If the mink cicada did not have the appearance of "closed moon" and failed to gain Lü Bu's favor, then Dong Zhuo and Yizi Lü Bu would not be in situ Wang Yun's serial scheme (here referring to the beauty plan and the divisive plan) and turned against each other. So Dong Zhuo threatened the princes of Tianzi, can he unify the three kingdoms?
"Three Kingdoms" | mink cicada
Note: The mink cicada is not recorded in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and other canonical histories, and it often appears in the wild history, and is ranked as one of the four beauties in ancient China, and the Peking Opera "Fengyi Pavilion" also has a interpretation of the mink cicada.
Let's first take stock of Dong Zhuo's military strength in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
1. Dong Zhuo's six fierce generals
First, Lü Bu
"Three Kingdoms" | Lü Bu
Lü Bu, the character Fengxian, the first fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, is known as "Lü Bu among the people, the red rabbit among the horses", and has the courage of the invincible. Originally the righteous son of Shi Dingyuan, Dong Zhuo's adviser Li Su used a red rabbit horse and a thousand gold to persuade Lü Bu to rebel against Ding Yuan. Lü Bu then threw himself into Dong Zhuo's account and recognized Dong Zhuo as his righteous father. So later, Zhang Fei scolded Lü Bu as a "family slave with three surnames" before the Tiger Prison Pass. However, although Lü Bu had no plan, his force was able to suppress Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and this man was brave and fierce, and the world was unparalleled.
2. Zhang Liao
Zhang Liao | Three Kingdoms
Zhang Liao, ziwenyuan, Zhang Liao was active in front of us after Lü Bu's defeat, Cao Cao interpreted Zhang Wenyuan, and then Zhang Liao was grateful to throw himself under Cao Cao's account. Chen Shou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" commented: "Taizu Jianzi martial arts, and the good general of the time, the five sons first." Zhang Liao is the head of the five sons of Liang, who killed Wuhuan Shan Yu Ta Dun at the White Wolf Mountain, and repeatedly repelled Sun Quan's attacks while defending Hefei, and Zhang Liaowei Zhen Xiaoyaojin has always been talked about in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".
3. Huaxiong
Huaxiong | Three Kingdoms
Hua Xiong is a nine-foot-long, tiger-like bear waist, and leopard-headed ape arm. He is famous in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" Guan Yun Changwen wine beheading Huaxiong, but in the main history, Huaxiong was beheaded by Sun Jian.
4. Xu Rong
Xu Rong, | "Three Kingdoms"
Xu Rong was an excellent commander in the early years of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, who had defeated Cao Cao and Sun Jian, and was a fierce general with the ability to command troops in the main history. In romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Rong is weakened, just a nameless man who was beheaded by Xiahou Huan after a few rounds of fighting.
5. Li Dai and Guo Feng
"Three Kingdoms" | Li Dai, Guo Feng and others
Li Dai was originally a general of Dong Zhuo's army, who had defeated Zhu Juan, joined forces with Guo Feng, defeated the invincible Lü Bu, killed Wang Yun, and others, and some historians once commented that Sun Jian's use of troops was inferior to Li Dai and Guo Feng, and although he saw the plan at the time, he was inferior to Li Dai and Guo Feng. Mao Zonggang said that Jia Xu was able to strategize, and Li Dai was also good at calculation.
2. Two great strategists
First, Li Ru
Li Ru | Three Kingdoms
Li Ru was Dong Zhuo's chief adviser, and Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, persuading Lü Bu to surrender, poisoning Liu Wei, and moving the capital to Chang'an were all inseparable from Li Ru's advice and suggestions, and later when it was seen that Wang Yun's serial plan, Dong Zhuo failed to listen, so he died at the hands of Lü Bu.
2. Jia Xu
Jia Xu | "Three Kingdoms"
Jia Xu (贾宷), also spelled Wenhe, was ranked among the first-class strategists of the Three Kingdoms, a military strategist, and a hero of the founding of Cao Wei. Originally serving under Dong Zhuo's account, after Dong Zhuo's death, he offered Li Dai and Guo Feng to counterattack Chang'an; later defected to Zhang Xiu of Wancheng, who adopted Li Ru's strategy and defeated Cao Cao twice. Jia Xu was proficient in the art of war, and the Battle of Weinan separated Ma Chao and Han Sui, enabling Cao Cao to defeat the Western Liang army and take all his land.
"Three Kingdoms" | Dong Zhuo and Sable Cicada
Dong Zhuo's strength in the early years of the late Eastern Han Dynasty was beyond doubt, probably second only to Yuan Shao of the "Fourth Dynasty and Three Dukes", in fact, at that time, Yuan Shao was not sure to destroy Dong Zhuo by himself, so he had the Eighteenth Road Princes of the Sour Jujube Alliance. If Lü Bu didn't like the mink cicada and was willing to be Dong Zhuo's general, what would the result be? Since the defeat of the king in ancient times, if Dong Zhuo succeeds, will history write him a stroke in a heavy way? But will Dong Zhuo's "Blackmailing the Heavenly Sons and Ordering the Princes" sure to succeed?
Dong Zhuo | "Three Kingdoms"
Throughout his life, Dong Zhuo was brutal, full of selfish desires and ambitions, playing with power, trampling on the law, mutilating the people, and all kinds of perverse practices, which brought unprecedented destruction to the entire Han Dynasty. The ancients said: "More help for the lost way." In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, an era that still attached importance to filial piety and the system of liturgy, the overthrow of Dong Zhuo's power was a historical necessity.