Dong Zhuo's father Dong Junya gave birth to Dong Zhuo and Dong Min when he served as the county lieutenant of Lunshi County, Yingchuan County, Yuzhou, so they named their brothers Zhong Ying and Shu Ying respectively.

Dong Zhuo Dong Zhongying, a native of Lintao, Longxi, grew up in Liangzhou, was chivalrous and righteous since he was a child, and made friends with the leaders of the Qiang people. Legend has it that when Dong Zhuo was farming in his hometown, some Qiang leaders came to visit him, and Dong Zhuo was able to kill the family's cattle to entertain everyone. The leaders of the Qiang people were very moved, and after they returned, they gathered thousands of various livestock and presented them to Dong Zhuo. From this rumor, it can be seen how good Dong Zhuo's relationship with the Qiang people is.

In the last years of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was awarded the title of Yulin Lang, and followed Zhang Huan, the general of the Hun Zhonglang, to crusade against the Qiang people of Hanyang. Dong Zhuo is rough and strategic, powerful and unparalleled, good at wearing two pairs of quivers, shooting left and right when riding a horse galloping, and his archery is accurate. Therefore, he has repeatedly made military exploits, and he is a talented official. After successively serving as the commander of Guangwu County, the governor of the northern part of Shu County, and the captain of Wuji in the Western Regions, he was dismissed by the imperial court for murder and corruption and perversion of the law.

During the Xiping period, Dong Zhuo was recruited by Situ Yuan Kui as a peng, and became an official promoted by the Yuan family of the "Fourth World and Three Dukes". Because of this, it was quickly reused, and later served as the assassin of Bingzhou and the Taishou of Hedong County, which was naturally contributed by the Yuan family behind the scenes.

The old advocate lived in seclusion in Huayin County, Hongnong County, Dong Zhuo sent his brother Dong Zhen to give him a hundred horses, Zhang Huan hated Dong Zhuo as a person and refused to accept it. Although Dong Zhuo was resentful, because Zhang Huan was deeply loved by the local people and had thousands of disciples, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he had no choice but to give up and not dare to do harm. Zhang Huan died a good death at the age of seventy-eight, and the people of Wuwei County set up an ancestral hall for him, and the world worshiped endlessly.

Later, Dong Zhuo participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but because of the unfavorable war, he was taken down and imprisoned by the imperial court, and was almost condemned to death. He was later pardoned because of the world's amnesty.

Later, he followed Sikong Zhang Wen and quelled the Liangzhou Rebellion. During this period, Dong Zhuo was promoted to the rank of general of the Broken Prisoners, and together with Bao Hong, the right wind supporter, he attacked the rebels and beheaded thousands of ranks. Zhang Wen sent six people, of which five people, including Zhou Shen, all ended in failure, but Dong Zhuo's army was full of squad divisions, and the troops were stationed on the right to support the wind.

As a result, Dong Zhuo was rewarded by the imperial court, and was named the Marquis of the Township and the 1,000 households. Since then, Dong Zhuo has become the most famous person in the Dong family, and naturally people from all walks of life will come to vote. Dong Zhuo already had selfish intentions at this time, so naturally he did not refuse to come, and accepted them all, and his personal entourage reached thousands.

In the fifth year of Zhongping, the Liangzhou rebels re-attacked Youfufeng and besieged the county seat of Chencang. In November, the imperial court worshiped Emperor Fu Song as the left general, and supervised the former general Dong Zhuo, each leading 20,000 horses to rescue Chen Cang. Dong Zhuo was anxious to make meritorious contributions, and suggested to Huangfu Song that he should march quickly in an emergency, so that he could succeed in the first battle.

Huangfu Song believed that Chencang County was well defended, and the rebels in Liangzhou would inevitably be unable to conquer it, and our army could achieve a complete victory as long as it did not move and waited for work. So he did not adopt Dong Zhuo's suggestion and reported the matter to the imperial court.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict to recruit Dong Zhuo as a young man, which was actually the meaning of rising and descending secretly, in order to seize his military power. Dong Zhuo refused to accept the order, and wrote to excuse himself: "My subordinate Huangzhong Yicong and Hun soldiers have come to stop my chariots and horses, begging me not to abandon them." I can't stop them, I can only stay to comfort them, I can't leave, and I ask the Holy God to forgive me, and if the situation changes, I will report to the imperial court. ”

