In the current popular saying called "three generals at the end of the Han Dynasty", as the name suggests, it is the three famous generals at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, namely Huang Fusong, Zhu Juan, and Lu Zhi. In fact, these three characters can be juxtaposed together, largely because these three people are all independent in the "Yellow Turban Uprising" and have a relatively good performance. In addition to suppressing the "Yellow Turban Uprising", Huang Fusong, Zhu Juan, and Lu Zhi had other performances. The following small editor will briefly talk about their performance in the military.
<h1>Huang Fusong: Suppressed the "Yellow Turban Rebellion" and defeated the Liangzhou rebel army</h1>
Huang Fusong was a rising star among the "Three Generals of the Late Han Dynasty", and his earliest military emergence was by virtue of the opportunity of the "Yellow Turban Uprising". Huang Fusong did not have military performance before the "Yellow Turban Uprising", but after the outbreak of the "Yellow Turban Uprising", he was appointed by the Han Ling Emperor as the general of Zuo Zhonglang, and it was also more surprising that he was able to lead an army with the general Lu Zhi of the Northern Zhonglang and the general Zhu Juan of the Right Zhonglang to suppress the Yellow Turban Army.
Among the "Three Generals of the Late Han Dynasty", Huang Fusong may have been the best one to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. In the "Battle of Changshe", Zhu Juan had already been defeated, and Emperor Fusong turned the tide of victory with fire attack; in the "Battle of Guangzong", although Lu Zhi suppressed Zhang Jiao, he was eventually reprimanded by rumors, and Huang Fusong took Lu Zhi's place and completely eliminated the three brothers Zhang Jiao, Zhang Bao, and Zhang Liang. After the end of the "Yellow Turban Uprising", Huang Fusong's prestige was also the highest, and folk songs sang: "The world is in chaos and the city is a ruin, the mother does not protect her son and loses her wife, and the emperor is restored to live in peace." "There were even ambitious people who directly persuaded Emperor Fusong to take the opportunity to replace the Eastern Han court and establish himself as emperor.
In fact, Huang Fusong's military career was far more than the suppression of the "Yellow Turban Uprising", and there was also a war with the Liangzhou rebel army. In the same year of the "Yellow Turban Uprising", that is, in the first year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (that is, in 184 AD), an uprising led by Liangzhou Yicong HubeiGong Boyu, Li Wenhou and others also broke out in Liangzhou, but the time was later than the "Yellow Turban Uprising". After suppressing the Yellow Turban Army, Emperor Fusong was again transferred to Guanzhong to fight against the Liangzhou rebels.
There were two wars between Huang Fusong and the Liangzhou rebels, once in the second year of Zhongping (that is, in 185 AD), Huang Fusong confronted Bian Zhang and Han Sui (both liangzhou celebrities, both of whom joined the Liangzhou rebel army after being abducted), because Emperor Fusong had previously impeached Zhao Zhong, who had previously impeached Zhongchang Zhao Zhong, refused to bribe Zhongchang Zhang Rang, so he was impeached by the two men for "no success in the battle, and the expenses were many", and was deprived of military power by the Eastern Han court.
The other time was in the fifth year of Zhongping (i.e., in 188 AD), when the kingdom (Han Sui killed Beigong Boyu, Li Wenhou, and Bian Zhang, with the kingdom as the leader) attacked Chen Cang. Emperor Fusong once again confronted the Liangzhou rebels, and this time finally won the victory, expelling Wang Guo and others back to Liangzhou. After the defeat of the kingdom, it was deposed by Han Sui, and Han Sui's other leader Yan Zhong (the ambitionist who persuaded Emperor Fusong to claim the title of emperor) died of depression, and the offensive of the Liangzhou rebel army weakened from then on.
<h1>Zhu Juan: Suppressed the Jiaozhou rebel army, the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, repelled the "Black Mountain Army", and was defeated by Li Dai and Guo Feng</h1>
Emperor Fusong was the nephew of Emperor Fugui, one of the "Liangzhou Sanming" after the shogun, so he could become the chief general of the Eastern Han Dynasty officials and soldiers if he was still young. Zhu Juan was named after filial piety. Zhu Juan was a county official, serving righteously and sparing money, from the county gate under the shu zuo to the county shou master book; he was promoted to filial piety by the county shou and moved to Lanling Ling, because his political achievements were revealed to the imperial court by donghai xiang, and he had the opportunity to rise later. Zhu Juan can be said to have started from the county officials little by little.
