Volume One: Ruins of the Tang Dynasty, Chapter 1: The Whole

knew: “Although the Empress said that we should go to Cai State and seek refuge with Lord Xue, we have lived in Bianzhou for two or three years now. Now that we are going to seek refuge with Lord Xue...In May of 884 AD, on the official road fifty li southwest of Bianzhou (modern-day Kaifeng) array in an orderly and rapid manner. 。In a flash, the well-trained Khitan iron cavalry surged toward the Shatuo people. 。After that, they suddenly formed a solid wall of bronze and iron, halting at...