The sky is dead, and the yellow sky is standing.
Years in the nails, the world is auspicious.
The "Yellow Turban Rebellion" was a large-scale uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and although it was put down by the Eastern Han Court in just nine months, its impact was far-reaching, prompting the Han Dynasty to dismantle the party and decentralize military power, and promote the disintegration of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, the Yellow Turban Army was not completely removed and eliminated, and after the failure of Zhang Jiao and others and the main Yellow Turban forces such as Jizhou, Jingzhou, and Yuzhou, there were also remnants of the Yellow Turban led by others in other regions. Although these remnants of the Yellow Turban have not become the protagonists of history, they have also largely influenced the wheel of historical progress. One of them was a very card-faced one, from the rebel moth thief to the Qin King's escort division of Han Tianzi, and once controlled the Eastern Han court. The remnants of this yellow turban are the white wave yellow turban, also known as the white wave army and the white wave thief.
Guo Tai raised an army in the Baibo Valley
In February of the fifth year of Zhongping (i.e., 188 AD), Guo Tai (Guo Tai, recorded in Fan Ye's Book of Later Han, was a secret for his father Fan Tai) raised an army at the "White Wave Valley of the West River". There has been controversy about the specific location of Guo Tai's troops, or how to understand the "West River White Wave Valley".
According to the records in the Minutes of Reading the History of Public Opinion, the specific location of baibo valley is thirty miles southeast of Taiping County (Hanlinfen County), and there is the site of Baibolei. Linfen County, on the other hand, belongs to Sili Hedong County. According to this statement, the West River mentioned in the historical records should be a region, not a West River County.
Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "The Yellow Turban Yu Thief Guo Tai and others arose in the Baibo Valley of the West River, Kou Taiyuan, and Hedong. ”
"Reading the Minutes of The History of Public Opinion, Shanxi III": "Bai Bolei, thirty miles southeast of (Taiping County, Han Linfen County). At the end of the Later Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Yu Dang Guo was greater than the Fenxi Baibo Valley to build a fortress in Kou Taiyuan, that is. ”
From Taiyuan County in Xiangzhou to Hedong County in Si li, there are white Polish troops. Its main scope of activity should be in the merger state. Located in the north, the prefecture is threatened by the nomadic people of the north, and the local people are fierce and fierce, with certain military qualities.
In Cao Zhi's poem "White Horse", there is a verse of "Youhe Ranger". The White Polish Army was huge, once having a crowd of 100,000. However, it should be the same as the Yellow Turban Army, dragging the family with the mouth, carrying the old and helping the young, and it is impossible to be all young and middle-aged people who have thrown themselves into battle. Even so, the strength of the White Bo army is not weak, in the sixth year of Zhongping (that is, 189 AD, the time comes from the "Later Han Shu • Southern Xiongnu Biography", "Later Han Shu • Lingdi Ji" recorded as The fifth year of Zhongping September, the small editor to the "Southern Xiongnu Liechuan" as the standard), because the Southern Xiongnu infighting came to the Han court to complain about The Yufu Luo learned of the death of the Han Ling Emperor, so he led thousands of Southern Xiongnu cavalry to unite with the White Bo Army, which further enhanced the strength of the White Bo Army.
Book of the Later Han Dynasty: "(Zhongping 5th year) In September, Nandan rebelled against baibo and thief Kou Hedong. ”
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of the Southern Xiongnu: "Emperor Huiling collapsed, the world was in chaos, and thousands of horses were combined with the White Wave Thieves to join forces in the counties of Hanoi." ”
The influence of the White Polish Army
In fact, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were large and small yellow turban remnants, such as Yizhou Yellow Turban, Qingzhou Xuzhou Yellow Turban, runan,but relatively speaking, the White Polish Army was considered to be the card face of the Yellow Turban remnant. Its influence on the situation at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty was still relatively large, and it even controlled the Eastern Han Court.
