When the day finally dawned, the Sui cavalry, which had been harassing all night, was gone, and the Turkic cavalry began to travel on the road tiredly, continuing northward, and although the Turkic cavalry yawned for a long time, the idea of returning home supported them and kept them going. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At noon, the Turkic army arrived at the west road of Chenghou Mountain, and at this moment, Chu Luo received extremely unfavorable news that 20,000 Sui troops had moved north and blocked the Hutuoshui Gorge.

This made Chu Luo Khan's face change greatly, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.

The stubborn force next to him said in a low voice: "Khan, we must not let the Sui army form a north-south flank attack, we immediately accelerated to the north and defeated the Sui cavalry in front of the mouth of the canyon as quickly as possible." ”

All the generals looked at Chu Luo Khan, waiting for his decision, and for a long time, Chu Luo Khan shook his head, "Don't go north, let's go south immediately and fight Zhang Xuan to the death!" ”

"Khan, this is not a good strategy, the opponent's strength is twice as large as ours, once we are dragged back, the cavalry will soon move south." ”

"Jang Hyun is our target!" Chu Luo Khan gritted his teeth and said.

He was finally forced to be unbearable by Zhang Xuan, it is no longer important to him whether he can return to the grassland at this moment, he wants to fight a decisive battle with Zhang Xuan, and fight happily, the fighting spirit of the grassland hero is burning in his heart, even if this battle is defeated, he dies without regrets!

"Pass my order, and the army will line up on the spot and prepare for a decisive battle with the Sui army!"

One after another, the Turkic army began to adjust its ranks, put up formations, and prepared to meet the Sui and Tang armies that were rapidly chasing them.

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In the afternoon, the Northern Sui army had entered the range of Chenghou Mountain, less than 20 miles away from the Turkic army, and the Sui army had long known that the Turkic army was ready to meet at the foot of Chenghou Mountain, but the experienced Sui army was not in a hurry to go north to meet the battle, but chose a place that was not conducive to cavalry operations to stop and begin to line up a large formation.

Although the place where the Sui army was stationed was a flat highland, the ground was very broken, and there were ravines and small woodlands dozens of zhang deep everywhere, which had little impact on the neatly formed army, but it had a great impact on the Turkic cavalry galloping unscrupulously in the wilderness, and if you were not careful, you would fall into a deep ditch.

The Sui army stationed troops here, obviously wanting to use the terrain in this area as the main battlefield, which was extremely targeted.

The war is indeed very delicate to switch between active and passive, before the Turkic army was short of food, there was no way back, the Sui army was fortified and cleared, defended without fighting, and has always firmly grasped the initiative of the war, but a few days ago the Turkic army found the hope of retreating north, and the army immediately went north, and the Sui army had to follow the north, and the initiative in the war was transferred to the Turks.

When the Turks found that the 20,000 cavalry of the Sui army had gone north to block the mouth of the gorge in advance, the Turkic army was faced with the situation of being attacked on its back and back, so it could only turn around and fight a decisive battle with the Sui army, and at this time, the initiative in the war quietly shifted to the hands of the Sui army.

The Turks put on a posture and were anxious to fight, but at this time, the Sui army turned back to their own rhythm, and they chose the terrain that was favorable to them, and they waited for their work, or they were exhausted, and saw who could hold out to the end?

In the large array of the Chinese army, the soldiers of the Sui army surrounded an open space with battle flags, and more than a dozen generals gathered around Zhang Xuan to obey the commander's final combat deployment.

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "This time we are facing 40,000 cavalry, basically all of them are the guards of Luo Khan, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than that of ordinary Turkic soldiers, whether it is war horses or armor, they are the best equipment for the Turks, this is a strong enemy, and no one is allowed to underestimate the enemy!" ”

Zhang Xuan solemnly looked at everyone, and continued: "To deal with the cavalry, we must adhere to our bow and crossbow advantages, and fight with the cavalry, the battlefield is changing rapidly, you are all leading generals, I will hand over the command of the battle to you, the overall response is coordinated by me, I am in charge of the Chinese army, General Wang Junkuo led the Tang army as the left wing, General Pei Xingyan as the right wing, Shao Yiming and Sun Changle two generals each led 5,000 cavalry to guard the Chinese army, and General Qian Jie led 10,000 troops as the rear army. If we don't rush forward, we will win, in short, in one word: 'Steady!' 'Everybody steady, I know no!' ”

Everyone saluted together, "Humble duty understands!" ”

At this time, a scout cavalry arrived and shouted: "Marshal Qiyu, the Turkic army has moved south and is coming towards us, and it is still about fifteen miles away. ”

Zhang Xuan sneered, he knew that the Turks would not survive tonight, so he said to everyone: "According to the deployment I just made, if you have any questions, you can ask me alone, everyone go back and prepare for battle!" ”

Everyone got on the horse and returned to the team, Zhang Xuan also turned over and came to the king flag, the flag was blown by the wind and crackled, he couldn't help but look up at the sky, the sky was gloomy, the dark clouds were rolling, Lou Fu County has not rained for nearly two months, will it rain heavily today? Zhang Xuan couldn't help but be a little worried, once it rained heavily, the bow and crossbow would not be able to shoot.

