The incomparably powerful Xiliang Army Group during the Three Kingdoms period, we take Dong Zhuo's death as the dividing point, and can be divided into two periods: the Dong Zhuo era and the post-Dong Zhuo era.

【Xiliangjun Group in Dong Zhuo's Era】

There is no doubt that Dong Zhuo single-handedly led the Xiliang Army and pushed it to glory. Dong Zhuo is also the founder of the Xiliangjun Group, the boss in the absolute sense.

The growth and glory of the Xiliang Army are closely related to Dong Zhuo himself.

Dong Zhuo has been a Zhonglang general as early as the Lingdi Guanghe period, in order to lay a certain foundation for the formation of the Western Liang Army, Dong Zhuo lost his official position after the failure of the crusade against Zhang Jiao, but soon Bian Zhang, Han Sui and others made a big fuss in the western Xinjiang, Dong Zhuo was reinstated, and made meritorious contributions, after the success of the Huangpu Song together with the crusade against the kingdom, Dong Zhuo has become one of the few powerful frontier generals in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and even has made the imperial court jealous.

It was also at this time that Dong Zhuo refused Emperor Ling's edict twice, and a mixed army with Liangzhou people as the main body and Hu and Han people had been formed under his command, which was also the prototype of the Western Liang Army, and the Western Liang Army Group had basically taken shape at this time.

And after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to seize power and control the imperial court, the power of the Xiliang Army also reached the highest peak in history.

There is a very obvious difference between the Xiliang Army Group and the later princes' group, that is, there are martial arts and no literature, not because there are no civil servants and strategists under Dong Zhuo, but because Dong Zhuo's think tanks are in name only, and they are in Dong Ying's heart in Han, so it is better not to have them.

Therefore, there is basically no such thing as a civil servant strategist in the ranking of the Xiliang Army Group, even Jia Xu also joined the Xiliang Army as a military general.

Below Dong Zhuo, the Xiliang Army will be the second echelon with the six lieutenants, and the captains will be the third echelon, even under the captains, there will be many powerful generals later.

The six Zhonglang generals refer to Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen, Xu Rong and other six people, these six people are also known and can be determined. According to the current information, it is speculated that Hu Zhen's status should be the highest, Lu Bu may be regarded as the heir by Dong Zhuo, and Xu Rong has the highest military level.

Although there are a large number of lieutenants in the Xiliang Army, there are only eight people we can determine now, including Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Hua Xiong, Jia Xu, Li Meng, and Wang Fang.

There are also Yang Ding, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng, Zhang Bao and others who cannot clarify their status at that time.

[Xiliang Army Group in the post-Dong Zhuo era]

After Dong Zhuo's death, his lieutenant generals rebelled, died, and surrendered, and the result was that the generals at the rank of captain resisted the banner of the Xiliang Army.

After Lu Bu killed Dong Zhuo, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen, and Xu Rong took refuge in Wang Yun, and Niu Fu killed Dong Yue, Niu Fu actually became the second-generation boss of the Xiliang Army, but the problem was that he died too quickly, and the position can be said to have not sat down at all.

After Niu Fu's death, he organized a counterattack of the Xiliang Army with his four main captains, Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, and Jia Xu, and joined forces with Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others to defeat Chang'an, kill Wang Yun and avenge Dong Zhuo.

At this time, although Li Dao was considered the leader of the Xiliang Army, he did not have actual control over the other generals, on the contrary, although the power and status of the other generals were inferior to him, they were essentially on the same level.

At that time, although the Xiliang Army Group was considered a collective, it was actually an alliance, and Li Dao was only considered the leader of the alliance because of his strength and prestige.

At that time, the Western Liang Army could be determined only according to the current data, and there were five powerful princes such as Li Dao, Guo Yan, Zhang Ji, Fan Chou, and Duan Xuan.

