Chapter 0550 The key to determining the outcome of the battlefield
People who have never been to the battlefield can hardly imagine the cruelty of the battlefield.
Flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Human life is so fragile that it seems to be blown away by a gust of wind.
All kinds of horrific ways of death can be seen on the battlefield.
Some were smashed into pulp by huge fireballs, and some were turned into hedgehogs by arrows.
The knife opens the person's abdomen, and the intestines flow out.
Kou Ji frowned and looked at a group of Zhu Neng who had stern expressions and stared coldly at the battlefield.
"You looked worried in the Chinese army's tent just now. Was it because you were worried that the battlefield would be too brutal?"
Zhu Neng glanced at Kou Ji, frowned, and shook his head, "No... I haven't seen many battlefields more cruel than this..."
"In my humble position, I have seen people being bitten to death by our soldiers. There was not a single piece of intact flesh on their bodies. There were also people biting the enemy's neck and drinking blood. That was a truly terrifying scene.
If the imperial envoy feels unwell, he can return to the military camp and sit in command."
Commander Xing** beside Zhu Neng whispered.
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and glanced at him, "Am I the kind of person who is timid and afraid of getting into trouble?"
Commander Xing** chuckled and said in a low voice: "It's a humble faux pas..."
He spoke polite words and concealed the look of disdain on his face very well, but the contemptuous light in his eyes could not be concealed.
Military ministers and civil servants are inherently hostile.
Coupled with the national policy issues of the Song Dynasty, the military ministers had an even less favorable impression of the civil servants.
This is probably why Commander Xing** despised Kou Ji.
Kou Ji was too lazy to argue with him and said to Zhu Neng: "If you could keep the artillery, it wouldn't be so strenuous. Although the gate of Yumen Pass is thick, it cannot withstand the bombardment of the artillery."
Kou Ji has absolute confidence in the artillery made by himself.
Zhu Neng said in a deep voice: "Placing the artillery in Yangguan will make it safer."
Kou Ji muttered: "I think you want to severely injure Tie Yaozi who went to Yangguan."
Zhu Neng did not deny it, but nodded and said: "That's right... With the sharpness of his iron kite, he kept killing our soldiers of the Song Dynasty. Naturally, we have to teach them a lesson, so that they know what blood debt is paid for with blood."
Kou Ji said unexpectedly: "This is the first time I have discovered that you value the lives of your soldiers so much."
Zhu Neng was silent for a while after hearing this, and said quietly: "I really didn't care much before. Ever since I saw the soldiers starving to death in front of my eyes in Shazhou City, my heart has softened."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and smiled bitterly.
Zhu Neng's mentality makes it difficult for him to evaluate right and wrong.
As a general who commands an army, his mentality is not suitable for commanding an army.
But as a Song Dynasty person, there is nothing wrong with his mentality.
"I hope you will not be affected by this and become soft-hearted..."
Zhu Neng shook his head calmly, "No way..."
Just when Zhu Neng and Kou Ji were talking.
The Xixia cavalry had broken through two shield formations and killed nearly a thousand Song soldiers and horses.
The Xixia cavalry also injured nearly a thousand people.
In front of the rope bridge, corpses were scattered everywhere.
The bright red blood stained the front of the rope bridge.
The Xixia cavalry's offensive was greatly restricted.
Without the cavalry to assist with the charge, it would be difficult to tear apart the shield formation.
"attack!"
Zhu Neng ordered calmly.
The army pressed forward again.
The Xixia cavalry had no charge support and could only be forced back to the rope bridge by the shield soldiers.
Seeing this, Li Yuanhao on the top of the city coldly ordered: "Let the Iron Kites attack! Tell Li Nu, kill as many as you can!"
Li Nu is the captain of the fourth iron kite team.
Among the ten captains of the Iron Kites, besides Mei Le, he is the one with the most leadership talent.
After Zai Le died outside Shazhou City.
Li Nu took over from Mei Le and became the commander of Tie Yaozi.
Following Li Yuanhao's order.
Eighteen hundred iron kites, which had been prepared in Yumen Pass, rushed out of Yumen Pass under the leadership of Li Nu.
After Tie Yaozi's figure appeared outside Yumen Pass.
Zhu Neng's brows knitted together, "Sure enough, it happened..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows, "Are you waiting for them?"
"good……"
Before Kou Ji could ask again, Zhu Neng had already begun to issue a series of combat orders.
"Send an order to the entire army to fight to the death and not retreat!"
"Instruct the Yuanshan cavalry to prepare to attack!"
"..."
As Zhu Neng's order was conveyed to the entire army.
More than 40,000 soldiers in the entire army faced the iron kite and pushed forward forcefully.
"Bang!"
The iron kite's charge is far faster and more powerful than other Xixia cavalry.
Just a rush.
