Chapter 259 Dong Zhongying 1

Ten miles outside Luoyang City, there is a huge military camp.

"Lord, Zhang Baiqi led him to escape to Hongnong City." A tall but thin Confucian man said to the man beside him who thought he was slightly rich and ugly, and his words were quite respectful.

"Huh, escape, can he escape? It was rumored that Hua Xiong, Li Su led 20,000 iron horses to kill him for me," the rich man said contemptuously.

"The lord is not allowed, then Hongnong City is a strong city. If Zhang Bai rode to defend the city, the cavalry could not do anything about him." The Confucian man hurriedly advised.

"Wenyou, do you have a plan?" The rich man nodded and asked.

The Confucian man pondered for a moment and said, "Lord, I have a plan to make the master achieve great things. I don't know if the lord would like to listen to it?" The Confucian man smiled mysteriously and said to the rich man.

The rich man nodded hurriedly, and the Confucian man said a few words in his ear. As soon as the rich man heard it, his eyes lit up, as if he had seen a beautiful woman.

"I don't know what the master thinks," the man named Wen You asked with a faint smile.

The rich man nodded, and there was a trace of sadness between his eyebrows. He asked, "Wen You, although this is very good, if there is a slight deviation, our Dong family will suffer a disaster."

Wen's superior head said, "It's not like this. As long as we occupy the Hulao Pass in the east, the Fenshui Pass, the Wu Pass in the south, the Hangu Pass in the west, and the Tong Pass. These five passes are the heroes of the world. Besides, we still have 50,000 troops in Hedong, which can be reinforcements." The son talked, as if he were confident.

When the rich man heard this, he was indeed like this. He hesitated for a moment and said to Wen You, "Even so, then Wen You should act accordingly. Remember, only success is allowed, not failure is allowed." The man's eyes showed greedy and firm eyes.

"Your father-in-law can rest assured that the son-in-law will do his best to help his father-in-law achieve his ideal," Wen You said solemnly.

"Well, I have great things to do, hahahaha," the rich man said proudly.

It turned out that this person was not someone else but Dong Zhuo, the governor of Hedong who was ordered to enter the Sili to eliminate the Yellow Turban Army. The man named Wen You just now was his son-in-law and his confidant, Li Ru.

Dong Zhuo (? - May 22, 1922), courtesy name Zhong Ying, a native of Lintao, Longxi (now Min County, Gansu Province).

Dong Zhuo was born in a rich local family. At that time, Min County was a remote area, adjacent to the residence of the northwest Qiang people. Dong Zhuo has been a good man since he was a child, and when he was a teenager, he has formed a kind of indulgent, wild and fierce character. In historical books, Dong Zhuo is "less chivalrous, tasted in Qiang" and "rough and resourceful".

When Dong Zhuo was young, he traveled to the residence of the Qiang people. Relying on the strong origin and rich assets of the landlord, he often interacted with the chiefs of the Qiang tribe.

Dong Zhuo is not only strong and strong, but also proficient in martial arts, riding a horse, and can shoot left and right with two shoes, bows and arrows. His savage and fierce character and strong physique made the local people afraid of him. Not only did the villagers dare not dare to provoke him, but also the surrounding Qiang people did not dare to neglect him at all.

In order to protect himself, Hao Shuai, the leader of the Qiang clan, tried his best to cater to Dong Zhuo and become friendly with him for the time being. Local handsome men often come to visit with a large number of livestock and belongings and call Dong Zhuo brothers.

He is very familiar with the situation there. Seeing that the Qiang people are so in awe of himself, he thought about how to use and control them, cultivate and accept Luo's cronies among the Qiang people, and lay the foundation for his future long-term development.

Therefore, under the ambition, Dong Zhuo did not hesitate to spend his family property. Whenever the Qiang man came to his home as a guest, he killed cattle and sheep to entertain the Qiang man to gain their support and support for him.

On the one hand, Qiang people are afraid of Dong Zhuo's fierceness, and on the other hand, they feel Dong Zhuo's "grandoty", so they all belong to him and are willing to listen to his deployment. Once, when a Qiang man saw that Dong Zhuo's cattle and sheep were few left, he rushed thousands of cows from far away and gave them to Dong Zhuo.

In addition to making friends with Qiang people, Dong Zhuo also pays attention to maintaining his position and influence among the local heroes. With his extraordinary talent, he has won over and annexed other forces and constantly consolidated and expanded his strength.

