In the first battle of Xindu, Wen Chou and Yan Liang surrendered, Yuan Tan and Gao Ran were captured, Zhang Nan and Ma Yan defected before the battle, and Guo Tu fled overnight, these are secondary, the key is that Hebei was short-lived, flourished for a while, and Yuan Shao, who owned Hebei and Zhouzhou, captured most of Gongsun's Youzhou, was captured in the first war, and then he was humiliated and committed suicide by biting his tongue.

Yuan Shao's death completely marked the collapse of the Yuan Group in Hebei. Although there is still Yuan Xi left in Qingzhou, but less than 30,000 horses, can not turn the slightest wind and waves, Ju Yi learned that Yuan Shao is dead, led 50,000 horses in a dilemma, stayed in Zhongshan to wait for the price and sell, called the king and hegemony. Although Gao Gan still has about 100,000 people, he is swaying from side to side under Gongsun Zhan's strong attack and surrender.

And the state army took the city of Xindu, the whole territory of Pingchuan, and then there was no slightest resistance, the counties were even more hopeful, in less than twenty years, in addition to northern Hebei, most of Jizhou and Qingzhou, the territory completely fell, and He Chen easily loosened the bag.

Yuan Xi felt invincible and led his guards to flee Liaodong overnight, while Yuan Shang took refuge in Gao Gan, wanting to make a comeback and avenge his father.

At this time, Yuan Shu was also killed by Liu Bei, Cao Ying, and Sun Jian's three-way coalition army, and Yuzhou and Yangzhou completely fell, leaving only Shouchun a lonely city, although 100,000 troops were collected, and there were fierce generals such as Qiao Rui and Zhang Xun, as well as Yang generals, Yan Xiang and other strategists, and the grain and grass could also support for several months, but the defeat had been achieved, and there was no way to return to heaven.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yuan family, the head of the four generations and the three dukes, the protégés and former officials all over the world, first in the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, Yuan Kui was killed more than 50 people, and then when the capital was moved to Chang'an, the Luoyang Sect was copied, and the power was sharply reduced, coupled with the death of Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu was about to be destroyed, and the Yuan family went to the road of destruction and decay.

Soon, under He Chen's inducement, Ju Yi led his subordinates to surrender. And the Hebei Army, which had no fighting spirit, was even more defeated by Gongsun Zhan in the river, beheaded 10,000 people, and captured countless people. Yuan Shang and Gao Gan led a remnant of the army, defeated Gaoyang, and wanted to go to Daijun and take refuge in Xianbei. But his subordinates learned that they raised troops to rebel overnight, set fire to the camp, and fled to Yijing in embarrassment, and many of his subordinates defected to Gongsun.

The situation in Hebei gradually became clear, and in the following year, the Bingzhou army took advantage of the victory to pursue, Wei Yan and Xu Huang under Guo Jia's planning, several battles against Zhang Yan, all of which won a great victory. The Montenegrin army that rampant in the Taihang area, and the one who was finally killed withdrew from the dust of history and faded out of everyone's field of vision. Zhang Yan saw that Yuan Shao, who had hundreds of thousands of soldiers, was also killed, and it was a foregone conclusion that He Chen would enter the north, and after resisting several times to no avail, he wrote a letter asking for surrender, and was named General Zhaozhong by He Chen, Xie Lianghou, and several of his Black Mountain Army were completely disrupted and reorganized, or Tuntian, or filled the army, and so on.

Except for Gongsun Zhan's occupation of several counties and Youzhou in Jizhou, He Chen completely controlled most of Hebei. Sitting on the three major states of Merger, Hebei and Qingdao, Gu Hu has been in the middle of ten years, with hundreds of thousands of armor, fierce generals like clouds, strategists like sand, the prosperity of soldiers, and the shock of the Central Plains. The princes near and far all expressed their allegiance openly and implicitly, and they can be described as the first princes and warlords of the Han Dynasty.

