Captain, the enemy has sent scouts and has already dealt us with. The vanguard guard came over and said.

"Okay, let's leave now." Shi Huaiyi said.

He led the flying horses, and the small number of people stayed behind the mat, the purpose was to observe the situation of the pursuing team, and if there was a chance, he could destroy it.

"Captain, Tieler's horse gear has been brought back."

If you want to understand the combat effectiveness of the opponent, you need to know their weapons and equipment.

"Dudu, the long knives they use are thick, wide, and slanted." The flying guards followed.

Shi Huaiyi studied it carefully, not only the armor of the weapon enemy is very distinctive, but it seems that the whole armor is actually embedded in the leather armor is a piece of fast iron sheet, and the weight is not heavy on the cowhide, and the defense is surprisingly good.

Importantly, although the defense of such armor is not as good as that of plate armor, it is low in cost, light in weight, and more suitable for cavalry to use, and their horses are also protected.

The war horse is very different from the war horse of the Turks, the horse is slightly smaller, but those who know horses know at a glance that although they are slightly smaller, they have outstanding endurance.

That is to say, the Tiele cavalry is capable of long-distance running and fighting, and then looking at their weapons are very conducive to chopping, with the tactics of the cavalry, it is not difficult to guess that they are not good at charging into battle, but they are good at cavalry confrontation.

"What else," Shi Huaiyi asked.

"Nope." Fly up the Guardian Road.

"Try their knives." Shi Huaiyi said.

The two guards were armed with Tieler's weapon, and the other was armed with the long knives of their vanguards, also with thick backs.

"Wait, change to a normal one." Shi Huaiyi said.

In terms of weapons, all the soldiers and horses of the vanguard are provided by the weapons workshop in Youzhou, and the equipment of the guards is built by a special team, which is costly and time-consuming.

The reason for this arrangement is not because the guards are superior, but because their combat power is suitable for all kinds of tactical arrangements with few people, and every time they fight, it will be very dangerous.

Shi Huaiyi asked people to change their weapons to conduct the test, just to see how different the enemy's weapons were from the weapons of the Sui State, and whether they would be better.

If you don't use the weapons of the pro-guards, you are still afraid of cutting off the enemy's weapons directly, so it is not easy to continue the test.

"Let's get started." Shi Huaiyi said.

The two guards began the test, without bells and whistles, just colliding with all their strength, and after dozens of clanging sounds, they were looking at the gaps in the weapons of both sides.

"The test results of the Du Lieutenant have come out, Tieler's weapon is good at chopping and slashing, and the heaviness and wear resistance are better than those of the Sui Kingdom's ring knife, and it is observed that it only depends on the width of Tiele's knife." The guard said.

"Try our weapons again."

The weapons of the vanguard are all knives on the back, which are wider than the Tang knives, and they are all made of refined steel, which can withstand several times the toughness of the weapons of the Sui State.

The test was carried out again, and after the end, the guard said: "Although Tieler's weapon is thicker than an ordinary sword, it has been curled after a strong slash. ”

"Our knives have a slight curl but are still usable." The guard continued.

Shi Huaiyi carefully looked at the place where the two knives were curled, and learned that the opponent's weapon was still not as good as the vanguard, and then tested the armor.

The main one is defense against arrows.

The vanguard's armor-piercing arrows are all aimed at plate armor with excellent defense, the arrows are sharp and small and can have the effect of armor-piercing, and then look at the armor of Tiele Tiele, the armor-piercing arrows can easily penetrate.

The problem is that since the enemy's defense is not good, there is no need to use armor-piercing arrows, which are sharp but cannot cause much damage, which is also considered a disadvantage of armor-piercing arrows.

"Change some heavy arrows." Shi Huaiyi continued.

The arrowhead that Shi Huaiyi said was something that only the guards used when they collided with the crescent moon in secret, and the arrows had a strange shape and were used to deal with people without heavy armor, such as horses.

The principle is very simple, it causes great trauma, the lethality is huge, but the penetration is not good, if the enemy is wearing plate armor, then the final result will not have much effect beyond the force that can cause impact on them.

Now it is changed to leather armor and iron armor, Shi Huaiyi is not very sure, a variety of arrows are to be tried, although it is dark, it does not affect the archer's hit.

Besides, there are torches to help light it up, and it's not completely discredited.

After dozens of tests, Tieler's armor had become a hedgehog, and the guards began to ponder it.

The soldiers are all professional, and they analyze the damage caused by the arrows to the armor one by one, so as to find a way to restrain the enemy.

The tactical arrangement of the vanguard is like this, it is the brains that move.

It didn't take long for the flying horses to catch up with the horse team, and there were not many of them who wanted to travel quickly, and the speed was very fast, and the team of 100 people was divided into a team of 100 people, which was very stressful for the management of cattle, sheep and horses, and the speed of the march was too slow.

"Grand Duke, we're back."

Shi Huaiyi told them all about what they had encountered, and they could test the enemy's weapons.

Li De looked at the armor that was no longer in shape, and felt that the equipment of the Tiele cavalry was meritorious, and the built-in leather armor reduced the cost.

As for the defense, except for wearing heavy armor, there really isn't much defense to look at, and if you change to light armored cavalry, it will be faster.

The consequence is that the number of casualties will increase, but it is unpredictable in terms of war.

Even if they are heavily armoured, they are not invincible, and ordinary swords may not be able to hurt them, but if they are replaced with something like a hammer axe, the damage will be doubled.

Li De will not be superstitious about the invincibility of heavy armor, and many times suitability is the main thing.

"The Tile cavalry is very vigilant, and their pursuit methods are more rational, so they must be on guard."

Li De already knew in his heart through Shi Huaiyi's narration, and he was even more careful about the Tiele cavalry.

"To be on the safe side, let the brethren of the flying horsemen go back to the observation outpost first and call for someone to escort them."

Shi Huaiyi immediately arranged for someone to go back to report the news.

At this time, the commander of the Tiele cavalry had already arranged for someone to go back to report that the caravan had a heavy shield for the first time, and they originally thought that the caravan was prepared.

Many caravans have a certain degree of self-protection ability, and it is not surprising that they can fight, but what makes the commander suspicious is the trap of horses, as well as the reaction speed of the caravan.

The people in the caravan definitely don't have such vigilance and action, and they were thinking about killing people and setting fire to the gold belt before, but they have already paid attention to it here.

The former is to make a fortune, and the latter is to make a fortune.

None of the scouts sent out in the dark came back, and after a while, they noticed that something was wrong and sent spies to check on them, and found the corpse of their scouts, so the commander and his men began to pursue.