Chen Mu still has to bring the Invincible Flying Army and the Wudang Flying Army this time, because there are also mountains in the Donghu area.

Both armies have been replenished after the last war, the invincible flying army is 5,000 people, and the Wudang flying army is 3,000 people.

Chen Mu said that he wanted 20,000, but the remaining 12,000 were not reserves. Since there is a large grassland in Donghu, Chen Mu will lead cavalry this time.

In addition, other generals will lead the troops to transport food and grass, but they will not participate in the battle like last time.

Because the main force of the Donghu army is also cavalry, the infantry has a natural disadvantage to the cavalry, and only the elite soldiers such as the invincible flying army and the Wudang flying army can compete with it.

Chen Mu asked the generals to order troops and prepare grain and grass, and he was not idle, and came up with another invention.

This thing is very simple, Chen Mu drew a drawing, and the blacksmith easily created it. Then, Chen Mu came to the Great Xia cavalry camp with samples and blacksmiths.

"General Lee, that's what I'm talking about as a horseshoe."

Li Feng looked at the curved patch in Chen Mu's hand and said in surprise: "Your Royal Highness the Prince, can such a small thing make the war horse go on a long journey?" ”

The Donghu area is sparsely populated, the roads are very poor, and the soil is relatively hard, and the long-distance horses can't stand it.

So Chen Mu made a horseshoe this time, this thing can be said to have no technical content, but ordinary people can't think of putting shoes on horses.

Chen Mu smiled: "Of course, this is like a person, walking barefoot is far worse than wearing shoes." ”

Li Feng was even more surprised, "Put on the horse?" How do you wear this? ”

Chen Mu: "You're optimistic. ”

Chen Mu asked the soldiers to lead the horses, tie them to the shelves, and then ask the blacksmith to nail the horses.

Before this, Chen Mu had already used more than a dozen dead horses to train this blacksmith, and now this blacksmith has basically mastered this technique.

Under the astonished gaze of the soldiers, the blacksmith grabbed one of the legs of the war horse. The horse felt uncomfortable and kept writhing, but because it was tied, it could not break free.

But it's not convenient for the blacksmith to start, this live horse is not the same as a dead horse, it is always moving around and can't hit accurately.

The soldiers who raised the horses hurriedly pacified the horses, and after a while, the horses quieted down.

Chen Mu nodded and said, "It's okay, nail it." ”

The blacksmith took out a file and smoothed the horse's hooves, and then began to nail the palms officially.

Seeing that the blacksmith was going to nail the feet of the war horses, the soldiers who raised the horses felt heartache, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had an order, and he did not dare to disobey it.

I could only watch as the blacksmith nailed the horse's feet to the horse's feet.

However, something surprised him that the war horse didn't cry out in pain!

How so?

He had seen the nails being driven into the horse's feet, and the horse was not bleeding.

After the blacksmith finished nailing the horseshoe, Chen Mu went over to take a look.

"It's good, it's not cracked, and it's the right size."

All the generals and schools also gathered around to watch, and they were amazed.

Chen Mu explained: "In fact, the part of the horse's hoof is the stratum corneum, and the so-called stratum corneum is like a human fingernail. We also don't feel pain when we cut our nails, and horses have big nails that we can add horseshoe to them. ”

"If you don't have a horseshoe, it's easy to wear out on hard ground, and to a certain extent, it will crack and expose the nerves of the parts, and the war horse won't be able to participate in the war."

"But now with a horseshoe, as long as the war horse has the physical strength, it can gallop on the hard ground of Donghu to its heart's content. Moreover, Donghu's war horses should not have this kind of technology, so we will have an advantage. ”

All the soldiers admired His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and praised him again and again.

Over the next few days, 12,000 horses were nailed to the horseshoe. Then I tested it on hard courts for a few days, and the results were outstanding.

In this way, the war horses can run around the Donghu area as usual.

At this time, the army and grain and grass were ready, and the army officially marched towards the Dongyuan area.

Supplying all the way, the army reached the border of Dongyuan.

Dongzhi County is the closest county to the Central Plains occupied by Donghu in the war report, and after Chen Mu came here, he did not see the Donghu army.

Flying above the city was the banner of Great Xia.

Chen Mu didn't dare to be careless, and asked Zhang Zhong to step forward and shout. Then a person came out of the city, and it was the county order of Dongzhi County.

"General, is it His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who is leading the army?"

Zhang Zhong: "It's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, what's the situation in the city?" ”

The county order was overjoyed, "The Donghu people withdrew by themselves." ”

"Someone! Open the gates of the city and greet His Royal Highness the Prince! ”

The city gate was opened, and Chen Mu led 5,000 invincible flying troops into the city, so that the army was encamped outside.

As soon as Chen Mu entered the door, he asked, "When did the Donghu people leave?" Where do they go? ”

The county commander sighed, "Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the Donghu people occupied Dongzhi County for five days and took everything they could take away. As for where they went, Xia Guan didn't know, but it was estimated that they had withdrawn from the Great Xia border. ”

The county order carefully said that the five days of occupation by the Donghu people were miserable in the county.

The Donghu people went door to door to loot grain, grass, gold and silver, leaving nothing behind, and they bullied men and women, and did all kinds of evil. Dongzhi County originally had 100,000 residents, but now there are only more than 70,000 left.

The vast majority of young women die unexpectedly.

Those who survived had not eaten for several days, barely surviving on well water.

After the county commander led people to recover the empty city, he hurriedly allocated grain and grass for emergency, and thousands of people died during this period.

Fortunately, there are grains, grasses, meat, and fruits supported by the Dongyue region, otherwise, I don't know how many percent of the entire eastern county will survive.

After Chen Mu listened, he slammed his fist on the table.

"Donghu, I, Chen Mu, will take revenge!"

All the generals and schools were also indignant and cursed Donghu one after another.

When everyone had scolded enough, Chen Mu took out the map and said:

"The main force of the Donghu people is cavalry, and they must have retreated to the grassland area. We will perfect them and fight them the first battle on the steppe! ”

On the map, Donghu is divided into two parts, the grassland on the left and the mountains and plains on the right.

Donghu doma is herding all year round, so they are all cavalry. Judging from the battle report this time, Donghu did not have a single infantryman.

Cavalry is the advantage of Donghu, but Great Xia is not bad. And Chen Mujun has a secret weapon, a horseshoe.

If it is in the grassland, the difference is not big with or without a horseshoe, but on the hard ground in the east, the difference is obvious.

Therefore, Chen Mu wants to fight the first battle on the grassland, but he can't fight exactly the way the Donghu people want.

Chen Mu drew a line on the map, then trimmed it on the spot, and when the grain and grass arrived, he distributed some to the people, and then began to march with the grain and grass.

The army marched along the eastern side of the steppe, and three days later, scouts spotted the traces of the Eastern Hu army.