Unlike the war situation in the north, which has become clear, the Central Plains, and even the areas north of the Yangtze River and south of the Yellow River, several major warlords are still in chaos, and no one can swallow the other in one go, and they are fighting one after another. In the land of Qinchuan, because Ma Teng was rewarded by the court and controlled Yongzhou, he soon sent proton Ma Chao, Congzi Ma Dai, and daughter Ma Yunlu into Beijing, and then teamed up with Han Sui and exhausted the 100,000 Qiang step iron cavalry on the right side of Longyou, and attacked the land of Sanfu again and again.

At this time, after He Chen settled down in Hebei and Qingerzhou, he began to look at Gongsun Zhan, and ordered him to enter Beijing several times to listen to the seal, but he did not obey. Then let Chen Lin release the list text, reprimanding him for not being subordinate, and then began to ascend to the general, transfer Zhang Liao as the general of the expedition to the north, fake the festival, holding the golden sword, a total of 100,000 elites, the famous general Ma Yu in Jingzhong, Gao Ran in Hebei as the deputy general of the left and right, worship Dong Zhao as the servant, and serve as a staff officer, Wang Si is the main thin, and the fierce general Hao Zhao is the pioneer of Zhengyin, Guo Huai is the deputy vanguard, Han Meng, Chun Yuqiong, Yu Shi and other generals dozens of generals, Governor Lu Chang grain and grass, began to kill the river and crusade against Gongsun Zhan.

Gongsun Zhan knew that there would be this situation since he refused He Chen's order, and when he heard that He Chen had sent troops, he immediately led the army in person and went to the front line to resist Zhang Liao's department.

At the same time, Gao Shun began to mobilize most of the soldiers to serve as laborers, and the strong coolies began to extend the area of Shangjun, a fort in ten miles, a city in a hundred miles, and a wolf Yantai every few miles to advance to the depths of Qinghai and Ningxia, intending to open up several counties in the north of Yongzhou and control countless Qiang and Zhurong tribes, which were already used. Among them, the bloody and gentle means are needless to say.

Gaotang County, located in the Central Plains Hengqu, has Guanma Avenue, Nantong Wuhui, and North Gong Shenzhou. It is an important water passage to cross the Yellow River in the south and the sea in the east, and it is also a strategic base for Xuzhou in Taishan and Yanzhou in the north.

He Chen led a group of cadres to live on the Gaotang Ferry.

Gaotang Ferry is one of the most important ferries in the lower section of the Yellow River, and its strategic location is undoubtedly one of the throat waterways that must pass through the three prefectures of Xiaqing, Yan and Xu in the north. It's just that due to years of war, the once prosperous Gaotang ferry port is now much more barren, and there is no longer the heyday of busy traffic, sailboats, and the scene of the port being crowded.

On the calm sea level ahead, under the afterglow, flocks of seagulls flew across the water, and two or three boats of all sizes returned and floated over. The ferry, which has been in disrepair for a long time, is already a little dilapidated, with a lot of rotten wood and fallen leaves piled up in it. The scenery is pleasant, and the beauty that makes people intoxicated is destroyed in an instant, and a desolate and lonely atmosphere rises. He Chen sighed, and said a little distractedly: "The vicissitudes of the sea, the moon is moving, no one would have imagined that Gaotang, an important ferry port in the Central Plains from Hebei to the south, would be so depressed now." ”

"That's what the lord said. This Gaotang ferry, Shuo River westward, can reach Mengjin, down the river, can go out of the East China Sea; Qing, Xu, and Yan are all profitable. It's just that now such an important ferry port has been abandoned like this, and it makes people sigh when they think about it. He Chen's words were a scribe in his thirties, this person had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face, very fair skin, and an extraordinary demeanor.

This person's name is Hua Xin, the word fish. He is a native of Ganhe Township, Gaotang County. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was filial piety and honesty, and he was awarded a middle position. When the general He Jin was an auxiliary politician, Hua Xin was Shang Shulang. In the first year of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was autocratic, and when he moved from Luoyang to Chang'an, he worshiped Huaxin as Yuzhang Taishou. When He Chen coerced Chengzi to order the princes, he used the name of Emperor Han Xian to conquer Huaxin as a proposal, which can be regarded as finding a good helper for Tian Feng.

