Shi Siming agreed to Sun Xiurong's appointment.

There are only two reasons.

After Bai Xiaode advanced westward, his advancement was very fast and he had already arrived near Yongnu (near Wuqing County, Tianjin), only 150 miles away from Youzhou City!

If Bai Xiaode's Snowy Camp also joined, Shi Siming thought he would definitely be at a disadvantage, so he had to defeat Sun Xiurong before Bai Xiaode arrived.

Furthermore, due to Xue Ji's blockade, no detailed news has been reached here. Except for the eldest son Shi Chaoyi, the rest of the family are all in the city. How could he not worry?

Of course, the most important point lies in the sentence at the end of Sun Xiurong's letter.

"Everyone in the world is afraid of our arms. The Protector promised that he could defeat your troops without using firearms in battle. How could you be brave?"

Of course, the soldiers are never tired of cheating. Sun Xiurong promised not to use firearms. When the two battles were in full swing, the firearms suddenly appeared, and Shi Siming's troops would definitely be defeated. How could Shi Siming easily believe it?

But there is another sentence below this sentence that made Shi Siming calm down.

"If you still have doubts, you can release this letter first. If I use a firearm at that time, the reputation of the unforgiving will spread all over the world."

Shi Siming did the same. After receiving the letter, he immediately sent it out, naturally to his eldest son Shi Chaoyi.

Then he sat down and thought carefully.

"The elite of the Sailing Ye Army are cavalry, and the same is true for our army. I have also heard of the cavalry tactics of the Sailing Ye Army. It is nothing more than shooting with a short crossbow before joining the battle, so that the enemy can weaken or confuse first, and then break in with a horse spear. Those who can use a horse spear on the horse are all brave and powerful. Under this wave of attack, the enemy will inevitably be frightened and then retreat. At this time, the enemy's defeat will be irreversible."

"Sun Xiurong has almost collected the essence of the Hu people in the Western Regions and was naturally able to form such a powerful cavalry team, but my cavalry elite is not easy to mess with."

"The Ruiyejun wore cotton armor. This kind of armor can only be done with a large amount of cotton and a large number of iron sheets that are both light and thin and have strong protection capabilities. In addition, the Ruiyejun's cotton armor is riveted with copper nails, which is completely unimaginable in the Tang Dynasty. Why did the Tang Dynasty use cloth instead of copper coins?"

"That's because of the lack of copper coins. Can you imagine nailing copper coins on armor as buttons?"

"The elite troops of our army are all Mingguang armor, or Shanwen armor. The worst cavalry is also fish scale armor. Their functions should be almost the same as those of the Shattered Ye Army, but they are slightly heavier and will cause greater losses to horses. However, if the two armies are hedging, the key to victory or defeat is some time ago. If our army can win, it should be able to smooth out this gap."

"There is the cavalry ability, Yiluohe, Khitan Zhi is almost the same as the Sailye Army. The first two are actually the training of the powerful Hu people who are in cavalry under the regular cavalry of the Tang Dynasty. It combines the individual skills of the Hu people and the continuously improved cavalry exercises since Li Jing, Li Ji and Su Lie in the Tang Dynasty."

"As for the long-range weapons before approaching, our army also has short crossbows that can be fired with one hand on the horse, plus the bones and short axes provided by the Hu people, it is no less than the Broken Ye Army. By the way, Broken Ye Army probably doesn't know that our army has also equipped it with short crossbows. This may be a winner."

"Also, the cavalry of the Leaf Army is good at cooperating with cooperation, but that is only possible when the combat power is obviously poor. If the cavalry in the first two rows are equal in size, when they are entangled, the cooperation of the cavalry will be useless."

"So, our cavalry will not lose at least. With Dong Qinzai, a powerful general who is very good at controlling the cavalry, the chances of winning will be even greater..."

When Shi Siming thought of Dong Qin, he couldn't help feeling a little sad.

"If my subordinates had An Shouzhong, Cui Ganyou and Tian Ganzhen, one of the three men here, maybe there would be no need to be so exhausted. These three men are very good at leading cavalry. With them here, why should I rely on someone like Dong Qin who has just served for a short time?"

"Even if there are no these three people, Tian Chengsi will be unsatisfied here, which is a pity."

Even though he thought so, as a military envoy from Pinglu before, he had at least been Dong Qin's boss, and Dong Qin fled to Youzhou from the nose of Sai Ye Jun, so he had no reason not to trust him.

Of course, among the generals who started from the Pinglu Army, not all of them defected to the An family and his son. There were not many generals from the Sogdian group, Shi Dingfang, who had always been on his side.

However, Shi Dingfang also had to command his 5,000 elite infantry army.

When Shi Siming thought of the infantry, his heart calmed down a little.

"It is said that the cavalry and infantry of the Shattered Ye Army are quite similar to the Xueyantuo people in the past, but they are known for cavalry warfare after all. If the infantry confronts me, my two thousand Mo Jianshe, two thousand infantry, and one thousand powerful crossbow soldiers are almost invincible in any place in this world..."

"By the way!"

......

The next day, early morning, the wind was calm and the morning light first rose.

A very rare war in this world began between Bushi and Zashi!

It is rare, but the two sides can start a war in the agreed manner at the agreed place and time!

At this time, it was no longer the pedantic and outdated Spring and Autumn Period. Since Duke Xiang of Song, Chen Yu between Qin and Han Dynasties has come to an end. If one side does not follow the rules, wouldn’t he be tied up?

The two sides fighting at the moment are Sun Xiurong, the commander of the Shattered Ye Army who is now intimidating in the universe, and the de facto first general of the Yan Dynasty. They have chosen such a tactic, and it is obviously not feasible to call them by pedanticism.

