Editing Western Xia (section)

==Military==
[[File:Xixia Imperial Artifact (41075050225).jpg|thumb|Mace, Western Xia]]
[[File:武威铜火铳.png|thumb|The [[Wuwei Bronze Cannon]], early 13th century]]

The Western Xia had two elite military units, the Iron Hawks (tie yaozi), a 3,000 strong heavy cavalry unit, and Trekker infantry (bubazi), mountain infantry.{{sfn|Forage|1991|p=11}} The brother of [[Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia]], Chage, mentioned that Trekker infantry had difficulty fighting Mighty-Arm bows, a type of Song dynasty crossbow:

{{blockquote|Since ancient times we have fought using both infantry and cavalry. Although we have the Iron Hawks that can charge on the plains and the Trekker infantry that can fight in the hills, if we happen to encounter some new tactic our cavalry will have difficulty deploying. If we encounter [Mighty- Arm bows], then our infantry will be scattered. The problem is our troops can only fight according to convention and are unable to adapt to changes during battle.{{sfn|Forage|1991|p=10}}|Chage}}

In 1980, the [[Wuwei Bronze Cannon]] was discovered in a cellar dating to the Western Xia period. Dating to the early 13th century, it is one of the earliest cannons ever discovered. It weighs 108&nbsp;kg and was discovered with an iron ball about 9cm in diameter inside its barrel.{{sfn|Andrade|2016|pp=53–54}}