The two shield formations deployed by the Song army's shield soldiers were torn through like paper.
They rushed into the shield formation.
Kill with a sword.
Like a wolf entering the flock of sheep, killing the soldiers of the Song army.
It is difficult for shield soldiers and spear soldiers to resist the charge of iron kites.
The lives of the soldiers of the Song Army were being harvested one by one by the iron kite.
The rate of death and injury far exceeded several times before.
Kou Ji frowned as he looked at it.
In his opinion, the iron kite rushing into the military formation was a one-sided massacre.
At least, it is difficult for the shield soldiers and spearmen at the front to pose a threat to the Iron Kites.
The iron kites were rushing around among the formations of shield soldiers and spearmen, as if they were entering an uninhabited land.
Kou Ji deliberately reminded Zhu Neng to dispatch the patrol horse guards.
But after thinking again and again, he still didn't speak.
Since Zhu Neng sent a large army to attack the iron kite when it appeared, it means that Zhu Neng had his own ideas.
Before seeing today's military formation, Kou Ji was still somewhat confident in his military abilities.
But after seeing today's military formation, he was no longer so confident in his military abilities.
He is the person who hates the military supervision system the most.
Naturally, I don't want to become an annoying supervisor.
"Puff puff puff..."
The iron kite's scimitar kept cutting through the military formation, broken limbs and arms flew across, and blood flowed everywhere.
It was as if they were trying to hold a carnival feast of killing, killing happily in the military formation.
The moment Tie Yaozi appeared, Zhu Neng stared at Tie Yaozi closely, his eyes getting colder and colder.
The mentality he showed after Iron Kite appeared was not at all consistent with the mentality he showed in the Chinese army's tent.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, he had a look of compassion on his face, pitying the lives of the soldiers very much.
But at this moment, he was as cold as a stone man.
Seeing Tie Yaozi slaughtering the Song army soldiers somewhere, he remained indifferent.
"Pfft..."
When the iron kite penetrated the formation of the shield soldiers and appeared in the formation of the spearmen.
Zhu Neng, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.
He roared loudly: "Send the order, let all the soldiers stop the iron kite at all costs, bite the iron kite, and order the iron cavalry of the Yuanshan tribe to attack quickly."
Zhu Neng was roaring loudly.
The messengers have abandoned the method of conveying orders with their mouths and have instead used signal flags.
Letter flag waving.
Zhu Neng's order was quickly conveyed to the army.
ahead.
The defeated shield soldiers quickly organized a shield formation, and the shields joined each other to form a wave-shaped shield formation in front of the rope bridge.
The spearmen firmly held the spears in their hands and supported them on the ground. They used the power of the earth to stabilize the spear array and resist the attack of the iron kites.
The iron kite was in front of them, frantically harvesting the lives of their comrades, and they remained motionless.
"Song soldiers want to block our retreat!"
"wishful thinking!"
"The position of Commander Song Bing is not heavily guarded. Kill him! Kill Commander Song Bing!"
"..."
While Li Nu was directing the Iron Kites to fight, he was observing the situation on the battlefield.
When he discovered that Song soldiers had blocked their retreat at the risk of life and death, he realized Zhu Neng's intention to keep them.
Li Nu looked around the battlefield and found that Zhu Neng's flag was not heavily guarded by troops, so he decisively targeted Zhu Neng.
So what if you can keep me waiting?
If I kill you, your Song army's military formation will be destroyed without attack!
"kill!"
Li Nu led the iron kite and charged towards Zhu Neng with all his strength.
Kou Ji saw Li Nu rushing towards him, raised his eyebrows, and asked Zhu Neng in a deep voice, "You are willing to do whatever it takes just to keep Tie Yaozi?"
Zhu Neng did not deny it, nodded and said: "Not bad!"
Kou Ji frowned and said, "But he is coming towards us. We are not heavily guarded around us."
Zhu Neng looked at Kou Ji and smiled, "Don't you still have two hundred cavalry by your side?"
Kou Ji was stunned, stared at Zhu Neng and questioned: "You have already included the two hundred cavalry around me in your plan?"
"good……"
"But even if I have two hundred iron cavalry beside me, it will be difficult to resist more than a thousand iron kites."
"Resist as long as you can."
Kou Ji frowned and said in deep thought: "You not only plotted against the iron cavalry around me, but also plotted against us? You wanted to use us as bait to attract the iron kites.
Then gather them together and annihilate them?"
When things have reached this point, Zhu Neng's plan has become very clear.
Zhu Neng had his eye on Tie Yaozi from the very beginning, and planned to give Tie Yaozi a painful blow.
With Kou Ji's identity, Zhu Neng would never let him fall into danger.
Once Zhu Neng puts him in danger, it means that Zhu Neng wants to second his identity or power.
When fishing for a kite, you don't necessarily have to take action.
Zhu Neng's own identity is enough to lure the iron kite to the bait.