In the first year of Guanghe (that is, in 178 AD), a large-scale rebellion occurred in Jiaozhou, and rebels appeared in Jiaotong, Hepu, Jiuzhen, Ninan, Nanhai and other counties, and the Eastern Han court ordered Zhu Juan to recruit family soldiers and county soldiers to suppress the Jiaozhou rebel army with Zhu Juan as the history of Jiaotong Thorn History (at that time there was no administrative planning for Jiaozhou). Zhu Yan combined his troops with 5,000 men, and the size of the Jiaozhou rebel army reached at least 10,000 people. Zhu Juan did not directly send troops to suppress, but first observed the situation of the Jiaozhou rebel army, used offensive tactics to shake and disintegrate the enemy army, and then attacked the Jiaozhou rebel army together with the county soldiers of the seven counties of Jiaozhou, beheading the leader Liang Long and recruiting tens of thousands of prisoners of the Jiaozhou rebel army.
Quelling the Jiaozhou rebellion gave Zhu Juan military qualifications. After the outbreak of the "Yellow Turban Uprising", Zhu Juan was also given the opportunity to lead an army alone. Although Zhu Juan was once defeated in the "Battle of Changshe", his follow-up performance was still remarkable. In particular, the Elimination of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army. The scale of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army is more than 100,000, the will to resist is very tenacious, and it is one of the main forces of the Yellow Turban Army. Zhu Juan joined forces with Xu Xuan (徐璆) and Nanyang Taishou (南陽太守秦颉) to defeat Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, and Sun Xia, the leaders of the Nanyang Yellow Turban Army, and completely destroy the Nanyang Yellow Turban.
After the failure of the "Yellow Turban Uprising", various Yellow Turban remnants appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the "Black Mountain Army" was one of the more powerful forces, led by Zhang Yan, who occupied the Taihang Mountains "to millions" and forced the Eastern Han Court to recruit security. Even after reaching a reconciliation with the Eastern Han court, Zhang Yan still invaded Hanoi and approached Luoyang. As a result, Zhu Juan was appointed as the Taishou of Hanoi and led his troops to repel Zhang Yan's invasion.
Later, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing to control the imperial government, transferred the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty to Chang'an, and left Zhu Juan to guard Luoyang. Zhu Yan first retreated to Zhongmu, and with the support of Tao Qian and others, formed a coalition army to attack Dong Zhuo, but was defeated by Dong Zhuo's generals Li Dai and Guo Feng. It can also be regarded as a not-so-glorious end to Zhu Juan's military career.
<h1>Lu Zhi: Quell the Jiujiang rebellion in Yangzhou and suppress the Yellow Turban in Jizhou</h1>
Among the "Three Generals of the Late Han Dynasty", Lu Zhi was the most out of place. Because Lu Zhi was a kind of scholar in history, his achievements and contributions in literature were very high, rather than the pure martial identity of Emperor Fusong and Zhu Juan. Lu Zhi studied under Ma Rong, the great Confucian of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and was a classmate of Zheng Xuan (Lu Zhi helped Zheng Xuan study at Ma Rong); opened the door to teach apprentices, and Liu Bei and Gongsun Zhan were both students of Lu Zhi; in addition, Lu Zhi also wrote the "Shang Shu Chapters and Sentences", "Three Rites of Interpretation", and revised the "Five Classics" of the Dongguan (Royal Library) and other literary contributions. However, this article mainly introduces Lu Zhi's military performance, which is mentioned here.
Lu Zhi had military experience before the "Yellow Turban Uprising", but the gold content was not particularly high. In the fourth year of Xiping (that is, in 175 AD), a rebellion broke out in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, and the Eastern Han court used Lu Zhi as the Taishou of Jiujiang and quelled the Jiujiang rebellion in a huairou way, and Lu Zhi fell ill and went to the government; and then a rebellion broke out again in Yangzhou, because Lu Zhi had a certain reputation in Jiujiang County, so the imperial court once again used Lu Zhi as the Taishou of Lujiang to appease and calm the local area.
When the "Yellow Turban Rebellion" broke out, Lu Zhi, as the general of The Northern Zhonglang, led the Five Colonels of the Northern Army to attack the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, which was the base camp of the Yellow Turban. Lu Zhi defeated the Yellow Turban Army continuously, besieging Zhang Jiao, the leader of the Yellow Turban Army, at Guangzong. Lu Zhi began to build siege trenches outside the city to block Guangzong, preparing to make a ladder to attack Guangzong. At this time, the Han Ling Emperor sent the eunuch Zuo Feng to observe the situation, and Lu Zhi refused to bribe Zuo Feng, so he was impeached by Zuo Feng. Emperor Ling of Han then took Lu Zhi into custody and replaced Lu Zhi with Dong Zhuo and Huang Fusong to continue to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. Although Huang Fusong was a figure who completely pacified the Yellow Turban Army, it was also on the basis of Lu Zhi's suppression of the Yellow Turban Army. Huang Fusong also highly praised Lu Zhi's military ability in the above table, which shows that Lu Zhi's contribution to quelling the "Yellow Turban Uprising" was also very large.
Reference: Book of the Later Han Dynasty