History of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty Chapter 6 The death of Dong Zhuo
【Wang Yunmou Dong Zhuo】
In April of the third year of Chuping (192), Situ Wang Yun and Lü Bu and others made a plan to kill Dong Zhuo. In the second year of the first peace, Dong Zhuo was defeated by Sun Jian, and after returning to Chang'an, he was given a bigger one, and the thieves used the clothes of the Son of Heaven to pay tribute to him, and ordered the following officials to report to his mansion. He also appointed his younger brother Dong Wen as General Zuo, and his son Dong Guohuang as a lieutenant in the middle and middle military colonels, both in charge of the military. Dafeng his clan, the babies in the Dong family were all sealed, the men were all marquis, and the women were the kings of Yi. In Chang'an Zhuyiwu (now northeast of Meixian County, Shaanxi). , seven zhang high and seven thick, of which grain can be used for thirty years. Dong Zhuo was brutal and easy to kill, and the generals made a slight mistake in their words, so they were immediately executed, and they killed the old clan in Guanzhong on the charge of rebellion. His perverse behavior caused a strong resentment in the court. Situ Wang Yun, Sili Lieutenant Huang Wan, Shangshu Yang Zan and others conspired to murder Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo knew that he was hated by the people, and often used the brave Zhonglang to escort Lu Bu. At that time, Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to kill Lu Bu, and Lu Bu was resentful and reported to Situ Wang Yun. Wang Yun and others saw that the time had come, so they persuaded Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo and eliminate harm for the world. In April of the third year of the first peace, Emperor Xian recovered from his illness, and the ministers of the court met in the Weiyang Palace. Dong Zhuo rode away, led his troops to guard the side of the road, and asked Lu Bu to protect him with the car. Wang Yun sent Sun Rui, a scholar and a servant, to write an edict to kill Dong Zhuo and hand it to Lu Bu. Lu Bu asked his fellow townsman Li Su to lead more than ten warriors to pretend to be guards and ambush in the court, Dong Zhuo entered, Li Su stabbed him down with a halberd, and Lu Bu immediately committed suicide to Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo's death, the soldiers and civilians of Chang'an celebrated on the road, and the guards and soldiers shouted long live, and all the Dong clan were killed. Here, the imperial court appointed Wang Yunlu Shangshushi, appointed Lu Bu as the general of Fenwei, the false festival, and the etiquette was compared with the three divisions. Co-in charge of the government. Dong Zhuozi Zhongying, Longxi Lintao (now Minxian County, Gansu). , brave and strategic, strong and powerful. In the last years of Emperor Huan (reigned 147-167), he started as Yulin Lang, and successively served as Jun Sima, Langzhong, Bingzhou Assassin Shi, Dongzhong Lang General, Zhong Needle, Po Yu General and other official positions. In the sixth year of Zhongping, the general He Jin wanted to kill all the eunuchs, summoned Dong Zhuo into Beijing to coerce the queen mother, which led to the rebellion against Dong Zhuo, from August to April in the sixth year of Zhongping, Dong Zhuo deposed the young emperor, killed the queen mother, moved the capital to Chang'an, killed the ministers, brutalized the people, autocratic government, arrogated and disrupted the world, brought great disasters to the society and the people, until Dong Zhuo was killed, Dong Zhuo's rebellion was declared over.
【Cao Cao Breaks the Yellow Turban】
In April of the third year of Chuping (192), more than 1 million people of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army attacked Yanzhou, captured the city (now Jining, Shandong), and killed Zheng Sui, the minister of Rencheng. Then, near Dongping (now Dongping, Shandong), the officials and soldiers who came to suppress were defeated, and Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, was killed, and with that, the Yellow Turban Army moved to Shouzhang (now southwest of Dongping, Shandong), and the smooth development of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou made the officials and soldiers of Yanzhou extremely worried and nervous, and Liu Dai was killed, no one in the state was in charge, and Yanzhou was in a panic. But there was a hero who could pacify them, and that person was Cao Cao.
