Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 12 Dong Zhuo's Family History

Dong Zhuo came out of the mountain with such a mentality. He followed Huangfusong and fought with the Qiang people from March to July, but did not win a big victory.But at this time, the imperial court suddenly issued an imperial edict to enlist Huang Fusong to return to the imperial court.

It turned out that when Huangfu Song crusaded against the Yellow Turban Army last year, he saw in Yecheng that the eunuch Zhao Zhong’s mansion had exceeded the level allowed by the Han system, so he confiscated it from the imperial court; later another eunuch Zhang Rang asked him for a bribe of 5000 million He refused to give it; so the two eunuchs sued Huangfusong in front of Emperor Ling, and Huangfusong was exempted, the seal and ribbon of General Zuocheqi were confiscated, and six thousand households in the town were reduced.

Poor Huangfu Song, relying on his illustrious military exploits in pacifying the Yellow Turban, he reached the high position of Zuo Cheqi General for only eight months, but he was killed because he offended the eunuch.

Having said this, Liu Xie sighed silently in his heart.History cannot be traced back, but the regret is lingering.Not to mention Dong Zhuo, even Liu Xie himself could not understand what happened to Huangfu Cheqi and Lu Zhonglang.The ups and downs of the two obviously moved Dong Zhuo a lot. Facing the dark and dull Eastern Han court, even if they had military exploits, what could they do?

Huangfusong's military exploits are much greater than Dong Zhuo's. He moved to the north and south of the river, and he was invincible and invincible.But it ended up like this in the end, how could Dong Zhuo not judge others by himself?Besides supporting himself, what other options does he have?

Of course, these thoughts were created by Liu Xiechang based on Dong Zhuo's psychology and his modern eyes.Sitting on his position as the emperor at the end of the Han Dynasty, his first reaction was: where are Huangfusong, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun now?These three guys with great ability, high reputation, and more importantly, their brains are still the big babies that I need to hold in my arms and take good care of!
Liu Xie rolled his eyes twice, and silently wrote down the names of these three people in his heart, and then listened to Dong Zhuo's recounting of his revolutionary history in a serious manner.

After Huangfusong was dismissed, the imperial court sent Sikong Zhang Wen to take over his command, Dong Zhuo was promoted to General Polu, and Zhou Shen, General of the Bandits, became the main generals under Zhang Wen's command.In November of the same year, Zhang Wen fought against the Qiang people in Meiyang, west of Chang'an. At this time, Han Sui was the deputy commander of the Qiang people (another celebrity from the Three Kingdoms appeared), and Zhang Wen's army was at a disadvantage in consecutive battles.At this time, a dramatic thing happened. A shooting star shot across the sky, illuminating Han Sui's barracks like daylight, and the horses neighed continuously.Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to attack and smashed the enemy army.Han Sui and others retreated northwest to Yuzhong City along the Yellow River.

Zhang Wen, who was not familiar with war, was dazzled by the momentary victory, thinking that the Northwest rebellion could be settled with one action, so he sent Zhou Shen with [-] troops to encircle Yuzhong, and Dong Zhuo with [-] troops to fight against the Xianling Qiang people.Dong Zhuo believed that the troops would go deep into the enemy's territory, and the supply line would be cut off by the enemy cavalry, so he suggested to join forces, with Zhou Shen's army besieging Yuzhong in the front, and himself in the rear as a support.This was Dong Zhuo's correct strategy based on his understanding of Liangzhou's geography and the combat characteristics of the Qiang people. Sun Jian, who joined the army at the time, also made a similar suggestion (another celebrity from the Three Kingdoms appeared), but Zhang Wen stubbornly refused to adopt it.As Dong Zhuo had expected, Zhou Shen's army was cut off by the Qiang people during the siege of the city, and the army was panicked and defeated.Dong Zhuo's lone army went deep into the siege and used tricks to escape, but they did not suffer any losses, so Dong Zhuo led his troops to station in Fufeng County in a fit of anger.

"Zhang Wen? Is that Zhang Weiwei who is in the court today?" After Liu Xie heard the name, another string twitched in his mind: In history, Zhang Wen was randomly picked by Dong Zhuo. Because of this, he was thrown into the busy city and beaten to death with sticks.Could it be that the relationship between the two was formed at that time?

"It's that rotten man!" Dong Zhuo slapped the wine bottle on the table angrily, and said angrily: "This old thing is not very capable, and he is not small. When he called a certain family back to the camp, he scolded and cursed, and he wanted to send him away. The [-] soldiers of a certain family once again filled the mouths of the Qiang people! A certain family is keeping him now, but for the sake of his honesty, they keep him and other old things for decoration."

In this sentence, Liu Xie heard a strong murderous intent.It seems that the grievances between the two of them really ended in that matter.

After Meiyang's defeat, Zhang Wen summoned Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo deliberately delayed going for a long time; Zhang Wen blamed Dong Zhuo in the tone of a coach, but Dong Zhuo, who had no court in his heart, didn't listen to that at all.At this time, Sun Jian was on the sidelines persuading Zhang Wen to "call him from time to time" to execute Dong Zhuo according to the military law. Zhang Wen was worried that after killing Dong Zhuo, he would have no reliance to fight the Qiang people, so he did not agree.

Later generations blamed Zhang Wen for not listening to Sun Jian's persuasion, so that there would be no Dong Zhuo's chaos in the future. In fact, Zhang Wen also had his difficulties. He didn't understand military affairs, and he was defeated again. The main force of the two routes was Dong Zhuo's one. There is still strength, Dong Zhuo not only has the merit of "preserving the army", but also is good at fighting, and won the hearts of the soldiers. If he is really killed, the hearts of the soldiers will not be satisfied, and there will really be no famous generals to use in future wars.

