When the princes were fighting for Dong, the so-called coalition army for Dong was actually mostly a rabble.
Under the counterattack of Dong Zhuojun, all the Dong troops were defeated.
However, Sun Jian's army was able to defeat Dong Zhuo in succession and attack Luoyang in one fell swoop.
This Sun Jian, why is he so strong?
A vulnerable coalition army
After the formation of the alliance against Dong, the coalition army organized a three-line encirclement of Dong Zhuo in the north, east and south.
On the northern front, Yuan Shao and Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang were stationed in Hebei County north of Luoyang, and Han Fu stayed in Yecheng to supply military rations for Yuan Shao;
On the eastern front, Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Bao Xin and Cao Cao gathered more than 100,000 troops to enter the sour jujube east of Zhaluoyang, and Kong Ling was stationed in Yingchuan;
On the southern route, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian were stationed in Luyang, south of Luoyang.
Although there are many soldiers and horses, most of them are rabble, and they can't block Dong Zhuo's blow.
Dong Zhuo first made a move on the northern front.
At that time, Wang Kuang, the Taishou of Hanoi, led Taishan troops into Xiaopingjin in an attempt to cross the Yellow River and attack Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo crossed Pingyin with suspicious soldiers, and the elite soldiers secretly crossed from Xiaopingjin to the north, and after bypassing Wang Kuang's side, he broke Wang Kuang on the north bank of the ferry. Wang Kuang's army was almost completely wiped out.
Immediately, on the Eastern Front, Dong Zhuojun fought with Cao Cao again.
Cao Cao was also defeated, almost the entire army was wiped out, and even he almost lost his life.
Many friends think that Cao Cao is a lone army, with a huge disparity in troops, and even defeated with 3,000 enemies and 100,000, but in fact, this is not the case.
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It can be seen from this that Cao Cao's troops gathered about 20,000 cavalry (in addition to Cao Cao's headquarters, most of them were Bao Xin's troops and part of Zhang Miao's army), and they were not defeated by the disparity in strength, but were defeated by inferior fighting quality to their opponents!
From this point of view, Dong Zhuo's combat effectiveness of the Xiliang Army at that time was significantly higher than that of the coalition army.
This is not surprising, after all, Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou Army and Bingzhou Army are both elite divisions with rich combat experience, while the coalition forces are mostly inland armies that lack combat experience.
However... Sun Jian is an exception.
Sun Jianjun, who defeated Dong Zhuo, even frustrated
Sun Jian's department had many fierce battles with Dong Zhuojun.
1. Calmly retreat from the enemy.
Sun Jian was stationed in Luyang and prepared to attack Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo was determined to take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry to defeat Sun Jian by attacking, so he sent troops to attack Luyang.
When Dong Zhuo's cavalry arrived, Sun Jian had just finished the military parade in the east of the city, and he was drinking and laughing.
Sun Jian ordered his troops to reorganize the ranks of the army and not to act rashly.
Dong Zhuo's cavalry became more and more, Sun Jian slowly withdrew his seat, entered the city, and said to the left and right: I didn't get up immediately just now, because I was afraid that the troops would trample on each other, and you would not be able to enter the city!
Due to the neatness of Sun Jian's troops, Dong Zhuo's army did not dare to attack the city and withdrew.
As a result, Dong Zhuo's attack and operation were in vain.
2. Lost the first battle.
Immediately, Sun Jian launched an active attack.
However, in Liang County, Sun Jian encountered Xu Rong and was defeated in the battle, and Sun Jian led dozens of horsemen to break through and escape by small road.
In this battle, Zu Mao died in battle to cover Sun Jian, and Yingchuan Taishou was captured alive and put into a pot and boiled alive...
Sun Jian gathered the stragglers, continued to advance, and entered the Tunyang people.
3, the battle of the Yangren, breaking Hu Zhen and Lu Bu.
Soon, Hu Zhen and Lu Bu led 5,000 infantry to attack Sun Jian.
Lü Bu was at odds with Hu Zhen, spreading false information, deliberately misleading and frightening Hu Zhen's troops, Sun Jian led his army to attack, broke Hu Zhen, and killed the other governors Huaxiong, achieving the first victory since the war against Dong.
4. The Battle of Taigu defeated Dong Zhuo.
Subsequently, after dealing with the problem with Yuan Shu, Sun Jian refused Dong Zhuo's request to make friends and continued to march to Taigu.
Taigu is one of the eight passes in Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo personally led the army to fight.
Zhuo came out and fought with Jian among the mausoleums. Zhuo was defeated and left, but he tun the pond and gathered troops in Shaanxi. ——"Information Governance Tongjian"
As a result, Dong Zhuo, who fought in person, was still defeated by Sun Jian.
