Kou Ji was stunned for a moment when he heard Zhu Neng's words.
Zhu Neng said with a gloomy face: "I don't want to see iron kites slaughtering our Song Dynasty soldiers again in my lifetime."
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, "He doesn't have enough money, we can help him first."
Zhu Neng nodded and said no more.
On the battlefield.
Iron Harrier was besieged from all sides.
Without Zhu Neng's deliberate instructions, the military formation slowly turned into an iron barrel formation and surrounded Tie Yaozi.
The Song army adopted the human sea tactic to destroy Tie Yaozi outside Yumen Pass.
"Go quickly! Go quickly! Go quickly, let Ye Li meet the beggar, and lead the troops to go out to rescue."
Li Yuanhao shouted furiously on the top of the city.
Ye Li met the beggar and left the city decisively, leading the cavalry of the Ye Li tribe and rushing out of Yumen Pass.
Chaos.
A very chaotic battle started at Yumen Pass.
Zhu Neng ordered the soldiers and horses on both wings and the cavalry behind him to rush forward and stop the cavalry led by Ye Li Yuqi.
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses gathered at the gate of Jade Gate, fighting each other.
It was difficult for the cavalry led by Ye Li Yuqi to launch an effective charge in such a chaotic battle.
Their biggest advantage is mobility.
Therefore, they can have certain advantages in field battles and critical battles.
Therefore, the soldiers and horses of Xixia and Liao rarely care about the gains and losses of one city or one place.
Therefore, they like to drag the Song Army into the wilderness, or lengthen the Song Army's supply line to expand the advantage of the cavalry.
Defensive warfare is not what they are good at.
Huge numbers of chaotic battles are not what they are good at.
The iron kite rushed into the Song army's formation, as if entering an uninhabited land.
But they can't.
The heavy infantry armor worn by the Song Army was not made of paper.
"kill……"
Yeli Yuqi led his soldiers and horses and charged at Yumen Pass for three quarters of an hour before successfully rescuing an iron kite.
Then he fought and rescued one by one.
It wasn't until he saw the figure of the patrolling horse guard that he decisively led his men to withdraw from the battlefield.
"Ming Jin!"
"withdraw troops!"
After Zhu Neng saw Ye Li Yuqi withdrawing from the battlefield, he sighed regretfully and ordered the messengers to withdraw their troops.
He also wanted to use the patrolling horse guards to drag the soldiers and horses led by Ye Li Yuqi into the chaos and kill them while taking the opportunity.
But after Yeli Yuqi saw the patrolling horse guards, he decisively withdrew without looking back.
Not fooled at all.
"Dong dong dong..."
After the drumbeat of withdrawing troops sounded.
Zhu Neng led the new army formation composed of soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty and slowly withdrew from the battlefield.
"Bang bang bang!"
Li Yuanhao stood on the top of the city, his face so gloomy that he could bleed.
He waved his fist and smashed the crenels that closed the jade door with a loud bang.
One thousand and eight hundred iron kites attacked.
Less than 700 people were rescued.
More than a thousand iron kites were buried under the Yumen Pass.
Their armor and horses were taken away when the Song army retreated.
Li Yuanhao felt that one-third of the Xixia treasury was suddenly removed by the Song army.
"Those armors will be kept in your hands for the time being. When I take Yangguan and kill Li Zhaoliang, I will settle the score with you again!"
Li Yuanhao secretly felt cruel on the top of the city.
Zhu Neng had already led his soldiers to slowly withdraw from the battlefield and returned to the military camp.
After returning to the military camp.
The injured soldiers were quickly sent to where military doctors were stationed for treatment.
The skeletons of the dead soldiers were placed in the middle of the school grounds.
The iron kite's armor was all pulled off, and they were arranged in a row under the general stage.
The carcasses of the iron kite and the carcasses of the war horses were thrown into a corner of the camp and piled up into a hill.
According to the rules set by Kou Ji after arriving in Shazhou.
Soon someone will bury those corpses into the soil and become fertilizer for the land in Hexi.
Zhu Neng stood on the podium and shouted to the soldiers in the audience.
"Our army won a great victory in this battle! The iron kite that Li Yuanhao relied on the most was disabled by us. From now on, the iron kite will never pose any threat to us again."
"Win!"
"Win!"
"Wan Sheng!"
The soldiers shouted vigorously.
After the soldiers shouted, Zhu Neng continued: "In this battle, if you kill the iron kite at the first level, you will be awarded the third level. If you die in battle, you will be given hundreds of coins. If you die in battle, you will be given hundreds of coins. If you are seriously injured, you will be given nine coins."
