After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Han Sui and other Xiliang rebels began to join forces with Dong Zhuo, and after Dong Zhuo's death, Li Guo and other successors inherited Dong Zhuo's strategy of winning over the Xiliang rebels, but the contradictions between the two sides intensified in the later stage, and Han Sui and Ma Teng united with Yizhou Liu Yan to fight against Li Guo's group and lost.

After Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty left, the power of the Western Liang Army plummeted, and Guo Yan and Li Dao died one after another, and the Guanzhong region was occupied by the original Liangzhou rebels led by Han Sui and Ma Teng.

【Coalition of Rebel Forces】

Because of the influence of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many people now think that Ma Teng was one of the eighteen princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo at the beginning, but in fact, Ma Teng not only did not participate in the action against Dong Zhuo at that time, but was one of Dong Zhuo's quasi-allies.

Before Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he had wanted to unite Han Sui and Ma Teng into Beijing together, but at that time it coincided with the civil strife of the rebels, coupled with many considerations, so he did not make the trip, and then the first three years (192) Han Sui and Ma Teng personally went to Chang'an to unite Dong Zhuo, but at that time Dong Zhuo had been killed by Wang Yun and Lu Bu, and Li Dao and others controlled the imperial court, so they worshiped Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi in the name of the Son of Heaven and sent back Jincheng.

In the first year of Xingping (194), Ma Teng asked Li Dao for personal matters, but he was not answered, so he led his troops to attack. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to persuade him, but he was unsuccessful, and then Han Sui, who was stationed in Jincheng, led his troops to persuade him, and then united with Ma Teng, when Yizhou Mu Liu Yan also sent an army to help Ma Teng and others attack Li Dao together. The courtiers Chong Shao, Ma Yu, and Liu Fan wanted to kill Li Dao and others, so they secretly contacted Ma Teng and were willing to respond internally, but because the matter was revealed, they had to flee to Huaili.

Li Wei sent Fan Chou, Guo Yan and his nephew Li Li to attack, and Ma Teng and Han were defeated and retreated to Liangzhou. Fan Chou's troops attacked Huaili again, and Chong Shao and others were killed. Soon, Li Dao and others made peace with Ma Teng and Han Sui, and reappointed Ma Teng as General Andi and Han Sui as General Anjing.

In the second year of Xingping (195), Ma Teng said that the army was not well supplied and requested to settle in Chiyang, so he led the army to change to Changping Antou. The general Wang Cheng was afraid that Ma Teng was plotting against him, so he led his troops to attack, but Ma Teng was unprepared and was defeated to the west. Soon, Li Dao and Guo Yan attacked each other, and Ma Teng gave up the eastward plan and united with Han Sui to become brothers with different surnames.

【Separation of Yongzhou】

Yongzhou is one of the ancient Kyushu, but when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the Thirteen Prefectures Assassination History Department, there was no Yongzhou, and its geographical scope was probably the later Sanfu area plus Liangzhou (or its east). In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty set up the capital of Luoyang, set up Yongzhou, and governed Guzang, but it was canceled soon.

In the first year of Xingping (194), the four counties of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Wuwei in Hexi Province were too far away from Ji County, where the Liangzhou government was located, and the traffic was blocked by thieves, so they wrote a request to set up another state. In June of the same year, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to set up Yongzhou, and appointed Chen Liuren Handan Shang as the assassin of Yongzhou to govern the affairs of the four counties in Hexi. At this time, the location of Liangzhou and Yongzhou is different from what most people think, Liangzhou is in the east, Yongzhou is in the west, and Yongzhou is Guzang.

After Yongzhou and Liangzhou changed again in the Jian'an years, in the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), after the death of Xun Yu, Cao Cao and the thirteen states of the world were merged into Kyushu, and the Liangzhou in the east was merged into Yongzhou together with the three assistants of the Sili School Captain's Department, and the administrative office was changed to Chang'an. In the first year of Cao Wei and Huang Chu (220), Liangzhou was relocated to eight counties in Hexi, and the geographical location of Yongzhou and Liangzhou at this time is what most people now think that Yongzhou is in the east and Liangzhou is in the west.

