In the wide open space of the camp, five regiments of men and horses were soon gathered, and each soldier selected two of the best horses, and with the help of the other soldiers, the thousand soldiers quickly completed the equipment of the armor and cavalry.

Looking at the hoplites, who were completely armed to the teeth, all the cavalry exuded a look of shock. When Chen Kefu was equipped with armor and riding equipment, he still felt that he couldn't stand the shock from the heart. And when the 1,000 elite cavalry of the broken barracks were all equipped with armored cavalry, it was a black frenzy. Especially when the 1,000 elites who broke the barracks were all riding horses equipped with horse armors, the people were like tigers and horses were like dragons. Except for the lower legs of the war horses exposed to the shield, the entire hoplite cavalry was no longer exposed at all.

Especially when each knight is equipped with a horse lance, it makes people have a kind of invincible and indomitable momentum. In the Great Sui, the horse lance was a very valuable horse weapon.

There is a lot of attention to in the horse lance. The lance is not at all like the wooden pole used in the rifle, but the main trunk of the finest toughness is taken and peeled into a uniform thickness and glued. The toughest wood is the most used for bows, followed by mulberry, oak, and rattan, and the worst is also made of bamboo.

Soak the fine scorn in oil repeatedly. The bubble is no longer deformed, no longer cracked, and the first step has been completed. This process takes almost a year, after which the strips are removed and dried in the shade for several months. After gluing with high-quality glue paint into a thick, eight feet long, the outer layer is wrapped around hemp rope. Wait for the hemp rope to dry thoroughly, apply raw lacquer, and wrap it in arrowroot cloth. The kudzu cloth is lacquered, dried and wrapped in a layer, until it is cut with a knife, and the mallet makes a metallic sound, but it does not crack, so it is qualified.

Then go to its head and tail, truncated to about six zhang. The front is equipped with a stainless steel lance, and the rear is a red copper lance. Constantly adjusted, the qualified standard is to use a hemp rope to hang at the tail of the lance two feet, the whole Zhangba horse lance can be in mid-air like a weighing rod at both ends without falling. In this way, the military commander can ride on the horse, so that he can keep the tip of the lance forward without the slightest effort.

The resulting lance is light, tough, and strong. Generals can charge with horsepower, or swing them in melee combat. It's just that the whole lance takes three years, and the success rate is only 40%, so the cost is surprisingly high. Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, the horse lance has always been a symbol of the generals from the family. So in ancient times, looking at a general's weapon, you can usually see the origin of a general. The generals of the DPRK and China were generally horses, and the generals of the rebel army in the troubled times had all kinds of weapons, blades, swords, axes, and everything.

The length of the horse lance is more than 2 meters, and the longest can reach 4 meters, so it is also called Zhangba spear, although Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms is a pig-killer, but the family is relatively rich, all he uses is this thing, and his boss Liu Bei, who was born in straw sandals, uses a sword, and Zhao Yun, who was born in a yellow scarf, uses a gun.

The front end of the lance is similar to a short sword, can be cut and sharpened, there is usually a complex under the blade, and the high-speed charge of the war horse will not penetrate the opponent, the blade is forged with an iron rod, and the iron rod is wrapped with tough wood or bamboo, and the shellac, fish bladder glue and pig skin glue are glued, and then the brush is closed with lacquer, so as not to be dehydrated and cracked, and then wrapped in hemp rope outside, soaked in tung oil, coated with raw lacquer after drying, and then wrapped in kudzu cloth, and then painted with lacquer when it is dry, usually weighs about fifteen to twenty catties, and the non-fierce will not be able to use.

The lance belongs to a long weapon, because of the composite structure of the rod, when the war horse stabs the opponent when charging at high speed, the power will be dispersed and not broken like the Western European riding spear, and the elasticity and toughness of the shaft are very strong, which belongs to the ancient composite material process, and it is easy to pull out after leaving the plot blocked.

The general generally holds the middle section of the lance, 2 meters at each end, to protect the left and right sides and his own war horse, and when stabbing distant targets, the handle is held in hand, which can be used for both high-speed charging and low-speed combat. Because of the development of history, the way of the generals to charge the duel on horseback was reduced, and the materials were difficult to find and manufactured, and the physical fitness requirements of the generals holding the lance were also high, and the lance gradually withdrew from the historical stage.

