Although the current Xiongnu are no longer the powerful grassland overlords of hundreds of years ago, as a nomadic people who have lived on horseback since childhood, the combat effectiveness of the Hun cavalry cannot be underestimated.

In the sixth year of Jian'an, February 5.

The Southern Xiongnu led 10,000 cavalry to the south to harass Pingyang, and the place they passed was like a storm, and the corpses were all over the field, full of devastation.

Zhong Miao was furious and led all kinds of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress, but he was unable to pacify it.

At this time, Hedong Taishou Guo Yuan and Bingzhou Assassin Shi Gaogan also led 60,000 troops to arrive, and the situation of Zhong Xuan's army became more and more critical.

The generals were frightened, and they all persuaded Zhong Miao to retreat, but he sternly refused: "Yuan's Fang Qiang, come to help, Guan Zhongyin communicates with him, so I didn't know about the traitor, Gu Wuwei's name is so good." If they abandon it, and show weakness, who is not a revenge against the people where they are? If I want to return, how much can I get? This is self-defeat before fighting. And aid is stubborn and competitive, it will be easy for our army, if it crosses the Fen as a battalion, and it is not able to attack it, it can be a big gram! ”

Obviously, Zhong Xuan still knows Guo Yuan's nephew very well.

The sixth year of Jian'an, February 13.

Under the persuasion of Xinfeng Ling Zhang Ji and Fufeng Taishou Fu Gan and others, Ma Teng decided to defect to help Cao Cao, and sent his eldest son Ma Chao and the general Pang De to lead 10,000 iron horsemen to Hedong to help Zhong Xuan.

The sixth year of Jian'an, February 17.

Guo Yuanguo did not listen to the advice of the generals as Zhong Xuan expected, and rashly sent troops to cross the Fenshui, but the army only crossed to the middle of the river, and was attacked by the coalition forces of Zhong Xiang and Ma Chao, and returned defeated, most of the 60,000 troops were killed and wounded, and Guo Yuan was even beheaded by the fierce general Pang De.

Gao Gan was helpless. had to lead the remnants of the army to retreat to the state, and Hu Chuquan saw that the situation was not good, and also followed the withdrawal to the north. Surrender to Cao Cao again.

It's just that at this time, history has shifted again.

Han Sui, who got 50,000 stone grain and grass from Jinfan, and was still full of soldiers even in the cold winter, took advantage of the opportunity of Ma Chao Pang De leading the troops outside, and suddenly raised 30,000 troops to attack Ma Teng.

Under the leadership of the general Yan Xing, Han Sui's army was like a bamboo, and the attacking Ma Teng was defeated and retreated. In the end, only a few thousand remnants of the army retreated to Wuwei.

Ma Chao was furious when he got the news, and immediately led his troops back to help, and the two sides fought several battles in succession. But no one can help anyone.

In the end, in order to avoid another chaos in Guanzhong, which had finally settled down, Zhong Miao had to personally mediate the contradictions between the two sides.

Han Sui, who got cheap, had nothing to do, anyway, it was impossible for him to let out the place he occupied. And Ma Teng is weak. Although he was extremely unwilling, when Zhong Xuan was unwilling to send troops to help him attack Han Sui, he had to choose to swallow his anger.

Since then, the hatred between Han Sui and Ma Teng, the sworn brothers, has deepened again, and Ma Teng's perception of Cao Jun has also dropped to the freezing point all of a sudden, thinking that if Lao Tzu hadn't sent troops to help you resist Guo Yuan, how could he have been defeated so badly? As a result, you were fortunate to have just crossed the river and demolished the bridge. How can Lao Tzu trust you in the future?

Zhong Xuan naturally knew that his approach had completely lost Ma Teng's trust, but he couldn't help it. Now all the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong are added together, and they may not be stronger than Han Sui, and Cao Cao is currently guarding against Jinfan in the south, and the other is also paying close attention to the dynamics of Hebei, and it is impossible to send aid to Guanzhong in the short term, so even if he has the heart to help Ma Teng, he can only choose to calm things for the time being.

