After Ma Chao lost in Guanzhong, he retreated into Xiliang, surrounded Liangzhou Thorn Shi Weikang in Liangzhou Zhizhi Jicheng, and defeated it.

【Xiahou sweeps the pass】

In October of the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Cao Cao took advantage of the victory in the battle of Weinan to pursue, and sent Xiahou Yuandu Governor Xu Huang, Zhu Ling and other generals to meet Cao Cao in Anding and surround Yang Qiu. In December, Cao Cao returned to the army from Settling down and left Xiahou Yuan to garrison Chang'an.

Later, Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, with Xiahou Yuan as the general of the army, and the governor Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao were stationed in Chang'an, and defeated Liu Xiong (also known as Liu Xiongming), a thief in the south who gathered thousands of people to make trouble at the Wuguan crossing, and surrendered his troops, and Liu Xiong fled to Hanzhong. At that time, Han Sui, Ma Chao and others were stationed in Lantian, Dun, Xiayang and other places with the party Liang Xing, and Kou Luozuo Feng Yi area. Xiahou Yuan got Zheng Hun to lead the local soldiers and people to help, and Xu Huang led the troops to surround and suppress it, beheaded Liang Xingyu Dun (a said 鄠), killed Xia Yang thief Jin Fu, etc., rescued Xia Yang Chang, Shao Ling Ling and their officials, and returned the materials that Le Fu and others had taken from nearby counties, and collected more than 3,000 households.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", Liu Xiongming, a native of Lantian. When he was young, he made a living by collecting medicine and hunting, often lived at the foot of the covered car mountain, went in and out of the clouds and mist every day, never got lost, and people said that he could spit out the clouds. When Li Dao and Guo Yan were in turmoil, many people went to join him. When Ma Chao rebelled, he refused to follow, was defeated by Ma Chao, and later went to Cao Cao. Cao Cao took his hand and said, "When I entered the customs, I dreamed of a god, and this godman is you, right?" So he treated him politely, made him a general, and asked him to go back and recruit his subordinates. But after Liu Xiongming went back, instead of moving his subordinates, on the contrary, his subordinates forced him to oppose Cao together. So he gathered thousands of people and guarded the Wuguan crossing. Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to crusade and won a complete victory, and Liu Xiongming went south to Hanzhong.

Cao Cao may have been preparing to go back after completely pacifying Liangzhou, but later because Su Bo rebelled in the river, Cao Cao wanted to lead the army to the east, at this time Yang Fu was in Cao Ying as an envoy of Liangzhou, and said to Cao Cao: "Ma Chao has the courage of Han Xin and Di Bu, and is extremely supported by the Qiang, Hu and other ethnic groups, and the people on the western border are in awe of him." If your army returns to the division and does not make careful preparations, I am afraid that the counties of Longshang will no longer be owned by the state. Cao Cao agreed, but the army withdrew in a hurry, and there was no time to make careful arrangements.

Later, as Yang Fu expected, Liangzhou was almost acquired by Ma Chao.

【Ma Chao enters Liangzhou】

In the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), in the first month, shortly after the defeat of the battle of Ma Chaotongguan, he quickly annexed the counties of Longshang (Longxi, Nan'an, Hanyang, Yongyang, etc.). Ma Chao fled to Shangtai, and Ren Yang and others in the county led the crowd to greet him, Yan Wen wanted to stop Ren Yang, but he was unsuccessful, so he rode back to the state city.

After that, Zhang Lu also sent the general Yang Ang to help Ma Chao, gathering more than 10,000 people to besiege Liangzhou Thorn Shi Weikang in Liangzhou to govern Jicheng. At that time, Yang Fu led more than 1,000 officials and clan children who could fight, and asked his younger brother Yang Yue to build a glaive camp in the city and fight hard with Ma Chao. From the first month to August, the city was guarded, and the rescue did not come. The state assassin Shi Weikang sent Yan Wen to escape along the waterway to ask for help and report to Xiahou Yuan. But the next day, the enemy discovered his tracks, sent people to track and intercept him, caught him in the realm of relatives, and captured him to meet Ma Chao.

Ma Chao untied him and said to him: "Now that victory and defeat have been clear, you asked for help for the lonely city but were caught here, how can you show righteousness?" If you listen to me and tell the city that there will be no help from the east, this is a ploy to turn the misfortune into a blessing, otherwise, I will kill you now. Yan Wen pretended to agree, and Ma Chao drove him to the city. Yan Wen shouted loudly towards the city: "The army will come in less than three days, work hard!" And all the city wept for him and prayed long live him.

Ma Chao angrily scolded him: "Don't you want to die?" Yan Wen didn't answer. At that time, Ma Chao couldn't attack for a long time, so he slowly lured Yan Wen and hoped that he would change his mind. Then he said to him, "Do you have any friends in the city who want to join forces with me?" Yan Wen ignored it again, and Ma Chao blamed him harshly. Yan Wen said: "The only way to be a ruler is death, but you want the elders to say unrighteous words, am I the one who steals his life?" Ma Chao finally chose to kill him.

After learning that Ma Chao was besieging Jicheng, Cao Cao arrested the whole clan in Yecheng, including his father Ma Teng, brother Ma Xiu, Ma Tie and others, and then killed them all. In addition, Han Sui's relatives did not escape. Subsequently, Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan and others to support Wei Kang.

In August of the same year, Wei Kang and others saw that Yan Wen was killed, and after the reinforcements did not come, they gradually lost their faith in resistance and began to consider surrendering to Ma Chao. Now that I have given up the fame that I am about to build up, and have accused myself of injustice, I am willing to die with it. And he wept aloud.

But after a long period of persistence, they still did not wait for reinforcements, and the assassin Shi Weikang and Taishou finally sent people to ask for surrender and opened the city gate to let Ma Chao in. After Ma Chao entered the city, he arrested Yang Yue, the leader of the Yanyue Battalion, and asked Zhang Lu's subordinate Yang Ang to kill Shi Weikang and the local Taishou.

Later, Xiahou Yuan led his troops to help, and when he marched to more than 200 miles away from Jicheng, Ma Chao led his troops to attack, and Xiahou Yuan's army was not in a good position to engage him. The disaster is not a single line, Yang Qian, the king of Baiqing, and Agui, the king of Xingguo, also raised troops to respond to Ma Chao and led the army to camp in Xingguo, and Xiahou Yuan withdrew his troops back to Chang'an.

Ma Chao took Jicheng, the seat of Liangzhou as his base, seized Longshang, proclaimed himself the general of Zhengxi, led and annexed the state pastor, and supervised the military of Liangzhou.

In history, Ma Chao was able to quickly enter Liangzhou after the defeat in Weinan and re-seize a base area, first of all, he had to admit his bravery and good command of the army, and Ma Chao's family also had prestige and deep roots in Liangzhou. In the battle to besiege Jicheng, Ma Chao captured Wei Kang's envoy Yan Wen in time, and delayed enough time for himself.

In addition, Zhang Lu's assistance to Ma Chao at that time was also an important reason why he could make a comeback soon, but Ma Chao's ability to successfully conquer Jicheng in the end had a lot to do with Xiahou Yuan's untimely rescue, after all, Wei Kang and others did not surrender after being besieged for one or two months, they were besieged for eight months before finally giving up.

At that time, Xiahou Yuan was in Chang'an, not far from Jicheng, the seat of Liangzhou governance, even if Ma Chao blocked the news, Xiahou Yuan should not be able to lead troops in eight months, the fall of Liangzhou and Cao Cao's untimely rescue of Jicheng has a lot to do with it.