At this time, 80,000 soldiers of the Sui army were already in battle, the Chinese army was 30,000 troops, 20,000 troops on the left and right flanks, and 10,000 cavalry were distributed on both sides of the Chinese army.

Of the 30,000 troops of the Chinese army, 10,000 were crossbowmen standing in the front row, and the remaining 20,000 were spearmen.

"Knock-knock-knock"

A dull drum beat came from afar, and a black line appeared in the distant field, and the Turkic army finally arrived.

In the end, Chu Luo Khan could not confront the Sui army, and the initiative of the war was transferred to the Sui army, and the Turkic cavalry became very passive, he knew that Zhang Xuan refused to fight with himself because he was waiting for the cavalry in the north to kill, forming a north-south attack on himself, and Chu Luo Khan was also afraid of this situation, so he no longer waited, and directly led the army to rush to the Sui army.

At this time, Chu Luo Khan had already seen the Sui army in the distance, and the formation of the Sui army was a typical three-army two-wing formation, with the main force in the middle and the flanks on both sides.

"Khan! That is the banner of the king of the Northern Sui. A commander pointed to a large banner in the Sui army camp and whispered.

Chu Luo Khan also saw it, inlaid with a gold-edged green dragon red flag, which shows that Zhang Xuan is also in this army, Chu Luo Khan's eyes narrowed into a slit, maybe this is his last chance, didn't the Central Plains people say that the thief captures the king first?

Thinking of this, he shouted to the soldiers: "Can we live, can we go back to the grassland to see our parents, wives and children, can we return with women and wealth, in this battle today, warriors, draw your swords and defeat the enemy!" ”

"Crush the enemy!" Tens of thousands of Turkic cavalry raised their spears and shouted like thunder.

"General Zhili and General Wen Mutie, you each lead 10,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's middle army, and kill it at all costs."

All the Turkic generals knew that if they wanted to break through the Sui army's arrow array, they would have to pay the price, which was an inevitable loss, so they bowed down with Wen Mutie and said, "Obey!" ”

Chu Luo Khan shouted: "Go to war!" ”

'Woo-woo-'

'Boom! Boom! Boom! ’

The trumpets of the Turkic armies whimpered, and the drums beat loudly,

With a wave of the sword, "Kill!" ”

The Turkic cavalry suddenly launched, 10,000 cavalry took the lead in killing, the sound of horses' hooves was earth-shattering, and then Wen Mutie also led 10,000 cavalry to kill out, and the yellow dust was filled, covering the sky, and killing the Sui army camp overwhelmingly.

The 10,000 Sui crossbowmen of the Chinese army are ready, and 5,000 crossbowmen are also deployed on the left and right flanks, and a total of 20,000 Sui and Tang crossbowmen will meet the onslaught of the Turkic army.

Their deployment is much the same, and they are all the traditional combat methods of the Central Plains army.

The 10,000 Chinese army were all crossbow troops, each holding a crossbow in their hands and a crossbow and arrow pot on their backs, and they lined up in three rows under the unified command of Huya General Jiang Xiaotian.

The range of the Sui army's hard crossbows was about 200 paces, while the effective lethal range was 150 paces, and when the Turkic army rushed close to 30 paces, the crossbowmen changed the retreat to a spear army, covered by cavalry on both sides.

From the time the Turkic army rushed into the killing range to the final crossbowmen retreated, there was a total distance of one hundred and twenty paces, and the average soldier could send two arrows, while the trained crossbowmen could send three arrows, and these crossbowmen who faced the Turkic army were strictly trained to shoot three arrows calmly, that is, ten thousand arrows at a time.

Coupled with the 10,000 crossbowmen and cavalry on the left and right flanks, they can also shoot three arrows in a short time, so that 20,000 crossbowmen shoot three rounds is 60,000 arrows, which is a great threat to the Turkic army.

Moreover, the crossbow arrows are powerful, they can shoot through the shield of the Turkic army within a hundred steps, and they can kill and injure war horses in one hundred and fifty steps.

In the blink of an eye, the Turkic cavalry rushed into the firing range, and the first row of 3,000 crossbowmen brushed the Sui crossbow to the ground, and it was inclined upwards at a 30-degree angle, and the enemy army was getting closer and closer, and the yellow sand filled the sky and the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and the Turkic army was completely invisible. (To be continued.) )