Dong Zhuo(?) –May 22, 192), courtesy name Zhongying, was a native of Lintao, Longxi (present-day Min County, Gansu). Dong Zhuo grew up in Liangzhou and made friends with qiang people. In the last year of the Han Huan Emperor, Dong Zhuo was awarded the title of Yulin Lang (羽林郎), who followed the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zhang Yi in his crusade against the Qiang people of Hanyang, was rough and strategic, and made great achievements in battle, and Bai Langzhong successively served as the commander of Guangwu County, the northern governor of Shu County, and the lieutenant of the Western Regions, and was dismissed for reasons. He was recruited by Situ Yuan Kui and appointed as the Assassin of Hezhou. He participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Liangzhou Rebellion, and was quite meritorious.
In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Dong Zhuo was recruited by the general He Jin and made a great contribution to saving the driving at Northern Mangshan, and began to take power. He also recruited Lü Bu and killed Ding Yuan, and his strength increased greatly. Depose Emperor Shao of Han and Empress He, and establish Emperor Liu Xie of Han on the throne as a Taishi, threatening the world. In the first year of Chuping (190), he was defeated by Sun Jian in a crusade organized by the Kwantung Army organized by Yuan Shao, and withdrew to Chang'an, declaring himself the Xiangguo and crowning himself the Marquis of Guo.
In the third year of Chuping (22 May 192), Situ Wang Yun performed a counter-plot, and Dong Zhuo was killed by his subordinate Lü Bu. Although Lü Bu betrayed Dong Zhuo, the Western Liang generals under Dong Zhuo's command were still a force that could not be underestimated at that time. In particular, Li Dai and Guo Feng, who are mentioned in this article, can be called the two leaders of liangzhou soldiers. So, the question is, after Dong Zhuo was killed, where did Li Dai and Guo Feng go, and what was the final outcome?
One
Specifically, in April of the third year of Chuping (192), Dong Zhuo was murdered by Wang Yun and Lü Bu, and subsequently, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu was also killed, and Dong Min, Dong Huang and other dong Zhuo's clan members did not save their lives. Faced with this situation, Li Dai and Guo Feng were very scared at first, and they thought of disbanding the army and fleeing back to their hometown. If things develop in this direction, the direction of the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty may also change. However, because Wang Yun always refused to pardon Li Dai, Guo Feng, and other Dong Zhuo's subordinates, jia Xu, a strategist, persuaded them to fight back against Chang'an, in order to avenge Dong Zhuo.
Therefore, a few months after Dong Zhuo was killed, Li Dai and Guo Feng gathered soldiers from Liangzhou and attacked Chang'an day and night. When Wang Yun heard this, he sent Dong Zhuo's old generals Hu Yi and Xu Rong to attack Li Dai and Guo Feng at Xinfeng. As a result, Xu Rong was killed in battle, and Hu Yun led his troops to surrender. Li Dai and others gathered troops along the way, and by the time they reached Chang'an, there were already more than 100,000 people.
In May of the third year of Chuping (192), Li Dai and others joined dong Zhuo's old subordinates Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang, and others to besiege Chang'an, and eight days later the city fell, and a street battle with Lü Bu began, Lü Bu was defeated, and Wang Yun and others were killed. Li Dai and others plundered and plundered, and countless people and officials were killed or injured. Li Dai and others occupied Chang'an, and held Li Dai hostage by Emperor Xian of Han as a general of Yang Wu, Guo Feng as a general of Yang Lie, and Fan Chou and others as generals of Zhonglang.
In this regard, in the author's opinion, because Li Dai and Guo Feng successfully kidnapped Emperor Xian of Han, this prompted Wang Yun and other loyal han ministers to make efforts, and finally went to waste. In the context of the decline of the Han Dynasty, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and other princes naturally paid less and less attention to the imperial court, which led to the situation of the herds chasing deer in the Central Plains, which was basically difficult to reverse.
Two
In September of the third year of Chuping (192 AD), Emperor Xian of Han made Li Dai the general of CheQi, Kaifu, Lingsi Lieutenant, False Festival, and Marquis of Chiyang, Guo Feng was made the Hou General and Marquis of Meiyang, and Fan Chou was made the Right General and The Marquis of Wannian. Zhang Ji was made a general of the Hun Cavalry and the Marquis of Pingyang, and went out to garrison Hongnong. With Jia Xu as Zuo Fengyi. Li Dai, Guo Feng, and Fan Chou jointly controlled the government, appointing and dismissing officials as they liked, and often plundering, and within a few years the three auxiliary people were lost.
