When Luo Guanzhong created "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he obviously stood on the position of Shu Han and regarded Shu Han as orthodox. This is clearly reflected in the portrayal of Liu Bei (Shu Han Group) in the text, and the description of his opponents such as Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Liu Zhang, etc., presents the image of courage and no strategy, self-defeating, treacherous and evil, etc., making Liu Bei always appear radiant in comparison. However, no matter how much Luo Guanzhong wanted to write, he couldn't depart from the framework of history, so a character who had no intersection with Liu Bei during the Three Kingdoms period inadvertently made Cao Cao's light shine, and even sacrificed himself to assassinate him.
This bull man in the Three Kingdoms period is Dong Zhuo, a character with a strong domineering spirit as soon as he appears. The article mentions that he commanded an army of 200,000 in Xizhou, and he often had a heart of disobedience. There are two points that need to be explained here: first, the Xizhou (Liangzhou) army can be said to be the most powerful main army in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao deeply experienced this, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road attacked Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao almost died at the hands of Xu Rong under Dong Zhuo, and almost died at the hands of Ma Chao in Xiliang. Secondly, Dong Zhuo's disobedience did not exist at the beginning, but was revealed after he got a great opportunity. In order to balance the eunuch group, He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo into the capital. Therefore, Dong Zhuo can be said to be the character with the best opportunity in the entire "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he even played a good game of "saving the car" halfway, and successfully saved Emperor Han Xian and King Chen Liu, which was later Emperor Han Xian. Therefore, Dong Zhuo can be described as a person with unique opportunities.
However, although Dong Zhuo has super strength and the best opportunity, he wasted these resources at a critical moment. On the contrary, he became the first person in history to eat crabs, breaking the law that the two major forces of relatives and eunuchs had always held the imperial power. This made him the first "third party" to control the imperial power in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty, breaking the routine of history. However, this also made him the target of the world, attracting the siege of the princes of the Eighteen Routes. This is also the problem that Cao Cao encountered later, why did he marry his daughter to Emperor Xian of Han?It is likely that out of vigilance against this "military bigwig holding the DPRK program", Dong Zhuo's failure has become a lesson from the past.
When the princes of the Eighteenth Route attacked Dong Zhuo, all parties had ghosts in their hearts and failed to form a joint force, because Dong Zhuo's success was too tempting. Cao Cao's later actions can also be seen as a weakening of Dong Zhuo. In short, although Dong Zhuo lost the opportunity, his strength was still strong, especially Lu Bu, who had one of the best generals in the Three Kingdoms. The princes of the Eighteenth Route were under the Tiger Prison Pass, and Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu together could not defeat Lu Bu. What's even more terrifying is that Lu Bu is not fighting alone, he also has famous generals such as Zhang Liao and Gao Shun under him, not to mention famous generals such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Xu Rong under Dong Zhuo. These names are listed one by one, even if the princes of the Eighteen Roads are united, it will be difficult to deal with Dong Zhuo. Therefore, Dong Zhuo's real strength may be far beyond our imagination.
In the end, Dong Zhuo became the "public enemy of the world" and was finally killed by his son Lu Bu. And before he died, he left a thought-provoking sentence: "Where is Feng Xian!."This sentence has long echoed in the history of the Three Kingdoms.