Paxton and the Throne of Secrets Chapter 6

In the novel, it is a huge event for the Ellis to fight against the Dong thief. My feeling is: Thief Dong deducted the salaries of many local and central cadres. In order to ensure his own financial resources, Old Man Wang asked Cao Cao, Dong's secretary, to assassinate him. Cao Cao failed, so he slipped back home in a puff of smoke. 

In order to clear his reputation as a wanted criminal, he simply made the matter bigger. Issued a proclamation, summoned the princes, and eighteen local cadres summoned armed forces to attack the central government. It sounds like "challenging rebellion", but it is actually a civil war. The difference from the American Civil War is that another government was not formed - in fact, it was established. Han Fu and Yuan Shao supported Liu Yu, but the old man did not dare...

The army of the 18th Route Army went to attack Dong's thieves with murderous intent. As soon as they came up, they attacked Sishui. When everyone was anxious, Guan Yu came out to turn the tide, warmed the wine and killed Jace Hua. To be honest, it's really embarrassing that you can't challenge a guy who has fought twice in a row. Therefore, it is not surprising that Guan Yu killed Jace Hua. 

The only characteristic was that he was so fast that it was scary. Then everyone went to Hulao Pass (I want to despise Lao Luo here. In fact, Sishui and Hulao are the same pass... maybe Lao Luo thought that having only one pass was not enough, so he added one out of thin air). Arriving at Lü Bu, Hu Hu beheaded several fools. All the princes were stunned, but three wanted criminals came together to drive Lü Bu away. The Dong thieves withdrew from Luoyang. The princes became birds and beasts and dispersed.

When Lao Luo wrote about the Ellis fighting against Dong's thieves, he gave readers the impression that the so-called princes are all idiots. So many people were trapped in Jace Hua first and then Daxton Lu. Without Liu, Guan, and Zhang, the princes' offensive would have been a complete failure.

Later, I read "Three Kingdoms" and found more bugs. First of all, there are only thirteen families who are fighting against Dong's thieves. I don't know where Lao Luo gathered five more families--but he added Fletcher Gongsun to facilitate the appearance of the three brothers. But in fact, during the period of fighting against Dong's thieves, the three brothers Quan is a wanted criminal in Youzhou and has too much time to take care of himself. 

Where can he find the time to challenge Daxton Lu? Secondly, it is said that the Ellis camped for N miles, with N million troops and horses, and they were likely to surpass the 830,000 Cao army in Chibi. But in fact, the only two people who really fought against the Dong thief were Sun Jian and Cao Cao. Cao Cao was ambushed and defeated in Xingyang, while Sun Jian defeated the Dong thieves after several setbacks, but then conquered Luoyang. As for Yuan Shao and his gang, they had a "drinking party" where they drank and watched girls, but they didn't even fight against the Dong thief.

But after contacting the later deeds of the Three Kingdoms, I gradually discovered the true meaning of the Ellis' fight against Dong's thieves.

First of all, please allow me to be wordy and report the Ellis: the first town, the later general Nanyang Prefect Yuan Shu. In the second town, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou. In the third town, Kong □, the governor of Yuzhou. In the fourth town, Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou. In the fifth town, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi County. 

In the sixth town, Zhang Miao, the governor of Chenliu. In the seventh town, Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun. In the eighth town, Yuan Yi, the governor of Shanyang. In the ninth town, Bao Xin, Prime Minister of Jibei Province. In the tenth town, Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai. In the eleventh town, Zhang Chao, the prefect of Guangling. In the twelfth town, Colby Tao, the governor of Xuzhou. 

In the Thirteenth Town, Ma Teng, the governor of Xiliang. In the Fourteenth Town, Fletcher Gongsun, the governor of Peking. In the fifteenth town, Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang. In the 16th town, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, Marquis of Wucheng. In the seventeenth town, Yuan Shao, the Marquis of Qixiang and the governor of Bohai, lived.

What happened to them later: Yuan Shu died miserably after being domineering for a while, Han Fu was captured by Yuan Shao immediately after the coalition disbanded, the governor of Yuzhou was later squeezed out by Cao Cao, Liu Dai was incorporated by Cao Cao, and Wang Kuang seemed to be Yuan Shao annexed, and the people in towns 6 to 11 were suppressed or annihilated by Cao Cao one after another. Everyone knows that the governor of Xuzhou, let alone the three concessions to Xuzhou, Sun Jian died in the hands of Liu Biao, and Fletcher Gongsun later died in Yuan Shao before the Battle of Guandu.

Ma Teng lives longer.

These people were the elite among the elites of the Han Dynasty at that time, but they completely collapsed within a few years. In their pool of blood, emerging forces such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Ce stood up.

Recalling Cao Cao's words of "appointing people only to their merit", he completely abandoned the concept of family status. The wealth of talents under his men surpassed that of any princes. It can be said that the eighteenth princes' campaign against Dong's thieves made all the princes realize that the order of the old dynasty no longer existed. The chaos has truly begun. 

So after the disbandment of the Eighteenth Route Princes, a new round of power distribution began immediately, and the world immediately began to fight against the weak and the strong without any order. At this time, Cao Cao, who most completely rejected the old era, had an overwhelming advantage. The crusade of the Ellis symbolized the actual collapse of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of troubled times. This is my conclusion.

Finally, let’s talk about the impact of this coalition on Cao Cao. When Cao Cao was in the coalition, he wrote the famous poem "The bones are exposed in the night, and there is no cockcrow for a thousand miles", which euphemistically expressed his dissatisfaction with the princes. 

It can be said that at that time, Cao Cao had a bit of pride in helping the world and his ambition to serve the country. But under the resistance of the princes, Cao Cao saw the true hypocrisy of politicians. Cao Cao said something like this at that time: "Shu Zi is not enough to make plans!"

I thought about that sentence carefully, and I could clearly feel the anger, contempt, and even more sadness in it. Perhaps from that moment on, Cao Cao truly saw the so-called politicians and the so-called world, and also understood the path of troubled times. This is the end of Cao Cao, the dedicated little official who used to be maverick and strict in enforcing the law. This extremely sad sentence announced the birth of a traitor. At that moment, he said goodbye to all his previous ambitions and ideals, and what remained was his desire to conquer troubled times. That's how I see it.