The holy decree asked Su Dingfang to lead 20,000 elite Tang soldiers to conquer the Western Turkic Ashina Helu, seeing that Xue Rengui had already set off happily, Su Dingfang was a little impatient, he now only had 10,000 elite Tang soldiers in his hands. Army, the follow-up replenishment of 10,000 elite Tang. The army was still on the road and had not arrived, in order to be afraid of the news leaking out, in order to catch the enemy by surprise, Su Dingfang decided to lead the 10,000 Tang first. The army attacked, and after the follow-up troops arrived, they immediately went to support and converged at the Trolla River in the Western Regions.

After the Tang Dynasty conquered Goguryeo and the entire Northeast, the Heishui Men also became the citizens of the Tang Dynasty, and most of them were good at riding and archery since childhood, brave and fierce, and were born warriors. So, Datang. There are quite a few warriors of the Black Water Tatar clan in the army. Wanyan Kule was one of the best, he had not been in the unity army for a long time, and he had become a team leader, in charge of 50 big soldiers, and he was only 17 years old at that time.

Wanyan Kule remembered that when the United Army was in power, the first time he went to get weapons and equipment, he was for Datang. The army was shocked by the excellent equipment, and this was only the unity of the irregular troops, whose weapons and equipment were already incomparable to the poor equipment of their Black Water Tribe.

The unity soldier is a local militia that is busy with agriculture and training in the Tang Dynasty, also known as regimental training, not a regular army, and generally assists the officers and soldiers of the feudal town in defending the territory, or cooperating with the regular army to fight.

Wanyan Kule remembers the first time he was at the back of the United Forces, and went with his team to collect equipment.

Originally, Wanyan Kule thought that the unity battalion would be an auxiliary force and should be poorly equipped.

In front of the warehouse, a secretary of the warehouse history was specially recorded, and the other four people were specially distributed. The envoy held an account book in his hand, and sang a harmony sentence aloud for each piece of equipment, and then took a pen and ticked it on the book.

"Fifty horizontal knives of the personal meat Bo weapon!" Si Tashi sang and shouted. The people in the warehouse immediately brought out five boxes of horizontal knives, each with ten knives. Wanyan Kule stepped forward to collect it, originally he thought it would be some old-fashioned obsolete weapons, but when he opened it, he found that it was all brand new and used new knives.

He picked up a handful in his hand and weighed it about two to three pounds. Pull out the knife out of the sheath, the silver light shines, the blade is more than three feet long, connected to the hilt, the whole horizontal knife is about three feet three. Swing your hands like your fingers. After finishing Yan Kule's great happiness, he was very satisfied.

As soon as the fifty horizontal knives were taken out, Wanyan Kule and their team hung them directly one by one, and they cherished them one by one.

"Melee longpole weapons, fifty spears!"

"Fifty long-range weapons bows, one hundred and fifty strings, fifty hulu (quivers), five hundred armor arrows, five hundred raw steel arrows, and five hundred long-stacked arrows!"

"Fifty pairs of light armor and fifty sets of battle robes!"

"Fifty bronze skulls!"

"Capture the captives with cowhides. One hundred and fifty sticks, one sheepskin grain bag and one water bladder! ”

As Si Cangshi sang every word, the soldiers inside carried out a batch of various equipment. With the continuous singing and cheering, the equipment in the warehouse was also continuously brought out, piled up in front of Wanyan Kule and the others like a hill.

The amount of equipment he received and the quality of the equipment made Wanyan Kule amazed, and what surprised him even more was the complete variety of equipment. Each has a melee spear and a horizontal knife for each person. This far shattered Wanyan Kule's impression that the Solidarity Soldiers were just cannon fodder and a rabble. In particular, the longbow of long-range weapons is actually 100% equipped, each person is equipped with a bow, and one person is also equipped with thirty arrows, and those thirty arrows are actually divided into three kinds of arrows that he does not know the difference between raw steel, archery, and long stacks.

And the fifty sets of armor under the collar were also greatly out of Wanyan Kule's expectations. Fifty sets of armor are not leather armor, but iron armor. The armor issued in the warehouse is all made of scale armor made of armor pieces, and the shape is transformed into a two-piece suit. The shawl and shoulder pads are combined into one piece; The xiong back armor and leg guards are connected to form another piece, which is fastened back and forth with two shoulder straps, and is placed on top of the cape shoulder pads. At first glance, Wanyan Kuler thought that these were the armor of the officers.

After receiving these weapons and armor, Wanyan Kule thought that he had already received them. He was about to beckon his subordinates to bring equipment back to the camp, but unexpectedly, Na Si Cangshi stopped him again. "Don't be in a hurry, brother, there are still a lot of things that I haven't received!"

"And?"

"And, of course, there's more." Si Cangshi said with a smile.

Next, Wanyan Kule found out that there was indeed still equipment that he had not received, and there were a lot of them.

