Guo Yuan slaughtered a lot, harvested a lot, killed more than 3,000 people, captured 4,000 prisoners, collected more than 200 large and small ships, thousands of armor and ordnance, and his heart was happy, and he returned to Hebei City, and immediately held a banquet and rewarded the generals.

Xiahoudun got this defeat, he kept a lot of low-key, he always asked Zhong Xuan for advice on everything, and was consulted by Xiahoudun, a general, Zhong Xuan was also very useful, and he knew everything about these problems, and the relationship between the two was much closer.

Five days later, the spies came to report that Guo Yuan was gathering about 30,000 men near Hebei City. Zhong Xuan smiled at Xiahoudun and said, "It seems that my nephew is in a hurry!" The time has come for the general to make a contribution! ”

But then Zhong Xuan's face darkened: "His life has also come to an end!" ”

Xiahoudun didn't know how to persuade him, so he didn't speak, but Zhong Xuan turned to comfort himself and said: "Each is his master, since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve, just blame him for not being able to see through the current situation." ”

But Xiahoudun knew that Zhong Yuan was such a sister as Guo Yuan's mother, and if Guo Yuan died at his own hands, I am afraid that his sister would never see him for the rest of her life.

I can't bear it, but things still have to be done, Zhong Xuan and Xiahoudun sent more spies, closely watching Guo Yuan's every move. Two days later, Guo Yuan was well prepared, and finally prepared to cross the river to attack the city with great fanfare, and he wanted to take advantage of the defeat of Xiahoudun to take advantage of the situation to capture Henan and expand the chassis.

And Ma Teng's men and horses have been hovering in Pubanjin, which also makes Guo Yuan think that Ma Teng is afraid that his uncle Zhong Xuan will sneak attack behind and dare not enter the army, so he has no scruples. What's more, in Puban City, which is across the river from Pubanjin, there is a team of 10,000 elite people led by his brother Guo Kai to defend the city, and it will never be a problem to block Ma Teng.

In the face of the first battle, Guo Yuan was full of confidence, and in his words: "The guard of Chang'an is my uncle Zhong Xuan, how can he gang up with outsiders to harm his own nephew!" And he carried a secret letter sent secretly by Zhong Xuan a few days ago, saying that he would join him to defeat Xiahoudun and clear the last obstacles, and then turn around and defeat Ma Teng in one fell swoop, unify Guanzhong, occupy the land of Sanpu, follow the example of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and support him as the king of Guanzhong, and finally pacify Xiliang Han Sui, sit in Guanzhong, wait for the changes in the world, and wait for the time to send troops to the Central Plains. When Liu Yong and Cao Cao fight for life and death, they will pocket the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and at that time, I have the world, who can do anything!

Guo Yuan trusts his uncle very much, after all, he has loved himself very much since he was a child, even if he has been self-reliant in Hedong for a long time, he has never sent troops to fight, and he often sends messages to inform some of the current situation in case of accidents. Therefore, Guo Yuan was also very relieved this time.

But he ignored that his uncle was also the patriarch of the Zhong family, and there were hundreds of lives up and down the Zhong family behind him, he had to think about the Zhong family, in front of the family, everything else was irrelevant, as for the family affection, although it was heavy, it was much lighter in comparison.

Guo Yuan crossed the river with confidence, of course, he still had to do what he should do, he was in the army, and he was naturally familiar with the march and battle, and arranged everything properly. Sure enough, as soon as he started to cross the river, there were Xiahoudun's men and horses on the other side to intercept him, but there were only dozens of boats and more than 1,000 people, Guo Yuan didn't care about it at all, and ordered the deputy general Tang Cheng to lead 5,000 men and horses to go and defeat them in a battle. Cao's army and horses were defeated, two or three hundred people were buried at the bottom of the river, and the others crawled back to the south bank.

"Hahaha! Xiahoudun is nothing more than that! The reputation is so great, it really doesn't deserve the name, no wonder it was captured alive by Liu Yong and his reckless life, and there was a wine bag and rice bag! When I go ashore and kill him, I will bring his head to the flag!" ”

Guo Yuan looked at Cao Jun who was fleeing for his life in a panic, smiled very happily, and almost saw the scene of himself sitting on the throne of Guanzhong in front of him.

There was no movement on the south bank, and Guo Yuan expected that after the last defeat, Xiahoudun was already weak, and his already small number of troops could no longer cause much hindrance to himself, and it was difficult to do anything.

"Order, the whole army will speed up the crossing of the river!" Guo Yuanhao was arrogant, and when he should have been cautious, he was stimulated by Xiao Sheng just now and his trust in Zhong Xuan.

Tang wanted to be persuaded, but he knew that Guo Yuan would definitely not listen to his advice at this moment, and he just secretly ordered a team of people to take precautions in case of accidents.

Tens of thousands of horses crossed the river, and on the wide river surface of the Yellow River, there were many boats and shadows, and the crowds were extremely spectacular! At this time, Zhong Xuan and Xiahoudun were standing on a high mountain on the south bank and looking at each other from afar, with different expressions. Xiahoudun sneered, and Zhong Xuan's face was desolate.

A herald hurriedly came: "Report to the two generals, the enemy has crossed to the center of the river!" ”

Xiahoudun looked at Zhong Xuan, and Zhong Xuan sighed: "Everything is hard work!" ”

"No!" Xiahoudun bowed the back of Zhong Xuan, who was heading down the mountain.

"Command the whole army, the archers prepare, and as soon as they are in range, they will immediately release their arrows!" Xiahoudun turned his head, his expression suddenly became serious, and the aura of murder permeated everywhere.

"No!"

Seeing that he was about to reach the south bank, Guo Yuan was even more happy in his heart, as long as he landed on the south bank, everything would be decided.

"Command, full speed ahead!"

The flag waved, and thousands of boats on the river suddenly accelerated their speed, but not many people saw that on the south bank, the flag was also waving.

"Quick! It's only a mile away from the shore! Guo Yuan became more and more happy, there seemed to be a road to heaven waiting for him on the south bank, but the brows of the deputy general Tang Cheng were getting tighter and tighter, because the shore was too quiet.

"The general is careful of deception!" Tang Cheng reminded a little.

"Humph! What a deception! It was an uncle's arrangement! Just march! Guo Yuan attributed everything to Zhong Xuan's arrangement.

Tang Cheng didn't give up, and said again: "But ...... But it's too quiet! Isn't it ......"

With this sentence, Guo Yuan suddenly reacted, yes, if it is ordinary, how can you not be prepared, but at this time, the two armies are hostile, and the enemy army is here, is there no general who can look out for the wind? Guo Yuan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back and came down.

"Quick! All troops on alert! Guo Yuan shouted anxiously.

But it was not the herald's promise that answered him, but the sound of a rapid rain of arrows breaking through the air on the south bank of the river, which was barely half a mile away.

"There are ambushes! Yes! Suddenly, a sergeant screamed, but was immediately drowned out in a louder noise.

Guo Yuan also understood at this moment that his uncle had deceived him, but the matter had come to this point, he couldn't care about this, it was very close to the south bank, and now there were only two ways, the first was to immediately retreat to the north bank and preserve his strength. The second is to storm the south bank, as long as you go ashore and occupy a favorable terrain, then it is equivalent to nailing a nail on the south bank, and you will drop ten times with one force, as long as you attack with all your strength, break through violently, and so on to break through Chang'an, all losses will inevitably be compensated by ten times and a hundred times.