About Hua Xin, he is an extremely important minister of the Wei State, and his ability is very important, not to mention anything else, in the fifth year of Jian'an (200), after being conscripted into Beijing, he soon became a scholar, and he was transferred to serve on behalf of Xun Yu as a scholar. Cao Ying recruited Sun Quan and expressed himself as a military advisor. Cao Pi is the throne, worships the country, and is the marquis of Anle; and the emperor, changed to Situ. Emperor Ming ascended the throne, entered the Marquis of Boping, and turned to Taiwei. His life can be described as illustrious and extremely popular.

This time, just because Hua Xin was from the Tang Dynasty, he was transferred by He Chen as an entourage.

"Gaotang, Yanjin, Guandu, Baima, Leling, Pingqiu, is one of the six major ferries of the Yellow River that can transport large ships and heavy cargo, and is an important waterway connecting the Central Plains of Hebei. He Chen said in a deep voice.

Hua Xin also felt He Chen's great determination from that unwavering tone, on the one hand, he wondered if He Chen was ready to start using troops in the Central Plains, and on the other hand, he said respectfully: "The Lord is a blessing in the world. ”

"Hehe, Ziyu, you are from the Gaotang Dynasty, and you are very familiar with the geography and humanities here, I don't know if there is a suitable candidate to recommend to help General Ben build Gaotang into the first water village of the Yellow River." He Chen's eyes were blazing, staring at Hua Xindao.

Hua Xin couldn't feel the expectant expression in He Chen's hot eyes, pondered for a while, and then said slowly: "If you want to talk about candidates, there really is one." Xiaguan was too punctual when he served as Yuzhang and knew a person named Quan Rou. This person raised filial piety and honesty when Emperor Ling, for Shang Shulang right Cheng, Dong Zhuo abandoned the official and returned to his hometown after the rebellion, the state opened it up for another drive, the imperial court edict to worship Quan Rou as the eastern lieutenant of Huiji, Quan Rou is good at the long water army, long in the construction of internal affairs, quite strategic. The lord can write an edict and transfer him to the Tang Dynasty. ”

All soft? Said, this is not the Dongwu general Quan Cong, Quan Duan, his father and cousin. It's just that Quan Rou should follow Sun Ce at this time, right? According to historical records, when Sun Ce entered Wu, Quan Rou was a match. He Chen suddenly realized that at this time, Sun Jian had been separated from Yuan Shu for less than two years, and the main force of the army had not yet entered the Eastern Wu. In this way, there is still hope for this Quan Rou. He Chen then nodded and said: "In this case, General Ben immediately went to the court to canonize and promote the matter of Quan Rou, and at the same time, it is best for Ziyu to write a letter, so that Quan Rou can return to the north." ”

"No." Hua Xin replied respectfully.

"When General Ben unifies the Central Plains and settles the people, he will inevitably send out the army from the Gaotang Ferry, attack Yamatai in the east, and go north to Changli, Liaodong, and Lelang, and wipe out all these alien races who peep into my China." He Chen looked to the future, his eyes were bloody, and he said with a murderous aura.

"Huh? My lord, have you also heard of Yamatai? Hua Xin was surprised.

"What, what's wrong with the fish?" This time, it was He Chen's turn to say with a strange expression.

Hua Xin said with a hint of indignation on his face: "In the name of tribute, after these Japanese people fell into the port, they saw that the Central Plains was in turmoil, so they killed people everywhere and set fires, plundered property, and annihilated silver women. These Japanese people are as few as hundreds, as many as thousands, sometimes gathered, sometimes scattered, all with broken hair and tattoos, not afraid of death, Qingzhou guards and soldiers, not their opponents at all. ”

(To be continued)