In the autumn of the eighth year of Jian'an, outside Yecheng, on the banks of the Zhang River.

It was mid-autumn and the breeze was bleak. If it were the past peacetime, there would be a golden scene of wheat waves rolling on the fertile plains on the north and south sides. The farmers in the fields were busy with farming, women were walking on the fields with food and pots of slurry, and some naughty children who picked up wheat ears were running happily in the wide fields, which attracted the rebukes from the adults.

The nobles and nobles who did not need to work and travel in the city would also carry the old and young, ride in carriages and horses, and go out for autumn outings. At that time, there were endless cars and horses leaving the city, neighing on the road, and the green curtains laid by the waterside were dazzling, which made people dizzy. The children of Yuan family sang and danced on the water pavilion stage where the banquets were held, and the throne sang and danced, and the fragrant wind rippled on the Zhang River with the sound of the music, which could be heard vaguely for several miles, arousing many imaginations of pedestrians and merchants.

But today, such a peaceful situation is ultimately destroyed by the war in troubled times.

The barren fields were covered with weeds, the former water pavilions and singing platforms turned into ashes, the dark smoke in the inner wall not far away, and the dust rolled in the wilderness farther away. The birds flapping their wings were unwilling to fall, and the wild beasts ran and fled, and they knew that this place was another dangerous corpse burial site.

The Hebei army and Guanxi soldiers and horses had already added up to more than 100,000. Looking into the distance, I could see the dense spears and halberds and heads under the flags. The infantry and cavalry of both sides came out in full bloom and gathered here, hoping to achieve their contributions in one battle.

Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi's 50,000 troops arrived from Qinghe in the east and then formed an array in the east. Yan Xing ordered the camps in the north and south to set up a formation of Yanxing to wait for the enemy. Shen Pei of Yecheng also led the soldiers in the city to open the Ximen and line up the formation, preparing to attack the Xiliang army with reinforcements from the east.

A few days ago, the scouts and light cavalry of both sides had many encounters. Yan Xing, who had not exposed himself, ordered the enemy to be weak. The Yuan brothers were indeed deceived and finally made up their minds to lead the crowd out, wanting to seek a decisive battle with the "end of strength" Xiliang army.

The war began early in the morning at Chen hour. The Yuan brothers took the initiative to launch an attack with the advantage of Sunguang. The main direction was the Xiliang Army in the direction of Nandaying, and the 10,000 Qin and Hu elite soldiers led by Yan Xing were also deployed on the southern front.

"It seems that the Yuan brothers want to attack the weak with strong force. They first use the troops led by Shen Pei in the city to drag General Xu's headquarters, and then drive General Zhang's headquarters to the south into the Zhang River, and then turn around and attack General Xu with all their strength."

Looking at the car, Zhou Liang, who had been observing the offensive of the Hebei army for a long time, turned around and said to Yan Xing.

Yan Xing, who entrusted the command of the front line to Zhang Liao, smiled and said, "Then let them go and attack. If the Yuan army's offensive can make Wen Yuan retreat three miles away, then Yuan Benchu ​​would have given birth to a good son!"

Unlike the previous battle of Huaili and the battle of the Clan, Yan Xing was already sure of victory at this time. He looked at the soldiers under his command who were waiting for battle, and then looked at the Hebei infantry and cavalry shouting for charge in the distance, and slowly showed a knowing smile.

The war began, and the situation was indeed as Yan Xing expected. The 50,000 Yuan army seemed to be huge, but its actual combat power was far less than that of the Xiliang Army, which had been through many battles. Under the continuous attacks of the Hebei army, the Guanxi troops commanded by Zhang Liao still steadily defended their positions, like a hard rock that resisted the impact of the tide, and remained standing. From time to time, iron cavalry was dispatched from both wings to step on the formation.

"Although Tadun abdicated and regarded him as Shanyu because of his adult age, he still retained the title of king. In fact, Tadun is still in charge of the three Wuhuans."

After listening to Xu You's introduction to Tadun, Yan Xing couldn't help but think of Ke Bineng, who was compared to Tan Shihuai. Thinking of these two ambitious and talented alien heroes, he frowned slightly.

He knew better than anyone that the Hu regime, which was both nomadic and farming dualistic in the north, had a huge threat to the Central Plains dynasty. The ordinary nomadic kingdom was subject to its limitations, its economy was fragile, tribes were flowing, and its rise and fall were dazzling. Although it would cause certain losses to the border areas through looting, it could not cause fatal damage to the Central Plains dynasty. As long as the Central Plains dynasty sent border generals who were aware of the troops to guard the passes and strengthened the blockade of the pig iron from the mainland to flow into the Hu area, the military strength of the nomadic people would gradually fall into the quagmire of weaker and weaker warfare.

But once the nomadic kingdom, under the leadership of its powerful monarch, took advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to obtain enough agricultural population by looting people or recruiting refugees, and organize military farms, build cities, and develop handicrafts in a certain area suitable for agricultural development, then this nomadic kingdom with drastic strength will truly become a nightmare for the Central Plains dynasty.

"There are so many heroic lords in the barbarian land."

Yan Xing sighed and said. He turned his eyes to the battlefield in front of him again. At this time, the situation on the battlefield had begun to reverse. The Yuan army, which had previously attacked one after another, is now weak. The brave ones were trapped in a heavy siege, and the cowardly ones were stalemate and the defeat became increasingly obvious. If it weren't for the fact that there were still several elite Yuan troops who struggled to support it, they were afraid that tens of thousands of troops would retreat immediately.

"Are those who are the elliptical men of Yuan's family?"