In April of the third year of Chuping (192), the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army attacked and entered Yanzhou, killing Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and Yanzhou was shaken. At that time, Chen Gong, a subordinate of Cao Cao, who was too guarded by Shujun, persuaded Yanzhou Zhizhong, Beijia and others to welcome Cao Cao into Zhuchongzhou, and Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei who had always been friendly with Cao Cao, strongly recommended Cao Cao. So Yanzhou Zhizhong Wan secretly and Bao Xin personally went to Dongjun to welcome Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou. After Cao Cao entered Yanzhou, he immediately blocked the Yellow Turban Army attacking Qingzhou with Bao Xin's allied army in the eastern suburbs of Shouzhang (now southwest of Dongping, Shandong), the two armies fought fiercely, the Yellow Turban Army had been in battle for a long time, the army was shrewd and strong, and the battle array killed Bao Xin, Cao Cao took the lead in the battle, inspired the soldiers, and after fierce battles day and night, finally drove the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou out of Fengzhang. In September of that year, Cao Cao led his army in pursuit and defeated all the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou in the area of Jibei County. The Yellow Turban Army surrendered, Cao Cao captured more than 300,000 soldiers who surrendered, more than 100 men and women, and then selected the elite of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou to form an army, known as the "Qingzhou Soldiers" From here, Cao Cao's strength was greatly enhanced. At the same time, the imperial court knew that Liu Dai had died in battle, so it changed its attack and appointed Jingzhao Yin Jinshang as the assassin of Yanzhou. Cao Cao met Jin Huan halfway, and Jin also escaped. So Cao Cao occupied Yanzhou.
【Cai Yong's Death】
In April of the third year of Chuping (192), Wang Yun ordered Lü Bu to kill Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo has the grace of knowing Cai Yong, Cai Yong expressed his grief over Dong Zhuo's death at a meeting presided over by Wang, and was accused of "God blames Wang Yun for killing guilty and hurting each other", which is the sworn friend of the national thief Dong Zhuo, and was immediately arrested and imprisoned. Cai Yong wrote a letter to apologize, asked to be dismissed, and was willing to cut off his feet and continue the compilation of Han history in prison. Taiwei Ma Ridan and many scholars pleaded for Cai Yong, pointing out that Cai Yong was a genius of the world, who had always been known for his loyalty and filial piety, and could not treat death casually, and should let him continue to study Han history and complete a generation of canons. Wang Yun thought that Emperor Wu did not kill Sima Qian, so that Sima Qian's "Historical Records" could be passed on to future generations, and there were many words that answered the emperor's disrespect, and now Cai Yong must not be allowed to write history, if he can write slander again, insist on killing him. Cai Yong heard the interrogation and committed suicide in prison at the age of 60.
【The Rebellion of Li Dao Guo Yan】
In May of the third year of Chuping (192), after Dong Zhuo was killed, the Communist Party sent Li Xuan, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others to Chang'an to ask for pardon. At that time, Wang Yun was in charge of the government, and he did not pardon me, and the crusade captain Jia Xu persuaded Li Qi and others to capture Chang'an, so as to avoid sitting and waiting for death, Li Zhi and others agreed very much, and led thousands of troops to the west. At that time, it was rumored that the people of Liangzhou would be killed. The generals under Dong Zhuo all supported their own troops. Li urged to recruit troops along the way, and the crowd reached more than 100,000. So besieged Chang'an. In June, Lü Bu's subordinates rebelled and led Li's army into the city. Lü Bu and Li Hi fought unfavorably in the city, and led several hundred cavalry to pick up Wang Yun and escape. Wang Yun refused to leave, and Lu Bu broke through and fled. Li Hi, Guo Yan and others were stationed outside the south gate of the palace, killing Lu Zhongkui, Da Honglu Zhou Huan, Cui Lie, the captain of the city gate, Wang Qi, etc., and sent troops to kill and plunder, more than 10,000 people died in the officials and people, and the corpses piled up, Wang Yun helped the emperor to go to the Xuanping city gate of Chang'an to avoid the soldiers, Li Xi and others led the troops to station in front of the gate, forcing the emperor to hand over Wang Yun. Wang Yun then went down to the city and was captured by Li Xun and others. Li Xi and others asked Emperor Xian to give amnesty to the world and killed Wang Yun and his wife. From the official title, Li hired as General Yangwu, Guo Yan as General Yanglie, and Fan Chou as Zhonglang General. In September, Li Zhicong was called the general of the chariot cavalry, the commander of the lieutenant, and the false festival, Guo Yan called himself the rear general, Fan Chou called himself the right general, and Zhang Jicong praised the hussar general. All are feudal. So Li Xuan, Guo Yan, Fan Chou and others jointly took charge of the government, and Zhang Ji went out of Beijing to garrison Hongnong (now Lingbaobei, Henan). , echoing from afar.