Sun Xiurong asked Sun Xiaoke to guard Ma City, and he brought the 500-person guard camp of Stayranmy to the Zai City guarded by Gao Tinghui.

Gao Tinghui is only a ridiculous footnote to Li Guangbi, who is "wei Guangzheng" than Sun Xiurong. However, after coming to the Thunder Ye Army, under the training of the Thunder Ye Army and the blessing of Cao Dian, he has gradually transformed from a powerful general to a famous general.

The author once said that any general who is a master of his own will not be defeated in the Thunder Ye Army as long as he acts roughly according to Cao Dian, he will at least not be defeated, let alone Gao Tinghui, the descendant of Gao Huan?

Among the several generals brought by Sun Xiurong, Gao Tinghui is the only one who is brave. His strength is still above Bai Xiaode. With such a general, it will inevitably affect the troops he is under.

Facing Shi Siming's elite, it is naturally more appropriate to use Gao Tinghui than Sun Xiaoke.

After Sun Xiurong's personal guard camp arrived, Gao Tinghui's Pogra camp was actually a camp of 6,000 people.

With the strength of the Thunder Ye Army, there is no need to dispatch Sun Xiaoke's Bogda Camp, and it can also shock the opposite Shi Siming's troops very well.

In the past, Gao Tinghui's weapon was a large iron spear, and a short halberd was his auxiliary weapon. Now his large iron spear has long been changed to a tiger spear with an iron rod, and his short halberd is no less than an iron mace and an existence of such a heavy weapon as an iron whip!

As mentioned earlier, the military composition of the 5,500 camp is:

Two thousand five hundred cavalry, two thousand five hundred cavalry, and five hundred artillery.

Although there was an agreement, considering the Ye army in Ma City, Shi Siming still divided his troops into two and picked out the 6,000 most powerful people from the 10,000 elite troops to prepare for a head-on battle with the Bogra Battalion, while the remaining 4,000 people were monitoring the north.

In addition to the 500 artillery soldiers, all the 500 light infantry soldiers went to fight!

With the arrival of Sun Xiurong, the cavalry that went to battle became three thousand people, while the infantry was still two thousand people.

Of course, Sun Xiurong is not just about watching the game.

In the past, his personal guard camp had a single person and two horses. In addition to carrying food and weapons, the main thing was to carry armor!

Two sets of armor that play different roles!

In addition to a set of cotton armor that Shattered Ye Jun had, there is also a set of armor that had never appeared before!

There are two types of war horses. One is naturally mainly light cavalry, and the other is a tall horse specially cultivated in Zhaowuzhou!

It was a high-headed horse that crossed Dayuan horse, Yanqi horse and Turcharo horse. To this day, there are only Sun Xiurong's personal guard camps, Bogda camp/Bogra camp/Tianshan camp, a total of 2,000 people equipped with such war horses, while the war horses used by the light cavalry were obtained by crossing Yanqi horse and Huangpi horse.

Of course, as a heavy cavalry, even cotton armor, its armor sheet will be wider and thicker than ordinary armor sheets, and its protection ability will naturally be stronger, and it will also be nailed firmly with copper nails.

The total weight of armor is thirty kilograms, which means that the smelting technology of the Sailing Ye Army has reached a good level. If the same protective strength is placed in the Tang and Song dynasties, it will take at least fifty kilograms, and it can only be used on infantry soldiers.

The helmet is connected to the helmet with armor pieces (as a cavalry in the deep and cold place, the helmet cannot use chain mail like the Europeans, otherwise it will stick to the neck in winter and will never be separated again). It is not the previous wide eaves, but the helmet of the Tang army, with both sides tightly pressing against the cheeks. Unlike the Tang army, there are devices to slow down blunt attacks inside.

Wear a mask, usually put the mask on the top of the helmet, and just pull it down during wartime. After pulling it down, only a pair of eyes will be exposed on the entire face!

Of course, since it is a real heavy cavalry, the whole body is wrapped in cotton armor made of tiny armor, among which the head, neck, and chest are the thickest, and the abdomen and tail are gradually decreasing.

The limbs of the war horse are also wrapped with the lightest cotton armor.

The cotton armor used for war horses is naturally impossible to be as thick as a cavalry, which means the configuration of ordinary cavalry cotton armor. Such armor weighs as forty kilograms when equipped with a war horse with an average shoulder height of up to five feet, and the total weight of the cavalry is 70 kilograms.

In addition to the weight of cavalry and weapons, such a war horse requires a camel to carry more than 200 kilograms of things to gallop and fight!

In this case, his role is to make the final decision one by one!

Since it is heavy, it cannot last long, but the protective power is very considerable. Sun Xiurong has tried it in recent years. When such a war horse is galloping, it can withstand the attack of Mo Dao. In this case, it is not the armor piece, but the cotton piece that plays a key role!

The cotton pad is tough and can also act as a buffering effect!

This is the key.

Such cavalry cannot be displayed in front of the enemy at once. According to the conventional practice of the war at this time, the elite infantry army is the backbone, and the two sides are cavalry. The cavalry is naturally for side attacks and roundabout combat purposes. This is how Shi Siming's troops are arranged.

In order to guard against the Thunder Ye Army who suddenly came over the Ma City, Shi Siming kneaded the five thousand cavalry and five thousand infantry that had originally separated, and used six thousand infantry to face the Thunder Ye Army in the Za City, and four thousand infantry and cavalry to monitor the Ma City.

In the six thousand infantry and cavalry in Zashi, he was in the middle with three thousand infantry troops, protecting one thousand five hundred cavalry on both sides. Among the one thousand five hundred cavalry, five hundred heavy cavalry were in front and one thousand light cavalry (relatively) behind.

Shi Siming's greatest reliance is two thousand Mo Dao warriors. This force is an extremely powerful force in any place in the world.
Chapter completed!