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On the last day of October of the third year of Jian'an, a generation of hero Yuan Shao was repeatedly hit, worried and angry, and was heartbroken and injured his second son's death, causing the arrow to burst, and the blood attacked the heart, vomiting blood several times and died. On the same day, thousands of miles away, his brother, Yuan Shu, the emperor of Zhong, was also criticized by the court, and the princes rebelled against the alliance and despised by his subordinates, and ended up being alone. He became angry and vomited several mouthfuls of blood, and stepped into the gate of hell with one foot.

After Yuan Shao died, Shen Pei, Feng Ji took out a will that was said to be made by the lord, and his youngest son Yuan Shang led the governor of Jizhou to serve Shen Pei, and Feng Ji assisted him.

As for another important minister, Tian Feng, his luck was better than in history. Because Yuan Shao was injured, no one paid attention to this person for the time being, and he was kept in prison. After Yuan Shao died, he was released, but because he was abandoned by his old master, the new master did not dare to use it anymore, so he resigned from his official position and retired.

The Bingzhou governor was still led by the senior officials, but strictly speaking, the Bingzhou governor did not have much territory. Only the two counties in full control were Taiyuan and Shangdang. In addition, there were Yanmen, Xihe, Wuyuan, and Yunzhong counties, only the counties where the county seats were located and a few small towns around it, and officials sent by Jizhou were managed. The surrounding land was actually controlled by the Huns and Wuwan people. If there was anything, it would be impossible to rely on.

As for the eldest son Yuan Tan, Yuan Shao's "arrangement" was speechless. The will was to assign Bohai County, Hejian Country, to Yuan Tan, to Yuan Tan, in the north of Jizhou. In this way, Yuan Tan was equivalent to owning two and a half counties, which seemed impartial, but actually made the recipient angry.

Not to mention that if Dajizhou is only given to two counties, the location of these two counties alone makes Yuan Tan feel the full of malice from someone.

Bohai County is within the range of the sea strikes in Liaodong Bay. Since suffering a great loss from Taishi Ci two years ago, Yuan Tan knew that the Liaodong Army was best at playing the maritime raid. The Bohai Sea seemed safe, but in fact it was dangerous. The Hejian Kingdom was at the forefront of the war between Jizhou and Youzhou for many years. The war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan basically happened here. In other words, the county and country that Yuan Tan took over was a hot potato. To put it bluntly, it was purely used as a shield for his brothers.

In this way, Yuan Tan's situation is that he is enemies on all sides, and it is simply a matter of causing trouble to come to such a territory. But can he not? Can he choose elsewhere?

There is no other way except to pinch your nose and accept it with hatred.

In history, two other important officials of the Yuan group: Xin Ping and Guo Tu supported Yuan Tan, but at this time, Xin Ping was in danger of Yuan Xi's death and disappeared. Guo Tu was even captured by Ma Han. Yuan Tan, who lost his arm and was far away from the center, could only be allowed to pinch the flat and round.

Yuan Shao died, and the so-called death of the people was lost, so the emperor issued another edict, posting Yuan Shao as the Marquis of Pingyang (to the east of Yecheng, the rank of Xianghou), and granting Yuan Shang as the General of Zhenbei and the Governor of Jizhou; Yuan Tan as the General of Zhendong and the Prefect of Bohai. He also sent someone to send seals and ribbons. At the same time, he also sent someone back - Guo Tu.

The person who requested to return Guo Tu was Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao said this to Ma Han: "Tu Su and Shen are in harmony with each other, but they are not harmonious with Tan Sushan. Now Tan is excluded and is not angry. It is just that the lonely palm is hard to roar. If you return to it with a plan, Tan will get his arms and feet, and his brothers will fight against each other. And the king will hold his troops and wait for the fire across the bank and see what he wants."

Dong Zhao was once an important counselor of Yuan Shao and even served as the prefect of Wei County for a time. He was very familiar with the situation within the Yuan group and his suggestions were targeted, which was also very consistent with the "post-Yuan Shao era" pattern that Ma Han remembered.