He often plays the role of a Ranger hero and enjoys the reputation of "jianxia" in the local area. At the same time, Dong Zhuo also collected a large number of frustrated and depressed scoundrels. They were moved by Dong Zhuo's righteousness and followed him all the time.

At that time, Dong Zhuo served as a state soldier and horse, responsible for leading troops to patrol the frontier fortress and maintaining local security. In this way, Dong Zhuo laid a solid foundation for his future development by controlling more Qiang people. For a while, Dong Zhuo became a famous figure in Longxi. Whether in the government or the people, Dong Zhuo has a pivotal position.

With the continuous expansion of his power and the rise of his status, Dong Zhuo seems to be no longer satisfied with the reputation of remote and powerful, believing that he needs a broader political space. Therefore, he began to accumulate further strength and wait for the opportunity to develop.

Soon, the Eastern Han Dynasty was eager to solve the Xiqiang problem. This is an extremely important development opportunity for Dong Zhuo. The Xiqiang issue has always been the most difficult national problem of the Eastern Han government: since 108 A.D. (the second year of Yongchu), the Qiang people have continuously launched rebellions, covering a wide range and lasting for a long time.

During the reign of Emperor Huan of Han, the Xiqiang problem was not only not calmed down at all, but also became more powerful. The Qiang people could not bear the cruel exploitation and oppression of local officials in the Han Dynasty, constantly killing Han officials and occupying prefectures and counties.

In the face of the resistance of the Qiang people, the Eastern Han government, which was worried about internal and external troubles, had no choice but to seek help from the local tyrants and wanted to use their strength to alleviate the Western Qiang crisis. At that time, local officials in Longxi, who knew Dong Zhuo's details, tried their best to recommend Dong Zhuo to the court.

In 167 AD (Ten Years of Yanxi, * First Year), Dong Zhuo served as Yulin Lang and was in charge of the Yulin Army of Yuan County (Hanyang, Longxi, Anding, Bedi, Shangjun, Xihe). Soon, he was promoted to Sima and followed Zhang Xuan, a general of Zhonglang, to fight against the rebellious Qiang people in Bingzhou.

In the war, Dong Zhuo tried his best to show himself, giving full play to his brave and strong advantages, fighting vertically and left and right. Due to his outstanding record, he was promoted to Langzhong, and later to the magistrate of Guangwu (present-day Dai County of Shanxi Province) and the northern governor (official name of the southwest of Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province) , Xu of the Western Regions has been a lieutenant (official name in charge of the affairs of various ethnic groups in the west) and has been visiting the assassin of Bingzhou and the governor of Hedong.

At this point, Dong Zhuo can be said to be flat. However, after serving as a general, he was defeated in a war to suppress the Yellow Turban Army, was dismissed, and demoted back to Longxi.

In the winter of 184 (the first year of Zhongping), the thieves in Beidi County rebelled, supported the Qiang Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou as generals, and killed the captain of Qiang Leng Zheng. Later, Bo Yu and Li Wenhou hijacked the Han people Bianzhang and Han Sui in Jincheng (now northwest Lanzhou City, Gansu Province).

In the continuous annexation war, Bian Zhang and Han Sui's forces increased rapidly. They not only killed Chen Yi, the governor of Jincheng, but also led a large army in the second year of Zhongping in the name of crusade against eunuchs, "entering the three assistants and invaded the garden mausoleum."

At the critical juncture of the overthrow of the Eastern Han regime, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty hurriedly used and conscripted almost all the elite soldiers to resist the attacks of Bianzhang and Han Sui. Therefore, Dong Zhuo was relocated to the general and defeated generals. He led more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry troops in Meiyang (now north of Wugong County, Yongzhou) to guard the garden mausoleum.

At that time, Bian Zhang and Han Sui also entered Meiyang. The two armies faced each other on the first day of confrontation. Due to the fierceness and vigorous morale of the Qiang soldiers, the government army led by Dong Zhuo was hit and the situation was unfavorable.

Zhang Wen and others were anxious for fear of the court's condemnation, but Dong Zhuo looked comfortable and comforted them: "Although we are at a disadvantage now, as long as we wait for the opportunity to stabilize our emotions, we will definitely repel the enemy. If even our generals are panicked, it will certainly shake the hearts of the army and create opportunities for the enemy to attack us!"

Sure enough, as Dong Zhuo expected, one night in mid-November, the bright moon was in the sky and the stars were brilliant. Because the two sides of the war have been in a state of tension against each other, all the soldiers, except for the sentries responsible for their own vigilance, have been exhausted by the war.