Chapter 046: The Historical Lu Bu Group
Lu Bu started in Ding Yuan in history, and was later entrusted with important tasks by Dong Zhuo and Wang Yun, and in these years, a small group centered on himself gradually formed around Lu Bu, which is also the prototype of Lu Bu Group in history.
Later, Lu Bu successively took refuge in Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao, and Zhang Yang, and suffered setbacks, but it was precisely because of this that the remaining people who followed him were basically loyal to him.
When he was welcomed into Yanzhou by Chen Gong, Zhang Miao and others, Lu Bu had his own territory for the first time, and he was no longer just a commander at this time, Lu Bu had begun to have the responsibility of a lord on his shoulders, but unfortunately this time it was just a mirror, Lu Bu had to flee to Xuzhou after losing to Cao Cao, but after seizing Xuzhou from Xuzhou Mu Liu Bei, Lu Bu really had his own territory, which also marked that Lu Bu officially became one of the princes in the late Han Dynasty.
The Lu Bu Group has gradually formed after the Yanzhou Revolution and the Xuzhou Incident.
In history, the military generals under the command of Lu Bu were headed by Gao Shun, and only the historical data recorded there were more than ten people such as Zhang Liao, Wei Yue, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Yang Feng and Han Xian. Later generations called Zhang Liao, Zang Ba, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, Cheng Lian, Wei Xu, Song Xian and Hou Cheng as the eight strong generals under Lu Bu.
It should be noted that in history, Chen Gong was not only the mastermind of Lu Bu, but also one of the main generals under Lu Bu.
Chen Gong has been reused by Lu Bu after taking refuge in Lu Bu, but after Hao Meng's change, although Lu Bu did not punish Chen Gong, he was already suspicious of him, which is also one of the reasons why Lu Bu later turned to Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son, this incident also made Gao Shun have a different view of Chen Gong, and Chen Gong was loyal to Lu Bu after this incident, but unfortunately Lu Bu didn't trust him very much at that time.
Gao Shun, as the main general under Lu Bu, was the only one who was not rated as one of the eight strong generals in later generations, not because Gao Shun's ability or status was too low, but because Gao Shun's ability and status were much higher than Lu Bu's other generals. Gao Shun was not only the only general under Lü Bu who clearly recorded his official position as Zhonglang General, but Gao Shun was also the only general under Lü Bu who had led the army independently, and also successfully repelled Xiahoudun in the field battle and defeated Liu Bei's Peicheng in the siege battle.
But what is embarrassing is that Chen Gong and Gao Shun, as Lu Bu's right-hand men, have a gap between each other, which is undoubtedly a loss for the entire Lu Bu group.
Although Zhang Liao's reputation in later generations was far greater than that of other generals under Lu Bu, Zhang Liao's status at that time was undoubtedly under Gao Shun, and when he crusaded against Liu Bei, he was also Gao Shun as the main general, but this does not deny Zhang Liao's talent, and he also had a credit for defeating Xiahou and Liu Bei. After Chen Gong and Gao Shun were captured and Lü Bu surrendered, Zhang Liao led the remnants of Lü Bu's army to surrender.
Zang Ba is not a descendant general under Lu Bu in the strict sense, but Zang Ba can be said to be a prince-like existence in Xuzhou. It turned out that Zang Ba was a general under Tao Qian, who had been guarding the northern part of Xuzhou, and served as the leader of Sun Guan, Wu Dun, Yin Li and others. Later, Liu Bei inherited Xuzhou Mu, Zang Ba recognized Liu Bei as the lord of Xuzhou, and after Lu Bu took away Xuzhou, Zang Ba also recognized Lu Bu's position.
Cheng Lian and Wei Yue both contributed a lot to Lü Bu's crusade against Zhang Yan, and later Cheng Lian, the general under Lü Bu, was captured by Cao Cao in the battle around Xiapi when Cao Cao was crusading against Lü Bu.
Hao Meng rebelled against Lü Bu at the instigation of Yuan Shu, but was stopped by his generals Cao Xing and Gao Shun, and was eventually cut off by Cao Xing's arm and killed by Gao Shun. Cao Xing was appreciated by Lu Bu for stopping Hao Meng's rebellious behavior, and was called "Jian'er", and obtained the military power that originally belonged to Hao Meng.
Wei Xuhe had an in-law relationship with Lu Bu, and Lu Bu once took away Gao Shun's trap camp and handed it over to him, and Hou Cheng was suspected by Lu Bu because of the wine-making matter. After Xiapi was besieged by Cao Cao, Wei Xu, Song Xian, and Hou Cheng tied up Chen Gong and Gao Shun surrendered to Cao Cao.
