Yan'an County, thirty miles on the north bank of Luoshui.

30,000 Turkic cavalry are galloping forward, the formation is neat, like a long dragon, the horses are neighing, looking up to the sky and roaring, and countless banners are waving in the wind.

Their speed was too fast, thousands of horses galloped, the scene was grand, and the sound of horses' hooves shook the heavens and the earth.

As the vanguard army, this Turkic vanguard is non-stop, with two horses to change mounts in turn, maintain an extremely fast speed, as a sharp knife, to quickly tear through the defense line along the way of the Great Chinese Army, and insert it into the heart.

In the face of this kind of iron cavalry charge, personal bravery, no matter what, it is difficult to compete with the army!

At this time, a few scattered horsemen rushed down from the col on the side, and while riding wildly, they shouted Turkic language, which were scouts sent out, and came back to tell the information.

The vanguard general who led the team was the king of the Turkic right valley, Huo Ba Shi Chong, one of the Turkic royal families, thirty-five or sixteen years old, with a strong body, deep eye sockets, and a layer of blue under the eyes, like an eagle Mou sharp and deep, with a very high nose bridge, which looked unruly.

Sitting on a nine-foot-tall sweaty and bloody horse, wearing an iron round helmet and chain mail, because of his noble status, he wore gold and silver leaf armor on his chest, and his armor flashed with cold light.

"King Gu Li, there is important news from a scout."

"Slow down the march and call a few of them over." Huo Ba Shi Chong waved his hand to slow down the team, he planned to listen to the information before making the next decision.

Several scouts rode over, because the team was still advancing, so they did not dismount, but on the back of the horse, a scout chief said: "King Guli, we found that the front thirty miles, is Luoshui, after Luoshui, two hundred miles south, is Shangjun." ”

Huo Ba Shi Chong snorted, and said thoughtfully: "Shangjun is next to Jingzhao County, and when we enter Shangjun, we can burn and plunder here, reserve some grain and grass, wait for the army behind to gather, and then enter Jingzhao County and approach Chang'an City in Dahua." ”

The scout chief continued to feedback: "In addition, we have received detailed feedback information sent to Chang'an City, the emperor of Dahua, with an army of more than 100,000 people, is going north to stop us, their vanguard army has arrived outside Yijun City, it is close to the edge of Jingzhao County and Shangjun, and the infantry behind is moving slowly, to the area of Huayuan City. ”

King Gu Li turned to an accompanying strategist beside him, Tiele people, who are known for some wisdom and wisdom in the grassland, and he will assist King Gu Li for marching camps, details of accounting, etc., otherwise, just with a grassland prince who has not read and is illiterate, it is okay to lead the troops to charge, and the specific details of official duties, etc., he will not be able to.

Han Liangwen, the military advisor, said beside him: "King Gu Li, according to the marching speed of the cavalry of the two armies, as well as the distance on the map, the vanguard of the two armies is likely to meet on the north bank of Huachi Water, the position of Luojiaocheng West, Dahua's vanguard army is also cavalry, how many people are there?" ”

"Back to the army division, there are 20,000 horses." The scout replied.

"We have 30,000, and how can the cavalry of the Central Plains compare to the fierceness of my grassland cavalry?" King Gu Li laughed, disdainful of Dahua's vanguard cavalry, and even hoped to meet as soon as possible.

"It's just that there weren't many Dahua troops intercepted along the way, but it was a little surprising, I saw that the beacon tower kept burning, but the defenders near the way didn't come out to block it." The military advisor Han Liangwen was a little skeptical.

Gu Li Wang Huo Ba Shi Chong couldn't help but sneer: "What's this, Dahua is mostly infantry, few war horses, good at defending the city, the strong wall does not come out, and it is stationed in the city, even if you see our cavalry team, the scale of 30,000 elites, 60,000 war horses, and the thousands of local soldiers in the city, how dare you come out, even if they come out, can they catch up with us?" ”

His words are not unreasonable, the grassland Rongdi cavalry has always attacked, as long as they break into the pass, using the speed of the cavalry, they are often invincible, unless they go to attack the city, they will fight with their own shortcomings, if they fight in the field, the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains have few chances of winning.

It is because the Hu cavalry is too strong, moves fast, comes and goes like the wind, and is difficult to pursue and block. If tens of thousands of iron cavalry are allowed to charge the infantry formation of tens of thousands of people, once the hole is torn, it will be simply a slaughter, and the infantry phalanx can be trampled into flesh!

Therefore, some famous generals, military masters, and frontier generals in the Central Plains all used chariots, cavalry, and infantry to cooperate with each other to fight against the Hu people, and set up antlers, thistles and other obstacles around the outside of the formation, but left the cavalry in the innermost part just in case, as a surprise attack and escape, which is the usual tactics of the Central Plains army.

More than ten years ago, Yang Su broke the Turkic cavalry outside the Yumen Pass, gave up the chariot formation, which can be described as a bold attempt, only using infantry to deal with the Turks, which is the first time since the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin dynasties to fight against the steppe nomads.

"That's just as well!" Han Liangwen was just a little suspicious, but he didn't think much about it, after all, the traditional way of fighting in the Central Plains is that the chariot and cavalry infantry cooperate in combat, and defending the city is also a tradition, and the defenders of the small cities along the way dare not fight, which is understandable.

"If we can eat the 20,000 vanguard army before the arrival of the main army of Dahua, we will be able to directly face the mud-legged phalanx behind, give full play to our cavalry advantage, and it is likely that we will be able to defeat Emperor Dahua Xiao'er without the main force of the Khan behind!" Huo Ba Shi Chong was full of pride, and couldn't help but speculate.

Han Liangwen hurriedly persuaded: "King Gu Li, you can't underestimate the Dahua Emperor, before the departure of the Shibi Khan, but thousands of instructions, repeatedly emphasized, that the Dahua Emperor is scheming, good at scheming, leading the troops to fight almost without defeat, he came to bring the troops to come, we must not be reckless, as long as we eat the Dahua vanguard army, we can not advance any further, wait for the Khan to lead the main army to arrive, we can continue to charge!" ”

"Others are afraid of him, but this king is not afraid of the emperor's child!"

"This is the order of Shibi Khan, it must not be disobeyed, please think twice about King Guli!" Han Liangwen's expression was cold, and he did not make concessions on this, after all, before leaving, Shibi Khan repeatedly explained to him that he should see that King Guli must not be greedy for merit, so as not to fall for the tricks of the Chinese people.

That Shibi Khan was in Luo Zhaoyun's hands, but he had planted it two or three times, so he was not convinced, but he also had a little psychological shadow.

"Okay!" Huoba Shi Chong heard that it was the Khan's order, and he didn't dare to disobey it openly, so he agreed for the time being, thinking in his heart, look at the situation, if he doesn't have to work hard to defeat Dahua's 20,000 vanguard army, the loss of strength is not large, and there is no danger in going to attack Dahua's main army, it's a big deal, attack it, turn around and retreat, Dahua infantry can't catch up with mud legs, why be afraid?