Cao Cao wanted to conquer Jingzhou, just as he had worried about Liu Biao when he first attacked Wuhuan in the north, and now he was worried about Ma Teng, who was stationed in Huaili in the west.
Located southeast of Xingping City in present-day Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, Huaili was the seat of the county seat of Right Fufeng during the Eastern Han Dynasty. This is a place close to Xijing Chang'an! How did "Xi Liang" Ma Teng get here?
(Huaili is located near Chang'an in the sanfu core circle)
This must start with the grudge between Ma Teng and Han Sui.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > Han Sui, who commanded an army of more than 100,000</h1>
In the first year of Zhongping (184), not only the famous Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, but also the Qiangbei Gong Boyu in Jincheng County, Liangzhou, in the northwest, also launched a rebellion.
The rebels coerced the hostage Liangzhou Overseer into joining Bian Yun and LiangZhou to engage Han Yue, and elected Bian Yun as the leader. The rebels attacked Ayang County, defended by Gaixun, killed Jincheng Taishou Chen Yi, besieged Liangzhou's Zhishou Ji County, where Shi Zuochang was located, and besieged the qiang lieutenant Xia Yu's forces, gaining an advantage in southern Liangzhou.
(The Jincheng people Han Sui rebelled and gained an advantage in southern Liangzhou)
Rebellion was a matter of insulting ancestors, so Bian Yun changed his name to Bian Zhang, and Han Yue changed his name to Han Sui.
In March of the following year (185), Bian Zhang and Han Sui marched east to Sanfu (京兆尹, Zuo Fengyi, and Right Fufeng) under the banner of killing eunuchs. The imperial court sent Emperor Fusong and Dong Zhuo to negotiate ineffectively, but because the slogans of Bian and Han were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and received a great response from the people, the rebels soon had 100,000 people, and the world was shaken.
In July, Emperor Fusong retired.
In August, the imperial court also sent Zhang Wen, Yuan Huan, Dong Zhuo, Zhou Shen, Sun Jian, and other troops to garrison Meiyang (present-day northwest of Wugong, Shaanxi, and Guo Feng was later knighted as the Marquis of Meiyang), where the imperial army was unfavorable.
(Han Sui attacked Zhang Wen at Meiyang and took the advantage)
On a certain day and night in November, there were shooting stars like fire, more than a dozen feet long, illuminating the rebel camp. People of that era believed this, and Bian Zhang and Han Sui thought that this was an ominous omen and decided to retire and return to their hometown of Jincheng.
On the way back, Zhang Wenjun launched a fierce pursuit and captured thousands of rebels. The General Zhou Shen (周慎) led 30,000 men to Jincheng Commandery (金城郡) and besieged Han Sui and other retreating Yuzhong (榆中, in present-day Yuzhong County, Lanzhou), but the rebels cut off the Zhou army's grain and grass at kuiyuan Gorge, Zhou Shen abandoned his weight and fled, and the rebels safely withdrew to Jincheng.
(Defeated the imperial court and pursued back to Jincheng County)
In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), Han Suihuo merged with Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others, became his own boss, supported hundreds of thousands of troops, and marched south to Longxi County.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > if only at first sight</h1>
Geng Yi succeeded Zuo Chang as the Assassin of Liangzhou, but his use of human vision was not as strong as the military vision, and he favored the traitorous official Zhizhong to engage in Cheng Qiu, causing the people and his subordinates to deviate from him, and there was a rebellion in Hanyang County, where the prefecture was located, and there was a rebellion of the kingdom (personal name) and the Qi, Qiang and other ethnic groups.
The rebels in Jincheng and Hanyang made a lot of noise, and Geng Yi recruited brave men from all counties in the state. There was a man named Ma Teng in Longxi County, after Ma Yuan, his father was originally a Si Li Right Fufeng man, who stayed in Longxi after losing his official position and married a Qiang daughter, giving birth to Ma Teng, who had mixed blood genes. Ma Teng was tall and had a very contoured facial features, and was soon promoted to military commander and general under Geng's command.
(Mixed-race handsome man Ma Teng)
Han Sui marched into Longxi, and as a result, Li Xiangru and Jiuquan Taishou Huang Yan both rebelled, and in turn joined forces with Han Sui, so Geng Yi personally led the troops of the six counties to attack Han Sui.
In April of the fourth year of Zhongping (187), when Geng's army arrived at Di Dao , the seat of longxi commandery ( present-day Lintao County , Gansu Province ) , the soldiers mutinied , and Liangzhou beichao couldn't bear it anymore , killing Cheng Qiu first , then Geng Wei .
(Location of Didao and JiXian County)
Han Sui then took advantage of the situation to march east into Hanyang County, united with the kingdom, and besieged the county seat of Ji County. Those who remained were Fu Gan's father, Hanyang Taishou Fu Xie, who persuaded Ma Teng to help Cao Cao attack Guo Yuan. Fu Xie was a loyal soldier and had been Ma Teng's superior, so later Ma Teng could listen to his son's persuasion.
