Youfufeng, Fengxian County.

Xiahou Yuan punched a fist in the courtyard, his body was slightly hot and he was slightly breathing.

Time is unforgiving, and he is already over the age of full vitality. Even if Xiahou Yuan is unwilling to accept his old age, he has to admit that his health is not as good as before. After years of fighting on the battlefield, he has left many scars on his body. It may not be obvious when he was young, but as he grows older, Xiahou Yuan must admit that his physical strength and energy are much worse than those in the Battle of Guandu, and he aged very quickly.

"Miaocai, Qi County War Report."

Xiahou Yuan punched a fist. When he was about to rest, he saw someone coming from outside, walking in a hurry.

This person's name is Xiahou En, and his courtesy name is Ziyi, and he is Xiahou Dun's younger brother.

After the end of the Guanzhong Battle last year, Cao Cao took Xiahou Dun away, but left Xiahou En to the right Fufeng and served as Xiahou Yuan's deputy.

Seeing that it was Xiahou En, a smile appeared on Xiahou Yuan's face.

He was very satisfied with this cousin.

In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, there is also a Xiahou En, who is Cao Cao's sword-holding officer, wearing a green thorn sword. In the Romance of the Romance, Cao Cao had two swords, the Heavenly Sword to maintain power, and the green thorn sword was specially used to kill people. In other words, Xiahou En is equivalent to Cao Cao's super thug.

However, in the battle at Changbanpo, Xiahou En was killed by Zhao Yun, and the green sword was also taken away by Zhao Yun.

This Xiahou Eng was not Xiahou Eng in the Romance, but a general sent by Cao Cao to help Xiahou Yuan.

"Ziyi, how is the situation in Qixian County?"

Xiahou En smiled bitterly, "Liu Chuang stationed troops in the Huzhu, which also greatly boosted the morale of the Xiliang army.

Before this, Xu Shu had always been defending the Qingshiban. However, since Liu Chuang attacked the Hulao, the Xiliang army turned into defense to offense, and was aggressive.

Although Zidan is good at fighting, Xiahou Lan and Wei Yan of the Xiliang Army are both powerful generals, and he is alone. He can't support him... A few days ago, Zidan lost Linjing, and the day before yesterday, he was attacked by Wei Yan and Yang Jian in Yinpan, and was defeated. Fortunately, Zixiao arrived in time and rescued Zidan and retreated to Qi County. Now, the Xiliang Army takes Xiahou Lan as the vanguard and Yang Jian as the deputy general, and commands 8,000 troops in Linqi County. Xu Shu also commands 30,000 troops to Yinpan, and will arrive in Qi County soon... This time, Zixiao is under a lot of pressure, and I am quite worried."

Yes, the situation in Guanzhong is indeed not good!

Liu Chuang called the wind and rain at Hulao Pass, and Xu Shu from Liangzhou immediately responded.

It seems that Xu Shu was worried that the Guanzhong soldiers would go to Hulao to assist in the war, so he attacked wildly regardless of the cost. He put pressure on Guanzhong and wanted to hold Cao Ren's soldiers. It has to be said that Xu Shu's move was indeed powerful. This was a dignified plot. Even if Cao Ren knew Xu Shu's thoughts, he had to deal with it. Otherwise, if the Western Liang army invaded Guanzhong, the entire Jingzhao would be in turmoil.

Thinking of this, Xiahou Yuan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

When Liu Chuang went to Xudu, Xiahou Yuan also suggested that Cao Cao kill Liu Chuang.

Unfortunately, due to various factors, Cao Cao was unable to take action, and the kid finally escaped from Xu Du... Who would have expected that in just four or five years, Liu Chuang would develop so quickly. He seized the gaps in the battle between Yuan and Cao and developed rapidly, and achieved his current achievements.

Xiahou Yuan may not look down on Liu Chuang, but he has to admit that Liu Chuang's vision is indeed very vicious.

It is really admirable that he dared to sneak attack Youzhou when Yuan Shao had the upper hand and expand rapidly while Yuan and Cao were fighting.

