The Sui army showed weakness, constantly retreating, looking a little panicked, the banner was crooked, the spears were messy, and the team was no longer neat, but no matter how messy the Sui army looked, the bond of the main formation was not broken, like a pile of messy copper coins, but as long as the money rope was pulled up and shaken, the copper coins immediately became neat. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

If one side is unwilling to fight, it can be used to withdraw from the battle to indicate that they leave immediately, and if the other side is also unwilling to fight, they will stand still and wait for the other to leave.

However, the Turkic cavalry obviously did not want the Sui army to retreat from the battle, they pressed forward step by step, and the army crossed the Purple River and followed the Sui army to the south, like a pack of wolves staring at their prey, not in a hurry, waiting for the best opportunity.

After retreating about five or six miles, the Sui army saw that it could not get rid of the Turkic army, so it stopped retreating and began to line up rapidly.

Kang Shealy waited for this opportunity, and he swung his knife and yelled, "Kill! ”

Five thousand Turkic cavalry suddenly launched, like a sandstorm, rolling towards the Sui army three miles away.

Pei Xingyan waved his sword and shouted: "Bow and arrow array!" ”

The formation of the five thousand Sui troops quickly changed, lined up in three rows, and all the soldiers raised their crossbows, and the cold and shining crossbow arrows were aimed at the overwhelming cavalry.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the Turks rushed closer and closer, five hundred paces...... 300 steps...... Two hundred steps...... It is already approaching the killing range of the crossbow arrows.

At this time, there was a bang, the Sui army's arrow array was suddenly launched, a crisp crossbow sounded, the first row of two thousand arrows rose into the air, and a dense rain of arrows was spread in the air, making a strange sound, roaring like locusts and shooting towards the top of the Turks' heads, the Turks who were running in the front for a while, the arrows hit the soldiers, the heads were instantly shot through, blood splashed, the war horses were shot, neighed and fell, and the soldiers on the horses were crushed under them.

A rain of arrows killed and wounded more than 200 cavalrymen, so that the Turks' crazy arrogance was frustrated, but their attack did not stop, going forward and one after another, continuing to kill the Sui army's large array, the second wave of arrow rain hit again, and another group of people turned on their horses, the third wave of 1,500 arrows shot again, at this moment, their forward troops were less than 150 steps away from the Sui army's large array.

The second round of the Sui army's arrow array was launched, a drum sounded, two thousand crossbows were fired at the same time, and a dense rain of arrows rose into the air, forming a long black arrow cloud in the air, which instantly turned into black dots, overwhelmingly shooting head-on at the Turks.

The Turkic cavalry that had been prepared raised their shields to meet each other, but the crossbow arrows of the Sui army dominated the world, not only with a long range, but also with strong strength, ordinary shields and leather armor could not resist at all, especially when thrown from the air, the arrows had their own gravity when they fell, making the wooden shields of the Turkic cavalry become ornaments.

The powerful and heavy crossbow arrows pierced the cavalry's shields and pierced the leather armor, and the cavalry fell from their horses one after another, wailing all over the field, and then the second and third waves of crossbow arrows roared like raindrops, so dense that people could not breathe, and the long arrows sneered down, pierced through the shields, and shot through the faces and chests of the enemy.

These Turkic cavalry seemed to be crops destroyed by the storm, falling one by one, blood splashed, one by one in the wailing tragic death, the morale of the enemy died sharply, they began to waver, the horse's hooves were no longer strong, the shouts were no longer brave, as if the strong wind was blowing through the dark clouds, and in an instant the clouds were dispersed, the Turkic attack met a powerful sniper, they were hit hard, the Sui army only fired two rounds of arrows, and the five thousand cavalry were reduced by two, more than a thousand people were killed and wounded.

Kang Sheli, who was supervising the battle in the back, gasped, he had never seen such a powerful and domineering crossbow arrow, the Turkic bow and arrow were still too far from the Sui army's crossbow, although the bow and arrow were not the strong point of the Turks, the Turkic army was good at short sprints, destroying the opponent's defensive line with strong impact.

But even the Tang army, which is good at bows and arrows, does not seem to be able to compare with the crossbow arrows of the Sui army, despite the heavy casualties, Kang Sheli still did not change his plan, he knew that the Turkic army would fight with the Northern Sui army sooner or later, but they knew nothing about the Northern Sui army, so use today's battle to test the combat effectiveness of the Sui army!

