After Ma Chao left Anding County, Xue Rengui led his troops towards Anding County, because according to the previous agreement, after Ma Chao sent troops to Guanzhong, Anding County would be owned by Zhang Yi.

Xue Rengui led his troops from Ayang in Hanyang County to Anding County, attacked Wushi, Chaona, and Gaoping, and divided Yan Yan to the north to attack Sanshui, and then entered Beidi County, and attacked Fuping, Lingzhou, and Lian County. Because Fuping is the seat of Beidi County, Xu Shu and Yan Yan went north, and Han Song and Xue Rengui went south.

Xue Rengui went south to Linjing, Pengyang, Yinpan, and Quail, and after handing over the political affairs to Han Song, he attacked Yiju and Niyang to the east, and then stationed troops here.

In June, Ma Chao was surrounded in Huaili, and Xue Rengui immediately went south into Fufeng County and stationed in Qi County to observe the form.

And Wei Rui, who was in Shangti, also began to raise troops to be stationed in Yixian, took over the defense of Chencang and Yixian, and peeked into Wugong and Huaili.

When Ma Chao was surrounded in Huaili, he had already asked Ji County for help. Ma Chao didn't realize that his dependence on Li Hongzhang was very strong now, and he thought of Li Hongzhang as soon as he was a little frustrated. That's why Wei Rui's soldiers and horses will appear in Yixian. However, Wei Rui did not get too close to Huaili, because he did not have many soldiers, only a few thousand. Most of the troops were taken away by Xue Rengui, and he needed to wait for the army from Hanzhong in Yixian.

Wei Yan in Hanzhong supported many soldiers to Yixian through the Baochuan Road, and then stationed troops in Yixian with Wei Rui.

Wei Yan has a reckless personality and has some dissatisfaction with being under Wei Rui. However, in terms of qualifications and military exploits, he is not as good as Wei Rui. However, Wei Yan has always thought highly of himself, he doesn't think that he is worse than Wei Rui, but Zhang Yi's military discipline is strict, and Wei Yan does not dare to violate military discipline easily. He had no choice but to go to Wei Rui and said to him: "General Wei, now that we have strong troops and horses, sufficient food and grass, and can fully support Huaili, why do we still stay here?" ”

Wei Rui shook his head and said, "The time has not yet come. ”

"What does it mean that the time has not come?" Wei Yan asked puzzledly: "Now that Cao Cao has surrounded Huaili, Ma Mengqi is no longer able to, if he doesn't go to the rescue, he can only be defeated." ”

"If he has too many soldiers and horses, what shall we do to him?" Wei Rui asked.

Wei Yan was stunned, he really hadn't thought about this question. Although he and Ma Chao are allies, who knows that this ally is just an exchange of interests.

Ma Chao wants the land of Guanzhong, and Zhang Yi naturally wants to too. Li Hongzhang not only agreed to Ma Chao's recruitment, but also asked for food and weapons, which cost a huge amount, more money and food than Xue Rengui needed to pacify Liangzhou.

Li Hongzhang can be said to have done his duty to Ma Chaoren, which is also the main reason why Ma Chao wanted to ask Li Hongzhang for help as soon as he was frustrated.

But Ma Chao is not his own person after all, and there is a conflict of interest between the two sides, Li Hongzhang and others naturally will not eat inside and out, and everything is towards Ma Chao.

After Wei Yan figured this out, he immediately stopped talking, but went back to the army, ready to start a war at any time, with Ma Chao's current strength, he shouldn't be able to hold out for long.

Ma Chao was surrounded in Huaili, and there were only 10,000 left in the army of 30,000. When he attacked Chang'an, he lost thousands of people, and as soon as Cao Cao came, he even suffered defeat, and lost thousands of people, and those scared Qiang people also fled in private.

After arriving in Huaili, Liang Xing led his troops to surrender because he was afraid of Cao Cao. Because of Liang Xing's surrender, the camp outside the city was flawed and besieged by Cao Cao's army.

Ma Chao was besieged for more than a month, and he became impatient, "Why hasn't Li Yuanjun's soldiers and horses arrived yet?" ”

Pound said: "Is the lord still looking forward to Li Hongzhang? They have already sent troops to Guanzhong, but they have stopped in Yixian, if they want to rescue, they can come overnight. ”

Ma Chao's face was cloudy, and he asked with some puzzlement: "Li Yuanjun took me very thickly, why is this so?" ”

Pang De said: "Although Li Yuanjun treats the lord well, he is not the lord. Zhang Zhengdong has long had the intention of annexing the world, how could he turn a blind eye to Guanzhong? Guanzhong is the land of the Han Dynasty, if there is a chance, Zhang Zhengdong will naturally be in the pocket, the reason why the previous promise to the lord to enter Guanzhong is to value the lord's bravery, can reduce Cao Cao's troops, and the lord will not be Cao Cao's opponent, and when the lord is cornered, he will definitely take refuge in the past. ”

After Ma Chao listened, he suddenly realized! He became anxious again: "How should this be? ”

Pound said: "In today's plan, the lord has no possibility of self-preservation, either to vote for Zhang or to vote for Cao. ”

"It's impossible to cast Cao!" Ma Chao waved his hand, "Cao thief killed my father, I can't avenge my father, super is already against ethics, if you vote for Cao Cao again, won't you be spurned by the world?" ”

Pang De said: "It is precisely because of this that Li Yuanjun values this point that he has a blue eye for the lord!" Han Wenyue may have seen it a long time ago, so he stayed in Jincheng and didn't ask about the world, he was afraid that he knew that he would not be able to keep the soldiers and horses, so he recruited Li Shanchang as his son-in-law and made plans for the Han family. ”

Ma Chao pondered for a while, and said to Pang De: "Ling Ming, you break through to Yixian, bring my seal, and tell them that as long as they come to the rescue, I, Ma Mengqi, will serve Zhang Zhengdong as the master." ”

Pang De immediately received the order, took Ma Chao's seal, and led the cavalry out of Huaili. Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He led their troops to stop them, but they didn't stop them, and they were broken out by Pang De.

After Pang De arrived in Yixian, he immediately expressed his attitude to Wei Rui, Wei Rui saw Ma Chao's seal, and immediately ordered the soldiers and horses, killed the martial arts, and sent a letter to Xue Rengui, asking him to kill Chang'an from Qi County, and carry out the strategy of encircling Wei to save Zhao.

When Wei Rui arrived at Wugong, he ruled out Pang De and Wei Yan from harassing them in the direction of Huaili.

Cao Cao was already in his chest, and he had already decided to take down Ma Chao in one battle to prevent future troubles.

But he didn't expect Zhang Yi's soldiers and horses to mix in again, which made him very angry. In addition to being angry, he could only slow down the siege, and Zhang Yijun's elite made him dare not act rashly.

Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He to confront Pang De and Wei Yan. While shooting a letter of persuasion to surrender to the city, many Ma Chao soldiers fell out of the wall and surrendered to Cao Cao.

However, ten days later, Cao Cao suddenly received a letter of help from Chang'an, and Xue Rengui suddenly sent troops to Chang'an. After Cao Cao received the letter for help, his head immediately stabbed and fainted.

The doctor checked that Cao Cao was in a hurry to attack his heart, which caused a recurrence of his head disease. After a long time, Cao Cao woke up, and Cao Cao immediately ordered to return to Chang'an.

Chang'an has only two or three thousand soldiers and horses, and with Zhang Yijun's siege ability, it only takes four or five days for Chang'an to be broken. Fortunately, Huaili is not far from Chang'an, and it will arrive in two days.