Yang Feng and Han Xian, first took refuge in Yuan Shu, and then betrayed Yuan Shu and joined Lu Bu, and were sent by Lu Bu to deal with Liu Bei, after Yang Feng was booby-trapped by Liu Bei, Han Xian was also killed by others.
Due to the limited historical information today, we do not know the final outcome of the six generals under the original command of Lü Bu, including Cheng Lian, Wei Yue, Cao Xing, Wei Xu, Song Xian and Hou Cheng.
In addition to the mastermind Chen Gong, there were also Chen Qi, Chen Deng and his son, Chen Ji, Chen Qun and his son, Xu Yan, Wang Kai and Yuan Lian and others by Lu Bu's side.
Chen Qi and Chen Deng's father and son can be said to have played Lu Bu as a monkey at the beginning in history, and Lu Bu was also played around. First, Chen Qi destroyed the alliance between Lü Bu and Yuan Shu, and then Chen Deng used a plan to break Yuan Shu's army, making Lü Bu and Yuan Shu further hate each other. On the occasion of the envoy to the imperial court, Chen Deng even got cheap and behaved, sold Lu Bu and asked Lu Bu to help him count the money, and finally betrayed Lu Bu decisively, and Cao Cao joined forces to surround Xiapi City, and even Lu Bu asked for peace with his younger brother as a hostage, but he refused.
Of course, in history, Chen Jue, Chen Deng, father and son were in Lu Ying's heart in Han from the beginning, and they never regarded Lu Bu, a capricious villain, as a monarch, just like the party did to Dong Zhuo back then.
Compared with Chen Jue, Chen Deng father and son, Chen Ji, Chen Qun father and son were relatively unknown at that time, after Liu Bei served as the pastor of Xuzhou, Chen Qun was promoted to Maocai, except for Ren Zheling, but he did not go to the post, but followed his father Chen Ji to Xuzhou for refuge, so he ran to Lu Bu's army, and later Lu Bu was broken by Cao Cao, Chen Ji, Chen Qun and his son returned to the imperial court.
Xu Bi and Wang Kai were originally Cao Cao's subordinates, and then rebelled against Cao Cao with Zhang Miao, Chen Gong and others to welcome Lu Bu into Yanzhou, Cao Cao besieged Lu Bu in Xiapi, was sent by Lu Bu to Yuan Shu for help, after Lu Bu was defeated, Xu Bi went south to Liu Biao, Wang Kai was nowhere to be found.
Yuan Zhuo, whose name is Yaoqing, is a native of Fule County, Chen County. When Tao Qian recommended Liu Bei as the pastor of Yuzhou, he recommended Yuan Jian as Maocai. Later, Yuan Jian moved to Jianghuai to avoid trouble, and was appointed by Yuan Shu. Every time Yuan Shu consulted, Yuan Shu often had a solemn discussion. Yuan Shu couldn't disobey, but he didn't dare to respect him politely. Soon, Lü Bu attacked Yuan Shu in Fuling, and Yuan Jian went to follow Yuan Shu, so he was also detained by Lü Bu.
Lu Bu once reconciled with Liu Bei, but later had a disagreement. So Lu Bu wanted Yuan Lian to write a letter to insult Liu Bei, but Yuan Lian didn't agree, and repeatedly forced him, but still didn't agree. Lu Bu was furious and threatened Yuan Jian with a weapon, saying: "If you do it, you can live, but if you don't do it, you will die." ”
Yuan Lian's face did not change color, and he replied with a smile: "Yuan Lian heard that only virtue can make people humiliated, but I haven't heard of insulting. If he had been a gentleman, he would not have been ashamed of the general's words, and if he had been a villain, he would have written like a general and scolded the general, and the shame would have been on this side and not on his side. Besides, Yuan Lian and I serve General Liu on a different day, just like I serve General You now, if I leave here and go back and scold you, is it okay? Lu Bu felt ashamed and stopped persecuting Yuan Lian.
The Lu Bu group is strong in history, but it lacks strategy, and Lu Bu himself is not a qualified monarch. I think that Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army was several times stronger than Lu Bu's army, and Dong Zhuo's leadership ability was more than twice as strong as Lu Bu's, but Dong Zhuo and his Xiliang Army were inevitably defeated in the end, and it was only a matter of time before Lu Bu Group followed in his footsteps.