In the early period of the Three Kingdoms, although Sili, Yongzhou, and Liangzhou had assassination positions, these assassins and state pastors were not the main separatist forces in this area, but the Xiliang Army forces founded by Dong Zhuo, Han Sui, Ma Teng and other rebel forces, the remnants of the Baibo Army, and the county guards such as Zhang Yang were the main force of the separatist warlords. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

【Western Liang Army Forces】

The Western Liang Army was once the strongest force in the northwest of the Three Kingdoms, abolishing the king, controlling the imperial court, and taking the world as the enemy, among which the representative figures were Dong Zhuo and Li Dao.

Dong Zhuo (189-192), who seized power during the Rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, and was powerful for several years, when Dong Zhuo was brutal, connived at the wanton plundering of his subordinates, and took pleasure in killing, and was the first tyrant of the Three Kingdoms period, and was finally killed by his subordinate Lü Bu.

Dong Zhuo, as the first big boss in the early period of the Three Kingdoms, after he seized power, abolished the king, confronted the Kwantung coalition army, and once repelled Yuan Shao's troops, but was defeated by Sun Jian under Yuan Shu, and Luoyang was taken away by him. However, after Dong Zhuo's defeat, he did not reflect, but became more unscrupulous, and finally angered everyone and was assassinated.

When Dong Zhuo was there, the forces of the Xiliang Army were headed by him, and there were six lieutenant generals under his command, including Lu Bu, Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen, and Xu Rong, as well as Li Dao, Guo Yan, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, Hua Xiong, Jia Xu, Li Meng, Wang Fang and other lieutenants.

When Li Dao was the leader of the Xiliang Army, the forces of the Xiliang Army had been dispersed, Guo Yan and Fan Chou were both giants of the Xiliang Army and Li Dao, in addition to Zhang Ji, Duan Xuan and others stationed on one side.

Guo Yan (192-197), Guo Yan and Li Dao fought against Wang Yun together in the early days, captured Chang'an, was named the Hou General, the Marquis of Meiyang, and carved up Chang'an with Li Dao, Fan Chou and other three, and later fought with Fan Chou and Li Dao's nephews Li Li and Ma Teng and Han Sui under the Changping Guan, won a complete victory, and was able to open the mansion.

After the death of Fan Chou, Guo Yan was afraid that he would become the next, so he turned against Li Wei, and the two sides launched a large-scale internal bar in Chang'an, and was later mediated by Jia Xu, Zhang Ji and others, Guo Yan joined the team to escort Emperor Xian to the east, and rejoined Li Wei on the way, trying to recapture Emperor Xian, but in the end it was unsuccessful, in the second year of Jian'an (197), Guo Yan was killed by his own general Wu Xi.

Fan Chou (192-195) was one of the fierce generals in the Western Liang Army, and after helping Li Dao and others conquer Chang'an, Fan Chou was worshiped as the right general, named the Marquis of Wannian, and jointly controlled the government with Li Dao and Guo Yan. After defeating Ma Teng, Han Sui and others, he was able to open the mansion. In the second year of Xingping (195), Fan Chou prepared to lead his army east to Guguan to urge Li Dao to increase his troops, but was killed by Li Dao at a banquet.

Zhang Ji (192-196), Zhang Ji and Li Dao, Guo Yan and others were originally subordinates of Zhonglang General Niu Fu, after Niu Fu was killed, Zhang Ji and they broke through Chang'an together, and later served as the general of Zhendong, and the Marquis of Pingyang went out to garrison Hongnong.

After mediating the contradiction between Li Dao and Guo Yan, he moved east with Emperor Xian, and was worshiped as a hussar general.

Duan Xuan (191-198), Duan Xuan was sent to Huayin after Dong Zhuo entered Chang'an. After Dong Zhuo's death, attached to the imperial court, after Li Dao and others broke Chang'an, they returned to the forces of the Xiliang Army, and once helped Emperor Xian move eastward, Jia Xu also once took refuge in him, and later under the order of Liu Xie, he crusaded against Li Dao with Pei Mao and others, and eliminated him.

