He then took over the initiative and sent out Zhang He with 5,000 troops as the vanguard, while he tailed behind with military supplies. Many believed that Cao Cao's order was required before help could be sent, but Xiahou Yuan decided that it would take too long to seek the approval of his lord, who was 51.67 miles away in Ye City. Two years later, Ma Chao attacked Mount Qi (祁山). Xiahou's troops were outmatched on the open field, and were forced to retreat. Ma Chao, aware of his enemy's coming, ambushed Xiahou's force 5.17 miles outside Ji. After 8 months of continuous request of reinforcement from the city, Xiahou Yuan finally led a force to its rescue, but Jicheng fell before he could arrive. In 213, Ma Chao besieged the city of Ji (east of present day Gangu, Gansu) in Liang Province. Xiahou Yuan kept his role in logistic management until the end of the Battle of Jiangling, in which Cao Cao ceded southern Jing Province to the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei. The fact that Cao Cao's army recovered so quick after the defeat at Red Cliffs was partly due to Xiahou Yuan's timely transport of materials. Xiahou Yuan was placed in charge of the food supplied to troops in Yan Province (兗州), Yu Province (豫州), and Xu Province (徐州) during the Battle of Red Cliffs. Xiahou Yuan's daughter was made Zhang's wife, and gave birth to two daughters who were later married to Liu Shan and became the empresses of the state of Shu Han.
When Liu Bei submitted to Cao Cao after he lost to another warlord, Lu Bu, his subordinate, Zhang Fei, took the opportunity to abduct Xiahou's daughter in her last trip to gather firewood for her family. Xiahou Yuan's daughter had to go out to gather firewood to help out the family because their family income was not enough to buy firewood from the market.
For subsequent years, Xiahou Yuan took care of Cao Cao's logistics during his various regional campaigns.ĭuring the End of Han Dynasty, the Chinese population was plagued with hardships due to devastations caused by war and nature, and even the affluent Xiahou family was no exception. He stayed close with Cao Cao to fight Dong Zhuo's generals Li Jue and Guo Si around the area, but apparently seemed unable to suppress the ferocious Liang Province (涼州) forces there. Xiahou Yuan heeded his call together with his older cousin Xiahou Dun, and was promoted to Administrator of Chenliu (陳留) and Yingchuan (穎川). In 190, Cao Cao started raising an army to join the coalition against Dong Zhuo, the tyrannical warlord who held Emperor Xian hostage in the imperial court. Chen Shou's Records of Three Kingdoms recorded an incident where Cao Cao committed a crime, for which Xiahou Yuan took the blame, though the innocent man was eventually acquitted through efforts by Cao. He was a benefactor to his lord Cao Cao, even during their younger days in the county. Xiahou Yuan was born in the county of Qiao (譙 present-day Bozhou, Anhui).
He was also famous for killing Song Jian in the battle of Chang Li which caused the city to surrender to the Wei army, but he met his untimely demise by Huang Zhong who had killed him at the battle of Han Zhong. Xiahou Yuan is depicted as a steadfast and calm man who helped Dark lord Cao Cao conquer the cities of northern china with his lightning fast tactics.
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