Among the generals of the Three Kingdoms, the twelfth is Xiahou Yuan.

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Xiahou Yuan (?) ——219), the word Miaocai, Pei Guoqiao (Qiáo now Bozhou, Anhui), a famous general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, good at thousands of miles of raids, often surprised the enemy, the official to the general of the west, Feng Bochang Tinghou.

In the early days, with Cao Cao's expedition, the battle of Guandu was Cao Cao's supervision of grain and grass, and he supervised the generals to put down the rebellions of Changyi, Xu He, Lei Xu, and Shang Yao (Yao). Later, he led the army to conquer Guanzhong and Liangzhou, beheaded Liang Xing, chased Ma Chao, broke Han Sui, destroyed Song Jian, swept away the Qiang people, Di people, Tu Ge and other foreign forces, and walked to the right of the pass.

After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan stayed in Hanzhong, rejected Liu Bei for more than a year, and was attacked by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong at Dingjun Mountain, and died in battle

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Xiahou Yuan was the servant of the Western Han Dynasty, Xiahou Ying, and his wife was Cao Cao's cousin. "Book of Jin" said "inner sister", many people understand it as "wife sister", but at that time, "inner sister" refers to the daughter of the uncle rather than the sister of the wife, Cao Cao's mother is Ding, and the daughter of the uncle is also Ding.

In fact, the Xiahou and Ding families are not far away, and Xiahou Yuan and Sister Ding have known each other since childhood, even if they are baby relatives.

When Cao Cao robbed the bride in his hometown, he alarmed the government, and the government wanted to arrest him, and Xiahou Yuan took it on his behalf.

Later, Cao Cao tried to rescue him, so that he could avoid disaster.

At that time, Yan and Yu were in turmoil, and Xiahou Yuan gave up his young son because of hunger and lack to feed his dead brother's orphan daughter.

When this girl was thirteen or fourteen years old, she was snatched by Zhang Fei and became her concubine and gave birth to two daughters.

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Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu, and Xiahou Yuan followed Cao Cao with the positions of Sima of other departments and cavalry captains.

In the early years of Jian'an (196), it was moved to Chen Liutaishou, and later moved to Yingchuan Taishou. During this period, Xiahou Yuan took two more wives and concubines, and gave birth to the second son Xiahou Ba and the third son Xiahou Cheng respectively.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in Guandu, and Xiahou Yuan served as the commander of the military academy. In October, Yuan Shao was defeated, and Xiahou Yuan supervised the transportation of military rations from Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou.

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In September of the sixth year of Jian'an (201), Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to attack Runan, Chang Feng (xī) rebelled, and Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Liao surrounded Chang Feng in the East China Sea, and ran out of food a few months later.

All the generals thought that the troops should be withdrawn, but Zhang Liao saw that Changfeng had the intention of surrendering, and thought that it could be said that Changfeng should be surrendered, so he sent an envoy to Changfeng. Chang Feng Guo descended, and followed Zhang Liao to meet Cao Cao.

Later, Changfeng rebelled again, and Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to attack, but Yu Ban was unable to conquer Changfeng. Then he sent Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban to attack Changfeng and capture more than ten of its strongholds. Because Chang Feng and Yu Ban were old friends, he went to the forbidden camp to surrender, and Yu Ban beheaded Chang Feng with "those who surrender after the siege are not pardoned".

After Xiahou Yuan returned to the army, he was honored as a military captain.

At that time, the army often surprised the enemy because of Xiahou Yuan's use of soldiers, and there was a saying that "Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the military academy, can travel 500 miles in three days and go thousands of miles in six days".

Jinan, Le'an Yellow Turban Army Xu He, Sima Ju and other troops invaded the city and beheaded officials, such as Jinan Wang Yun (yū

When he died, Xiahou Yuan led the soldiers of Taishan, Qi, and Pingyuan counties to suppress him, broke it, beheaded Xu He, recovered the counties, and collected its grain to supplement the military rations.

Cao Cao led the army with Xiahou Yuanxing, and after the crusade against Sun Quan, he replied, and the Lujiang people Chen Lan, Mei Cheng, Lei Xu, etc

), the six counties rebelled, and Cao Cao appointed Xiahou Yuan to supervise the generals to exterminate Lei Xu.

Taiyuan Shang Yao and others rebelled according to Daling, Cao Cao used Xiahou Yuan to march to the west to protect the army, supervised Xu Huang to attack it, captured more than 20 of its strongholds, beheaded his commander Shang Yao, conquered Daling, and slaughtered the city.

Cao Cao ordered the commander of the division, Zhong Xiang (yáo), to crusade against Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, so that Xiahou Yuan and others led his troops out of Hedong to join Zhong Xuan.

