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On the ninth day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Jian'an, Yecheng was broken; On the tenth day of the first month, Yuan Shang died.

At the end of May, Ma Han returned to Luoyang, and the members of the military observation group also returned to their respective stations. At the same time, Ma Han played Dong Zhao as the Taishou of Wei County, stationed in Yecheng, and coordinated the Jizhou strategy. With Pound as the cavalry lieutenant, he assisted.

At the beginning of June, the new Julu Taishou Fengji and the cavalry captain Zhenrong, carrying Yuan Shang's seal and ribbon letter, went to Julu, Zhaoguo, Changshan, Zhongshan and other counties to recruit the rest of the Yuan family. Yuan Shang is dead, and the counties of Jizhou have only two choices: either vote for Yuan Tan; Either the horse is humiliated.

Anyone can see that Yuan Tan is declining and Yuan is hopeless. Even if you vote for Yuan Tan at this time, you will not be able to escape the fate of surrendering to Ma Han in the end, since this is the case, why not do it in one step and get a good position early?

Driven by such a mentality, within a month, the above-mentioned four counties surrendered one after another. By the end of June, except for the two kingdoms of Anping and Qinghe occupied by Yuan Tan, the rest of the counties had been annexed. Under this grim form of coercion, Yuan Tan could no longer sit still, and sent Guo Tu to Luoyang to test Ma Han's attitude and conditionally surrender.

Yuan Tan's condition was that Jizhou assassinated the history, and Guo Tu kept 10,000 private soldiers for another driver.

Ma Han only agreed to let Yuan Tan choose a county to serve as the Taishou or the minister of the state in addition to Wei County, and Guo Tu did the same, and the number of private soldiers could not exceed 1,000. Of course, if he is willing to serve in Luoyang, he will not be less than a high-ranking official of the real two thousand stones.

The conditions of the two sides were too different, and they could not reach an agreement for a while, and reached a stalemate.

Guo Tu was not in a hurry to return to Qinghe, but stayed in Luoyang. Using the residual prestige and connections of the Yuan family, he operated secretly, hoping that the east would not shine and the west would not shine.

Ma Han didn't pay attention to it, Guo Tu's every move, as well as the behavior of the former protégé of the Yuan family in Luoyang, had his own eagle eye in charge, and Ma Han's energy began to transfer to the state.

In mid-July, 10,000 horses of the Xiliang army such as Ma Teng and Han Sui had arrived in Hedong. Xu Huang and Ma Chao's Dragon Wolf Mountain Army were also ready.

Three days later, the Battle of Shangdang broke out.

Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked from Linfen with 10,000 Xiliang troops; Xu Huang and Ma Chao are five thousand dragon wolf mountain troops. Attack from Anyi and launch an attack on the high-ranking cadres who are entrenched in the party. Hanoi Taishou Xun Yu also sent troops to contain it, and at the same time was responsible for the logistics support of the two armies. In addition, Zhang Yan of the Montenegrin Army also personally led 20,000 horses and horses to approach Huguan, and then forced the senior cadres to divide their troops.

Shangdang is located in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, and there is a husband in the east, and there is a pot pass that is not opened; In the south, there is a patio pass with a narrow garden well; In the west, there are Fenshui, Qinshui and Taihang residual veins from north to south; Only from Taiyuan in the north. There are barely roads to get to. That is to say, it is easy to attack from the north to the south (that is, from Taiyuan to the party), and it is difficult to attack from the south to the north.

There are not many soldiers and horses in the high ranks, and the combined troops of the two counties are only more than 10,000 people. However, according to the danger, the troops were stationed at two passes, and they blocked Zhang Yan, Ma Teng, Han Sui, Ma Chao, and Xu Huang's several armies. After more than a month of fighting, he did not gain an inch.

Gao Gan proudly shouted, "I have ten thousand troops, natural dangers, Xiongguan, and millions of grains." Even if there are 100,000 dragons and wolves, what can I do? ”

As soon as the words fell, he went to the rear of the party. There was a thunderbolt on a sunny day in Taiyuan County - the dragon wolf army had captured Yuci, besieged Jinyang, and cut off the grain route of Taiyuan Supremacy.

