Although from an early age she had heard about the ferocity and well-trained nature of the Turkic Cavalry, Shang Ruyi couldn't help but be surprised when she walked through the long straight path with Prince Ashina Zhuxie and Yiasu, exiting the Yatai, and took in the sight of the orderly cavalry formations ahead.
Before her, the flags fluttered violently, with men shouting and horses neighing, while drums beat ominously, and a murderous aura filled the sky.
These people, who tended to their herds during peacetime and became warriors during war, could gather into a military force so swiftly that Shang Ruyi even saw a team of mere twelve or thirteen-year-old youths, already donned in leather armor, mounted on warhorses, wielding swords, with a fervor ready for battle.
This was likely the reason the Turkic could threaten the Central Plains Dynasty for nearly a century.
