The battle of Pubanjin started very suddenly and ended quickly, but the Han army under Wei Yan paid a lot of money.

The 3,000 advance infantry led by Wei Yan were counted after the end of the battle, and more than 1,300 people were killed and wounded. Eighty percent of them were killed or injured by condescending arrows from the arrow tower.

The 7,000 Han troops who climbed the slope to attack also suffered more than 1,000 casualties under the condescending attack of the arrow tower on the top of the slope.

As for the Huang Quan Army, which went down the river and attacked the Yellow River Water Army, it also suffered nearly two thousand casualties. This was not a casualty in the battle with the Yellow River Naval Army, but was caused by the capsizing of more than 20 warships in the process of going downstream, due to unfamiliar hydrological conditions, excessive water speed, reefs and other reasons.

In fact, Huang Quan's attack down the river was a very risky thing in itself, if it weren't for Cao Wei's Yellow River army, which was really vulnerable, the battle losses would be far more than that.

In other words, although this attack on Pubanjin conquered this Yellow River crossing in one day, the battle losses paid by Wei Yanjun exceeded the battle losses of more than ten days of fighting on the Luyang side.

However, the price is worth it.

As soon as Pubanjin is opened, the entrance to Hedong is opened, and now as long as the troops are transported across the Yellow River, they can directly attack the Hedong region. The Hedong family is actually more nervous than Sima Yi now.

But Wei Yan's strategic purpose is not Hedong.

After spending a day and taking a quick rest, Huang Quan left 2,000 sailors to continue to guard Pubanjin, and he led 3,000 sailors to operate the boat, with more than 7,000 infantry under Wei Yan's department, and began to continue down the river to Hongnong County.

At the same time, Hongnong County is in Shangluo County, Hongnong Yang's mansion.

The world-famous Yang Biao has passed away, and the current head of the Hongnong Yang family is Yang Biao's brother, Yang Bing.

There is no way, Yang Biao's lineage, the most successful Yang Xiu asked Cao Cao to kill, most of the remaining heirs are doing nothing, and the grandson is too young for the survival of the Yang family, Yang Bing became the head of the Yang family with the support of the elders of the Yang family.

What is now in front of Yang Bing is a key opportunity related to the rise and fall of his Hongnong Yang clan, but Yang Bing doesn't know whether he should catch him or not.

In all fairness, Yang Bing is really far behind Yang Biao, and Yang Bing himself knows this, which is why he is so hesitant.

In the west, the Han well, let's call them the Han Dynasty, the Han Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, sent people over to secretly contact the Yang family, hoping that in the future, when the Han army into the division, the Hongnong Yang family can take the initiative to stand up and respond to the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, the Han will not live up to the Hongnong Yang family who has the Han family in mind. Although after the reform, there is no saying about the three princes in the Han Dynasty, but isn't there still three provinces and six ministries.

Zhuge Liang is the prime minister, but he has always served as the Zhongshu Order. If Yang Bing is willing to return to the Han Dynasty and help the Han Dynasty capture Heluo, then he Zhuge Liang is willing to abdicate and make way for Xian and let Yang Bing take the post of Zhongshu Ling.

This is the condition that the big man in the west gave to Hongnong Yang's family To be honest, Yang Bing was very moved by this condition, but standing in Hongnong Yang's position, he didn't know whether he should be moved or not.

After all, there are still risks, and the conditions can only be said to be so-so.

The Yang family is not the Yang family of Yang Bing alone, and when Yang Bing thinks about the problem, he must think from the position of the entire Yang family. If the Han in the west has no hope of defeating Luoyang, or if Luoyang cannot be defended, then why should the Yang clan respond to your call?!

Is it just by virtue of the favor of the "Four Worlds and Three Princes"?!

Don't be funny, this name is very important to the Yang family, but it doesn't mean that the Yang family will keep filial piety for your Han family.

Besides, the Yang family is already worthy of the Han Dynasty, Yang Biao followed Emperor Han Xian all the way from Luoyang to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Xudu, what hardships have you not suffered? !

After Cao Wei received Zen on behalf of the Han Dynasty, he wanted to crown Yang Biao as a lieutenant, and in that situation, Yang Biao risked his life and directly refused to go out. It's already enough for you big man.

Yang Bing thought that the Yang family was worthy of the big Han enough, but now the "big man" in the west wanted them to take the initiative to stand up as an internal response and cooperate with them to attack Luoyang. If it fails, this will be the end of the Manchu clan.

This risk and benefit are really not proportional.

Therefore, in the final analysis, it is impossible for the big Han in the west to let my Hongnong Yang family work for you just by virtue of an empty official position.

This is the reason why Yang Bing can think of when he stands on Yang's standpoint, and opposes it.

But in the same way, Yang Bing stood in Yang's position, and there were actually reasons for favoring it that he could think of.

Hongnong Yang's life in Dawei is not easy.

Yang Biao refused the official position of Taiwei given by Cao Wei, although Cao Pi had just succeeded to the throne at that time, and it was difficult to do anything to Yang Biao, who was famous all over the world. But everyone knows that Cao Pi is a person who is careful with his eyes.

