In the face of such a formation, the cavalry rushed into formation, obviously at a disadvantage. Because the shield can block the charge of the iron cavalry, the spear thrust, the bow and crossbow fire, can all cause damage to the cavalry.

Unless they are as elite as the vanguard battalion and the wolf cavalry, they have no scruples.

Yan Liang's 45,000 cavalry, on the other hand, were mostly light cavalry, equipped only with leather armor, thin armor, war knives, and spears. Even bows and arrows are only available to a very small number of soldiers, because the kung fu of riding and archery is not something that can be practiced in a short time, so the equipment given by Jizhou also depends on the actual situation.

Light cavalry gallops, strong in pursuit and encirclement, rarely participate in large-scale battles.

The decisive battle between Yan Liang and Cao Ren, on the surface, it seems that Yan Liang has an absolute advantage, and Cao Ren is at a disadvantage. But if you take into account the difficult formation that Cao Ren put forward, specifically restraining the cavalry, it is not necessarily.

At the very least, the combat power of the two sides can be equal.

Boom boom...

The overwhelming herd of horses crashed into Cao Ren's shield. At this moment, countless spears pierced through the gaps in the shields, inflicting heavy blows on the light horsemen who rushed over: "Puff puff..." ”

Yan Liang's war horse rushed the fastest and almost suffered.

But his reflexes were so quick that he managed to dodge the spear's thrust. The horse's hooves rose and the long knives fell, killing the two shieldmen on the spot. Then, with the help of the forward rush of the war horse, galloped into battle.

The cavalry that followed him also marched into battle in hundreds.

But after the hundreds of cavalry entered the battle, the cavalry behind could not keep up. They were shot back with arrows. Lined up with shield soldiers and spears, forming a highly defensive shield array, the defense line is held to the death.

"Rush over!"

After all, there are a lot of iron horses, and under the full rush, the impact force is amazing.

As the captains of each battalion urged the soldiers under their command to rush quickly, more and more war horses crashed into the shield array, and finally the shield array was broken. All the iron horsemen attacked and slashed.

"Disperse, cavalry to catch up! Crossbow shooting! "Cao Ren commanded in the rear.

The voice fell.

Shieldmen and pikemen moved towards the flanks, while the iron horsemen and crossbows drove from the flanks. The crossbow shoots at the enemy behind them. The iron cavalry intercepted and blocked Yan Liang's iron cavalry from the front.

Bell, bell, bell...

Burst! Burst!

The two sides are locked in a stalemate.

Yan Liang, who entered the battle earlier, only led hundreds of iron horsemen and kept moving forward.

His target is very obvious, it is Cao Ren who is thousands of kilometers away.

Yan Liang is brave, and everywhere he passes, there is no one general, and he rushes to kill in the enemy formation, and he will not be shot by bows and arrows, which makes him more calm, and he can kill the enemy boldly and with confidence. But the hundreds of horsemen he brought into the enemy line couldn't hold out that long.

As soon as he entered the battle, he was half assassinated. The remaining half, although it followed Yan Liang closely, looked very difficult.

"General, General..."

In the Central Military Department, Xiahoudun's clan brother Xiahouen ran over and said to Cao Ren: "General Yushang, Yan Liang's iron cavalry has broken our military formation. I'm afraid our iron riders won't be able to stop it for long... ”

"yes."

Cao Ren also saw it.

Tens of thousands of iron horsemen rushed to kill, although he could resist for a while with a solid formation, but if he wanted to be invincible, he had to ensure that the big array did not collapse.

"I still underestimated Yan Liang's iron cavalry, and in less than a quarter of an hour of fighting, our large array was crushed. If you want to win, unless Zhang Xiu's iron cavalry can inflict heavy losses on Yan Liangjun in time. to relieve the pressure on the frontal battlefield. Cao Ren said.

Xia Houen clenched his fists and said: "The last general suggested retreating to Ziyang Valley, where the terrain is dangerous, which is conducive to our infantry fighting. ”

"What do you say? Fall back? Cao Ren flatly refused: "This radius of dozens of miles is all open land, and it cannot be hidden." Once our army retreats, it will be pursued and killed by Yan Liang's iron cavalry. Inflict heavy losses on our troops. ”

"Xia Houen, you don't want to mention the word retreat again!"

"Yes..."

Xia Houen is just a partial general, and he has to obey Cao Ren's military orders.

Cao Ren didn't withdraw, and he didn't do anything about it.

"The last general is willing to lead a thousand iron horsemen in the rear camp to go to the formation to kill Yan Liang! As long as Yan Liang dies, our army will win! Xiahou said.

"That's fine." Cao Ren responded: "The thousand horses are all the elites I carefully selected, and they were originally prepared.... I can't take care of that much now, so you can take it all. ”

Cao Ren's words were not complete.

The thousand cavalry were prepared for him to run away.

If the war doesn't go well, he can leave his army behind and flee the battlefield with only the 1,000 elite iron horsemen.

But the battle in front of us is raging...

Cao Ren didn't want to be defeated!

He firmly believed that the Xiliang Iron Cavalry and the Chang'an garrison could defeat Yan Liang. Although Yan Liang had tens of thousands of horsemen, most of them were newly formed soldiers, who were not skilled in equestrianism and did not have strong combat effectiveness. How can it be compared to his Xiliang Iron Ride?

Even if it was cavalry against cavalry, he dared to fight!

"Kill..."

Xia Houen led a thousand horsemen and entered the military formation.

In order to cooperate with him, Cao Ren personally waved the command flag and asked the soldiers along the road to make way for Xia Houen's cavalry. The thousand horses rushed towards Yan Liang at a very fast speed. There are no obstacles on the way.

"It's good to come!" Yan Liang also found out about Xia Houen, but he was not afraid, but happy.

Why are you happy?

Because he saw the enemy army waving the banner of 'Xiahou', it should be known that under Cao Cao, all those surnamed Xiahou were Cao Cao's relatives, among which the two brothers Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Yuan were not only Cao Cao's relatives, but also extremely important generals under Cao Cao. If he is one of them and is captured by him, then this battle can almost be over.

"Who's coming?" Yan Liang asked.

"Xiahouen!"

Xia Houen ran to the opposite side of Yan Liang and stopped.

"It turned out to be a nobody. I thought it was Xiahoudun or Xiahouyuan. Yan Liang was disappointed. But he didn't know that if Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan really came, he might not be able to fight. That's a fierce man who can fight Guan Yu for dozens of rounds.

"Yan Liang, you are already unable to fly, hurry up and get off the horse and be bound!" Xia Houen burst into drinks.

"Piff, look at the knife!" Yan Liang rushed over.

Xia Houen knew that he was not Yan Liang's opponent, and he didn't plan to fight alone with Yan Liang. He waved his hand and said, "Sergeants, rush over quickly and surround Yan Liang." Whoever captures Yan Liang or kills Yan Liang, the prime minister will be rewarded! ”

"Kill..." The thousand horsemen he brought with him all rushed towards Yan Liang.

Call...

Yan Liang suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse: "This shameless guy! He hurriedly looked back and found that his army was still some distance away. If he fights with Xiahuen's 1,000 horsemen, I don't know if he will be able to hold out until then.

Running away now?

It's also too humiliating.

Yan Liang didn't like to do that, he turned his heart sideways, met him from the front, and said in his heart: "Isn't it just a thousand horses, what's the big deal, they are all useless soldiers, what is there to fear?" ”