He raised his antlers and blew vigorously into the sky, 'Woo-'

The sound of a low horn resounded through the field, this was the order to attack, and the Turkic cavalry, which was only two hundred paces away from the Sui army, slaughtered the Sui army again, they flew over the corpses all over the ground, brandished their war swords and spears, and rushed towards the Sui army's large array with an unstoppable momentum.

At this time, the Sui army had begun to change formations, they carried their crossbows, picked up the spears under their feet, and the formation began to shrink rapidly, and the three rows of five thousand people also turned into nine rows, forming a phalanx.

There were five hundred strong and tall soldiers in each of the first three rows holding spears of one foot and eight feet, they were in a half-squatting position, the tail of the spear was on the ground, all the Sui soldiers were very nervous, although they had trained this formation more than once, but it was only training, and today it was really a battle.

The Turkic cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the murderous aura swept in, at this time, whether it was the impact of the Turkic cavalry, or the Sui soldiers who were facing the battle, they could no longer retreat, and many Sui soldiers couldn't help but close their eyes.

'Boom! There was a loud bang, like a huge wave crashing on a solid reef, and suddenly flesh and blood flew sideways, more than a hundred war horses and soldiers were pierced through the body by spears, the war horses neighed, and the soldiers screamed, but the huge impact force still nearly a hundred Sui soldiers crashed out, and the formation was instantly torn open five or six gaps, and more than thirty Turkic cavalry rushed into the big array.

The Sui soldiers in the back immediately stepped forward and withstood the impact of the Turkic cavalry on the large array with their spears, although the first wave of powerful impact caused hundreds of casualties among the Sui soldiers, but the spear formation still withstood the strong impact of the Turkic cavalry.

It is impossible to fight the cavalry with the individual strength of the soldiers, not even a group of infantry, but if it is in formation, thousands of people are formed with spears, and the collective strength is used to fight against the cavalry, then it is possible.

At this time, the Turks divided their troops into three routes, fighting the Sui army head-on all the way, while the other two cavalry attacked the left and right flanks of the Sui army respectively.

Pei Xingyan wanted to experiment with mixed infantry and cavalry operations, not to fight the infantry alone with the Turkic cavalry, even if he finally withstood the attack of the Turkic cavalry, it would definitely suffer heavy losses, this was not the result Pei Xingyan wanted, he immediately ordered: "Order the cavalry to attack!" ”

Several Sui soldiers immediately blew their horns, and the sound of the horns was loud and loud, like a cold wind passing through the valley, which was completely different from the low horn sound of the Turkic cavalry.

The continuous sound of the Sui army's horns stunned Kang Sheli, he began to realize that something was wrong, and hurriedly looked around, and suddenly a soldier behind him shouted: "Zhuguo, the Sui cavalry is here!" ”

As soon as Kang Sheli turned around, he saw countless Sui cavalry killed from the forest, rushing towards the Turkic rear army like a wild wave, Kang Sheli was suddenly shocked, there were only more than 100 cavalry around him, and he could not resist the powerful impact of the Sui cavalry.

In desperation, he did not have time to inform the other troops, so he turned his horse's head and fled westward, shouting as he ran, "Order to withdraw!" ”

The low sound of the Turkic army's antlers sounded again, this was the order to withdraw the army, and many cavalry also found out that the Sui cavalry was killed behind the black pressure, and they were so frightened that they turned their horses and fled, but the Sui cavalry surrounded and killed from three sides, and instantly engulfed more than 1,000 Turkic cavalry attacking head-on.

The infantry of the Sui army also began to counterattack, blocking two gaps with spear arrays, so that the Turkic cavalry could not evacuate, and the infantry and cavalry cooperated very tacitly, and the Turkic cavalry was killed all over the field, and the blood stained the steppe red.

Of the 4,000 Turkic cavalry, only a few hundred escaped, and the rest all died under the joint strangulation of the Sui cavalry and infantry, and more than 2,000 horses were captured, but the Sui infantry cavalry also paid a heavy price of more than 600 casualties.

Frightened, he sent a few cavalrymen to Yunnei County to inform the 1,000 cavalry to retreat north, while he himself fled with the remnants of his army to the Turkic camp at Fu Qibo.

Pei Xingyan ordered Lai Tao to lead more than 4,000 infantry to clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded, and slow down in the back, while he led 5,000 cavalry to turn around and rush towards Yunnei County.

The millions of cattle and sheep in Sheep and Horse City are crucial to their control and northern state, and he wants to snatch these cattle and sheep into his own hands no matter what. (To be continued.) )