#War Storm #How luxurious was Dong Zhuo's peak lineup? Two top strategists, three marshals, and more than ten fierce generals (Part 2)
The peak lineup, many fierce players to help
The reason why Dong Zhuo was able to defeat the invincible hands of all the princes was that in addition to his own excellent political ability, his strong military strength was not unrelated to his strong military strength at that time.
At that time, Dong Zhuo could be said to be in control of the most elite army in the entire imperial court at that time, and there were countless powerful strategists and fierce generals under his hands.
Among them, the most famous are the two top strategists who stirred up the court' turmoil, the three marshals who were brave and strategic, and more than a dozen fierce generals who were fierce and mighty.
The first is the two strategists who stirred up the political situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty court, Jia Xu and Li Ru.
Jia Xu was originally from a filial piety background, and when he was still under Dong Zhuo, he had twice defeated Cao Cao.
Later, he submitted to Cao Cao and made a lot of merits for him, such as when the Guanzhong coalition army held Weinan, he used a divisive plan to make Ma Chao and Han Sui collapse into an army and take the Guanzhong region in one fell swoop.
In addition, Jia Xu was also a very far-sighted person, and when Cao Cao chose an heir, he supported Cao Pi, and after Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he also treated Jia Xu with courtesy.
If dong zhuo was to blackmail tianzi to order the princes and poison the empress dowager, then his second top strategist, Li Ru, would not hesitate to let go.
Although Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's subordinate, he was also one of the langzhong of Liu Jie, the King of Hongnong at that time.
After Dong Zhuo's dictatorship wanted to get rid of Empress He and The Debater, he sent Li Ru to the palace to do it, and he personally poisoned his former superior, Liu Debate.
Li Ru was also quite a general, and when Lü Bu assassinated Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo sent Li Ru out to defend against Lü Bu's soldiers and horses.
Secondly, we must talk about Dong Zhuo's three marshals - Xu Rong, Gao Shun, and Zhang Liao, and it is precisely because of these three fierce generals that Dong Zhuo can have the confidence to look at the world at his peak.
In the description of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Rong rode a war horse to fight Xiahou Huan for several rounds, and was finally beheaded under his horse, but in fact he did not die at the hands of Xiahou Huan.
Moreover, as one of Dong Zhuo's three fierce generals, his strength should not be underestimated, in the Battle of Bishui, he led his troops to bravely defeat the pursuers of Cao Cao and others, and also made great achievements in the Battle of Liangdong, defeating Sun Jian's troops, which shows the strength of Xu Rong's military strength.
Gao Shun was a general under Lü Bu's account, and Lü Bu was already brave and fierce, and many descendants used "Lü Bu among men, red rabbits in horses" to describe a person's bravery, which shows how brave and good Lü Bu was at that time.
Lü Bu was Dong Zhuo's adopted son, and although the two turned against each other in the later period, he also exerted a lot of strength for Dong Zhuo's hegemony, so Gao Shun could also be counted as a general under Dong Zhuo.
According to historical records, Gao Shun was innocent and majestic, and very loyal, and the troops he led were the elite of the elite, known as the "trapped camp".
He followed Lü Bu on his southern expedition to the north, and everywhere he went, he was invincible, and when Liu Bei and Yuan Shu were engaged in huaishui, he took advantage of his lack of preparation to capture Liu Bei's base of pi.
Later, Lü Bu's subordinate Hemeng attacked Xia Pi with rebels instigated by Yuan Shu, and Gao Shun quickly found the traitor and beheaded Hemeng. It can be seen that Gao Shun is really a rare good general.
The third marshal, Zhang Liao, can be said to be a famous general at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he has changed hands many times, participated in countless battles, and anecdotal allusions about him have been passed down to this day.
For example, "Zhang Liao stops crying" refers to Zhang Liao's bravery and good fighting.
In the Battle of Hefei in 215 AD, Sun Quan led an army of 100,000 and many Eastern Wu generals to attack Hefei, and at that time, Zhang Liao only led 800 men and horses directly to the front of the commander's line, almost captured Sun Quan alive, after which Zhang Liao's reputation in Jiangdong was greatly shocked, and many people in Jiangdong also used Zhang Liao's name to scare crying children, and the allusion of "Zhang Liao stop crying" was also derived.
Dong Zhuo, as a generation of tyrants at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, as a figure who controlled the situation of the dynasty and blackmailed the heavenly son to make the princes, and at his peak, he could shake the situation in the world, and his success was not unrelated to his outstanding ability and courage as a politician, and the strong talent team under his hands.
Two top strategists, three-yuan generals, and dozens of brave generals, Dong Zhuo's men were full of talents, no wonder he was unmatched at his peak.
