While Lu Bu's army seized villages, ponds, dams and other places, it also sent out many rangers to isolate the Xiliang Army's reconnaissance cavalry and to detect the Xiliang Army's movements. After receiving Lu Bu's army, the number of rangers suddenly increased.
Several times later, Chen Cheng also sent out more light cavalry.
Although the Yi Cong of the Qiang who had lost eight miles and the Huns' light cavalry who had gone to Bei were assigned to the command of Xu Rong on the North Road, Chen Cheng still had many light cavalry in his hands that could be used for reconnaissance. Xiliang Qiang Tribe
He has countless people, and he has a great reputation among the Qiang and Huns. Even if he does not go through the prefects of various counties, he can still pull out many light cavalry.
As the light cavalry of the Xiliang Army returned, small-scale battles in the east of Anhan suddenly became more frequent. Both sides wanted to control the situation on the battlefield and keep the other side in the fog of war. Therefore, the light cavalry
The battle between them became fierce and bloody, with great losses on both sides.
Even if there are only a few dozen casualties at a time, if the number of casualties increases, the number of casualties will be considerable. On the one hand, the light cavalry of Lu Bu's army came from the cavalry brought by Ding Yuan from Bingzhou, and on the other hand, they came from the annexed Huangfu Song.
The old army, not to mention quality, was much smaller in quantity than the Xiliang Army.
Such bloody consumption was something they couldn't bear. When the Xiliang Army threw the assault cavalry from the county soldiers onto the battlefield, the light cavalry of the Lu Bu Army could only flee. There were less than two cavalrymen of the Lu Bu Army.
Thousands, this is after including those who ride mules. Although the Xiliang army only has 70,000 people, the number of cavalry exceeds 40,000. Only 20,000 are infantry, and the rest are supply camps.
and engineering battalions, medical battalions and other units.
After gaining control of the battlefield, the Xiliang cavalry blocked Lu Bu's army's exploration of the west, and ran unscrupulously through the open spaces and fields between villages to find out clearly the deployment of Lu Bu's army. Even if Lu Bu personally led
The cavalry launched an assault and killed more than twenty Xiliang light cavalry, but they could not completely change this unilateral and transparent situation.
After hearing that Lu Bu went to war, Chen Cheng also joined the battlefield with his bodyguards. However, the battlefield was too large and the cavalry moved too quickly. Once a large-scale enemy cavalry was discovered, the cavalry from both sides would leave immediately.
The light cavalry and the rangers fought for a day, and Chen Cheng also attacked two or three times, but failed to capture the main force of Lu Bu's cavalry.
If this situation had happened in the past, Lu Bu would definitely have relied on his elite cavalry to rush out for a decisive battle. After being defeated once by the Xiliang people's intensive lance attack, Lu Bu also trained such a cavalry in the army.
attack method and achieved very good results.
Dong Zhuo's army had always been strong, but they were beaten by Lu Bu's army and could only cower in the city. But now that they encountered the Xiliang army, Lu Bu became cautious. Although he was unruly and arrogant, he had no choice but to defeat the people he had defeated.
My Xiliang army is still a little wary.
As a result, the battlefield with a radius of dozens of miles became strange. Duan Xuan's army was surrounded by the smaller Lu Bu army on the banks of the Weishui River. After Lu Bu's army seized some places, they faced off with the Xiliang army entrenched in Anhan.
Chen Cheng was not in a hurry at all. There was only a small-scale contact between Lu Bu's army and Duan Xuan's army, and the casualties on both sides were not too many, so he stood still and wanted to wait until the two sides started fighting.
He was not in a hurry, but Lu Bu started to get anxious. Lu Fengxian was not a patient person to begin with. After the number of troops under his command expanded to an unprecedented level, what little patience he had would have been exhausted long ago. If not for it,
Facing Chen Cheng, if he hadn't been facing the world-famous Xiliang Army, he would have been unable to hold himself back.
Lu Bu was anxious, but Duan Yan, who was surrounded, was even more anxious than him. He was constantly harassed by the light cavalry of Lu Bu's army. Although there were not many casualties, the soldiers began to commotion. The soldiers below didn't care about nonsense like there was someone behind them.
All they could see was that they were surrounded by the enemy on the edge of the Wei River, and they couldn't escape even if they wanted to.
As the sun gradually turned to the west, the commotion among the soldiers grew louder and louder. Duan Yan was anxious, but he had to pretend to be confident on his face. He rode his horse back and forth, loudly encouraging the soldiers under his command, "Don't be afraid.
, Shijun Chen is right behind us!"
"We brought a lot of food and grass, enough for us to eat for five days!"
Duan Xuan's efforts to comfort him still had some effect. After the soldiers saw the general, their nervous hearts calmed down a little, even though they might not be able to hear what Duan Xuan was shouting. In the noisy battlefield, his low volume
It's easy to get drowned out by all the other sounds.
In a village, Lu Bu drank impatiently and asked: "Chen Thief still hasn't moved?"
The soldier on the side replied: "Not yet!"
"Mad!" Lu Bu slammed the wine bowl on the ground, breathing heavily through his nostrils: "The dog thief can bear it!"
He moved hard twice, roared wildly, and then felt that everything was boring. Putting the clothes on his body, Lu Bu didn't care that his hairy thighs and other parts were exposed to the atmosphere. He walked out and looked up at the sky, and saw
The sun is almost setting in the west.
He really wanted to go into battle and fight happily, but the little sense he had told him that now was not the time. After waiting for a whole day, Zhang Liao led his army into Duan Xuan's army several times, but it only made Duan Xuan's army become even worse.