"What are the instructions for that side of Zixiao?"

"Zi Xiao sent someone to send a message to us, asking us to defend Fengxian and be careful of the Xiliang army's sneak attack."

After hearing this, Xiahou Yuan nodded slightly.

"Send someone to report back to Zixiao, saying that the Xiliang Army in Longxian County has not changed any abnormalities now, so please don't worry about it."

"Okay, then I'll send someone to report."

After Xiahou En said that, he immediately spoke again: "But news came from Fanxu's mouth that there was a Western Liang army there... I'm going to go to investigate early tomorrow morning."

"Where is the Xiliang army present at Fanxukou?"

"Well, it's just a small group of soldiers. I think it's the scout of the Xiliang Army... However, their actions are quite frequent, which makes people in Yangcheng panic. I will lead 3,000 soldiers to investigate tomorrow. If there is no reason, I will come back immediately. Miaocai doesn't have to worry."

Xiahou Yuan thought about it, then nodded and said, "Since that's the case, be careful."

Fanxukou, later called Shenyu Hui Township, is located in the southeast of Huating County, at the intersection of Huating, Long County and Chongxin County.

It was named after its location in the Heihe Valley, and later it was falsely rumored to be "Shenyu".

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, this Xukou was the entrance and exit of the ancient "Huizhongdao" of the Silk Road and the military important place "Fanxudao", so it was named "Fanxudao".

In fact, starting from the beginning of the year, scouts from the Xiliang Army appeared in Fanxukou.

Although the two sides had stopped fighting, their inquiries had not stopped. The Han army sent scouts to the Banxukou, while the Cao army also sent scouts to the Qinting. This was originally a very normal phenomenon, but under the current situation, neither Xiahou Yuan nor Xiahou En dared to take it lightly. Therefore, Xiahou Yuan did not reject Xiahou En's decision to go to Banxukou, but was extremely supportive.

The next morning, Xiahou En led his troops to attack Fanxukou.

Xiahou Yuan stayed in Xian County. After inspecting the city's defense, he returned to the government office.

The entire force of the Xiliang Army was concentrated in Qi County, which also reduced the pressure in Xian County. Especially when Zhao Yun went to Wudu, only Huang Zhong was left in Qinting. Huang Zhong was older than Xiahou Yuan, so Xiahou Yuan didn't care too much.

Xu Shu supervised the battle in Qi County, and Zhao Yunyuan was in Wudu.

Zhong Yao was in charge of Longxi and was busy pacifying the scholars in Liangzhou, so the threat was not very big.

Xiahou Yuan wanted to go to Qi County to participate in the war, and wanted to have a clash with Xu Shu... As Xu Shu captured Liangzhou, he gradually became famous. Especially at the beginning of the year, Liu Chuang personally organized a marriage for Xu Shu, and invited Zheng Xuan to host Xu Shu, which made Xu Shu famous. Of course, Xu Shu married Cai Wenji, which also surprised many people... After all, Cai Wenji was the daughter of Cai Yong, and he was also known as a talented woman among the scholars. Xu Shu was not an ordinary person to make Cai Wenji return home, and he also thought that many people were curious.

The easiest way to become famous in the Eastern Han Dynasty is to get the recognition of Shilin.

It is precisely because of Cai Yong's relationship that although Xu Shu was born in a poor family, he was not rejected by the scholars, so he quickly became famous.

Since Xiahou Yuan stationed in Guanzhong, he has long admired Xu Shu.

It’s a pity that the two have never had the opportunity to confront each other head-on, which also makes Xiahou Yuan feel quite regretful.

This time, Xu Shu chose Qi County as the attack point, which Xiahou Yuan could understand. After all, although Cao Zhen is quite talented, he is young and lacks experience. If it were Xiahou Yuan, he might have concentrated his efforts to attack Cao Zhen in order to break through to Guanzhong.

However, Cao Ren participated in the war, and Xu Shu was probably not easy to deal with...

That night, Xiahou Yuan went to bed early.

But just as he was awakened by a sudden knock on the door.

Xiahou Yuan suddenly felt unhappy and asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter!"

