Speaking of Dong Zhuo, the word Zhongying, a native of Lintao, Longxi (now Lintao, Dingxi City, Gansu), his father Dong Junya, was the county lieutenant of Lunshi (now Dengfengxi, Henan) in Yingchuan County, Yuzhou. His father left his job and returned to his hometown, and Dong Zhuo returned to his hometown with him to farm. Dong Zhuo liked to make friends when he was young, and he was chivalrous and righteous, and he once went to the Qiang tribe to play and befriended many Qiang leaders. Later, some Qiang leaders came to visit the house, and Dong Zhuo killed cattle for hospitality. The leaders of the Qiang people were very moved, and after returning home, they gathered thousands of heads of various livestock to give Dong Zhuo. After Dong Zhuo became an adult, he first served as an official in the Longxi County Government, responsible for local security. At that time, the Xiongnu often harassed the border and plundered the people. Because Dong Zhuo is extremely powerful, and knows martial arts, he is good at wearing two pairs of quivers, and he can shoot left and right when riding a horse. Dong Zhuo led his troops to defeat the Xiongnu and won thousands of pieces. Duan Cheng recommended Dong Zhuo to the imperial court. In the last years of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo served as Yulinlang. In the ninth year of Yanxi (166), the Xianbei people entered the fortress and united with the rebellious Qiang people to fight against the Eastern Han government. The imperial court worshiped Zhang Huan as the general of Zhonglang, and was responsible for quelling the rebellion in You, He, and Liang. Dong Zhuo was the military Sima, and with Zhang Huan broke the rebellion of Sanfu Qiang, beheaded its leader, captured more than 10,000 people, and rewarded 9,000 horses for his merit. Dong Zhuo served as the Guangwu Commander of Yanmen County in Bingzhou, the Northern Governor of Shu County in Yizhou, and the Captain of Wuji in the Western Regions, but was dismissed for committing crimes. During the reign of Emperor Ling Xiping, Dong Zhuo was recruited by Situ Yuan Kui as a Peng, and later served as the governor of Bingzhou and Hedong County. The old advocate lived in seclusion in Huayin County, Hongnong County, Dong Zhuo once sent someone to give a hundred horses, Zhang Huan hated Dong Zhuo as a person and refused to accept it.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Beizhonglang dismissed Lu Zhizhi's imperial court, and the imperial court dispatched Dong Zhuo, who was then the Taishou of Hedong County, as Dongzhonglang's general to take over the affairs of the Jizhou Theater. Dong Zhuo and Zhang Jiao were defeated in a battle, and were rescued back to the camp by Liu Guanzhang, not only did not thank him for saving his life, but treated him rudely, and Liu Guanzhang abandoned him. Dong Zhuo thought to himself: The yellow turban is so fierce and able to fight, the Quartet takes the opportunity to expand, if I fight hard, not only will my strength be greatly damaged, but I will also die on the battlefield, how to talk about being dominant in the future. So he withdrew the main force of besieging Guangzong, led the army north, falsely claimed to attack Zhangliang, and marched to Quyang.

Zhang Jiao defeated Dong Zhuo, the military strength was greatly boosted, the morale was high, and he was about to wave his army south to aid Yingchuan, capture Luoyang, overthrow the Han Dynasty, realize the equality idea of "no one is noble or low, all are born of heaven", and seek peace in the world, but due to overwork, exhaustion, and lying in a sick tent. When the generals visited, they saw that their eyes were closed, their mouths were foaming at the water, their limbs were weak, and their mouths could not speak. All the people were dejected, and they knelt on the ground and cried out. Zhang Jiao sat up suddenly, his eyes widened, and he shouted "Yellow Turban!" Taiping! He then collapsed and died. When the bad news came out, the sergeant howled and wept bitterly, and mourned with filial piety. Exactly: led the people to revolt for peace, and died before the goal was achieved.