Not to mention, when Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were competing for the position of the prince, Yang Biao's son Yang Xiu blatantly stood on Cao Zhi's side, giving Cao Zhi a lot of ideas, and offended Cao Pi enough to choke Yang Xiu's death in the end, you can't say that Yang Xiu's participation in Cao Pi has nothing to do with Cao Zhi's dispute.

Therefore, at least in the Cao Pi Dynasty, there was no talent from the Hongnong Yang family to the Cao Wei court.

And now, in Cao Ei's dynasty, the Yang family's life is still not good, and Yang Bing himself is just a councilor, this position is not very high, and it is not noble, it is just an official position that perfunctory your Yang family's face.

It can be seen that Cao Rong's dynasty did not treat Hongnong Yang very well.

It's not okay to go on like this.

The biggest reason why Hongnong Yang was able to gain such a great reputation before was that the Yang family was "the fourth world and the third duke".

Not to mention anything else, there is a ready-made example - what has become of the Runan Yuan family, who was also a top family in the late Han Dynasty and the "Four Worlds and Three Dukes", now | !

It's only been a few years, and no one cares about the so-called Runan Yuan clan at all, and the Runan Yuan clan is basically closed to customers now, and they live in a simple place.

If the Hongnong Yang clan continues to be so unpopular with the imperial court and continues to be obscure, sooner or later it will follow in the footsteps of the Runan Yuan clan.

But if the Yang family really took the risk of defecting to the Han Dynasty, Yang Bing re-assumed the position of the Han Dynasty's Zhongshu Ling, which was equivalent to the same position as the three dukes of the previous Han dynasty, and in terms of real power, it was much greater than the three dukes.

Even if Yang Bing is just pretending to be in office and stepping down after one year in office, for the Hongnong Yang family, there is a chance to continue to maintain the prestige of the family.

This is what Yang Bing can think of, the benefits of taking refuge in Dahan.

There are advantages, there are disadvantages, and the risks are not small, Yang Bing really doesn't know how to make a choice.

He is not a qualified head of the family, it's just that the Yang family is really talented, so he is asked to make decisions.

In the past, Yang Bing could also temporarily dry the fine work sent by Shu Han, after all, it was the Yang family who took the initiative in this matter. Even if the Yang family doesn't agree to this, Shu Han's fine work can't do anything to the Yang family.

But now, it doesn't seem to work.

The news of the defeat of the Yellow River naval army and the loss of Pubanjin soon spread to Hongnong County. In other words, within three or five days at the earliest, the army of Shu Han will be in Hongnong.

At this time, there was no time for Yang Bing to hesitate.

If he stood up to respond to Shu Han at this time, called on the Hongnong family to return to the Han Dynasty, and helped the Han Dynasty open the passage to Luoyang, then there is no doubt that the interests of the Yang family would be maximized.

If you still ignore it at this time, you can avoid the risk that the Yang clan will face after the unfavorable attack of Shu Han in the future, but once Shu Han really captures and holds Luoyang, then the position of the Yang clan will be embarrassing.

Shu Han doesn't need a so-called "Four Worlds and Three Princes" family who can't serve the Han at a critical moment. In other words, even if it returns to the Han Dynasty, the Yang clan will still not be reused.

Hongnong Yang's may be like Yuan's, slowly submerged in the dust of history.

Yang Bing really can't choose, after all, this decision is to put the lives of Hongnong Yang's entire family.

Therefore, Yang Bing decided to hold a family meeting.

Since you can't decide by yourself, let's let everyone decide together what to do.

This meeting lasted for about a full day, and the next day, the Yang family suddenly opened the door of the house and sent countless family members and children to various parts of Hongnong.

Three days later, when Wei Yan led the army, down the Yellow River, and arrived at Hongnong County, Yang Bing personally led people, arrived at the ferry, blocked Wei Yan, and asked, "The general wants to lead the army to attack Hongnonghu?!" ”

Wei Yan was stupid at that time. What does this old man mean?!

I brought troops here, not to attack Hongnong, but to travel?!

Wei Yan didn't react, but there was not a Pang Tong who came with him.

Pang Tong hurriedly came out of the crowd, bowed to Yang Bing, and said, "No, the whole world is Han land. Now we are waiting, but I am ordered by the Son of Heaven to hunt on behalf of the heavens. ”

Pang Tong's words are also interesting. The world is the world of the Han Dynasty, and we are only here in place of the Son of Heaven.

In other words, if you think you are Hanchen, this Hongnong is still Hantu, then we are our own people, and the rest of the things are easy to discuss.

But if you think you're Wei Chen. There's not much to say.

In fact, it is in disguise, forcing Yang Bing to express his position.

Yang Bing, on the other hand, smiled slightly, bowed and saluted, and said, "Captain Han, after Yang Zhen, Yang Bing, welcome the Great Han Wangshi." ”

Yes, Lao Tzu voted, and ate pot pulp to welcome the king!!

(End of chapter)