From ancient times to the present, looking at the weapons of a general, you can sometimes see the origin of the general. For example, Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms, who was born in a big family, used a horse lance, and Meng Zhang Fei used a zhangba spear, which is actually another name for the horse lance. And such as Liu Bei's double-strand sword and Zhao Yun's spear, in fact, they are all weapons that do not enter the stream, and these weapons such as big swords and spears are disdainful in the eyes of those people from the Jiangmen family. Only the horse lance is an orthodox weapon, and although the horse lance is valuable, it is worth the money.

And now every knight of the hoplites is equipped with a horse lance, a thousand horse lances. Although the Goguryeo man-made horse lance is a bit of a cut of corners, it is not the kind of horse lance that is four meters long, but they are also more than two meters long.

It's like being in a small town and suddenly seeing a hundred Ferraris parked next to each other, which makes every warrior envious of the knights with their horses. The best horses, the best armor, the best weapons, the strongest warriors, this is the hoplite.

"My lord, although the heavy cavalry is powerful, but now the adults are going to run for twenty miles, and the Goguryeo people are 80,000 cavalry, and the subordinates don't think that the thousand heavy cavalry without a large army can defeat the Goguryeo people. My lord, if not, we will wait for the whole battalion to attack, equip 3,000 heavy cavalry, and equip 10,000 infantry phalanxes to fight the enemy in a decisive battle, and then it may be possible to fight. Although the old man Li Benlei knew that this battle could not be avoided, he still couldn't understand Chen Kefu's current plan to fight hard. Even if you want to fight, you can use light cavalry to guerrilla the enemy.

Chen Kefu also put on a precious soft armor inside his gorgeous imperial armor, and specially added a black smock outside, although it still looks powerful and extraordinary, and the momentum is not reduced by half, but the weight of the two sets of armor is more than 70 catties still makes him feel a little heavy.

Chen Kefu, who was constantly adapting to this armored cavalry on Qinghu's body, smiled and said, "Old general, you don't need to worry too much, of course I know that these thousand cavalry, even if they are equipped with armored cavalry, will still not be the opponent of 80,000 Goguryeo cavalry." I also didn't have the whimsical idea of breaking 80,000 with 1,000, and the reason why I had to equip myself with armor and cavalry was because I intended to charge straight into the enemy's line with these 1,000 men, and then rush into the valley. It was too dangerous for Yu Wenhua to defend the valley with 1,000 men against 80,000 Goguryeo, so I planned to rush into the valley and defend it with them. Anyway, tomorrow my reinforcements from the Great Sui will arrive, so there will be no danger in waiting for me. If I don't equip these armor and cavalry, I'm afraid that my 1,000 people won't be able to break through the Goguryeo formation. ”

As soon as Chen Kefu's words came out, the generals from the old man Li Benlei to Chen Qing and other broken barracks were greatly relieved. They were really worried that Chen Kefu would become conceited for a while, if he really thought that this thousand heavily armed cavalry could break the 80,000 cavalry of Goguryeo, it would really be a disaster. If you just plan to break through the enemy and formation, rush to the valley to help Yu Wenhua and defend until tomorrow's reinforcements arrive, then this is indeed the best plan. It shouldn't be difficult to have 2,000 elites guarding a valley mouth for one night.

Lu Shishen pulled Chen Kefu's armor and said, "My lord, this is the matter of our generals and colonels, how can this be done by the commander of your army." My lord, the camp still needs you to command, so stay and guard the camp. ”

"Needless to say, let me leave such an important matter to you, I don't worry. In the future, you will work hard to read more books and learn some tactics in the art of war, and I will let you lead a soldier alone. Now you follow me honestly, and if you call again, you will stay and guard the camp, and I will let the others go with me. Chen Kefu glared at him fiercely, such a crucial battle, he couldn't hand it over to an old man like Li Benlei to take it, as for handing it over to others, he was indeed a little uneasy. This broken military camp is all his capital in this troubled world, and he must cherish every penny.

Turning his head to look at the gray-haired old man, he said, "I won't have any problem waiting." The most dangerous is the big camp, in case the Goguryeo people divide their troops to attack the camp, only 2,000 soldiers of the old man you are the most dangerous, in case the time can not be defended, you will take people to break through to Liaodong or Xincheng, stay in the green mountains, not afraid of no firewood. As long as we break the banner of breaking the barracks, I believe that sooner or later we will be the first army to attack Pyongyang. ”

"My lord, you don't need to say, although there are only 2,000 soldiers, but I still have more than 10,000 people, I am in the camp, waiting for the general's return." The old man said firmly.

