During the period when Sun Quan was "resting" in Luyang City,
Jiangdong's army was so high-spirited and unstoppable that Dong Zhuo's army was retreating steadily. Even if Sun Quan had not actively paid attention to the battle situation, the steady stream of good news coming back from the front line would always reach his ears. This made Sun Quan couldn't help but have an illusion, that is, under the influence of his butterfly effect, the world does not need the Kwantung Allied Forces at all. Sun Jian alone can drive Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang? !
This idea made Sun Quan smile bitterly. Although from the perspective of the family, this was very pleasing to Sun Quan, but without his help, or in other words, without his "trouble", Jiangdong Army was progressing so smoothly. For Sun Quan, It can be considered a blow. Stimulated by this, Sun Quan almost wanted to run out and fight with swords in the world and become a martial arts hero.
In life, you don’t want to reach the top, but you want to live happily!
Against this background,
Another major event happened in the Han Dynasty.
Luoyang, Dong Zhuo's camp. When Dong Zhuo first took over Luoyang, Cao Cao, one of the important figures who successfully recruited him, fled Luoyang alone because he failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo.
For this reason, Dong Zhuo was furious. I don't know whether he was frightened or not. Dong Zhuo sent a large number of manpower to hunt down Cao Cao and offered a high reward. Just like Sun Jian was a model outside, Cao Cao was a model within Dong Zhuo's camp, making Dong Zhuo fearful. Dong Zhuo was afraid that under the influence of Cao Cao's incident, countless people would secretly rebel. Under internal and external troubles, the entire camp seemed to be on the verge of collapse. There is no other way. Even if he loses the battle against Sun Jian outside, he can retreat no matter what happens. But if he is assassinated inside, Dong Zhuo's own life will be lost if someone succeeds!
Just like Cao Cao this time, Dong Zhuo thought he was pretty good to Cao Cao, and even wanted to seduce Cao Cao as his confidant. As a result, when Dong Zhuo was completely defenseless against Cao Cao, Cao Cao, a "rebellious boy", almost killed him. killed! Do you think Dong Zhuo was surprised? Do you think Dong Zhuo is angry? Cao Cao is like this, but what about the other people Dong Zhuo originally suspected? Moreover, Cao Cao is like this, what about the other people who were originally similar to Cao Cao?
In the past, Dong Zhuo only felt the huge benefits brought by power, so he could act unscrupulously in Luoyang, almost abandoning the etiquette of Confucius and Mencius. It was only now that Dong Zhuo discovered the sequelae of power. It was so cold at a high place. In this position, you couldn't trust anyone. You were walking on thin ice. You couldn't even sleep well every day, for fear that someone would harm you again. Just like Cao Cao later, suspicion is not innate. If you are in that position and encounter several rebellions and assassinations, you will become paranoid even if you are not suspicious!
All in all, regardless of the background and reasons for Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo, it has really happened. In the eyes of ordinary people who were widely tortured by Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao was a man of lofty ideals. He joined Dong Zhuo's camp just to be an undercover agent from the beginning. Cao Cao was a hero, comparable to Jing Ke in ancient times! But in the eyes of many big families, they don't think so. Although it is possible to judge a gentleman with a villain's heart, those people generally believe that Cao Cao was aware of current affairs when he surrendered to Dong Zhuo, and this assassination and betrayal of Dong Zhuo was also aware of current affairs. , Cao Cao, within Dong Zhuo's camp, had already seen the crisis in Dong Zhuo's camp, so he went out to assassinate Dong Zhuo in order to echo Sun Jian who was outside.
At first glance, it may seem like a big risk, but have you ever thought that when Sun Jian really comes and defeats Dong Zhuo, will Cao Cao still be able to survive as the villain who took refuge with Dong Zhuo? !
This is how a large number of people in power view Cao Cao. To put it harshly, Cao Cao is just a wallflower and a real villain. Of course, this is also related to Cao Cao's origin. Cao Cao is a descendant of eunuchs, a turbulent sect rather than a pure stream. From the beginning, these self-proclaimed nobles looked at Cao Cao with colored glasses. They would have such thoughts, that is, Not surprising anymore.