"General. Things are not good."

Xiahou Yuan was stunned and quickly put on his clothes and opened the door.

But he saw several personal soldiers outside the gate, and they were also supporting a man covered in blood and covered in bruises. The man dressed in a scout of the Cao army. When he saw Xiahou Yuan, he shouted: "General, the big thing is not good... General Xiahou, he met a hiding place at Fanxukou."

"ah?"

Xiahou Yuan couldn't react at once, but he quickly understood that the scout's "General Xiahou" was not referring to him, but Xiahou En.

Xiahou En met a hiding place at Fanxukou?

Xiahou Yuan was shocked and hurriedly said, "What's going on? Tell me slowly."

"Reporting to the general, General Xiahou arrived at Fanxukou in the afternoon and received news that there were traces of the Xiliang army's activities near Shenyu. So General Xiahou hurriedly took people to check it out, but he did not want to arrive in Shenyu, and was besieged by the Xiliang army's large group of troops.

General Xiahou led his troops to fight to the death and was trapped at the mouth of the Heihe Valley.

The last general broke through in the name of General Xiahou, and came to report to the general..."

Shenyu is also an alias for Fanxukou. However, in later generations, due to rumors, Shenyu became Shenyu, which is the Shenyu Hui tribe town of later generations. Xiahou Yuan also woke up completely at this time. Hearing that Xiahou En was trapped at the mouth of the Heihe Valley, he couldn't help but feel anxious.

However, he did not send troops immediately, but asked: "Do you know who is the commander of the Xiliang Army?"

"I didn't pay attention in a hurry, and I only saw a big banner with the word "yellow" on it..."

Huang Zhong!

Xiahou Yuan was furious, "How dare an old soldier be so bold and offend me?"

Not to mention that Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou En were quite close, even if Xiahou En was not surrounded, Xiahou Yuan wanted to teach Huang Zhong a lesson. He immediately sent an order to dispatch troops and generals. Around the time of Chou, three thousand soldiers and horses were ready. Xiahou Yuan put on his helmet and armor, carried a sword and got on the horse, and took three thousand soldiers and horses out of the city overnight, rushing to Fanxukou to rescue Xiahou En. If Xiahou En had an accident at Fanxukou, how could he explain to Xiahou Dun in the future? You must know that when Xiahou Dun left Guanzhong, he repeatedly asked Xiahou Yuan to take good care of Xiahou En.

Xiahou Dun’s two brothers, one is Xiahou Lian and the other is Xiahou En.

Now, Xiahou Lian is fighting with the Han army in Liyang. If something happens to Xiahou En, Xiahou Yuan is really hard to explain...

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In this way, Xiahou Yuan led his troops to Fanxukou, and he was working tirelessly along the way.

Under his urging, Cao's army continued to speed up the march and arrived at Fanxukou when it was dawn.

From a distance, the fire from the mouth of Fanxukou is raging... The sound of killing is constantly shouting in the direction of the Heihe River Valley, and a strong smell of blood is filled with the air.

Xiahou Yuan did not dare to neglect and hurriedly led his men to the Heihe Valley.

The fires surged into the sky in the Heihe Valley, and two soldiers were fighting desperately under the light of the fire. Cao's army was trapped at the mouth of the Heihe Valley, but they charged several times but were unable to break through. The Xiliang army surrounded each other layer by layer, and each one seemed particularly brave...

"Ziyi, don't panic, I'll save you!"

Seeing this situation, Xiahou Yuan could no longer bear it, so he led his troops to come from behind the Xiliang Army.

The Western Liang Army did not expect that Cao's reinforcements arrived so quickly, and they were caught off guard and fled in all directions. Xiahou Yuan fought out a bloody path and joined forces with Xiahou En. However, before his brother could talk, he could hear three loud noises echoing over the Heihe Valley.

In an instant, the mountains and fields were filled with flames.

A team of Western Liang troops rushed towards Cao's army. The leader general was the silver helmet and silver armor. His claws were soaring and he wore a sterling silver mask on his face.
Chapter completed!