Ma Han knew about the internal strife of the Yuan brothers after Yuan Shao's death, but the specific reasons and incentives were unknown. Dong Zhao's words undoubtedly opened up a new idea for him.

Ma Han immediately summoned Jia Xu and Guo Jia, and discussed with the two. At the same time, he sent a messenger to seek the opinions of Xun You, Xu Huang, Le Jin, and even the prefect of Dongjun Zhang Liao. Finally, he decided to set up a strategy to guide Hebei: first release and then withdraw, press north and spread eastward, surrounded on all sides, and encroached on whales and swallowed them.

Let it go first, let it go, don’t force it too much. The rabbit will bite people when it is anxious, let alone the mourning soldiers who just died. Take it back, wait for the opportunity to clean up in one fell swoop.

The north was pressed, with Zhao Yun's Liaodong Army, which was constantly putting pressure on Jizhou to exhaust its army. The east was advanced, with Taishici's Donglai Army, which gradually advanced, compressing the Yuan family's living space in Jizhou.

The encirclement of all sides is the biggest advantage of Ma Han compared to Cao Cao's attack on Hebei in history.

In history, even after Yuan Shao's death, Cao Cao had a lot of troubles in the face of two young generations who were not in a state of chaos, and it took him five years to finally pacify Hebei.

At this point, it shows the strong advantages of Ma Han's early layout. Unlike Cao Cao's moves from south to north, from low to high, and pushing them hard. Ma Han has Zhao Yun in the north, Taishi Ci in the east, Le Jin in the south, and Zhang Yan in the west. It can be said that it completely formed a net of heaven and earth for the Yuan brothers.

Since you have trapped your prey online, you don’t have to rush to prevent the trapped beast from fighting. Eat a little bit, boil the frog in warm water, and wait until the time is right, and then swallow it with a whale.

The time limit for the Hebei strategy plan of Ma Han General is set to one year. During this year, it is necessary to make the two wild beasts in the cage bit each other, with scars, seize the opportunity to close the net and slaughter it.

In November, Ma Han made major adjustments to the forces under his rule and generals from all sides.

1. Zhao Yun was appointed as the general of Anbei and the governor of Youzhou. He ruled the six counties in the north of Youzhou, the western counties of Liaozhou, and the vast grassland areas north of Rushui and south of Raole River. Judging from this situation, it was the general who decided to go to the frontier and pacify the grasslands in the future.

2. Tai Shici was appointed as General Andong and the governor of Qingzhou. At the same time, he transferred the Prime Minister of Beihai Kong to the court, and Bing Yuan was appointed Prime Minister of Beihai, and Wang Xiu was engaged in the rule of Zhong. In this way, the entire Qingzhou area was controlled by Ma Han.

3. Xu Huang was appointed as the prefect of Hedong and Xun You were appointed as the prefect of Henoi. Ma Chao cooperated with him to form a siege against Shangdang. Waiting for the beginning of next spring, attacking the senior officials and taking back Bingzhou.

4. Ma Teng was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou and sent 5,000 to 10,000 troops in the next spring to assist Taiyuan.

5. Zhang Yan was appointed as the general of Pingbei, and his troops went out of Jingxing. He attacked Jizhou in the east and Taiyuan in the west.

6. Le Jin was appointed as the General of Annan, led the governor of Yanzhou, unified the generals of Yanzhou counties, and defended against Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao and other forces in Huainan.

Finally, there is another major measure. The six counties and states including Liaodong, Liaodong, Xuantu, Lelang, Dianfang, Liaoning, and Liaobei will be merged and a new state will be established, which will be the 14th prefecture of the Han Dynasty - Liaozhou. Tian Yu was appointed as the General of Pinglu, and the governor of Liaozhou was the governor of Liaozhou. The capital was established in Xiangping, Liaodong County.