It is said that Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang's camp were burned, and the retreat was intercepted by Cao Cao halfway, and they only retreated by dividing the road. Zhu Jun led his troops to chase and kill, and when Liu Bei came to vote, he joined forces and chased Zhang Bao closely. Zhang Bao was hit by an arrow in his left arm, entered Yangcheng with an arrow, and held on. Zhu Jun led his troops to besiege Yangcheng and tried his best to attack. Zhang Bao was wounded by an arrow, gritted his teeth and pulled out the arrow, commanded the soldiers, held the four gates, and fought hard against the enemy.

The general Yan Zhengjin saw Zhang Bao: "Our army has suffered a heavy defeat, the Han army is strong, and the food and grass in the city are not enough, so it is better to surrender to save your life." Zhang Bao was furious when he heard this: "It is for the people to rebel." If you surrender today, why do you need to raise an army? If you dare to say anything more, you will not be spared. Yan Zheng promised to retreat. That night, Yan Zheng sneaked into the tent quietly, and when he saw Zhang Bao drowsy, he drew a knife and killed Zhang Bao, and surrendered. Zhu Jun broke Yangcheng, and even Pingshu County, and offered his victory.

Zhang Liang led the defeated army to retreat to Xiaquyang. Huangfu Song and Bocai fought in Changhe, with the help of Cao Cao, defeated Bocai, took advantage of the victory to pursue, killed Bocai in Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan) in Yingchuan County, and broke Peng Tuo in Xihua, destroyed the main force of the Yellow Turban Army in the Yingchuan area, and led the main force to chase Zhang Liang closely. Zhang Liang led the army to fight while retreating, resisted stubbornly, and retreated to Quyang to defend to the death. Due to Dong Zhuo's repeated defeats, the imperial court ordered Emperor Fu Song to replace Dong Zhuo to lead the Han army in Jizhou, and make every effort to encircle and suppress the main force of the Yellow Turban. When Zhang Liang heard the news of Zhang Jiao's death, he fought hard to break through the siege and kill Quyang in November, intending to retreat into Guangzong to fight a decisive battle with the enemy. Unexpectedly, he was ambushed by Huangfu Song on the way, Zhang Liang and 30,000 warriors were killed, and more than 50,000 soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army sacrificed themselves into the river and died heroically. Huangfu Song took advantage of the victory to chase and kill, recaptured Guangzong, opened Zhang Jiao's coffin, killed the corpse, and sent it to Beijing to invite merit.

The court was rewarded, and the court discussed the reward, just when Liu Yu was on the table. Liu Yu, whose name is Bo'an, is a native of Tan County, Donghai County, the minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after Liu Qiang, the king of Gong in the East China Sea, and the son of Liu Shu, the Taishou of Danyang. Liu Yu is familiar with the "Five Classics", initially won the filial piety, served as a Cao official, because he was able to perform his duties and was promoted to the county official, and later moved to Youzhou Assassin History because of the accumulation of political achievements, Liu Yu served as Youzhou Assassin History, during the Xianbei, Wuhuan, Fuyu, Huiqian and other foreign tribes have a high prestige, pay tribute at any time, dare not intrude, the people sing songs and praises Liu Yu's merits. Later, he was dismissed from office due to official business and awarded the title of Donghai County Official. The Yellow Turban Uprising, the imperial court ordered it to be the assassin of Youzhou, and led troops to suppress it. It was at the time of Liu Yan's suggestion to set up a state pastor to give political and military power. The imperial court agreed to this suggestion, and the county set up a county magistrate and a county commander, a county taishou, and a state pastor to control the local military and political powers. Liu Yu was appointed as the pastor of Youzhou, and Huangfu Song beheaded the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, with outstanding merits, and he was the general of the Che Cavalry and led the Jizhou herd. Huangfu Song also praised Lu Zhi's meritorious and innocent crimes, and the imperial court restored Lu Zhi's original official, and Cao Cao also awarded Jinan Prime Minister because of his meritorious service, and the class teacher went to work on the same day.

It is said that the news of Zhang Jiao's death reached Daxing, and when he heard that the rebel armies from all walks of life had been defeated one after another, Deng Sheng and Yin Da were filled with righteous indignation. Yin Da was eager for revenge and proposed to lead his troops out of Daxing and fight to the death with the enemy.

