The eighteenth road princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo were divided into three routes: eastern, northern, and southern, let's first look at Cao Cao's eastern route army, that is, the Yanzhou Army, which princes and how many men and horses there were.
Figure - Yanzhou. Xuzhou Guangling County Gong Cao Zanghong (official position fifteen products), this inconspicuous figure, is the initiator of the Dong Alliance.
The Zang family of the Han Dynasty is a famous family, the Yan King Zang Di in the early Western Han Dynasty, and the Zang Palace, one of the 28 generals of Yuntai in the early Eastern Han Dynasty, is the representative of the Zang family of the Han Dynasty.
Figure - Ancient Guangling, the location of present-day Yangzhou.
Zang Hong is a native of Sheyang, Guangling (now Baoying, Jiangsu), his father Zang [zāng] Min [mín], engaged in Xuzhou in the early days, and later opened Situ Mansion, successively served as Yongnu County Order (official position five products), Wu County Taishou (official position three products), Yangzhou Thorn History (official position three products), Zhongshan Taishou (official position three products), Taiyuan Taishou (official position three products). Between the history of Yangzhou and Zhongshan Taishou, he entered the army and served as the Xiongnu Zhonglang General (military rank four) and Changshui Captain (military rank four).
During Zang Min's tenure as the general of the Huns, he went to the Southern Huns to see Shan Yu, turned the war into jade silk, and resolved the dispute without blood. Zang Min is good at observation, the writing is excellent, after coming back, the mouth of the hand-drawn, telling the Xiongnu and the Western Regions customs, mountains and rivers, grass, trees, birds and beasts, etc. Taiwei Yuan Fengqi was amazed: "Although Ban Gu wrote "The Legend of the Western Regions", why is this so? ”
Captain Changshui (military rank four) is one of the five schools of the Northern Army, commanding the Hu cavalry.
Zang Hong is burly, different from others, holding filial piety and honesty as a lang, leading the evil country that is the county magistrate of Qiu, and then resigned. After Zhang Chao led Guangling Taishou, he turned Zang Hong into Gong Cao (Peng).
Picture - Yangzhou Yangtze River.
Zang Hong suggested that Guangling guard Zhang Chao too much, lead an army of 20,000 to the north, and join forces with his brother Chen Liutai to kill Dong Zhuo.
At the end of 189, Zhang Chao, the Taishou of Guangling, Xuzhou, led an army of 20,000 and came to the territory of his brother Chen Liutai of Yanzhou to guard Zhang Miao, with a force of 50,000 or 60,000.
Figure - Kaifeng (belonging to Guchenliu County).
Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao, two brothers, are the nephews of Zhang Huan, one of the three Ming in Liangzhou, who was in Luoyang when he was a teenager and was familiar with Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, etc.
Zhang Miao is one of the "Eight Chefs", that is, eight famous people who are famous for their chivalry.
Taishou Qiaomao of Yanzhou Dongjun saw that the Zhang brothers raised troops, and also forged a letter from the three princes of the imperial court to expose Dong Zhuo's crimes: "The ministers are persecuted, and they have no way to save themselves, hoping that the volunteers will be raised in various places to relieve the country's troubles." ”
Qiaomao (Qiao Mao) is Yuanwei, a native of Suiyang County, Liangguo (now Shangqiu, Henan).
Figure - Location of Puyang, the capital of Gudong County.
Qiao Mao's patriarch (the son of his grandfather and brother) Qiao Xuan, who was filial piety and honesty, successively served as Luoyang Zuo Lieutenant, Qi Xiang, Shanggu Taishou, Hanyang Taishou, Situ Changshi, General Zuozuo (official position three products), Du Liao General, Henan Yin (official position two products), Shaofu (one of the nine Qings), Da Honglu (one of the nine Qings), Sikong (one of the three dukes), Situ (one of the three dukes), Taiwei (one of the three dukes). Qiao Mao traversed the three dukes, and before leading Henan Yin, he also paid homage to General Liao, and led the troops to crusade against the Xianbei, Southern Xiongnu, Goguryeo and other Hu tribes.
Qiao Mao once served as the assassin of Yanzhou (official position three products), and moved to Yanzhou East County Taishou (official position three products). The Dongping Kingdom, where the Yanzhou Thorn History is located, has a population of about 450,000 and a population of 600,000 in the East County.
Qiao Mao's dream is to become a person like his patriarch Qiao Xuan, worship the general to fight in all directions, and return to the court to worship the three dukes.
Before the death of the general He Jin, in order to deal with the eunuchs, he ordered the eastern county to guard the bridge and the city east of Luoyang. After He Jin's death, Qiao Mao had just returned to Dongjun with a murderous army in his hands.
After Qiao Mao went to Dongjun from Dongpingguo, Yanzhou Assassin History was empty for a period of time, and after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Liu Dai, the nephew of Liu Chong (the same name as Chen Wang Liu Pet), was the Yanzhou Assassin History.
Liu Dai, the word Gongshan, is a native of Donglai Muping (now northwest of Fushan, Shandong). Liu Dai is Liu Bang's eldest son after Liu Fei, the king of Qi, Liu Dai's father, Liu Yu, the official to Yanzhou Shanyang County Taishou (official three products), Liu Dai's uncle Liu Chong (the same name as Chen Wang Liu Chong), filial piety, successively served as Dongpingling County Order, Yuzhang Taishou (official three products), Huiji Taishou (official three products), will be a master craftsman (three official positions), Zongzheng (one of the nine Qings), Da Honglu (one of the nine Qings), Sikong (one of the three princes), Situ (one of the three dukes), Taiwei (one of the three dukes), is also a big man who traversed the three dukes.
