Everyone was frightened and desperately dragged Xiahou Yuan backwards, and the other Cao soldiers around saw that the main general was in trouble, so they threw off their opponents and rushed to the rescue.

was slightly blocked by the Cao soldiers, Wei Yan's speed immediately slowed down, although he killed more than ten people in a row, but there were more people around.

Several of the soldiers who rescued Xiahou Yuan were suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly lifted Xiahou Yuan to retreat, and suddenly saw that the road in front of them suddenly narrowed rapidly, and suddenly looked up and was overjoyed, isn't this the Meridian Valley Valley mouth that they have always wanted to reach.

A few people didn't dare to hesitate, and rushed forward with Xiahou Yuan on their shoulders.

It turned out that Yang Ren died, and his generals were all grief-stricken and indignant, and rushed forward to fight with Cao Jun, but there was no one to guard Gukou. Fortunately, Wei Yan appeared in time to fight with Xiahou Yuan. The two of them occupied the place at the mouth of the valley, and the sword aura was vertical and horizontal, no one dared to approach, and naturally no one could break through.

Unexpectedly, Wei Yan's last knife slashed Xiahou Yuan in the direction of the valley, and his own soldiers panicked to save him and repelled backwards, but they entered the Meridian Valley crookedly. At this time, the Jingzhou army was still fighting with the Cao army in the back, but no one found out, but Xiahou Yuan unexpectedly escaped.

When Wei Yan found out, it was too late, and he was surrounded by Cao Jun's soldiers, and it was too late to chase him.

"Quick, immediately enter the valley to chase the enemy, don't let Xiahou Yuan escape!" Wei Yan was helpless, so he had to shout loudly.

This voice did remind his own people, but it also told Cao's sergeant Xiahou Yuan that he had escaped. Any military general will have some loyal retinues, and Xiahou Yuan, as a general under Cao Cao, naturally has no shortage of loyal people, and soon someone will rush to this side.

"Block the valley mouth and buy time for General Xiahou!" Under the chaos, I don't know who shouted, but there were really a hundred and ten people who rushed to the mouth of the valley and never left, holding on.

A few of them discussed, and a few of them went into the valley and disappeared, thinking that they were chasing Xiahou Yuan and the people in front of them.

Without the main general, the Cao army suddenly had no leader, and they were in a mess, although they were fighting desperately, they were all fighting on their own, and under the siege of Zhang He in the back and the sweep of Wei Yan in front, there were fewer and fewer.

"Surrender or kill! After ten breaths, those who do not descend will be killed! Escaping Xiahou Yuan, Wei Yan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he cut off a person's head with a knife and roared.

Looking at Wei Yan's fierce and vicious appearance, where was Cao Bing not afraid, and now under the power of this roar, someone finally couldn't stand the pressure and said loudly: "I am willing to surrender!" ”

I saw one person throw away the weapon in his hand and immediately kneel on the ground.

"Surrender!"

"Surrender!"

……

Someone started, and immediately a large number of people surrendered, and soon there were no Cao soldiers standing, and there were a few who were unwilling to surrender, and they were going to be chopped into meat paste by the surrounding Jingzhou soldiers. The remaining fifty or sixty men who were guarding the mouth of the valley saw this, and immediately withdrew into the valley and fled for their lives.

There are only small roads in the valley, and there are deep pits full of mountains and rocks, and it is difficult for war horses to ride at all, Wei Yan has already inquired, and immediately dismounted to recruit 2,000 people, and brought dry food into the Meridian Valley to pursue Xiahou Yuan.

More than ten days later, Wei Yan returned to Xicheng in a dejected manner, and Zhang He, Pang Ji and others immediately came to greet and inquire. Wei Yanyan said that the other end of the Meridian Valley was defended by Zhong Xuan's troops, and although they almost killed the fleeing Cao soldiers along the way, Xiahou Yuan was rescued by the Cao soldiers sent by Guanzhong.

