The Han army successively regained Jizhou, Youzhou and Bingzhou, Yuan Tan died in the chaos, and Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang fled to Wuhuan in Liaoxi. Gao Gan fled south, and on the way, he was identified by the people, and he was killed, and he was offered to the Han army for reward.

A large area of land in Hebei was subdued, and Liu Xie discussed attacking Wuhuan.

Cao Cao's general Xiahou Yuan and others said: "To attack Wuhuan, we have to cross the desert, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi are already at the end of the crossbow, if we go to pursue, once Liu Biao invades Luoyang, it will be difficult for us to quickly go back to support." ”

Guo Jia said: "Liu Biao is a poor scholar, who can only chew words and words, but he has no lofty ambitions, so there is nothing to worry about. The Yuan family has always had dealings with Wu Huan, and this will capture the second Yuan, deter the north, and ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment. ”

Liu Xie said: "What Feng Xiao said is extremely true. ”

With the order of the three armies, 300,000 elite horsemen and 100,000 baggage, came to the northern desert, only to see the yellow sand rolling, the wind swept wildly, and the road was difficult.

At this time, Guo Jia fell ill again, and he couldn't follow up, so Liu Xie let him recuperate in Yizhou, and specially explained to Zhang Zhongjing, who was with the army, that Guo Jia's life was in danger no matter what.

Before leaving, Guo Jia said: "The soldiers are fast, and now they are running thousands of miles, and there are too many baggage, so it is better to leave them and the army travel lightly." ”

Liu Xie from his words, put down the baggage, lightly loaded to Wuhuan, Yuan sent Tian Chou as a guide, led the army to the direction of Liucheng, in the White Wolf Mountain, just met Yuan Xi Yuan Shang and Wuhuan King Badun.

Zhao Yun, the general of the former army, Zhao Yun ordered the archers to shoot indiscriminately, Guan Yu's horse was fast, and he had already rushed into the enemy formation.

Pity this Badun, King Wuhuan, I don't know who the other party is, so I met the king of Hades.

The enemy army was in chaos, and there were countless surrenderers. Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang could only lead more than a thousand horsemen, flee here, and flee to Liaodong.

The army entered Liucheng, because the baggage was behind, and it was the beginning of summer in June, the weather was hot, there was no food, and there was no water to drink. Liu Xie ordered the whole army to kill horses to satisfy hunger, and the soldiers could only cry and slaughter horses to satisfy their hunger in order to survive.

Liu Xie also ordered people to dig wells to get water, and they dug thirty or forty sheets, that is, more than 100 meters deep, to take water.

Because the conditions were too harsh, the march was urgent, and he didn't bring any baggage, Liu Xie had no choice but to wave his army and return to Yizhou.

Guo Jia was about to recover under Zhang Zhongjing's careful treatment.

Liu Xie personally greeted him before the bed, and Guo Jia said: "Your Majesty, Weichen expected that Er Yuan would definitely vote for Gongsun Kang of Liaodong." Your Majesty only needs to wait for the auspicious day, and Gongsun Kang will definitely send the second Yuan head. ”

Liu Xie smiled and nodded, and said in his heart: "Actually, I already knew that there would be such a result." ”

He told Guo Jia to recuperate with peace of mind and return to Luoyang in the near future.

Liu Xie ordered the army to settle down in Yizhou, and the next day, Xiahou Yuan and other Cao Cao generals came to ask for battle, saying: "Gongsun Kang has always refused to accept Wang Hua, and he just took this opportunity to go to exterminate." ”

Liu Xie just laughed and didn't answer.

Within a few days, sure enough, Gongsun Kang of Liaodong sent someone to send the heads of Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang, and all the generals were shocked and admired Guo Jia's clever calculation.

He asked the messenger what was going on, and he told him the details.

