Yuan Shang discussed with the judge: "Now that Cao's soldiers are transporting grain into Baigou, they will come to attack Jizhou, what can they do?" ”

The judge said: "You can urge Guo Yuan, Gao Gansu and the Southern Xiongnu to attack Hedong and restrain Cao Cao's rear." Sent an envoy to Wu'an Chang Yin Kaitun Maocheng, through the party's grain transportation road, so that the Lu Yi guarded Handan, and supported him from afar. The lord can march into the plain and attack Yuan Tan urgently. First kill Yuan Tan, and then break Cao. ”

It turned out that Yuan Shang had previously sent Guo Yuan, the Taishou of Hedong County, whom he had appointed, to attack Hedong County together with Gao Gan and Xiongnu Nandan Yu Huchuquan. At this time, Hu Chuquan had the help of the right Xian Wang to go to the Bei and other tribes, and had already defeated Liu Bao, the king of the left Xian, and re-stabilized the interior of the Southern Xiongnu.

Yuan Shang promised Huchuquan a lot of benefits and invited him to help. At the same time, he sent envoys to Guanzhong to contact Ma Teng, Han Sui and other generals to raise troops together, and Ma Teng and others secretly agreed. Guo Yuan led the army to attack, and the counties he passed through along the way were captured or surrendered.

When the city was about to fall, the elders in the city agreed with Guo Yuan: if they didn't kill Jia Kui, they would surrender.

Guo Yuan agreed and summoned Jia Kui, Guo Yuan saw that Jia Kui had some skills, so he wanted Jia Kui to be his general. But Jia Kui didn't agree, so Guo Yuan coerced him by force, and Jia Kui did not waver.

Pulling Jia Kui's clothes left and right, and forcing him to kowtow, Jia Kui scolded sharply: "I am an official of the imperial court, how can I kowtow to a thief!" ”

Guo Yuan was furious when he heard this: "Left and right, drag this person out for me and behead him!" ”

Jia Kui's subordinates all protected Jia Kui and pleaded with Guo Yuan. When the officials and people of Jiangxian County heard that Guo Yuan was going to kill Jia Kui, they climbed the city wall one after another and shouted: "If General Guo breaks his oath and kills Lord Jia, we would rather fight to the death with the general!" ”

Guo Yuan had no choice but to transfer Jia Kui to Huguan, lock him in the cellar, and cover the hole with the wheels of the carriage. Jia Kui said to the guards: "There is not a hero here who caused the righteous to die in the cellar?" ”

There was a man named Zhu Gong among the guards, and he just heard Jia Kui's words, and he smiled slightly. That night, a puff of smoke fascinated all the guards, and Zhu Gongdao opened the cellar and released Jia Kui.

Zhu Gongdao opened the torture instrument for Jia Kui and said to him: "Before the guards wake up, you can leave quickly." ”

Jia Kui bowed to Zhu Justice: "Thank you for the rescue, can the strong man leave his name?" ”

Zhu Gongdao didn't say his name, put away the cigarette pouch and walked away.

Cao Cao sent Si Li's captain Wei Qi to surround the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Huchuquan in Pingyang, but failed to capture Pingyang, while tens of thousands of reinforcements led by Guo Yuan had already arrived.

Wei Qi's subordinate generals proposed to abandon Hedong, and Wei Qi said: "Guo Yuan is so far, the generals of Guanzhong are secretly colluding with him, but there are still many generals who have not yet rebelled, why not?" It's just a matter of being afraid of my prestige. If we give an order to abandon Hedong and show weakness to them, who will not be the enemy of the people of Hedong? Even if I wanted to return, the people would not? This is cowardice before fighting! And Guo Yuan is stubborn and self-serving, competitive and competitive, and will despise our army. If they cross the Fen River and set up camp, they can attack before they reach the opposite bank, and they can win a great victory. ”

Wei Qi also sent Xinfeng County Commander and Feng Yiren Zhang Ji to persuade Ma Teng to analyze the benefits and disadvantages for him, Zhang Ji said that as long as Ma Teng and others abandoned Yuan Shangzhu Cao Cao, they would be the heroes of the imperial court and could be promoted to the rank of knight.

Han Sui and the others listened to Zhang Ji's advice, but only Ma Teng hesitated after listening to it. Fu Gan, a general under Ma Teng, said to Ma Teng: "The ancients said: 'Those who follow virtue prosper, and those who oppose virtue perish.'" 'Cao Cao respects the Son of Heaven, quells riots, has strict laws and disciplines, is politically clear, and obeys orders from top to bottom, which is Shunde; The Yuan family relied on the strong power, committed rebellion, and colluded with the Xiongnu foreign tribes to invade the Central Plains, which was against virtue. Now the general has respected the imperial court, but he is secretly riding the wall, wanting to sit back and watch success or failure. I'm afraid that when the success or failure is timed, Cao Cao will be the first to punish the general! ”

Ma Teng was very panicked when he heard this, and asked, "What should I do today?" ”

Fu Gan took the opportunity to suggest: "A wise man can turn a disaster into a blessing." Now Cao Cao and the Yuan family are at a standout, and Gao Gan and Guo Yuan jointly attack Hedong County, although Cao Cao has a perfect plan, he is unable to save Hedong from danger. If the general can lead the army to recruit Guo aid at this critical time, and attack from inside and outside, he will definitely be able to win. The general's move not only cut off the arms of the Yuan family, but also rescued the danger of Hedong, Cao Cao will be grateful to the general, and the general's fame will be incomparable. ”

So, Ma Teng sent his son Ma Chao to lead an army of 10,000 to join Wei Qi. When Guo Yuan's army was just about to cross the river, he only heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and he saw thousands of troops and horses galloping and killing from a distance.

