"The captive camels were about five hundred. There were a total of one hundred intact whirlwind cannons. Li Jiqian not only used camels to load trenchers, but also used them to transport grain."

The Xia army counted the spoils and captured five hundred camels, which was an unexpected gain.

"Form a camel flying stone soldier and a vine armor soldier."

Zhang Hua began to form some Qimen troops.

There are many Gobi and deserts in Xiliang and the Western Regions. A camel cavalry was formed in advance to prepare for emergencies.

When he started to form the Qimen army, Zhang Hua thought that Shangzhou was rich in a special kind of vine armor. In recent years, the local area has accumulated a lot of auxiliary vine armor, so it can recruit vine armor soldiers on a large scale.

The vine armor and weapons are invulnerable to swords and guns, but they are unexpected.

"Report, lord, Cao Wei set up an ambush and has killed the thief leader Li Jiqian!"

"Cao Wei is really a wise general. Without orders, he can cooperate."

Zhang Hua was surprised by Cao Wei's judgment when he learned that Cao Wei had designed to kill Li Jiqian.

If Cao Wei hadn't set up an ambush in advance, Li Jiqian would have fled.

"Cao Bin, you have a good son."

Zhang Hua was a little envious of Cao Bin's family of generals.

Cao Bin said modestly: "I have been praised."

Cao Bin was also very satisfied with this son. After all, the probability that both father and son were talented is too low.

"Then, start attacking Huaiyuan Town, remove the fortresses around Huaiyuan Town, and drive straight in."

Zhang Hua immediately deployed troops to erode the Dangxiang people's territory.

In Huaiyuan Town, news of the defeat in front of the country was returned, and people were in panic.

"The king is dead, and I will be Li Yuanhao from now on, and I will lead the Dangxiang tribe!"

"I want to kill them and avenge my ancestors!"

After abandoning Li Jiqian, Li Yuanhao fled back to Huaiyuan Town, replaced Li Jiqian, and took charge of various tribes in Dangxiang.

Li Jiqian's generals looked at each other. According to blood, Li Yuanhao could indeed replace Li Jiqian.

Li Yuanhao is more ruthless and cruel than the ancestor, and is ambitious.

"King, the Qin army's cavalry has arrived at Helan Mountain!"

Li Yuanhao was eager to ascend the throne. At this time, the King of Qin's troops had already arrived at Helan Mountain.

"Follow me to greet."

Li Yuanhao knew that his military strength was not as strong as Zhang Hua. At this time, he could only defeat Zhang Hua with the help of the King of Qin.

To the west of Huaiyuan Town is Helan Mountain and to the east is Hengshan Mountain. A team of black-armored Qin troops arrived at Helan Mountain and condescendingly despised the Dangxiang people such as Li Yuanhao who came out to greet Guo.

With the arrogance of the Qin people, even people from the other six countries looked down on them, let alone the Dangxiang people.

"I am Li Xin, the general of Qin."

Li Xin's tone was cold, and Li Yuanhao was not easy to have an attack.

"Why isn't it Wang Jian?"

What Li Yuanhao was dissatisfied with was that Li Xin might not be able to defeat Zhang Hua!

Li Xin is still too young.

He needs veteran Wang Jian to take action to win.

Li Xin was a military general of the young Qin State, and his qualifications were far inferior to those of the Wang family and Meng family.

Li Xin frowned and was deeply dissatisfied: "I can win by leading the troops, why do you need Wang Jian to take the lead!"

"The other party is the main force of the Xia army led by Zhang Hua himself."

Li Yuanhao knew about Li Xin.

Although Li Xin was also one of the generals of the King of Qin to sweep Liuhe, Li Xin's ability was weaker than that of Wang Jian and Wang Ben.

If Wang Jian came in person, Li Yuanhao would be more at ease.

But if it were Li Xin, Li Yuanhao would not have that confidence.

"I said that if I lead my troops to win. Besides, the subsequent army will come one after another."

Li Xin became more and more dissatisfied.

Li Yuanhao is doubting his ability.

"There are follow-up troops..."

Li Yuanhao was only a little relieved.

Behind Li Xin, Daqin had other reinforcements.

Among the six major legions of the Qin Dynasty, Li Xin was also the commander of the legion.