Immediately, Dong Zhuo fled, leaving Lu Bu to guard Luoyang.
Here, many friends have a misunderstanding.
After the formation of the anti-Dong Zhuo coalition army, Dong Zhuo immediately moved the Son of Heaven to Chang'an.
Therefore, many friends think that Dong Zhuo took the initiative to give up Luoyang.
In reality, this is not the case.
Dong Zhuo's move to Chang'an was out of consideration for the overall situation, and he was strategically correct and had more room for maneuver. However, Dong Zhuo did not intend to give up Luoyang easily, and he himself still presided over the battle in Luoyang for a long time.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo's withdrawal from Luoyang is directly related to being defeated by Sun Jian!
5. Defeat Lu Bu and recover Luoyang.
Enter the Xuanyang City Gate of Luoyang. hit Lu Bu even more, and Bu Fu broke away. Jian Nai swept away the temple, leveled the tombs, divided the troops to send a letter to Guguan, to Xin'an, Mianchi, in order to intercept Zhuohou. - Book of the Later Han Dynasty
Immediately, Sun Jian marched to Luoyang, defeated Lü Bu, recovered Luoyang, and cleaned the imperial tomb...
Unlike other coalition brother troops that were defeated in a row, Sun Jian marched and defeated Hu Zhen, Dong Zhuo, and Lu Bu along the way, winning consecutive battles!
Sun Jian, why is he so powerful?
The strongest commander
Among the heroes who fought against Dong Zhuo, at that time, Sun Jian was the strongest commander, and there was no one.
Prior to this, Sun Jian was already the most outstanding young general, and there was no one.
In the battle to pacify the Yellow Turbans, the outstanding young generals were mainly Sun Jian and Cao Cao.
Among them, Sun Jian's performance is even better.
Cao Cao mainly cooperated with Huangfu Song to fight, and after the success of Huangfu Song's fire attack, he cooperated with Huangfu Song to attack the Yellow Turban Army, which was regarded as following the light, and did not have a particularly outstanding performance, so he could only be regarded as a "participant".
Sun Jian is different.
In the battle against Wancheng, Sun Jian took the lead, entered the city first, and led the official army to a decisive victory!
Therefore, if Cao Cao is just a "participant", then Sun Jian is already a general who played a decisive role!
After that, Sun Jian participated in the pacification of the Liangzhou Rebellion.
At that time, Sun Jian was the commander of Zhang Wen's military service.
Sun Jian saw the weakness of the enemy army at that time, and asked for the division of 10,000 troops to him, cut off the enemy's food route and then break the enemy, but was refused, and the official army was defeated...
Subsequently, Sun Jian persuaded Zhang Wen to behead Dong Zhuo with military justice, but he was rejected again...
Judging from the performance of the battle in Pingliangzhou, Sun Jian is already a commander with great strategy and vision!
Later, Sun Jian entered Hunan again and participated in the operation to quell the rebellion of the Xingxing Rebellion, and once again took charge of himself and quelled the rebellion.
It can be said that Sun Jian is already a talented general who can take charge of himself!
In terms of military achievements and experience, Sun Jian is not a grade ahead at all compared to a son-in-law like Yuan Shao, as well as celebrities like Kong Ling and Zhang Miao!
A backbone force with rich experience and growth in bloody battles
Moreover, in the Eastern Expedition and the Western War, Sun Jian also developed a strong backbone.
Sun Jian's basic forces were organized before he participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turbans.
Biao Jian asked Jian to be the Sima of the Zuo Army, and the young people in the township were willing to obey. Jian also recruited all the business travelers and Huai, Si elite soldiers, a thousand people... Unstoppable. - "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
Although there are only 1,000 people, they constitute the basic strength of Sun Jian.
This force, with Sun Jian's suppression of the Yellow Turban, the battle of Liangzhou, and the fight of Changsha, has experienced the baptism and tempering of war.
Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang and other later "old generals" were all upright and young back then, and followed Sun Jian.
This backbone force means that Sun Jian has two advantages.
1. The organization is mature, scattered and can be reunited, and there is cohesion.
In the process of crusading against Dong Zhuo, like Wang Kuang and Cao Cao, Sun Jian also suffered a heavy defeat, and Sun Jian was also almost killed.
After Wang Kuang's fiasco, he collapsed; After Cao Cao's fiasco, although Zhuxiahou Cao was still there, the troops were almost gone, so he had to go to Yangzhou to recruit troops...
After Sun Jian's defeat, he was able to gather his troops immediately, gain a firm foothold in Yangren, and soon turned defeat into victory.
That's cohesion!
