Luochuan Ridge.

A Dahua military flag, embroidered with the word "Pei", fluttered in the wind and was blown to the sound of hunting.

Under the banner, there is a phalanx of 20,000 cavalry, in an orderly manner, holding long knives, spears, Changge, Teng Dun, etc., but the armor is numerous, majestic and mighty.

In this elite, there are so many 3,000 knights, wearing bright light armor, which belongs to heavy armor, and is responsible for charging into battle, even the mount war horse, which is wrapped in armor, and the head is thunderous, almost like the iron armor includes people and war horses, and the eyes are exposed, and the rest of the place is wrapped in armor and armor.

Mingguang armor appeared in the Three Kingdoms era at the end of the Han Dynasty, but because of the high production technical requirements, it was relatively expensive, and only the generals wore it, and it was not until the late Northern and Southern Dynasties that Mingguang armor began to be mass-produced, but it was a gradual development and improvement process after all, and it was not commonly used until the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

In the Sui Dynasty, Mingguang armor was only worn by generals, children of nobles, as well as palace guards, generals' personal guards, heavy armor soldiers, and elite armored cavalry, because it burned too much money, such a pair of armor, plus war horses, was enough to feed the military salary of twenty or thirty infantry.

Dahua developed industry, mined stones, smelted steel, etc., and created an elite iron cavalry team, these three thousand iron cavalry was selected by Luo Zhaoyun to be responsible for charging into battle and suppressing the morale of the Turks.

In the Sui Dynasty, ordinary cavalry and foot armor soldiers wore this relatively simple and inexpensive 'crotch armor', with a piece on the chest and a piece on the back, the shoulders were strung with a belt, and the waist was bunched again, which looked like a vest and horse clip, and it was also flexible and agile to wear, and it was the main force of the Sui army's protective gear.

Dahua has improved the crotch armor in this one, and the armor pieces on the front chest and back are also relatively high-quality, and the helmet is as iron as possible to reduce some casualties.

Pei Yuanqing, Zhao Longfeng, Zhang Guli and other generals and captains waited patiently.

According to the report of the scout scouts just now, signs of the Turkic vanguard army were found ten miles ahead, and with the speed of a fast horse, a stick of incense could be killed in front of them.

Time passed little by little, and all kinds of mentalities before the war were churning in the hearts of every strong man.

Suddenly, a sandstorm seemed to blow in the distance, condensed into a dark cloud, and moved rapidly from the ground line of the mountain.

"It's coming!"

Everyone was nervous, knowing that it was the Turkic vanguard army that had arrived.

A black line can be seen with the naked eye, constantly expanding, like a tide surging in, stormy waves, and thick clouds rolling.

At this moment, there is a sense of oppression that the mountain rain is coming, and the nerves of all the Dahua soldiers are tense, holding their weapons tightly, staring at the enemy in front of them, and the bloody battle is about to begin.

"Boom—"

The sound of the horse's hooves kicking the earth began to come faintly, becoming more and more urgent, like a muffled thunder, covering the sky and pressing the top.

The ground shook and the mountains shook, and the momentum created by the 30,000 cavalry was very shocking, giving people the illusion of invincibility.

The distance was getting closer and closer, a distance of several miles, and soon it was speeding by, and I could already see the cold light of the weapon and the figure of the knight.

Pei Renji looked calm, after all, he had experienced a lot of big and small battles in his life, and his mentality was as tempered as iron.

"Order, drum and prepare—"

"Whoa!" The herald waved the order flag and began to give orders.

"Knock knock—" The ten-sided cowhide drum was beating, and the sound was majestic.

After all the Dahua soldiers heard this, the qi and blood all over their bodies were mobilized, and they were emotional and enthusiastic. The spirit and morale that had been suppressed by the might of the iron cavalry just now were awakened by the war drums, and it seemed that the sound of horses' hooves could no longer be heard in his ears, but only the sound of his own war drums.

As the saying goes, if one drum is vigorous, then it will decline, and then it will be exhausted, and the war drum must not be sounded prematurely, which will demoralize you. Only at the most critical time before the battle, can the most violent drum beat be used to awaken the military spirit!

"Positioning arrows!"

Pei Renji shouted, and ordered the flag officer to wave the command flag again, and issued the corresponding military order, and the lieutenant in charge of the bow and arrow phalanx, after seeing the command flag, immediately ordered to release the positioning arrow.

"Whoosh!"

Countless feather arrows shot out suddenly, crossed the air and landed more than one hundred and twenty steps, and they were all tied in a row, and the arrow feathers were tied with red eye-catching cloth strips, which were positioning arrows. As the name suggests, it is to determine the place of an arrow, and the armies of both sides rush to kill, and when they enter this range, it is when the archers shoot the enemy army.

Pei Yuanqing was dressed in chain mail, holding a horse lance, and his mount was a green horse, his eyes were locked on the front, and he couldn't bear it anymore, but the enemy had not yet entered the shooting range of the crossbow machine, and they could not charge yet.

Because the Turks are good at bows and arrows, but they all use soft bows or five-bucket bows, and the distance they shoot is only about 80 paces at most. Dahua uses ballistas and crossbow machines, which are farther and more penetrating, so there is a gap between the Turkic people's bows and arrows that cannot reach the Dahua phalanx, while the Dahua crossbow machine array can hurt the other party, which is one of the advantages.

In addition, dozens of ballistas are combined, and the crossbow arrows are like javelins, on which black powder bombs can be tied, and the range has reached 300 paces, like cannonballs, as a killer weapon.

This time the battle with the Turks was very important, Pei Yuanqing practiced martial arts as a young man, followed his father in the Sui Dynasty, was defeated by the Wagang army, and was not willing, and was later held hostage by Wang Shichong as a general, and did not really play his skills. This time, as the deputy general of the vanguard army, he has the opportunity to show his skills, and there is His Majesty's main force behind him, waiting for the news of their defeat of the enemy, Pei Yuanqing feels that he cannot miss this opportunity for meritorious service.

"Boom!"

The knights on horseback, dressed in leather armor, wearing felt hats, armed with scimitars, long hairs, axes, maces, etc., were not standardized, and their weapons were prepared separately, so they were different.

However, everyone's faces showed excitement and greed, and the fierce aura exuded from their bodies seemed to regard the Dahua cavalry in front of them as prey, which could be easily crushed and slaughtered.

The king of the right valley had no intention of stopping and shouting, and directly waved his hand and accelerated forward, the first wave of men and horses, about a thousand people, took the lead in the charge, and then the second wave of 3,000 people, and the third wave of 5,000 people, like a stormy wave, rushed forward one after another.

。 Writing Chinese Network M.