Three Kingdoms King of the North

Near noon, Gongsun Zan's soldiers and horses were faintly showing signs of retreating.At this moment, some scouts came to report to Han Zhan that because Gongsun Zan had dispatched soldiers and horses from Dai and Yuyang counties, the Xiongnu's [-] troops took the opportunity to break through and came straight to Ji County. At the right time, they will rush to the battlefield.

After hearing the news, Han Zhan immediately sent an order ordering the army to stop attacking Gongsun Zan and turn around to deal with the Xiongnu army going south. They must not be allowed to harm the Han people.

Gongsun Zan also learned of the news that the Xiongnu army was going south.He intends to retreat back to the city to protect himself, but is worried that Han Zhan will take the opportunity to chase and kill him. When he is in a dilemma, he finds that the Jizhou soldiers and horses have stopped attacking and retreated to regroup.

After joining the army Liupu observed for a while, he reported to Gongsun Zan that the soldiers and horses in Jizhou stopped attacking, probably to deal with the coming Xiongnu army.He also suggested to Gongsun Zan that while Han Zhan was fighting with the Xiongnu, he could send troops to harass the rear of the Jizhou Army, which might turn defeat into victory.

Unexpectedly, after Gongsun Zan heard this, he whipped him directly and cursed at Liu Pu.Then he ordered the whole army to stop all hostile actions with the Jizhou army and join forces to deal with the surging Huns.

The two armies that were fighting for life and death not long ago, facing the flood of Huns, gave up their hostility in a tacit understanding and worked together to deal with the invading foreigners.

After two hours of fierce fighting, the coalition forces of Han Zhan and Gongsun Zan finally succeeded in repelling the invading Huns.

Seeing the Huns returning in defeat, Han Zhan also ordered his troops to return to the station.

The next day, Han Zhan left only [-] soldiers and horses, led by deputy general Huang Zhong, to stay in the camp to monitor Gongsun Zan's movements, while he himself led the army eastward to attack the five counties of Youzhou occupied by Yuan Shao.

In August, Han Zhan's army captured the five counties of Youzhou. Yuan Shao took his three sons, Wen Chou, Shen Pei, Xin Ping and others fled to Wuhuan Royal Court and went to Tadun.

In September, Han Zhan led the army to pacify the five counties of Youzhou, and returned to the outside of Jixian County, preparing to continue to attack Gongsun Zan.

Under Liu Bei's persuasion, Gongsun Zan gave up resistance and took the initiative to leave the city to surrender to Han Zhan.

Han Zhan accepted Gongsun Zan's surrender, ordered Jushou to act as deputy Youzhou Mu, and led the army back to Yecheng.

So far, Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou and Qingzhou have all become Han Zhan's possessions, making him the real king of the northern border.Back in Jizhou, Han Zhan continued to train soldiers and horses, recruit talents, conduct large-scale water conservancy, and encourage agriculture and mulberry. He planned to personally lead the troops to go south in the next year to capture Tao Qian's Xuzhou and Yuan Shu's Yangzhou, and make the world his own.