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The sixth year of Jian'an, March 2.

Seeing that Cao Cao in the south did not seem to have any intention of sending troops, Yuan Tan's desire to seize the heir gradually became active.

At the same time, Guo Tu and Xin Ping also instigated Yuan Tan, saying that the reason why Yuan Shao passed Yuan Tan to his deceased brother Yuan Ji as his stepson five years ago was precisely because of the idea of trial and matching, and the purpose was to make Yuan Tan lose his qualifications as heir.

Yuan Tan was furious when he heard this, and immediately sent someone to ask Yuan Shang for a trial, and wanted to arrest him and put him to death.

But as Yuan Shang's confidant and strategist, how could Yuan Shang hand him over to Yuan Tan? As a result, the contradiction between the two sides finally broke out completely, and Yuan Tan, who was driven by a strong unwillingness in his heart, immediately led an army of 50,000 to attack Yecheng in the north.

The sixth year of Jian'an, March 5.

Yuan Shang took Zhao, Lü Xiang, Lü Kuang and others as generals, personally led 80,000 troops south to meet the enemy, and the two sides fought several battles in the Neihuang area, and finally Yuan Tan was defeated and withdrew to return to Liyang.

However, Yuan Shang didn't seem to want to let go of his eldest brother so easily, and after the victory, he did not immediately retreat and return to Yecheng, but went south and besieged Liyang.

Yuan Tan knew that Liyang could not be defended, so he led the army to break through and led more than 10,000 remnants back to the plain, and then ordered all the departments of Qingzhou to come to support quickly, and there was a tendency to burn both Yuan Shang's jade.

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The sixth year of Jian'an, March 28.

Han Sui, who had already tasted the sweetness in the battle with Ma Teng, ordered Yan Xing to go south to Jinfan again, and this trip actually brought a total of 5,000 high-quality war horses.

Among the five thousand war horses, two thousand were given to Jin Fan by Han Sui free of charge, in other words, Han Sui had agreed to Wang Chong's conditions, and was willing to hand over two thousand war horses to Jin Fan every year, so that the two sides could reach a strategic alliance, after all, Han Sui knew very well in his heart that his previous actions had offended Ma Teng and Cao Cao at the same time, if he wanted not to be destroyed by these two forces in the future, in addition to strengthening his own strength, he must also have a strong foreign aid, and there is no doubt that Jin Fan is obviously the most suitable person.

Wang Chong naturally welcomed Yan Xing's arrival, and signed an alliance with the other party without saying a word, giving the other party 50,000 stone grain and grass, and even giving an additional 3,000 sets of leather armor.

Since then, after distributing 3,000 war horses to various departments and allowing them to form a sufficient number of scout battalions, the size of Jinfan's cavalry has reached an unprecedented 5,000, although this number is far from being comparable to the princes in the north, but in the south, it is enough to make all the princes tremble.

The sixth year of Jian'an, April 1.

Wang Chong and Jia Xu went to the Hukou camp in Poyang Lake alone, and when they learned of Wang Chong's arrival, Gan Ning immediately led Zhou Tai, Dong Xi, Ren Jiang, Sun Ben and others out of the village to greet them.

Seeing Gan Ning, Wang Chong gave him a warm hug and asked with a smile, "How is it, brother?" How is the training of the trolls? ”

Gan Ning laughed and said confidently: "Shaolin rest assured, the whole army has already been reorganized and can go out at any time!" ”

"Good!" Wang Chong's eyes were sharp, and he said in a deep voice, "Send someone to inform Ziyang that in three days, our army will attack Exian in a big way, let him prepare in advance, and be sure to seize the water gate of Exian County in one fell swoop!" ”

Hearing this, all the generals were shocked, exuding a strong fighting spirit. (To be continued.) )