In the face of Li Dai, Guo Feng and other generals of Dong Zhuo, Emperor Xian of Han could only constantly add their official positions and titles to appease these jackals. Correspondingly, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Liu Biao, Gongsun Zhan and other princes, because they were busy fighting for territory, had no intention of rescuing Emperor Xian of Han, and even Liu Biao and others took the initiative to contact Li Dai and Guo Feng, thus obtaining the canonization of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Of course, Li Dai and Guo Feng's destruction of the Guanzhong region also caused dissatisfaction among the surrounding princes and warrior clans. Therefore, in March of the first year of Xingping (194), Ma Teng and Han Sui joined forces with some scholars in Guanzhong to attack Li Dai, Guo Feng, and others. However, in this battle, Ma Teng and Han Sui suffered defeat, killing more than 10,000 people and had to return to Liangzhou.
Three
In the second year of Xingping (195), although Li Dai and Guo Feng strengthened their control over the Guanzhong region. However, after losing external pressure, Li Dai and Guo Feng were fighting for power and profit from each other, so the contradictions became more and more intense. In February of the same year, Li Dai sent people to kill Fan Chou, Li Meng, and others, which led to greater mutual suspicion among the generals.
It is worth noting that Li Dai often set up wine banquets in his own home to invite Guo Feng, and sometimes left Guo Feng at his own accommodation. Guo Feng's wife was afraid that Li Dai would send a concubine to Guo Feng and take her love, so she wanted to provoke their relationship. In this context, Li Dai and Guo Feng went to a break and attacked each other many times.
In July of the same year, in order to break free from the shackles of Li Dai and Guo Feng, Emperor Xian of Han left Chang'an to return to the east, Li Dai led troops out of Tunchiyang, Zhang Ji, Guo Feng, and the former subordinates of Dong Zhuo, Yang Ding, Yang Feng, and Dong Cheng, all returned to the east with Tianzi's car, and Emperor Xian of Han took Zhang Ji as the general on horseback, and Kaifu Rusangong; Guo Feng as the general on the horse, Yang Ding as the general in the rear, and Yang Feng as the general of Xingyi. All are enfeoffed as marquises. Thus, it is very obvious that because of the dispute between Li Dai and Guo Feng, this prompted Dong Zhuo's generals to also disagree, that is, some of them began to follow Emperor Xian of Han and escort him out of Chang'an.
In October of the second year of Xingping (195), Li Dai and Guo Feng regretted letting Emperor Xian of Han return to the east, so they joined forces to pursue. In December of the same year, Emperor Xian of Han arrived in Hongnong, and soon Li Dai and others pursued him, engaging Yang Feng and Dong Cheng at Dongjian in Hongnong. Yang Feng and Dong Chengjun were defeated, and hundreds of officials and soldiers were killed and wounded, and Emperor Xian of Han first fled to CaoYang, and later to Anyi, on the way, he had to sacrifice money and grain and cloth to Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang and Hedong Taishou Wang Yi to sacrifice money, grain and cloth, which was slightly stable. Emperor Xiandi of Han sent people to make peace with Li Dai and Guo Feng, and the two released hundreds of officials and returned some royal utensils.
Four
Finally, in July of the first year of Jian'an (196), Emperor Xian of Han returned to Luoyang, Dong Cheng secretly summoned Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Cao Cao led an army to meet Tianzi, and Cao Cao used the ruins of Luoyang as an excuse to move Emperor Xian of Han to XuDu. From then on, Cao Cao gained the advantage of holding tianzi hostage to order the princes. In the second year of Jian'an (197), the left general Liu Bei booby-trapped Yang Feng. After Emperor Xian of Han escaped caoyang, Jia Xu left Li Dai and defected to Duan Sheng, and soon returned to Zhang Xiu. In the same year, Guo Feng was killed by his subordinate Wu Xi.
After Guo Feng was killed, the remnants were annexed by Li Dai. In the winter of October, Cao Cao sent his servant Pei Mao (裴茂) to lead the Guanxi general Duan Sheng (段煨) and others in a crusade against Li Dai.com. In April of the third year of Jian'an (198), Li Dai retreated to Huangbaicheng, was defeated and beheaded by Liang Xing and Zhang Heng, and Cao Cao ordered the annihilation of the three tribes. After Li Dai's first rank was dedicated to Cao Cao, Emperor Xian of Han ordered Gao Hang to show his hatred for Li Dai in public at Xu Du. In this regard, in the author's opinion, the reason why Li Dai and Guo Feng did not achieve a good ending was, on the one hand, because they burned and looted in the Guanzhong area and lost the support of the local people and scholars.
On the other hand, it was because they failed to continue to hold Emperor Xian of Han hostage, which prompted him to lose his greatest talisman and did not have bargaining chips with Cao Cao and other princes. More crucially, during the several years of holding Emperor Xian of Han hostage, Li Dai and Guo Feng did not seize the opportunity to expand to the surrounding areas, and after Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other princes grew, the overall strength of Li Dai and Guo Feng naturally declined relatively, which was one of the reasons why they were eventually killed one after another.