At the end of October of the second year of Chuping, Han Sui and Ma Teng led their troops eastward, with unclear intentions.

Han Sui, a native of Jincheng County, Liangzhou, was originally a famous person in Xiliang.

Ma Teng, the word Shoucheng, a native of Fufeng Maoling, is said to be the father of Ma Chao after Ma Yuan, the general of Fubo. It is more than eight feet long, with a large body and a majestic nose.

These two people started by rebellion in Xiliang, with ups and downs, ups and downs, and they were very lucky not to die in the **, but took advantage of the chaos to rise, and their power developed stronger and stronger, and finally became a big man on the ground in Xiliang.

Some people say that Dong Zhuo could have completely eradicated these two people, but he never did it, but instead raised tigers and thieves to respect himself, and no one except Dong Zhuo knew who was right and who was wrong.

But what is certain is that when a generation of famous generals Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo, the pillar of the northwest at that time, used troops against Xiliang together, these two people were beaten and collapsed.

Fortunately, the luck of these two people was good, after the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty**, whether it was Dong Zhuo or Huangfu Song, their attention was attracted by the turbulent current situation and did not care about their life or death.

After Dong Zhuo marched into Luoyang and successfully controlled the government of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his authority was monstrous and powerful all over the world.

Dong Zhuo's good times did not last long, and soon the Kwantung Coalition Army raised troops to fight against Dong. At this time, Dong Zhuo wrote to Han Sui and Ma Teng, asking them to lead their troops eastward and enter Luoyang to help them resist the attack of the Kwantung princes, and at the same time share the glory and wealth of Luoyang City. In Dong Zhuo's opinion, this move is to take care of Han Sui and Ma Teng, after all, they are all mixed up in Xiliang, and there is always a bit of incense, now that Dong Zhuo is developed, of course he must promote his fellow villagers.

Or it can be said that it is purely using Han Sui and Ma Teng to resist the attack of the Kwantung coalition forces.

Maybe Han Sui and Ma Teng were not tempted by the glory and wealth promised by Dong Zhuo, or they were unwillingly used by Dong Zhuo to be Dong Zhuo's cannon fodder, and they lost their lives for an unwarranted glory and wealth.

In short, the two of them did not go to Luoyang, nor did they raise troops to correspond to Dong Zhuo. It can be said that there was neither a promise nor an objection, and there was a pretense of confusion there.

Han Sui chose not to move and continue to wait and see the situation.

Ma Teng's choice was to respond to the call of the Kwantung princes and erect the banner of begging for Dong, but he was just for show, and he didn't send a single soldier, but just sent a messenger to Sour Zao to participate in the meeting to discuss Dong, make a show, and show his attitude to the people of the world. In fact, they are also standing still and waiting to see the situation.

Han Sui and Ma Teng both wanted to pick up the cheap, but they didn't pick it up, not because they didn't have the ability to pick up the cheap, nor did they have no chance to take advantage of it, but there was a big Buddha standing in front of these two people.

At that time, it was a generation of famous generals Huangfu Song who stationed 30,000 troops on the right to prevent Han Sui and Ma Teng.

Han Sui and Ma Teng were overwhelmed by the big Buddha of Huangfu Song and couldn't move.

Fortunately, Huangfu Song did not stay in Youfufeng all the time, but was recruited to Chang'an City by Dong Zhuo's edict, and Dong Zhuo sent his younger brother Dong Min to take over Huangfu Song's 30,000 army.

For Han Sui and Ma Teng, Huangfu Song's name is like thunder, and Dong Zhuo's name is also a household name, as for who this Dong Min is, I haven't heard of it.

Although Dong Zhuo added a lot of soldiers and horses to Dong Min, Han Sui and Ma Teng did not take it to heart.

Now that Dong Zhuo has just defeated the surrounding enemies, the situation in Chang'an City is much more stable.

These two finally felt that the opportunity had come, and they wanted to go east, meet Dong Zhuo, and want a piece of the pie. At this time, the shape of Chang'an City was stable, and the risk of Han Sui and Ma Teng sending troops was relatively small. In their minds, Dong Zhuo at this time is definitely not willing to cause more trouble and make a strong enemy, and most of the actions of the two of them will choose to calm things down, and after compromising with themselves, they will appease them so that they can get some practical benefits.

That's probably how things go.

Although Huangfu Song left Youfufeng, Dong Min came with a large army.

Although Han Sui didn't take Dong Min and his soldiers and horses seriously, there was still one person who blocked their way, and that was Liangzhou Mu Weiduan.

Many people may not have heard of Weiduan, and he did not leave any heavy colors in history, just a name. In fact, this person is also very powerful.

Wei Duan, the word Xiufu, a native of Sili Jingzhao (northwest of Xi'an City, Shaanxi), is one of the three rests. Is? Jin Shang (Zi Yuan Xiu), the Fifth Patrol (Zi Wenxiu), and Wei Duan (Zi Fu Xiu) are known as Jingzhao Sanxiu and are well-known in the world.

Although Wei Duan is famous, he doesn't have many soldiers and horses in his hands, so Han Sui and Ma Teng don't like him much.

In this area of Liangzhou, there are many famous people and many capable people, but not many people survive. And those who can survive can rely on something, and the biggest reliance in the troubled times is the army in hand.

Although Wei Duan is a pastor of Liangzhou, in fact, there are not many areas under his subordinates that actually control zhì, only Hanyang County, the seat of Liangzhou's governance, is the area he actually controls, and the three counties like Wudu County, Anding County, and Beidi County will occasionally obey Wei Duan's dispatch, but when they encounter some key problems, they are not very smart, such as letting them send troops to resist Han Sui and Ma Teng, and people don't like him at all.

However, Wei Duan, as an official of the Han Dynasty, was born in red, but he was burdened by his reputation, and he could not recruit troops and horses as unscrupulously as Ma Teng Han Sui, nor could he loot everywhere to supplement the military.

Therefore, there are not many soldiers and horses under Wei Duan's command.

There are less than 50,000 people under Ma Teng's command, and Han Sui's command is a little more than Ma Teng's, almost a little more than 50,000. And it is very difficult for the men and horses under Wei Duan's command to make up 20,000. Even if 20,000 people can be scraped together, what combat effectiveness can the patchwork army have, it can only be vulnerable, meat buns and dogs, and there is no return.

Seeing that his strength was weak, Wei Duan also thought about abandoning the crowd and absconding, but Wei Duan didn't dare, he didn't want his reputation of working hard for half his life to be ruined. Wei Duan is a responsible and responsible person, and he also thought that once he absconded, the situation in Liangzhou would become even more unbearable, and his previous efforts would be in vain.

Unable to fight and fight, unable to escape and unable to escape, Wei Duan thought about it again and again, and finally decided to ask the court for help.

Wei Duan was actually reluctant to ask for help in his heart, because asking for help from the imperial court now was tantamount to asking for help from Dong Zhuo, which meant bowing to Dong Zhuo.

Such a situation is something that Wei Duan does not want to see.

But most of the heavens and the earth will not be bigger than his own small life, if he can give up his face in exchange for his own small life, Wei Duan is willing to save his own small life. Wei Duan has a suitable reason to comfort himself, that is, he is asking for help from the imperial court and the Son of Heaven, not from Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo is in control of the imperial court, it is his business, and it has nothing to do with him, he only needs to take care of the affairs of Liangzhou, which is an acre and three points of land.

Therefore, Wei Duan sent a letter of request for help to the imperial court.

It just so happened that this letter of request for help accidentally arrived in Dong Zhuo's hands.