Li Yan saw that Lei Ming was about to lead the army to chase and kill the fleeing Huns, and hurriedly stopped him. The immediate priority now is to clean up the battlefield and rescue the people in the Hun camp.

Li Yan ordered Lei Ming to lead the cavalry to the Hun camp, collect the war horses and rescue the plundered people, and there were thousands of stones of grain looted by the Huns in the Hun camp.

"Shi Hong, go to the Hun camp with Ben!" Lei Ming ordered Shi Hong.

This Shi Hong originally commanded the cavalry of Xihai City, and this time Zhang Jing put all the cavalry of Xihai County under the command of Lei Ming.

Lei Ming took Shi Hong and the hundreds of cavalry behind him and ran towards the Huns' camp. When Fuqu Yihe left the camp, he left more than 100 Huns to guard the camp.

"The last general, Li Yan, meet General Zhenbei!" Li Yan saw that Zhang Jing led the army to arrive, and hurriedly dismounted and saluted.

"General Li doesn't have to be polite, General Li has made the first contribution in this battle, and the general will definitely ask for credit for General Li! Hurry up! Zhang Jing dismounted at the same time and said.

"Thank you, General! The last general did not dare to take credit, thanks to the courage of all the brothers to kill the enemy, we were able to win this battle. Li Yan said with his fists clenched.

Soon Zhang Jing ordered the whole army to clean up the battlefield, collect the corpses of the Zhenbei Army who died in the battle, and bring them back to Xihai City. The corpses of the Huns were recorded and dragged to the mouth of the Black Stone Cliff Valley for burial.

In this battle, the Northern Army lost more than 700 cavalry, annihilated more than 2,000 people in Beiliang, and obtained more than 1,500 war horses, and most of the rest were killed or seriously injured in battle, and could not be used as war horses at all.

Lei Ming led the cavalry of the Zhenbei Army to kill the Hun camp, and most of the remaining Huns fled north to the territory of Rouran.

Lei Ming collected more than 2,000 horses in the Hun camp, including war horses and thousands of stones of grain that were looted by the Huns from the West Sea pasture.

In the Hun camp, more than 200 Han women were rescued. But all of them were terrified and glazed-eyed.

After listening to Li Yan's report, Zhang Jing was extremely happy, not only recaptured the war horses in this battle, but also obtained more than 1,500 good horses from the Huns, which was enough for the Zhenbei Army to form 2,000 cavalry.

After the Zhenbei Army finished disposing of the corpses on the Black Stone Cliff, Zhang Jing led the army to prepare to return to Xihai City.

Suddenly, Li Yan found that on the road of the Black Stone Cliff, a stone the size of a disc was dark with a bright light.

Li Yan bent down to pick it up and carefully observed it for a while, and found that it fell from the top of the black stone cliff, and the stone wall on the side of the road was the same as the stones on the ground, but it was covered by a thin layer of loess.

Li Yan looked around, took the stone and got on his horse, and followed the Zhenbei army towards Xihai City, and Han Qian on the side was confused.

The news that the Zhenbei army won the battle and the Huns were annihilated spread throughout Xihai City, and the people in Xihai City went out of the city one after another to welcome Zhang Jing and his army back to the city.

Along the way, Li Yan thought in his heart, if his guess was right, it would be a happier thing than winning a few battles.

The idea of "iron ore" that was suppressed in Li Yan's heart was known to Li Yan that there was a big iron ore mine in Jiuquan in later generations. But if the iron ore in his hands is in his hands at the moment, then the plan in his heart will be easy to implement.

In these days, pig iron is comparable to grain, and it is necessary to make weapons, arrows, and armor, and only with iron can a terrifying army of tigers and wolves be armed.

The Zhenbei Army entered Xihai City in the cheers of the people of Xihai City, and after placing the sergeants, Zhang Jing immediately wrote a chapter and sent it to Jiuquan City.

As for those women who were taken captive, Zhang Jing could only let them return home if they had a home, and those who were willing to take refuge with relatives were also allowed, and the rest were arranged by the county guard's long history.

In the evening, a banquet was held in Xihai City, today a battle annihilated more than 2,000 Huns, the pseudo-Liang thief will be frustrated and ambushed, and a large number of war horses were captured, this battle is comparable to the battle of Tang Yao, the general of Zhengdong, who killed 3,000 enemies a few months ago.

Zhenbei General Zhang Jing was unconscious, and it is no wonder that he has been commanding the Jiuquan garrison in the northern camp of Chengbei for so many years, and he rarely has the opportunity to fight. Now that the First World War is a great achievement, how can Zhang Jing not be drunk.

Early the next morning, Li Yan and Han Qian left the barracks and came to Xihai City.

Xihai City has returned to its former liveliness at this moment, the Huns have been annihilated, and now the Zhenbei Army is guarding Xihai County, and the people in the city have gradually calmed down.

Li Yan and Han Qian walked through the streets and alleys of Xihai City and came to a remote place.

This is a small blacksmith shop, a man with a big waist and a round waist is beating iron tools bare-chested, and the sledgehammer in his hand is hammering on the iron ingot, making a "clang" sound.

The man was sweating profusely, banging on the iron ingot wholeheartedly, and from time to time he placed the iron ingot in the furnace, without finding Li Yan and Han Qian behind him.

The iron ingot was placed on top of the anvil, and under the heavy hammer of the man, it slowly turned into an iron piece, and it seemed that this iron ingot was going to be made into a kitchen knife.

"This big brother, can you stop what you are doing and disturb you." Li Yan said as he stood behind the man.

"Oh! Don't dare to be, dare to ask the guest officer what he wants to build? The small shop is definitely a fair price, and there is no bullying for children! The man looked back and saw Li Yan and Han Qian standing behind him, then put down the sledgehammer in his hand, wiped the sweat with his hand, and said with a dry smile.