According to the records of the Sicang History, Wanyan Kule also received one for each of them, all of which were made of fine wood or iron sheets. A knife, a small mistake, pliers, a lock, a medicine bag, a salt bag, a flint bag, an unknotting hammer, and a whetstone. One trouser slave, one forehead wipe, one belt, one hat, and one felt hat.

In addition, each person has a blanket, a quilt, a blanket, a felt, and three pairs of bast shoes.

One person has a set of animal hair tweed coats, and Wanyan Kule and their team also have a set of leather suits for each person, this kind of thing is very bad because of the general leather tanning process, according to Si Cangshi, this leather suit is specially used for surprise attacks.

Looking at the pile of equipment of all kinds, which he couldn't even understand the purpose of, was piled up in front of him, Wanyan Kule thought in his heart that he should finish it now. In fact, he was wrong again.

These are just individual equipment, and each team and team will be given some equipment next.

The fire is equipped with six pack horses or donkeys, and each fire must be the same as the black cloth curtain, the iron horse bowl, the cloth trough, the shovel, the , the chisel, the basket, the axe, the pliers, the saw, etc., the first bed two, the hammer two; In addition, each team should also be equipped with a fire pin praise one, a xiong horse rope, the first bond, and three foot stumbling;

For this large pile of equipment, there are only a few parts that Wanyan Kuler can recognize. In the end, I had to humbly ask Si Cangshi for advice, and finally figured out the usefulness of these equipment.

For each group of ten people, it is necessary to prepare six horses, these six horses are mainly used for transportation, not riding, these are the responsibility of the unity soldiers, if these ten people are relatively poor, they can't afford to prepare six horses, donkeys can also be prepared, you can prepare six donkeys.

The horse and donkey Wanyan Kule understands well, and Guan Jian is still those strange things. First of all, it is an iron horse bowl, this thing is not a spittoon, let alone for feeding horses, it is for people to eat. The reason why it is called a horse bowl is because it is very large, can hold a lot of rice, and is also a tool for making a fire, and it must be used for eating and heating on the way, and this thing is both a lunch box and a rice pot. Then there is the tent, which is used to camp and sleep.

Then there is the cloth trough, the manger made of cloth, which is for the horses to eat, and the horses are fed during the march, that is, the cloth trough is filled with forage beans and hung around the horse's neck. Then there is the shovel, which is used for digging the earth, and it has to be relied on for camping, digging trenches, and digging pits, and then there is the , which is equivalent to a pickaxe, which is used for digging the soil.

Then there is the chisel and the mill, which is specially used for scooping rice, and the shell of the millet is removed.

In addition to this, you had to bring a basket for things, and for the booty, and then an axe, and a pair of pliers, and a saw, one of the same, for the opening of the road, and two sickles, and two beds, all of which were tools of life, and every ten people had to carry these things.

For every fifty people, bring a fire chan, this kind of thing, is a kind of short spear, when fighting, wrap cloth on it, pour oil, light it and throw it to the enemy, specifically to burn the enemy, and then a set of xiong horse ropes, three sets of horse halters, and pedals, which are to be brought by every fifty people.

Wanyan Kule had never been in the military camp before, and he had heard most of his knowledge of the military dui, but he really didn't know much about these large and small equipment.

But at this moment, when there was only a team of fifty people in front of him with all the equipment, a small mountain had already been piled up outside the warehouse. Not to mention, for every ten people with six horses, there are thirty horses or donkeys for fifty of them.

This is still the military rations and forage that they did not go to lead the team, and it is still a lot.

It's really not a family that doesn't know the price of firewood and rice, and if you don't know how much equipment you don't have, if you don't know how much equipment you don

"Each gang will divide themselves and the equipment on them according to the formation!" At this time, Wanyan Kule was a little glad that there were still thirty donkeys on the team, otherwise, how could such a large pile of equipment be pulled back to the camp.

Two years later, Wanyan Kule has been promoted to the regular army of the Tang Dynasty because of his excellent performance, and is now a captain in charge of 200 people.

After entering the regular army of the Tang Dynasty, Wanyan Kule further met the Datang Dynasty. The military dui is strong. For example: "Advancing like a wall", a double-edged long-handled broadsword that can make the enemy "shattered" - Mo Knife Team; Lighter in weight, but more defensive; a variety of bows and crossbows with greater power and longer range; The regular army was equipped with 120% bows and crossbows, and each soldier was equipped with more than three weapons. Even the Mo sword soldiers each have a bow and arrows hanging on their waists, and a long-handled Mo knife and a spear are crossed behind their backs. The armor soldier also had a bow, 30 arrows, a spear, and a short-handled heavy sword. Each cavalryman carries a spear, a round shield, a bow, 30 arrows, and a long and short horizontal sword. Combat readiness is quite perfect. In general, among the 5,000 light infantry, 2,500 are equipped with a bow, 30 arrows, a short-handled heavy knife, a spear, and a square cowhide shield. Another 2,500 light soldiers were equipped with a bow and 30 arrows, carrying a larger arrow Lou on their backs, loaded with 100 arrows, a crossbow, and a spear.

