In the second year of Zhongping (185), Bian Zhang, Beigong Yu and others led the army to invade Sanfu, and Emperor Ling was first transferred back to Huangpu Song to guard Chang'an, and then because of the eunuchs' slander, Zhang Wen replaced him with Sikong Zhang Wen. In this crusade against the rebels, Zhang Wen finally relied on Dong Zhuo and others to successfully drive the rebels back to Liangzhou, but then the pursuit failed.

After that, Dong Zhuo was named the Marquis of a Thousand Households because of his military exploits, and was reused by the imperial court, and his power began to develop rapidly.

[Huangfu Song was dismissed]

In March of the second year of Zhongping (185), Han Sui and others led tens of thousands of cavalry to enter Kou Sanfu under the banner of killing eunuchs and invaded the garden.

At that time, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had just ended, and the eunuchs began to recklessly cause trouble in the world, they first persuaded Emperor Ling to increase the field tax on the cultivated land of the whole country, ten yuan per mu, to build a palace and cast bronze figures. Later, with the help of Emperor Ling's edict, all states and counties were asked to donate wood and stone with beautiful textures to the imperial court, and sent them to the capital Luoyang in batches. They forced to buy and sell among them, making the people miserable, Le'an Taishou Lu Kang wrote a book to describe the pros and cons, offended the eunuchs, and was exiled home, Julu Taishou Sima swallowed medicine and committed suicide, and wrote a book with death, only to dissuade Emperor Ling, suspend the repair of the palace.

In order to deal with the rebels in Xiliang, the imperial court ordered Huangfu Song, who had just quelled the Yellow Turban Rebellion, to return to Chang'an, and at the same time restored the position of Dong Zhuo, who had been removed because of the failure of the crusade against Zhang Jiao, and prepared to transfer them to defend the royal garden, but because Huangpu Song did not go along with the eunuchs, he was made a small report by Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang, the ten permanent servants, and was dismissed and demoted.

When Emperor Fu Song was conquest of Zhang Jiao, he passed through Yedi and found that the residence of Zhao Zhong, the middle servant, exceeded the regulations, so he went to the emperor to confiscate it. In addition, Zhang Rang, the regular attendant, asked him for 50 million money, but he refused to give it. So Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang joined forces to impeach Huangfu Song for a series of unsuccessful battles, costing money and food. Emperor Ling listened to the rumors, recalled Huangfu Song, took back his left chariot cavalry general's seal, and cut off 6,000 feudal households. Changed the title of the townsman, and there were 2,000 households.

In history, whether Huang Pu Song led troops to fight against the Xiliang rebels at this time is not clearly recorded, but from the perspective of time, after Huang Pu Song returned to Luoyang, and then went to Chang'an, he should have been recalled and demoted before he could send troops.

【Guardian Sansuke】

"Sanfu", also known as "Sanqin", originally refers to the three officials Jing Zhaoyin, Zuo Feng Yi, and Right Fufeng who governed the Jinggi region of Chang'an from Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and at the same time refers to the three places of Jingzhao, Zuo Fengyi, and Right Fufeng in the areas under the jurisdiction of these three officials. In the Western Han Dynasty, "Sanfu" was the location of the national capital Chang'an, after the Eastern Han Dynasty moved the capital, although the political status here has been reduced, but it is still located in Sili, is the central area of the Han Dynasty, has an important position.

After the resignation of Huangpu Song, the imperial court appointed Sikong Zhang Wen as the general of the chariot cavalry, and took Jinwu Yuan Peng as his deputy, led the army to conquer Beigong Boyu, and appointed Zhonglang General Dong Zhuo as the general of the Broken Prisoner, and came under the command of Zhang Wen together with Zhou Shen, the general of Dangkou.

