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Both Karluk riders sit within their saddles with boots in stirrups and knees gripping their horses; their rightward movement aligns with the Abbasid advance. The first horse bears weight on three grounded hooves; the second plants its inner hind hoof while its outer foreleg crosses through the turn. The nock seats against the taut string, the arrow rests against the bow, and its point aims toward the retreating Tang pair. Both Abbasid soldiers' boots meet the soil and their spear shafts remain enclosed by both hands as they advance behind the riders. Both Tang soldiers' boots contact the ground; the nearer soldier's forearm remains secured behind his shield. All six figures cast short shadows toward the lower right from the same sun. The horses stand about 1.4 m at the shoulder, reaching roughly chest height beside a 1.7 m standing soldier. It is 751: Karluk wool caftans and trousers; Abbasid layered tunics and quilted coats; Tang soldiers in lamellar cuirasses over tunics, all with practical leather boots.; Wool, leather, iron lamellae, wood-and-horn composite bows, sinew strings, hardwood spears and forged iron heads.; Recurved composite bows, saddles, bridles, iron stirrups, lamellar armour and hand-forged spearheads.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "A sudden battlefield reversal becoming unmistakable. 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