Gao Gan was dumbfounded, where did the dragon and wolf army come from?

The answer is the Youzhou Dragon Wolf Wind Army.

When the three-way army was in danger, Xun Youtong deduced the wargame and found a breakthrough. Immediately played to Ma Han, and built a dragon wolf wind army by Zhao Yun from Changshanjing Pass across Taihang, raided Taiyuan, and broke the deadlock.

Almost when Xun You's letter of advice arrived in Luoyang, Zhao Yun's urgent letter was also placed on Ma Han's desk, and what the letter said was exactly the same as Xun You's advice, which was to send a surprise soldier from Jingcheng Pass and give Gao Gan a heavy blow to his waist.

Xun You relied on his keen strategic thinking, while Zhao Yun was able to see through the opportunity to defeat the enemy because he was a native of Changshan and was familiar with geography.

Ma Han held a book in one hand, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "Zilong, Gongda, one writer and one martial arts, they are all heroes, and they see the same." ”

At the end of August, Zhao Yunqin led 2,000 cavalry, including the Liaoxi Cavalry, Youzhou Xiongcai, Baima Yicong, Karasuma Hu Cavalry, and Jizhou Cavalry. Such a mixed and elite pure cavalry team, apart from the horses, only Zhao Yun can command freely.

Two thousand cavalry, three thousand horses, seven days and six nights, quickly passed through the Taihang Hengduan Pass, and suddenly appeared under the city of Yuci. When the defenders were stunned and had no time to close the city, thousands of horsemen rushed to capture the city in one fell swoop. Then the soldiers were divided into two routes, one way to continuously attack Taiyuan County to govern Jinyang, and the other way to cut off the Taiyuan to the supremacy of the party's grain road.

The appearance of Zhao Yun's dragon wolf wind army was like people defending a house with sealed doors and windows and strong walls, but suddenly a wild wolf slipped in through the chimney, making all defenses meaningless. If you don't withdraw in time, you may even be swallowed up.

Gao Gan scolded Chang Shan for shamelessly surrendering to the enemy, exposing his flanks, and he was far away from the mountains, and the news was lagging behind, so that he appeared to defend the cave without knowing it. But what's the use of scolding and scolding? In the end, he had to angrily throw away the mountains of baggage and the millions of grains in his mouth, and withdraw his troops from Liangguan with tears.

Huguan and Tianjing Pass were immediately occupied by Xu Huang, Ma Chao, Zhang Yan and others. Although the party still has complex terrain to rely on, it is meaningless to defend it any longer, and the army with high cadres retreated all the way and fled to Taiyuan's Jiexiu (i.e., Jiexiu) in one breath.

That night, the 5,000-strong army that escaped from the party was attacked by more than 1,000 cavalry.

"When I heard the snorting sound outside, I thought it was raining heavily, so I quickly woke up Erdan to go out of the tent to collect clothes, but as soon as he lifted the tent curtain, he was shot into a straw man......"

"The Lieutenant told us to shoot back, but when we looked out with our bows, we saw a series of phantoms, blowing like the wind, and we couldn't aim at all. On the contrary, our brother was shot with arrows......"

The general cobbled together a cavalry of more than 100 people, opened the side door of the camp, and tried to shock and disperse the enemy cavalry, but only escaped back to more than 20 cavalry. I heard that they killed some enemies at first, but then they had bad luck and bumped into a team of white horse righteous servants ......"

This is the deep feeling of this battle when the captives communicated with each other in the prisoner camp after Zhao Yun led more than 1,000 dragon and wolf blast troops to attack Gaogan at night, broke through the enemy village, and captured more than 3,000 Yuan troops. And their general, Gao Gan, took advantage of the night to run all the way west under the desperate escort of dozens of followers, and fled into the Xiongnu territory of Xihe County.