Forced Dong Zhuo to move the capital
In the first year of Chuping (that is, in 190 AD), various warlords rebelled against Dong Zhuo. In order to ensure the control of the Eastern Han court, Dong Zhuo moved the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty from Luoyang west to Chang'an. In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, only the threat of the combined forces of the princes is mentioned, and it is recorded in the Book of Later Han that In fact, Dong Zhuo's move to the capital was also influenced to some extent by the White Polish Army. Dong Zhuo sent Niu Fu to attack the White Polish Army, but was unsuccessful.
From the position point of view, the combined forces of the princes were mainly distributed in the northeast (Hanoi County), southeast (Nanyang County) and the east (ChenLiu County) of Luoyang, while the White Polish Army was active in Hedong County, northwest of Luoyang. The White Polish Army and the combined forces of the princes formed a hidden encirclement of Luoyang. If the White Polish Army went south, Dong Zhuo would fall into a situation where he was an enemy on his stomach and back.
Under these circumstances, Dong Zhuo decisively chose to move the capital and arranged the Eastern Han court in the more reliable Guanzhong region.
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo's Biography: "Zhuo Zhonglang attacked the cattle with the auxiliary, but could not do so." And hearing that the eastern soldiers rose up, fearing, it was the duck who killed the King of Hongnong, and wanted to move to the capital Chang'an. ”
Escort Liu Xie to move the capital
Dong Zhuo was jointly killed by Lü Bu and Wang Yun, who was loyal but lacked strategy. He was reluctant to pardon Dong Zhuo's old troops, causing Dong Zhuo's old forces to counterattack, with Li Dai, Guo Feng, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, and others entering Chang'an, Li Dai and Guo Feng controlling the Eastern Han court, and Zhang Ji garrisoning Hongnong County, east of Chang'an. There was a conflict between Li Dai and Guo Feng, attacking and killing each other, Zhang Ji persuaded the two men from Hongnong, and proposed to move Liu Xie, the son of Han Tianzi, to Hongnong, liu Xie also hoped to return to the east, and repeatedly sent emissaries to urge Li Dai. So Li Dai garrisoned at Caoyangting in Hongnong County; Zhang Ji returned to Shaanxi County, Hongnong County; Guo Feng, Dong Cheng, Yang Ding, Yang Feng (Yang Feng was from the Bai Bo Army, but had already been recruited by the Han Dynasty) and others to escort Liu Xie to the east.
As a result, in the middle of the road, Guo Feng repented, joined forces with Li Dai, and re-abducted Han Tianzi's car. Yang Feng, Dong Cheng, and others lacked strength, so while making peace with Li Dai and Guo Feng, they sent emissaries to recruit the Bai Bo army in Hedong County, An. At this time, the leaders of the White Polish Army were Li Le, Han Xian and Hu Cai, as well as the Right King of the Southern Xiongnu. Bai Bojun accepted zhao'an and once defeated Li Dai and Guo Feng, guarded by Dong Cheng and Li Le, and Yang Feng, Hu Cai, Debei, and Han Xian were cut off. Yang Feng and the others were pursued by Li Dai and others, and suffered heavy losses; Li Le crossed the Yellow River and received Han Tianzi's difficult crossing of the river, and the party finally got rid of Li Dai and Guo Feng, temporarily stationed in Anyi, Hedong County, and returned to Luoyang.
At this time, the White Polish Army had transformed from the remnants of the Yellow Turban into a force in the Eastern Han Court, each of which was rewarded and received rich political treatment. Among them, Hu Cai was the general of Zhengdong; Yang Feng was the general of Che Qi, and the tun soldiers were in the Liang state of Henan; and Han Xian was a general, and the commander was a lieutenant, who stayed in Luoyang.
At this time, Dong Cheng, Zhang Ji, Duan Sheng, and other remnants of Dong Zhuo, together with Han Xian, Yang Feng, Hu Cai, Li Le, and other White Polish troops, maintained the survival and operation of the Eastern Han court.
