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The cavalry marching at high speed was the only one who fell off his horse and died. Even if they are not killed by the enemy's sharp arrows, they will be trampled into pulp by the iron hooves of their comrades.

Seeing that thousands of people had been shot dead before he could engage the enemy, Ashina Jin was so angry that he screamed. Fortunately, at this time, he saw that the Zhou army was within the range of the Turkic cavalry's bows and arrows, and hurriedly shouted: "Sons, quickly release arrows and shoot back!" Let these Central Plains Nanban taste the riding and archery kung fu of our Turkic warriors! Let them know: to shoot arrows in front of the Turks is purely an axe! ”

The Turkic soldiers had long been holding their breath and were bent on returning fire on the enemy. When Ashinakin said this, and seeing that the enemy was finally within his range, he was also very happy in his heart, and immediately took the sharp arrow from his backpack, bent his bow and shot back.

All of a sudden, the feathered arrows in the air were like rain, dense, and the sky was full of black sharp arrows, and even some arrows in the opposite direction collided in the air and fell to the ground together.

Liang Shidu saw such a situation, but he always had a bad premonition, feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what exactly went wrong. It can only be said that he is a battle-hardened general, and he is just an innate intuition.

Shooting on horseback was a common practice for the Turks, who were extremely skilled in bows and arrows and horsemanship. But now they and the Zhou army are shooting at each other, but they are at a disadvantage, a rain of arrows shoots over, the enemy does not fall a few, and the enemy's arrow rain shoots over, but they are killed by arrows. This shocked both Ashinakin and Ashinake.

After careful observation for a while, the two realized that this was due to the fact that the ironclad cavalry of the Zhou army were all wearing iron armor, while the Turkic bows and arrows were only made of ordinary rough iron, and within this distance of 20 zhang, they could not penetrate the enemy's armor at all.

Moreover, what made their hearts sink even more was that in addition to the better equipment of the cavalry of the Zhou army than them, everyone also prepared a round stainless steel shield, and when they saw the arrows shooting, they immediately raised the shield to protect themselves and the horses they stepped down with dexterous horns, which greatly reduced the casualty rate. Therefore, after this round of bow and arrow shooting, more than 2,000 Turkic soldiers fell, while the casualties of the Zhou cavalry were minor.

Ashinakin was also a little panicked in his heart, secretly thinking that the Han people in the Central Plains had never been able to ride and shoot, and when they saw the Turkic cavalry, they often had to flee. But I didn't expect that the ironclad cavalry of the Zhou army used equipment to make up for the lack of their own riding and archery ability, and this Yuming really had some way.

The two armies clashed, and the Turkic cavalry and the Zhou cavalry duel with bows and arrows, and the result was that the Zhou cavalry won, which was really unexpected by many people, and even Liang Shi did not expect it.

And Ashina Jin frowned secretly, originally in his heart, there was no powerful cavalry in the Central Plains at all, even if it was the strongest cavalry in the Sui army in the past, the Youzhou cavalry, it was just a defeated general under the Turks. Let their Turkic cavalry rush, not immediately crushed thousands of miles, and were beaten to the ground.

But now the cavalry of the Zhou army told him with bloody facts: Today's Central Plains cavalry is different from the past, and it is no longer easy for the Turks to win.

"Charge! Rushing into the enemy's team and shooting at the enemy's bow and arrow is not an advantage, only close combat can defeat the enemy! Ashinakin shouted.

The Turkic cavalry shouted "Ula", put down their bows and arrows, swung their sabers, raised their spears, and rushed towards the Zhou cavalry on the opposite side, stirring up puffs of smoke and dust.

The distance of twenty zhang passed in an instant, and Ashinakin led the cavalry of the Turkic brigade, and soon rushed to the front of the cavalry of the Zhou army. The battle began to shift from long-range shooting to melee combat.

If the iron cavalry of the Zhou army is as stable as Mount Tai, then the Turkic iron cavalry is undoubtedly like a sharp knife, and the two sides attack and defend in an orderly manner.

Liang Shidu couldn't help but be moved when he saw this. He saw the battle in the distance, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder: "The Turkic cavalry really still has some arrogant skills, if you only talk about equestrianism and horse archery, they can definitely dominate the world." But alas, they are only good at this......"

He naturally knew very well that there were many factors that would determine the outcome of a war, but it was not just about being good at equestrianism and accurate in riding and shooting. Otherwise, the Turks would have unified the world long ago.

And Yu Ming, who was in the battle, was not frightened at all by Ashinajin leading the Turkic cavalry to rush over. Because riding and shooting excellence is only one aspect of combat effectiveness. The Turkic cavalry has the advantages of strong cavalry and archery and excellent equestrian skills, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, the commander only knows how to charge the arrow with one mind, and will not consider tactical conversion. Moreover, the weapons and equipment of the Turks were far inferior to those of the Zhou army.