The summer wind blew through the forest and into the camp, blowing the banner of Chen Kefu's 1,000 heavily armored cavalry, and the big flag fluttering in the wind clearly showed a big Chen family. There is also a larger flag at the back, and the black flag on it is embroidered with two large characters of broken army.

The south gate of the camp has already been cleared out of a wide passage, and even the blocked camp gate has been reopened, and the two thousand soldiers of the broken army camp and many people who stayed behind have gathered in front of the camp gate, silently watching this ironclad cavalry. All the soldiers and men who looked at this cavalry had a sense of enthusiasm and pride in their hearts, this is the ironclad cavalry of the Great Sui, this is the invincible Great Sui army.

Chen Kefu raised the horse lance given to him by Yang Guang high, and in order to steal the secret of the night raid, Chen Kefu covered his silver armor with a black overcoat. As my horse's mallet was raised, the black cloak fluttered in the wind, and a strand of red tassels on the helmet fluttered gently.

"Glory belongs to the strong, let the iron hooves of the heavy cavalry of the Great Sui sound in Liaodong again, and let the barbarians of Goguryeo tremble on the ground. Glory to us! Break the barracks and win! ”

The shouts of the mountains sounded, "The glory belongs to us, and the broken barracks will win!" The shouts of tens of thousands of people carry a kind of self-confidence of a brave man and an indomitable momentum. A thousand ironclad cavalry of the broken barracks saddled and jumped on horseback, rolling towards the 80,000 troops of Goguryeo, twenty miles away.

Twenty miles away in the valley, Ezhi Wende looked angrily at another general who knelt down in front of him. He had secretly marched north after repelling the armies of Woo Wensu and Yang Yichen who had moved east towards Pyongyang at Yalu Water not long ago. Originally, he wanted to lurk under Liaodong City, wait for the time to be ripe, and then attack the imperial camp of the Great Sui Emperor with the defenders of Liaodong City.

However, when he had just led the last of all the 80,000 Goguryeo motorized cavalry not far from Liaodong City, he received a news that made him extremely angry. The new city was lost, the 20,000 defenders were all gone, and what made him most angry was that the prince Gao Qi, who was guarding the new city, actually surrendered to Sui. And even today, the other three cities near the new city have all fallen into the hands of the Sui army. This was Goguryeo's first major defeat in decades. In the past, when the Goguryeo people fought against the Sui, although they also lost, they never lost their own cities and lost their divisions like this time, and the other side suffered no more than 100 casualties.

Fortunately, the sentry brought him good news, the Sui army that broke through the new city now only has 3,000 men and horses, escorting more than 10,000 Goguryeo prisoners and 60,000 or 70,000 people to Liaodong. When he got this news, he immediately sent a vanguard of 3,000 men to rush over first, so that they could first find out the enemy's situation.

But what made him even more angry was that when he arrived with a large army, he happened to see that a Sui army had completely annihilated his 3,000 forward battalion. Within a few days, he actually suffered a series of defeats, and this time the other party directly ate his 3,000 men, which he couldn't tolerate no matter what. Immediately set up, temporarily annihilate this Sui army, and then kill the broken military camp.

The plan was good, but in the blink of an eye, almost an hour later, the corpses of Goguryeo soldiers were piled up outside the narrow valley, but their army of more than 70,000 was still blocked outside the valley.

The last guest in front of him was already the fourth thousand-man team that had retreated in vain, and Yizhi Wende stared at this last guest with hatred. Now his elite troops are all left in the Pyongyang area to guard against the Sui army's sailors. Most of the troops brought this time were the private armies of some nobles, although they also participated in the conquest of small peoples such as the Khitan and the Yan in Liaodong many times, but they were still too far behind his direct troops. It's okay to fight a good fight, but if you hit a hard bone, as soon as the momentum of these people disappears, their combat effectiveness will immediately drop by more than half, and they will have no fighting spirit.

"Come, pull this cowardly man out and cut me down, and order the next thousand-man team to attack it, and I want them to attack the valley in an hour. If he can't get it again, then this is his example. "Such a thousand-man team and a thousand-man team attack is really helpless, even if he has more than 70,000 troops in hand, but the mouth of the valley can only accommodate a thousand-person team. Faced with such a situation, he can only be a team of 1,000 people. Originally, the best strategy was to send an army to defend the valley mouth, and he led the army to destroy the large camp of Chen Po's army first, but as the god of war worshiped by everyone in Goguryeo, he really couldn't stand the fact that 70,000 people could not break through a valley guarded by hundreds of people.