Zhang Bao fled into Yangcheng and could not hold out. Zhu Juan ordered the army to surround Yangcheng, and while attacking, he sent people to inquire about Emperor Fusong. On this day, the spies returned, saying: "Emperor Fusong's army has won successive victories. The imperial court saw that Dong Zhuo had been defeated repeatedly, and ordered Emperor Fusong to replace Dong Zhuo. By the time Emperor Fusong arrived, Zhang Jiao had already died of illness; Zhang Liang led the rest of his troops to fight against our army. Huang Fusong won seven consecutive battles, and finally cut Zhang Liang to Quyang. The coffin was opened, the corpse was killed, and sent to the Capital Division, and the rest of the people had all surrendered. The imperial court made Emperor Fusong a cheqi general and led the Ji prefecture pastor. Emperor Fusong also praised Lu Zhi's meritorious and innocent deeds, and Lu Zhi was reinstated as an official. Cao Cao also had military merits, and was appointed as the Minister of Jinan, and the same day class division went to the post. After Zhu Juan listened, he ordered the three armies to attack Yangcheng with all their might. Yangcheng became increasingly critical, and Yan Zheng, the general of the Yellow Turban Army in the city, assassinated Zhang Bao and beheaded Zhang Bao's first rank, Kaesong, and surrendered. Zhu Juan then pacified several surrounding counties and reported victory to the imperial court.
At this time, there were three remnants of the Yellow Turban Army: Zhao Hong, Han Zhong, and Sun Zhong, who gathered tens of thousands of horses, took advantage of the wind and set fire to loot property, and called Zhang Jiao revenge. The imperial court ordered Zhu Juan to go to the conquest with a victorious division, and Zhu Juan led the march. The remnants of the Yellow Turban army occupied Wancheng, Zhu Juan went to attack the city, and Zhao Hong ordered Han Zhong to fight. Zhu Juan first ordered Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei to attack the southwest corner of the city to lure the enemy, Han Zhong led the elite crowd to the southwest corner to meet the enemy, and Zhu Juan led two thousand iron horses and took the northeast corner. Han Zhong, fearing that Wancheng would be lost, abandoned the southwest corner to lead the troops and returned, Liu Bei took the opportunity to cover up from behind, han Zhong was defeated and fled into Wancheng.
Zhu Juan ordered the city to be besieged on all sides, and soon the city was cut off from food, and Han Zhong sent people out to ask for surrender. Zhu Juan did not allow it, and Liu Bei said: "In the past, when Gao Zu took the world, they all recruited and surrendered, and everyone was convinced; why did the general refuse Han Zhong to surrender?" Zhu Juan said, "At the same time, this time." In the past, when Qin and Xiang were in chaos, the people had no masters, so they surrendered and gave rewards to persuade others to follow suit. Now that the sea is unified, only the Yellow Turban rebels; if it is allowed to surrender again, it will be difficult to persuade good. Thieves will plunder at will, and if they lose, they will surrender; this will only encourage the arrogance of the rebellious thieves, which is not a good idea. Liu Bei added, "Since it is not allowed to surrender, now Wancheng is surrounded on all sides, like an iron barrel, and the people in the city cannot surrender when they see it, and they must only fight to the death." Ten thousand people are still unstoppable, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of dead people in the city? It is better to withdraw the defense of the east and south, and attack only from the west and north. The thieves in the city will inevitably abandon the city and flee, and they will not have the heart to fight, but they will be captured. ”
Zhu Juan refused to surrender
Zhu Juan nodded, and then withdrew the eastern and southern men and horses, attacking from both the west and the north. Han Zhong did abandon the city and fled, Zhu Juan, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei led the three armies to cover up, and Han Zhong was shot dead in the rebellion, and the rest of the Yellow Turban army scattered and fled. While they were catching up, Zhao Hong and Sun Zhong led another group of men and horses to fight with Zhu Juan. Zhu Juan, seeing that the enemy army was strong, temporarily withdrew his troops, and Zhao Hong took the opportunity to retake Wancheng. Zhu Juan set up camp ten miles away from the city, and was about to attack Wancheng again, when he suddenly saw a group of people and horses coming from the east. As the first general, born with a wide forehead and a broad face, a tiger body and a bear waist, it is the Fuchun people of Wu County, surnamed Sun, name Jian, and the character Wentai, who is after Sun Wuzi.
