Fei Qian led his troops to set up camp near Wenxi County, although Wang Yi screamed very fiercely, as if Fei Qian was a little late, there would be something like that, but in fact, Fei Qian also knew that Wang Yi might not immediately have much friction with Niu Fu.

Anyi, as the seat of governance in Hedong, is naturally different from other small counties, although it is not as large as Chang'an, Luoyang, and the momentum is majestic, but it is not something that can be attacked overnight.

Although Wang Yi is not a general who is good at attacking, he has also taken a small number of soldiers to resist the Baibo army for more than half a month in Xiangling, even though the combat effectiveness of the Xiliang soldiers is not the same as that of the Baibo army, but Anyi is also better than Xiangling in the number of defenders.

For Yu Xiliang's soldiers, Fei Qian and Xu Shu didn't know much about it, so Fei Qian transferred Ma Yan back from the Beiqu camp, as a veteran of the army commander in Beidi for a long time, he naturally had more understanding of the arms and combat habits in the northwest region.

After the evening meal, Fei Qian, Xu Shu and Ma Yan sat around the small bonfire in the tent, baking the clothes and armor that were soaked in the spring cold, and discussing the situation of Xiliang's troops.

Ma Yan's eyes diverged slightly, and he didn't know what he remembered, and said: "The Xiliang soldiers are actually the same as the Bingzhou soldiers, they are all border troops belonging to the imperial court......"

The three major soldiers of the Han Dynasty, the Central Forbidden Army, the Frontier Garrison, and the County Defenders.

At the earliest, the Central Forbidden Army of the Han Dynasty was divided into two armies, the north and the south, which were subordinate to the Taiwei as an important military force to protect the central government.

Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty re-erected the two armies of the period gate and Yulin in addition to the southern and northern armies, and its main purpose was to further strengthen the dominant position of the central army, especially after the post of the imperial lieutenant of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was idle for a long time, and even after the dismissal of the province, in order to further strengthen the imperial power and enrich the strength of Lang Wei, he changed the name of "Lang Zhongling" to "Guangluxun", expanded the posts of Lang Wei, and added the period gate and Yulin army under Guangluxun.

In this way, on the one hand, Lang Wei and the southern and northern armies can form a three-point confrontation, and use it to contain the southern and northern armies; On the other hand, it is also conducive to mutual appearance and strengthening, strengthening the reliability and insurance coefficient of personal guards.

But at the beginning of Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, the quality of the Central Forbidden Army was gradually declining, first the Southern Army existed in name only, and then a large number of noble soldiers were flooded in the meantime, and the combat power of the Central Army was already a yellow flower in the past, and it was not as good as a day.

In contrast, the combat effectiveness of the border army gradually became stronger in the process of counterinsurgency one after another.

Especially the Xiliang soldiers.

Bingzhou originally also had strong troops, but in Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty transferred many times, and gradually evacuated the border soldiers of Bingzhou......

Mayan continued: "...... Xiliang soldiers, because of the long-term battle with Xiqiang, so the number of cavalry quota is more, if it is a county soldier in various places, it is already very remarkable to be able to have one-fifth of the cavalry, but among the Xiliang soldiers, it is generally at least one-third, or even one-half of the cavalry...... Supervise...... Under Dong Thief, there are even troops that are purely cavalry, which are called the Flying Bear Army, and non-strong men cannot be included in its ranks......"

Fei Qian nodded, but some doubts arose in his heart, this Dong Zhuo's Flying Bear Army, in fact, to put it bluntly, is Dong Zhuo's personal personal guard, but why did Dong Zhuo disappear as soon as he died?

If the Flying Bear Army was stationed in Chang'an, Wang Yun would not dare to move anything, and as Dong Zhuo's personal guards, most of them should be stationed to defend Yiwu, but after Dong Zhuo's death, Huangfu Song led one of his own private soldiers and easily took care of Yiwu......

How can this be explained?

However, people like Niu Fu should not have this Flying Bear Army, because in Fei Qian's impression, it seems that this Flying Bear Army has never appeared again......

