The reason why Lu Bu and Tian Feng were so sure that Xiahoudun would definitely fall into the trap carefully arranged by the Jizhou Corps was because they had already received the news that the Blue Wolf Army was supporting the war on the Eastern Front, and Xiahoudun in Puyang City definitely did not have time to grasp such a major military intelligence The military information transmitted from the Crouching Tiger Headquarters in Luoyang City to Lu Bu was transmitted by the most rapid means, which was more than twice as fast as the actions of the Blue Wolf Army, and once the Blue Wolf Army marched quickly, the speed of the rapid advance was enough to be breathtaking。

Judging from the actions of Zang Ba and Xu Daxing who rushed to bid farewell to Zhao Xing and went to the garrison of the Blue Wolf Army that day, it is known that the Blue Wolf Army left the camp as soon as they received the order. The 30,000 cavalry was divided into two divisions by Zang Ba, of which 10,000 light cavalry only carried a few days' rations and traveled lightly, adopting the method of changing horses without changing people, and rushed straight to the Yanjin ferry on the south bank of the Yellow River at a speed of 300 miles a day.

Xiahou Shang, who was inspecting the banks of the Yellow River, suddenly heard that the scout horse in charge of the guard in front of him urgently reported that a large-scale cavalry unit had been found upstream, and he suddenly became energetic. Xiahou Shang was still a young man after all, and he had never seen the power of the Jin cavalry, so he only thought that with his enthusiasm and five thousand tigers and leopards, he could turn the tide. He immediately ordered his troops to reorganize their formations and prepare for a duel with the cavalry ahead.

Cao Chun, the main general of the tiger and leopard cavalry, was unfortunately killed in battle in Xiangyang, and was killed alive by the little-known Tianyi military carriage array. Cao Cao had a total of 20,000 tigers and leopards in his hands, and 3,000 were lost outside Xiangyang, and the remaining 7,000 were brought back to Xuchang. Another 10,000 tigers and leopards to ride, of which 5,000 were allocated to Xiahoudun for dispatch and 5,000 for Xiahouyuan to command. Therefore, the 5,000 cavalry under the command of Xiahou Shang now is all the cavalry in Xiahoudun's hands.

It didn't take long for Xiahou Shang to be fortunate enough to see the 10,000 vanguard troops of the Blue Wolf Army's light cavalry. It's just that when he saw the dust rushing into the sky at an astonishing speed, he was already stunned by the monstrous murderous aura and indomitable momentum displayed by the enemy cavalry.

The two brothers, Lü Xiang and Lü Kuang, were the commanders of the 10,000-strong wolf light cavalry, and when they ran on the spacious and smooth embankment of the Yellow River, they were in a very comfortable and refreshing mood. It's been a long time since the brothers have been running wild like this, some time ago, the blue wolf army was trapped in Luoyang City, everyone felt that there was a lot of fat on their thighs, and they were worried that they had nowhere to play.

Looking at the tiger and leopard riders who were already lined up not far away, Lu Xiang shouted loudly backwards on his horse: "Brothers, be lighter when you will attack later, don't scare Xiahou Shang into peeing his pants! We only need to trap the Cao army cavalry this time, as long as they don't force a breakthrough, we won't kill us!"

After Lu Xiang finished shouting, the herald behind him immediately passed the division commander's order to the rear as quickly as possible. If Lu Xiang didn't give a special explanation, it was really possible for these 10,000 "howling" blue wolf cavalry to swallow the 5,000 tiger and leopard cavalry led by Xiahou Shang in one bite.

Seeing the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom approaching the formation quickly, Xiahou Shang shouted with some confidence: "Brothers, the opportunity to make contributions is today, rush with me!" and then led the tiger and leopard cavalry to rush over against the blue wolf army.

Counting up, this duel between the Blue Wolf Army and the Tiger and Leopard on the south bank of the Yellow River was the first cavalry engagement between the two armies in the real sense. The tiger and leopard cavalry brought by Cao Cao on the last southern expedition was blocked back by the infantry corps of the Jin State, and it is impossible to judge the merits and level of the cavalry of the two armies.

