At the end of the Han Dynasty, after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and other princes of the world rose up to fight for the king. Although these princes are all under the banner of Kuangfu Han Chamber, they are hanging sheep's heads and selling dog meat, the purpose is to recruit troops and strengthen themselves in the name of Kuang Fu Han Chamber, so as to chase the deer in the Central Plains and seize the world, and the only people in the Three Kingdoms who really want to support the Han Chamber are these 3, without Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao.
1. Wang Yun
Wang Yun was a descendant of the famous Taiyuan Wang clan, relying on the family's patronage, and when he was 19 years old, he was recommended to become a prefecture and county official.
Because of his outstanding talent and outstanding political achievements, Wang Yun quickly attracted the attention of the imperial court and was promoted by Situ Gaodi to the central imperial court as an attendant.
Soon after, the Yellow Turban Army uprising broke out throughout the country, and the imperial court appointed Wang Yun as the assassin of Yuzhou, allowing him to lead troops to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. Wang Yun was outstanding in military talent and soon pacified the Yellow Turban Army in the Yuzhou region. In the process of eliminating the rebels, Wang Yun also discovered that the disciples of Zhang Rang, a great eunuch of the dynasty, had exchanged letters with the Yellow Turban Army, so he reported the matter to the imperial court. Emperor Han Ling summoned Zhang Rang to ask about the crime. Zhang Rang cunly argued that Wang Yun deliberately framed him because he was jealous of him. Emperor Han Ling, a famous unconscious monarch, credulously believed Zhang Rang's words and no longer asked about it.
Wang Yun offended Zhang Rang because of this, and Zhang Rang charged Wang Yunan with a crime and arrested him and imprisoned him. Zhang Rang wanted to kill Wang Yun, but Wang Yun was brilliant and won the appreciation of many powerful people in the dynasty. At the same time, Wang Yun's family power could not be underestimated, and in the end, with the help of the great general He Jin, the imperial lieutenant Yuan Kui, Situ Yangci and others, he escaped a catastrophe. In 189, after the death of Emperor Ling of Han, eunuchs such as Zhang Rang competed for power with foreign relatives such as He Jin. In order to strengthen his own strength, He Jin began to woo and reuse Wang Yun and other family children.
This allowed He Jin's power to surpass the eunuchs, but Zhang Rang and others took the risk and tricked He Jin and others into the palace in the name of Empress He and killed.
After He Jin's death, his generals Yuan Shao and other generals led troops into the palace to avenge He Jin, killing Zhang Rang and other eunuchs. After both the foreign qi and the eunuchs were defeated, the local warlord Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to lead troops into Beijing and take control of the court. Dong Zhuo was a brutal man, and in order to control the imperial court, he deposed Emperor Shao of Han, installed Liu Xie as emperor, and poisoned Empress Dowager He, which aroused the anger of the people of the world. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others raised troops to fight Dong Zhuo, but they just wanted to take the opportunity to recruit troops and strengthen their own strength, and they were not willing to go head-to-head with Dong Zhuo and consume their own troops, so most of the princes did not contribute and did not go all out to recruit Dong Zhuo, resulting in the failure of the combined army of the princes to fight Dong Zhuo.
The minister of the dynasty, after Dong Zhuo controlled the imperial court, many people saw the wind and attached themselves to Dong Zhuo, but there were still many people loyal to the Han family and wanted to get rid of Dong Zhuo and support the Han family, and the core figure was Situ Wang Yun. After the coalition of princes failed to attack Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun was determined to get rid of Dong Zhuo with his own strength. Wang Yun had an adopted daughter who looked like a fairy, while Dong Zhuo and his subordinate Lü Bu were greedy for money and womanizers, and Wang Yun decided to sow discord and let them kill each other and get rid of Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun introduced his adopted daughter to Lü Bu and made her Lü Bu's concubine. Soon after, when Lü Bu went out on an errand, Wang Yun introduced his adopted daughter to Dong Zhuo.
After Lü Bu returned, he found that his concubine had become Dong Zhuo's concubine, which made him angry. At the instigation of Wang Yun, he killed Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo's death, Wang Yun took control of the imperial court. It was suggested that Wang Yun pardon General Dong Zhuo so that the rebellion could be quelled. Wang Yun hated the rebellious acts of Dong Zhuo and the others, and wanted to kill them completely to set an example. Wang Yun had Lü Bu's army of Congzhou, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and others, and had also raised troops in the name of Kuang Fu Han Dynasty, which made him feel that with their strength, he could easily destroy the remnants of Dong Zhuo.