Xihe County was one of the strongholds of the Southern Xiongnu, and in order to avoid the expansion of the war, Zhao Yun did not continue the pursuit, but only reported the situation to the imperial court. Whether to fight or avoid is left to the court or the lord to decide.

In fact, the Huns were more eye-catching than Zhao Yun imagined, and before the court could reply, the Southern Xiongnu Youxian King sent a messenger to send a big gift - the head of the high cadre.

This can only be said that Gao Gan is self-defeating. The Hu people are the most convincing to strength, and they are not interested in any famous families, Chen Liuwang clans, and the like. A lost dog like Gao Gan can not bring benefits at all, but only endless risks, how could the Huns do such a high-risk and zero-benefit thing?

So King Youxian forcibly drunk Gao Gan and his servants at the welcome banquet, clicked things one by one, and then gave the head to Zhao Yun.

Zhao Yun ordered people to pick this head on the wooden flag, and surrounded the city three times, and the Jinyang defenders were silent.

The next day, the south gate of Jinyang was opened, and Taiyuan Taishou Xia Zhao came out with a seal.

Gao Gan died, Taiyuan fell, and the Yuan clan was uprooted.

When the battle report came back, Ma Han remained silent and reported his victory to the imperial court, and when he met with Guo Tu, he did not specifically mention this matter. By the end of September, Guo Tu probably also received Yuan Tan's reply, and took the initiative to ask to see Ma Han, expressing his willingness to accept the previous conditions.

At the beginning of October, Guo Tu took two letters of appointment for the state minister of Anping and the state minister of Qinghe, and returned to the north in a daze.

In mid-October, Yuan Tan formally surrendered to Han Rong, the ruler of Jizhou, who had been sent by the imperial court, and Yuan's rule in Hebei came to an end.

Yuan Tan surrendered as in history, but the object was changed from Cao Cao to Ma Han, but one thing did not change, that is, his surrender was a choice made under pressure, and he was not reconciled. So, half a year later, Yuan Tan took advantage of Ma Han's expedition to the south, a large number of troops were transferred south, and Jizhou was empty, and conspired with Guo Tu to launch a rebellion.

However, before Yuan Tan and Guo Tu could carry out the rebellion, they were assassinated by two messengers who came from Luoyang to convey the holy will, and the rebellion was aborted before it could be implemented.

When the two assassins, named Shi A and Tian Chou, returned to Luoyang and handed over the order to Jia Xu, who was still Shang Shuling, Jia Xu only said lightly: "A jackal without claws, one guest can be restrained." ”

From the dispatch of troops in April to the recovery of the entire territory of Jizhou in October, it took only half a year. Killed Yuan Shang, knocked out Gao Gan, forced Yuan Tan to surrender, and achieved brilliant results.

The court was jubilant, and Liu Xie, the son of heaven, was even more energetic than eating half a box of elixir. After the collegiate discussion of the court, almost all of them passed guò, and Jin Feng Ma Han was named a general and a martial arts marquis.

The general, the highest military position of the general of the Han Dynasty, commanded the soldiers and horses of the world. In the Han Dynasty, this position was usually held by the first relative, and Ma Han took this position, whether it was military merit or status, it was well deserved. Therefore, the whole court, whether they support him or oppose him, have nothing to say about him taking up this position.

Ma Han's previous title was the Marquis of Xiangping, although he was also the highest-ranking county marquis, but Xiangping was far from poor and comparable to the counties of the Central Plains. So where is the martial arts? Just west of Chang'an, it is under the jurisdiction of the right Fufeng in the three auxiliaries. From this knighthood, it can also be seen that Liu Xie and the princess (of course, the princess of Wannian did not make any less efforts) have good intentions: to exterminate the Yuan family and unify Hebei, which can be called a great martial arts; Fufeng Ma, a peerless talent, should return to his hometown. Martial arts Hou, appropriate.

From a fugitive seven years ago to a general seven years later, Ma Han has performed the legendary rise from soldier to marshal. And this is not the end of his legend, in the future, he will go from legend to legend......

(Vol. VI. (To be continued......)