Xiahou Yuan led 4,500 cavalry to rush out of the camp, and Wei Yan's 2,000 cavalry fled to the south. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Gutsless rats!" Xiahou Yuan smiled contemptuously and ordered the cavalry to return to the camp.

He wanted to capture Wei Yan, but now that it was dark, most of his cavalry were night blind, and he hurried for a day's journey, and the people were sleepy and tired, even if he wanted to fight, he would not be able to do it until tomorrow.

As soon as the Cao cavalry returned to the camp halfway, Wei Yan's two thousand cavalry galloped over again, shooting at the Cao cavalry who were busy returning to the camp, and the slender arrows were dense like rain, and in an instant, they shot one or two hundred Cao cavalry.

Xiahou Yuan was furious: "The rats dare! The whole army listened to the order and chased and killed Wei Yan! ”

As a result, the rear army became the front army and rushed towards the Wei army.

The Wei army's 2,000 cavalry quickly withdrew after a few rounds of firing.

Xiahou Yuan chased for a few miles, and when he saw that the sky was even darker, which was not conducive to fighting, he wanted to withdraw his troops and return to the camp.

At this time, Wei Yan led his 2,000 cavalry to rush over, and shot at the cavalry of the Cao army who was about to withdraw their troops, and the arrows flew like locusts, densely packed, and poured down.

Cao's cavalry fell more than 200 cavalry.

The reason why Wei Yan dared to fight with Xiahou Yuan at night was because the cavalry under his command basically had no night blindness.

Night blindness is due to the lack of vitamin A in the diet, carrots, white radish, eggs, soy products, animal liver, can be supplemented, but people in this era do not know how to systematically eat to prevent and treat night blindness, under the guidance of Wei Yan, the soldiers' diet has increased those foods rich in vitamin A, especially fried liver, every day.

Originally, people didn't eat liver in this era, but since these soldiers followed Wei Yan for jungle adventure-style training, they even ate that kind of bug, let alone fried fragrant animal liver.

After several months of supplementation, as well as Wei Yan's conscious night training, there is basically no night blindness in Wei Yan's army now.

Xiahou Yuan was furious when he saw that Wei Yan dared to provoke again, and hurriedly ordered his cavalry to fight back.

Anyway, the bow of the Wei cavalry is very special, and the arrows are also slender, and the range far exceeds the range of the bow and arrow of the Cao cavalry, and the Wei cavalry can shoot the Cao cavalry when they shoot arrows outside the range of the Cao cavalry.

The cavalry of the Cao army shot several times, but they had no choice but to get the cavalry of the Wei army, but they fell more than 200 horses.

Xiahou Yuan had no choice but to order a charge, so as to rush into the Wei cavalry and engage in a short engagement, he thought that with the combat experience of the cavalry under his command and the advantage of war horses, once he fought in close combat, he would definitely be able to win a big victory.

But when he ordered the charge, Xiahou Yuan was stunned to find that the Wei cavalry had fled again like a gutless rat, and the Wei cavalry kept turning back and shooting arrows in order to prevent the Cao cavalry from approaching.

Only then did Xiahou Yuan discover that the equipment of Wei Yan's cavalry was a little strange, their stirrups were bilateral, and the saddles seemed to be Gaoqiao's, so they were able to sit on their horses and shoot arrows back.

"Superior! There must be a master in Wei Yan's army! Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but admire when he saw that those two little things could exert such great power in cavalry combat, and at the same time realized that if he continued to fight like this, there might be no way to win, so he wanted to withdraw his troops back to the camp, and wait until dawn to fight again, so he turned his horse's head and prepared to retreat.

But if he wants to withdraw, it depends on whether Wei Yan agrees.

Wei Yan's almost unscathed two thousand cavalry tails chased after him, constantly firing arrows on his horse.

During the retreat of the Cao army's cavalry, people were constantly shot off their horses.

What is more serious than the battle damage is that the morale is low, they were beaten by Lu Bu in the past and fled in embarrassment, but now a little-known Wei Yan, with fewer men and horses than them, and the mounts are worse than them, they are still chasing them, and the cavalry of the Cao army can't figure it out, and there are complaints.

Xiahou Yuan found that if this continued, when his men and horses returned to the camp, the army's spirit would be dispersed.

Although reason told him that it was the best policy to return to the camp and hold on, his pride made him unable to accept being pursued and killed by the Wei cavalry like this.

Xiahou Yuan then ordered: "Hunt down Wei Yan, no matter how far you chase, you must also capture Wei Yan!" Whoever kills Wei Yan will be rewarded with a thousand gold! ”

Xiahou Yuan's cavalry are the elite cavalry of the Cao army, in the past years of following Cao Cao, except for a little setback when fighting with Lu Bu, other times, when facing Yuan Shu and the Yellow Turban soldiers, they were all crushed, when it was like now, the enemy army was unscathed, but they lost five or six hundred brothers.

They were chased and killed by the Wei cavalry just now, which made them doubly humiliated.

Now hearing Xiahou Yuan's order to chase and kill, they suddenly seemed to have the power of the wilderness, desperately riding their horses to chase and kill, but they only had unilateral stirrups, and the saddle was not a Takahashi saddle, so they had to clamp the horse's belly with their legs, grasp the reins with one hand, and hold the weapons with the other, they were much more tired than the Wei cavalry, and it was no problem to gallop like this for a few miles, but on this day they had already galloped hundreds of miles like this, and then galloped dozens of miles like this, they would definitely be tired.

But now they are like beating dog blood, they don't care about it at all, and they are crazy to urge the war horses to chase and kill.

Originally, the mounts of the cavalry of the Cao army were mostly Xiliang horses and Hequ horses, with tall bodies and fast running speed, while Wei Yan's cavalry rode mostly Hun horses, short in stature, and did not run very fast.

But Wei Yan chose a good time to fight, and took advantage of the Cao army's cavalry to gallop for a while when the heavens and men were sleepy and the horses were tired, and the Cao army's cavalry mounts were already tired and could not exert their original speed at all, and the Wei cavalry was not afraid that they would be able to rush into their formation.

After a period of agitation, the Cao cavalry became more tired, and when they fought at night, they relied on the faint light of a little torch to fight, and the Cao cavalry was like a group of old ladies with cataracts, how much combat power could they exert.

In the ensuing period, the Wei cavalry did not immediately launch the Mangu tactics, but kept fleeing south.

Wei Yan also asked his cavalry to light torches and shine on his figure, giving Xiahou Yuan a hope that he would definitely be able to catch up with Wei Yan and kill Wei Yan, and lured Xiahou Yuan to chase forward.

If you want to get a big fish to take the bait, you have to be careful about the bait.

Wei Yan used his body as bait to lure Xiahou Yuan to his hook step by step.

For Xiahou Yuan, if he can capture and kill Wei Yan through a battle, so that Wei Yan's forces will collapse, it is better than attacking city by city, he is urgent, so Xia Hou Yuan can't refuse this game that Wei Yan gave him.

In that life, Xiahou Yuan was indeed a generation of famous generals, but he had a fatal flaw, like his brother Xiahou Yuan, he had a strong personality, impatient, and neglected the use of stratagem. Cao Cao often admonished him: "For the sake of cowardice, when there is cowardice, you must not be brave." will be based on courage and wisdom; But knowing Ren Yong, a horse is an enemy of the ear", but the nature of the country is easy to change, and Xiahou Yuan died in that life with a brave and impatient temperament, and this life will not be an exception.