Hua Xiong can be a cavalry lieutenant, and his basic military knowledge is still very solid.

Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of the enemy's disconnection to destroy Guan Yu and Zhao Yun first, of course, he would not be stupid enough to rely on personal force, but eight thousand Xiliang cavalry swarmed up to bully the more.

After all, the enemy opposite him in this life is no longer a mere "horse archer".

Guan Yu was already a miscellaneous general canonized by He Jin during the reign of the Young Emperor, and the Taishou of Hanzhong. Although his reputation for bravery is not very strong, the enemy with the highest force value that he has killed alone is only Guan Hai.

But Guan Yu's ability to command the army has been recognized in the circle, from defeating Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun, to suppressing the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, and Baibo in Hedong, the military exploits of the three major rebels are there.

In terms of personal force, what made Hua Xiong even more jealous was actually Zhao Yun - Zhao Yun did not have many deeds in his early years, but in the past two years, he has become famous around Luoyang very quickly. After all, if the Son of Heaven does a little deed, it is easy to become famous.

Zhao Yun "single-handedly killed the Qingzuo Gate Guards, seized the door to save the driver, Empress Lingsi called it brave, and named Changshui Captain with the name of brave", which was done in front of Li Su, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and others.

This happened on the eve of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, who didn't know Dong Zhuojun's generals?

So Hua Xiong decided to bully more and less, in fact, he was a little afraid of being singled out by Zhao Yun.

If you can bypass Zhao Yun and go head-to-head with a "famous general" like Guan Yu instead of a "brave general", it is still acceptable.

Moreover, Guan Yu is the Taishou canonized by the imperial court, and he is considered the commander of the princes all the way, if he can really kill Guan Yu, the benefits will be much greater.

Maybe the Yizhou soldiers who fought against Dong will all collapse, and even the Jingzhou soldiers who are involved in Sun Jian will lose their morale, and Huaxiong's promotion to the knighthood is just around the corner.

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Gossip, Hua Xiong's army and Guan Yu's army are only a few miles apart, Hua Xiong's mind has just figured out these twists and turns, the two armies are already tense and about to enter the distance of hedging.

Zhao Yun took the lead and challenged loudly: "I am Changshan Zhao Zilong!" Huaxiong rats dare to fight with me! ”

Zhao Yun also has dates and no dates, even if the other party should not fight, at least it can slightly hit the morale of the enemy army and let them know that their main general is cowardly.

"Less nonsense, give it all to me!" Hua Xiong was not ambiguous, and directly waved his hand, and ordered Zhao Yun to be beaten left and right.

Several nameless colonels under Hua Xiong's account are all at the level of Sima and Qu Junhou of other departments, although they know that their martial arts are definitely not as good as Zhao Yun, but seeing that their own people are very united and everyone is side by side, they are also bold, and they are all rushing towards Zhao Yun.

"Despicable villain! Shameless coward! Rao is Zhao Yun has a calm temper, and he is also angry and scolded by this style of play.

Since the enemy didn't talk about martial virtues, he was not polite, so he directly took the bow and arrow from the saddle sheath, and shot several arrows in a row, and shot the three Qu Junhou who rushed in front on the opposite side directly.

This hand temporarily suppressed the momentum of Huaxiong's army's charge in an instant, and all the officers subconsciously took the reins to reduce their speed, and felt a chill down their spines.

"Despicable and shameless! Challenge people with bows and arrows! Fortunately, I didn't respond to the battle, otherwise I wouldn't have been plotted by Zhao Yun's secret arrow! Hua Xiong saw it from afar, on the one hand, he felt afraid, and on the other hand, he also completed some psychological construction, and found a comfortable excuse for his dare not fight.

After Zhao Yun shot several people, he immediately turned his horse back, and with a move of his spear, he drew a semicircular arc inward, signaling all the cavalry under his command to keep their distance and retreat with cavalry.

Zhao Yun can also be regarded as a master of cavalry training, and these three thousand cavalry are veterans who have been fighting since he followed Liu Bei to fight Zhang Chun, so the cooperation is very tacit.

The most famous cavalry cavalry tactics are, of course, the "Parthian tactics" derived from the steppes of Central Asia, that is, shooting in circles around the enemy to keep a distance, and everyone who has played the "Age of Empires" knows it. But that was against slow infantry, and if the enemy was also cavalry, only semi-maneuver tactics could be used.

