In the first battle of Tongguan, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses of Cao Wei's Kwantung reinforcements were annihilated, including more than 20 generals who died in the civil war. Among them, there were nearly 10,000 Wei soldiers who surrendered to the Han army.

In the end, those who could escape back to Tongguan and defend were only the less than 10,000 remnants of the defeated army led by Wang Ji.

The only pity is that there is not much support from the Yang family. Deng Fan's troops could not be exhaustive, and finally allowed Wang Ji to escape back to Tongguan smoothly.

But even so, Deng Fan's soldiers and horses left in Pubanjin, with the secret support of the Yang family, still successfully captured the empty garrison of Fenglingdu, and received the Han army into Pubanjin.

When the Han army entered Pubanjin from Fenglingdu, as soon as Ma Tan's banner was erected, the morale of the Wei army on the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain collapsed in an instant.

Originally, their army was blocked in the west of Zhongtiao Mountain, because it was rumored that Ma Tan led his troops to appear near Pujindu. As a result, the Shu army on the front has not been driven away, and the Shu army has appeared in Pubanjin behind it, and for a while the Wei army has no will to fight, and the whole army has withdrawn to Hedong County.

However, the escape of the Pubanjin defenders directly harmed Chen Taibu, who was still fortified in Fengyi County. He originally had his back to the Yellow River, and it was only with the support of Pu Banjin behind him that he could withstand Zhang He's offensive.

As a result, now that Pubanjin has fallen, Chen Tai has immediately become surrounded by the Han army. Chen Tai couldn't even recuperate from his injuries, so he hurriedly gathered all his troops and horses and retreated to Longmendu, the last one that was still under the control of the Wei army.

In just half a month, the main force of the Han army officially pushed the front to the front line of Pubanjin. The Qinguan Road from Tongguan to Hongnong was all exposed to the Han army.

The progress of all this is amazing, as if a month has passed, and the battlefield on the Eastern Front, which originally had nearly 70,000 soldiers and horses, was only left with Wang Ji and the remnants of more than 10,000 soldiers defeated, and the entire Eastern Front battlefield was in an emergency.

However, such rapid progress did not make the general Ma Youchang happy. At least for now, the biggest headache is still how to fool the prime minister's accountability.

All this progress is so fast that Ma Jian feels that he was still pretending to die outside Huayin City some time ago, and now he is recuperating in Puban County.

"This battle is also thrilling, if it weren't for Shizai's forced march over Zhongtiao Mountain, it is estimated that I would have fallen outside Tongguan by now." Ma Jian looked at the severity of his injuries, and even the three inner and outer layers that were bandaged, and couldn't help but complain.

He has been on the verge of death countless times since he hit the street pavilion. Several times, such as this time, I was close to the last kick, but I just couldn't die.

And every time he was snatched back from the edge of the Ghost Gate Pass by Lang Zhong in this army, as if the king of Taishan Mansion didn't want him.

When did my Shu Han medical skills become so good?

"The general praised it, if it weren't for the support of the Hongnong Yang family, a certain would have also died in Pubanjin." Deng Fan arched his hand and reported to Ma Jian word by word.

Deng Fan's report was slow, and his tone was surprisingly slow, but Ma Jian was still very sensitive to find that Deng Fan, this kid, didn't stutter!

"Is Shizai's stuttering okay?" Ma Jian raised his eyebrows, looked at Deng Fan and asked.

"General, it's all right." Deng Fan nodded and replied.

"It's good, I used to have a stutter, and it was difficult for Si Aiai to communicate with his colleagues. Now that my stuttering is basically good, I don't need to communicate with pen and paper every time in the future. ”

Ma Jian saw that Deng Fan was basically not bothered by stuttering, and he also felt very good. congratulated casually, and then asked left and right,

"Has the envoy of the Hongnong Yang family arrived? Didn't they say they were coming to meet me the day before yesterday? ”

"General, the envoy of the Yang family has now arrived outside the door, but because the general still has something to do......

"What's the matter, go and invite the envoy of the Yang family to come in." Ma Jian waved his hand and immediately asked the guards to invite the envoy of the Hongnong Yang family in.

The Hongnong Yang family is also a famous family, and it was already an upper-class family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Its earliest ancestors can be traced back to the period of Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty, and they were all important ministers of the Han Dynasty for generations.

For example, Yang Biao, the Taiwei in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and Yang Xiu, who divided Boss Cao's snacks, are all from the Hongnong Yang family.

The sudden decision of such a big clan to join Shu Han is a good thing from that point of view. And Ma Tan, as the crown prince and the supreme commander of the Eastern Front, naturally had to meet them.

Soon, a scribe dressed in white and looking extremely young walked in with the messenger. Immediately after seeing Ma Tan, the scribe saluted respectfully,

"Yang Zhun, I've seen the general of the chariot!"

Yang Zhun ...... Hongnong Yang is really sincere. Ma Jian raised his eyebrows suddenly, and he was a little surprised for a while.

Yang Zhun himself is not very famous, and his father Yang Huan is not a big official. But this grandfather has a great background, and it is Yang Xiu, the god of war.

In other words, Yang Zhun is the eldest son of the Yang family, not a concubine.

Let the eldest son of the family come to be a messenger, and this sincerity will be moved.

"Originally, I was supposed to be on duty in Luoyang, but it just so happened that my mother passed away and I had to go back to Hongnong to keep filial piety. As a result, he happened to meet the Han Guangfu Guanzhong, so he came to act on the orders of the family. Yang Zhun said calmly and clearly.

As for whether it was a coincidence, only God knows.

"I heard Shizai say that Hongnong Yang and abandoned the pseudo-Wei and introduced Hongnong County to the west of the Han Dynasty?" Ma Jian then asked, but was immediately refuted by Yang Zhunyi's words,

"The general's words are wrong, my Yang family has been a Han courtier for generations, eating Hanlu and receiving Han's grace. He also has a deep hatred with the pseudo-Wei, and has been suppressed by thieves, because he is unable to fight and is false and wronged.

Now that the Han army has recovered, my Hongnong Yang clan is naturally holding high the Han flag in response, how can I abandon the pseudo-Wei Yi? ”

In this regard, the corners of Ma Tan's mouth twitched twice, forcibly suppressing the desire to complain.

If your Yang family is really as loyal as you say, you won't wait until he hits Hongnong to come to surrender.

However, in Yang Zhun's words, Ma Tan also understood why the Yang family joined Shu Han. As a famous family of the fifth and third dukes in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yang family was too deeply bound to the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, from Cao Cao to Cao Rui, the three generations of the Cao family did not give the Yang family a chance to come out at all. Even the former head of the family, Yang Xiu, was killed by Cao Cao, and until now, Yang Huan, the head of the Yang family, is not even a Jiuqing.

So it is not surprising that the Yang family would make such a choice. Even without Ma Yan, Hongnong Yang was a die-hard supporter of Sima and Wei in history.

Case......

A hint of joy flashed in Ma Yan's eyes, and he squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Zhun.

He has already begun to think about how to make the Hongnong Yang family maximize the help for Shu Han.

(End of chapter)