It was finally dawn, and the Sui cavalry who had harassed all night disappeared. The Turkic cavalry began to go on the road exhausted and continued to go north. Although the Turkic cavalry yawned, the idea of ​​going home supported them and allowed them to persevere.

At noon, the Turkic army arrived at Chenghou Shanxi Road. At this moment, Chuluo received extremely unfavorable news that 20,000 Sui troops had already gone north and blocked the Hutuo Water Canyon.

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

Zhi Shisili next to him whispered: "Khan, we must not allow the Sui army to attack from north to south. We will immediately accelerate northward and defeat the Sui cavalry in front of the canyon as fast as possible."

All the generals looked at Chuluo Khan and waited for his decision. After a long time, Chuluo Khan shook his head, "Don't go north, we go south immediately and fight to the death with Zhang Xuan!"

Zhi Shisili was shocked, "Khan, this is not a good strategy. The opponent's troops are twice as powerful as us. Once we are dragged down, the cavalry will soon go south."

"Zhang Xuan is our offensive target!" Chu Luo Khan said gritting his teeth.

He was finally forced to bear it by Zhang Xuan. It was no longer important to him whether he would return to the grassland or not. He wanted to fight with Zhang Xuan and fight happily. The fighting spirit of the heroic priest of the grassland was burning in his heart. Even if he was defeated in this battle, he would die without regrets!

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

After orders were issued, the Turkic army began to adjust its team and set up its formation to prepare for the Sui and Tang dynasties that were chasing them quickly.

In the afternoon, the Northern Sui army had entered the range of Chenghou Mountain, less than twenty miles away from the Turkic army. The Sui army had long known that the Turkic army was preparing to fight at the foot of Chenghou Mountain, but the Sui army, with rich combat experience, was not in a hurry to go north to fight, but chose a place that was not conducive to the cavalry to stop and began to arrange large formations.

Although the Sui army stationed in the army was a flat highland, the ground was very broken, with gullies and small woodlands dozens of feet deep everywhere, which had little impact on the neatly formed army, but it had a great impact on the Turkic cavalry that was running unscrupulously in the wilderness. If you were not careful, you would fall into deep ditches.

The Sui army stationed troops here, obviously trying to use the terrain of this area to serve as the main battlefield, which is extremely targeted.

The war was indeed very subtle. Before, the Turkic army lacked enough food and had no way to retreat. The Sui army firmly clung its walls to clear the fields, defended the dead and did not fight, and had always firmly grasped the initiative of the war. However, a few days ago, the Turkic army discovered the hope of retreating north, and the army immediately went north. The Sui army had to follow the north, and the initiative of the war was transferred to the Turks.

When the Turks discovered that 20,000 cavalry of the Sui army had already headed north to block the gorge, the Turkic army was facing an enemy from both sides and could only turn around and fight the Sui army. At this time, the initiative in the war quietly turned to the Sui army.

The Turks made a stance and were eager to fight, but at this time, the Sui army turned back to their own rhythm. They chose the terrain that was beneficial to them and wait for their hard work, or they would waste it to see who could persevere until the end?

In the central army formation, Sui soldiers surrounded a clearing ground with battle flags, and more than a dozen generals gathered beside Zhang Xuan and obeyed the commander's final combat deployment.

Zhang Xuan said slowly: "This time we are facing 40,000 cavalry, basically all of Chuluo Khan's guards. The combat effectiveness is stronger than 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 looked around everyone and continued: "We must stick to our advantages in crossbows against cavalry. In addition, we will fight with cavalry. The battlefield changes rapidly. You are all generals who lead the troops. I will give you the overall response to you. I will coordinate the overall response. Specifically, I will be in charge of the central army. General Wang Junkuo led the Tang army to the left wing, General Pei Xingyan was the right wing, General Shao Yiming and Sun Changle each led 5,000 cavalry to the central army, and General Qian Jie led 10,000 troops to the rear army. We have an advantage in this battle. As long as we play steadily and do not greedy for merits and advance, we will definitely win. In short, just one word: 'Stable!' Everyone will stabilize me, understand if you understand!"

Everyone saluted together, "I understand the humble duty!"

At this time, a scout cavalry came and shouted, "Captain, the Turkic army has gone south and is coming to us, about fifteen miles apart."

Zhang Xuan sneered. He knew that the Turks could not survive tonight. He said to everyone: "Follow my deployment just now. If you have any questions, please ask me alone. Let's go back and prepare for the battle!"