That is, your cavalry swept sideways in front of the formation, rushed to the top of the arc and released a rain of arrows, and then immediately retreated. This tactic is more suitable for long-range weapons with a relatively slow loading speed, so the Europeans and the Han Dynasty developed the prototype of this tactic when they used a slow-loading crossbow on horseback, and the Western world did not until the appearance of dragoons, which required the use of muskets on horseback, to completely summarize and perfect the semi-whirlwind tactics to a state of integration.

Of course, Zhao Yun's semi-whirlwind tactics are still very primitive, and he has been friends with Li Su for many years, and he occasionally inspired him when he discussed cavalry tactics and formations in his spare time, and now he uses it to test the water.

And those who have played a little bit of the glorious "Three Kingdoms" series know that the tactics of the Qiang kings in the past dynasties are all melee cavalry tactics such as "breakthrough assault", while the tactics of the Wuhuan king are long-range cavalry tactics such as "running and shooting". Such a design is not without historical basis.

Because the Liangzhou cavalry in the late Han Dynasty was known for its heavy cavalry charge, and the Youzhou cavalry was famous for the cavalry shooting of the Wuhuan Tu cavalry. The Bingzhou cavalry is the fighting style of the Southern Xiongnu, both of which are both, but the scale of the Han people's Bingzhou cavalry is too small, and it is only the point of Lu Bu and Zhang Liao's troops, so although it is elite, it cannot be promoted on a large scale.

At this moment, Hua Xiong led the Xiliang cavalry, Zhao Yun led the Youzhou cavalry, Zhao Yun's number was much smaller, and the semi-gyration tactic of riding and shooting was indeed the best solution to pull the enemy's formation.

Zhao Yun knew that the Xiliang cavalry had poor archery skills on horseback, and most of the cavalry did not know how to shoot arrows on horseback.

And his side at least has Li Su's improved double-sided hemp rope ring stirrups, and the archery is more stable than the cavalry of other camps, which Zhao Yun has already run in and tested during the Battle of Mianzhu. Although the improvement is not very obvious, the qualitative gap will not be quickly noticed by the enemy.

As Zhao Yun retreated, he rode and shot disgusting Hua Xiong, although because both sides were moving at high speed and the hit rate was extremely low, it really made Hua Xiong anxious.

After a few minutes of fighting, dozens of Hua Xiong's troops were shot dead and many more wounded.

The key is that Zhao Yun occasionally pretends that he can't escape from the lack of horsepower, and after you chase Zhao Yun behind, Zhao Yun turns around alone to kill a horse gun, picks off seven or eight Xiliang cavalry and then runs away, and also covers his own archers to open the distance.

In the pursuit of the Xiliang army, it is inevitable that the formation will become more and more loose, and there will be no dense group beating on the local battlefield.

Hua Xiong estimated the time in his heart: "No, let Zhao Yun run back like this, and then run five or six miles to get Sun Jian's main infantry to respond, it seems that it is impossible to annihilate the enemy's cavalry before they meet today." These Youzhou people are really despicable and shameless, they know how to fire arrows, and they don't dare to fight with our Xiliang warriors with real swords and guns. ”

Hua Xiong was thinking about it like this, but suddenly noticed a problem: Zhao Yun's cavalry was not all running so fast, because only 2,000 of Zhao Yun's 3,000 cavalry were leather armor, and 1,000 cavalry were ironclad cavalry. Although these ironclad cavalry also brought bows and arrows, and they had been harassing them with arrows during the retreat, they couldn't run fast, so they chose to leave the battlefield horizontally to the south, while Zhao Yun's two thousand leather-armored light cavalry ran eastward and moved closer to Sun Jian's infantry in the rear.

Hua Xiong immediately reacted: This ironclad cavalry knew that they were not able to carry too much weight and speed, and if they ran in the same direction as Zhao Yun, they would definitely fall behind, and they were surrounded by seven or eight thousand Xiliang heavy cavalry, so they chose to leave the main battlefield horizontally at the beginning.

What's more, Hua Xiong saw Guan Yu's banner in that ironclad cavalry formation!

