At the critical moment when the Eastern Han Dynasty faced overthrow, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty activated and recruited almost all the elite troops to resist the attacks of Bian Zhang and Han Sui.
As a result, Dong Zhuo was reassigned to General Zhonglang and paid homage to General Polu. Together with Sikong Zhang Wen, Zhijin Wu Yuan Pang, Dang Kou General Zhou Shen, etc., he led more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry troops to station troops in Meiyang to guard the garden tomb.
Of course, the Yuan family also arranged for the spy.
The Yuan family did not trust Dong Zhuo too much.
Dong Zhuo, due to his outstanding performance in fighting against Bian Zhang and Han Sui, was soon granted the title of Marquis of Taixiang.
Dong Zhuo made many meritorious deeds in his continuous battles with the Qiang and Hu, and was once again rewarded by the court and worshiped as a former general. Later, the Yuan family felt that Dong Zhuo's power was too great, so they suggested to Emperor Ling that he move Dong Zhuo to the post of Shaofu.
However, Li Ru woke up Dong Zhuo and understood the court's intention, so he reported that the soldiers had been in love with each other for a long time. They loved the kindness of the ministers and livestock, worked hard for the ministers once they were ordered, and begged the generals to Beizhou, but their service was declining. He declined politely and refused to take up his post.
At this point, Dong Zhuo's warlord gradually took shape, forming a mixed army with Xiliang soldiers as the main body and mixed with Hu and Qiang people, especially in terms of cavalry.
Absorbing a large number of nomadic fighting methods, coupled with the sophisticated ordnance of the Han Dynasty, in the process of constantly invading the border areas, the Qiang people accumulated many veterans with rich war experience and became a powerful team at this time. , that is, Xiliang Iron Cavalry.
As Dong Zhuo continued to be promoted, his power expanded rapidly.
Both Emperor Ling and the Yuan family felt that Dong Zhuo was too big to lose. In order to contain Dong Zhuo, Emperor Ling and the Yuan family reached an agreement. They summoned Dong Zhuo and appointed him as Bingzhou Mu, hoping that in exchange, Dong Zhuo's troops would be subordinated to him. Huangfu Song came to dismantle Dong Zhuo's power.
However, at this time, Dong Zhuo was not willing to hand over his military power, so he immediately led his troops and stationed in Hedong.
It officially became a local warlord force that listened to orders but not propaganda. At the same time, it waited and watched the situation in the court.
Before Emperor Ling could continue to attack Dong Zhuo's forces, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty himself could not hold on and died.
Then again, the harem fought for power, the new emperor took office, and the matter was put on hold.
In 189, Luoyang, the Yuan family took action against the eunuchs.
This night is a sleepless night for many people. Yuan Wei drove all his servants out.
Alone in the study, I laid out the chessboard and slowly placed the pieces. After a while, the end game of the game was already placed on the chessboard. Yuan Wei was influenced by his brother, Yuan Feng.
I also prefer this way. Once upon a time, the two brothers would often sit and talk to each other, regardless of winning or losing.
There is only the friendship between brothers. When Yuan Wei faced this endgame, his old eyes were filled with a little glimmer of water.
This game is the last game between him and his brother Yuan Feng, the unfinished game, and he wants to finish it today.
That night happened to be the time when the disaster of Party imprisonment was launched. At that time, the entire city of Luoyang will be lit up with flames all night long.
The soldiers and armor roared and roared. I don't know how many of them were literati. Their families were broken and their bodies were in different places. That night, Yuan Wei and Yuan Feng, with their hearts pounding, forced themselves to remain calm and sat facing each other, fighting in the hall, waiting for the unpredictable verdict.
Fortunately, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not agree with the eunuch's handling of Yuan Feng, and the Yuan family was spared.
But later, although his elder brother Yuan Feng was not dismissed from office, he was also implicated for a while, and he was unable to recover from the fall, which eventually led to his death due to depression.
Since then, Yuan Wei had hated eunuchs deeply, but what he had no choice was that the eunuchs had overwhelming power at that time, so Yuan Wei could only endure it.
At the same time, the Yuan family also formulated a plan to slay the dragon.
Tonight is the same, just like that time, Luoyang is filled with fire and soldiers are running around, but the difference is that the person whose head fell to the ground this time is an arrogant eunuch.
Years of planning have finally reached the final stage.
There was no hatred between Yuan Wei and He Jin. Strictly speaking, the upper class of the noble family usually would hate their relatives to death if they could, but they did not really regard their relatives as life and death enemies.