The Later Han Dynasty Book of Dong Zhuo's biography: "Li Dai and Guo Feng, both repenting of the Order of Tianzi Dong, came to save Duan Sheng, and went west because they wanted to rob the emperor... Cheng, Feng Nai, and others and LianHe, while the secret envoys went to Hedong to invite Bai Bo Shuai Li Le, Han Xian, Hu Cai, and the Southern Xiongnu Right Sage King to Go to Beibei... Emperor Nai Royal Oxcart, Indu Anyi... In July, the emperor returned to Luoyang. ”
Relationship with Cao Cao
By this time, Cao Cao had defeated Lü Bu, retaken Yanzhou, and expanded into Yuzhou. His next plan was to move Han Tianzi to his control and become a political trump card in his hands; at the same time, the relationship between Dong Zhuoyu and the White Polish Army was also very unsound, and contradictions could break out at any time. Seeing this situation, Dong Zhao found that Yang Feng had the strongest troops but lacked allies, so he wrote a letter to Yang Feng as Cao Cao to promote an alliance between the two; in addition, Dong Cheng was at odds with The Lieutenant Colonel Han Xian and also needed help, so he contacted Cao Cao to enter Beijing.
In this way, Cao Cao, a third-party force, became the object of joint solicitation between the two sides, and this also corresponded to Cao Cao's wishes.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Dong Zhao's Biography": "The Heavenly Son will return to Luoyang, and Han Xian, Yang Feng, Dong Cheng, and Yang will each violate the discord. Zhao, with the strongest soldiers and horses and less party support, made the Book of Taizu and the Book of Fengyue..."
The Book of later Han Dynasty Dong Zhuo's biography: "Dong Chengzhi, subtly summoned Cao Cao of Yanzhou. ”
After Cao Cao entered Luoyang, he impeached Han Xian and Han Xian became afraid, so he fled Luoyang and defected to Yang Feng in the Liang state. Cao Cao planned to take the opportunity to move the capital to Xu County, but was wary of Yang Feng, who was southeast of Luoyang. Dong Zhao also suggested to Cao Cao that Yang Feng claimed to move Han Tianzi to Luyang County in Nanyang County, Jingzhou.
Luyang County is located below Liang County, and Liang County, Luyang County, and Xu County are just forming a right angle. This compromise route will make Yang Feng let his guard down.
Sure enough, Yang Feng agreed to Cao Cao's move to the capital, and by the time he found that the route was not right, it was too late, and Han Tianzi was transferred from Dong Zhuo's remnants and Bai Bo's army to Cao Cao.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Shu, Dong Zhao's biography": "It is said that 'there is no grain in Kyoto, and if you want to drive a car to Luyang for the time being, Luyang is close to Xu, and the transfer is slightly easier, but there is no county worry.'" ’”
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, The Biography of Dong Zhuo: "Yang Feng and Han Xian wanted to cover the car, but they couldn't reach it." ”
The fall of the White Polish Army
Yang Feng and Han Xian robbed Han Tianzi of a car and plundered dingling in Yingchuan, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to attack Liang County. Yang Feng and Han Xian lost their stronghold and defected to Yuan Shu, who occupied Huainan. Yuan Shu and Lü Bu fought, and in the "Battle of Yuan Shu against Lü Bu", Lü Bu sent people to win yang Feng and Han Xian together and counterattack Yuan Shu's army. Later, Yang Feng and Han Xian became Lü Bu's guest troops. Lü Bu asked the two to plunder Liu Bei's resources, Liu Bei designed a booby trap to kill Yang Feng, and Han Xian wanted to return to Hezhou, but was killed on the way. As for Hu Cai and Li Le, one was killed by the enemy and the other died of illness, and the White Polish Army disappeared in history.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Book of Heroes, Minutes of Reading History, Atlas of Chinese History