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

In the early days, with Cao Cao's expedition, the battle of Guandu supervised Cao Cao's transportation of grain and grass, and supervised the generals to put down the rebellions of Changyi, Xu He, Lei Xu, and Shang Yao. Later, he led the army to Liangzhou, chased Ma Chao, broke Han Sui, destroyed Song Jian, swept Qiang, Di, and Hubu Guanright. After Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, Xiahou Yuan stayed in Hanzhong, refused to fight with Liu Bei for more than a year, and was attacked by Liu Bei's general Huang Zhong in Dingjun Mountain, and died in battle.

Xiahou Yuan was the servant of the Western Han Dynasty, Xiahou Ying, and his wife was Cao Cao's wife. Cao Cao was implicated in a case in his hometown, and Xiahou Yuan took it on his behalf. [3] Later, Cao Cao tried to rescue him, so that he could avoid disaster. At that time, Yan and Henan were in turmoil, and Xiahou Yuan abandoned his young son because of hunger and lack to feed his dead brother and orphan daughter.

In December of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu, and Xiahou Yuan followed Cao Cao as 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.

In August of the fifth year of Jian'an (200 years), Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fought in Guandu, and Xiahou Yuan served as the captain of the military academy. In October, Yuan Shao was defeated, and Xiahou Yuan supervised the transportation of military rations from Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou. In the same year, the daughter of his deceased brother, who was 13 or 4 years old at the time, was obtained by Zhang Fei when he went out of the city to collect firewood and married him.

In September of the sixth year of Jian'an (201), Yuan Shao sent Liu Bei to attack Runan, Changfeng rebelled as Liu Bei, Xiahou Yuan and Zhang Liao surrounded Changfeng in the East China Sea, and after a few months, the food ran out, so they prepared to withdraw the army. Zhang Liao admonished Chang Feng to surrender, and he hesitated to counterattack, but he could say that he would surrender, so he sent Chang Feng to surrender, and he surrendered with Zhang Liao to meet Cao Cao.

In August of the eleventh year of Jian'an (206 years), Chang Feng rebelled again, Cao Cao sent Yu Ban to attack, but did not win, and then sent Xiahou Yuan and Yu Ban to attack Chang Feng together, and captured more than ten of its strongholds. 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".

In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207 years) in October, Jinan, Le'an Yellow Turban Army Xu He, Sima Ju and other troops invaded the city, killed officials, such as Jinan Wang Yun and others died, Xiahou Yuan led Taishan, Qi, Pingyuan three counties to suppress it, broke it, beheaded Xu He, recovered the counties, and collected its grain to supplement the military rations.

In the fourteenth year of Jian'an (209), Cao Cao led the army with Xiahou Yuan. In December, Cao Cao replied after defeating Sun Quan, and the Lujiang people Chen Lan, Mei Cheng, Lei Xu and other people rebelled in the six counties, and Cao Cao appointed Xiahou Yuan to supervise the generals to exterminate Lei Xu.

In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), in the first month, Taiyuan Shangyao and others rebelled according to Daling, Cao Cao took Xiahou Yuan to conquer the western guard, supervised Xu Huang to attack it, captured more than 20 of its strongholds, beheaded his handsome Shang Yao, and slaughtered Daling. In March, Cao Cao ordered Zhong Xuan, the lieutenant of Sili, to attack Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, so that Xiahou Yuan and others led their troops out of Hedong to join Zhong Xuan. In August, Xiahou Yuan recruited Ma Chao, Han Sui and other troops from Cao Cao, and the two sides fought in Weinan. In October, the governors of Xu Huang and Zhu Ling and others met with Cao Cao in Anding, and Yang Qiu surrendered. In December, Cao Cao returned to the army from Settling down and left Xiahou Yuan to garrison Chang'an.

In the first month of the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, with Xiahou Yuan as a general of the army, and the governor 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 a rebellion 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.

In July, Han Sui, Ma Chao and other remaining Liang Xing were stationed in Lantian, Dun, 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 ("The Biography of Xu Huang" and "The Biography of Zheng Hun" are both written by Yan instead of "The Biography of Xiahou Yuan", and "Tongjian" is also written as Dun), killed the Xiayang thief Jin Fu, etc., rescued Xia Yangchang, Shao Lingling and their officials, and returned the materials taken by Le Fu and others from nearby counties, and collected more than 3,000 households. With this merit, Cao Cao was named the Marquis of Bochang Pavilion.

In September 213 A.D. (the eighteenth year of Jian'an), Yang Fu, Jiang Xu, Zhao Qu, Yin Feng and others conspired against Ma Chao and killed Ma Chao's wife.

In the spring of the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), 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, some of the generals tend to continue to attack Han Sui, and some think that they should turn to attack Xingguo, and Xiahou Yuan himself believes that Han Sui's troops are elite, Xingguo's castle 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 long Han Sui's army is to leave the Qiang soldiers, attack it must be saved, so that Han Sui if he lets the Qiang soldiers save themselves, they fall into a lonely situation, and to save Changli, they must go out of the city to fight with Xiahou Yuan's army, and they can be captured in a battle. So Xiahou Yuan left the subordinate general in charge of supervision to guard the baggage, and he personally led the elite infantry to raid and burn Changli Qiangtun, and beheaded a lot. Hearing the news, the Qiang soldiers in Han Sui's army returned to their respective tribes, and Han Sui had no choice but to lead the army to rescue and fight against Xiahou Yuan. Seeing that Han Sui's army was huge, the generals were very troubled, and they were ready to camp and dig trenches for a protracted war. Xiahou Yuan encouraged everyone again: "Our army has been fighting for thousands of miles, if we set up camp and dig ditches at that time, then the soldiers will be demoralized and unable to persist in the battle, although the enemy has a huge army, it is easy to deal with." So he beat the drum and marched into the army, broke Han Sui's army, and obtained his handsome flag and other dry items.

