"However, since Dong Zhuo has the courage to usurp the government, he must be well prepared."
"First of all, the Liangzhou army led by Dong Zhuo is known for its fierceness and fighting prowess. Its combat effectiveness is astonishing. Once there is a fight with the imperial army, it will not necessarily be defeated."
"Secondly, although the imperial army has a large number of people, it has lost its "backbone" since He Jin was killed. The generals are suspicious of each other, making it difficult to fight together."
"Third, Dong Zhuo is cunning by nature, likes to bluff, and can often get out of adversity through intrigues."
"Dong Zhuo knew very well that "a soldier never tires of deceit", so as soon as he entered the city, he boasted about his strength to the emperor and courtiers, claiming that tens of thousands of Liangzhou soldiers and horses would enter Luoyang in a short period of time."
"In order to prove that what he said was true, Dong Zhuo secretly sent 3,000 troops to leave Luoyang at night every four or five days, waiting for the next morning to enter the city with great fanfare, creating an illusion to outsiders that the Liangzhou Army In the endless stream of arrivals. The emperor and his ministers of the Han Dynasty "seeing is believing", it is inevitable that they will feel fear."
"Of course, these little tricks alone are not enough to achieve success, and once the secret is exposed, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, while Dong Zhuo created the illusion that Liangzhou troops were entering Luo one after another, he also stepped up his efforts to annex He Jin's old troops."
"Attacked He Jin's party and squeezed out many of Yuan Shao's generals. Some opponents were too powerful, so they bribed the other party's people to use counterintuitive tactics. This is why Lu Bu was recruited by Dong Zhuo and recognized his godson. In this battle, Dong Zhuo recruited A large number of troops surrendered, and his power expanded rapidly, becoming the most powerful person inside and outside Luoyang."
"The Young Emperor of the Han Dynasty also made him prime minister because of snobbery, but Dong Zhuo was more ambitious and this power could not satisfy his appetite. Dong Zhuo decided to follow Huo Guang's example and establish prestige and arbitrarily rule the government by deposing the emperor. Things went very smoothly, and the Manchu Dynasty The civil and military forces were so intimidated by his power that no one dared to stand up and express opposition except Shangshu Lu Zhi who stood up to defend him."
"In the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bian, the young emperor of the Han Dynasty who had been on the throne for less than five months, was deposed by Dong Zhuo. King Chenliu Liu Xie came to the throne as the emperor of Han Dynasty."
"After Liu Xie ascended the throne, Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself Prime Minister and Grand Master, and arbitrarily controlled the military and state affairs, becoming the "Uncrowned Emperor" of the Han Dynasty."
"Dong Zhuo's various perverse actions after he came to power aroused the joint condemnation of the governors of Guandong Prefecture, and the chaos of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty began."
"The turmoil of the times also gave local powerful people the opportunity to rise. They initially relied on their own financial resources to organize their own armed forces to defend their homes, and later gradually evolved into princes with soldiers and horses, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei and others. They came to prominence in this context. Since the imperial court did not cultivate political affairs, it was powerless to deal with such a situation. Instead, they were needed to maintain local stability."
"In the later stages of the development of local tycoons, they gradually divided into two camps: the gentry and the poor. Among them, the gentry had an advantage in land and power, and therefore had the power to monopolize the top levels of the government, forming the special gentry politics during the Three Kingdoms and Two Jin Dynasties."
"After Cao Cao emerged, he prepared to summon heroes from all walks of life to attack Dong Zhuo. From then on, Cao Cao's campaign officially began."
"It's a pity that Dong Zhuo did not die in the hands of Cao Cao, but was killed by his own people."
"After Dong Zhuo gained power, his selfish desires expanded day by day, and his life became licentious. Situ Wangyun saw that the government was corrupt, so he planned to use alienation tactics to get rid of Dong Zhuo."
"He first promised Diaochan to Dong Zhuo's adopted son, Lu Bu, and then gave Diaochan to Dong Zhuo. As a result, the conflict between the two arose."
"At this time, Wang Yun took the opportunity to win over Lü Bu again and prepared for the assassination. On the way to attend a banquet, Dong Zhuo met Li Su who came to assassinate him. In panic, Dong Zhuo fell off his horse. At the same time, Lü Bu, who was accompanying him, took the opportunity to assassinate him. The halberd stabbed Dong Zhuo. Only then did Dong Zhuo realize that Lu Bu had betrayed him, so he cursed loudly. Lu Bu couldn't help but stepped forward and killed him."
"So, it can be said that Dong Zhuo's death was jointly promoted by Wang Yun and Lu Bu. They used Diao Chan to drive a wedge between Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo, and took the opportunity to win over Lu Bu. When Dong Zhuo was assassinated and fell off his horse, Lu Bu stepped forward and killed him. This is Dong Zhuo’s death. Maybe he didn’t expect that he would die at the hands of the person he trusted most in the end.”
"After Dong Zhuo was killed, he originally thought that the world would be in peace for a while. However, because Wang Yun did not handle the problem of the Liangzhou Army correctly, Dong Zhuo's old Liangzhou Army rebelled and attacked Chang'an City. As a result, Chang'an was captured and he regained control. The Liangzhou army led by Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou ruled the court more brutally than Dong Zhuo, and the world fell into chaos again."
"After Dong Zhuo's death, the world became more and more chaotic. This was because other forces saw that the emperor could no longer control the situation and they had a chance. So they all rebelled."
"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes were fighting for hegemony, and wars broke out all over the world. Until Cao Cao went south and launched the Battle of Chibi..."
"The Battle of Chibi is a classic of famous battles in later generations. It is an example of the weak defeating the strong and the few defeating the many. It can be said to be a household name. It is mainly because Sun Quan and Liu Bei jointly attacked Cao Cao. Cao Cao's army was defeated, and the world was basically shaped."
"After Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao and unified the north, he sent his army southward with the intention of unifying the whole country. Driven by his ambition, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 people from Jiangling eastward along the river to Xiakou, where Liu Bei's army was stationed."
"After Liu Bei received this news, he knew that he alone was unable to resist Cao's army. If something happened to him, Wu would not survive. Because of this, Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang to Sun Quan in Jiangdong to discuss the matter of joint resistance against Cao."
"Sun Quan in Jiangdong understood that if Liu Bei's army failed, Jiangdong would not be safe, so he agreed to send generals Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others to lead an army of 30,000 to fight against Cao's army with Liu Bei, and the two armies formed an alliance."
"Cao Cao's army met Sun and Liu's coalition forces at Chibi, and faced Sun and Liu's coalition forces across the river."
"The army in the north was not good at water warfare. Knowing this shortcoming, Cao Cao ordered the warships to be chained together with iron ropes so that the soldiers could walk on the ship as if they were walking on flat ground. However, this created an opportunity for the Sun and Liu coalition forces to use fire attacks. .”
"Cao Cao originally wanted to use his superior strength to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, but now he is in a situation of being passively beaten. On the contrary, the coalition forces of Sun and Liu have high morale, actively seek battle, and prepare for fire attacks."
"Zhou Yu thought that he could use fire to attack Cao's army, but he needed the east wind. The east wind is a natural phenomenon on the Yangtze River. Zhou Yu and Huang Gai, who had been practicing naval warfare there for a long time, knew very well when the east wind would blow up. They cleverly seized the opportunity. Fighter, "If you want to defeat Duke Cao, you must attack with fire. Everything is ready, all you need is the east wind." ""
