Xiahou Huan was a fierce general under Cao Cao, who followed Cao Cao around when he first started his army, and also made a lot of meritorious achievements. In his conquest career, Xiahou Huan encountered many masters, including Lü Bu who fought twice. However, in the two confrontations with Lü Bu, Xiahou Huan's performance difference was not small.
Xiahou Huan first fought Lü Bu in the Battle of Xingyang between the Eighteenth Route Princes against Dong Zhuo. At that time, Dong Zhuo was forced by the momentum of the Kwantung princes to hold Emperor Xian hostage and move the capital to Chang'an. Cao Cao took his men and horses to chase after him, and when he arrived at Xingyang, he met Lü Bu after the break. Xiahou Huan raised his gun and went to fight Lü Bu, only to fight for about ten rounds before he was defeated.
The second time Xiahou Huan fought lü Bu was in the Battle of Puyang between Cao Cao and Lü Bu for Gunzhou. At that time, Cao Cao's first battle was unfavorable, so he decided to take Cao Hong, Li Dian, Mao Jiu, Lü Qian, Yu Ban, and Dianwei six generals to sneak into Lü Bu's camp west of Puyang City overnight, hoping to win a battle to strengthen the army.
Not wanting Chen Gong to also think of this layer, Lü Bu ordered Gao Shun to take Wei Xu and Hou Cheng to the rescue. When Gao Shun arrived with his army and horses, Cao Cao had already captured Xizhai, and the two armies fought on the spot. When the sky was about to dawn, Lü Bu personally brought troops to the rescue, and the Cao army could not resist and was defeated and left. During this period, Cao Cao was also trapped by Hao Meng, Cao Sex, Cheng Lian, Song Xian and others, and the situation was critical, but fortunately Dianwei rushed to kill and defeat the four generals and rescue him.
At this time, other generals of the Cao army also arrived, and Cao Cao was about to lead the army back to the camp, not wanting Lü Bu to take his men and horses and kill them again. At this time, Dianwei, Cao Hong, and other generals were all sleepy and weak, unable to fight anymore, and were about to escape from each other, but fortunately, Xiahou Huan led his army to intercept Lü Bu. It was not until dusk that the two armies had to cease fighting and return to their respective camps.
Some people thought that xiahou Huan could stop Lü Bu in this battle, indicating that his martial arts should be only slightly inferior to Lü Bu, and it was only occasional that Xingyang had lost so quickly before. However, if you look closely at the context, you can see that this is not the case.
First of all, it should be said that Xiahou Huan only fought about ten rounds before he was defeated, not that the gap between him and Lü Bu was so huge.
Judging from the later battle of Puyang, Xiahou Huan could fight with Zhang Liao, and xia pi and the Yellow River crossing encountered Guan Yu could also play more than a dozen rounds regardless of victory or defeat, and his martial arts in the rendition should be on a par with Zhang Liao, Zhang Gao and others. Although there is still a certain gap compared with the top-level super-first-class fierce generals, but if you really fight, you can also fight dozens of rounds, and you will not lose so quickly.
The Battle of Xingyang was quickly defeated by Xiahou Huan, first, because he followed Cao Cao in pursuit of Dong Zhuo's army, and he had already lost some physical strength when he came from afar, while Lü Bu took advantage of some of the advantages by waiting for work. Second, Lü Bu led the troops to wait for the pursuit of the troops, it was obvious that Dong Zhuo was already prepared, and the Cao army had few soldiers, so naturally some people were worried, which affected Xiahou Huan's play.
However, xiahou Huan in the Battle of Xizhai did not show too dazzling performance.
During the Battle of Xizhai, Lü Bu and Xiahou Huan both came with military horses, and it was a scuffle between the two armies, not a single challenge. In the rendition, in this case, even if there is a difference in martial arts between the leading warriors, it may be a draw.
For example, when Liu Bei'er attacked Luocheng, he ordered Huang Zhong and Wei Yan to attack the East Gate and attack the West Gate himself. Zhang appointed Wu Lan and Lei Tong to lead the army to fight Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, and took Liu Bei directly. Liu Bei was certainly not Zhang Ren's opponent, and he was killed and fled. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were blocked by Wu Lan and Lei Tong and could not be rescued. Fortunately, at this time, Zhang Fei and Yan Yan arrived with military horses and saved Liu Bei.
And Lei Tong was killed by Zhang Guo at the Battle of Wakou Pass, and Wu Lan was picked under the horse after a few rounds of encountering Cao Zhang at the mouth of the Xiegu Boundary, obviously all of them were general in martial arts, and at most second-rate level, far inferior to Huang Zhong and Wei Yan. However, when fighting with the army and horses, Wu Lan and Lei Tong could block Huang Wei and make them unable to escape.
Therefore, Xiahou Huan intercepted Lü Bu in a similar situation, and it does not prove that he and Lü Bu can also fight a draw.
Of course, some people will think that even if the two armies are in a scuffle, Lü Bu will inevitably encounter Xiahou Huan and will still fight for a while.
This may indeed exist. However, it should be noted that when cao Cao was going to return to the camp, it was already "late afternoon". Xiahou Huan and Lü Bu fought at dusk, in fact, in the same time period, they may have played only one or twenty rounds. As mentioned earlier, with Xiahou Huan's martial arts, it was completely possible to insist on such a short time under Lü Bu's hands.
Moreover, during the Battle of Xizhai, Lü Bu took his army and horses to fight with the Cao army when the sky was about to dawn, but it was in the evening when he fought with Xiahou Huan, who had been fighting for a whole day, and his physical strength was extremely depleted. Xiahou Huan did not participate in the Battle of Xizhai, but came to meet him with fresh troops.
Therefore, when he and Lü Bu fought, it just happened that the battle of Xingyang was reversed, and Xiahou Huan was waiting for work and taking advantage of it, and he could hold out longer than the fair duel between the two people.
To sum up, the Battle of Xizhai did not prove that Xiahou Huan's martial arts were enough to match Lü Bu's, and it could only be said that he could fight with Lü Bu for a period of time, and under favorable conditions, he could persist for a longer time.