Tang Dynasty. Although the army is a mixed army of horses and infantry, the infantry all have horses, and they usually use horses to walk, and only dismount to fight when they fight, and the marching speed is very fast. Tang Dynasty. The basic tactics of the army are "flanking and flanking, and flanking from the front and rear." Tang Dynasty. The army perfectly combined the power of the infantry array with the powerful mobility of the cavalry through the innovation of "accumulating the infantry", and exerted a powerful combat power.

Tang Dynasty. One of the formations commonly used in military field warfare is the "Sharp Arrow Formation", which is rushed at the forefront of the brave and fearless light infantry holding Mo swords, "advancing like a wall", followed by infantry and cavalry assaults, and the rear columns are crossbowmen shooting on their backs until they completely defeat the opponent.

If the enemy forces attack first, Don. When the two armies were in a scuffle, the cavalry quickly disturbed the enemy's rear from the flank, and attacked the opponent on both fronts!

If Don. The army took the initiative to attack, and the cavalry was mainly responsible for disturbing the enemy's rear from the flanks and rear, relocating the opponent's main force, while the infantry began to advance in a knife formation, and finally achieved encirclement and annihilation.

Tang Dynasty. Although the cavalry is integrated with the infantry, its use in battle is completely independent of the infantry! Created the best example of infantry and cavalry combat! Tang Dynasty. The tactics of the army are extremely domineering in taking the initiative to attack, trying to annihilate everything, and being invincible. This was completely different from the style of other armies who used infantry as a tool to defend themselves in front of the cavalry.

Wanyan Kule joins Don. The longer the army lasts, the more I like this disciplined, domineering and powerful army. This time he accompanied General Su Dingfang to conquer the Western Turkic Ashina Helu, which was his first actual battle after joining the army, so he was very excited.

After setting out from Yumen Pass, Su Dingfang's army arrived at the Western Regions after a five-day rapid march to the Western Regions, which was the territory of the Western Turks.

Because Ashina Helu has many eyes and ears in various important towns in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, Su Dingfang's army has only been dispatched for two days, and Ashina Helu has already known about Tang. After the army came to ask for news of him, he established himself as the Western Turkic Shabaluo Khan, united with Tuyuhun, Gaochang, Qiuci and other countries to secretly kill and plunder the Tang caravan, raise funds, prepare to rebel against the Tang Dynasty, and restore the Turkic Khanate, knowing that sooner or later the matter would be revealed. Therefore, Ashina Helu has long secretly recruited various tribes of the Western Turks, and now has hundreds of thousands of troops.

When Ashina Helu was first established, many of his subordinate departments had been dispersed, and those left behind were unstable, and the situation was very difficult. He appointed his father-in-law, Lust Valley, as his mastermind. Although he was over seventy years old, he was very scheming, and the Turks were very convinced. He played a very good role in assisting Ashina Helu. When the Turkic subordination of Hequ heard the news of the accession of the Western Turkic Shabaluo Khan Ashina Helu to the throne, they returned to the Western Turks one after another. Ashina Helu had Sitai and others returned, and his strength grew stronger, preparing to invade the Tang Dynasty in the south. Tun Desire Valley believes: "The Tang lord is heroic, the people are prosperous, there is no gap, and it cannot be moved." Our new set is still exhausted, and when it is rested for several years, it can be seen to change. ”

Ashina Helu wanted to build a city and set up a Buddhist temple and Taoist temple. Tunyugu told him: The Turkic population is only one percent of the population of the Tang Dynasty, so it can be the enemy of the Tang Dynasty, and there is no fixed place of residence in the nomadic life, and it is engaged in hunting, everyone practices martial arts, and when the strength is strong, the army plunders, and the weak is in the mountains and forests. If you build a city to live in, if you lose, you will be besieged and destroyed.

The two religions of Buddhism and Taoism persuade people to be benevolent and weak, not the way to win by force, and cannot be admired.

The valley accurately analyzed the objective situation and formulated its own strategies and tactics according to the characteristics of the Turks, which won the praise of the Western Turkic Shabala Khan Ashina Helu.

Although his father-in-law Tun Yugu later died of illness, Ashina Helu already had hundreds of thousands of troops, and his strength has gradually become stronger, and he has dared to wrestle with Datang.

Ashina Helu heard that Datang had discovered his conspiracy and sent troops to recruit him, he was not very afraid, anyway, he had already exposed, it was better to tear his face and rebel openly. He now has the strength and confidence to defeat Don. Army.

Just defeat Don who came to conquer. Army, Datang will not dare to provoke himself in the future. Ashina Helu sneered gloomily: "If you want to come to conquer me, then I will let you have no return!" ”