"I've always been afraid of Zhao Yun's bravery, and I didn't dare to fight with Zhao Yun himself, now Guan Yu is retreating south, so far away from Zhao Yun, if I suddenly don't chase east and change to south, as long as Guan Yu is surrounded by me, Zhao Yun can't save him for a while, don't you just take advantage of Zhao Yun's absence to kill Guan Yu? When Guan Yu died, Zhao Yun was afraid of giving up the crime of giving up the coach, so he had to fight with me again, wouldn't he send him to death? ”

Hua Xiong thought about it, just do it, and immediately waved the flag and horn in unison, signaling Li Meng to continue the pursuit, blocking Zhao Yun, and preventing Zhao Yun from returning to help Guan Yu (once the cavalry charge is too far away from the main formation, it can no longer beat the drum to command, so the military order during mobile combat can only rely on the rough command of the trumpet)

Then Hua Xiong himself took the men and horses of the headquarters around him, turned to the south and rushed towards Guan Yu's 1,000 ironclad cavalry.

It's not that Hua Xiong doesn't want to gather more cavalry to surround Guan Yu as soon as possible, and he can't help it. After the cavalry had rushed away from the formation for several miles, it was simply impossible to quickly command the whole army to immediately change the target, and the heralds were too late, and there was no telegraph or mobile phone.

Who let the order of "change to the main attack feather" was temporarily thought up by Hua Xiong after the troops had rushed out of touch, and it was not in the pre-war plan.

At this moment, the cavalry of the two armies had already rushed into a very chaotic manner, spreading several square kilometers of the battlefield with a sprinkled spread. The other troops of the Xiliang Army could only watch Hua Xiong's banner rush south, and then they would follow the direction of the banner to rush together, so Hua Xiong must take the lead and use his own banner as an arrow to guide the new direction of attack.

After just two minutes of charging, Huaxiong's banner was only one stone's throw away from Guan Yu's banner, and two or three thousand cavalry of the Xiliang Army reacted behind him, and successively turned to follow Huaxiong's banner.

"All the troops, work hard! Kill Guan Yu, just today! Hua Xiong slapped the horse and danced the knife, and went straight to the Guan Yu flag formation.

Guan Yu in the distance originally looked at the chaotic enemy soldiers, but he didn't find Hua Xiong for a while. It wasn't until he heard this loud shout that his ears moved, his eyes narrowed, and he looked in the direction where the shout came from, and finally saw Hua Xiong's location clearly.

"Pifu, Zilong didn't dare to respond to the challenge just now, but at this moment, he dared to take the lead in the battle." Guan Yu brushed his beard and secretly thought, and whispered to the thousand ironclad cavalry around him to immediately launch a counter-charge, aiming directly in the direction of Huaxiong.

Since you don't like riding and shooting, you want to hedge hard, and I will satisfy you once!

However, since Zilong had already been scolded by name just now, the other party did not answer, and Guan Yu would not use his name again. For the cowardly villain, how can he be worthy of listening to his own name twice?

So Guan Yu just dragged his knife and rode his horse, quietly rushing.

A person who has rejected a heads-up once does not deserve to be accused of being singled out again.

"Huh? Guan Yu actually hedged with the whole army? Have the courage, but what about Guan Yuren? They are all Xuanjia cavalry, and I haven't seen anyone with particularly shiny armor or bright heart guards, could it be that this Guan Yu's armor is the same as that of ordinary cavalry? ”

After a short period of joy, Hua Xiong also realized this trouble - most of the soldiers under his own command of Xiliang Heavy Cavalry were nothing more than leather armor of better quality, such as using crocodile skin to make armor, or wearing double leather armor, which could not be everyone's iron armor.

But this has the advantage of making it easier to identify generals and soldiers by their armor.

Guan Yu was so rich that all the staff were in iron armor, and they were all dressed the same, but Hua Xiong was embarrassed.

At this moment, the cavalry vanguard of the two armies had already collided together, flesh and blood were flying, gold and iron resonated, and a heavy lump of iron-clad meat frantically hedged and slashed, and the scene was extremely tragic.

Hua Xiong struggled to slash away the two Youzhou ironclad cavalrymen with two swords, and the exhaustion of cutting several layers of ironclad armor in a row also made his treasure knife slightly curled.