A large number of Xiliang cavalry appeared in front of Guo Yuan's army, and the first general was dressed in silver armor and white robes, lion helmets and beast belts, and rushed towards him with spears and horses.

Guo Yuan's army had already been in full array, rejecting horses, spearmen, and shield soldiers to resist the Xiliang cavalry, and the archers threw a burst of arrows, and many Xiliang cavalry fell from their horses with arrows. Most of the well-skilled Xiliang soldiers dodged the flying bows and arrows on their horses, and when they rushed to fifty or sixty paces, the Xiliang cavalry suddenly took off the javelins on their backs and threw them at Guo Yuan's army.

Thousands of javelins were thrown over and shot down a large number of Guo Yuan's troops, but at this time, Guo Yuan had already sent high-level Bingzhou cavalry to surround and intercept the Xiliang cavalry for a while.

Ma Chao was outnumbered, so he had to fight his way out of the encirclement, and he was still no match for Guo Yuan's army when he rushed head-on. Guo Yuan has more than 40,000 soldiers and horses, four times that of Ma Chao.

Ma Chao had no choice but to meet Wei Qi, Wei Qi learned that Ma Chao was frustrated, and smiled slightly: "General Ma must not be impatient, our army can wait for him to cross the river before half of the attack, and then we will have to rely on the general's Xiliang Iron Cavalry." ”

Guo Yuan saw that Ma Chao's Xiliang cavalry had been defeated by him, and Ma Chao's reputation was not prominent at this time, so he couldn't help but be a little careless. Now Ma Chao and Wei Qi combined are only 20,000 horses, while he and the combined troops of the Southern Xiongnu have 70,000.

Guo Yuan wanted to cross the river as soon as possible to capture the east of the river, prompting Cao Cao to send troops to rescue him, so as to relieve Yuan Shang's pressure in Jizhou. So Guo Yuan ordered the army to cross the Fen River to attack the Wei Qi army, and the general Su You tried his best to persuade: "Although the enemy army is inferior to our army, if it waits for our army to cross and attack, our army will be defeated." ”

Guo Yuan said: "My 70,000 troops crossed the Fen River and camped on their backs, and the soldiers had no way to retreat, and they would fight against the water!" Our army is seven times larger than the enemy, how can we be defeated? ”

Hu Chuquan also persuaded: "Cao Cao's generals make good use of soldiers, I heard that Wei Qian is deeply relied on by Cao Cao, and the general must not underestimate the enemy." ”

Guo Yuan didn't listen, and urged the army to cross the river, and Guo Yuan's army of tens of thousands of horses went down to the river in a mighty way, but at this time he didn't see any movement from Wei Qi.

Before Guo Yuan's army crossed to the middle of the river, Wei Qi suddenly sent troops to attack, and a burst of bows and crossbows sounded, and thousands of crossbow arrows flew in, shooting down a large number of defenseless Guo Yuan's troops in the water.

Guo Yuan's army panicked and hurriedly retreated to the shore, and the guards on the other side of the river commanded the crossbowmen to shoot the enemy with arrows one after another. Guo Yuangang was about to cross the river in person, but when he saw that the crossbow arrows on the other side of the river were fired, it was difficult to advance, so he had to turn back and retreat to the bank.

Unexpectedly, the Hun soldiers on the shore had already been in chaos, and Hu Chuquan was busy commanding his subordinates to meet the enemy, and it turned out that Ma Chao led a large number of Xiliang cavalry to kill from behind.

For a time, the Huns could not advance or retreat, the men and horses trampled on each other, and the scene became a pot of porridge. Wherever Ma Chao's spear went, he successively overturned more than a dozen Hun soldiers. And the Guo reinforcements who retreated to the shore and the Hun soldiers were in a mess.

Zhang Ji, Du Ji and other generals led troops to help Ma Chao, and Ma Chao led the cavalry directly into the location of Guo's aid to the Chinese army. Guo Yuan's department sent Su Youce to fight Ma Chao with a gun, but he couldn't fight Sanhe and was stabbed under the horse by Ma Chao, and Guo Yuan's personal soldiers desperately stopped Ma Chao.

Guo Yuan took advantage of the chaos to flee, Ma Chao stabbed several Guo Yuan's soldiers to death with a spear, and shouted at a sturdy general behind him: "Ling Ming, go and pursue Guo Yuan!" ”

"No!" The military general who was clear was Pang De, and Pang De immediately chased Guo Yuan with a horse and a knife, and Guo Yuan bent his bow and arrows and turned around and shot an arrow at Pang De.

The arrow missed, but Pang De had already urged the horse to catch up, and Guo Yuan had to resist with a bow. Pang De raised his broadsword and slashed Guo Yuan to death with a bow, and Pang De then carried Guo Yuan's head to recruit Guo Yuan's defeated army.

As soon as Guo Yuan died, his people dispersed, and Wei Qi led the army to kill, and surrounded the Southern Xiongnu in Huchuquan, and Huchuquan had no choice but to surrender.

(End of chapter)