The King of Qin admired Li Xin more and hoped to balance the Wang family and the Meng family by cultivating Li Xin. After all, the Wang family and the Meng family held considerable military power in Qin. When necessary, the King of Qin would entrust hundreds of thousands of Qin troops to Wang Jian to take charge.

Unfortunately, Li Xin's ability is still inferior to Wang Jian and Wang Ben and his son, which makes the King of Qin feel helpless.

Li Xin's Qin army entered Huaiyuan Town, the Qin army and the Dangxiang tribe army, and arranged defenses along the mountains east of the Yellow River.

Li Yuanhao had someone to build a large number of mountain cities and fortresses, which played a role at this time to block the Xia army's advancement.

"I am interested in managing the territory east of Helan Mountain. There are hundreds of large and small villages in the territory. It is not easy for the Xia army to break through my main city."

Li Yuanhao and Li Xin joined forces to cross the Yellow River and increase the strength of each city.

Li Yuanhao knew this very well that the main force of the Qin army was still resting in Longxi.

Li Xin couldn't trust. Before the Qin army's main force led Guanzhong, Li Yuanhao believed that he could not fight head-on with the Xia army, and was only suitable for delaying time.

On Zhang Hua's side, Cao Wei brought 30,000 foreign Han soldiers to join Zhang Hua.

"Zhang Xiong, the leader of the Miao'e tribe, pay homage to the king!"

"Muen, the leader of the Muen tribe, pay homage to the king!"

The surrendered general bowed to Cao Wei, followed Cao Wei to accept Zhang Hua's reward.

These foreign generals were even more submissive when they saw the lord who supported Cao Wei.

Li Jiqian, the leader of the Dangxiang people, was easily killed.

"All those who make military achievements will be rewarded."

"From now on, you will all obey the orders of the government."

Zhang Hua gave these vassal generals generous rewards, and then used the prestige gained from victory to change the land and return it to the current, set up villages in their territory, and appointed officials to take jurisdiction.

Several tribes formed a village, and several townships formed a county, then immigrated, spread culture and farming technology, and forced Chineseization.

"Next, we will attack Li Yuanhao's main city - Huaiyuan Town."

Cao Wei knew the locations of the cities built by Li Yuanhao.

Zhang Hua, Wang Shouren, Song Xiance, Cao Bin, Cao Wei and others studied the defense lines laid by Li Yuanhao's Western Xia army along the mountains and deserts.

"The difficulty of Li Yuanhao is that he has built a large number of cities and villages, which are mutually supportive and can effectively prevent the enemy from advancing."

Cao Wei knew the people of the Xixia Dangxiang, and he also personally made the sand table of the Xixia to deduce Li Yuanhao's city defense system.

Zhang Hua knows a little bit.

The attack and defense of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Western Xia were almost always building cities and villages, then attacking and destroying each other's villages.

Fan Zhongyan, Zhong Shiheng and other famous Northern Song generals who fought against the Western Xia adopted the tactic of fortification advancement, and took steps to build the fortress to the territory of the Western Xia and erode the territory of the Western Xia.

Although this method is expensive and slow, it is very stable.

Xixia also built a lot of city walls to block the Song army's advancement.

Li Yuanhao still maintained the idea of ​​building a city wall, built a lot of city walls, increasing the difficulty for other princes to annex him.

In this way, he can rest assured.

Cao Wei suggested: "It takes a lot of time to divide troops to capture these cities and villages, and Li Yuanhao can continue to increase troops. The last general thought that he could take wheel battles and take turns to attack these cities and villages, which would be an opportunity to train troops."

"It makes sense."

After Zhang Hua returned from Kanto, he had not yet rested. He could replenish a group of troops during the attack on these cities.

"Recruiting five hundred camels flying stone soldiers, one thousand trap camps."

"Recruiting five thousand vine armored soldiers."

"From the surrendered barbarians, they selected brave and good warriors to supplement the troops composed of Hu people such as Yiluohe, Changshui Hu cavalry, and Vine Armored Soldiers."

"As for the soldiers with ordinary force among the barbarians, a soldier of 20,000 people will be formed, and Cao Wei will be directly led by you, responsible for attacking the siege among the mountains east of Huaiyuan Town."

Since Cao Wei conquered a large number of foreign soldiers, Zhang Hua had no reason not to use it.

These foreign soldiers were often used by the generals of the Song Dynasty. They were aggressive by nature and had a fierce folk custom. They were not afraid of fighting and were good cannon fodder soldiers.
To be continued...