It turned out that Liaodong Taishou Gongsun Kang was the nephew of General Gongsun Du of Wuwei, Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang came to defect, and the general Gongsun Gong said: "This Yuan Shao at the time, after destroying Gongsun Zhan, has always wanted to annex us, and today his two sons have fled to this point, there must be a dove to seize the magpie's nest, we might as well kill the two of them, dedicated to the little emperor, and can also be rewarded for merit." ”

Gongsun Kang hesitated and said: "But I'm afraid that the little emperor will come to the city, so we can still rely on Er Yuan to help." ”

Gongsun Du offered a plan and said: "Otherwise, treat the two of them first, and when the little emperor comes to attack, we will treat him like a guest." If the little emperor did not come to attack, he killed them and asked for a reward. ”

The two made up their minds in this way, and left Eryuan to rest in the post house.

After a few days, he learned that the Han army was really not aggressive in Yizhou, and Gongsun Kang was overjoyed, so he ambushed the sword and axe hand and summoned Eryuan to drink.

At that time, the weather was hot, and seeing that there was no mat on the couch, while saying that he wanted to pad a mat to dispel the heat, Gongsun Kang said angrily: "Your two heads are about to travel thousands of miles to Luoyang, at this time, you still want to sit on a mat, joke!" ”

Er Yuan was shocked, Gongsun Kang had already smashed the cup, and the knife and axe hand rushed out, hacked Er Yuan to death, and your head was put into a wooden box and sent to Yizhou.

Gongsun Kang sent the head of the second Yuan, and the letter said: Gongsun has been a Hanchen for generations, and there is no objection, please rest assured.

Liu Xie smiled secretly: "I can't forgive him." ”

Then the generals said: "Now that the north has been determined and the Yuan clan has been destroyed, our Han army can go back." ”

With the appointment of Liu Bei as the Taishou of Beiping, the town guards Beiping to prevent Beifan, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and others will return to the division with the Han army to requisition. Liu Bei was reluctant in his heart, but he didn't dare to refute, so he could only thank En for receiving his life.

Liu Xie also ordered someone to secretly monitor Liu Bei to prevent him from changing over time.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao, the two great warlords, were thus leveled by Liu Xie.

Guan Yu asked for orders to stay in Beiping several times and accompany his righteous eldest brother to guard Beiping, but Liu Xie refused for various reasons, and Zhang Fei also came a few times, but was still refused.

The Han army began to slowly retreat south, retreated to Jizhou, and carried out a large-scale rest, Cheng Yu and others said: "The north has been flattened, and it is possible to plan to go south to Jingzhou Jiangnan." ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "I have long had this intention, first rectify the army, return to Luoyang, and then discuss the strategy of going south." ”

But said that this Liu Biao is an honest person, and has no objection, only Sun Ce has been recruiting troops and horses, expanding his power, and the intention of rebellion has been exposed, Liu Xie plans to return to Luoyang, and after a month or two of rest, he will go south to the south of the Yangtze River.

In Jizhou for half a month, more than 400,000 Han troops returned to Luoyang.

At this time, it was already early autumn and July, the weather was still hot, and the army was about to arrive in Luoyang.

At that time, Wen Yin had already finished the confinement, and he was also draped on his body, accompanying Liu Xie, and when he saw Liu Xie sighing, he asked: "What's the matter, Your Majesty, you're about to get home, aren't you happy?" ”

Liu Xie said: "Luoyang, I may not stay for a few days before I leave again." ”

Wen Yin said: "Since Your Majesty is so reluctant to Luoyang, why don't you go on an expedition in the spring of next year?" ”

Liu Xie shook his head and said: "No, time waits for no one, the territory in Jiangnan is too big, I'm really worried that I can't recover it every three or two years, so I have to hurry up, this time I will go back to Luoyang, I can only rest for a month at most, and I must go on the expedition, and it is very likely that I will spend the whole year in Jiangnan next year." ”

Wen Yin also sighed and said, "Your Majesty, the concubines don't understand, you are such a good emperor, why do Sun Ce and them turn against you?" ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "Isn't it all desire? This is the so-called lack of people's hearts, snakes swallow elephants. ”

(End of chapter)