The demon king Dong Zhuo is dead, but the nightmare brought by the Xiliang Army is not over. In May of the third year of Chuping (192), Dong Zhuo's old Xiliang Army's former lieutenants Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others joined forces to attack Chang'an, broke through Chang'an City, killed Wang Yun, and Emperor Han Xian fell into the hands of the Xiliang Army again.

At that time, the imperial court did not pardon these former captains of the Xiliang Army, and their bosses Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu were also killed one after another, so these generals who had nowhere to go listened to Jia Xu's advice and said everywhere: "The imperial court does not pardon us, we should fight to the death." If you conquer Chang'an, you can get the world; If they can't be attacked, they will rob Sanfu's women's property and return to their hometown, and they can still save their lives. The Xiliang soldiers agreed, and Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Zhang Ji formed a coalition army to march to Chang'an, and they defeated Dong Zhuo's old generals Hu Zhen and Xu Rong sent by Wang Yun in Xinfeng, of which Xu Rong was killed in battle, and Hu Zhen led his troops to surrender.

After this battle, the reputation of the Li Guo coalition army was great, and the Xiliang troops along the way all came to vote, and Dong Zhuo's old troops Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others also led their troops to converge, and when they arrived in Chang'an, their total strength had reached more than 100,000 people. Then they surrounded Chang'an, defeated Lu Bu, captured Chang'an City, Wang Yun and other anti-Dong people were killed, under the crazy revenge of the Xiliang army, the people and officials were killed and injured innumerable.

After the coalition forces of Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others occupied Chang'an, they held Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty hostage, and the Xiliang Army Group also successfully controlled the government again, and it was only a month before Dong Zhuo's death. They first avenged their original boss Dong Zhuo and Dong Taishi, exposed Wang Yun's body to the streets, and at the same time wantonly hunted down and killed those who participated in the killing of Dong Zhuo, Sili Captain Huang Wan, Left Fengyi Song Yi, Right Fufeng Wang Hong and Situ Wang Yun's wives and relatives were all killed, on the other hand, they collected Dong Zhuo's body and buried Dong Zhuo in Yi County.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was forced to make Li Dao the general of the chariot cavalry, the marquis of Chiyang, the commander of the commander of Guo Xiaowei, and the commander of the whole country; Guo Yan was the rear general, and he was named the Marquis of Meiyang; Fan Chou was the right general and was named the Marquis of Wannian; Zhang Ji became a hussar general, sealed the Marquis of Pingyang, led the troops to garrison Hongnong, and guarded Chang'an; The remaining generals of the Xiliang Army also had their own rewards, among which Jia Xu shot for Shang Shu's servants. Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou held the Son of Heaven hostage and controlled the government. In August of the same year, Li Guo's court sent the Taifu Ma Riyan and the imperial servant Zhao Qi Jianjie to pacify the Guandong and win over the princes from all over the country.

At this time, although the Xiliang Army has become the winner again, it has buried deep hidden dangers inside——— Xiliang Army has no new boss. At that time, although Li Dao was the leader, it was a pity that he was not the new boss.

We know that in the original system of the Xiliang Army, only Dong Zhuo is the boss who is the boss, after Dong Zhuo's death, it should have been his son to serve as the new boss, but in history, Dong Zhuo's eldest son died early, unknown, and even his own name was not recorded, and the other children were young and had been wiped out, so we can only ignore Dong Zhuo's son here.

Then it was the turn of those Zhonglang generals appointed by Dong Zhuo, among whom Lu Bu was not from Xiliang, but he was Dong Zhuo's righteous son, but he killed Dong Zhuo; Those veteran-level generals Xu Rong, Duan Xuan, and Hu Zhen also surrendered to the imperial court one after another, so they were no longer qualified; The remaining two people, Dong Yue and Niu Fu, are all relatives of Dong Zhuo, and their qualifications are sufficient, and they did not surrender to Wang Yun, so under normal circumstances, the new bosses of the Xiliang Army were chosen among the two of them, but then Niu Fu killed Dong Yue, so there is no need to choose again, the second boss of the Xiliang Army is you——— classmate Niu Fu.

But Niu Fu then died in the hands of his cronies, and his head was sent to Chang'an, which means that Niu Shop is not the boss, so there is no real leader of the Xiliang Army.

Then Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Jia Xu all looked at each other, although everyone unanimously agreed to march into Chang'an, but everyone was surprisingly silent about who would be the boss. After they formed a coalition army, their power became bigger and bigger, and some other captains Fan Chou, Li Meng, and Wang Fang also came over, and no one talked about who was the boss, but in fact, everyone tacitly accepted Li Dao and Guo Yan as the leaders.

After conquering Chang'an, Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou have the most credit, so the three of them are stationed in Chang'an, of which Li Dao has the greatest credit and has the right to "open the mansion", Li Dao can also be said to be the new boss of the Xiliang Army at this time, but his power was divided by Guo Yan and Fan Chou, and the three of them can appoint and dismiss officials according to their preferences, and at the same time they all have their own troops, and they can do whatever they want. At this time, in the power ranking of the Xiliang Army, Li Wei was first, Guo Yan was second, and Fan Chou was third.

But more than a year later, an incident happened that made Li Wei's position as the already stormy boss even more blurred.

After Li Guo's allied army entered Chang'an and held Emperor Xian of Han hostage to control the government, the Xiliang warlords Ma Teng and Han Sui immediately led the army to surrender in the same year. However, due to the unscrupulous and reckless behavior of Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou in the Guanzhong area, the people were not happy and resentful.

Ma Yu in the court and the doctor Chong Shao and Youzhong Lang discussed how to get rid of them, and at this time Ma Teng asked Li Dao for personal matters, but Li Dao did not agree, so Ma Teng held a grudge. In this way, Ma Teng colluded with the courtiers Chong Shao, Ma Yu, Liu Fan and Liu Yan who were far away in Yizhou, and Ma Teng and Han Sui prepared to attack Chang'an with the help and support of Liu Yan. But later the matter was revealed, and Chong Shao, Ma Yu, and Liu Fan had to flee to Huaili.

So in March of the first year of Xingping (194), Li Dao sent Guo Yan, Fan Chou and his nephew Li Li to send troops to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui. The two sides fought under the Changping view, Li Weijun won a great victory, annihilated more than 10,000 enemies, Fan Chou took advantage of the victory to attack Huaili County, Ma Yu, Chong Shao, Liu Fan and others were killed, Ma Teng and Han Sui were also chased by Fan Chou all the way to Chencang. After Guo Yan and Fan Chou won this battle, they were added to the right to "open the mansion" because of their military exploits, and merged with the three dukes and Li Wei to form six mansions. At this time, the overall strength of the Xiliang Army once again reached a high point, and it also occupied an absolute advantage in the imperial court.

But on the other hand, the distance between Guo Yan and Fan Chou and Li Dao after opening the mansion has also been greatly reduced, and in fact, a three-strong situation has been formed within the Xiliang Army, Li Dao is only the stronger side, and does not have an absolute advantage, he is still far, far away from the real boss of the Xiliang Army.