"I won't say much about the foot soldiers, because the Xiliang region is vast, and the frontal combat soldiers are actually similar to those in Bingzhou, all of which are mainly cavalry, and because Xiliang fights more, so the imperial court gives Xiliang more armor and equipment, so compared with the Xiliang cavalry, both in weapons and armor are more complete. Like the Flying Bear Army, it is said that even the war horses are also batch armor......" Ma Yan sighed twice, obviously a little envious of the equipment of the Xiliang Army.

War horses are also armored?

Fei Qian and Xu Shu glanced at each other, this is a bit difficult for the Bingzhou cavalry.

It's not the reason of the people, but the reason of the horse, there are still some differences in height and physique between the Xiliang horse and the Bingzhou horse, if the Xiliang horse of the batch looks like a flying bear, then the slightly shorter horse of the state is like a flying pig......

However, in this way, Fei Qian and Xu Shu also generally understood that if the Bingzhou cavalry was a wolf cavalry, then the Xiliang cavalry was worthy of being an iron cavalry. In a more popular way of saying in later generations, the Bingzhou cavalry is a type of army between light cavalry and heavy cavalry, while the Xiliang cavalry is a heavy cavalry that focuses on batch armor.

Ma Yan picked up a small branch from the side, drew a sketch on the ground, and said while drawing: "Xiliang soldiers, if it is a head-to-head confrontation, although there is a slight change when the battle is approaching, it is basically mostly used to break the skillful ...... with strength."

Ma Yan drew a slightly flattened and long square, then pointed and said: "This is the Xiliang infantry formation, which is lined up horizontally when the battle is about to ......."

Then three more triangles were drawn behind the rectangle and continued: "...... This is the Xiliang cavalry formation, and in most cases it will be hidden behind the infantry battle array......"

Finally, a triangle was drawn on the left and right sides of the rectangle, and he pointed twice: "This is the two-wing ranger." ”

Ma Yan looked at Fei Qian, then at Xu Shu, then lowered his head, and continued to gesticulate: "...... If it is engaged, the foot soldiers will step forward to suppress the forward line of the opponent's army formation, and the left and right wings of the rangers will involve the left and right side of the opposing army, and then the central cavalry formation will look for an opportunity to find a gap from the left, center and right directions, looking for a gap to directly attack the opponent's center or the left and right wings......"

Xu Shu couldn't help frowning and asked, "From the left, the middle and the right at the same time?" ”

Ma Yan shook his head and said: "Not necessarily, the Xiliang soldiers are very familiar with this kind of combat method, so they will naturally adjust it on the spot, and they will sprint in which direction when the gap is large, and sometimes they will deliberately feint to attack one side, but in fact, the focus is on the other side......"

It's very simple, it's also very practical, and there are no bells and whistles of all kinds of lofty names, but the Xiliang cavalry relies on this tactic and has been tempered again and again in the confrontation of the Xiqiang Hu people.

The battle formation is not like a click of the mouse on the computer in later generations, it can be completed, in the battle of thousands of people, the orders between the commanders at all levels are complicated, and the connection of each army formation is also different, the tactics of the Xiliang soldiers are actually very simple, that is, to rely on the cavalry soldiers to strengthen the horses, and then use the infantry and rangers to pull the opponent's formation, once the opponent shows a flaw, the key blow to this flaw, until the opponent's formation completely collapses.

Of course, the rejection of horse traps or something is of course effective, but the choice of the battlefield is not necessarily a one-sided thing, the Xiliang soldiers have the advantage of cavalry, like the choice of the battlefield, in fact, the initiative is often in the hands of the troops with relatively high mobility values.

Even if you set up a horse rejection and dig a trap, if the other party avoids it and does not fight, it is useless.

When the Xiliang soldiers are willing to line up to fight, they may not have enough time to set up a horse rejection and dig traps......

Although it is an old tactic, it is still difficult to deal with, one is because this tactic has been tested again and again in the bloody wind of actual combat, and the other is that the Xiliang soldiers are extremely familiar with this tactic, so familiar that even if there is no special order from the central commander, they can still catch the fighter and display it......

This is the benefit of the Xiliang soldiers, this is the advantage of having more veterans in the team, but now the benefits of the Xiliang soldiers have become a difficulty for Fei Qian.