Everyone got on the horse and returned to the team. Zhang Xuan also turned over and came under the king's flag. The flag was blown by the wind. He couldn't help but look up at the sky. The sky was gloomy and dark clouds were rolling. It had been nearly two months since it rained. Will it rain heavily today? Zhang Xuan couldn't help but worry that once it rained heavily, the crossbow would be unable to shoot.

At this time, 80,000 Sui soldiers were on high alert, with the central army being 30,000 troops, 20,000 troops on the left and right wings, and 10,000 cavalry were distributed on both sides of the central army. The Turks' fighting characteristics were that they liked to attack the enemy's key points, so the possibility of attacking the central army was the greatest.

Among the 30,000 troops in the central army, 10,000 were crossbow soldiers standing in the front row, and the remaining 20,000 were spear soldiers.

"Dong-Dong-Dong-Dong"

The dull drum sound from afar, a black line appeared on the field in the distance, and the Turkic army finally arrived.

Chuluo Khan was ultimately unable to confront the Sui army, and the initiative in the war was transferred to the Sui army. The Turkic cavalry became very passive. He knew that Zhang Xuan refused to fight with him because he was waiting for the cavalry in the north to attack him, forming a north-south attack. Chuluo Khan was also afraid that this situation would occur, so he stopped waiting and directly led the army to rush towards the Sui army.

At this time, Chuluo Khan had already seen the Sui army in the distance. The formation of the Sui army was a typical three-army two-wing formation. The main force was in the middle and the flank covers both sides.

"Khan! That is the Northern Sui King's Banner." A thousand-man commander pointed to a large flag in the Sui army camp and whispered.

Chuluo Khan also saw the blue dragon and red flag inlaid with gold edges, which shows that Zhang Xuan was also in this army. Chuluo Khan's eyes narrowed into a slit. Perhaps this is his last chance. Didn't the people in the Central Plains say that they would capture the king first?

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

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

"General Zhishili and General Wenmuti, each leads 10,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's central army and kills in at all costs."

All Turkic generals knew that if they wanted to break through the Sui army's arrow formation, they had to pay a price. This was an inevitable loss. Zhishili and Wen Mutie bowed together and said, "Abide by the order!"

Chuluo Khan shouted, "Go to fight!"

‘Woo-Woo-Woo-’

‘Dong!Dong!Dong!’

The Turkic army whimpered, and the drums were loud,

Zhishisili waved his sword and said, "Kill!"

The Turkic cavalry suddenly launched, and ten thousand cavalrymen were the first to fight out. The sound of horse hooves was earth-shaking. Then Wen Mutie also led 10,000 cavalrymen to fight out. Yellow dust filled the sky, covering the sky and slamming the sky and killing towards the Sui army camp.

The central army had 10,000 Sui army crossbowmen, and five thousand crossbowmen were deployed on the left and right wings. A total of 20,000 Sui and Tang dynasties would welcome the attack of the Turkic army.

Their deployments are similar, and they are all traditional combat methods of the Central Plains army.

Ten thousand people in the central army were crossbow troops, each holding a horned crossbow and a quiver on his back. They lined up in three rows, under the unified command of Tiger Tooth General Jiang Xiaotian.

The range of the Sui army's hard crossbow was about 200 steps, and the effective range of killing was 150 steps. When the Turkic army approached 30 steps, the crossbowmen changed the retreat to a spear army, which was covered by the cavalry on both sides.

From the Turkic army's range into the killing range to the last crossbowman's retreat, there is a distance of 120 steps. Generally, soldiers can fire two arrows, while trained crossbowmen can fire three arrows. These crossbowmen who fight against the Turkic army have undergone rigorous training and can shoot three arrows calmly, that is, shoot ten thousand arrows at a time.

In addition, the shooting of 10,000 crossbowmen and cavalrymen on the left and right wings, they can also shoot three arrows in a short time. In this way, 20,000 crossbowmen shoot three rounds, which means 60,000 arrows are shot, which poses great threat to the Turkic army.

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

In a blink of an eye, the Turkic cavalry rushed into the range. The first row of three thousand crossbowmen raised the Sui crossbow high at a 30-degree angle. The enemy was getting closer and closer, and yellow sand filled the sky and the sun was covering the sky and the sun. The Turkic army was completely invisible.
Chapter completed!