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Chapter 460

The sound of horseshoes rumbling on the grassland.

Zhao Jun's middle army was surrounded by thousands of cavalry in iron armor, and six banners were erected.

Xue Wanche stood on his horse under the double flags of Shuyou Saibei Road's marching chief.

"Report to the general, under the banner of the black wolf in front of you is Tuli Khan!"

A soldier of the White Army rode on horseback. Xue Wanche nodded when he heard the report, and looked at him in a blink of an eye.

But he saw that the other party was an ordinary Han general, less than 20 years old, but his right wrist was broken at the wrist, the wound was wrapped in white cloth, and his body was sitting upright on the horseback.

Xue Wanche couldn't help being moved when he saw it, and asked, "Which tribe are you from?"

"Zhang Biao, head of the White Army's Horse Army Garrison Team!"

Xue Wanche nodded and asked, "Have you joined the Turkic scouts yet?"

Zhang Biao raised only his left wrist, as a gesture of bowing his hands, and said: "I have a humble job in front of the black wolf banner to spy on the military situation, but I was intercepted by Turkic scouts. I had twelve cavalry under my command, nine of them were killed in battle, but..."

Speaking of this, Zhang Biao puffed up his chest and said loudly, "However, the humble brothers did not humiliate my great Zhao Junwei, and killed eight Turkic dogs."

Xue Wanche said: "You are not afraid of the enemy's power, and you take risks to spy on the enemy's situation. You should record two merits, and all the soldiers under your command will record one merit."

He joined the army on horseback, picked up a pen and dipped in ink to record it.

Zhang Biao said with tears in his eyes, "Thank you, General, on behalf of my brothers."

Watching the opponent retreat, all the generals knew very well about the cavalry battle between the scouts of the two armies just now.

The cavalry of the Tabai army are all elite cavalry of the Zhao army, but when they fight against the Turkic iron cavalry, they are slightly disadvantaged. When it comes to cavalry warfare, they are inferior to the Turkic cavalry.

At this time, Xue Wanche's eyes were majestic, and he was not afraid of the [-] Turkic cavalry in front of him. He looked around, drew his sword and said: "Tell the whole army, Tuli's black wolf banner is in front, and the front army has set up a formation and beat the drums." !"

Twenty cowhide drums behind Xue Wanche beat together.

The sound of rumbling drums came, and more than [-] Chinese soldiers marched steadily towards the Turkic army several miles away.

And as Qin Qiong, the general and deputy general of the Three Thousand Destroying Front Army, Luo Shixin was urging his horse to change the line at the moment, less than three miles away from the Turkic army.
Hearing the sound of drums, three thousand urge the frontier troops to change formations during the march in front of the Turkic army.

Under the banner of the black wolf on the opposite side, Tuli Khan and dozens of Turkic generals were watching the formation together.

I saw Zhao Jun's vanguard changing formations during the march, and his men and horses moved like clouds and flowing water. In the middle of the march, the whole army did not stop for a moment from the formation of the formation to the formation of the attacking formation.

The Turkic scouts cruising aside couldn't find a gap to harass them.

The soldiers of the Turkic army were all stunned, they could actually train their troops to this point. When they saw the orderly formation of [-] frontier troops, they pointed directly at the main formation of Tuli under the big banner. The Turkic generals around Tuli saw Can't help but completely change color.

"Zhao Jun is as elite as a fellow soldier, he is really my formidable enemy." Tu Li couldn't help but marvel.
The Turkic general at the side said, "Khan, it seems that the Sui people really want to fight us. It is up to you to decide whether or not to fight."

Tuli couldn't help frowning and hesitated when he heard this.

"Will the Khan transfer Lord Ye Hu's soldiers and horses on the left and right wings to go forward together?" Another Turkic general asked.

Tuli took a look at the Turkic general who suggested words, the two Ye Hus were relatives of his Ashina clan, and now each led [-] cavalry to the left and right flanks to confront Zhao Jun's left and right flanks.Once the left and right wingers are mobilized to advance immediately, the two armies will start a full-scale war, and the outcome of the battle will be unpredictable.

While speaking, Zhao Jun's [-] forward troops had already approached Tuli's black wolf banner, and all the Turkic cavalry guarding the banner stepped forward to block it.The brown and vellus-haired Turkic cavalry pulled out their horn bows from their saddles, clamped their legs, and urged their horses forward, sweeping like a hurricane.

The horses chirped and chirped, and countless iron hooves stomped on the ground, rumbling straight, forming an invisible coercion.

The three thousand urging frontiers stabilized their positions slightly, the sword and shield hands stopped, and stepped forward to insert the large shield on the ground to stand in formation. Suddenly, Zhao Jun's archers and crossbowmen stepped forward through the gaps in the sword and shield hands' formation, and advanced to the front army.

