Just when Luoyang fell and the alliance of princes officially settled in, a fierce battle was also taking place in Liangzhou, the western frontier of the Han Dynasty.

The two sides in this battle were the Western Expedition Army of 150,000 men led by the powerful Han Taishi Dong Zhuo, and the combined forces of Ma Teng, Han Sui and Di Wang Dou Mao from Liangzhou.

Of course, they are said to be a joint army, but in fact they are also part of the alliance of princes to conquer Dong. Ma Teng originally participated in the first alliance to conquer Dong, but later because the alliance army was defeated, he also fought with Kansai

The other princes all voted for Dong Zhuo; but there were constant small moves before and after this, which made Cao Cao join forces to unite all the forces that could be united at the beginning of the second alliance against Dong Zhuo.

To some extent, Ma Teng played an important role in this alliance, so he was counted among the alliance princes, and because he included all the other princes except Dou Mao, the king of Di, and Han Sui, the prefect of Jincheng.

The power of the Western Little Lords Alliance was unparalleled in Liangzhou for a while. It seemed that it was retreating steadily in the early stages of Dong Zhuo's invasion of Liangzhou, but its fundamental strength was not damaged, so it did not affect his status at all.

What's more, with the completion of the second alliance of princes, after converging in Xingyang City, the alliance army began to press towards Luoyang step by step. Ma Teng also seemed to be deliberately cooperating, and began a desperate counterattack against Dong Zhuo of Chang'an.

Originally, Dong Zhuo's army, led by Dong Zhuo's second son-in-law Niu Fu, had fought consecutive battles in Liangzhou and had already pushed into Wuwei County. However, Ma Teng retreated step by step, and it was time to station troops in Guzang. Three men, Han Sui in Jincheng and Dou Maocheng in Longxi,

Take advantage of the situation and fight against Dong Zhuo together.

At this time, when the alliance army finally broke through Hulao, Gongxian and Yanshi then marched to Luoyang City. And it didn't take long to capture the imperial capital. News came that Li Ru also led his army to escape. Originally, Dong Zhuo's army was attacking.

Ma Tengjun, who seemed weak to resist, seemed to have bottomed out and exploded with force.

First, Ma Teng's army stationed in Zhangye County set out on a starry night. After joining up with Han Sui's army stationed in Yunjie County at the border of Wuwei and Jincheng counties, they turned around and arrived at Yuwei County under Dong Zhuo's control. At that time, the defenders in the city were unprepared, and both sides

The coalition forces easily broke through Yuwei County and officially launched a general counterattack against Dong Zhuo's army.

In the following days, the Liangzhou war, which was about to be settled, took an unexpected turn. Ma Teng's army, which was supposed to be at a disadvantage, launched a desperate counterattack. In turn, it not only suppressed Dong Zhuo's army's further offensive, but also suppressed Dong Zhuo's army.

In the counties and counties that the army occupied step by step, the city repeatedly staged a strategy of combining inside and outside. Under the premise that the enemy had no idea what method was used, the actual situation was

They all used the same routine, and they succeeded repeatedly and quickly recovered large areas of lost ground. And the pace of advancement continued. There was no sign of stopping; similarly, Dong Zhuojun showed no sign of being able to make a comeback. Because as various territories were lost,

, the city fell, and their soldiers were also lost, and their numbers were also reduced sharply. But now, the troops that were originally supposed to have a certain advantage were already on par with Ma Teng's army.

Coupled with the cooperation of Han Sui's army and the Di army, at this time, it was Dong Zhuo's army that was at a disadvantage.

It turns out that Ma Teng's army was retreating step by step, but it was actually making progress step by step. Even the losses in the battle with Dong Zhuo's army were mostly captured soldiers originally obtained from other small Kansai princes such as Ma Wan, Cheng Yin and others.

, Ma Teng was obviously very suspicious of their loyalty, so he made them a glorious cannon fodder party in this offensive and defensive battle. On the one hand, he could take the opportunity to consume these restless elements and avoid arousing Dong Zhuojun's suspicion.

In fact, he had planted certain secrets in every county. When he sounded the clarion call for counterattack, it was also the moment when these people began to enter the war stage. Even if there was no way to deceive the city gate,

They can also use various methods to create chaos in the city, thereby providing convenience and help for outside siege.

Of course, when Dong Zhuo's army finally fully reacted, their front line had been broken and retreated to the south of Hanyang and Anding County, and around Ayang County.

At this point, Dong Zhuo's army is already on guard, and it is no longer feasible to use the previous strategy. However, at least in terms of numbers, the combined army of Ma Teng and Han Sui does not need to be afraid of Dong Zhuo's army. As for the combat power, it depends on the specific performance.

, and now that there is no doubt that morale is at odds with one another, Ma Tengjun, as expected, took the initiative and the upper hand in the subsequent head-to-head confrontations.

Among them, Ma Chao's performance was particularly eye-catching. He could be called a dominant player. Not only did he repeatedly defeat Dong Zhuo's army with few victories in frontal battles, forcing him to retreat from Ayang County and retreating steadily; he also perfectly explained what the three armies are.

Niu Fu, the leader of Dong Zhuo's army, was hit by his "flying gun", which hit the fatal spot in his chest and penetrated under his ribs.

He died on the spot.

As luck would have it, Dong Zhuo also came out of Chang'an City to watch the battle. When he happened to see this scene, he was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

Of course, from another perspective, it is fortunate that he was present at the time and only fainted from anger. The death of Niu Fu did not cause a moral chaos in the army, and he was able to escape unscathed, although he was still a little embarrassed. During the process of being chased by Ma Chao

There are some inevitable losses.

Then when Dong Zhuo woke up again, he had already appeared in the mansion specially prepared for him in Chang'an City. His breath was lingering. Although his vitality was still there, his body had a feeling of powerlessness coming from deep in his heart.

This is certainly not entirely due to witnessing the death of his son-in-law Niu Fu today, but more due to the constant news received from Luoyang.

Li Ru was already on the way to join him. Although he knew intellectually that there were no fundamental mistakes in all the decisions Li Ru made, he still felt uncomfortable. Some of Li Ru's actions made him even more upset.

Yu Huai was very dissatisfied.

Perhaps from unknown time, Dong Zhuo could no longer trust Li Ru so much. This was his son-in-law, his most trusted adviser and right-hand man. But at one time, his trust in him was as high as that of Wang Yun.

Ping, Wang Yun has been proven to have ulterior motives for him, so what about Li Wenyou?

Although sometimes he felt that it was inappropriate to think this way, it was a fact that Dong Zhuo was in a mess in his heart, so that when Li Ru finally arrived to meet him and asked someone to see him, he

His first subconscious reaction was that he didn't want to see him, but then he changed his mind and decided to let him go for a while, saying that he was resting at the moment, and then announced his entrance.

Seeing being treated like this, Li Ru didn't dare to feel any dissatisfaction in his heart. In his opinion, this was nothing at all. The most important thing now was how to deal with the Dong alliance army and Ma Teng's army in the west.

"Li Wenyou pays homage to the Grand Master..." Li Ru showed full etiquette when facing Dong Zhuo, showing the attitude and humility a minister should have when meeting a superior.

But this didn't seem to satisfy Dong Zhuo. He frowned and looked at Li Ru below. He didn't know what thoughts were running in his mind, but he had no intention of asking him to get up.
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