Xiahou Yuan conquered Ma Chao, Han Sui and other troops from Cao Cao, and the two sides fought in Weinan. The governors of Xu Huang and Zhu Ling and others met with Cao Cao and Yang Qiu, and Yang Qiu surrendered.

Cao Cao returned to the army from Settling down and left Xiahou Yuan to garrison Chang'an.

During the garrison in Chang'an, Xiahou Yuan took another concubine and gave birth to five sons, Xiahou Rong.

This child is young but talented, and at the age of seven, he can write essays and read scriptures, and he will never forget it, and Cao Pi is also amazed by it. When he was thirteen years old, he was in Hanzhong with his father, and when Xiahou Yuan was defeated, he drew his sword and went into battle and died.

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Cao Cao returned to Ye (yè) City, with Xiahou Yuan as a general of the army, and the governors Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao were stationed in Chang'an, and defeated Liu Xiong (also known as Liu Xiongming), a thief from Nanshan who gathered thousands of people to make trouble at the Wuguan crossing, and surrendered his troops, and Liu Xiong fled to Hanzhong.

Ma Chao annexed all the people of Longyou, Zhang Lu also sent the general Yang Ang to help Ma Chao, a total of more than 10,000 people, besieged Liangzhou Assassin Shi Wei Kang in Jicheng, Wei Kang held on for eight months, Wei Kang sent Yan Wen to Xiahou Yuan for help, for Ma Chao to gain, Yan Wen refused to surrender, and was killed by Ma Chao.

Before Xiahou Yuan's reinforcements arrived, Wei Kang had surrendered to Ma Chao and was killed by him.

When Xiahou Yuan advanced to more than 200 miles away from Jicheng, Ma Chao led his troops to attack, and Xiahou Yuan's army was not in a good battle. It also coincided with the rebellion of Yang Wan in response to Ma Chao, and the army was stationed in Xingguo, and Xiahou Yuan withdrew his troops.

Han Sui, Ma Chao and other remaining Liang Xing were stationed in Lantian, Dun (fū), Xiayang and other places, and Kou Luozuo Feng Yi area.

Xiahou Yuan got Zheng Hun to lead the local soldiers and people to help, and the governor Xu Huang led the troops to surround and suppress him, and beheaded Liang Xingyu (fū "Xu Huang Biography" and "Zheng Hun Biography" are both "鄜" instead of "鄠 (hù)" written in "Xiahou Yuan Biography", and "Tongjian" is also written as "鄜"), killed Xia Yang thief Jin Fu and others, rescued Xia Yang Chang, Shao Ling Ling Ling and their officials, and returned the materials that Le Fu and others had taken from nearby counties, and collected more than 3,000 households. With this merit, Cao Cao was named the Marquis of Bochang Pavilion.

Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Zhao Qu (qú), Yin Feng and others conspired against Ma Chao, killed Ma Chao's wife, and Ma Chao ran to Hanzhong to cast Zhang Lu.

Ma Chao asked for troops from Zhang Lu, took Liangzhou in the north, and surrounded Qishan.

Jiang Xu and others urgently asked Xiahou Yuan for help, and the generals thought that they should obey Cao Cao's dispatch, but Xiahou Yuan thought: Going back and forth for 4,000 miles, the distance is far away, and when they receive Cao Cao's instructions, Jiang Xu and others will be defeated, so this move is not suitable for emergency rescue.

After the discussion, he immediately sent troops, first sent Zhang He to lead 5,000 infantry cavalry as the vanguard, and marched on the Chencang Trail, while he supervised the transportation of grain and grass and then set off.

When Zhang He's troops arrived in Weishui, Ma Chao led thousands of Di and Qiang to attack.

However, the two sides did not fight, Ma Chao retreated without a fight ("Zizhi Tongjian" recorded that Ma Chao was defeated and left), and Zhang He later collected the equipment left by Ma Chao's army. When Xiahou Yuan's army arrived, all the counties had surrendered and pacified.

At this time, Han Sui was also stationed in Xianqin, so Xiahou Yuan turned to attack Han Sui, Han Sui was defeated, and Xiahou Yuan continued to pursue Han Sui until Luoyang after receiving his military rations.

This place is about 20 miles away from Han Sui's army, and some of the generals are inclined to continue to attack Han Sui, while others think that they should turn to Xingguo.

And Xiahou Yuan himself believes that Han Sui's troops are elite, and the castle of Xingguo is strong, even if he barely attacks, he can't conquer it immediately, it is better to attack Changli's many Qiang lair, because of how many Qiang soldiers in Han Sui's army, attacking it will be saved, so if Han Sui lets the Qiang soldiers save themselves, they will fall into a lonely situation, and to save Changli, they must go out of the city to fight with Xiahou Yuan's army, but they can be captured in a battle.