Ten guan... If a soldier is slightly injured, he will be given twenty guan of money... Anyone who is willing to stay in Hexi will be given a thousand acres of land... If a meritorious soldier is willing to move to Hexi, he will be appointed as an official..."
"roar!!"
"roar!"
When the soldiers heard this, they shouted wildly.
An unprecedented gift.
It was the most generous reward they had ever encountered since joining the army.
How could they not be excited? How could they not be excited?
How could they not be excited about being transformed from a big soldier to a small rich man in an instant.
More importantly, Xu Guan.
Appointed official.
As long as you have merit and are willing to stay in Hexi, you can become an official.
Although Hexi is located in a remote area, many literati with lofty ideals are unwilling to stay.
But for these big soldiers, it is a rare opportunity.
Being an official is a lifelong dream for many of them.
They don't care where they serve as officials.
They have been to the most remote places, and they have stayed in the most barren places.
As long as you can be an official.
Their deceased ancestors will be granted the title, and their wives and children will have the opportunity to be protected.
Although Zhu Neng did not have the power to appoint officers to his officers.
But the soldiers did not doubt Zhu Neng's words.
Because few people dare to be in the military camp and break the trust of tens of thousands of soldiers.
Zhu Neng saw the officers and soldiers roaring vigorously, so he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "A bunch of official fans..."
The soldiers were instantly shaken and laughed heartily.
The sadness in the military camp was diluted a lot.
Amid the laughter of the soldiers, Zhu Neng shouted again: "In addition, each of the soldiers participating in the battle today will be rewarded with a pound of mutton and two ounces of turbid wine..."
"roar!"
For a moment, the soldiers were shouting like crazy.
The shouting was several times louder than before.
Only a few people can achieve meritorious service on the battlefield, and only a few people can lose their lives or be injured.
So the reward just now was only for a few people.
The soldiers shouted, on the one hand they were happy for their comrades, and on the other hand they wanted to give Zhu Neng face.
This time is different, they can all benefit, and they are naturally happy.
Amidst the shouts of the soldiers, Zhu Neng said: "Okay... leave a group of soldiers to collect the corpses of the comrades who died in the battle, and the others go to eat meat and drink..."
The soldiers shouted and dispersed.
After the soldiers left.
The smile on Zhu Neng's face gradually faded away. He looked at the corpses lying on the school ground and sighed.
Kou Ji slowly walked to Zhu Neng's side and whispered: "Don't worry... I don't have any other abilities, but I still have the ability to let their widows live the rest of their lives richly."
Zhu Neng has no doubt about this.
After hearing Kou Ji's words, Zhu Neng nodded slowly and said: "That's good, I can be considered worthy of them."
After a pause, Zhu Neng looked at Kou Ji and said: "Leave their corpses here, or send them back?"
Kou Ji said seriously: "After cremation, bury them on the spot. From now on, this place will also be our territory of the Song Dynasty, and they are not considered a foreign land for burial. In the future, the people of our Song Dynasty will settle down here and take root, knowing that our great people are buried under this land."
The Song generals also knew that this place contained the heroic souls of the Han family."
Kou Ji looked at Zhu Neng and said: "Any place with the heroic souls of the Han family should be the territory of my Han family."
Zhu Neng was stunned for a moment, and said with a mixture of laughter and tears: "That's really a fight..."
There are not a few Han souls who are buried in a foreign land.
In the distant Goryeo, there are several huge Beijing temples made of piled-up bones of the Han Dynasty.
It still stands in Korea today.
After the Goryeo envoys arrived in the Song Dynasty, they often complained about them and were often proud of them.
Kou Ji heard Zhu Neng's words and smiled calmly: "It doesn't matter... I'm still young..."
Zhu Neng laughed out loud and said: "That's right..."
After a pause, Zhu Neng asked Kou Jidao: "Why do you want to give officers to those soldiers? Aren't you afraid that the civil servants in the court will impeach you?"
Kou Ji looked sideways at Zhu Neng and said with a puzzled expression: "What are you impeaching me for? Is it because I am dissatisfied with the pacification envoys from the Western Regions that the officials have granted me, or is it because I can do whatever I want with the officials below the fifth rank?
Are you not satisfied with the power I decide?"
Zhu Neng stared in astonishment and said with a wry smile: "I forgot about this, I made a mistake..."
In the past, the Western Regions did not have the territory of the Song Dynasty, so the title of pacifier of the Western Regions states above Kou Ji was deceptive.
But now the Song Dynasty has successively captured three states in the Western Region.
That Kou Ji is a veritable official in the border area.
The military and political power within the three states was seized.
A few petty officials are nothing.
Under special circumstances, it is reasonable to appoint some senior officials.
How to impeach civil servants in the court?
Impeach him for abusing his power to appease?
Then you have to ask other pacifiers if they agree.