The newly established Liaozhou by Mahan has three major benefits. First, it gives the Han Dynasty and the Emperor a good face. Two hundred years after the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been only twelve prefectures and the Sili Prefectures, commonly known as the Thirteen Prefectures. At this time, a new prefecture was established and the territory was expanded, which was enough to lead the emperor Liu Xie to lead all officials to Mingtang to comfort his ancestors. Second, this also improved Mahan's own prestige. At any time, the general who expanded the territory was always admired. In addition to these invisible reputations, there were practical benefits.

From a geographical point of view, the Youzhou Governor's governor was stationed in Zhuo County for many years, thousands of miles away from Liaodong, and the roads were dangerous and difficult to manage effectively. This is also an important reason why Gongsun Du was able to seize the power of Gongsun Zan. After Mahan opened up several counties in northern Liao, his land was even thousands of miles away from Youzhou. It is obviously unrealistic to have the Youzhou Governor's governor. A new state was established, the prefecture was reduced, and administrative efficiency was improved. This was the way to govern the country.

At the same time, comprehensive adjustments have been made in the military. The names of troops whose names change with local names such as the Donglai Army and the Liaodong Army have been cancelled, and unified military numbers and flags are adopted to enhance the sense of honor and recession of soldiers.

After asking the emperor for advice, the court discussed that the emperor actually controlled the five prefectures, including You, Qing, Xu, Yan, Liao, Sili, and the total number of five prefectures, were always under the jurisdiction of the jurisdiction of the army. According to the location, the army belonged to it was distributed in total: Qinglong in the east, Baihu in the west, Zhuque in the south, Xuanwu in the north, and Longwolf in the middle.

That is, the Qinglong Army of Taishici, Xu Huang, Ma Chao's White Tiger Army, Lejin's Vermilion Bird Army, and Zhao Yun's Xuanwu Army. The Dragon Wolf Army is directly under the Emperor (Ma Han) and guards Luoyang.

The Qiang and Hu were frightened, and the princes looked at the "Dragon and Wolf Four Elephant Army" and formed an army.

The emperor promised all the major decisions made by the General of the Cavalry. With such an all-round and loyal brother-in-law, Liu Xie could have no choice but to carry out his great cause of cultivation.

In December, General Ma Teng, Han Sui, Chief of Heishan Army Zhang Yan, and Khan of the Southern Xiongnu Huchuquan, all went to Luoyang to visit the emperor, and were all rewarded.

Ma Han summoned all forces one by one to negotiate the joint war next year. Although there was a Han Sui who came uninvited, since he was willing to do his best, Ma Han was not stingy to give benefits. He gave officials, titles, rewards, and territory. However, according to the old rules of the late Han Dynasty, he only confessed his own blanks and fought on his own. The biggest difference between Ma Han and the emperor and princes is that you cannot rob randomly, you can only be on the territory I designated. Otherwise, you will have to vomit as much as you eat now.

Han Sui was also a thorn among the warlords at the end of the Han Dynasty, but he still gave the old Ma family a lot of face. He was also very impressed by the famous Ma Han and even a little respectful of the reputation of Ma Han. The people who could defeat Li Jue and Guo Si head-on and wipe out the Xiliang army were enough to make the people of Xiliang awe at any time.

At the end of the month, all the generals returned, but Huchuquan was stranded. Since then, he has been trapped in Luoyang for a long time and has not been able to return to his tribe. The Southern Xiongnu were ruled by the Right King.

A few years later, the Han Dynasty was unified, and the Southern Xiongnu generals were divided into five divisions. Each division chose noble people as commanders, and the Han people were not allowed to be Sima to supervise them. A few years later, the Marian ordered the entire Southern Xiongnu tribe to be moved to Jiaozhou. Well, it is now in the Yunnan-Guizhou area. If you like to raise horses so much, go there to raise horses. Those who don’t want to go will go back to the north of the Mo River, and you can’t stay in the Central Plains anyway.

In the end, nearly 10,000 Xiongnu people chose to return to Mobei, and what "welcome" them was the extremely vicious Xianbei people who were driven away by Zhao Yun and had nowhere to hide...

Of course, this is a later story.

Ma Han’s next task was to sit in Luoyang, unite the north and south, hoard food and fodder, and prepare for war.
Chapter completed!