"The country is destroyed by weakness, and the Duhan is destroyed by strength." The meaning of this sentence is that the change of successive regimes is generally because of the weakening of national strength and the incompetence of the army, resulting in the invasion of foreign enemies and destruction, but the Eastern Han Dynasty died because the national strength was too strong, and finally the internal struggle for power and power, resulting in a three-legged state.
In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial court was corrupt, eunuchs were autocratic, foreign invasions were continuous, and uprisings emerged one after another, and these famous generals quelled the Qiang chaos and suppressed the yellow turban, making great achievements for the stability of the Han Dynasty regime.
Imperial Rule
Huangfugui came from a family of generals, was quite knowledgeable and familiar with the art of war. In his early years, he served as Jungong Cao, Shangji Ji, and Lang, and was transferred to Taishan Taishou, successfully quelling the uprising of his uncle Sun Wuji. He successively served as a general of Zhonglang and General Duliao, and repeatedly defeated and subdued the Qiang people and eased the contradictions between Han and Qiang. Together with Zhang Huan and Duan Ying, he was known as "Liangzhou Sanming", and he was promoted to the captain of the Qiang Guard. After the outbreak of the calamity of the party, many people in the world were implicated, and although Huangfugui was a famous general, his reputation was not high on weekdays. He thought that he was a hero of Xizhou, and he was ashamed that he was not implicated in party affairs, so he first wrote to him to ask for an interrogation. Huangfu Gui lived a life of integrity, honesty and public service, and was not afraid of power traitors, and was framed by the power traitors several times, but he was still fearless and upright.
In the third year of Xiping (174), Huangfugui died of illness at the age of seventy-one, and was given the title of Grand Sinong.
Zhang Huan
In his early years, Zhang Huan studied under the imperial lieutenant Zhu Pet, a famous general and scholar during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and one of the "Liangzhou Sanming". Later, he served as the capital of Anding, the taishou of Wuwei, the general of Duliao, and the general of Zhonglang who protected the Xiongnu, and was promoted to the rank of Grand Sinong. He performed outstanding feats in the foreign wars of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and repeatedly pacified and surrendered foreign tribes with his benevolence, making the north quiet for a while. When Emperor Ling of Han came to the throne, he entered the dynasty and was used by eunuchs to lead an army to attack the general Dou Wu, forcing him to commit suicide. In his later years, he returned to his hometown, taught and wrote books, and no longer worked as a teacher.
In the fourth year of Guanghe (181), Zhang died at home at the age of seventy-eight.
Zhu Yan
Zhu Ru came from a humble background, and was later promoted as filial piety by Taishou Xu Jue, and served as Lanling Lingling, with considerable achievements. He was then promoted to the post of Jiaozhou Assassin, broke the rebels with 5,000 family soldiers, and pacified Jiaozhou. The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, and Zhu Yan pacified the land of the three counties with the right Zhonglang general and Zhijie, and with meritorious service entered the title of Marquis of Xixiang, and moved the town to the thief Zhonglang General. He also led the army to pacify the Yellow Turban, and then paid homage to the general of the Right Che, and made him the Marquis of Qiantang. Later, Hanoi Taishou repelled the advancing Zhang Yan. During Dong Zhuo's reign, Zhu Ru avoided Xuzhou, and later entered Beijing as a imperial servant, and was promoted to imperial lieutenant and lu shangshu. Later, Li Wei and Guo Xiao attacked each other, and Guo Xiao took Zhu Ru as a hostage. Zhu Yan had a strong personality and died of illness on the same day.
Lu Zhi
Lu Zhi studied under the imperial lieutenant Chen Qiu and the Great Ru Ma Rong, and served successively as the taishou of Jiujiang and Lujiang to quell the barbarian rebellion. At the time of the Yellow Turban Uprising, he was a general of Beizhonglang, led his army to fight Zhang Jiao, and was later framed and imprisoned. After Huangfu Song pacified the Yellow Turban, he tried to save Lu Zhi, so he was reinstated as Shangshu. He was also dismissed from office because his superiors angered Dong Zhuo and lived in seclusion in the capital of the Shanggu army, where he was invited by Yuan Shao to be a military master. Lu Zhi was a straightforward man, both civil and military, and the White Horse general Gongsun Zan and the Shu Han Zhaolie Emperor Liu Bei were both disciples of Lu Zhi.
Duan Ying
Duan Ying learned to ride and shoot when he was young, had a literary and martial wisdom, and was initially raised as filial piety, as the Xianling Cheng and Yangling Lingling, with the talent of governance, and one of the "Liangzhou Sanming". When Emperor Huan of Han joined the army, he first broke the humble and humble, and then asked Pingdong Guo Dou and Gongsun to raise the matter, and made him a marquis with merit. Zeng Shubian fought for more than ten years, fought a hundred battles against the Qiang, and finally pacified Western Qiang, and in the second year of Jianning (169), pacified Eastern Qiang, and beheaded more than 60,000 Eastern and Western Qiang. Meritorious service was made Marquis of Xinfeng County.
In the third year of Jianning (170), Duan Ying was conscripted into the dynasty, and successively served as a squire, a jinwu, a Henan yin, and a lieutenant of the division. In the second year of Guanghe (179), the crime of the eunuch Wang Fu was exposed, and Duan Ying was implicated and imprisoned, and later died in prison.
Huangfu Song
Huangfu Song was born in a family of generals, his father was Yanmen Taishou Huangfujie, his uncle was the Duliao general Huangfugui, after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Huangfusong and Lü Qiang Shangshu requested that the party ban be lifted, and was awarded the title of Zuo Zhonglang general, led troops to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and after the war, he was worshipped as a general of Zuoche, led Jizhou Mu, and was made Marquis of Huali. Unfortunately, he offended the eunuchs, so he was dismissed. When Dong Zhuo came to power, Huangfu Song was framed by Dong Zhuo, and his son Huangfu Jianshou pleaded for intercession to save his life. After Dong Zhuo was assassinated, Huangfu Song was appointed as a general of Zhengxi, and later a general of Che Cai, a lieutenant, a doctor of Guanglu, and a tai chang.