He was looking for the enemy, and he noticed that there was another Youzhou cavalry general in front of him who pounced very quickly, and the general's simple armor was also covered with a tattered gray-green burqa, which looked more inconspicuous than other iron horsemen who did not wear robes.

But Hua Xiong instinctively sensed a danger in an instant, he stared on guard, and scanned carefully, only to notice that the man had a heavy red face, a beautiful hair tucked in his battle robe, so as not to swing in the wind when galloping, and dragged a large knife that looked sharper than his treasure knife!

"Red-faced and long-haired green dragon knife?" Hua Xiong subconsciously stabbed horizontally, guarding to block the direction of the other party's chop.

"Whew-" A heavy wind whistled by, Guan Yu's Qinglong knife, which had been dragged for a long time, slammed it up with all his might, and there was a loud "bell" on the ground, and the blade that rose from the ground shook Hua Xiong's arms sore, and his body was actually slightly lifted and fell backwards.

Fortunately, Hua Xiong is also a strong general, even if he does not have double-sided stirrups, but he has excellent waist and horse kung fu, one-foot stirrup, strong waist strength, immediately maintain the posture of holding a knife to protect the chest and abdomen, and get up and sit up straight again in a posture similar to a half-carp on horseback.

It's a pity that when Hua Xiong just got rid of the backward trend and sat up straight, he immediately fell into the trend of leaning forward and falling to.

A stream of blood splattered up, even blurring Hua Xiong's eyes.

It turned out that the blow of dragging the knife just now was charged with strength, and although Hua Xiong tried his best to block it, it only saved his life. When Hua Xiong fell back, the momentum of the Qinglong Knife only slowed down slightly, and it had already taken the lead by the neck, cutting off the head of Hua Xiong's mount.

People can block backwards, but horses can't. So when Hua Xiong turned around and sat up straight, he happened to be confused by the neck blood spurted out of his war horse. After the horse died, the front legs naturally bent, and Hua Xiong was already thrown to the ground.

Guan Yu, who had rushed over, had already hacked to death several of the Xiliang Army's own soldiers who were blocking behind Hua Xiong, turned his horse's head and rushed towards Hua Xiong again.

"Protect the Captain!" Hua Xiong's personal soldiers had already reacted, and when they saw that Hua Xiong's horse was dead, they desperately surrounded Hua Xiong to protect him, and some people asked Hua Xiong to give the horse to Hua Xiong so that Hua Xiong could quickly get on the horse and fight again.

It's a pity that this kind of chaotic protection can't stop Guan Yu at all, and between the Qinglong Knife flying, five or six Xiliang soldiers were killed instantly. Hua Xiong had just wiped the blood on his face, and when he heard the knife wind blowing on his face, he knew that it was too late to get back on the horse, so he had to fight on foot and hold the knife to resist.

Hua Xiong knew that this was the last chance, because Guan Yu rushed hard, as long as he missed a blow, he had to rush over his head again and turn his horse back, and it was impossible to instantly restrain the horse and stand still with you.

Therefore, block this blow, and wait for Guan Yu to rush over the head and dial the horse and come back with this little time difference before you can get on the horse! Block this knife, and the probability of surviving in the future is very high!

It's a pity that Guan Yu obviously understands this truth better than him.

"Drink-" Guan Yu rarely roared before the knife was released, and increased the war horse to full speed, and the "bell" slashed Hua Xiong into a staggering and falling back, and the door was wide open.

"Wow-" Hua Xiong spurted out a mouthful of blood in his chest, "Did I block it?" Get on the horse ......"

With this thought in his mind, Hua Xiong was about to get on the horse, but there was a cool breeze on the back of his neck, and with a "poof" sound, the head flew up, and the blood on his neck gushed out.

When the head flew in the air, Hua Xiong, whose consciousness had not yet dissipated, was still thinking: Didn't he already rush over his head? Didn't I already block the sword? Why is it that someone can rush over his head and lose sight of the enemy, so quickly backhand and make up for it?

In good conscience, Guan Yu really has no vision for this last sword. He didn't have time to take a closer look, and he estimated the landing point and speed of Hua Xiong after being repulsed based on experience, and stabbed him backhand based on his feelings.