Zhang Wen commanded more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry from the counties to be stationed in Meiyang. Bian Zhang and Han Sui also marched into Meiyang, where the two sides fought, and Zhang Wen lost the first battle. At that time, Zhang Wen and the others were anxious, for fear that the court would blame them, but Dong Zhuo looked at ease and comforted them: "Although we are in a disadvantageous position now, as long as we wait for the opportunity and stabilize our emotions, we will definitely be able to repel the enemy." If even those of us who are the commanders of the army panic, it will inevitably shake the morale of the army and create an opportunity for the enemy to attack us! ”

In November of that year, there were meteors like fire at night, more than ten zhang long, illuminating Han Sui's camp, and donkeys and horses all barked. Han Sui and Bian Zhangjun both thought that this was an ominous omen and wanted to return to Jincheng. Dong Zhuo was overjoyed when he heard about it, and the next day, he combined with Bao Hong and others to attack the right Fufeng, broke Han Sui and Bian Zhang's army, beheaded thousands of people, and Han Sui and others retreated to Yuzhong.

【Pursuit Defeat】

Seeing the defeat and retreat of the rebels, Zhang Wen sent Zhou Shen, Dong Zhuo and others to lead 30,000 people to pursue Bian Zhang and Han Sui. At that time, Sun Jian, a member of the army, suggested to Zhou Shen: "There is a shortage of food in the city where the rebels are strong, so it will be brought in from outside." I am willing to lead 10,000 men to cut off the enemy's grain transportation routes, and the army of the generals will follow behind, and the rebels will inevitably dare not respond to the battle due to exhaustion and hunger, and retreat to the hinterland of the Qiang people. At that time, if we work together to encircle and suppress them, we can pacify Liangzhou. Zhou Shen did not follow his advice and led his army to surround Yuzhong City. However, Bian Zhang and Han Sui divided their troops to garrison Kuiyuan Gorge, but cut off the grain transportation road of the official army. Zhou Shen panicked and abandoned his baggage and withdrew.

In this battle, only Dong Zhuo's troops suffered little losses, and Dong Zhuo was surrounded by rebels in the north of Wangyuan, with no food and difficulties in advancing and retreating. So a weir was built over the river crossed, pretending to be fishing, but quietly withdrew the army from the north of the weir. When the thieves came after him, the water was too deep to cross. At that time, all the armies were defeated and retreated, and only Dong Zhuo's army retreated intact and was stationed in Fufeng, so Dong Zhuo was named the Marquis of Curtain Township and had 1,000 households.

After the war, Zhang Wen was very despised by Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian thought that Dong Zhuo was arrogant, did not listen to orders, ignored the superiors, and should be beheaded, but Zhang Wen couldn't bear to do it, and then Dong Zhuo came to power to control the court and tortured Zhang Wen to death on the street.

[Not a victory of victory]

In the Battle of Meiyang, because Huang Pu Song was driven down by the eunuchs, Zhang Wen had a chance, but although he had the elite of a hundred battles who had just experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion, because Zhang Wen's own ability was really limited, he did not have much suppression of the rebels, but showed a decline in the early stage, and as the head coach led the panic, his performance was not as good as Dong Zhuo, who had just resumed his official position.

On the one hand, the victory in the Battle of Meiyang was due to the favor of God, and the appearance of an omen in the enemy camp shook the morale of the army, and on the other hand, Dong Zhuo and other generals had seized the opportunity, and they actually had little to do with Zhang Wen, the commander. Dong Zhuo had an excellent performance in the Battle of Meiyang and the subsequent pursuit battle, so it is easy to understand that he does not look down on Zhang Wen. In addition, Sun Jian also further showed the qualifications of a top commander in these two battles, but unfortunately he was still a member of the army at that time, not a general with real power, otherwise there is reason to expect more excellent performance.

Zhang Wen and others repelled the rebels in Meiyang, but lost in the subsequent pursuit battle, and the overall blow to the Xiliang rebels was limited, and did not give it serious trauma, in a sense, it also indicated the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty at that time, so the victory in the Battle of Meiyang was finally discounted.

But this battle was not without positive significance, because the Xiliang rebels suffered their first major defeat in the "Sanfu" area, the internal forces began to divide, and their rebel forces also temporarily retreated back to Liangzhou, and the Xiliang chaos was confined to Xiliang.