived at Shazhou City, they would not be able to capture Shazhou City again.
Although the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty were not good at traveling long distances to attack and fight.
But in the defensive battle, it is very powerful.
Between the three major powers of Song, Xixia and Liao.
When it comes to defense, the Song Dynasty ranks first.
Shazhou City is heavily defended by Song troops, and strong reinforcements from Song are coming outside.
The longer you spend in Shazhou City, the more detrimental it will be to Xixia.
Ye Li Yuqi expressed his intention to give up, but did not say it out loud.
Li Yuanhao was a dictatorial person on the battlefield.
He doesn't need and doesn't like his people to think.
He just wants his people to do what he tells them to do.
No one dared to withdraw without Li Yuanhao speaking.
"This test is meaningless... Let the prisoners withdraw... let our people go up and try..."
Mei Le stared at the battlefield for a long time, watching the prisoners fall down like wheat. Kou Ji didn't feel the slightest pity, knowing that Kou Ji would not have any kind thoughts on the battlefield.
It has lost its meaning to let the prisoners continue to consume it.
Next, it was time for them to send out troops and horses to test the strength of Kou Ji's elite soldiers.
Yeli Yuqi waved his hand, and a scout went to deliver the order.
After a while.
The prisoners escaped from the battlefield as if they had been granted amnesty.
Seeing this, Kou Ji asked Liu Heng to pass the order and order the Japanese soldiers to withdraw.
Seeing the Japanese soldiers advance neatly, and then withdraw neatly from the battlefield.
Mei Le raised her eyebrows and muttered in a low voice.
"The elite of the Song Dynasty's Forbidden Army...are advancing and retreating in an orderly manner...really good...It's a pity that the number is too small and cannot pose a threat to us..."
After muttering a few words, Meile looked at Yeli Yuqi.
The corner of Yeli Yuqi's mouth twitched, pretending not to see Mei Le's eyes.
Meile frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "General Yuqi, take your people out and try the power of Song soldiers..."
Seeing that he could not escape, Yeli Yuqi gritted his teeth and said: "In this battle, I commanded more than ten thousand warriors of the Yeli tribe, and I lost thousands of them. I can no longer lose any more.
If it continues to break, I, Noribu, will be injured."
Meile snorted coldly: "You should understand the general's temper when you meet a beggar. If I read it correctly, the soldiers and horses on the opposite side should be the elite of the Song Dynasty's forbidden army."
Among the soldiers and horses we brought this time, apart from our Iron Harriers, only your Yelibu soldiers and horses are left, who can fight with them.
You can't let us iron kites test their depth.
If the general knows that you asked us Iron Kites to do such a thing, he will definitely not let you go."
Yeli Yuqi clenched his fist angrily and said angrily: "We can definitely mobilize all the soldiers and horses in the camp to kill them. There is no need to keep testing them again and again."
Mei Le stared and scolded: "Do you want to let the Song army out of the city so that we can be attacked from both sides? Ye Li Yu Qi, you are also a battle-hardened warrior, how could you say such stupid words."
Yeli Yuqi said angrily: "I just don't want our warriors from the Yeli tribe to die."
Meile stared at Yeli Yuqi coldly, "I don't care what you think. I'll give you a quarter of an hour. After that, if you don't see your Yeli tribe's warriors appear on the battlefield, I will lead the iron troops."
Yaozi left here and let Kou Ji and his party enter Shazhou City.
When the general returns to the camp, you will be responsible for all the crimes."
Yeli Yuqi was filled with anger, but he did not dare to refuse.
Li Yuanhao did not dare to kill him out of venting his anger, but he could label him a coward and send him back to the Xixia King's City in the name of disobeying military orders.
Once he is labeled as a coward, his prestige in the hearts of the Yeli tribe will be greatly reduced.
After his prestige fell to the bottom, Li Yuanhao could kill him without triggering a backlash from the Yeli tribe.
Xixia people admire bravery, especially under Li Yuanhao's deliberate creation.
The Xixia people advocate bravery, which has almost penetrated into people's bones.
Nowadays, a trend has emerged in Xixia.
That is to hang a fox tail on the back of a coward's hat.
Anyone who escapes on the battlefield or is timid and afraid of fighting will be considered a coward.