However, whether Cao Cao is noble or despicable is not important at present, because in the eyes of most people, today's Cao Cao is just like today's Sun Quan, just an insignificant little person. What these big shots care more about is the meaning behind Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo!
Cao Cao, the "villain" who has been staying inside Dong Zhuo, has already seen that Dong Zhuo is in trouble. It seems that he can really respond to Yuan Shao's help and rebel against Dong!
If Sun Jian's victory stabilized the hearts of anti-Dong people, then Cao Cao's actions can be said to be the trigger for the formation of the anti-Dong coalition.
Therefore, when Cao Cao, with the help of Chen Gong, successfully escaped from Dong Zhuo's forces outside the pass, Yuan Shao immediately secretly helped his former friend Cao Cao, and hinted that Cao Cao would come forward, initiate a rebellion, issue a proclamation, and call on the heroes of the world to fight together. Dong Zhuo!
This is the routine of the Yuan family, a wealthy family. Yuan Shao wants to be the leader of the alliance, but he can't say it himself. Therefore, this alliance must be initiated and established by others, and then others recommend him, Yuan Shao, to be the leader of the alliance. Only then is it logical. Therefore, Yuan Shao approached Cao Cao. It was most appropriate for Cao Cao, who had just returned from assassinating Dong Zhuo, to do this. Cao Cao knew that Yuan Shao was using him, but he was happy to see it happen. After all, it was a win-win situation. Cao Cao gained great fame because of it. Moreover, he had already assassinated Dong Zhuo. If he didn't turn against Dong now, how could he wait for Dong Zhuo to come? Kill him?
It can be said that Cao Cao had no escape route at all. Even if Yuan Shao did not come to him, Cao Cao would raise a rebel army to defect to Sun Jian. However, Yuan Shao appeared at this time, and Cao Cao obviously preferred Yuan Shao, whom he was familiar with, to Sun Jian, who was unfamiliar to him. Moreover, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu were already married, and Sun Quan was Yuan Wei's disciple. There was not much difference between the Sun family and the Yuan family.
No matter what, when Cao Cao raised the banner of anti-Dong, the whole world (Kandong region) responded. People who don't know may think that Dong Zhuo is so unpopular with the people that all these princes hold their breath and rebel against Dong. In fact, it is the result of secret contacts between Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. In fact, Dong Zhuo did not take power for a long time, and the local tycoons in Luoyang did suffer widely from it. However, Dong Zhuo's hand has not reached as far as Guandong, and the people in Guandong still suffered more from the Yellow Turbans.
But the people in ancient times didn't know much about national affairs. The local officials would make a fuss about it if they exaggerated it. For a time, there was no one in the entire Kanto region who did not take a stand, including those who had not appeared in the coalition lineup in history, such as Liu Biao and Tao Qian. Although they did not send troops, they actually sent food and grass.
At this time, no one thought that Dong Zhuo would be the opponent of the entire Kwantung Allied Forces!
Unfortunately, what no one knows is that the anti-Dong coalition created by Cao Cao and Yuan Shao stimulated Sun Jian. Sun Jian was the first prince to oppose Dong. Do you think he might not join the "big family" that opposed Dong? After all, everyone is holding the flag of justice. If you don't join, it means you have selfish motives and your motives are not pure. But if Sun Jian joins, can he be the alliance leader? cannot! Sun Jian knew very well that in politics, he was no match for that group of people.
Therefore, in Sun Jian's eyes, this is no longer the icing on the cake, but simply stealing the fruits of his labor!
Sun Jian was unable to express his suffering and was angry, so for a while, he took radical measures. That is to speed up the progress, take advantage of the power of this victory, and before the Kwantung Allied Forces gather, go straight to Huanglong, break through Luoyang, and destroy Dong Zhuo!