Cheng bit Jin and killed a Turkic commander with an axe, then squinted his eyes, looked at Ashinake's army, turned his head and said to Yuming: "King Zhou, there is a Turkic army of 50,000 people next to it, it seems that it is led by the Turkic nobleman Ashinake, will he lead the army to join the battle group?" ”

Yu Ming said confidently: "Bite the gold, don't worry!" Ashinake is honestly watching the battle from the side, if he really joins the battle group, I will also make my own arrangements, and he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around! ”

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So far in the battle, although the Zhou army has gained the upper hand, the advantage is not great. The whole battle situation is in a state of stalemate.

In fact, if Yu Ming wants to win quickly, he only needs to adopt roundabout outflanking tactics to establish a victory. But he didn't do that, because he had never fought against Jieli's army and didn't know its combat habits. He never forgot that this Ashinake and Ashina Gold were just vanguard officers, and the army led by Jieli was his real enemy.

Yu Ming knew very well that defeating the 50,000 Turkic cavalry was not a difficult task for him, but he deliberately slowed down the pace of the battle, just to have a chance to observe, and to study the tactics and combat habits of the Turks thoroughly, to know that the duel with Jieli in the future was the most important.

The two sides fought for about half an hour, and Ashina Jin saw that he could not fight for a long time, and his own side was gradually at a disadvantage, and began to feel a little impatient.

A moment later, Ashinajin organized the guards around him to form a sharp knife army, and rushed towards Yuming's place with great momentum.

Seeing this, Yu Ming smiled slightly, and ordered the flag envoy to pass the message and began to change formations.

The cavalry of the Zhou army was originally lined up in a large square formation. But at this time, it immediately spread out like Guanyin's arm and outflanked it in a roundabout way.

Yu Ming did not concentrate his forces to fight hard, but let Luo Shixin and Song Jingang lead the partial divisions on both wings in a big circle and go around behind the Turkic cavalry brigade. Then they assembled, and a sharp formation with the strongest attack power was discharged.

The movements of the cavalry of the Zhou army were uniform, well-trained, and everyone was solemn in their faces, and they carried out their orders to the letter, which shows that they were a ruthless and heroic division with iron discipline and literacy.

Seeing this, Liang Shidu also frowned, secretly thinking that Yu Ming really didn't go all out before. Look at the military appearance of these Zhou cavalry, it is indeed difficult to deal with, it seems that in this decisive battle, this Ashina Jin will be defeated.

Ashinajin's heart sank at this time, and his face finally showed a look of horror.

After half an hour of fighting, he had realized that the cavalry of the Zhou army was indeed an elite division that could confront the Turks head-on.

The Turks' bows and arrows are accurate, but the cavalry of the Zhou army is not bad, the equestrian skills of the Turkic soldiers are excellent, but the equestrian skills of the Zhou army are similar, and they are riding on horses to cut people, and it is not an equestrian performance, how high do you need to ride them?

Moreover, the equipment of the Turkic soldiers was made of ordinary iron tools, but the equipment of the cavalry of the Zhou army was definitely far superior to that of the Turks. When the weapons of the Turkic soldiers and the Zhou soldiers were handed over, it was often the Turkic soldiers' weapons that were opened a gap and swung out heavily. Even the spears in the hands of some soldiers were directly cut off by the sabers of the cavalry of the Zhou army. In this case, no matter how brave the Turkic cavalry was, it would be difficult for them to gain the upper hand.

Moreover, the cavalry of the Zhou army was all in a group of people, covering and helping each other. The Turkic cavalry, on the other hand, only knew that Tiye was slashing forward, without any cooperation, relying only on personal ability. At the beginning, you can still move forward with a sharp spirit, but after a long time, you can't support it.

Ashinake looked at the cavalry of the Zhou army in the distance, and his heart was also in his heart, and he said to the herald beside him: "Tell my brother and let him collect his troops, this battle can't be won." ”

However, Ashinakin refused to accept this order, because he knew that once he accepted it, it would mean that he would admit defeat. With his arrogant personality, how can he be willing to retreat if he is a person who dies and dies by standing?

"U-turn and attack!" Ashinakin shouted.

As a result, the Turkic army immediately divided half of its men and turned around to meet Luo Shixin and Song Jingang.

However, when they turned around, the formation was inevitably somewhat chaotic, the soldiers could not find the officers, and the officers could not find the soldiers. According to the past practice, it will take at least one pillar of incense to gather and line up.

The Turks, in terms of military discipline and team assistance, have to say that they were much worse than the Central Plains army. They rely more on their own horsemanship and bravery to defeat their enemies.

When their enemies are the Tiele, Khitan, Xi and other tribes who also come from the grassland, they do not show a disadvantage in this regard, because these grassland tribes also have the same problem.

But when encountering such a well-equipped, well-organized, and highly military-literate army as the Zhou army, the weakness of the Turks was immediately exposed and became a fatal hidden danger.

"Rush forward! Kill all your enemies! Luo Shixin shouted.

While the Turks were still lining up chaotically, the cavalry of the Zhou army had already arrived like a torrent of steel. Ashina Jin looked over, only to see that a black line on the horizon quickly thickened, and the gradually dull sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder as the cavalry of the Zhou army approached.

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