Xiahou Yuan's face was pale, his eyes were blood-red, his eyes flashed with unwilling sparks, and he stood quietly in the dark night where he couldn't see his fingers, looking at the big river in front of him in a daze. In fact, it was not just him, including Li Dian, Yu Ban, Sima Lang and Cao Chun, their faces were also ugly. In the corners of the eyes of the five people, tears flashed, and there was a deep sadness in their expressions.

At this time, it was the night of the 29th day of the lunar month, and after a long period of careful deployment and several deductions, after the precise information provided by Sima Lang was repeatedly confirmed and confirmed, Xiahou Yuan and the others finally embarked on the journey.

The first step is to cross the river from Tongguan and reach Fenglingdu on the other side of the river.

At this time, Tongguan is actually not called Tongguan. Tongguan was built in the first year of Jian'an, and until now, it has only begun to take shape, but its construction work was stopped due to last year's drought. Neither the princes of Guanzhong nor Cao Cao continued this work.

Not far from the northeast of Tongguan, is Fenglingdu. The Yellow River was diverted by Huashan Mountain, where it changed from north to south to west to east, so the river water slowed down and the river surface widened, making it suitable for ferrying.

Fenglingdu has been a battleground for soldiers for generations. This place is an important passage connecting Henan and Hebei, and its role is even more important than its downstream Mengjin and Wushejin. The battles between Cao Cao, Ma Chao and Han Sui in history took place here.

The weather was cold, and the water surface of the big river at Fengling Ferry was frozen, which was supposed to be a great opportunity, but Xiahou Yuan and the others did not expect that this would become a tragedy for them.

The army crossed the river, and from the moment they crossed a third of the ice, Xiahou Yuan felt bad. The ice at the edge of the river was thick, but in the middle it became so thin that the ice groaned as the soldiers moved around, as if they were overwhelmed at any moment. However, at this moment, they may not be able to live when they go back, and their task is too critical, so Xiahoudun and the others discussed it for a while and decided to cross the river in batches.

As a result, the originally dense formation was disrupted, and the knight dismounted and led the horse cautiously forward. The whole crossing took two hours before the whole army was over.

However, they could not afford to lose! The seemingly harmless river swallowed up as many as 2,000 of their soldiers, including nearly 500 cavalry, and Cao Chun almost fell into the ice cave.

A team of fifteen thousand men, including three thousand knights, lost two thousand before they could enter the battle, how could their hearts not drip blood?

Collecting his mind and looking at the four people who were still sighing, Sima Lang persuaded: "Four generals, mourn and change!" Fenglingdu has been taken, and our losses are not large, and, most importantly, none of the 3,000 enemy troops guarding Fenglingdu have escaped. In this way, the future war will be smoother and smoother. This is not a time for sorrow, please cheer up the four generals, we cannot be sorry for the brothers who died in vain! ”

Xiahou Yuan put away his sad expression, waved his fist excitedly, and said, "What Boda taught me is that the four of us are no different!" ”

After a slight pause, he said, "According to the plan in advance, we will set off now!" ”

After speaking, he looked at Cao Chun and said with some concern: "Zihe, speaking of which, this is the first time you have led an army to fight alone, and I hope you will be more careful and not live up to the ardent expectations of the eldest brother!" ”

Cao Chun nodded solemnly, hugged his fists and said, "Please rest assured in seconds, brother knows it!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded, hugged his fists and said, "So, take care!" ”

Cao Chun clasped his fists at a few people and said, "Take care!" With that, he turned on his horse and led 2,500 cavalry and 2,000 elite foot soldiers to set off slowly. This time the journey was long, two hundred and thirty miles, and he could not help but spare his horsepower, otherwise he would not be able to fight at all even if he arrived at the place. Those foot soldiers are Xiahou Yuan's troops, and they have already practiced the ability of five hundred in three days and one thousand in six days with Xiahou Yuan, and the time of one day and one night is enough for them to run to the place and cooperate with Cao Chun to fight that battle.

Xiahou Yuan and the others looked at Cao Chun and his party who disappeared into the darkness, and they were a little worried in their hearts. After all, the enemy has 10,000 troops, and his back is against the fortified city, this battle is not easy to fight!

Sima Lang coughed and said, "Three generals, this is not the time to worry about Zihe General, our responsibility is also very heavy!" The enemy's two cities and more than 30,000 troops, although they are all recruits who have never seen blood, but the 3,000 Hun cavalry among them cannot be underestimated! ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded solemnly and said, "What Mr. said is reasonable, let's go now!" ”

With that, he waved his hand, and a team of less than 10,000 people set off.

The next evening, they suddenly appeared in Yancheng.

Yancheng is a good place, as you can tell from the name. It is bordered by a small lake, but this lake is almost barren. Because, this is a salt lake. The salt lake and the surrounding salt mines have created this magical place and made it very rich. The rich side of the Hedong Wei clan can be among the four elephants of the Han Dynasty, which has a lot to do with this place.

The salt of Yancheng once had a significant impact on the history of the Three Kingdoms. Historically, when Sima Yi was in the middle of the army, he had always relied on the salt produced here to accumulate a lot of wealth to feed the army and hold on to the Shu Han. It can be said that if there is no salt farm, then it is impossible to hold the land in Guanzhong. It wasn't until later that Deng Ai and Zhong Hui destroyed Shu in a battle, which was closely related to this salt farm. It's just that it's different now, a large amount of high-quality and low-cost salt produced in Xuzhou has entered various places through smuggling or formal channels, which has had a huge impact on the salt industry here, making the Wei family's wealth shrink seriously. This is also one of the reasons why the Wei family took Tian Fan and wanted to ask for wine-making technology.