Emperor Han Ling was helpless, naturally very worried. In the spring and February of the sixth year of Zhongping, the rebels of Liangzhou besieged the county town of Chencang for more than 80 days and retreated exhausted. Huangfu Song ordered a pursuit, but Dong Zhuo dissuaded him, thinking that "don't chase the poor, don't force the public." ”

Huangfu Song believed: "The rebels are a tired army that has lost its fighting spirit, not a poor army that has returned to the people, and it is the best time to pursue and annihilate it." ”

Later, after the emperor ordered Dong Zhuo's palace, he personally led the army to pursue. This battle won successive battles along the way, beheading more than 10,000 rebel heads, and soon after the rebel leader Kingdom fled, he died of illness on the way to escape. As a result, Huangfu Song became famous in a battle and won the appreciation of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo was very jealous of Huangfu Song, thinking that he was blocking his path to promotion and refused to give himself a chance.

At this time, Emperor Ling of Han was already terminally ill, and his time was running out. Therefore, he issued another edict to worship Dong Zhuo as the pastor of the state, and his subordinate army was transferred to Huangfu Song, so as to take the opportunity to prevent future troubles.

However, Dong Zhuo only accepted the appointment, but refused to hand over military power. He wrote to defend himself: "I have been in charge of the army for ten years, and the soldiers and I have a very good relationship, and they all have to work hard for me, and I beg to take these soldiers to merge with the state, so that they can serve the border together and fulfill their determination to defend the frontier."

Huangfu Li persuaded his uncle Huangfu Song to take the opportunity to get rid of Dong Zhuo, but Huangfu Song did not comply, but only refused to hand over Dong Zhuo's military power, and played the court according to the facts. So, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty issued an edict again to reproach Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo naturally became even more resentful of Huangfu Song.

In the end, Dong Zhuo did not dare to disobey the holy order anymore, and only took away 5,000 people and military horses, and these people set off with him towards Bingzhou. But Dong Zhuo only led the troops to stay in Hedong County, so he used the excuse that he was ill and stagnated. Because Dong Zhuo had also heard that Emperor Ling of Han was seriously ill, he had to judge the situation here and make a decision.

However, in April, Emperor Ling of Han died, and the general He Jin was in actual power. However, the general He Jin conspired with Yuan Shao, the captain of Si Li, to kill the eunuchs of the dynasty. Because the emperor was young, the Empress Dowager He, who was in power, refused to give an edict, so He Jin and Yuan Shao privately recruited Dong Zhuo to lead troops into Beijing to force Empress Dowager He to comply.

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he learned about it, and he immediately set off and rushed to Luoyang, the capital division. At the same time, Dong Zhuo wrote a letter to impeach ten eunuchs including Zhang Rang, a regular attendant in the middle of the book, and directly condemned their crimes, hoping that today's son can be the master and the people of the world. In fact, Dong Zhuo's letter was just an excuse he had made in advance for himself to go to Beijing to quell the rebellion.

But soon after, the general He Jin repented again, and he sent a doctor to dissuade Dong Zhuo from entering Beijing. Chong Shao met Dong Zhuo in Huangchi and asked Dong Zhuo to return to Hedong County to crusade against the exiled Xiongnu Shan Yufuluo. Dong Zhuo resolutely refused, continued to write a book to defend himself, and led the troops to continue to advance, and at this time the troops had already reached Luoyang.

Under the pressure of Dong Zhuo's march, Empress Dowager He finally agreed to issue an edict to dismiss the eunuchs. When Dong Zhuo led the army to the outside of Luoyang, he asked Dong Zhuo to withdraw again when he went out of the city to work the army, and Dong Zhuo instructed the soldiers to come forward and threaten Chongshao. Chong Shao was furious and rebuked Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo knew that he was at a loss, so he led the army to retreat west to the Sunset Pavilion twenty miles outside Luoyang City to rectify the troops and horses.

On August 25, the sixth year of Zhongping, the general He Jin and the lieutenant Yuan Shao conspired to punish the eunuchs, but the Empress Dowager He did not obey. So, the general He Jin recruited Dong Zhuo's generals to Beijing, and secretly ordered Dong Zhuo to write and say: "Zhang Rang and others are lucky to take advantage of the favor, and the sea is turbid." In the past, Zhao Yingxing Jinyang's armor was used to chase the evil of the king's side. Ministers ring bells and drums such as Luoyang, that is, to ask for concessions. “

The general He Jin prepared to use Dong Zhuo's army to coerce the Empress Dowager He to agree to kill the ten permanent servants led by Zhang Rang. But before Dong Zhuo arrived, He Jin had already been murdered by the eunuchs. It turned out that Zhang Rang and other eunuchs had already learned that it was the general He Jin who wanted to kill him, so they conspired to find a way to get rid of He Jin, so as to leave a glimmer of life for themselves.

