When fighting, morale is important. Once morale collapses, the soldiers lose their momentum and immediately become defeated soldiers. This is the case with the defeated soldiers in the Western Xia in front of them. The supervisory team can no longer stop it and retreat like a tide.

"Don't follow too tightly, shoot arrows, shoot arrows." Chao Gai led a battalion of cavalry to conduct a carnival of shooting competitions. The feather arrows aimed at the backward defeated soldiers and kept firing. The slow-running defeated soldiers fell on the way to escape.

At first, the defeated soldiers ran away again, but as the cavalry approached, the supervision team also began to run.

Chao Gai kept chasing him for three or four miles, worried about an ambush, so he retreated.

Zhu Wu's little heart is beating. The power of the infantry long musket is obviously much greater than that of the short dragon musket. Zhu Wu himself also has a short dragon musket and can also use it, but it is definitely not as powerful as a long musket.

"It's so strong, killing people a hundred steps away, and the soldiers are extremely demanding. You just need to skillfully install a gun and fire. It's much easier than training an archer." Zhu Wu said.

Liu Tang next to him said: "The new type of musket is indeed powerful. It is basically the same range as the long snake infantry cannon. It is not stressful to wear light armor over 100 meters. However, the long snake infantry cannon is too heavy and the loading is slow, so it is still easy to use infantry muskets."

"It's enough to change the tactics. No wonder my brother dared to enter the territory of Xixia with 5,000 troops. It turned out that he was prepared." Zhu Wu said.

As he was talking, Wu Song brought his people there, and Wu Song asked, "How are you fighting, brothers? You're not suffering a loss."

Zhu Wu smiled and said, "We were killed in battle and defeated 5,000 enemy soldiers. I guess we should kill at least 1,000 enemies."

Although the enemy soldiers had fled, Chao Gai did not dare to slack off and led the cavalry to stare at him, for fear that the enemy soldiers would attack. The Wuzhuang Division sent hundreds of infantry to clean the battlefield. The Xixia infantry who died in battle must have a collection of excellent weapons.

The Dongping Prefecture Army went deep into the ground alone and could not bring more things, so they could only get some good things when cleaning the battlefield. Soon the battlefield was cleaned, and a lot of weapons and clothes were left there without anyone caring about it.

Bao Xu touched Li Kui, and Li Kui said, "Brother, these new recruits lack weapons and clothes, so I want to get some."

"Du, remember, you must not wear clothes with the Western Xia military clothing, otherwise if you kill the wrong one during the war, you can only blame yourself for your short life." Wu Song said.

Li Kui waved his hand and said, "Wolf cubs, go up and grab it. Take your clothes and weapons at will. Remember that you can't take the coats of the Western Xia army."

More than two thousand people rushed up, and the group of crazy guys snatched up weapons, clothes, and whatever they wanted.

Cheng Zhi suddenly had a lit up his eyes and said, "The military uniforms of the Xixia people are of great use. General, immediately order a special person to pack them up and play a significant role when used."

Cheng Zhi understood as soon as he mentioned Wu Song, and immediately ordered his personal soldiers to collect the complete Western Xia soldiers' clothing and flags, pack them and keep them for later use.

That night, the army went in the dark and found a small hill that was not familiar with even the guide. The Western Xia Kingdom was different from the Song Dynasty. It was sparsely populated and there was no population for dozens or even hundreds of miles. Although the possibility of the Western Xia army catching up was extremely small, the soldiers still built horse-resisting, iron nets and simple trenches.

In the middle of the night, the wolf roared and screamed, and he didn't listen. There were many people in the military camp, and hundreds of cavalry patrolled back and forth outside the camp alone. The wolves didn't dare to approach, but they were thinking about the horses here, and they howled at the top of their throats.

The soldiers were all asleep, and Wu Song stood up and put on his clothes to look at the cold stars in the sky.

"General, why are you getting up? Let's sleep with our camp." Shi Jin said.

Wu Song said: "It's not that I'm worried, but I'm thinking about things and can't sleep, so I get up. I'm wondering where we robbed the horse and took it back to Da Song?"

Shi Jin said: "I don't understand this. Although I am from the northwest, I rarely even go out in the village. I used to be the farthest to Yan'an Prefecture, and I have never been to other places. I went deep into the lonely army and had to go to the place that the enemy would most unexpectedly. Now what I fear most is that the court suddenly negotiated with Xixia, and our thousands of people would be in trouble."

Wu Song said: "The peace talks are certain, but they won't be too fast. At least two months of confrontation will last, which is enough for us to move. Luo Ping went to call the guide and asked him something."

After a while, the guide came to Wu Song with a sleepy eyes. It was obvious that he was raised by Luo Ping.

"I'll ask you what places can you fight nearby, such as a large tribe with horses or a small city." Wu Song asked.

The guide took out the map, thought for a while, and said, "There is a large horse farm three hundred miles north of this, which is the military horse farm of the Xixia Kingdom, and is rich in excellent war horses."

"Three hundred miles, too far, I can't go tomorrow. Is there any place worth fighting nearby?" Wu Song asked.

"This is a large iron ore called Helanshan Iron Farm. There are tens of thousands of slaves working, but there are still many defenders, and there are still two or three thousand people. This is the main iron field of the Xixia people. If he beat him, it will affect the supply of iron tools of the Xixia people in a short time." The guide said.

Wu Song asked: "Do you know who are the main slaves here?"

"I don't know this. I heard that the people of Xixia deceived people from the Central Plains. Xixia was in a state of military force, with a total population of only three to four million and a force of 300,000. If the population is insufficient, they can only plunder the population from the Central Plains by deceiving and slaughtering grass valleys."

Wu Song said: "Okay, go back and go to bed, and we will make a decision tomorrow."

The next morning, snow suddenly rose in the sky. It was normal for Xixia at this time, but fortunately the snow was not heavy, which did not affect the march. The army marched west for more than fifty miles, and it stopped until noon to have lunch. It was still stewed horse meat and dry food. The soldiers had eaten meat and began to miss the taste of vegetables.

Wu Song became anxious. Zhu Wu pointed to the map and said, "The scouts have already gone to reconnaissance. There are large iron ore of the Xixia people thirty miles ahead, tens of thousands of slaves and about three thousand defenders. Which battalion of yours will take this iron ore?"

"I'll go." The battalion commanders asked for battle one after another.

Wu Song said: "Wu Zhuang's camp will fight, Yuan Lang, and Ma Xie will take people to help?"

"promise."

Why is this arrangement reasonable? The third-section shooting is not skilled and requires practical practice. The third-line troops guarding the mine are the most suitable. As for why Yuan Lang is arranged to assist, it is obvious. So far, Yuan Lang is still a commander with bare feet. Isn’t 30,000 slaves a good soldier?

The team was less than 1,600 people, and they were marching towards the Xixia iron ore without any hiding under the banner.

When the team arrived outside the iron ore, Wu Zhuang almost laughed to death. The group of defenders actually came out to meet the enemy, mainly because there were few soldiers in the Dongping Prefecture, and there were more than a thousand people, so the defenders were not afraid at all.

(End of this chapter)

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