Deng Sheng said: "Hundreds of thousands of righteous troops are still invincible, and a few thousand soldiers are not hitting stones with eggs and losing their lives in vain." ”

Yin Da said: "New hatred and old hatred, how can you not revenge." ”

Deng Sheng said: "I have sworn to heaven in front of my brother's grave that I will not avenge my brother and swear not to be a human being." But the current situation is very obvious, how can you and I turn around the defeat of the rebels? ”

Yin Da said: "If the Han army gathers a victorious army to encircle and suppress Daxing, the whole army will be annihilated." If he sits and waits for death, it is better to fight a fish and die in the net. ”

Deng Sheng said: "If this is the case, not only will it be difficult to avenge my brother, but thousands of lives will be wasted." Today's plan is to save the lives of the soldiers, avenge the brothers, and tolerate the plan. ”

Yin Daping believed in Deng Sheng the most, so he no longer insisted, saying that everything was arranged by Deng Sheng. The next day, Deng Sheng first asked the soldiers to send the grain and grass hoarded in the mountains to the surrounding people, and asked Yin Da to select 150 elite soldiers, distribute some of the materials and money to the rest of the soldiers, and tell them to disperse and return home. After the people dispersed, they gathered the 150 people who were left, each with a horse, and carried a load of supplies and money to go home and settle down, and returned to Dengtun three days later.

Yin Da was puzzled: "Since the team is disbanded, why do you still call one hundred and fifty elites to return?" Only then did Deng Sheng explain his plan to Yin Da: "In today's situation, the defeat of the righteous army has been decided, and there is no chance of winning in a large-scale battle. Brother does not take revenge and is not willing. Renyun 'open guns are easy to dodge, hidden arrows are difficult to prevent', 'soldiers are not many but fine', from open battles to assassinations, there is a chance of victory. Now I want to imitate the king of the plains, hide a hundred strong soldiers in the mountains, practice martial arts, and teach loyalty, so that for three to five years, everyone is loyal and courageous, each with unique skills, and then divide the hundred soldiers into ten teams, each team of ten people, scattered out of the mountain, follow Jing Ke to assassinate the king, assassinate the enemy, for the brother, for the revenge of the leader of the righteous army. ”

Yin Da asked again: "Each team has ten people, ten teams of 100 people, why do you choose to keep 150 people?" ”

Deng Sheng smiled: "I'm afraid that I can't return for fear or other reasons, just leave room for me." Sure enough, three days later 110 soldiers returned. Deng Sheng was divided into ten teams according to a team of ten people, and the remaining ten people stayed by his side as a countermeasure. Each team selects one captain and two deputy captains, supervised by Yin Da, hidden in the mountains, and practices their skills. A few years later, ten teams of elite people scattered out of the mountains, or wandered the rivers and lakes, or infiltrated the enemy army, or sold themselves to take refuge, Deng Mao surrounded ten people, contacted each team, announced the news, and waited for the opportunity to assassinate the enemy. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Besides, after Nanyang Zhang Mancheng's army occupied Wancheng, Yu Ji retreated to the south. The new Taishou Qin Jie made a comeback and fought back frantically, Zhang Mancheng was killed in battle, and Wancheng was recaptured by the Han army. The Nanyang Righteous Army supported Zhang Mancheng's general Zhao Hong as the commander, and Zhao Hong, together with the deputy generals Han Zhong and Sun Zhong, gathered hundreds of thousands of righteous troops, claiming to avenge Zhang Mancheng and Zhang Jiao, fought bravely, killed the defenders, and occupied Wancheng again.

The imperial court hurriedly dispatched Zhu Jun, who besieged Yangcheng and killed Zhang Bao, to conquer with a victorious army. When the soldiers approached Wancheng, Zhu Jun ordered Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to feint to attack the southwest corner, and rode 2,000 from the vertical iron to take the northeast corner. Zhao Hong sent Han Zhong to meet the enemy from the southwest corner. The two armies faced each other, and suddenly reported that the enemy's iron cavalry went straight to the northeast corner, and Han Zhong was afraid that the city would be lost, so he hurriedly withdrew his troops back to the city. Liu Bei covered up from behind, Han Zhong did not dare to fight, led the army back to the city, and closed the city gate tightly. Zhu Jun divided his troops and besieged Wancheng on all sides.