And another key figure is Jia Xu, he actually acted as a mediator within the Xiliang Army at that time, and has been easing the contradictions within the Xiliang Army, if it were not for Jia Xu's efforts, I am afraid that the contradictions within the Xiliang Army would have erupted earlier.

Dong Zhuo's political level in history is bad enough, but his successors told what it means to be the worst, only worse, because there is no unified suppression, under the blow of many internal and external factors, the Xiliang army let go of Emperor Xian, and went to perdition.

In the post-Dong Zhuo era, the three giants of the Western Liang Army, Fan Chou, Guo Yan, and Li Dao, also died one after another, and the other generals went their separate ways.

[The six middle generals in the early stage and the big three later]

In the early stage, the Western Liang Army was headed by Dong Zhuo, supplemented by the six major generals, and in the later period, although the status of Zhang Ji, Jia Xu and others was not low, it was basically based on Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Fan Chou, the three giants of the post-Western Liang Army era.

Hu Zhen and Yang Ding are both famous heroes in Liangzhou, when he was under Dong Zhuo, his status was once above Lu Bu, who was considered by Dong Zhuo to be his righteous son, but he was never reused by Dong Zhuo after the failure of the crusade against Sun Jian, and then he was sent by Wang Yun to crusade against Li Guo's coalition army with Xu Rong, and defected during the battle, so that Xu Rong died in battle, and there is no record later. Hu Zhen is also the only general among the former core figures of the Western Liang Army who has not been recorded.

After Lü Bu betrayed his father-in-law Dong Zhuo, he failed to capture Cao Cao's Yanzhou, betrayed Liu Bei again and captured his Xuzhou, and finally surrendered to Cao Cao and was killed under the city of Xiapi.

Xu Rong tortured Cao Cao and Sun Jian on the battlefield, and finally died on the battlefield.

Dong Yue is Dong Zhuo's relative, and after Dong Zhuo's death, he consulted with Niu Fu, but was killed by the suspicious Niu Fu.

Niu Fu was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, and he and his lieutenants were mainly responsible for fighting against the Baibo Army in the early stage, and later turned to deal with Zhu Jun. After Dong Zhuo's death, Lü Bu sent Li Su to crusade against him, but he was unsuccessful, and later fled because of a mutiny in the army and was killed by his subordinates.

Duan Xuan is one of the few people among the six major generals who have died well. After Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang'an, Duan Xuan was responsible for garrisoning Huayin, and experienced many major events that have not changed, he was diligent in agriculture during the Huayin period, and did not plunder the people, and the people were happy.

Yang Ding once attacked Duan Xuan, Jia Xu also took refuge in him, and later Duan Xuan assisted Pei Mao in the crusade against Li Dao, after Li Dao's death, Emperor Xian took Duan Xuan as the general of Annam, and was named the Marquis of Yan. Later, Duan Xuan was the Great Honglu, and Duan Xuan finally died peacefully.

Fan Chou was a former lieutenant under Dong Zhuo, and based on his relationship with Li Meng, I personally guess that he may have been Xu Rong's subordinate before. Fan Chou's military ability is very good, he later joined the coalition but was able to sit on an equal footing with Li Guo and control Chang'an together, and later defeated Han Ma's coalition army in one fell swoop, but unfortunately he was too rash and was easily killed by Li Dao.

Guo Yan in the post-Dong Zhuo era of the Xiliang army in the status of the second only to Li Dao, after Li Dao lost morality with less enemies against Li Dao can still maintain the balance of power, and later sent Emperor Xian to the east, but on the road there is a different heart, and Li Dao and others jointly seize Emperor Xian, and finally failed, and was killed by his subordinates.

Li Dao was the eldest of the Big Three, but he killed Fan Chou to destroy the Great Wall, which led to the internal collapse of the Western Liang army, and after Guo Yan's death, he annexed Guo Yan's troops, and later Emperor Xian sent Pei Mao to unite many Guanxi princes to crusade against him, and Li Dao was finally defeated and killed.