Zhu Wu said: "The miners selected into the army all volunteered to participate, and there is nothing to say, but there are still 25,000 people who can promise them a salary and time to restore freedom."

Wu Song said: "It is very necessary. Let's tell the miners that this time, more than 100 lives were lost in order to save them, hundreds of people were injured. There is no free lunch in the world. So let them work for three years, with 500 labour wages a month. If you do well, you will be beaten. If you don't do well, you will be beaten."

Zhu Wu got the order to do work for the miners. The miners carried out good control and brainwashing. Every hundred people were led by a veteran, monitoring their thoughts at any time.

Chao Gai clasped his fists and said, "General, a gentleman is innocent, and he is guilty of possessing a treasure. Now that our army has made military achievements, the people of Xixia must hate us very much. We are not afraid of doing it with a sword and a spear, but we are afraid that the people of Xixia will bribe the imperial ministers to us. In addition, our more than 30,000 good horses are a great fortune. The horses of Xixia are taller and more powerful than the horses of Liao, and are the choice of the rich people of the Song Dynasty. Thirty thousand horses are worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, which is not rare. We need to find a base to settle down first."

Liu Tang also said: "It's mid-year lunar month, and Shandong is no longer cold. I didn't expect it to be snowing here. The miners need to be physically maintained and the army also needs to be replenished. So I have to find a city to rest. How about this Wanlong Town? It's probably a small city and it doesn't have much defense force. It's okay for us to station."

There are also introductions on the map of Wanlong Town, but the introduction of the official map is very simple. It is just a small town on the border of the Three Kingdoms of Song, Xia and Liao. Merchants from the Three Kingdoms gather here. Now wars and trade has been interrupted. It is estimated that there are not many soldiers stationed, and they just happened to pass.

Wu Song said: "Brothers Shi Jin."

Shi Jindao: "In."

"You lead five hundred cavalry to reconnaissance in front of you. When you encounter a brigade of soldiers, you must avoid them, whether from Xixia or from the Song Dynasty. Can you understand what I mean?" Wu Song said.

Shi Jin said: "Shi Jin understands."

The enemy is not only the soldiers of the Western Xia, but may also come from within the Song Dynasty. It is normal for the border factions to annex each other, and the reconnaissance team of 500 cavalry needs to be very careful.

Shi Jin took the order and left. Although Shi Jin was not mature, he needed a lot of training. With the wisdom of Shi Jin, Yang Chun and Chen Da, he would not make any fatal mistakes.

Wu Song said: "Captain Chao, take me to see the horses, but I haven't looked at these horses carefully yet."

"Okay, let's go and have a look. It's very difficult to drive such a large herd. Fortunately, there are brothers who know how to graz, otherwise they wouldn't be able to drive so many horses even if they were exhausted." Chao Gai said.

The group rode their horses to the snow. This group of thousands of horses were eating grass on the snow. The snow was not deep, about ten centimeters, and most of the dead grass was exposed outside. The horses wagged their tails while eating grass. Although the Xixia horses were not as resistant to rough feed as Mongolian horses, they also had great resistance to the severe cold. The weather at minus ten degrees Celsius did not take it seriously at all.

Horses with mane trimmed are familiar military horses, and they can ride them after being assembled with saddles. However, most of the horses with long and long mane are stallions. Stallions are different from the horses that ordinary people think of. Stallions are very fierce and always like to run around, fight, bite people, and bite horses.

Chao Gai said: "Did you see the black horse? It kicked a wolf to death a few days ago. It was very powerful. Unfortunately, this kind of horse is not familiar with training, otherwise it would be great to ride it."

"Still horses, stallions are naturally used for breeding. Stallions have courage and blood. This is the result of natural evolution. There are so many wolves on the grassland. If horses are always allowed to be bullied by wolves, wouldn't there be no horses?" Wu Song said.

The horses are very healthy. Although medical technology on the grassland is backward, through natural elimination, the elderly, weak and sick horses will die and feed wolves. The average height of Xixia horses can be 20 cm taller than that of Liao horses, and they will weigh more than 100 kilograms, or even 200 kilograms. Don’t underestimate these gaps. Take the iron hoof horse in Baicaogou as an example. A height of more than 1.4 meters is only suitable for light cavalry, but Xixia horses are more than 20 cm tall and weigh more. They can carry at least 70 to 80 kilograms more. They can be equipped with heavy armored cavalry.

Yuan Lang said: "General, let's organize a team of heavy armored cavalry, and rush around on the battlefield as if no one had entered the country."

Wu Song shook his head: "The era of heavy armored cavalry has passed. As the firearms are becoming more and more powerful, no matter how thick the armor is, it can never stop the artillery. Battalion Commander Yuan gave you two thousand heavy cavalry and asked you to charge for the position of Liu Tang's one thousand artillery. Are you willing to."

Yuan Lang said: "I'm not stupid. Even though he knows that he has so many artillery guarding, he still rushes forward, isn't he looking for death? I will choose to move around the outside world and wait for the opportunity."

"The mobile phone of heavy armored cavalry is much worse than that of light cavalry. You are also using our steel armor. Although it is the armor of light cavalry, the actual effect is not worse than that of heavy armor. It is just a little smaller in the protection area. A heavy armored cavalry can consume more than three light cavalry, and it only needs a mobilizer or a small melon to solve it. This is quite unprofitable, so don't consider heavy cavalry." Wu Song said.

Yuan Lang saw Li Kui's battle against the Western Xia Iron Harrier. The heavy armored cavalry was not flexible. When they encountered a fire bomb, they were burned into barbecue. It was a terrible sight, so it was fine if the heavy armored cavalry did not show up.

Let’s talk about Tong Guan and the main players of Xixia who fought in Yonglechuan were lukewarm, but they were much more powerful than the previous ones who were just acting and not moving, with one after another.

In the middle army, Tong Guan looked at Wu Songlai's war report: "A few days ago, more than 5,000 light cavalry pursuing were wiped out and the Xixia general was killed. This is amazing."

Zhou Ang said: "Wu Song is too bold and he is making up military affairs. If he is reported to such military achievements, the emperor will definitely be furious."

Everyone was also disbelieving and shook their heads, saying that it was unlikely that the combat effectiveness of the Western Xia cavalry is obvious to all. It is not that easy to annihilate 5,000 light cavalry. What is the light cavalry? It is a mobile and fast-moving force. If you can't beat it, you can run away. How could you make you annihilate 5,000 light cavalry?

Tong Guan snorted coldly and said, "If you can't achieve such a record, will the Dongping Prefecture Army not achieve such a record? Besides, can't you be a fool? If you have such a big record, I will definitely verify it."

Of course, Tong Guan thought that this record was true, so Tong Guan's record would be great. No matter how much contribution Wu Song made, the main military achievements would still be remembered with Tong Guan, who was the commander of the Western Army.

Tong Guan has been in charge of the Western Army for so many years, and there are still many secret spies. He immediately sent several secret spies to contact Wu Song and check whether the battle is real.

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