Yan Xing asked again, pointing to the flag of a Yuan army elite soldiers who were trapped in hard battles. Xu You raised his eyes and nodded and said:

"My Duke Ming's eyes are as wise as a torch. Looking at the banner of this department, it was indeed the Great Horoscope under the Yuan family. In the past, Yuan Shao entered Jizhou and imitated the affairs of the Yulin Qimen. He recruited good families from various counties in Heshuo, organized and trained to form troops, went out to follow the battles, and then went to guard the guards. He was proud of his halberds and halberds, so he was called the 'Grand Horoscope'."

"However," Xu You smiled complimentally at this time, "Although the elliptical soldiers are brave, they are ultimately defeated by the Qin Hu Qiang soldiers under the command of Ming Gong. They were drilling platforms and shooting dogs. The elliptical soldiers were already seriously injured. At present, most of these elliptical soldiers are probably new soldiers. They can't support the dangerous building alone. The elliptical soldiers are destroyed today!"

"Haha..." Yan Xing laughed at Xu You's words. Although he had a compliment, he was not wrong. The defeat of the Yuan brothers was revealed, and these last elite Heshuo elliptical soldiers could not escape the fate of dying on the battlefield.

As if to confirm Xu You's words, a soldier suddenly turned against each other in the Yuan army formation that had been fighting fiercely for a long time. The soldiers who responded with their left flirting suddenly launched an attack on their robes, causing a large horn to appear in the originally neat Yuan army formation to sink, and the trend of chaos was gradually spreading.

Seeing this, Yan Xing ordered the troops in the army to launch a counterattack.

After this order, the sound of horns of the north and south armies continued to sound, and the infantry and cavalry were in full spirit and attacked one after another. The Yuan army, which had been struggling to support, was instantly submerged in the tide of the attack of the Western Liang army. The Yuan army's army's formation also quickly spread from one corner to the retreat of the various formations, and the Yuan family's star continued to move backwards, like a small boat in the storm, struggling to escape from the predicament.

Unfortunately, this struggle was futile. Xu Huang's army in the north had dispatched an iron cavalry to charge the formation, led by a white-robed young general, and rushed straight to the Yuan brothers' flag. The retreating Yuan army formation disintegrated like waves in front of the iron-armored cavalry. The Yuan brothers' flag suddenly paused, and then shook like a single dead tree, and finally landed weakly.

"The Yuan brothers were defeated. After this battle, Duke Ming would unify Heshuo and be intimidated by the world. How lucky is you to be able to follow the Ming Lord and congratulate him!"

Xu You celebrated excitedly. If it weren't for the failure of Zhou Liang's persuasion before, he might have said some horrifying words at this moment.

Amid his excited celebration, the battle situation in the distance became completely overturned. Meng Dai, Yan Jing and other generals of Yuan were killed in battle. Shen Pei led the remaining soldiers to retreat back to the city in a hurry, while the Yuan brothers were missing. It turned out that they had already given up the central army when the cavalry rushed to the formation and fled disguisedly. The leaderless Hebei soldiers fought each other, but were soon divided into small parts by the Xiliang army. In the face of the cruel and ruthless swords, the Hebei soldiers threw away their armor and chose to surrender.

"Whose family's son is that white robe?"

Yan Xing glanced at Xu You, without responding, but asked in the direction of the white-robed young general who had rushed to capture the flag before.

The staff accompanied him didn't know that, so Zhou Liang went downstairs to pass an order to inquire, and then hurried back to report to Yan Xing.

"Ming Gong, this son is Qin Lang, the adopted son of General Xu Gongming."

"Qin Lang?"

"Hehe," Zhou Liang showed a narrow smile, "In the past, Duke Ming sent General Xu to attack Lu Bu's troops and captured Du, the wife of Bu general Qin Yilu. Du was quite handsome. Duke Ming gave General Xu a great achievement in defeating the enemy, so he gave Du to General Xu as his concubine. This is how this adopted son came from."

"There is such a reason." Yan Xing was stunned and then laughed.

"Gongming has raised a good son!"

After hearing Yan Xing's words, the staff around him also laughed.

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In the eighth year of Jian'an, the last battle of the Northern War in Yecheng was the battle of Guanxi soldiers led by Yan Xing to win.

On the banks of the Zhangshui River outside Yecheng, the Yuan army that rescued Yecheng was wiped out, and the whereabouts of the Yuan brothers were unknown. Yecheng was then easily captured by the Western Liang army with the secret cooperation of Shen Pei's nephew Shen Rong.

In despair, Shen Pei ordered all the officials in Guanxi who had been arrested before, such as Liu Zhi and others, who had been arrested before, to kill all the cadres in Guanxi. He originally wanted to lead troops to set fire to the granary and arsenal in the city, but happened to encounter Ma Lin's troops who entered the city. A fierce battle broke out. Shen Pei committed suicide. The rest of the generals and soldiers surrendered one after another, and Yecheng was then captured.

The Xiliang army that captured Yecheng was powerful and then divided its troops to capture the city and seize the land. Many cities in Hebei who were unwilling to surrender were surrendered one after another. In this way, half of the country in Jizhou completely fell into Yan Xing's bag.

However, Yuan Tan's army in Qingzhou took this opportunity to march northward, capturing the four counties of Bohai, Hejian, Anping and Qinghe, while secretly contacting the former Yuan generals who surrendered to the Western Liang army. Under the leadership of Cao Hong, Cao's army on the south bank of the Great River followed Cao Cao's orders and seized many north bank cities such as Liyang, Dunqiu, Dongwuyang, etc., and set up defenses based on the river to defend the Western Liang army to take advantage of the victory to go south.
Chapter completed!