After a slight adjustment in Huiluoyang, he took advantage of the victory to besiege Xingguo, Xingguo King Agui, Baixiang Di King Yang Wan (that is, the Qiu Chi of Wuhu time, among its descendants, there are more fierce generals such as Yang Ju Yongjian and many strategies, Yang Dingguo Yong is good at fighting, and Yang Dayan, the first fierce general of the Northern Dynasty, etc.) Although Xiao Yong was also defeated by Xiahou Yuan's onslaught, Agui was destroyed, and tens of millions fled to Ma Chao, and the rest of the soldiers all surrendered. Then he turned to Gaoping and Tuge, all of which won a great victory, and collected their military rations, cattle and horses, and materials. After this war, with outstanding military achievements, Xiahou Yuan won the holiday.

In October, Cao Cao ordered Xiahou Yuan to lead Zhang He, Zhang Ji and others to crusade against Song Jian, a native of Longxi who called Wang Zhiguan a chaotic more than 30 years in Caohan, Xiahou Yuan then sent troops from Xingguo, quickly marched and besieged Caohan, with a weak force of only more than a month, he broke Song Jian, who had tens of thousands of fierce soldiers and horses, and failed to crusade for the imperial court several times, and since Song Jian, all the officials placed by the prime minister were beheaded. In addition, Xiahou Yuan sent Zhang He and others to lead troops to pacify the river pass, crossed the river and went deep into Xiaohuangzhong, and all the Qiang tribes in Hexi surrendered. When he returned to the army, Han Sui's tens of thousands of troops gathered by Han Sui and Hu were threatened, and Xiahou Yuan ordered Han Sui's son-in-law Yan Xing, who disagreed with Han Sui and defected to Cao's army. And Xiahou Yuan praised Cao Cao for his great achievements, saying that he wiped out Song Jian, who had been in chaos for more than 30 years in one fell swoop, like a tiger rampant and invincible, quoting Confucius's words "I am not as good as you" and sighed to himself.

In March of the twentieth year of Jian'an (215), Cao Cao went west to conquer Zhang Lu, and Xiahou Yuan led the generals stationed in Liangzhou and the kings of Qiang and Hu to join Cao Cao in Xiuting. And every time Cao Cao met with the leaders of Qiang and Hu, he ordered Xiahou Yuan to accompany him to deter the kings of Qiang and Hu. In July, Zhang Lu was defeated and Hanzhong was pacified. Xiahou Yuan was the protector of the general, and the governors Zhang He and Xu Huang pacified Ba County. In December, Cao Cao returned from Nanzheng and left Xiahou Yuan to garrison Hanzhong.

In February of the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, worshiped Xiahou Yuan as the general of the expedition to the west, and guarded Hanzhong. and added 300 households to the food estate, adding to the total of 800 households sealed before. After that, Xiahou Yuan's return army attacked the Diqiang tribes in Wudu, Xiabi and other places, and collected more than 100,000 Hu from Guliang.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), Liu Bei marched to Yangping Pass, Xiahou Yuan led Zhang He, Xu Huang and others to reject it, and Xu Huang broke Chen Shi and Zhang He stationed in Guangshi, Liu Bei attacked but did not overcome, and the two sides held each other until the second year.

In the first month of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Liu Bei crossed the water from Yangping and stationed at Dingjun Mountain, and Xiahou Yuan led the army to fight. Liu Bei led more than 10,000 elite people, divided into ten night attacks on Zhang He, Zhang He led his personal guards to fight back, Liu Bei could not be defeated, Xiahou Yuan sent Zhang He to garrison the eastern part of the antlers, and led the elite to garrison the southern part of the antlers, Liu Bei then attacked Zhang He with all his might, Zhang He was defeated, Xiahou Yuan then divided half of the army to save Zhang He, so Liu Bei adopted the strategy of burning the horns in the Zouma Valley, and when Xiahou Yuan went to fight the fire and repair the antlers, he sent the captured general Huang Zhong to condescendingly raid the Yuan army, and Xiahou Yuan was killed in battle. Shameful.

Xiahou Yuan fought bravely, and had the same fierce personality as his brother Xiahou Yuan, but he neglected to use stratagem. Cao Cao also often admonished him: "When there is cowardice, you must not be brave." will be based on courage and wisdom; But knowing that Ren Yong is an enemy", but in the end he died in battle. Cao Cao sighed after learning of Xiahou Yuan's death: "Xiahou Yuan was not originally a person who knew how to use soldiers, and the army called him 'General Baidi' as a commander, and as a commander, he should not fight in person, let alone repair the antlers!" ”

In July of the fourth year of Zhengshi (243), Cao Fang enshrined Xiahou Yuan and other deceased ministers in the temple of Taizu Cao Caozong.