"This big brother, I am here today, not to build iron tools, there is something that needs to be helped by this big brother." Li Yan said and took out a string of copper coins and put them on the table.

"What did you say first, officer? I can't help you if you're a traitor. The man in front of him looked at the copper coin on the table, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.

"Oh! Not really! Can you help me see, what kind of stone is this stone? Li Yan put down the burden in his hand, and said to the man after untying it.

"Stones? Guest, take a moment. The man picked up the stone and looked at it carefully.

Li Yan watched the blacksmith holding the stone and looked left and right, and his heart lifted. I was afraid that the man's answer would break the idea in his heart.

The man took the stone, knocked a small piece with a small hammer, formed it into powder, dipped a little with his finger and put it in his mouth, and then poured the powder into the stove.

"This guest officer, most of this stone is iron ore, but there are still some sundries, and you can't directly forge iron tools, you need to refine them into iron ingots first. It's a piece of iron ore! The man in front of Li Yan replied affirmatively.

"Is that true?" Li Yan asked.

"Guest officer, this is indeed an iron ore, but the small shop is too small to help you refine iron ingots, please forgive me." The man was afraid that Li Yan would regret it, and nodded again and said.

"Good! The money is yours. Li Yan was overjoyed and said to the blacksmith with a smile.

"Thank you, thank you!" The man bowed to Li Yan and said.

His blacksmith shop couldn't make a string of money for a few days, but at this moment, the guest officer in front of him was generous and helped him confirm the string of money he earned by the stones, and the man in front of him was excited.

Li Yan and Han Qian left the blacksmith shop and returned to the camp the same way.

"Childe, this is iron ore?" Han Qian asked with a puzzled expression.

"Hmmm! But it still has to be smelted to get a fine iron ingot, which is no different from stone now. Li Yan nodded and said.

"Could it be that the entire Black Rock Cliff is iron ore? If yes, great! Han Qian said with a look of surprise.

"Yes or no, let's go and find out, let's go!" Li Yan said and rode out of Xihai City with Han Qian.

Out of Xihai City, Li Yan rode his horse and galloped towards the Black Stone Cliff, and Li Yan could not hide the joy in his heart along the way.

Two hours later, Li Yan and Han Qian came to the Black Stone Cliff, and the two of them circled around the Black Stone Cliff and picked up many stones for comparison.

Li Yan could already be sure in his heart that the huge black stone cliff turned out to be a huge iron mine, although he didn't know how much could be mined, but even if it was a small piece of mountain, the Zhenbei Army would be able to be reborn.

"Brother Han, this matter must not be leaked out, otherwise I am afraid that there will be no peace in the West Sea." Li Yan sighed and said to Han Qian.

"Childe, rest assured, Han Qian knows the severity." Han Qian said in a low voice.

If the huge iron mine spreads, not only will the Northern Liang Huns be overwhelmed by the army, but I am afraid that the Rouran people will also participate. Iron ore! It's something that can make people fight for their heads.

Li Yan also had a worry in his heart, that is, if it spread, I am afraid that his Zhenbei Army will not be able to share much, so he can only drink some soup.

At this moment, Li Yan was facing such a large treasure mountain, but he couldn't do anything. First of all, mining iron ore requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and secondly, iron ore needs to be smelted into refined iron ingots, and finally it can be forged into armor.

Li Yan told himself in his heart that this matter needs to be done slowly, and he must not be in a hurry, otherwise he is afraid that it will backfire.

Now that he has no foundation in Xihai County, he is not familiar with the place, and he is still under the command of Zhang Jing, and his every move is clear. If Zhang Jing learned that this was an iron mine, I am afraid that he would immediately return to his grandfather Li Wei.

The system of salt and iron official management has been in place for a long time, and since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the trade of iron tools has been strictly controlled, and iron tools are not only an important resource of a country, but also a profiteering industry.

"Brother Han, let's go back." Li Yan looked at the black stone cliff and turned to get on the horse and said.

The two returned to Xihai City before dark and entered the camp as if nothing had happened.

A day later, Zhang Jing's recital arrived in Jiuquan City.

In the meeting hall of the Liangwang Mansion, Li Wei was looking at the many civil and military officials under him with a red face.

"Ladies and gentlemen, at noon the day before yesterday, Zhenbei General Zhang Jing led the Zhenbei Army to destroy the pseudo-Liang thieves in the Black Stone Cliff, annihilating more than 2,000 enemies, capturing more than 1,500 war horses, and recapturing the robbed war horses of our Daliang. It's really gratifying, God bless me with great coldness. Li Wei looked at the music in his hand and said tremblingly.

"Congratulations to King Liang! Long live the Cool King, long live! The civil and military officials in the conference hall came out one after another, knelt down and said in unison.

"Everyone, love Qing is exempt!" Li Wei said loudly.

"Thank you, King Liang!" The civil and military officials stood up and said.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Zhenbei General Zhang Jing's victory over the Huns and thieves is indispensable. Huwei general Li Yan lured the enemy with his body and personally killed the thief general Fuqu Yihe. How do you think Aiqing should be rewarded? Li Wei asked everyone.

"King Qiliang, Zhenbei General Zhang Jing and Huwei General Li Yan have made great contributions, but the two of them have just been sealed for less than two months, and the ministers think that they should be given gold and silver to show their favor." Long Shi Suo Xian said.

The minister seconded. Those who are ministers should repay the king's kindness with their bodies, and how can they think about rewards? Sima Yin Jianxing echoed and said.

Suddenly, the entire meeting hall fell into chaos, Ling Hu Yi and Song Xuan naturally would not give up easily, if the prince's family had such a record, I am afraid they would have come out to ask for credit.