Seeing Xiahou Shang rushing over quickly, Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang suddenly led 5,000 people each, one team to the north and the other team to the south, like a torrent that suddenly encountered a reef in the river and divided into two roads, brushing the two sides of the tiger and leopard riding.

When the two armies passed by, the "rushing" of the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Army was launched instantly, and in an instant, a black rain of arrows shot towards the tiger and leopard cavalry. Although the range and strength of the crossbows equipped by the soldiers of the Blue Wolf Army are not as good as those equipped by the infantry, they still have an overwhelming advantage over the bows and crossbows made by the imperial court. As long as the distance between the two armies is maintained, then it can be reached that only I can fight you, and you can only stare dryly.

It was just a confrontation between the two armies, and the tiger and leopard cavalry easily lost 800 elite cavalry, while the soldiers on the side of the blue wolf army wore steel armor because of the important parts of their bodies, except for a very few people who fell from their horses because of arrows in the front door, the vast majority of them easily came behind the tiger and leopard cavalry.

In the first hedge, Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang did not directly fight with Xiahou Shang, but used the advantage of their own bow and arrow range to give the tiger and leopard a dismount. After the two armies turned their horses, they set up their formations, and the second hedge began. This time, it was the Blue Wolf Army that launched the attack first.

What Xiahou didn't expect was that in this hedging, the Blue Wolf Army just took the opposite charge formation from last time. Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang originally led 5,000 cavalry to each side of the north and south, and the middle happened to be the gap between the tigers and leopards who had just let the tiger and leopard ride. In this charge, the blue wolf army converged from both sides to the middle at the beginning, and it actually blocked the way of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and fought hard with the tiger and leopard.

The slashing knife glowing with cold light was swung into a silver and blood-colored halo at the moment when the soldiers on both sides encountered. There were constantly stumps of severed arms and limbs splashing out, and people constantly howling in pain and falling off their horses, and then being trampled into flesh by the galloping horses' hooves in an instant......

By the end of the second round of charge, the tiger and leopard cavalry had only 2,000 cavalry left to barely sit on the war horse, while the blue wolf cavalry had lost more than 400 cavalry, not even half of it.

Lu Xiang shouted loudly: "Brothers, this is the end of the lesson we gave Cao Jun today, now discharge the glaive formation and surround the remaining tigers and leopards, whoever dares to resist will be killed!"

If it weren't for the hurry, Lu Xiang and Lu Kuang would not have been able to come with the heavily armored cavalry, but they were afraid that today's tiger and leopard cavalry's record against the blue wolf army would break Xiahou Shang's heart even more.

No way, if you have to compare the tiger and leopard ride with the blue wolf army, then you will come to a conclusion that is simply unbelievable. The war horses ridden by the blue wolf army are two grades stronger than the tiger and leopard horse, the armor and helmet equipped are at least one grade stronger than the tiger and leopard horse, and the weapons used are more than one grade sharper and better than the tiger and leopard horse, and the training time of the blue wolf army is far longer than that of the tiger and leopard horse, and as for the training methods and means, it is several grades more advanced than the tiger and leopard horse.

According to Zhao Xing's words: To play cavalry, you have to burn money, you have to spend time, and you have to keep looking for opponents to practice. If these conditions are not met, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, known as the first elite of the Cao Army, will only be abused and beaten when facing an ace force like the Blue Wolf Army.

PS: I haven't used this PS for a long time, and today I don't ask for votes, and I don't ask for flowers, but I just explain to my dear book friends the reason why there have been fewer updates recently. Everyone can see that this Three Kingdoms is nearing the end, and Nandao is racking his brains to conceive a new book for book friends, and it is in a double-open state of egg pain and entanglement, so it can only keep two updates a day. For the sake of the new book, please bear with me for a while......