Although Zu Ti successfully occupied Yuzhou, Qiaojun, Peiguo and other places, in order not to excessively irritate the separatist forces entrenched on both sides of the Yellow River in the Central Plains, Zu Ti had to temporarily stop going north and ask Jianye to withdraw his troops and return to Xuzhou.

Sima Rui was very pleased with Zu Ti's successful suppression of Zhang Ping and Fan Ya's rebellion and the stabilization of Yangzhou's northern defense line, and not only issued an edict in the name of the imperial court to praise Zu Ti, but also promoted Zu Ti to the general of Zhenxi.

Although Shi Le withdrew the main force to Xiangguo, in order to prevent the Jin army from going north again, he appointed the newly surrendered Chen Chuan as Chen Liutaishou and Xu Gong as Taishan Taishou, with the help of Taobao, to guard the south, and then ordered Shi Hu to reorganize his troops and horses to prepare for the north to capture Youji.

Recently, Shi Le has relied heavily on Zhang Bin, and no matter how big or small, he must first discuss with Zhang Bin before implementation. This time is no exception, before the expedition, Shi Le specially invited Zhang Bin to ask for advice: "Mr. Mengsun, last year I was ordered by the Han Emperor to supervise the military of the two states, and now a year is about to pass, but all parts of Jizhou still only accept Wang Jun's orders and do not obey my orders!" In order to exterminate the separatist forces in Hebei, I am ready to send troops to conscript. ”

"Originally, I was worried about the King of Langya in the south, but now that Chen Chuan and Xu Gong are coming, they can block the reinforcements from Jiangdong for me. Since there is no concern about the south for the time being, our army can take the opportunity to annex the north in order to repay Wang Jun's hatred for stealing and saving the annexation. Would you like to point me a little bit for me, sir? ”

Zhang Bin sighed slightly: "The lord has been in battle for a long time, and he must know the truth of the speed of the soldiers!" Wang Jun of Youzhou has no plan, he knows that I am fighting with Zu Ti in Henan, I must be unprepared, and I would not have thought that the general would raise troops to the north so quickly. This time to go to Jizhou, it is advisable to cover the flag and stop the drums, travel at night, and attack Jizhou. When the heroes from all over the world see me suddenly coming, they will be panicked and powerless to deal with it! ”

"Only Duan's cavalry is my henchman, he is Wang Jun's arm, once Wang Jun sees that Jizhou is in danger, he will come to his aid under the cold of his lips and teeth. I heard that Duan Wenyang was brave, and it was advisable to choose Xiao to go with the two members, so he would naturally win him. In addition, I will go with the general so that I can give advice and help the lord at the right time. ”

Shi Le was overjoyed when he heard this: "I have Meng Sun to help me, why not be afraid of Wang Jun and Duan Wenyang!" ”

Things were just as Zhang Bin expected, Hebei Zhuhaoqiang didn't expect Shi Le to divide his troops to the north so quickly. It wasn't until Shile's army was in front of him that Guangping's You Lun and Zhang Jackal reacted. In order to quickly open the road to Jizhou in the north, Shile sent Kui'an, Zhixiong and other seven generals to attack Guangping day and night, and it didn't take long to break through the outer walls of Guangping.

You Lun and Zhang Ju were Wang Jun's more important allies in Hebei, with tens of thousands of soldiers under their command, and if they were careful, they might not have been defeated so quickly, and they could also buy Wang Jun enough time to put his troops and horses in order.

But Guangping fell too quickly, and by the time Wang Jun received the news that Shi Le had sent troops to Hebei, Shi Le had already occupied a lot of territory. In order to rescue Jizhou, Wang Jun sent Wang Chang to supervise Wang Chang and the Xianbei people Duan Ji Lu Juan, Duan Piyan, Duan Mobo and others led 50,000 soldiers and horses to conquer Shile.

At the beginning, Wang Chang, Duan Ji, Lu and others, with the help of Jizhou Haoqiang, coupled with the brave and good fighting of Xianbei cavalry and Duan Wenyang and others, quickly contained Shi Le's soldiers, and defeated them one after another, and even finally forced Shi Le to retreat to Xiangguo.

At that time, the walls and moats of Xiangguo had not yet been repaired, so Shile could only build a double fence across the city in Xiangguo and set up obstacles to prevent the enemy from attacking. Duan Ji Lu and others led the army to be stationed in Zhuyang, and Shi Le sent generals to challenge one after another, but they were defeated by Duan Wenyang one by one.

Despite the great setbacks, Koschler did not lose confidence in defeating his enemies. When Wang Chang, Duan Ji, Lu and others built siege equipment outside the city to prepare for the siege, Shi Le gathered all his subordinates together to discuss countermeasures.

