Ding Yuan and the Zhou Corps were strong in combat, so why did no one avenge Ding Yuan after he was killed by Lü Bu?
In this article, I will talk to you about this topic.
In a sense, the fire and Dingyuan were not Lü Bu's individual choice, but the collective choice of the entire Hezhou Corps.
Influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, many of us always feel that Lü Buhuo and Ding Yuan were bought by Dong Zhuo with a red rabbit horse and some gold and silver treasures. But in fact, the real process is far more than that simple.
In the simplest terms, lü Bu pulled all of Ding Yuan's team to Dong Zhuo's side after the fire and Ding Yuan, if Lü Bu betrayed Ding Yuan just because he got a red rabbit horse and gold and silver treasures, why did the other military and political leaders of the Ding Yuan clique rebel with Lü Bu? What are their benefits?
For example, if Ding Yuan was a military commander, Lü Bu was a deputy commander, and after Lü Buhuo and Ding Yuan defected to Dong Zhuo, those division commanders, deputy division commanders, brigade commanders, regimental commanders, and other people in Ding Yuan's army, they were not playing soy sauce, they could completely elect a new leader out on their own, you must know that at that time, there were zhang liao, Gao Shun, Zhang Mi and other bullish figures in the Hezhou Corps, and none of them were fuel-saving lamps?
Many people say that the reason why the Hezhou Corps followed Lü Bu was because after Ding Yuan was killed, Lü Bu was the boss, so they naturally listened to Lü Bu's words. The question is, if Second Master Guan had set Liu Bei on fire, would he have been able to pull Liu Bei's team away? And after Xiahou Huan killed Cao Cao, could he successfully take over Cao Cao's troops? I'm sure there will be people taking revenge in their name.
In fact, the real situation should be like this, after Ding Yuan's Hezhou Corps entered Luoyang City, the group of scholars represented by Yuan Shao and Cao Cao immediately co-opted Ding Yuan's gang, and the condition for co-optation was to grant Ding Yuan the post of Jinwu.
As everyone knows, Zhi Jinwu is one of the two major supervisors of the Forbidden Army in Luoyang City. Ding Yuan, as a local tycoon, obtained this kind of position as soon as he entered Luoyang City, which in itself proved that Yuan Shao and Cao Cao and his gang were very eager to win him over. As for the purpose of wooing him, it was naturally to let him restrain the ambitious Dong Zhuo.
At the same time, Dong Zhuo must have also extended an olive branch to Ding Yuan's Hezhou Corps, in short, let's seize this opportunity together, join hands to control the central government, and do a bigger cause.
In the face of yuan shao, Cao Cao, and Dong Zhuo's simultaneous co-optation, Ding Yuan's family would definitely convene an emergency meeting of senior generals. The main discussion is naturally where should they go?
For Ding Yuan and his Xiangzhou Corps, if they chose to accept yuan shao and Cao Cao's co-optation, they would take relatively little risk. Because Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were the representatives of the Shaozhuang faction pushed by the Shi dafu Group in the forefront, the forces behind them were entangled and deep-rooted, and if the Ding Yuan family was willing to stand behind them, it would naturally be easier to maintain the stability of the empire.
In this context, the people of Ding Yuan's family can easily obtain some visible benefits without taking any risks, such as Ding Yuan's position as the executive Kingo as soon as he came up. The problem was that many of Ding Yuan's high-ranking generals were not willing to accept Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's co-optation.
Because Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are the representative figures of the Shi dafu clique, and the interest groups represented by them occupy the vast majority of the military and political resources of the empire, in other words, if they continue to occupy a ruling position, most of the various military and political posts in the empire will be famous and have masters, because their own insiders have already divided up these good positions.
In this way, it is more difficult for other foreign forces to come in and share a small cup of broth; if the foreign forces want to come and share a large bowl of broth, it is estimated that it is even more difficult. This also means that the Scholar Group can leave Ding Yuan with a fat shortage alone, but it is difficult to leave too much fat shortage for other senior generals of the Hezhou Corps.
That is to say, if you accept the solicitation of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Ding Yuanren can get greater benefits, but if the rest of the zhou corps is not in place, then you can only stand still, or at best get a little scrap of cold burning, which everyone is obviously not satisfied with.
On the contrary, if you choose to accept Dong Zhuo's co-optation, because Dong Zhuo is the force that suddenly broke into Luoyang City from the locality, there is not much historical baggage.
In other words, if Dong Zhuo could take power of the imperial government, the imperial government would inevitably have to undergo a major change of blood, and the military and political positions originally occupied by the scholar group could naturally fall into the hands of everyone. In this context, the other military and political leaders of the Hezhou Corps naturally tended to defect to Dong Zhuo.
In particular, at this time, the forbidden army in Luoyang collectively chose to side with Dong Zhuo, which made everyone have many illusions. Because, judging from the current situation, as long as the Xiangzhou Corps and Dong Zhuo achieved relatively good cooperation, they would have the opportunity to control Luoyang City, and if they tried harder, it would be possible to control the entire empire. At that time, everyone will naturally be able to obtain greater military and political benefits.
It is precisely because of this that after Ding Yuan chose to accept the solicitation of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, Lü Bu dared to fire Ding Yuan, and even pulled all of Ding Yuan's younger brothers away to dong Zhuo. In this process, the other military and political leaders of the Hezhou Corps were all active in cooperating with Lü Bu, and no one went to avenge Ding Yuan. Because, Lü Bu's behavior, the ability to represent their interests.