Banner hunting, drums bursting.

Under the clear blue sky, Su Dingfang ordered five thousand soldiers to split into three teams and line up, with a certain distance from each other.

Like Umer, Su Dingfang had already discovered Umer's reinforcements.

In this meadow, facing the dusty scene, there was no way for more than thousands of soldiers to hide in this broad daylight.

Although Su Dingfang's experience on the grassland was not as good as that of Umer, he could accurately and keenly distinguish the enemy's movements with the strange appearance of the cavalry sweeping dust, but he had already obtained the exact news of Umer's reinforcements from the scouts sent by Luo Shixin, and knew that the opponent's troops were more than 3,000 more than them, and he had a numerical advantage. But just like Wu Mo, Su Dingfang showed the same sneer, and he had the same chance of winning.

The soldiers on both sides are getting closer and closer, and little by little they appear in each other's field of vision.

Su Dingfang did not hesitate to give the order to march: but the strange thing is that the five thousand Tang troops did not raise the speed, but marched in a state of trot, seemingly completely abandoning the speed of the cavalry.

Su Dingfang's strange appearance was naturally in Wu Mo's eyes.

Telling Umer who was moving, a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, more of vigilance.

The strength of the Tang Dynasty has been accepted by them, and the strength of Luo Shixin is also a well-known thing on the grassland.

Even if he had the confidence to win, he didn't dare to be careless in the face of Luo Shixin's soldiers.

"No matter!"

Wu Mo said in his heart: "Even if they have any ghost ideas, the main thing is that I don't get close." How can they endure me? But...... The opponent's lineup is a little loose, isn't it a guard against our clan's cavalry? Arrange a strange formation, just want to deal with our clan's cavalry. It's a bit naïve. ”

There is a reason why Umer is victorious, and each tribe of the Turks has its own habits, and not all tribes are the same.

Eighty years ago, a hero emerged from the Wu tribe of Umer, who was revered as "Dome Rammer", which translates to shooting star in the Chinese dialect, referring to his arrows as brilliant as shooting stars, excellent eyesight, and excellent archery skills. The so-called 100 steps through the Yang. For him, it was like picking up something, even in night battles and melee battles, he could take the life of the opponent with just one shot, and even shoot several arrows at the same time. Shoot through several opposing soldiers.

At that time, the entire Turks were not strong, but under the leadership of the greatest Khan of the Turks, Ashina Tumen, they were on the road to rise. At that time, the most powerful tribe in the steppe was the Rouran Khanate. This Rouran Khanate arose in the Central Plains during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and they lived in the desert north and south beyond the Great Wall. Under the blue sky. The Khanate of the Northern Empire was founded. Its territory is wider than that of the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty, and its strength is not far behind.

Their clan's Dome Tam followed Ashina Tumen to fight against the Rouran Khanate, and in the face of the huge Rouran Khanate, Dome Tam won extraordinary feats with his excellent archery skills. In the crucial battle for survival, more than a dozen quivers were hung on the firmament, and arrows were released with hard bows and beads, specifically aimed at the commanders, chiefs, centurions, thousands, and commanders of the Rouran Khanate. Whoever is within a hundred and fifty paces will die. In that battle, a total of ninety-two arrows were fired, and the officers above the rank of commander of the Rouran Khanate were shot and killed by him ninety-two people in a row. The legendary myth of an era was created.

The dome of the Wu tribe has been dead for many years. But his deeds have been an inspiration to the entire tribe. Almost all the tribes' youths regarded the dome as their role model idol when they were young. Therefore, the Wu tribe is better than all the steppe people who are also Turkic tribes in archery. When it comes to the overall archery ability, in the entire Turkic Ukrainian tribe it is said that he is second, and no one dares to say first.

Because of this, the Wu tribe has a famous grassland cavalry and archery troops, they are only equipped with war bows and quivers and external scimitars, and do not have any long weapons, using the characteristics of cavalry to come and go freely like the wind, supplemented by the characteristics of the tribe good at shooting, the grassland cavalry is used on the battlefield, has always been invincible.

This is also where Umer's confidence lies, he never thought of attacking and killing the Tang cavalry head-on, but intended to annihilate the Tang army with kite-flying tactics, relying on the habits of the Turks, and relying on the characteristics of their Wu tribe.

He didn't believe that the level of cavalry and archery of the Tang Army could be compared to the people on their horseback?

Umer had great confidence in their tribe's cavalry and archery, and played the bone flute around his neck to direct his people in battle.

With the sound of bone flutes one after another, the cavalry of the Wu tribe invariably took off their war bows, and held the arrow feathers in their mouths, preparing for the first wave of galloping.

The Tang Dynasty cavalry on the opposite side seemed to have given up the speed of the cavalry and were slowly marching in, but the cavalry of the Wu tribe was advancing rapidly, making the distance between each other closer and closer.

Three hundred steps!

Two hundred and fifty steps!

Two hundred steps!

One hundred and ninety steps!

One hundred and seventy steps!

……

Soon!

Wu Mo looked at Tang Bing, who was as slow as a thief, and a blazing light flashed in his eyes......