Shi Le glanced around and said: "Now the enemy outside is constantly advancing, the enemy is outnumbered, and our army lacks foreign aid, lack of food and grass, even if Sun Wu and Wu Qi are reborn, I am afraid that they will not be able to hold the city." I plan to select some elite soldiers and line up in the field to fight the enemy in a decisive battle, what do you think? ”

In the past few days, whether it is Shi Hu, Kui'an, or Zhixiong, they have all been frightened by Duan's Xianbei, and they didn't dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, so they only blindly persuaded Shi Ledao: "Lord, you should stick to Xiangguo for now to drag down the enemy, the enemy is tired and naturally retreats, and when the time comes, if you pursue them again, there will be no victory." ”

Listening to Shi Hu and the others' words, Shi Le was very disappointed, and then he turned his head to look at Zhang Bin and Kong Chang and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Bin and Kong Chang agreed with Shi Le's suggestion, and they said: "According to the news from the scouts, Duan Ji Lu has no intention of attacking Xiangguo for the time being, and he only wants to besiege us in Xiangguo with a large army. Moreover, the Duan army came from afar, and they were already exhausted after days of fighting. Besides, because our army is weak and weak, they must think that our army will not dare to fight, and they will definitely be mentally slack. ”

"Now among the Duan brothers, Duan Mobo's troops are the strongest, and Duan's brave soldiers are all at Duan Mobo. The lord only needs to send people to dig more than 20 breakthroughs in the north base, and when the enemy is not scheduled to defend in formation, he will be taken by surprise and rush straight to the military tent at the end of the wave, and the enemy will be terrified and will not have time to react accordingly. Once the Duan Mo Bo army fled, the remaining enemy naturally collapsed. After capturing Duan Moqi alive, Jizhou is just around the corner. ”

Shi Le smiled and adopted the strategy of Zhang Bin and Kong Chang, and immediately appointed Kong Chang as the governor of the attack and war, and built a breakthrough gate in the northern city. The Xianbei army was stationed in the north base, and Shi Le waited for their position to be undecided, and personally led the soldiers to shout in the city. At this time, Kong Chang commanded the Zhutumen ambush soldiers to attack together and captured Duan Moqi alive.

Shi Le took advantage of the victory to pursue, and the Xianbei cavalry ambushed the corpse for more than 30 miles, and captured 5,000 armored war horses. When Duan Ji and Lu gathered the remnants of the army, he found that the 40,000 army before the expedition was now less than 20,000 people, and nearly half of the troops were lost.

Duan Ji and Lu knew that he couldn't fight anymore, and if he continued to fight, Duan's Xianbei would be over! So he ignored Wang Chang's opposition and quickly sent an envoy to Shile to ask for peace! In order to let Shi Le release Duan Mobo, Duan Jilu sent a large amount of treasure and horses to Shi Le, and took Duan Mobo's three younger brothers as hostages in exchange for Duan Mobo.

Seeing Duan Jilu's envoy, Shi Le's generals remembered that they had been beaten by Duan Xianbei before, and they all suggested that Shi Le kill Duan Mobo to thwart Xianbei's spirit!

Only Shi Le smiled and rejected the generals' suggestion, saying: "The Xianbei clan of the Duan clan in western Liaoxi is a strong country, and they have no grudges against me, they are just instructed by Wang Jun." Killing one person now and settling a grudge with a strong enemy is not the best plan. On the contrary, if Duan Mobo is released, the Duan clan will be happy and will no longer be used by Wang Jun. ”

So Shi Le happily accepted the hostage, and sent his nephew Shi Hu and Duan Ji Lu to form an alliance in Zhuyang, and the two sides became brothers, and then Duan Ji Lu led his troops to withdraw from Jizhou. As soon as the Duan clan left, Wang Chang suddenly lost the confidence to fight against Shi Le, and was soon defeated by Shi Le and fled!

Seeing that Wang Jun's reinforcements were defeated by Shile, Haoqiang from all over Jizhou changed their banners again and surrendered to Shile. Although Shi Le hated these wall grasses in his heart, he knew that he still had a great enemy, Wang Jun, in Youzhou, and it was impossible for him to leave his forces in Jizhou to compete with Zhuhao. As a result, Shi Le had no choice but to agree to the surrender of various places, and appointed those Haoqiang as officials of the Xiongnu Han State on the spot.

After Duan Mobo was captured by Shi Le, he was warmly received by Shi Le, not only let Duan Mobo recognize him as his father-in-law, but also presented Duan Mobo to the Han Emperor as an envoy, a general of Anbei, and a duke of Beiping, and promised to let him return to Liaoxi.

Duan Mobo was moved by Shi Le's sincerity, and on the way back to Liaoxi in the north, he even worshiped Shi Le three times a day in the south, and Duan Mobo was devoted to Shi Le.

Duan Ji Lu Dependent's defeat from Jizhou returned, which caused Wang Jun's dissatisfaction, and under Wang Chang's instigation, Wang Jun summoned Duan Ji Lu Dependents to come to ask for the guilt, but Duan Ji Lu Dependents refused! Knowing that Duan Ji and Lu did not dare to come, Wang Jun was furious and secretly plotted to take revenge on Duan Xianbei.

At this time, Wang Jun was already carried away by anger, and he only thought about revenge, but he didn't think of what consequences this would bring to himself. However, Wang Jun was still self-aware, knowing that he could not deal with Duan Ji and Lu on his own, in order to teach a lesson to his former allies, Wang Jun did not hesitate to lure Murong Diao and Daijun Tuoba Xianbei to jointly send troops to the Duan clan.

Without the help of the Duan family, Wang Jun's power has also declined since then.