Cowards will be hung on the tail of a fox and be reviled by everyone in Xixia.
Yeli Yuqi had a gloomy face, waved his hand, and summoned an official accompanying the army.
The official was a Song Dynasty person who defected from the Song Dynasty.
Now in the entire Xixia camp outside Shazhou City, he is the only one who still uses the Song official.
Yeli Yuqi waited until the official came up to him and whispered: "Go down and pass on my military order to Yeli. If Yeli has not made it, each will lead two thousand troops and go to fight the Song people."
The official agreed, left Yeli Yuqi's side, and quickly conveyed Yeli Yuqi's order.
A few moments.
Ye Li Yuqi's two fierce generals, each leading 2,000 men, broke away from the large team and rode towards the hill.
On the hill.
When Kou Ji saw the Xixia 4,000 rangers approaching, he frowned slightly and whispered: "Didn't they rush forward in a swarm? Or was it a test? The 4,000 rangers probably didn't come to praise the Japanese army.
They want to force out my horse guards.
Without seeing clearly the strength of my patrolling horse guards, Tie Yaozi probably wouldn't take the initiative to attack.
Really cautious...
No wonder Tie Yaozi can achieve such a great reputation..."
Kou Ji guessed the purpose of the Xixia people and told Liu Heng: "Go down and tell the leader of the patrol horse guards to prepare for the attack."
Liu Heng was stunned and said: "Send out the patrol horse guards now?"
Kou Ji stared at Liu Heng and said, "The enemy wants to see the patrolling horse guard."
Liu Heng understood Kou Ji's thoughts instantly.
If Kou Ji did not have artillery in his hands, he would definitely advise Kou Ji to continue hiding the patrolling horse guards.
But now that Kou Ji had a deadly weapon like artillery, there was no need for the patrolling horse guards to hide it.
Liu Heng immediately ordered the drummer and passed the order to the ears of the patrolling horse guards.
The patrolling horse guards received the order and drew out their muskets from their waists one by one.
They had already loaded their muskets with ammunition and were ready for action.
"kill!"
The leader of the patrolling horse guard took the lead and rushed out.
The other patrolling horse guards followed closely behind him.
The patrolling horse guards rushed out of Baizhang, raised their guns and started shooting.
The rangers from the Yeli tribe who rushed over from the opposite side also bent their bows and started shooting arrows.
"Pa bang bang..."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
A moment.
The sound of gunshots and strings covered the entire battlefield.
The muskets in the hands of the patrolling horse guards all burst into flames.
The arrows fired by the Yeli tribe's rangers formed a layer of arrow rain, covering the patrolling horse guards.
When shooting arrows at night, the trajectory of the arrow is very strange.
After the arrow takes off, there is almost no trace of the arrow.
When the arrow falls, you will see dots of cold light.
However.
The arrows of the Yeli tribe are sharp, and the muskets in the hands of the horse guards are even sharper.
Before the arrows of the Yeli Tribe Rangers fell.
The iron bullets fired from the muskets in the hands of the patrolling horse guards had already arrived in front of the Yeli tribe's rangers.
"Puff puff puff..."
Blood flowers bloomed on the body of the Yeli Tribe Rangers.
One by one, the warriors of the Yeli tribe fell off their horses.
One round of shooting.
Hundreds of warriors from the Yeli tribe fell off their horses.
Thousands of Yeli tribe warriors were shot and wounded.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding..."
The arrows shot by the Yeli tribe's rangers landed on the patrolling horse guards, making a tinkling sound and sparking off.
Only one or two of the patrolling horse guards were injured by the majestic rain of arrows.
More arrows fell on the patrolling horse guards, just like scratching an itch without any feeling.
After the arrow passed through their bodies, they would still look the same.
It's just that there are some small dents on the armor.
"Firearms...heavy armored cavalry..."
Mei Le stared closely at the patrolling horse guards, carefully observing every weapon and every movement of the patrolling horse guards.
In Meile's mind, the only people who could pose a threat to their iron kites were heavy armored cavalry.
Heavy armored cavalry is what he values most.
Because he himself is a heavily armored cavalry, he even has the combat effectiveness of a heavy armored cavalry on the battlefield.
