Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 11 Dong Zhuo's Family History (Part [-])
In the first half of Dong Zhuo's fortune, there was no sign of chaos and dictatorship in him.Even in an objective evaluation, Dong Zhuo, who was in high spirits back then, was a patriotic young man who was more patriotic than Cao Cao.

Dong Zhuo was born in Linzhao, Longxi. He was born in a powerful family of petty bureaucrats, and his father was a county captain.Longxi belongs to the border of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is an area inhabited by nomadic peoples such as Han and Qiang. The people still practice martial arts. Dong Zhuo developed a heroic habit in such an environment.He has extraordinary physical strength, is skilled in bow and horse, and is "rough, courageous and resourceful", so he seeks to use his strengths to develop.

When he was young, he traveled to areas inhabited by Qiang people and became familiar with the internal situation of Qiang people.The leaders of the Qiang people were not only afraid of his force, but also felt his heroism, so they made friends with him one after another. Dong Zhuo formed a great influence among the Qiang people.Therefore, he was first called by the county to be a county official to manage and supervise the thieves, and then he was called by the governor of Liangzhou to be a military officer, specializing in dealing with the Qiang and Hu people who were looting everywhere. This is his career. first step.

Dong Zhuo lived up to expectations. During his tenure, he repeatedly defeated the Qiang and Hu people who came to invade, and gained thousands of tricks.Therefore, Duan Jiong, the governor of Bingzhou at that time and a famous frontier general in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, recommended Dong Zhuo to the imperial court, and was promoted by Situ Zhongsong as a 掾 (that is, the department chief of Situ's mansion, with an official rank of three hundred stones), and Dong Zhuo entered the imperial court.

"When we got to that step, a certain family was overjoyed. They even guessed that a certain family would not be wasted as a frontier warrior, and as the lowest-level scholar and petty official, they won Promote step by step." Speaking of this, Dong Zhuo had a self-deprecating gleam in his drunken eyes.

Liu Xie nodded silently, bringing himself into Dong Zhuo's psychological process, empathizing with him.A department chief in Situ's mansion, regardless of its small official position, depends on who its boss is. This is a subordinate of Situ, one of the "Three Dukes". As one of the highest officials in the court, Situ can recommend two thousand stones. Officials, the officials of two thousand stones are equivalent to the county guards, they are big officials, and there are many such precedents in the Eastern Han Dynasty.Therefore, for the young Dong Zhuo, a bright future seems to be within reach.

"What happened next?" Although he already knew the ending, Liu Xie couldn't help but keep searching.At this moment, he seemed to feel that the world's evaluation of this fat man was a bit too arbitrary.

"Later, a certain family found out that they could only be a warrior." Dong Zhuo continued, the old and the young seemed to have forgotten their friendship.

In [-], the Qianghu rebelled in Hanyang County, Liangzhou. The imperial court urgently needed soldiers capable of recruiting good fighters, so Dong Zhuo was recruited as Habayashi Lang to command part of the Habayashi Army cavalry stationed in the northwest border. Command.Habayashiro had the same official rank as Situfu, and was not promoted, but because of this arrangement, Dong Zhuo left the court and continued his journey as a warrior.

Zhang Huan was aware of Dong Zhuo's influence in Liangzhou, so he recruited him as an army Sima (equivalent to an adjutant in charge of military affairs under a general, with an official rank higher than a thousand stones) as his assistant.Dong Zhuo used his characteristics of being brave and good at fighting, defeated the rebel army, killed its leader, captured more than [-] people, and worshiped the doctor for his meritorious service.Later, in the battle against the Qiang and Hu on the border, Dong Zhuo made great contributions in more than a hundred battles, and his official positions were constantly promoted. Ji Xiaowei (official rank ratio of two thousand stone).Guangwu was on the border of the Huns, Shujun was on the border of the Qiang people, and the captain of the Western Region Xuji was in charge of the affairs of various ethnic minorities in the west. It can be seen that the imperial court still appointed Dong Zhuo as a warrior guarding the frontier.Until later, he worshiped the governor of Bingzhou and the governor of Hedong, and became a big official of one side, with an official rank of two thousand shi.

This period of time was a period of rapid rise in Dong Zhuo's career.If there is no turmoil in the current situation, Dong Zhuo's official career may stop here.However, the unsatisfactory Eastern Han regime provided Dong Zhuo with another opportunity.However, unlike in the past, Dong Zhuo didn't grasp it this time.

In [-], the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which spread throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty, ignited like a raging fire. Zhang Jiao and other Yellow Turban troops plundered Hebei. , Wei Zhangjiao in June is equal to Guangzong City, and the city can be broken in sight.At this time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sent eunuchs to inspect the military and asked Lu Zhi for a bribe. Lu Zhi refused, so the eunuchs went back and falsely accused Lu Zhi in front of the emperor.