When the main force cannot be committed, that little harassment is not enough to defeat the 40,000-strong army.
When the sun rose the next day, Lu Bu's patience finally ran out.
"No wait!"
Lu Bu ordered the soldiers to put armor on him, and then ordered: "Defeat Duan Xun's army first, and then fight to the death with Chen Thief!"
The horn sounded outside the village, and Zhang Liao, who was leading his cavalry to harass Duan You's troops, retreated after hearing the sound. Seeing that the enemy cavalry broke away from contact, the soldiers trapped by the Weishui River cheered. Duan You's
His face became even heavier. Although he was not a famous general, he had been in the army for more than ten years. How could he not know that the enemy was about to launch a strong attack?
But even knowing it can't help the current situation in any way. It can only make the generals below be more careful.
Shortly after the order was issued, Lu Bu's army in the distance began to gather. Thousands of infantry and cavalry gathered together, making it look like a large, dense mass.
The desolate horn sound echoed, and the three generals, Hao Meng, Wei Xu, and Hou Xuan, each rushed up with tens of thousands of troops. Duan Yan's army gathered at the river and formed a semicircle several miles long, each other facing each other.
They were very close together. By gathering the soldiers and horses together in this way, the density of the troops was very high, which enhanced the strength of the defense, but they were also nailed to the spot, leaving no room for change.
When Lu Bu's army began to attack, Duan Yan's army's crossbowmen immediately started firing volleys. They were all remnants of the Guanzhong Army, and their weapons and equipment were not much different. Duan Yan's army also had many strong bows and crossbows.
A dense rain of arrows fell on the heads of both the attacking and defending sides.
Many soldiers on both sides screamed and fell to the ground, but Lu Bujun immediately adjusted his formation, selected a few weak spots, and launched a tentative attack. Zhang Liao had already found the defenders through repeated tests.
At this time, Lu Bu's army came to kill some weak points in the army.
Under the command of the officers, the defenders on the river embankment launched round after round of volleys, killing many of the attacking Lu Bu troops. However, arrows alone could not stop the mixed infantry and cavalry troops of Lu Bu.
After capturing Chang'an, Lu Bu obtained more than 200,000 armors in the arsenal and had already armed all his soldiers. This is one of the reasons why Lu Bu was able to overpower Dong Zhuo. He captured the largest arsenal in Guanzhong.
, Lu Bu's strength is already far superior to Dong Zhuojun's.
Not long after, some places had already fallen into hand-to-hand combat. The soldiers in the front row of Lu Bu's army had more or less arrows stuck in their bodies, but those people seemed to be unaware of the pain and rushed in while shouting wildly.
In the position of Duan Yan's army. Although Duan Yan's army has a large number of people, the attackers can concentrate their forces in certain places and accumulate more shooters and infantry in local locations.
A dense barrage of arrows fell, wounding or killing a row of defenders. The infantrymen holding spears then rushed over. After just one charge, the defenders' outer position showed signs of collapse. On the river embankment
, Duan Xuan's right eye twitched, and he immediately ordered a song of infantry to be mobilized.
Several places were in emergency at the same time. Duan Yan continuously mobilized troops and horses from areas where there was no fighting to plug the breached holes. Just when the formation had just stabilized, the ground suddenly shook. Duan Yan's face immediately changed.
The color, the movement that even the ground began to tremble, was clearly caused by a large-scale cavalry charge.
He turned his head suddenly and saw that the enemy cavalry had finished forming up at some point and were forming a dense formation, rushing over along the river embankment. The lances that seemed like a steel jungle were put down, and the front row
In the cavalry array, many war horses reflected the sheen of metal.
Suddenly someone in the battle formation screamed, "Armored cavalry!"
The strongest unit from Xiliang, the ultimate force that wrapped both cavalry and war horses in steel, appeared in the sight of the defenders! Seeing the armored cavalry charging towards them, many people
His liver and gallbladder were split apart, and he completely forgot where he was.
Sweat was rolling down Duan Yan's forehead, and he shouted loudly: "What are you afraid of? It's just some steel?"
However, the unrest among the soldiers continued to expand, and the morale of the soldiers fighting the enemy plummeted again, and they were beaten and retreated. Duan Yan's heart was full of fear and shock, just like the first time he went into battle, he shouted loudly
The ground shouted: "Zhang Jie!"
Zhang Jie, who was fully clothed, rode his horse and squeezed over, shouting: "Lord, I'm here!"
Duan Xuan pointed at the armored cavalry that had changed from a trot to a charging posture, and said quickly: "Charge up with the cavalry and buy time for the army!"
Zhang Jie's heart trembled and he shouted loudly: "Nuo!"
Duan Xuan had been guarding Chencang for many years, and he still had a group of elite soldiers and generals under his command. At this time, Zhang Jie led Duan Xuan's old troops to break through the archers who were getting out of the way, and launched a desperate charge in the direction of Lu Bu's army.
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The earth shook more and more obviously, and thousands of shoes struck the ground, making a thunderous roar.
Thousands of cavalry led by Zhang Jie collided head-on with Lu Bu's 6,000 elite cavalry, causing a slight splash, and then were submerged in the seemingly endless enemy cavalry. Duan Yan clearly saw Zhang Jie
He was pierced by Lu Bu's spear, then his body was lifted high and then fell into the dust.
Even though he was wearing iron armor, he couldn't stop the lance charge when the two horses clashed.
The crossbowmen here were still struggling to shoot the last round of arrows at the oncoming cavalry, but Duan Yan knew that it was all in vain. He closed his eyes in despair, and said bitterly in his heart: It's over.