What the two did, it is impossible to say who is right and who is wrong, they all have their own ideas and perseverance.It's just that when these two concepts collide in real interests, everything can only be ended with blood.The history of this kind of incident is endless, and for this reason, there have also been turmoil in a hundred years.

Zhang Wen stayed in Chang'an until the end of [-] before returning to Luoyang.In February [-], Han Sui mobilized more than [-] people to invade the bandits (at this time Ma Teng had joined Han Sui's camp), and the Eastern Han court relied entirely on Dong Zhuo to maintain the situation in Liangzhou.At this time, the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty was already in jeopardy. The Black Mountain Army and the Baibo Army (both remnants of the Yellow Turbans) rebelled in the Central Plains, and the Huns and Wuhuan (ethnic minorities) rebelled on the northern border. Uprisings in Jiangxia, Wuling, and Changsha came one after another, so the Eastern Han Dynasty did not send reinforcements to Liangzhou until November [-].They had to reactivate the famous general Huangfusong as the commander in chief, and at the same time named Dong Zhuo as the former general to fight together.Huangfusong used the strategy of exhausting the enemy to defeat the enemy in February [-] in the Battle of Chencang, and the threat on the western front was temporarily lifted.

This passage was lackluster, and Liu Xie was also impatient to hear it.He is also a normal and emotional person, so naturally he does not want to hear about the corrupt and incompetent history of the Eastern Han regime. If possible, he would prefer to watch an episode of "Pleasant Goat", at least it will have a happy ending in the end.But just as he was about to end this boring conversation, Dong Zhuo's tone gradually turned cold, which woke Liu Xie up in an instant.

Because, here, it is no longer the family history of how Dong Zhuo accumulated strength.His psychological journey has been completely completed, and the following story has been replaced by the experience of Dong Zhuo, a frontier general who holds military power, fighting wits and courage with the court!

"After several years of hard work, a certain family finally has a little bit of strength in their hands. But your majesty doesn't know that at this time, the court began to worry that a certain family would not be able to lose their fortunes. When the situation in Liangzhou tended to improve, they were thinking of a dead dog. The first plan they thought of was to enlist a certain family as the young mansion of the imperial court! Hahaha... If it was a few years in the morning, a certain family would definitely follow, but at this time the court thought of rewarding the heroes, it is not too late Is it? What's more, this is a poison wrapped in fragrant bait!"

Shaofu is one of the "Nine Ministers" of the imperial court. He is a very big official, but he has no military power, and only controls some imperial items of the emperor.This Dong Zhuo naturally saw clearly: As a frontier warrior, what is his own strength?It's the army!Once the military power is handed over, wouldn't it be the same as what happened to Lu Zhi and Huang Fusong?Witnessing the ineptitude and corruption of the Eastern Han court, Dong Zhuo no longer had any confidence in the court, nor any loyalty at all. The only thing he could do was how to protect the interests of himself and his subordinates in troubled times.

"Therefore, the Grand Master's request for resignation is not for a price, but because he has completely given up?" Liu Xie asked knowingly, this is not nonsense, but a means of retreat.Because he has a feeling that what he wants to know will soon surface.

"That's right, a certain family submitted a letter to resign. The imperial court has been devastated by the rebellion from all directions, but it still wants to deprive a certain family of its military power. It's a ridiculous thing in the world!" Dong Zhuo said frankly, and Liu Xie was dumbfounded by what he said.This was not because of Dong Zhuo's transformation, but because he could not have imagined that the Eastern Han regime at that time was so rotten that even a general who was still in the imperial court in name was powerless.

Two months later, Emperor Ling, Liu Xie's father, was seriously ill and wanted to confiscate Dong Zhuo's military power. He learned the lesson from last time and played tricks, appointing Dong Zhuo as Bingzhou Mu and asked him to give the soldiers to Huangfusong.This time Dong Zhuo was a little moved. Although he had a foundation in Liangzhou, he did not have a legitimate scope of rule. Zhou Mu was in charge of the military and political power of a state, so he could easily expand his power.However, he also knew in his heart that he had no foundation in Bingzhou. Even if he was appointed by the imperial court as the prefect, he might still find it difficult to gain a foothold. At this time, it would be easy for the imperial court to plot against him.

Dong Zhuo is a man of strategy, so he thought of a perfect plan and wrote to the court saying: It is fine to let me go to Bingzhou, but I must bring my own soldiers.At this time, Dong Zhuo had already started bargaining with the court, and in his mind the court had no prestige at all.

At that time, Dong Zhuo had 2 soldiers in his hands, and 3000 of his cronies were the elites of all battles in the world. With these [-] men, Dong Zhuo took them on the road without waiting for the approval of the court, but he did not arrive. Bingzhou, but stationed in Hedong County, north of Luoyang, to observe the changes in the current situation and wait for the opportunity to grab greater benefits.

At this time, his younger brother Dong Min was serving as the captain of Fengche in the court, and he was secretly told about the conflicts and struggles among the eunuchs, relatives, and scholar-bureaucrats in the court and the news that Emperor Ling was about to die.Dong Zhuo clearly understood that this would be a great opportunity to win the government. As a warrior, he wanted to open up a road that no one had ever walked before, and it was also a road that no one in this era dared to think about.

It just so happened that He Jin's imperial edict arrived at this time, announcing him to enter the capital, it was pie in the sky - so that he could pass through the gates outside the capital in a legitimate way, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and immediately set out on the road.And as he and his three thousand elites stepped into Luoyang, the situation in the world changed, and the fate of the Han Dynasty was strangled by him in his hands...

(End of this chapter)