Lu Zhi was dismissed from office, and the other two famous generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Huangfusong and Zhu Jun, were busy attacking the Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. There were no famous generals available, so the court thought of Dong Zhuo. , So he appointed him as General Dong Zhonglang to lead Lu Zhi's army to attack Zhang Jiao.Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo, a victorious general in the border war, was repeatedly defeated in the battle against the Yellow Turban Army, so after two months, he was dismissed from his post and sent back to his hometown to rest.

What's interesting is that when he said this, Dong Zhuo's face not only showed no resentment towards the court, but was a little ashamed.Liu Xie smiled slightly, respectfully respected Dong Zhuo with a bottle of wine and said: "Victory and defeat are common matters in military affairs, the Grand Master doesn't need to take it to heart."

Even so, Liu Xie could also see that Dong Zhuo's level of leading troops to fight is actually not a famous general.He was able to win the war against the Qianghu people because of his influence among the Qianghu people and his familiarity with the enemy's situation. It would be impossible to leave the border areas where he had an advantage to fight the Yellow Turban Army.The Yellow Turban Army is basically a group of mobs, and their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the Qiang and Hu people. Dong Zhuo was unable to win. Later, the imperial court replaced the famous general Huangfu Song. From October to November, they wiped out the enemy army in just two months. .

"Your Majesty does not need to comfort a certain family. Even counting the famous generals of the past, it is not without defeat. The loss of a certain family to the Yellow Turban Army is just because they are not familiar with the fighting methods of these mud-legged people in the Central Plains. They gather and disperse like sand, attacking and defending like a tide. They echoed each other from a distance, and often a battle of annihilation was fought, and for some reason, they were wrapped up by those mud legs coming from all directions." Dong Zhuo said at this time, he drank a bottle of wine angrily, and said loudly: "A certain family hates you!" Yes, it was the imperial court at that time. Two months later, a certain family finally figured out the tricks of those muddy legs, but the imperial court would not give such a family another chance. A certain family refused to accept it!"

Liu Xie was slightly shocked when he heard the words. From Dong Zhuo's tone at this time, he could clearly hear Dong Zhuo's dislike for the Han court.Presumably, at this time, Dong Zhuo's psychological process began to change...

Liu Xie could even imagine what kind of unwilling anger Dong Zhuo felt when he returned to his hometown in Longxi at this time, and then allowed this anger to develop into a wild ambition.At the same time, like a buffalo with red blood eyes, he is watching for the next opportunity.

Dong Zhuo knew that the opportunity would come again.In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the local tyrants’ violent expropriation and the Han Dynasty’s wanton bullying of the barbarians were the root cause of the disaster, which made the resistance of the Qiang and Hu unstoppable in the past hundred years, and it became more and more fierce at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was only a matter of time before he conscripted himself.

Sure enough, in October of that year, the Qiang people in Beidi, Longxi, and Jincheng counties launched a large-scale rebellion, burning and killing prefectures and counties. By March of the following year, they fought all the way to the Sanfu area (near Chang'an).Only then did the Eastern Han court panic, so they had to activate Dong Zhuo again and appoint him General Zhonglang.Just at this time, the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains had been wiped out, so the army was transferred to the western front, led by Huang Fusong, the left chariot general, and Dong Zhuo was his deputy.

"Going out of the mountain this time, presumably the grand master's thoughts are quite different from those in the past, right?" Liu Xie asked this sentence cautiously, and used drinking to hide his speculative eyes on Dong Zhuo's heart.Even, after drinking the bottle, he added in an attempt to cover up: "If I am the Grand Master, I must have my own plans..."

"Hahaha!..." Liu Xie never expected that Dong Zhuo would burst into laughter when faced with such a sensitive issue, and even gave Liu Xie a meaningful look and said, "Your Majesty, how long are you and I talking?" become more restrained?"

Before Liu Xie could think about why Dong Zhuo would say such weird words, Dong Zhuo said bluntly: "Yes, a certain family made repeated military exploits in the frontier fortress to get to the position of governor of Bingzhou, but because of a failure in begging for the yellow scarf At that time, a certain family realized that it is not reliable to rely on the imperial court for their future. What is reliable is that they must have their own swords in their hands! In the past, a certain family went to work in various places and never had their own armed forces. This time Now that he is in charge of the military, and in the Liangzhou area where he has the most influence, he feels that it is necessary and possible to establish his own private trilogy."

So far, Liu Xie has started to hold his breath quietly and put all his thoughts on Dong Zhuo's next words.He eagerly wanted to know how this bison that had broken free from the shackles turned into the devil king of troubled men...

(End of this chapter)