Everyone sighed and hurriedly wrote a letter to send someone to Xiangyang.

After reading it, Liu Yong shouted that it was a pity, although he killed Xiahou Yuan, but he folded Yang Ren, it was a pity, fortunately, he recovered the entire territory of Hanzhong such as Xicheng, and occupied Wuguan, Xiahou Yuan's 50,000 army was wiped out, and his own side only lost 4,000 people, which was still a big victory.

So, he ordered to choose a day to reward meritorious deeds and put on a grand celebration feast!

Hanzhong was pacified, Zang Ba guarded Yangpingguan, Wei Yan was the governor of Hanzhong, and Zhang He led 20,000 horses back to Xiangyang to restore his life.

The weather was bitterly cold, unfavorable for the war, and all parties had their own truces to recuperate, and the land of China finally ushered in a rare period of peace in the year.

But at this moment, Liu Yong looked at a secret letter in his hand and frowned. Pang Tong, Tian Feng, and Lou Gui have just been summoned to discuss the matter. Everyone came one by one, and after reading the secret letter, they were all angry.

Lou Gui said angrily: "Cao Thief An dares to be so arrogant, he kills the queen of ambush and makes the woman enter the palace as the queen, it is simply unsightly!" ”

Tian Feng was also angry, and his angry goatee trembled: "Cao Thief is really ambitious." My lord, at this time, you must raise the banner of rebellion and contact the princes everywhere to crusade against the Cao thief! ”

Liu Yong saw that Pang Tong didn't speak, so he looked over.

Pang Tong looked at Liu Yong, so he got up and bowed and said: "Lord, Cao thief has no way, troubles the palace, oppresses the Son of Heaven, and the world is discussed." The Lord is just taking this opportunity to go further! It will be famous at home and abroad, so that people all over the world will be respected! ”

"Huh?" Liu Yong didn't understand what this meant by "going further".

But Tian Feng and Lou Gui slapped their legs and applauded: "What Shi Yuan said is very true! ”

Seeing that Liu Yong was puzzled, Pang Tong continued: "The lord's current position is to lead Jingzhou Mu, the governor of Jiangnan, this position of the governor is just a name, but it has no substance, the lord should take this opportunity to call himself the general of the chariot!" ”

Before the Qin Dynasty, the names of military generals were only great generals, front, rear, left and right generals. The generals of the Han Dynasty were not permanent, and the main expeditions were made. That's it. During the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, there were general chariot cavalry and general Wei. The generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty were also an important part of the central government, including the Great General, the Hussar General, the Che Cavalry General, the Wei General, the Former General, the Later General, the Left General, and the Right General. The general is on the three dukes, and the hussar generals, the chariot generals, and the Wei generals are listed in Jiuqing, and they are under the three dukes. The front, rear, left, and right generals are listed in Jiuqing and are not often placed. After the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Empress Dowager was called the system, and her relatives were ruled by generals, and they were called the Five Mansions together with the Taifu and the Three Dukes.

The above generals all opened the government, and the government has one Changshi and Sima, two Zhonglang, 29 Peng, and 31 Lingshi Yu. The generals who lead the army with this number have their own divisions and captains.

Now Liu Yong understood, Pang Tong suggested that he call himself the general of the chariot and cavalry, mainly to have the right to open the palace. Originally, all official positions were appointed by the emperor, but at this time, the Son of Heaven was just a puppet, Cao Cao controlled the government, did whatever he wanted, and had a bad relationship with Liu Yong, this road naturally did not work. Now Cao Cao just gave Liu Yong a great opportunity to "call himself". At this point, Liu Yong knows that this kind of thing has happened many times in history, for example, Yuan Shao led himself as the general of Jizhou Mu and Che Cavalry, and his position was higher than that of Jiuqing.

Several people have discussed and decided, just wait for the court to discuss the matter publicly, pass the matter, engrave the seal, and open the government.