The reason why Zhu Neng led him into the dangerous situation was to use the two hundred iron cavalry in his hand.
Because only he can mobilize the two hundred cavalry in his hand.
Zhu Neng heard Kou Ji's words and nodded slowly. He stared at Tie Yaozi who was slowly rushing over and said with a ferocious face: "From the time we entered the Western Region to now, more than ten thousand soldiers have died in their hands.
I have been fighting for so many years, and I have never suffered such huge battle losses.
Their threat on the battlefield is too great.
So I have to find a way to kill them."
"Even if it means catching up with yourself and me?"
Kou Ji asked in a deep voice.
Zhu Neng said firmly: "I can die, but you won't."
Kou Ji was stunned and smiled bitterly.
He can understand what Zhu Neng said.
In such a chaotic battle, his life was really in danger.
The horse guards will abandon everything and gather in front of him to protect him.
Others don't know the identity of the patrolling horse guard, but Zhu Neng knows it.
The horse guards are Kou Ji's most loyal personal followers. They will sacrifice their lives to protect Kou Ji.
"The cost is too great...it's so reckless that people are speechless..."
Kou Ji curled his lips and muttered.
"You go there and interrupt their charging momentum. You don't have to fight them head-on..."
Kou Ji turned around and ordered the leader of the patrolling horse guards behind him.
The leader of the horse guards hesitated for a moment, glared at Zhu Neng fiercely, and then rushed out with two hundred men of the horse guards.
If Kou Ji wasn't in danger now, they would need to go out and kill him.
They would definitely swarm up, take down Zhu Neng first, hang him up and beat him severely.
"Rumble..."
The horse guard man urged his horse and rushed out.
Facing enemies whose strength was several times their own, they showed no fear at all.
"Draw your gun!"
During the charge, the two hundred horse guards pulled out the guns at their waists and fired fiercely at the iron kites charging towards them.
Not to be outdone, Iron Harrier bent his bow and arrows to fight back.
Both sides fired fiercely.
How many people charge on horseback, or how many people there are.
The iron kite's arrows landed on the men of the patrolling horse guards, making a tinkling sound.
Even with the powerful arrows shot by the rare marksmen, it would be difficult to kill the men on horseback with one hit.
After the arrow penetrates the chain mail worn by the men on horseback, it will be stuck tightly, and the tip of the arrow will at most pierce the skin of the man on horseback.
There were still some injuries, but no one died.
It is difficult for the iron bullets fired by the men on patrol to kill the iron kite in one hit.
A volley was fired and only one person was killed.
One of the shots was shot by Chen Datou after taking aim for a long time.
One shot hit the opponent in the eye.
The iron bullet hit the opponent's head, causing a burst of blood to appear.
"kill!"
After cumming hard.
The two sides collided together.
Iron cavalry versus iron cavalry, heavy armor against heavy armor.
It was like hammers confronting each other, with a dull collision sound everywhere, and the force was very fierce.
The iron kite slashed at the man patrolling the horse guard.
The men of the patrol horse guards were not willing to fight. They resisted with swords in hand and rushed towards the back of Tie Yaozi's team.
Just when the two sides were fighting together.
The heavier sound of horse hooves sounded behind the military formation.
More than two thousand patrolling horse guards rushed into the formation, carrying the smoke and dust along the way.
On top of the city.
Li Yuanhao gritted his silver teeth when he saw more than two thousand patrolling horse guards appear.
He thought that he sent five thousand cavalry to rush out of Yumen Pass and rush to Yang Pass.
It will lead the iron cavalry in the hands of the Song army to Yangguan.
Unexpectedly, the other party did not take the bait.
"Damn it...I lost this battle for a while...but without the heavy armored cavalry guarding Yang Pass, can those shrimp soldiers and crab generals in Yang Pass be able to defend it?"
"Taking Yangguan, cutting off Li Zhaoliang's escape route, and cutting off Li Zhaoliang's supplies, Li Zhaoliang is the turtle in the urn!"
"As long as Li Zhaoliang is eliminated, you will be defeated!"
"..."
Li Yuanhao knew very well that wars were never decided by a single fight between the two armies.
Many times, head-on confrontation cannot determine the outcome of the battlefield at all.
A surprise attack is often the key to victory.
Among the Song army, what he feared the most was the endless firearms in Kou Ji's hands, and the heavy armored cavalry whose strength was only the first line of Iron Harrier.
In the previous battle of Shazhou City, he sent people to attack Shazhou City, but he did not see the endless supply of firearms in Kou Ji's hands.
That means that 7788 of the firearms that Kou Ji brought from the Song Dynasty have been consumed.
He no longer needs to be afraid.
He only needs to target heavy armored cavalry.
Zhu Neng was plotting against Tie Yaozi, and he was plotting against the patrolling horse guards.