At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Situ Wang Yun joined forces with Dong Zhuo's general Lü Bu to assassinate Dong Zhuo on the altar of Zen and help the Great Han Tianzi regain imperial power. However, the good times did not last long, and Wang Yun refused Dong Zhuo's application to surrender Li Dai and Guo Feng, insisting on destroying them, and eventually the two men were forced to rebel and attacked Chang'an City, but instead defeated Wang Yun. So why did Wang Yun refuse the surrender of Li Dai and Guo Feng?
That was because although the defenders in Chang'an City were small, the rebels were leaderless, and Wang Yun predicted that the rebels would be scattered, and believed that Lü Bu could quickly gather the rebels in Western Liang, and he could easily defeat Li Dai and Guo Feng. Unfortunately, the opposite happened, and Wang Yun also ended up with a defeat and death.
(1) Jia Xu was resourceful, and Wang Yun underestimated the group of counselors of the Western Liang Army
Wang Yun seriously underestimated the strength of the Xiliang strategist clique in dealing with the Western Liang rebels. Xi Liang's capable strategists were not only Li Ru, but also Jia Xu. Jia Xu (贾匯), courtesy name Wenhe, was one of the most famous strategists under Cao Cao of the State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, and served in the Western Liang Army in his early years.
At that time, when Li Dai heard the news of Dong Zhuo's death, he was suddenly in chaos and wanted to immediately give up his military power and flee alone. However, Jia Xu stopped Li Dai, and Jia Xu said that if Li Dai escaped, then any one person could capture him and kill him, so it was better to take advantage of the fact that the imperial court had just put down the rebellion and was unstable, and take advantage of the opportunity to attack Chang'an.
If you can capture the emperor, you can stand in an invincible position. It was Jia Xu's suggestion that dispelled Li Dai's concerns and gave Li Dai the courage to break the boat. As a result, Li Dai and Guo Feng quickly raised an army to attack Chang'an, which led to the defeat of Wang Yunbing later.
(2) Lü Bu failed to close the defeated army, and Wang Yun overestimated Lü Bu's prestige in the Western Liang army
In addition to underestimating the Western Liang Army, Wang Yunbing's defeat also overestimated Lü Bu's strength and prestige. After Dong Zhuo's death, the Western Liang army did not know where to go, and the soldiers of Li Dai and Guo Feng were extremely effective, but there was no obvious advantage in numbers. Wang Yun did not have many men and horses, only less than 20,000 forbidden troops under He Jin before, and Lü Bu's army had nearly 50,000 people, stationed outside, far from Chang'an City, and most of them were infantry.
Wang Yun mistakenly believed that Lü Bu had great prestige in the Western Liang army, and after Dong Zhuo's death, the Western Liang soldiers must come to Lü Bu, and Li Dai and Guo Feng would become lonely, so he dared to refuse the surrender of Li Dai and Guo Feng.
This was not the case, Lü Bu had repeatedly betrayed his lord and had been spurned by everyone. Therefore, after Li Dai and Guo Feng raised an army, they were able to successfully and quickly close the remnants of the Western Liang Army. By the time they reached Chang'an City, the Western Liang army already had more than 100,000 people, and its strength far exceeded that of Wang Yun, and it was not surprising that it was able to successfully defeat Wang Yun and plunder the Heavenly Son and the ministers.
To sum up, when Li Dai and Guo Feng requested surrender, the situation was indeed favorable to Wang Yun, so Wang Yun refused to surrender, but Li Dai and Guo Feng definitely did not reach the point where they were bound to lose. Ancients Cloud: Put it to death and live later.
Wang Yun blocked the retreat route of Li Dai and Guo Feng, forcing the two to fight a fish to break the net, and the Western Liang Army also burst out amazing combat effectiveness, Wang Yun could only pay for his wrong choice, and finally ended up jumping from the city tower and falling to his death.