Who would have thought that after Dong Zhuo's generals rebelled against Chang'an under the persuasion of Jia Xu, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and others all stood by and watched, and Lü Bu, who was alone, was defeated by Dong Zhuo's generals Li Wei and Guo Qiang, the capital Chang'an was attacked by them, and Wang Yun was killed by Li Wei and other rebels.
2. Xun Yu
Xun Yu is a descendant of the Yingchuan Xun clan, a wealthy and prestigious family during the Three Kingdoms period.
After Dong Zhuo committed many evils in the dynasty, Xun Yu had a premonition that the world was about to be in chaos, and in order to avoid the war, he left Yingchuan County with his family.
Among the princes of the world at that time, Yuan Shao was the "fourth and third prince", and the family was an official in the dynasty for generations, and Yuan Shao himself also cherished talents, which made many talents from large families in the world go to Yuan Shao. Xun Yu also went to Jizhou to avoid disaster and defect to Yuan Shao.
After arriving in Jizhou, because Xun Yu was famous abroad, he was known as the "talent of Wang Zuo", which made Yuan Shao honor him as a guest of honor and respect Xun Yu.
Xun Yu's younger brother Xun Chen, Xin Ping and Guo Tu of the same county all worked under Yuan Shao. Although Yuan Shao followed the example of the Duke of Zhou and Corporal Lixian, Xun Yu felt that he could only make superficial things, would not use people, was endless, and was indecisive, and was a person who could not achieve great things, so he left Yuan Shao and defected to Yuan Shao's opponent Cao Cao. After Xun Yu arrived under Cao Cao's tent, he helped Cao Cao defeat opponents such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Lü Bu, capturing most of the world, and assisting Cao Cao to become the strongest prince in the world. Cao Cao also praised Xun Yu as his Zhang Liang.
Xun Yu did his best to assist Cao Cao because Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Xun Yu helped Cao Cao in order to use Cao Cao's hand to support the Han Chamber and let Emperor Han Xian regain control of the world, but after Cao Cao's power was strong, he had the intention of replacing Emperor Han Xian and becoming the Son of Heaven himself.
This also caused Xun Yu and Cao Cao, the golden pair, to conflict.
In order to consolidate his power and position, Cao Cao wanted to become the Duke of Jue and add Jiuxi. Xun Yu stood up against it. After Xun Yu became a stumbling block on Cao Cao's way to the throne, Cao Cao chose to abandon him. Xun Yu worked for half his life and was unable to help the Han room, and finally died depressed.
3. Guan Yu
Although Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han camp wanted to support the Han family, the Han court they wanted to support was to establish a Han dynasty in which Liu Bei and his descendants were emperors, rather than helping Emperor Han Xian regain control of the world, but Guan Yu of Shu Han was a general loyal to Emperor Han Xian.
Guan Yu was a general under Liu Bei and was a brother and sister to Liu Bei. Liu Bei took Hanzhong and became the queen of Hanzhong, making Guan Yu a former general and making him a heavy minister under him, but Guan Yu's most valued title in his life was the Marquis of Han Shouting, which Emperor Xian of Han canonized him. In the fifth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and fled to Yuan Shao's tent, and Guan Yu was captured by Cao Cao. During the Battle of Guandu, Guan Yu killed Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang for Cao Cao, relieved the siege of Baima, and Emperor Xian of Han rewarded Guan Yu as the Marquis of Han Shouting, which was also Guan Yu's most valued title.
Guan Yu was a general who wanted to support the Han Dynasty.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, after Liu Bei captured Hanzhong, Guan Yu, who was in Jingzhou, began to send troops to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng, hoping to destroy Cao Cao and support the Han Dynasty. At that time, Liu Bei had just finished the Battle of Hanzhong, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties and were tired, and needed to rest and recuperate, plus they had just captured the Hanzhong region, and their foundation was unstable, so Liu Bei did not send troops to assist Guan Yu in attacking Cao Wei. Liu Bei's ally Sun Quan, because Guan Yu offended and offended them several times, not only did not send troops to help Guan Yu attack Cao Cao together, but joined forces with Cao Cao to deal with Guan Yu.
While Guan Yu was fighting hard with the Cao Wei generals at the front, Sun Quan sent troops to capture Guan Yu's Jingzhou, which greatly disturbed Guan Yu's army and was defeated by the Cao Wei general Xu Huang. When Guan Yu's troops were defeated and withdrawn, they were surrounded and intercepted by Jiangdong's soldiers and horses, and finally the soldiers were captured by Jiangdong and killed by Sun Quan.