This small city is not big, the length and width are only three miles, it is a simple earthen city wall, and the height is only about two zhang. There were many people living in the city, but they were all slaves in the salt works. Because you can't farm within a radius of dozens of miles, you can only boil salt and dry salt, and the salt is controlled by the Wei family, so no one will come here, unless you come to buy salt. As a result, it has become a natural and good training ground.

Since the beginning of this year, salt merchants have been no longer allowed to enter the area, and if anyone buys salt, the Wei family will transport the salt out for sale. Outsiders can only see truckloads of grain transported here by the Wei family all day, but they don't know why. Occasionally, they think, where so many people have come and eaten so much food? But it's only occasional, and no one will delve into it.

The city has been transformed into a military camp, and the Wei family has worked hard to find and recruit 3,000 elite Hun cavalry, as well as 30,000 war horses, and 10,000 recruits who are practicing horsemanship, all stationed in this desolate place.

This is the first target that Xiahou Yuan wants to attack!

At night, when the soldiers who had practiced for a day returned to the city, Xiahou Yuan acted.

In the city, the Han and Xiongnu had strong barriers to each other, and they lived at both ends of the city. The Han people were not accustomed to the barbarism and rudeness of the Huns, and the Huns did not look down on the cowardice and incompetence of the Han people. Although they were in the same cavalry camp, the riding skills of the Huns were not comparable to those of the Han who were still carrying hoes last year. Whenever they saw those clumsy Han people trembling on their horses and falling down before they had run a few steps, the Huns would make a coaxing and whistle sound. Because of this, the two gangs fought a lot.

The leader of the Han people was Zhong Jin, and the leader of the Huns was a Han man named Zhang Qiang, and the two of them were on errands under Wei Kai. Wei Kai ...... went home for the New Year, because today there is a major event related to the future of the Wei family, and his uncle Wei Shu and father Wei Gu are ready to do it.

Obviously, Wei Kai is a pretty good guy, uh...... At least he has some skills, but as soon as he leaves, the casual habits of these people are exposed.

Tonight, the night is dark and the wind is high, it is the night of murder, the day of arson!

Xiahou Yuan's personal guards are all people who have followed Xiahou Yuan for many years, and they don't need ladders to climb such a low city wall. After a few people stacked Arhats, they easily went up to the city wall, and after that, there were more people. When these murderous guys killed a few patrolling and vigilant soldiers, and opened the city gate, Xiahou Yuan waved his hand, and the soldiers quietly drove into the city wall, as if entering their own city.

The first to suffer were the Han Chinese in the west of the city, who were in their dreams when the tents and barracks they slept in were on fire. Many soldiers got up in confusion, and before they could figure out what was going on, they were killed by the fierce Cao Bing. When the fire broke out in the west of the city, the Huns cursed and muttered a few words, turned over and continued to sleep. These Han people make a fuss at every turn!

Zhong Jin, who got up urgently, didn't even say a few words, and was killed by Xiahou Yuan with an arrow, so the dragons were leaderless, and the camp was even more chaotic.

Li Dian and Yu Ban had already touched the Huns. As a result, the Wei family spent a lot of effort to train more than 10,000 cavalry.

I have to say that a literati cannot become a general just by reading a few military books. A person with strong martial arts has never been on the battlefield, and he cannot be a general. The sorrow of the Wei family has long been doomed, because their family does not have a suitable general to lead these incompatible soldiers, so that these incompatible soldiers can be twisted into a rope and fight the world under the banner of the Wei family. Zhong Jin is a half-waste, and that Zhang Qiang is a cavalry general, but he only has command over his 3,000 men. And it's a pity that these Huns, who are extremely powerful on horses, once they get off the horse, they are basically half a waste!

An hour later, the war ended, and Cao Cao made a fortune, not to mention those soldiers, even the horses as many as 30,000 were considered a windfall, or a windfall that could not be in the cross.

So, Xiahou Yuan left Li Dian and 2,000 soldiers to guard and surrender the soldiers, and he led Yu Ban and Sima Lang, as well as 4,000 soldiers, to the Yi clan in the west of Yancheng.

The battle of the Yi clan was different from the battle of Yancheng, because among the soldiers who escaped from Yancheng, some fled to the Yi clan, and Zhong Shen, the guard of the Yi clan, woke up early. However, if you can't stand Xiahou Yuan's trickery, among those deserters, nearly a thousand people are Cao soldiers who changed the clothes of the Wei family's soldiers, they set fire to create chaos everywhere in the city, and successfully opened the city gate, so after a mix, the Wei family's city is gone.

The Wei family is destined to be a tragic existence, and the reason is their unrealistic ambition. Wei Shukong is talented, but he is not a good commander. Wei Gu is a qualified strategist, but he can't decide. Among the next generation of disciples such as Wei Kai, Wei Xian, and Wei Ning, Wei Kai is a talent, but he can only be a literati, not a general. As for the others......

At this time, Wei Shu, the head of the Wei family, his elder brother Wei Gu, and nephews Wei Kai, Wei Xian and others, were in a frenzied celebration, because of him, they finally succeeded in killing Hedong Taishou on this New Year's night and completely controlled Anyi.