The first row of crossbowmen took a step forward, holding the crossbow in their hands, bent down and knelt on the ground, while the second row stood with their crossbows across the heads of the first row of crossbowmen.Tuli and other generals saw that Zhao Jun's movements were uniform, and he didn't seem to panic at all because of the large number of Turkic cavalry.

Two rows of crossbowmen suddenly shot a rain of arrows at the Turkic cavalry ahead.

Although Tuli and the Turkic general present knew that the Han army's arrow array was unparalleled in the world, they couldn't help but burst into words when they saw the Han army's forward shooting such a dense rain of arrows.

Arrows flew by like locusts, and the Turkic wolf cavalry who were pressing forward, [-] steps away from the Han army's formation, turned around one after another, as if it was a dead line. As long as the Turkic cavalry took a step closer, there was only one dead end.

A Turkic general who knew the details of the Zhao army told Tuli: "Zhao's infantry use two kinds of crossbows, one is opened with both arms and can shoot two arrows, the other is opened with feet and can shoot three arrows. There is also a crossbow opened by the waist, which can shoot farther than the three-arrow field. They also have a crossbow that can shoot three arrows in one crossbow, and the arrows shot are concentrated and dense."

"As far as our Turkic craftsmen are concerned, it is still impossible to imitate Sui people's strong crossbows that shoot more than two arrows. But there are Sui craftsmen in Ketun who have copied such strong crossbows, but the number is rare."
Tuli saw thousands of Turkic cavalry rushing to the formation, scattered like shredded paper under the strong crossbow of Zhao Jun, failing to form a formation.

The Turkic cavalry could only disperse from the two wings of the [-] frontier army, return to the starting point, and regroup.The Turkic cavalry who retreated from the front, Fang Yi supported the felt hat on his head, and seemed a little bit shocked, but under the orders of the generals, they were reorganized.

The tactics of the Turkic cavalry have always been to scatter like butterflies and gather like swarms of bees. It seems to be disorderly, but the speed of regrouping is very fast.

The Turkic cavalry once again formed an array, and charged at Zhao Jun like a thousand horses galloping. Zhao Jun's crossbow array once again shot a wave of arrows, overwhelming the sky.

The Turkic cavalry was forced to retreat again and re-arranged. The Han army's arrow array could not remain like this forever. The Turkic generals believed that after so many attempts, they would consume the opponent's energy. When the Han army crossbowmen were exhausted, they could launch a fierce attack.

The Turkic general breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've never been afraid." Tuli said with a confident smile, but then Tuli's smile froze on his face.

Because the ground trembled suddenly, and with the same rhythm, the iron armor clanged.

After [-] urging troops, the main force of the Zhao army has arrived.

Under the six banners and double banners is the guard of honor of the head of the Saibei Road Army. Xue Wanche has arrived with Zhao Guozhong's army in person.

It was six banners, double banners and ten thousand iron clothes, and there was a cold light, the iron clothes were dazzling, and the fiery red helmet tassels on the top of the iron armored pawns danced like flowing fire, paving the way in front of them.The appearance of Zhao Jun's heavily armed infantry is layered on top of each other, looking like a mountain.

Countless swords, guns, swords and halberds stand on top of the phalanx, and the banners are flying with the wind.

Facing the phalanx formed by tens of thousands of heavily armed infantry of the Zhao army, the Turkic cavalry felt powerless even though they were brave and good at fighting.This is the real iron wall. Do the Turkic cavalry really want to hit it with flesh and blood?

"Khan, do you want to..." A Turkic general finished speaking halfway, seeing that Turi's face was as green as iron, he swallowed the words in his stomach.

"Li Chongjiu, who actually transferred the elites from all over the country to this grassland, he is going to fight me to the death," Tu Li snapped his whip and said, "Doesn't he know that Chu Luo and Li Yuan are his great enemies? , instead of my Tuli, what good will it do him to fight with me?"

"Khan, that's what you said, but... But, Zhao Jun forced us over."
Tu Li immediately chopped off his horsewhip, and shouted: "What are you fighting for? My Tu Li's great enemy is not Li Chongjiu either. Send an order to retreat!"
The Turkic side blew the horn in a hurry, and when they heard the horn of retreating soldiers, the Turkic cavalry in front couldn't help but look back.

The horn blew again, the Turkic cavalry reined in and retreated, and the Turkic black wolf banner also retreated.

"Stop fighting, let Chu Luo deal with Li Chongjiu by himself, I won't be in this quagmire anymore." Tu Li said to himself.

Thirty thousand Turkic cavalry retreated together.

The Turkic cavalry of Zongheng Prairie I retreated hastily in front of their own side. General Zhao Jun stepped forward to ask Xue Wanche for instructions and asked, "Commander, do you want to send cavalry to pursue?"

Xue Wanche stopped his hands and said, "It's not necessary."

At dusk, Zhao Jun's army watched the Turkic Wolf Riders disappear from sight.

(End of this chapter)