Gao Shun saw that the momentum did not deter the enemy, and Zhang Liao was temporarily blocked by Lu Qian's troops, so he had to go into battle in person to block Xiahoudun's assault.

The heavy cavalry of the Cao army crashed into the shield spearmen of the Lu Bu army who were urgently in formation, and in an instant people shouted and horses neighed, and a group of cavalry fell off their horses, and the foot soldiers who crashed into the air also fell to the ground and vomited blood, unable to stand up.

The cavalry of the Cao army was like a sharp blade, slashing into the tree, but the tree was not cut through, but the blade could not be pulled out. In this era, it is still a little more difficult for cavalry to attack infantry head-on.

Gao Shun observed while fighting, and at this time saw that the infantry formation blocked the impact, and Zhang Liao's side estimated that it would not be long before he could defeat Lu Qian, and the battle was soon a complete victory.

"Uhh

Not far from him, a battle cry suddenly sounded!

Xiahoudun stared at Gao Shun like a demon, and pounced on him. The gun in his hand was extremely fast and powerful, and a burst of stabbing slashes repelled the infantry of the Lu Bu army around him.

Gao Shun knew that he had to step forward at this time, and the two of them were gun-to-gun, and the coach was against the boss, so they fought in the formation.

Xiahoudun had few soldiers around him, but the offensive was fierce, and the long-suppressed battle spirit burst out in the past few days, frightening the surrounding soldiers not to approach.

The two fought for forty or fifty times, and Gao Shun finally couldn't resist it, so he pulled his horse and walked around the formation. He believed that as long as it dragged on, no matter how heroic Xiahoudun was, the final battle situation would be decided.

Xiahoudun also understands this truth, and the key to reversing this battle at this time depends on whether he can kill the opponent's coach Gao Shun. Once this person is killed in public, he will be able to frighten the enemy army and turn defeat into victory.

Suddenly, an unsightly shooter calmly aimed at Xiahoudun in the gallop.

Although the subject is dressed in delicate black light fish scale armor and an all-metal blackhorn helmet, his face has no protection.

At a distance of fifty steps, it is even more difficult to shoot the face of the galloping Xiahou Xuan, but Cao Xing can do it!

"Whoosh"

The arrow shot by Cao Xuan hit Xiahoudun's left eye! The latter didn't scream hysterically, but his figure trembled, apparently struggling spontaneously.

Cao Xing rode forward and took the enemy commander who was stuck in place.

"Roar!"

That Xiahoudun let out an angry roar, which shocked everyone on the battlefield to focus their eyes on him.

I saw that he connected his left eye, pulled out the carving feather, and shouted word by word, "The blood of father and mother must not be abandoned!" ”

Then, swallow your left eye in one gulp!

With the bloody hole, he rushed straight to Cao Xing with a thunderous gun. His face had been dyed blood-red by himself, and he looked even more terrifying.

Cao Xuan was frightened by him, and he didn't have time to escape, so he had to use the spear in his hand to block Xiahoudun's stab.

However, the latter's strength was too fierce for Cao to stop, and he was pierced through his right waist with a shot, and then twisted, accompanied by a scream, and fell off his horse and died.

However, Xiahoudun finally fell off his horse trembling because of excessive blood loss. Fortunately, Xiahou Yuan came to the rescue desperately, and finally took Xiahou Yuan out of the encirclement.

After Xiahoudun was injured and fainted, Gao Shun and Zhang Liao took advantage of the situation to cover up the killing, and Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban and others did not dare to fight, so they gathered the defeated troops and retreated.

The battle ended with the final victory of Lü Bu's army, which was nothing more than the loss of Cao He and 4,000 soldiers and horses, and the crushing victory of destroying 10,000 Cao troops and seriously wounding Xiahoudun.

Cao Cao in the south, relying on his advantages in size and talent, suppressed Lü Bu's 4,000 cavalry and 30,000 Yuan Shu's soldiers. Cao Ren and Man Chong also attacked from south to north from Xiapi, and gained a certain advantage over Chen Gong and Song Xian.

However, due to the defeat of the northern front, Xiahoudun was seriously injured, and Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others also attacked Cheng Yu and Shi Jian fiercely, so the southern front did not dare to fight.

It just so happened that Emperor Xian sent Zhong Xuan as an envoy to persuade Cao Cao and Lu Bu to stop, and gave some job rewards. The two factions borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and temporarily withdrew their troops.

Xuzhou is in full swing, and Tongyuan is developing better and better.

With the efforts of the Xinxi Liang Army, the northern part of Bingzhou soon regained its vitality.

There are only 500 Han households in Dingxiang County, and most of them are attached to Haoqiangwu Fort. This place is basically in accordance with the Hetao counties, where 5,000 people are placed in Tuntian, and some of the Wuhuan small tribes are allowed to develop here and integrate into Tuntian.

The northern part of Yanmen recuperated as before, and appeased the local Haoqiang, so that they could be integrated with a small number of tuntian fields and bazaars.

The southern part is still dominated by county officials, and is actually controlled by well-known scholars and heroes in Taiyuan and Yanmen.

Tongyuan had a large area of open space to settle the displaced people and develop the tuntian, so there was no need to rush to weaken the power of the Taiyuan families.

Therefore, under a series of operations such as not moving their land, not increasing taxes, expanding some trade routes, and accepting them into the system, the Taiyuan families were gradually integrated into the system of the Xinxi Liangjun just like the Hedong and Tianshui clans.

After the internal is on the right track, it is also necessary to stabilize the neutral forces on the outside.

At this time, Wen Hui of Qi County, Taiyuan County, had already responded to the call and arrived in Zhongling to receive the task of envoy Xianbei Budugen.

A young man in his twenties greeted Tong Yuan and said, "Wen Hui, the word Mankey, meet General Zhenbei." ”

Tong Yuan looked at Wen Hui, and saw that he was more than seven feet tall, his face was slightly solid, and although he was older than him, he gave people a kind and stable feeling.

He asked: "I heard that your father used to be the Taishou of Zhuo County, and you have always been by your side, I don't know what you think about the surrounding Wuhuan, Xianbei and other departments?" ”

Wen Hui bowed and said: "To treat Wuhuan and Xianbei, you need to combine rigidity and softness, that is, to exert force and gentleness at the same time. In addition to this, it is necessary to unite the tribes that are weaker and exploited, and to leave a good name among them as much as possible. ”

Tong Yuan's eyes lit up and asked, "Oh? Why is that? ”

Wen Hui replied: "Wuhuan is not like the Xiongnu and Xianbei, it does not yet have a unified royal court and Shan Yu, the tribes have frequent exchanges, and there are more attacks on each other, and my Han can take advantage of the situation to absorb them." ”

"And Xianbei is currently in charge of various ministries, and he is temporarily disobedient to Shan Budugen. It can be said that this is the best time for my great Han to weaken this strong enemy in the north and take the initiative to incorporate it. ”

Geng Qing was on the side, wanting to test him a little, so he asked: "However, when the heroes are divided today, even the white horse general Gongsun Zan will only expel some small and medium-sized tribes of Wuhuan and Xianbei. I don't know how to unify the interior and stabilize the foreign race, what do you think should be the trade-off? ”

Wen Hui said: "First of all, without the support of the Central Plains, it is difficult to develop external stability for a long time. ”

"Secondly, if you can't gain an advantage externally and make them obedient, then this internal stability is only temporary."

"In the end, in his position, seeking his own government, General Zhenbei has answered this question with actions."

Tong Yuan smiled slightly, feeling that although these words were a little empty, they were also very true.