[Wang Yun was killed]
In June of the third year of Chuping (192), Li Hi, Guo Yan and others broke through Chang'an, and Situ Wang Yun was killed. Wang Yun (136-192), a character teacher, was a native of Qi County, Taiyuan (now Shanxi). When he was young, he had great ambitions, practiced reciting scriptures, was familiar with horseback riding and archery, and later served as the county historian, hunting and killing Zhao Jin, the county's big victim. Later, Situ High School was appointed as the imperial history, successively served as Yuzhou Assassin History, Henan Yin, Taifu, Shoushang Shuling, Situ and other work, in the first year of Zhongping (184), and Zuo Zhonglang General Huangfu Song and others marched to crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, and there were hundreds of thousands of people who accepted surrender. In the hands of the Yellow Turban Army, he obtained a communication letter between Zhang Rang, a regular attendant of the Middle Turbans, and sent Emperor Ling, so he offended the eunuchs and was imprisoned and almost died. After Dong Zhuo took control of the government, Wang Yunxu and Wei Snake plotted with Huang Wan, the captain of Sili, to kill Dong Zhuo in the dark, and finally killed Dong Zhuo with the hand of Lu Bu. It's a pity that the queen had no strength and refused to pardon Dong Zhuo's subordinates, which inspired an incident, Li Xi and others captured Chang'an, and Wang Yun was killed.
The battle between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan Longcuo, and the battle of Juma Shui
In the third year of the first peace of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty (192), Gongsun Chan sent an army to fight with Yuan Shao in Longcuo shortly after the battle at Jieqiao, but was defeated by Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Chan retreated to Youzhou. Yuan Shao sent Cui Juye to lead his troops to besiege Gu'an, but he couldn't attack it for a long time. When retreating, he was pursued by Gongsun Zhan with 30,000 men, and broke Yuan Shao's army at Jumashui, killing seven or eight thousand people. Later, Gongsun Zhan took advantage of the victory to chase him to the plains, with Tian Kai as the guard. Yuan Shao sent tens of thousands of troops to fight for two years, and a Tian Kai was defeated under Yuan Tan, and this war ended with the two sides running out of military rations and the Son of Heaven sending envoys and explanations.
Lü Bu fled
In June of the third year of Chuping (192 AD), Chang'an was in chaos, and Lü Bu failed to Li Fu and Guo Yan, and came to Nanyang from Wuguan to defect to Yuan Shu. Although Yuan Shu treated him so well, Lu Bu relied on his merits to the Yuan clan and plundered the army, and Yuan Shu appointed him to be a troublemaker. Lu Bu was uneasy and gave up Yuan Shu and went to Zhang Yang. Later, because Li Qi and others wanted Lu Bu, Lu Bu left for Yuan Shao because he was afraid.
Yuan Shu attacked the battle of Yuan to Yangzhou
In December, Chen Wen, the assassin of Yangzhou, died, and Yuan Shao sent Yuan Yu to serve as Yangzhou, but was defeated by Yuan Shu. Yuan fled to Peiguo and was killed by soldiers. Yuan Shu appointed Chen Yu, a native of Xiapi, as the assassin of Yangzhou.
Zhu Jun entered the court
In April 192 (the third year of the first peace), Wang Yun and Lü Bu killed Dong Zhuo, and later Li Xuan, Guo Yan and others rebelled, captured Chang'an, and controlled the government. Zhu Jun was still in Zhongmu at the time, Tao Qian thought that Zhu Jun was a famous general, who had made many military exploits, and could be entrusted with a great task, in this joint former Yangzhou Assassin Shi Zhou Gan, Lang Evil State Prime Minister Yin De, Donghai State Prime Minister Liu Zhongkui, Pengcheng State Minister Ji Lian, Beihai State Minister Kong Rong, Pei Xiang Yuan Zhong, Taishan County Taishou Ying Shao, Runan Taishou Xu Xu, the former Jiujiang Taishou Fu Qian, Doctor Zheng Xuan and others together Zhu Jun as the Taishi, moved Wen Mubo, and jointly crusaded against Li Xuan and others to welcome the Son of Heaven. In December, Li hired a plan to bring Zhu Jun into the court, and Zhu Jun thanked Tao Qian and was called to join the court, and Tao Qian could only do it.
Cao Cao and Yuan Shao defeated Tao Qian
In the third year of Chuping (192), Xia Pi Que Xuan proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven. , Tao Qian kills the others and merges the other teams. Tao Qian echoed Yuan Shu's garrison Fagan (now Liaocheng City, Shandong). to persecute Yuan Shao. For Cao Cao and Yuan Shao to break down.