【Liangzhou rebels】

Among the many states and counties in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the strength of the rebel party in Liangzhou was the strongest, among which the representative ones were Han Sui, Ma Teng and Song Jian, and some other small princes were countless.

Han Sui (184-215), Han Sui's sphere of influence is basically in the Liangzhou area, is the soul of the Liangzhou princes, was forced to rebel by Beigong Boyu in the early years, and later directly changed his name, one road to the black. In the early days, Han Sui once killed Bian Zhang, Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others, and the family was dominant, and later used the kingdom to attack Sanfu.

During the Dong Zhuo period, Han Sui and Ma Teng were already the two strongest rebels in Liangzhou, the two became brothers with different surnames, and once joined forces with Liu Yan against Li Dao and others, after the defeat, the relationship between the two sides was quickly restored, and Han Sui was the general of Anqiang. Han Sui and Ma Teng broke up for a time, and Han Sui killed Ma Teng's son and wife.

After Cao Cao gained power, he sent Zhong Xuan to manage Guanzhong, and Han Sui persuaded the court to surrender, and sent troops to help Cao Cao fight, but he did not agree to enter the court, and later rebelled against Cao Cao with Ma Chao and others, was defeated, and was defeated by Xiahou Yuan, and finally died.

Ma Teng (187-211), Ma Teng participated in the rebellion after Geng's death, and fought against the imperial court with Han Sui and others. Ma Teng entered the court as an official in the later period, leaving his power to Ma Chao, and soon Ma Chao rebelled, and Ma Teng was also killed by Cao Cao.

Song Jian (184-214), Song Jian was one of the early rebellious princes of Liangzhou, claiming to be the king of Heshou Ping Han, gathering his subordinates in Caohan, changing the Yuan, and placing hundreds of officials for 30 years, and was later pacified by Xiahou Yuan.

【White Wave Army】

Earlier, the Baibo army was led by Guo Tai, and launched a large-scale uprising when Dong Zhuo was in power, and once repelled Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo even moved the capital directly under the threat of the Baibo army and the Kwantung coalition army, and later the Baibo army was defeated by Li Dao and others, Guo Tai died, Yang Feng and others surrendered, but Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai and others still insisted on fighting.

In the second year of Xingping (195), Li Dao and Guo Yan fought in a scuffle, and Yang Feng and Bai Boshuai took refuge in Emperor Han Xian and welcomed Emperor Han Xian to Hedong.

Due to the ruins of Luoyang, Cao Cao did not have the ability to control the military forces around Luoyang, such as Zhang Yang, Han Xian, Yang Feng, and Li Le, so he coerced the emperor to Xu, and then the rest of Bai Bo was annexed by Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, and this rebel army that was strong with the Black Mountain Army was finally destroyed.

【Prefects】

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the governors of those counties often became princes along the way, in the area of Sili and Liangzhou, Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang is a representative figure, of course, in addition to Zhang Yang, Hedong Taishou Wang Yi, the former Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang, etc. are actually all the princes of the road.

Zhang Yang (190-198), Zhang Yang had earlier helped Yuan Shao, but was held hostage by the Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo, and was later made General Jianyi and Hanoi Taishou by Dong Zhuo. When Dong Zhao went south, Zhang Yang stopped it and kept it for his own use, Dong Cheng was crusaded by Han Xian, and also took refuge in Zhang Yang, after which Zhang Yang once had the opportunity to control Emperor Liu Xie in his hands, but he finally took the initiative to send out and give up power.

In history, Zhang Yang and Lü Bu were friends, Zhang Yang blessed Lü Bu many times, when Cao Cao crusaded against Lü Bu, Zhang Yang led the army to Dongshi, and Lü Bu became a corner, after Lü Bu was eliminated, Zhang Yang was killed by his subordinate Yang Chou.