After the Great Song soldiers rushed back to their own territory, Bai Ji immediately rewarded him for his meritorious deeds.

He praised Hwarang, believing that it was all due to Hwarang that they were able to come back alive.

The other generals had no objection to this, after all, it was indeed Hua Lang's idea, and they fought their way out.

At the banquet, Hua Lang suddenly made a very bold suggestion, which surprised everyone present, and they couldn't believe their ears.

Hua Lang proposed to be seriously ill and took the initiative to march to Western Xia.

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty rarely took the initiative to attack the Western Xia, most of them were guarding the border passes, and when the Western Xia soldiers came to fight, they carried out stubborn resistance, as long as the Western Xia soldiers did not get an inch of gold and land.

Now Hualang proposes to take the initiative, which makes many people's hearts sink suddenly, take the initiative to attack, what is the probability of winning?

No one knows what the probability of taking the initiative is, they all think that Hua Lang's suggestion is simply a joke, it is not advisable at all, they should stay here and just guard this piece of land, how can they take the initiative?

After getting along for a while, Bai Ji still had more faith in Hua Lang, so after he heard Hua Lang's request to take the initiative, he didn't immediately propose it like other generals, but calmly asked Hua Lang's thoughts.

Hua Lang's idea is very simple, that is, to give the Western Xia a heavy blow, make them timid, and make them dare not compete with the Great Song Dynasty for a long time.

In Tong'an City, more than 100,000 people were wiped out in one fell swoop, which was enough to shock the Western Xia Kingdom, which made them jealous of the Great Song Dynasty, but Hualang felt that this was not enough, if you want a person to be really afraid of you, you must be afraid of him, and let him not dare to disobey you after seeing you.

It's just that more than 100,000 Xixia soldiers have been killed, but I'm afraid it's still difficult to make the Xixia Kingdom really afraid, and they must hit them until they are panicked, as if a country is about to perish.

Hua Lang's proposal is good, at least in Bai Ji's heart, he also has such an idea, being at the border, who doesn't want to build a career? But the merit is not easy to establish, although the Western Xia Kingdom is small, but the army is strong, they can kill 100,000 enemies in Tong'an City, it is just good luck, they can't have such good luck every time.

Bai Ji said these things again, now that he respects Hua Lang, there are some things that must be discussed, if Hua Lang has a way to improve the strength of the Great Song Dynasty and make the Great Song Dynasty win the battle, he doesn't mind following Hua Lang's advice.

After listening to Bai Ji's words, Hua Lang nodded: "What Bai Shuai said is very reasonable, I hope Bai Shuai will give me a month's time, and in half a month, we can lead my Great Song Dynasty people and horses to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia City, and let Western Xia also see if my Great Song Dynasty is really strong and strong." ”

Hua Lang's words were very proud, more proud than those who fought at the border all year round, Bai Ji listened to it and agreed without hesitation.

The celebration banquet did not continue, because Hua Lang said that it was not time yet, when they were really afraid of the Western Xia Kingdom, and when would they be able to really carry out the celebration banquet.

After coming out of the celebration banquet, Wen Meng asked very strangely, "Do you really want to lead troops to attack Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia?" ”

Hua Lang nodded: "Killing them 100,000 horses is not enough to make them afraid, if it is not expected, the Western Xia Congress will soon integrate soldiers and horses to fight and fight against our Great Song Dynasty, since there will be a battle sooner or later, why don't we strike first and give Western Xia a blow." ”

Strike first and overwhelm the opponent in momentum, which will give you the upper hand, otherwise it would be too much to say if they waited for the enemy to come and then rushed to fight.

Wen Meng was in favor of Hua Lang's decision, so at this time, he asked, "What do you want to do?" ”

Hua Lang smiled: "Let those five hundred soldiers disperse, let them train the soldiers and horses of the entire Great Song Dynasty, one person will train a hundred people according to the method I gave them, and after half a month, there will be five strong soldiers available, 50,000 soldiers and horses plus other 50,000 backups, I think it is enough to attack Xingqing Mansion." ”

100,000 horses is a lot, but for the entire Western Xia, it is not enough to make them feel afraid, but since Hua Lang said that 100,000 is enough, then Wen Meng will not say anything else, she trusts her husband very much, she believes in her husband's ability.

Because the matter was urgent, after coming out of the celebration banquet, Hua Lang began to arrange and distribute the 500 soldiers he had trained, and for a while, the entire barracks were full of drill shouts.

And just when those soldiers began to practice, Hua Lang sent people to find all the carpenters in the general, although now although there are strong soldiers in training, but to attack the city of Xixia, it is not possible to do without some siege equipment, most of the previous siege equipment is a ladder, or trebuchet, although this kind of thing can also attack the city, but it is very dangerous, and the effect is very small, sometimes the city is attacked, but there are many casualties, for Su Wuming, this kind of sacrifice to achieve results, is not advisable.

Therefore, Hwarang plans to make some more convenient and powerful siege equipment based on the experience of his later generations, and to do this, he must rely on craftsmen.

Hanarang drew a picture of the siege equipment in his memory and asked the craftsmen to make it, these siege equipment such as crash cars and siege towers were more troublesome to make, but if they were made, they were much more powerful than trebuchets and ladders.

And in addition to having craftsmen make these things, Hanarang also asked people to find saltpeter, which he was going to make gunpowder.

Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to make a cannon, but as long as there is gunpowder, even without a cannon, it can exert great power, such as making explosives bags and grenades in the future, and it can still blow up the enemy.

The people in the army didn't know how to make gunpowder, and Hanaro didn't know very well, but he knew the ratio of various things in gunpowder, so after several experiments, he still prepared gunpowder.

After the gunpowder was prepared, he immediately began to experiment. The experiment was very dangerous, so he ordered people to build a wall in the barracks, and then put the gunpowder trapped under the wall, and when the gunpowder was ignited, the wall exploded into ruins with a bang.

The sound shook the entire military camp, Bai Ji and other generals hurried over, after seeing the consequences of the explosion of explosives, they were all shocked, they had never seen anything with such power, if this thing was thrown into the enemy camp, wouldn't the enemy be blown up without a corpse?

At that time, what ability did Western Xia have to confront them?