"The horses under their crotches are a bit weaker than us...the weapons in their hands are sharper than ours...the armor is lighter than ours...to deal with ordinary soldiers and horses, you only need to charge...but against our Iron Harriers"
The impact of the hook and lock is connected, there is still a gap..."
While watching the battle, Mei Le analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Patrolling Horse Guards, and at the same time compared the Iron Kites with the Patrolling Horse Guards.
Discover the strengths and weaknesses of both parties.
"Without the iron chain, the reaction on the battlefield should be faster than ours... But what can the heavy armored cavalry do with such a quick response... The heavy armored cavalry, in addition to charging, is charging..."
While Mei Le was comparing, Ye Li Yuqi next to him was bleeding from the heart.
Seeing the warriors of the Yeli tribe falling off their horses one by one, he closed his eyes in pain.
"kill……"
"kill……"
The moment the horse guards and the Yeli tribe's rangers met, they decisively drew their swords and began to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
However.
Frontal charge.
Heavy armored cavalry is far more advantageous than rangers.
When the horse guards and the wild horsemen of the Yeli tribe faced off, it was a one-sided massacre.
The Yeli tribe's rangers relied on their large numbers and fought hard to resist.
However, relying on the strength of their armor, the patrolling horse guards did not care at all about the resistance of the Yeli tribe's rangers.
The scimitars carried by the Yeli Tribe Rangers are far more sophisticated than ordinary scimitars.
But compared to armor and swords made of steel, there is no comparison at all.
The Yeli tribe's horsemen slashed at the horse guards, causing sparks to fly.
The patrolling horse guards slashed at the Yeli tribe's rangers, causing blood to splash.
"Bang bang bang..."
Both sides urged their war horses and quickly penetrated the opponent's formation.
The Yeli Tribe Rangers left behind hundreds of corpses.
Only a dozen of the patrolling horse guards were injured.
"kill……"
The two sides did not hesitate and started the second round of fighting.
Mei Le slowly withdrew her gaze and ordered Tie Yaozi behind her: "Come down and have your men prepare to charge."
As both heavy-armored cavalrymen, with just one charge, Mei Le had already seen the strengths and weaknesses of the patrolling horse guards, and also understood how to use the advantages of the iron kite to overcome the patrolling horse guards' weaknesses.
Seeing that Yeli Yuqi's face was getting darker and darker, Meile said calmly: "General Yuqi, there is no need to feel sorry for the lives of your Yelibu warriors. In this battle, you Yelibu helped me see clearly the opponent's heavy armored cavalry.
Weaknesses can be said to be indispensable.
After I defeat the opponent's heavy armor and capture the opponent's heavy armor, I can ask the general to give you hundreds of sets.
You should understand that heavy armor is far more precious than the lives of Noribu warriors."
When Yeli Yuqi heard this, his expression softened a bit, and he nodded solemnly, "I hope you won't make a mistake..."
Mei Le didn't speak anymore. He wrapped the horse's reins around his wrist and made a charging motion.
The kites behind him all followed suit.
On the battlefield.
The patrolling horse guards and the Yeli tribe's rangers have fought twice.
The third charge also started in the blink of an eye.
Mei Le stared closely.
When he saw all the horse patrol soldiers rushing into the formation of Noribe Rangers, a ferocious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"kill!"
Without any hesitation.
Meile led the heavy armored cavalry and fought out.
Meile knew very well that when the heavy armored cavalry launched a charge, especially after rushing into the enemy's formation, it would be difficult to escape without killing through the enemy's formation.
The horse guard charged for the third time, facing him.
He came forward now.
It will be difficult for the patrolling horse guard to escape.
After they broke through Noribe Yuki's formation, they faced the Iron Kites.
If the patrol horse guards retreat, the Iron Kites will follow them and kill them, forming a pincer attack situation with the Noribe Rangers who have already rushed to the other side.
If the patrolling horse guards took the initiative to come forward, they would still have to face a situation where they were attacked from two sides.
He has seen through the weakness of the patrolling horse guard, and thinks that with the help of the iron kite, he can severely injure the patrolling horse guard.
At least hundreds of patrolling horse guards can be left behind, and thousands of patrolling horse guards can be seriously injured.
On the hill.
After Kou Ji saw Tie Yaozi rushing out, he smiled lightly and said with emotion: "I've been waiting for you for a long time..."