Zhao Hong gathered Han Zhong and Sun Zhong to discuss. Han Zhong said: "The enemy army is cunning and almost hit. Sun Zhong said: "The 'Great Virtuous and Good Teacher' died of illness, the righteous armies of Guangzong and Yingchuan were suppressed, and the famous general of the Han army, Zhu Jun, led the main force to besiege it, there was no grain and grass inside, no reinforcements outside, and Wancheng was in danger. It is better to surrender the city and make another plan. Han Zhong scolded loudly: "We waited for the rebellion with the marshal Zhang Mancheng, and now the marshal died on the battlefield, and we should take revenge desperately, how can we say the word 'surrender'." Even if I die in battle, I will not surrender. Zhao Hong saw that the two were arguing over surrender, and thought for a moment: "It may not be impossible to surrender and break the enemy." Sun Zhong said: "When I say surrender, that's exactly what I mean. The three of them discussed the plan, and Zhao Hong made specific arrangements: the enemy's main force gathered in the northwest, and Han Zhong led an army to falsely claim the main force to defend, and the soldiers lurked in the city, waiting for the enemy army to attack the city, open the door and surrender, the enemy army entered the city, and the hidden soldiers fought hard. Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong led the main force to break out of the city from the northeast and southwest respectively, went around behind the enemy, attacked from both sides, and broke the enemy's army. Plans are stopped, and each is prepared.

In the evening, Han Zhong stood at the city gate, and the sergeants beat drums and shouted. Zhu Jun thought that the main force of the righteous army was here, and he was afraid that it would break through, so he urgently transferred Liu Guanzhang to assemble. When Han Zhong heard that Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong had broken through the siege, he sent someone to the Han camp with a letter of surrender. Descending Shuyun: The city ran out of food, Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong abandoned the city and fled, taking into account the tens of thousands of lives in the city, Han Zhong was willing to sacrifice the city and surrender.

Zhu Jun read the surrender letter and said to the visitor: "Go back and tell Han Zhong that you refuse to surrender." Liu Bei was puzzled: "In the past, the reason why Gaozu was able to win the world was because he was able to recruit Nashun and many of them were attached. Why did Jin Zhu Gong refuse Han Zhong's surrender? ”

Zhu Jun said: "At that time, at this time." The dispute between Gaozu and Xiang Yu in the past is a dispute in the world. The world is in turmoil, and the people have no fixed master, so they surrender and accept Shun and persuade them to return. Now, the sea is unified, only the Yellow Turban rebels, if they are allowed to surrender, there is no way to persuade good. When the thieves are profitable, they wantonly rob and plunder, and when they lose, they surrender when they see the wind, which will inevitably boost the morale of the thieves and is by no means a good strategy. Guan Yu couldn't help but say: "There are still tens of thousands of innocent people in the city, wouldn't they suffer disasters because of the war." Zhu Jun looked at Guan Yu: "This is a woman's kindness." ”

Seeing this, Liu Bei hurriedly said: "What Zhu Zhonglang said is extremely true. Now that the thieves are rejected, they will inevitably fight to the death, and they will be united in their hearts, and it may be difficult to win quickly. If you retreat to the southeast and attack the northwest alone, leaving a way for the thieves to retreat, you will have no intention of fighting, and when they abandon the city and flee, they can be captured. Zhu Jun listened to Liu Bei's advice, retreated from the southeast and southeast armies, and concentrated his forces to attack the northwest.

Seeing that the deception could not be achieved, Han Zhong hurriedly informed Zhao Hong, saying that the situation had changed, and asked the main force to ambush in the southeast outside the city, see the signal, and wait for the opportunity to surround and kill the enemy. Zhu Jun led the army to attack the northwest, and Han Zhong withdrew the ambush at the city gate and retreated to the southeast. Zhu Jun broke through the city gate and ordered Liu Bei to lead Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to pursue Han Zhong. Han Zhong abandoned the city and retreated, the Han army was in hot pursuit, Han Zhong ordered his own soldiers to send a signal, and then returned to the horsepower battle, but unexpectedly a cold arrow flew from the enemy camp, hit the front heart, turned over and fell off the horse. At this time, Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong led the main forces to fight on both sides, and the Han army was defeated. Zhu Jun saw that the righteous army was strong, so he led the army to retreat temporarily, and left the city ten miles to go to the village. Zhao Hong took advantage of the situation to recapture Wancheng again, buried Han Zhong and the dead soldiers, regrouped, and resisted the enemy.

