However, it was said that Guo Yan led the troops out of Chang'an City and escorted Dong Zhuo's body all the way to the west, and halfway Hua Xiong, Dian Wei, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Tian Jing, Liu Zhen and others escorted Dong Zhuo's body to go one step ahead and follow the path.

When Guo Yan traveled to the vicinity of Huaili, he was caught up by the Bingzhou wolf cavalry led by Lu Bu.

There were nearly 5,000 soldiers and horses under Guo Bi's command, and Lu Bu's men and horses were only more than 2,000 people, and Guo Bi had a slight advantage in terms of troops. The reason why Lu Bu has such a small number of troops is because Chang'an City needs to leave a large number of men and horses to garrison and respond to Wang Yun.

At present, Chang'an City is not dominated by Lu Bu's family, Dong Huang's 20,000 forbidden soldiers are eyeing each other, and they may seize power at any time. Although Dong Huang has made it clear that he wants to serve Wang Yun, Wang Yun is still wary of him and does not dare to fully trust him, after all, a person who can betray even his own uncle, what else can not be betrayed?

Although Dong Huang is far from Dong Zhuo in Wang Yun's eyes, he still doesn't dare to take it lightly, maybe with a negligence, Dong Huang will have the opportunity to become the second Dong Zhuo, that kind of situation is what Wang Yun does not want to see.

Therefore, Lü Bu only brought 2,000 men and horses.

Although the number of people is not large, Lu Bu feels that it is enough. It's not that Lu Bu is arrogant, but just because he is Lu Bu, a genius who commands cavalry.

Because of Dong Huang's survival, Lü Bu delayed some time in Chang'an City, and after setting up a qiē, he led his troops and horses to pursue Guo Yan.

After chasing for two days, Lü Bu finally caught up with the soldiers and horses led by Guo Yan near Huaili.

The enemy was very red when he saw him.

In Guo Yan's eyes, Dong Zhuo is as kind to himself as a mountain, and when Lu Bu kills Dong Zhuo, there is no difference between him and his father-killing enemy.

The two saw each other from a distance on the battlefield, and they gave the same order to attack each other.

Both sides were cavalry, and when they charged, they were all galloping and overwhelming.

The two cavalry were like two torrents of steel, colliding fiercely together, bringing bursts of blood, accompanied by the severed arms and stumps and the withering of life in the sky.

If you look down from the air, you will see that the square formation of the Bingzhou cavalry led by Lu Bu is triangular, and Lu Bu is the tip of this triangle and the strongest edge.

The Xiliang Iron Cavalry led by Guo Yan is square, with a typical Roman phalanx atmosphere, and Guo Yan commands the battle of the entire phalanx in the center of the military array.

Seeing that Lu Bu was about to approach his formation, Guo Yan rode on his horse and stabbed the gold-topped jujube lance in his hand into the air and shouted: "The enemy is about to enter the firing range, and the archers in front are ready and ready to stand by at any time." ”

When he arrived at Lu Bu, when he was closer, Guo Yan ordered loudly: "All archers listen to my orders!" One! Two! Three! Shoot! ”

At the command, the archers of the Xiliang cavalry phalanx immediately loosened the full bowstring, and a rain of arrows swished out, throwing into the air to form a large net composed of bows and arrows, and then fell sharply and landed on the body of the Bingzhou wolf rider who charged forward.

The bow and arrow shot out of the flesh, and there was a burst of screams, and immediately someone was hit by the arrow in the middle of the wolf horse, and he kept falling from his horse.

Seeing this, Lu Bu sneered, waved the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in his hand, swept away a few arrows flying towards him, and then painted the halberd in the air, shouting loudly: "Points!" After hearing Lu Bu's order, the soldiers in the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou immediately divided the triangular formation into two halves, avoided the front of the Xiliang cavalry, and galloped towards both sides.

In the process of galloping, Lu Bu shouted loudly: "And the state wolf rides, shoot back immediately, shoot me!" ”

After an order was given, the wolf of Bingzhou, who was separated on both sides of the Xiliang cavalry, picked up a strong bow on his horse, pulled the bow and wound it, and shot the bow and arrows, forming a rain of arrows and flying towards the huge phalanx of the Xiliang cavalry.

I only heard a rapid sound of tinkling and ding, the sound of the arrow of the bow hitting the armor of the soldiers of the Xiliang cavalry.

Although the Xiliang cavalry is wearing armor, it is also only worn in the important part of the front chest and back, as for the injured leg, it is not, after all, the weight bearing capacity of the war horse is limited, the more armor, the greater the weight on the war horse, and the tighter the armor protection, the higher the cost. Its high cost is a bit unbearable even for Dong Zhuo, who has deep pockets.

Because the Xiliang cavalry was wearing armor, the killing and wounding of the wolf cavalry in Bingzhou was not ideal.

Although Lu Bu joined the Xiliang Army for a while, he did not have the opportunity to witness the Xiliang cavalry fighting with his own eyes, and the generals under the command of the Xiliang Army also avoided Lu Bu intentionally or unintentionally in their training on weekdays. Lu Bu wanted to take a look, but he was also afraid that Dong Zhuo would be unhappy. Therefore, he has only heard of the tactics and tactics of the Xiliang Army, and he does not know much about it.

In the first wave of contact, Lu Bu suffered a loss.

Seeing this, Lu Bu immediately changed his tactics and commanded loudly: "The enemy's armor is elite and he is constantly shooting, so we choose to fight for the time being, and it is not appropriate to confront the Xiliang cavalry head-on." ”

At the moment before the cavalry of the two sides made contact, Guo Yan was about to shout: "The archer gives up his position, the halberd is in his hand, and he raises it diagonally in the air, ready to chop!" However, he suddenly found that the wolf cavalry had separated from his own phalanx and divided into two groups, and he did not choose to confront his own cavalry head-on.

The Xiliang cavalry is a cavalry formed by Dong Zhuo galloping Xiliang for many years, and its tactics also draw on the combat methods of many Lijing people (Romans, mentioned above), so its tactics are somewhat similar to heavy cavalry, which attaches more importance to frontal confrontation and is also good at frontal confrontation and frontal charge. Therefore, Lu Bu divided the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou into two halves and attacked around the Xiliang cavalry, which made Guo Yan feel a little punched in the air.

When Lu Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry fought head-on, they did not bargain for anything, but suffered a little loss, and when their two troops fought around the Xiliang cavalry, they found some field and caused some effective casualties.

Seeing that Lu Bu did not confront him head-on, Guo Yan was obviously a little disappointed, and immediately changed his tactics and shouted: "The whole army is temporarily divided into two parts, and each of them will attack the troops on both sides of our army. Pay attention to concentrating your firepower and maintaining your formation. ”

After the order was issued, the well-trained results of the Xiliang cavalry were immediately apparent, and I saw that the Xiliang cavalry was divided into two parts with Guo Yan and his personal guard cavalry as the middle point. There is a certain amount of space between the two ministries as a channel between each other, and the two sides support each other and respond to each other.

Lü Bu's Bingzhou wolf cavalry can be regarded as light cavalry, fighting against the northern Xianbei, Xiongnu and other Hu tribes on the grassland all the year round, and is good at riding and shooting, and its main tactics are raiding, harassment, delaying, etc.

Now in the face of the Xiliang cavalry, which is extremely strong in frontal attack, what is the advantage of choosing a frontal raid to fight on foot, if you choose to bypass the raid, or to raid from behind, Guo Yan, as the general who commands the Xiliang cavalry, has rich combat experience, and he is not a fool, and there will definitely not be any big flaws, and Lu Bu may not be able to please him in his hands.

The only options left are harassment and procrastination.