When Sun Jian was seventeen years old, he went to Qiantang with his father and saw more than ten pirates, robbing merchants of their belongings and sharing the loot on the shore. Sun Jian said to his father, "This thief can be caught." So he struggled to carry his knife ashore, shouted loudly, and made a gesture of command; pointed in the direction of east and west, made a command; the pirates thought that the officers and soldiers were coming, and they threw down their belongings and fled, and Sun Jian caught up with him from behind and killed one person. When the people of the county learned of this, they recommended Sun Jian as a lieutenant. Later, Xu Chang rebelled, proclaiming himself "Emperor Yangming", gathering tens of thousands of people; Sun Jian and Sima Jun recruited more than a thousand warriors, defeated Xu Chang and beheaded Xu Chang and his son Xu Shao. The assassin Shi Zang Min performed the merits of Sun Jian on the table, and Sun Jian was given the posts of Salt Du Cheng (盐渎丞), XuYi Cheng (盱眙丞), and Xia Pi (下邳丞). Now that the Yellow Turban Army had revolted again, Sun Jian had gathered the brave young men and many merchants in the township, and more than 1,500 elite soldiers from Huaisi had come to meet Zhu Juan.
Zhu Juan was overjoyed and ordered Sun Jian to attack the south gate of Wancheng, Liu Bei to attack the north gate, and Zhu Juan to attack the west gate, leaving only the east gate to encircle and pursue the fleeing troops in the city. As soon as the siege cannon sounded, Sun Jian took the lead in climbing to the head of the city, swinging his sword and killing more than twenty people, and the rest of the people did not dare to move forward and scattered and fled. Zhao Hong pebbled his horse and went straight to Sun Jian. Sun Jian shouted loudly, flew down from the city, and landed on Zhao Hong's horse, taking the hammer in Zhao Hong's hand, stabbing directly with his backhand, and Zhao Hong fell off his horse in response; Sun Jian rode Zhao Hong's horse, rushing back and forth to kill, and no one could stop him. Sun Zhong saw that Wancheng was lost, led his army to protrude through the north gate, and met Liu Bei, Sun Zhong had no intention of fighting, and only cared about running away. Liu Beizhang bowed an arrow, right in the heart of Sun Zhonghou, and Sun Zhong turned over and fell off his horse. Zhu Juan's army then covered up and killed tens of thousands of the yellow turban army, and those who surrendered were even more invincible. Subsequently, in the Nanyang area, more than a dozen prefectures and counties were pacified by Zhu Juan's army.
Sun Jian ascended the city
When Zhu Juan's class returned to Beijing, the imperial court decreed that Zhu Juan was made a che riding general, Henan Yin. Zhu Juan also played the battle achievements of Sun Jian, Liu Bei, and others. Sun Jianchao had a personal concern, and Sima was given the title of Commandery of the County. Only Liu Bei waited for the news of the appointment of officials for a long time, but still did not receive a reward from the imperial court, and the three brothers were depressed and unhappy, and they went to the streets to idle, and they met Zhang Jun's car driving in Langzhong. Liu Bei met Zhang Jun and repeated the merits of his three brothers, Zhang Jun was shocked, and then went to see Emperor Ling: "In the past, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was all due to the Ten Constant Servants selling the official title (yù) (selling the official title to amass wealth), not relatives, not revenge, so that the world was in chaos. For example, if it is decided to do so today, the ten permanent attendants should be beheaded early, the head should be hung in the southern suburbs, and the emissaries should be sent to announce to the world, and those who have meritorious service should be rewarded again, then the four seas can be cleared. After hearing this, the Ten Constant Attendants were horrified and hurriedly played the Ling Emperor: "What Zhang Jun said is really a deception. Emperor Ling listened to the words of the Ten Constant Attendants and ordered the warriors to expel Zhang Jun.
The Ten Permanent Attendants secretly discussed afterwards: "This must be a person who has meritorious service in the Yellow Turban, and he has not been awarded an official, so he complains." It is better to temporarily let the official government register the names of the personnel, and divide the small officials according to the size of the merits, and then do it later. Therefore, Liu Bei was awarded the post of lieutenant of Anxi County in Zhongshan Province, Dingzhou, and Ke Ri went to take up the post.