Zhu Jun led the army to besiege Wancheng, and the moon remained. At this time, a Biao army and horse arrived, the first general, with a wide forehead and a wide face, a tiger body and a bear waist, and a lofty spirit, which was Sun Jian, a native of Fuchun in Wu County.

More than ten years ago, Sun Jian was appointed as the Cheng of Yandu County for his meritorious service in killing Xuchang and Xu Shao's father and son, and suppressing the Huiji Rebel Army. During the Yellow Turban Uprising, Sun Jian left his family in Shouchun County, Jiujiang County, recruited some soldiers in the Huai and Si areas, and added a total of 1,500 elite soldiers to help in the war.

Zhu Jun was overjoyed, so he ordered Sun Jian to lead 1,500 soldiers from his headquarters to attack the south gate, Liu Bei and Guan Zhang led 1,500 soldiers from his headquarters to attack the north gate, and led the main force of officers and soldiers to attack the west gate, and sent another officer and soldier to ambush outside the south gate to intercept and kill the fleeing enemy.

Sun Jian took the lead in taking the lead, risking the arrows and stones, taking the lead in climbing the city wall, and killing more than 20 people in one go. Zhao Hongyi seems to be fierce and invincible, and Pegasus is very strong, and he takes Sun Jian directly. Sun Jian swung his sword and fought hard. The two horses intersected, the lance and knife were raised simultaneously, back and forth, and the battle was won or lost in dozens of rounds. Zhao Hong got up, shouted, and hit Sun Jian's mount with a lance. Sun Jian jumped up, stretched out his hand to grab the lance, stabbed Zhao Hong under the horse, stepped onto Zhao Hong's war horse, and rushed back and forth, as if entering a no-man's land.

Liu Bei entered from the north gate and met Sun Zhong. Seeing that Zhao Hong was killed, Sun Zhong had no intention of fighting, so he retreated to the south gate. Liu Bei opened his bow and arrow, hitting Sun Zhonghou's heart, and was about to take advantage of the victory to chase and kill, but was stopped by Guan Yu: "The thief has been removed, and the thieves have fled, why kill indiscriminately?" Liu Bei then led Guan Zhang to see Zhu Jun to express his merits. The rebel army defending the city was defeated, and the remnants of the retreat from the south gate were ambushed and intercepted by the Han army, scattered and fled, and suffered countless casualties.

Zhu Jun broke Wancheng, eliminated the rebel army all the way to Nanyang, returned to Beijing, and sealed the general of the Che Cavalry and Henan Yin. Zhu Jun played the merits of Sun Jian, Liu Bei and others. Because Sun Jian was quite famous and popular, he was appointed as Sima of the Left Army.

Liu Bei waited for many days, but he didn't see the reward, and he was depressed. One day, Liu Bei led Guan Zhang Street to wander around, saw Langzhong Zhang Jun coming by car, hurriedly stepped forward, and announced his achievements. Zhang Jun entered the court and accused the ten permanent servants of the crime of "not using relatives, not hating and not punishing". The ten permanent servants said that "Zhang Jun bullied the lord", and the emperor was furious and ordered the warriors to expel Zhang Jun. Zhang Junshi was unwilling, and wrote a letter denouncing the harm of the eunuch dictatorship, and was arrested and killed in prison.