Soon, soon!

Generally speaking, the effective range of the Turks is one hundred and fifty paces, but the cavalry archery troops of the Ukrainian tribe are mainly cavalry archery, and they need to constantly shoot arrows to ensure their lethality, so all war bows are short bows that are conducive to horse archery, and the range is closer than that of ordinary Turkic soldiers, between one hundred and thirty or forty paces, but the endurance has increased significantly.

Umer's eyes widened, waiting for the distance between the two sides to enter one hundred and thirty paces, the moment when the most favorable range would be.

At this moment, he suddenly found that Tang Jun had taken out something from behind his back......

"Not good," he blurted out, chilling! "Spread out, spread out!"

One by one, the Tang army, which was advancing slowly, took out the crossbow arrows that had been wound from behind......

Throughout the ages, crossbow arrows have been the greatest natural enemy of their steppe peoples.

Since the Qin Dynasty, the strong crossbow has been overwhelmed by ordinary bows and arrows, and with the development of science and technology, the strength of crossbow arrows has become more and more obvious. Li Ling of the Han Dynasty relied on the big yellow crossbow of the Han Dynasty to defeat 100,000 Xiongnu with 5,000 people, and even killed and injured tens of thousands. This developed to the Tang Dynasty, and the Fuyuan crossbow in the Mo Dao Array made them suffer enough.

Now the Tang army is still using crossbows......

As soon as he saw the crossbow arrows, the divine power of the Fuyuan crossbow instinctively appeared in Umer's mind......

A powerful weapon with a range of up to 300 paces, a single arrow can pierce through several people......

The sound of a bowstring faster than a horse's hooves sounded!

The crossbow arrows were more and more empty, and the arrows in the sky were like flying locusts, leaping into battle.

In this accelerated gallop, the impromptu order to "disperse" was not possible even for the skilled Turks.

In an instant, hundreds of Turkic cavalry screamed and fell with arrows, and the chaotic fluctuations expanded, and the middle area of the dense cavalry and archery array of the Umer tribe collapsed in an instant!

Wu Mo was distressed, but unexpectedly found that the casualties were far less tragic than he imagined, and the power of the crossbow arrows was not as terrible as he imagined.

Thinking of this, Umo already had a plan, and shouted: "Keep going, speed up!" ”

He gave an order, and then found that the speed of the Tang army on the opposite side had also increased, and they were no longer moving leisurely, but retreating at a faster speed......

That's right, retreat!

They were three in line, and the first column of cavalry shot after. One by one, they rushed to the left and right in a line for the first time, retreating in a roundabout way.

The crossbow arrows were fired one after another, taking away more than 500 of their combat strength.

The Tang army never stopped, and when they retreated, they skillfully installed crossbow arrows on horseback, and then turned around and pulled the bracket.

Wu Mo was dumbfounded, and the whole person was not good: Tang Jun actually used the same tactics as them: they were going to fly kites, but now they let the other party fly kites. The difference between them made him feel the urge to vomit blood.

As a cavalry expert, he can see it. The Tang Army has made a lot of efforts in this regard, but in terms of the speed of galloping and the flexibility of changing direction and turning, it is far inferior to them, but the range of the Tang Army is above them. It is fifty paces farther than them. The advantage of these fifty steps conceals the deficiency of a qiē. They didn't touch the Tang army now, but the Tang army shot and wounded more than 500 of their soldiers with the power of their bows and crossbows.

The installation of crossbow arrows is somewhat complicated, not as direct as bow and arrows, but there are times when they are installed in complicated installations......

The bolt attack broke through the air again.

Su Dingfang commanded the Tang cavalry with great skill and skill, flying kites and dogs, as a talented military wizard. When Luo Shixin proposed such a tactic, he mastered the essence of this tactic in the shortest time. Just like an experienced veteran, he commands in an orderly manner.

Compared to Umoyi, the victory of riding and archery is in hand!

Su Dingfang's victory lies in knowing himself and knowing his opponent.

Why did the Tang Dynasty fight so smoothly?

It is not that Luo Shixin has the ability to penetrate the sky and the earth, but that the research lies in pondering.

Li Shimin used his intrigues and tricks at the court to weaken the power of the Turks. Of course, Luo Shixin, who is on the border, is not just a simple military training......

Including Li Jing in Lingzhou and Li Shiji in Yanmen Pass, they have already set their sights on the grassland.

For the Sticky Tribe, the Wu Tribe, and Luo Yi, the information about them in the Governor's Mansion of Luo Shixin can be piled up on the table, from the strength of the tribe, the character of the Khan's leader, to the situation of the generals under his command, all of which have been continuously passed on to Luo Shixin's hands during the year of military training......

The riding and shooting of the Wu tribe is the best in the grassland, how can Luo Shixin not know? How can there be no precautions at all?

Ballista cavalry appeared in the Qin Dynasty, but because the speed of the crossbow arrow winding was too slow and not flexible enough, it was not suitable for the real battlefield. But against the Wu tribe who are dominant, with the intention of riding and shooting and flying kites......

The crossbow cavalry had the advantage of long range...... (To be continued......)

PS: First update!