【Entering the main level】

Guanzhong was originally the sphere of influence of the Western Liang Army, successively occupied by Dong Zhuo and Li Guo, but later the internal contradictions of the Western Liang Army intensified, Li Dao first killed Fan Chou, one of the three giants of the Western Liang Army at that time, and then broke with another Guo Yan, and fought again and again in Chang'an City, which eventually led to the departure of Emperor Han Xian, since then the power of the Western Liang Army has declined greatly, and in the second year of Jian'an (197), Guo Yan was killed by his subordinate Wu Xi, and the rest was annexed by Li Wei.

In the same year, Cao Cao sent Pei Mao, a servant, to lead the Guanxi generals Duan Xuan and others to crusade against Li Dao. The following year, Li Dao retreated to Huangbaicheng and was defeated and beheaded by Zhang Heng and Liang Xing, and Cao Cao ordered the extermination of his three clans.

After the decline of the power of the Western Liang Army, the Guanzhong region was annexed by Han Sui, Ma Teng and others.

【Cross-linked Cao Cao】

In the fourth year of Jian'an (199), in order to have a stable rear against Yuan Shao, Cao Cao followed Xun Yu's suggestion and appointed Zhong Xuan as the lieutenant of the middle and acting lieutenants, supervised the troops in Guanzhong, entrusted the rear affairs to him, and specially granted him the power not to be bound by the system. After Zhong Xuan arrived in Chang'an, he sent a letter to Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, stating the pros and cons for them, and Ma Teng and Han Sui both sent one of their sons to the imperial court as a hostage.

This also marked the submission and recognition of the rebel forces of the former Liangzhou led by Han Sui and Ma Teng to the Xuchang court under the control of Cao Cao.

In the seventh year of Jian'an (202), Yuan Shang sent Gao Gan and Guo Yuan to lead tens of thousands of troops, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu Luan Tihu Chuquan attacked Hedong County, and sent envoys to join forces with Han Sui, Ma Teng and other Guanzhong generals, Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan to confront, and Zhong Xuan sent Zhang Jian to persuade Ma Teng to support Cao Cao. Ma Teng sent Ma Chao to lead more than 10,000 elite soldiers, together with the army of Han Sui and others, to join forces with Zhong Xuan to defeat Guo Yuan and others. Emperor Bai Ma Teng was the general of the expedition to the south, and Han Sui was the general of the expedition to the west, and they were allowed to open the government and summon their subordinates.

Three years later, Cao Cao sent Zhang Ji to recruit Ma Teng, Han Sui and others to defeat Gao Gan and Zhang Shengjun again, behead the rebellious Wei Gu and others, and put down the rebellion in Hedong County.

【Entering the Dynasty】

Although the Liangzhou forces led by Han Sui and Ma Teng gave in to Cao Cao, because of their own strength, Cao Cao has always wanted to further strengthen his control over them, and was not satisfied with the fact that the princes of these protons were at large, but wanted them to slowly hand over their troops and power, and even personally entered the court to come to Xuchang, and Cao Cao soon got this opportunity.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), due to the contradictions between the tribes, Ma Teng and Han Sui became enemies, and Han Sui even killed Ma Teng's wife, and the two fought for many years. At this time, Cao Cao sent Zhong Xuan and Wei Duan to persuade peace, and with Ma Teng as the former general, he changed his camp to Huaili, and sealed Huaili. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Cao sent Zhang Ji to enlist Ma Teng, asking him to leave the ministry and enter the court as an official. Zhang was afraid that something would happen, so he ordered the counties to reserve food and materials in case they were prepared. The officials above 2,000 Shi Chenglu were ordered to go out to the suburbs to greet them, and Ma Teng had no choice but to enter the court. Cao Cao made him a guard lieutenant, and his family moved to Yecheng, and his son Ma Chao was a partial general, commanding Ma Teng's troops.

The following year, Han Sui sent his son-in-law Yan Xing to pay homage to Cao Cao, who treated Yan Xing favorably, and the court appointed Yan Xing as the Taishou. Yan Xing took the opportunity to ask his father to join the court, and Yan Xingxi also met Han Sui and told him what Cao Cao had said to persuade Han Sui to enter the court. and took the opportunity to persuade Han Sui to join Cao Cao, persuading him to send a son to the court as a hostage. Han Sui said: "Let's wait and see for a few more years!" Later, he sent his son to enter the court with Yan Xing's parents.

At this time, although Cao Cao failed to completely control Xiliang in his hands, his influence on the princes of Guanzhong and Liangzhou had been greatly strengthened, and the princes such as Han Sui and Ma Chao would basically not take the lead in attacking Cao Cao in the absence of major changes at that time~.