The Ten Standing Servants thought that this was the complaint of those who broke the yellow scarf and could not be promoted, and the right to discuss and put a false name on these people, and it was not too late to ignore it in the future, so Liu Bei was appointed as the lieutenant of Anxi County. Less than four months after he took office, the imperial court issued an edict that "all those who have military merits as long-term officials should be sand tied", which is to be examined and eliminated like clearing the sand. When the superintendent arrived in Anxi, Liu Bei was rude and bribed, the superintendent was arrogant, Zhang Fei was drunk and whipped the superintendent, Guan Yu advised Liu Bei, "It's better to kill the superintendent, abandon the official and return to the hometown, don't try to be ambitious." Liu Bei hung the seal of the county lieutenant on the neck of the superintendent, and led Guan Zhang to abandon the official. The superintendent returned to the Taishou and sent someone to arrest him, and Liu Guanzhang went to Daizhou to go to Liu Hui to hide.

When the district stars in Jiangxia and the region rose again, the ten permanent servants hid and did not play, and the fake emperor appointed Sun Jian as the Changsha Taishou to crusade against the district stars. If you don't report the victory on the 50th, Jiang Xiaping will entitle Sun Jian as the Marquis of Wucheng.

Yuyang Zhang Ju proclaimed himself the Son of Heaven, Zhang Chun called the general, led the people to rebel, and ordered Youzhou Mu Liu Yu to lead the army to conscript. Daizhou Liu Hui recommended Liu Bei, Liu Yu was overjoyed, and made Liu Bei the commander and led troops to break the enemy. His subordinates assassinated Zhang Chun and led the people to surrender; Zhang Ju saw that the general trend had gone, and hanged himself, and Yuyang was peaceful. Liu Yuping Kou is meritorious and is a lieutenant. Liu Yu performed Liu Bei's great merits, and the imperial court pardoned the crime of whipping the post supervisor, named Liu Bei as the next secret minister, and moved to the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Jiao since the establishment of the Taiping Dao, after more than 10 years of "no one is noble or low, all born of heaven" ideological propaganda and the establishment of 36 Taoist dojos of the organization and preparation, in 184 A.D. (Jiazi year) February led more than 500,000 peasant uprisings, known as the "Yellow Turban Uprising", less than a year, Youji, Yingchuan, Nanyang three main forces were all encircled and annihilated, after that, the rest of the Yellow Turban and the peasant armies, some from light to dark, some into zero, some took other forms, still insisted on the struggle. The Qingzhou Yellow Turban once grew to millions of people, and later was forced to accept Cao Cao's incorporation due to the defeat in the battle. When Cao Cao pacified Jizhou, the Montenegrin army led by Zhang Yan was also forced to surrender.

The failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, in addition to the hasty uprising of traitors, the lack of strategic command leaders, and the difficulty of unified command for each other, the famous generals Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun in the late Han Dynasty directly commanded the elite troops of the Han army, coupled with the strong encirclement and suppression of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Jian and other rising heroes, the disparity in strength was too large, which accelerated the failure of the uprising.

Although the Yellow Turban Rebellion failed, it shook the Eastern Han court and led to the death of the Eastern Han regime. The Yellow Turban Uprising was another large-scale peasant uprising after the late Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, and Wang Mang's periods, and it was the first peasant uprising launched with the help of religion in China's history. "Historical Song" praised the Yellow Turban Uprising and said:

"The people are like leeks and shears come back to life", and the peasant uprisings are uninterrupted.

One hundred and ten times in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, "the chicken's head was cut" was shouted again.

Corrupt officials must not be feared, and the people should not be taken lightly.

Hebei Julu people Zhang Jiao, the leader of the uprising led the people to rebel.

The rebel army was based on the square unit, with hundreds of thousands of 36 sides.

The Yellow Turban is wrapped around the Yellow Turban Army, and the plan is well-planned and well-organized.

"The sky should die and Huang Tianli", the spearhead is directed at the Han regime.

"The year is auspicious in the world of Jiazi", 184 Jiazi year.

Zhang Jiao Guangzong fell ill and died, and Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang fought bloodily.

The rebels fought in various places, and the struggle lasted for 20 years.

Although the peasant uprising failed, the Eastern Han regime was shaken.

As the great men of our time said: "Only this kind of peasant class struggle, peasant uprising and peasant war is the real motive force of historical development"; "The people, and only the people, are the driving force behind the creation of world history." If you want to know how the world was divided after the failure of the Yellow Turban Uprising, and how the Three Kingdoms were formed, let's see the detailed breakdown later.