There were thousands of Xiongnu cavalry from Fu Xie's hometown of Beidi County, who knelt outside the city and prostrated their heads, asking him to go out of the city and surrender, and they would safely escort him back to his hometown.
Despite the persuasion of his subordinates and his son Fu Gan, Fu Xie even reprimanded Jiuquan Taishou Huangyan, who had been sent by the kingdom to persuade him to surrender, and finally went out of the city to meet the battle and died on the battlefield.
Taishou was gone, and the rest either followed the martyrs or defected to the rebels, and Ma Teng was one of the generals who led his troops to defect.
Han Sui was a man of great wisdom, and he had a fire and experience, knowing that he could not be the head bird, and the Liangzhou rebels elected the kingdom as the leader, known as the "United Generals".
Like Han Sui, Ma Teng became a subordinate of the kingdom, opening up a complex intersection of love and hatred between them, but at this time, Han Sui had a much higher status and reputation than Ma Teng.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > go hand in hand</h1>
Every time there was a rebellion in southern Liangzhou, or after the separatist forces stabilized, they had to develop towards the rich Sanfu. After all, there are too many rebels, and the output of grain and grass in Liangzhou is limited, which is the same as the northeast's forces will enter Shanhaiguan as soon as they are strong.
In the fifth year of Zhongping (188), the kingdom led the crowd to plunder Sanfu again, and in November, rebels surrounded Chen Cang (present-day Chen Cang District, Baoji City, Shaanxi). Emperor Ling once again appointed Emperor Fusong as the left general, and the former general Dong Zhuo led 20,000 people to resist.
It can be seen that in special circumstances, officials of similar ranks can be authorized to manage officials of higher rank. This is alive, and the boss's authorization is justified.
(Kingdom siege of Chen Cang)
The kingdom besieged Chen Cang for more than eighty days and still could not attack, the rebels were tired, and in February of the following year (189), they withdrew their troops and retreated, and were pursued by Emperor Fusong's troops, capturing tens of thousands of people and winning a complete victory.
When Han Sui and others suffered this defeat, they jointly abolished the kingdom and coerced yan Zhong, the former Commander of Xindu County and the famous liangzhou warrior, to serve as the new leader. This Yan Zhong had suggested that Emperor Fusong overthrow Emperor Ling, but it seemed that he disdained to overthrow the imperial court as a rebel, and died of anger, seemingly a person who valued the righteousness of his status.
Yan Zhong's death caused the rebel factions to fight each other for power, and their strength was greatly weakened, and Han Sui and Ma Teng became the two largest forces.
Since then, Ma Teng has been able to keep pace with Han Sui.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > successful first solo collaboration</h1>
In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, and in the first year of Chuping (190), he retired to Chang'an. In the second year of Chuping (191), Dong Zhuo felt the need for the help of Han Sui and Ma Teng to jointly deal with the Kwantung Coalition army, and issued an invitation to them. Han and Ma also needed to use Dong Zhuo to take advantage of the chaos in the world and seek greater development, so they made preparations and chose a day to march east.
In the third year of Chuping (192), just as Han and Ma were on their way to Chang'an with great ambition, they got the news that Dong Zhuo had been killed by Wang Yun, and this old stubborn person who did not pardon any liangzhou clan was also counted as a Liangzhou person, so they all stationed themselves to watch the development of the situation.
In just over a month, Li Dai and Guo Feng invaded Chang'an. Han Sui and Ma Teng ran together to discuss, now what should they do? Dong Zhuo we have all fought, are you still afraid of you small ones? Come and go, not as big as the dry ticket. In the end, the two decided to attack Li and Guo and rescue Tianzi.
In the face of the menacing han and Ma coalition forces, Li Dai's clique adopted a policy of appeasement: Feng Han was made the general of Zhenxi and returned to Jincheng; Feng Ma Teng was made the general of Zhenxi, and the garrison of Right Fufeng County (northeast of present-day Mei County, Baoji City, Shaanxi) was also considered to have returned to his hometown.
(Dong Zhuo once repaired the Dock Fort in YuXian County)
This appointment is very interesting, the four signs are slightly higher than the four towns, and Han Sui serves Ma Teng's higher official position, indicating that after infighting, Han Sui's strength is not as good as Ma Teng's. Moreover, a certain direction is generally different from the town, and this appointment obviously has the meaning of restricting Ma and Han from each other.
However, speaking of which, ma Teng's and Han Sui's first cooperation alone was still very successful, and at no cost, they got the official position of senior heavy general.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > statement</h1>
For reasons of space, the next part continues to write about the process of their righteous marriage to Jinlan, worship as brothers with different surnames, and then turn against each other.
(Republic of The Republic 15)
Part I: The political and social rifts and divisions of Jingzhou in the late Liu Biao period (including Liu Chun).