But they don't know the hearts of the people too much, and the person who really wants to kill them is not the general He Jin, who was born as a butcher and lacks conspiracy, but Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, who have been hiding beside the general He Jin. The Yuan family has long been famous all over the world at this time, and the Yuan family of the "Four Worlds and Three Princes" has long been all over the world.

I don't know if others have ambitions, but why did Yuan Shao, who is the general of the Tiger Ben, become the lieutenant of the eight lieutenants in the West Garden? It turned out that Liu Hong, the emperor of Han Ling, and his favorite prince was Liu Xie, the second prince of Wang Meisheng. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty wanted to abolish Chang Liju, but because he was seriously ill, he asked the eunuch Xiao Huangmen Jianshuo to help Liu Xie succeed to the throne, and then set up the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan. In order to divide the military power of the great general He Jin, Jian Shuo naturally wanted to get rid of He Jin's ambition to establish Liu Xie as the emperor.

The eighth lieutenant of the West Garden, with Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo as the captain of the military academy; Hu Ben Zhonglang made Yuan Shao a lieutenant of the Central Military Academy; Bao Hong, the commander of the Tun Cavalry, was the lieutenant of the military academy; Cao Cao was a military captain; Zhao Rong is an assistant military captain; Chun Yuqiong is a military captain; advise the doctor Xia Mu to be the left lieutenant; Cao Jie's son-in-law, Feng Fang, was the right lieutenant.

It's a pity that the heavens are not beautiful, and when Emperor Han Ling was planning, he died early in April. The eight nobles' children who had been carefully prepared originally wanted to use their family power to succeed their beloved son Liu Xie as the first and auxiliary ministers. With the eight of them as the foundation, both inside and outside the palace, there are enough forces to rival the He family. In this way, we can truly achieve bloodless soldiers, and we can gradually thin the military power of the He clan and avoid the matter of fighting each other.

However, since the death of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, the eight captains of the West Garden have different intentions, and without him in charge of the Chinese army, how can they all be dedicated to assisting the young lord Liu Xie? What's more, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty only told Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo what he thought in his heart. Because in the heart of Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, these people are the most reliable, and only Jian Shuo, who is a eunuch, is the best choice!

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty knew that only Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo would not rebel against the imperial power, among these eight people, why did he want Jian Shuo to be a military captain? And he also specially informed the captains that they belonged to Jian Shuo. He ordered Xiaohuangmen Jian Shuo to be in charge of all armies and was directly ordered by Emperor Liu Hong. For a time, the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden was so powerful that even the general He Jin had to be ordered by him.

It is conceivable that when the eight captains of the West Garden were set up, what kind of responsibility and glory was Liu Hong, Emperor of Han Ling, prepared to give these eight people? These eight people are all smart people, how can they not know their status in the future? It is equivalent to that the forces of these eight families are all condensed together, so that they can be used by Liu Xie, and they are also used as talismans for their mother, Empress Dowager Dong.

Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty envisioned that when the time came, the Empress Dowager Dong would be the regent of the dynasty and rule the world on behalf of her son Liu Xie. In a few years, Liu Xie will be old, so it will be logical to inherit the throne, and he will not cause so many killings and bloody rain like when he succeeded to the throne.

However, after the death of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, Liu Wei, the son of the He family, ascended the throne, respected his mother He as the queen mother, and was regent of the He dynasty. At that time, his cousin He had the great general He Jin to lead the soldiers and horses of the world, but his eighth lieutenant in the West Garden, but he only had the forbidden army and the imperial city, so how could he compete with the general He Jin?

After the regency of the He dynasty, Dong Chong, the nephew of the Empress Dowager Dong, and the elder brother of the He family, the general He Jin, competed for power, and the eunuchs relied on Dong Zhong as a party aid. But every time the Empress Dowager Dong wanted to interfere in national affairs, the He family would stop it, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was completely broken!

How could Empress Dowager Dong endure such grievances? She scolded angrily: "You are arrogant now, relying on your brother He Jin!" If I ordered the hussar general Dong Zhong to cut off He Jin's head, it was just a gesture! When the time comes, see how arrogant you are! ”