2. After the expansion of the army, the new troops can quickly form combat effectiveness.
In the chaotic times of the late Han Dynasty, it was not difficult to find someone to be a soldier.
There are only two problems in the expansion of the army: whether there is enough food and whether there are veterans and junior officers to bring the troops together.
The basic force of more than 1,000 people is already a strong backbone.
Dong Zhuo, who is arrogant on the other side, no matter how many people he has, his basic strength and backbone strength are the 3,000 Liangzhou soldiers who have been following him.
Therefore, with such a time-tested basic strength, Sun Jian also has the foundation for a strong army.
Expansion: Relatively large scale
Subsequently, Sun Jian annexed some more troops, making the army grow rapidly.
Under the pretext that Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, did not respond to Dong, Sun Jian killed him and annexed his subordinates.
Subsequently, Sun Jianjun expanded all the way, and by the time he arrived in Nanyang, there were already tens of thousands.
Immediately, he used the excuse that Nanyang Taishou Zhang Zhi refused to fund military rations, killed Zhang Shi, and continued to expand his strength.
Subsequently, Sun Jian and Yuan Shu met in Luyang and attached themselves to Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu then took Sun Jian as the assassin of Yuzhou.
Subsequently, some Yuzhou soldiers joined Sun Jian. For example, Yingchuan Taishou led troops to join Sun Jian's troops.
Therefore, by this time, Sun Jian's troops had tens of thousands of people in size, and the scale was relatively large.
At that time, the princes who opposed Dong Zhuo were mostly 20,000 or 30,000, and the few were thousands, even in terms of troops, Sun Jian was already extremely strong!
Coupled with the strong basic troops we introduced earlier, Sun Jian's combat effectiveness was quickly formed.
Porridge grass
At the same time, Sun Jian also received the best grain and grass supply in the world.
Nanyang is the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Because Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was from Nanyang, Nanyang enjoyed special economic preferential treatment in the Eastern Han Dynasty and was very wealthy.
If Sun Jian was in Nanyang himself, Sun Jian might not be able to figure out the local Haoqiang surname.
However, Sun Jian was attached to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu of the "Four Worlds and Three Dukes" was still able to deal with the local heroes.
Therefore, Sun Jian was able to get rich supplies, which can be described as sufficient food for the army.
Although Yuan Shu had been bad and suspended the delivery of military rations for a time, Sun Jian rode a horse overnight to see Yuan Shu and explained, although Yuan Shu was hesitant, he immediately resumed the supply.
With enough soldiers and enough food, Sun Jian can naturally fight!
Historical regrets
For a period of time, Sun Jian's military strength was even enough to influence the course of history.
Defeat Dong Zhuo and recover Luoyang, further enhancing Yuan Shu's reputation.
Subsequently, Sun Jian defeated the Yuzhou Assassin appointed by Yuan Shao in Yuzhou, and expelled Yuan Shao's influence from Yuzhou.
Subsequently, Sun Jian crusaded against Liu Biao again, defeated Liu Biao, and fought all the way to the vicinity of Xiangyang.
It can be said that if Sun Jian does not die, his troops may conquer Jingxiang and other places and further strengthen.
In this way, if Sun Jian continues to serve Yuan Shu, the Yuan Shu Group is likely to defeat Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in the north!
But... Sun Jian unfortunately died in battle, and the situation took a fundamental reversal!
After Sun Jian's death, Yuan Shu could no longer defeat Liu Biao, not only could he not capture Jingzhou, but was cut off by Liu Biao and expelled from Nanyang...
However, even so, the army left behind by Sun Jian still has a huge impact on the pattern of the world!
Yuan Shu, who was expelled from Nanyang, attacked Yanzhou in the north, was defeated by Cao Cao, and was almost wiped out and dying.
However, after retreating to Yangzhou, with the help of Sun Jian's remnants led by Sun Ben and others, he quickly gained a firm foothold and grew stronger in Huainan and Huaibei, and once had the strength to compete with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!
In the end, Sun Ce took Sun Jian's remaining troops to attack Jiangdong and began to work alone, and Yuan Shu lost Sun Jian's strength again.
After that, Yuan Shu was defenseless under the attacks of Cao Cao and Lu Bu, and quickly failed!
And the basic strength left by Sun Jian has become the foundation for Sun Ce to create Jiangdong and stand on his feet...
Sun Jian's strength always has the strength to influence the pattern of the world!
At the beginning of the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty, Sun Jian's army was indeed the only strong army that could compete with Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou army! The alliance between Sun Jian and Yuan Shu also showed the strength to overwhelm Yuan Shao and Cao Cao!
If Sun Jian doesn't die, it's really unimaginable what the world will be!
Sun Jian's death can be said to be a great regret at the end of the Han Dynasty!