Ma Teng and Han Sui, the leaders of the Qiang people, rushed all the way to prepare to attack Chang'an, but they had to stop in front of Wuzhangyuan and set up camp.

Because here in Wuzhangyuan, Fan Chou was stationed here with soldiers and horses.

Wuzhang is a high uplift, showing a ladder-like plateau flat land, located in the south of Weishui, about 50 zhang higher than Weishui, east, west and north are cliffs and steep slopes, roughly like a shape of a pipa instrument inclined to the north, the east side is Wugong water, that is, oblique water. It is adjacent to Weishui in the north, a water ditch up to ten zhang deep in the west, and a shallow mountain in the Qinling Mountains on the south side, and the famous inclined valley enters the mountain from here, which is a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And not far from Wuzhang Plain, there is the Yiwu that Dong Zhuo originally used to re-use millions of laborers to build.

Fan Chou chose to camp here, his intention was very obvious, that is, relying on the terrain of Wuzhang Plain, he wanted to defend against Ma Teng and Han Sui and his party here.

Sometimes simple methods are more difficult to crack.

The Sanfu area of Chang'an is not a whole flat land, at least here in Wuzhangyuan, this terrain is very difficult to attack no matter who occupies it first.

It's tricky.

Ma Teng and Han Sui sat on horseback, looking at the camp on Wuzhang Plain, and couldn't help but look at each other and smile bitterly.

This way, they didn't delay much work, but after all, they still came from afar, and there was still a gap in distance with the Xiliang soldiers in Chang'an, so in this critical terrain, it was normal to fail to grab Li Guo and others, but this Wuzhang Plain, the height difference plus the cliffs on three sides were basically straight up and down, and it was really not easy to attack.

With the terrain of Wujoyuan and the water source next to it, whether it is a siege or a strong attack, if you really want to fight, it will inevitably be a protracted war of attrition.

How long Fan Chou can hold on here depends on how much grain and grass Fan Chou carried, although there are not many towns around Wuzhangyuan, but the problem is that not far behind Wuzhangyuan, there is also Yiwu, Ma Teng and Han Sui are not sure how much food and how many soldiers there are in Yiwu......

Of course, Ma Teng and Han Sui also believe that Fan Chou will not keep guarding here, because in any case, even if the grain and grass are transferred from Yiwu, it is impossible to transfer them again and again, and now there is still about half a year before the autumn harvest, to defend here, it is natural to consume a lot of grain and grass, and once the grain and grass are exhausted, Fan Chou has only one way to retreat.

But the problem is that Ma Teng and Han Sui don't have much grain and grass......

Unless it's looting around.

But the problem is that once the plunder, one is equivalent to making a feud with these people in Guanzhong, and on the other hand, there are not many surrounding counties and townships that can provide plundering, and if it is supplemented by plunder, it is destined to run farther and farther, and the more plunder, the less it will be, and eventually it will also collapse.

Fan Chou camped on Wuzhang Plain, Ma Teng and Han Sui attacked and it was not easy to attack, they were reluctant to pay that capital, but they were unwilling to retreat, they came all the way, how could they go back empty-handed?

They had to be a little farther away from Wuzhangyuan, and they also set up a camp on the edge of Weishui, about forty miles away from Wuzhangyuan, Ma Teng and Han Sui could only hope to find a solution in the shortest possible time.

The two sides were at a stalemate here for a while......

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In Chang'an City, the relationship between Li Dao and Guo Yan seems to have begun to stalemate......

As early as when Li Dao and Guo Yan were united, there was no division of high and low, but the coalition army, this kind of Han Dynasty Xiliang Group Co., Ltd., which accounted for 50% each, was in a difficult struggle, and the two of them worked together and worked hard to forge ahead, but now, just like the common situation in later generations, for who is stronger, they began to look like each other.

The reason is that Jia Xu asked the Han Emperor Liu Xie to sign and seal, and the edict of the official was hotly released.

Li Wei won the general of the chariot cavalry, but what about Guo Yan?

After the general.

One level worse.

But why is it one level off?

This has become an obsession in Guo Yan's heart, although it is not directly expressed on the surface, but in fact, I don't know how many times I muttered in my stomach.

is also Dong Zhuo's subordinate, and even Niu Fu's subordinate, but why is it one level worse?

But after all, there are still foreign enemies on the side, although Guo Yan is dissatisfied in his heart, he can still restrain himself and does not attack directly......

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In Baling, in the palace of Chong Shao, the opinions of Ma Yu and Liu Fan, the general of Zuo Zhonglang, are also deadlocked with each other.

Chong Shao had a good reputation when he was young, and when Dong Zhuo was in power, he was called up a lot, and even prepared to let him go to Yizhou to be a assassin, but Chong Shao did not go in the end.

Now that he saw the situation in Chang'an City, Chong Shao found his friends Ma Yu and Liu Fan, and discussed together, preparing to attack Li Dao and Guo Yan and other rebellious Xiliang soldiers.

Ma Yu is a descendant of Ma Fubo, and he has some kinship with Ma Teng, so after Ma Yu learned that Ma Teng and Han Sui led the troops to come, he felt that this was an excellent opportunity.

But Liu Fan has a different idea, he thinks that although Ma Teng does have a so-called more loyal reputation in Xiliang, but no matter how he says it, he also belongs to Xiliang people, in case the front door rejects the tiger and the back door enters the wolf, wouldn't it be useless?

Liu Fan is the son of Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou.

As a feudal official who was divided into feudal areas during the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, it was a practice to leave his son in the court and the opposition as a proton, so Liu Fan and his brothers Liu Dan and Liu Zhang stayed in Luoyang, and later followed Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty to Chang'an together.

And by Liu Yan's side, he only took Liu Mao into Sichuan.

As a proton, it is also to appease Liu Yan's heart, and there are still some personal guards, which has become one of the few people in Chang'an City who still has some armed forces.

Liu Fan's opinion is that it is more suitable to protect Hun Zhonglang and Feiqian.

Now in Chang'an City, although Yang Biao and Fei Qian said that they would raise troops to Qingjun's side, Yang Biao is in Hongnong, and if you want to go from Hongnong to Chang'an, there is a checkpoint that you have to pass, that is, Tongguan.

In case Li Guo and others sent troops to guard Tongguan, then Yang Biao would not be able to threaten Chang'an at least for a while before destroying the troops of Tongguan.

It is different in the Fei Qian of Diaoyin. Diaoyin belongs to Shangjun, and from Diaoyin down along Luoshui, it is Zuo Fengling, who can directly wave the army to force Chang'an.

Chong Shao was also a little hesitant.

Ma Teng Han is close at hand, and there are a lot of troops, if it can be a help, it is indeed good, but compared to the Xiliang people, Fei Qian's identity is more trustworthy, but the carving Yin was originally broken, and the upper county is also weak......