He believed from the beginning that the Iron Harriers would be courting death if they encountered the Song army's strong bows and crossbows on the plains, and the Infantry would be courting death if they encountered the Song army's heavy armor and long axes in the mountains. The Xixia people were able to occasionally defeat the Song army before because of the Song army's lack of discipline and logistics, not because the Xixia people were so good at fighting.

Therefore, we must emulate the Song army to establish a strong bow unit and expand the projection capability.

Li Ganshun, who trusted Chago very much, of course followed suit. But unfortunately, Xixia's national strength was limited. The Iron Harriers could only support a few thousand soldiers, the Infantry could only support a few thousand soldiers, and the Poxi Army had only two hundred soldiers. Under such circumstances, it was really beyond their ability to develop powerful bows and crossbows. In the end, they could only let the entire army, whether on horseback or on foot, carry bows. But this kind of bow and arrow was useless in front of the heavily armored troops.

However, as soon as Weiming Chago arrived in Lingzhou, he inquired carefully from the fleeing people and knew that the army on the other side had an astonishingly high armor rate, and had excellent military discipline and strict military formations. This kind of army was what Chago feared the most, or rather, Chago knew very well that the main force of Xixia, which was neither good nor bad, was afraid of this kind of army... It was not that he was afraid now because of the situation, but that he had been afraid of this kind of army more than ten years ago.

But the brothers Weiming Renzhong kept urging him to march, as if he, Weiming Chage, would be a sinner of the Dabai Gao Kingdom if he didn't!

Of course, they had to march forward. If Hengshan fell, and the only remaining stronghold on the other side, Shunzhou, also fell, the army would collapse on its own, and he, Cha Ge, would really be a sinner of the Great White Gao Kingdom. But then again, did he forget to divine when he came here?

While he was daydreaming, as the sheepskin raft stopped in the shallow water, the turbid waves of the Yellow River swayed gently above the raft with the breeze. Cha Ge, who was sitting cross-legged on the raft, felt a chill under his crotch and immediately came to his senses. Then he quickly put on his helmet, pulled down his mask, jumped directly from the raft, drew his sword, waded into the water and went ashore.

After coming ashore and before leaving the river beach area, the King of Jin of Western Xia just looked up and instinctively felt a pang in his heart.

There was no other reason. The waist-deep wheat was trampled by the army and was in a mess. Some of it was done by the army that had just landed, but there were also many traces that were obviously left by the large army before. Most of the wheat that had been trampled on the ground before had turned yellow, and it was as eye-catching as spots on a person's face in the green field. However, a small amount of wheat that had fallen to the ground now raised its head stubbornly.

But soon, they were trampled to the ground again by the disorderly troops of their own army.

This is the bank of the Yellow River. Wheat has one season a year, planted in spring and harvested in autumn. Everyone knows clearly what the consequences will be if the summer wheat is trampled like this.

"Tell them to be careful and try not to trample the crops." Cha Ge blurted out the order, but then, perhaps because he felt that it was inconsistent with his usual image, he quickly added, "This is my family's land!"

The attendants who had just gathered looked at each other, but no one went to pass on the message… His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin, relying on the favor of His Majesty, likes to seize other people’s houses and land. This is known to everyone, so everyone believed what Cha Ge said, but the problem is, in the current chaotic landing situation, how is it possible to avoid the crops?

"Forget it! Tell my sons that this is all my land, let them go without worry!" Cha Ge came to his senses and waved his hand helplessly with heartache.

While waving his hand, he felt a sigh in his heart... After a long time, he didn't know whether he really wanted to seize the house and the land, or he was just playing a tacit trick with his brother to defile himself.

After an unnecessary storm, the black bull flag representing Chago was slightly lifted up by the summer breeze, and the Western Xia troops on both sides cheered together.

The situation seems to be very good.

However, the cheers were just the signal. At this moment, about three miles away, behind a small canal that could be crossed by one person, the Song army soldiers who had been waiting for a long time no longer hesitated. Following the whistle and flag waving of the leading Song army officer, they immediately jumped on their horses, and then jumped into the wheat fields and river beaches ahead, and then harassed, shot, divided and drove away the troops that had just landed.

Obviously, probably because of the wide field of vision, the Song army could not place its main force too close, so it did not carry out a large-scale attack halfway across the river, but chose this method to deal with the landing of the Western Xia people... After all, no matter what, the Song army would not miss this window of opportunity to carry out the most efficient killing and morale-destroying.

Perhaps this attack was expected, and Cha Ge did not panic. He climbed onto a wet warhorse whose horse it belonged to, and actively urged the flag forward. At the same time, he sent orders in all directions, asking the surrounding soldiers to gather around him.

At the same time, Xixia officers and leaders at all levels began to do the same thing on several other river beaches.

The effect was significant. The skirmishers sent out by the Song army were typical light cavalry, equipped with only a spear and a bow. They could only hunt down those scattered people crossing the river. They did not dare to confront the Western Xia army that had gathered together and established a beachhead.

However, at the same time, it must be admitted that these skirmishers still effectively delayed and affected the crossing of the river by the Xixia troops. And soon, what surprised Chago a little was that these skirmishers seemed to cause a commotion beyond their killing ability... It was indeed a commotion, and Chago could not think of a more accurate word than this... From what he saw on horseback, there were many places where the sergeants of their own side could obviously gather under the general's banner, but after seeing these mounted skirmishers, they chose to shout angrily and pursue them, which was likely to be a loss; and in some places, the shouting and chasing were the same, but there was unexpectedly no fighting. After shouting a few times with the attacking skirmishers, those soldiers actually followed the specific skirmishers and plunged into the wheat field, and then never came back.

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