Knights of the Dragon (Battle of Sui counterattack Turks)

[Gao Fei]

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Title: Knights of the Dragon (Battle of Sui counterattack Turks)
Artist: Gao Fei
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 45.9" x31.6"
Artist comments:

Battle of Sui counterattack Turks
In 581, Ashina Shetu khan of Eastern Turks carried out a series of border attacks against Sui, allied with Gao Baoning , the former Northern Qi general who was still holding Ying Province.In 582 , Ashina Shetu khan with other 4 various subordinate khans led over 400000 Turks soldiers attacked Sui. Turks heisted 6 cities of Sui.
By spring 583, Turks internal dissension had become serious enough that Emperor Wen felt comfortable enough to commission his brother Yang Shuang the Prince of Wei to command a major attack against Ashina Shetu.Yang Shuang ordered general Li Chong led 5000 heavy amour cavalries raid Ashina Shetu. Yang Shuang achieved a great victory, and part of his army, commanded by the general Yin Shou, defeated Gao Baoning, forcing Gao to try to flee to the Qidan, but on the way, Gao was killed by his own subordinates, ending the very last bit of Northern Qi resistance. After the defeat, the various subordinate khans further engaged in battles among themselves and against Ashina Shetu, with Sui watching by, refusing to give aid to any side. By 584, Ashina Shetu submitted to Sui.

[cobra6]

Thats a very nice and dynamic painting! And I must say that you are really good at patinging horses, which are VERY difficult to get right.
It also has a nice sence of warmth due to the yellow/red colour choise.

Only thing I'm missing is a little dustclouding from the hooves, but that is a minor thing, would give it more sense of speed.

Again very nice painting!

Cobra 6

[kiwi123]

Again good stuff ! I like your paintings and it is also very nice to see something that is not from the last 100 years !

[fox51]

excellent work ,should go to the header!!!

[Gao Fei]

Dear cobra6 kiwi123 and fox51,Thanks for your comments very much.

[Galgot]

Ahh finally i can see this completely... had no fast connection for a week, and the image wont load completely. Very impressing ! This must be some work !And good to see something without any machine...:)

[kevjon]

Man, a lot of work has gone into this painting much of it which can't be appreciated at this small size. Must look really impressive at full size, hanging on the wall.

Keep painting Gao Fei, you have some serious talent there.

[Hitori Kyo]

Great work! i had the same problem as Galgot. Look forward to seeing your next peice.

- Hitori Kyo

[Martocticvs]

That's fantastic! Great work.