After all, to accuse Kou Ji of abusing the power of the pacifier is to violate the power of other pacifiers.
Who can serve as a pacifier who is not a person with status and background?
Defeat them one by one, no one cares.
But if we use the power of all of them, isn't that looking for abuse?
All of them are high-ranking officials of the second and third grades. If they don’t often speak out in court, do you really think that they have no fighting ability?
Zhu Neng figured out the connection and stopped discussing the matter with Kou Ji in detail.
He can kill everyone on the battlefield, but that doesn't mean he can interfere with Kou Ji's governance of the place.
The two said this casually and returned to the Chinese army's tent.
The documents accompanying the army have clearly calculated the losses in this battle and reported them to Kou Ji and Zhu Neng.
"Three thousand one hundred and sixty-seven people were killed and eight thousand and thirty-nine were injured..."
After looking at the number of casualties, Kou Ji handed the document in his hand to Zhu Neng and sighed: "You really spent a lot of money to deal with Tie Yaozi... Before we went to the battle, I thought you had given birth to a child.
A bodhisattva-like heart.
Now it seems that you are more ruthless than before."
Zhu Neng took the document and read it carefully. Afterwards, he said: "I feel sorry for the soldiers, so I spent so much money. The iron kite is extremely ferocious. Keeping the iron kite will only allow them to slaughter me. Song Dynasty Geng Geng
Many soldiers.
Spending a lot of money to kill Iron Kites will certainly result in the casualties of many soldiers.
But it protected more soldiers.
You should know the difference."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
When it comes to Tie Yaozi, he actually has similar thoughts to Zhu Neng.
If you can kill and maim them once, you will never tolerate them living a second time.
Although Kou Ji has artillery, muskets, and invincible mine cannons in his hands.
But these things are not currently mass-produced.
The quantity is small.
It cannot take care of all the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty.
The invincible mine cannon has limitations when used. If there is no way to prevent the enemy from entering the minefield, its effect is limited.
The artillery was extremely heavy and inconvenient to transport.
Its mobility is too poor, making it difficult to appear in every battle involving Iron Kites in time.
As for the musket.
It has powerful lethality and deterrence against ordinary light cavalry and infantry.
Facing the iron kite, its lethality is also very limited.
It is difficult for bullets driven by black powder to penetrate the iron kite's armor.
In this battle, only one iron kite died under gunfire.
That man was beaten to death by Chen Datou, one of the men on patrol.
There were many horse guards, but there was only one sharpshooter, Chen Datou.
The only one who could hit the enemy's eye socket with one blow while the enemy and we were moving so fast was Chen Datou.
"The iron kites at Yumen Pass are disabled. It depends on how the war in Yangguan goes. If the soldiers in Yangguan can eat the iron kites that raided Yangguan, then the iron kites will no longer pose a threat to us."
Zhu Neng put down the official document in his hand and subconsciously looked in the direction of Yang Guan.
Kou Ji also subconsciously looked at Yang Guan.
…
Yangguan.
On the city wall several feet high, in the forest of flags.
Inside and outside Guancheng, everything is deserted.
The strong wind howled by.
Wind and sand are blowing everywhere.
Even though spring has arrived, there is still not much spring scenery to be seen in Yangguan.
The city walls were filled with soldiers, but there was no one inside the city walls.
The soldiers on the city wall, all wearing armor and holding swords, looked at the big dark iron cylinder curiously.
After staring at the big iron cylinder for a long time, he set his sights outside the city.
Outside the city, I looked at a group of people wearing commoners, carrying hoes and pushing carts, burying black iron balls one by one.
The black iron ball is buried in the northwest corner outside the city.
That's where people from Yumen Pass must pass.
"Can these things... be done?"
The general guarding the city asked with confusion the Japanese military commander Gao Yi who came to their aid.
Gao Yi stared at the people burying the black iron balls outside the city for a few times, and in the disgusted eyes of the Kou servants, he groped for the big iron barrel next to him and sighed: "Can it be done? Of course it can be done. These things can be done."
Things are far more powerful than you think.”
The general who defended the city was Li Zhaoliang's subordinate and followed Li Zhaoliang all the way to the Western Regions.
So I have never seen the power of artillery and invincible mine cannons.
After hearing Gao Yi's words, the city guard said with a solemn expression: "Gao Yi, we can be considered colleagues. We used to stir the pot in the same pot. Don't lie to me.
Yangguan is very important to us.
Once Yangguan is lost, General Li will be in a crisis in Suzhou and Ganzhou.
I have never seen what the soldiers in Shazhou City looked like when they were short of food and clothing.
But you have seen it.
You should understand what will happen to them once their food and grass are cut off.
Do you really want to trust General Li’s life to this thing?”