Liu Dai raised Maocai, in addition to appointing the imperial history (official position of seven products), serving Zhong (the emperor's cronies), Dong Zhuobiao for the Yanzhou assassin history (official position three products), stationed in Dongping Kingdom.
Figure - There is a Dongping Lake in the west of Dongping County, and the name comes from the ancient Dongping Kingdom.
Liu Dai has a younger brother, Liu Xuan, who led the county magistrate of Yi and became a subordinate of Sikong Peng, except for the imperial history (seven official positions), and avoided living at home due to the war.
Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, had a suspicion with Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun for a long time, and when he saw that the situation of anti-Dong in Yanzhou had been completed, he immediately came out and raised his arms and called on Yanzhou and even the counties of the world to rise up against Dong.
So the eight counties of Yanzhou were mobilized, and Shanyang Taishou Yuan Xu, Jiyin Taishou Yuan Xu, Jibei Xiang Bao Xin, and Xiaoqi Captain (military rank four) Cao Cao all joined in.
Yuan Yi, whose name is Boye, is a native of Ruyang County, Runan County, and is the cousin of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. Yuan Yi is the eldest of Yuan Tang's grandsons, although his father Yuan Ping died early, he is Yuan Tang's eldest grandson, and his resources are no less than his cousins.
At the beginning, Yuan was subordinate to the Chang'an County Order (five official positions), and later led Yanzhou Shanyang Taishou (three official positions), with the character of the world and the strength of the world. He is full of poetry and books, full of economy, familiar with hundreds of schools, ascending to the heights, seeing well-known things, looking at the world, it is difficult to have opponents.
Cao Cao once commented on Yuan Yi: "When I grow up, I still work diligently, study hard, and only Yuan Boye (Yuan Yi) Er." ”
Yuan Xu, a native of Ruyang County, Runan County, is the younger brother of Yuan Shao, Yuan Ji, and Yuan Shu. Yuan Shao passed on to his uncle Yuan Cheng since he was a child, so Yuan Shao is also the cousin of Yuan Ji, Yuan Shu, and Yuan Xu.
Figure - Dingtao, the capital of Gujiyin County, is located.
At this point in time when Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Yuan Feng's four sons held the following official positions: Yuan Shao (succeeded to Yuan Cheng) was awarded the rank of lieutenant of the middle military academy (four grades of military rank), and the lieutenant of the department (three grades of official rank); Yuan Ji awarded the servant (one of the nine qing, the second official position); Yuan Shu awarded the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General (military rank four grades); Yuan Xu led Jiyin Taishou (official position three products).
Bao Xin, whose name is Yuncheng, is a native of Pingyang County, Taishan County (now Xintai, Shandong). Bao originated from the end of the Western Han Dynasty in Yuzhou pastor, Si Li school captain Bao Xuan, the Eastern Han Dynasty Bao is a famous family. Bao Xin's father, Bao Dan, was an official at least the mansion (one of the nine qing, the second rank of the official position), and Shizhong (the emperor's cronies).
The general He Jin Pi Bao Xin was a cavalry lieutenant (military rank four products), and before He Jin and Exit had an accident, Bao Xin was ordered to return to Taishan County to recruit troops. After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Bao Xin was the prime minister of Jibei (official position three products).
Bao Xin has a younger brother named Bao Tao, the two brothers first recruited more than 1,000 elite soldiers in Taishan County, and then went to Jibei County to recruit troops and horses, gathering troops from two counties, with 20,000 troops, 5,000 baggage, including 700 elite cavalry.
Cao Cao, whose name is Mengde, was a native of Peiguo County (now Bozhou, Anhui). After Cao Cao, the captain of the cavalry (military rank four), escaped from Luoyang, he recruited troops in Xiangyi and Jiwu in the southeast of Chenliu County, Yanzhou, with 5,000 men and horses.
The assassin history and the Taishou are both local feudal officials, and Cao Cao's four-rank military position is not as high as the third-grade assassin history, and he has no official position in the local area. Dong Zhuo expressed a lot of people who were assassinating history and guarding, but for some reason, he didn't show Cao Cao.
There are still two people in Yanzhou who have not yet arrived, one is Taishan Taishou Yingshao, and the other is Zheng Sui, the minister of Rencheng.
Ying Shao, the word Zhongyuan, is a native of Nandun County, Runan County. Ying Shao's father should be Feng, raise Maocai, and lead Jingzhou Wuling Taishou (official position three products) and Sili School Captain (official position three products). Ying Shao was studious when he was young, well-informed, filial piety and honesty, and became the subordinate of He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry. Lingpei Guoxiao County Order (five official positions), Beihai County Yingling County Order (five official positions), Dong Zhuobiao is Yanzhou Taishan Taishou (three official positions).
Ying Shao just arrived in Taishan County, not long ago Bao Xin came to Mount Tai to recruit more than 1,000 elite soldiers, Wang Kuang recruited 500 strong crossbowmen, Ying Shao's own troops are still stretched.
Qingzhou, which is adjacent to Taishan County, has more than 100,000 yellow scarves, which may enter Taishan County at any time, and the situation is uncertain.
For the war, Ying Shao has his own way of thinking, long before the crusade against Liangzhou Qianghu, Ying Shao advocated the "gradual elimination strategy", that is, to reward the Qianghu who do not rebel, and to give both grace and might, and not to rush to settle the situation in a war.
The cavalry general Huangpu Song wanted to conquer the Qianghu in the northwest with 3,000 Wuhuan in the northeast, but Ying Shao also objected, on the grounds that this would disrupt the balance of power in the northeast, and Xianbei and others might take the opportunity to grow.
Ying Shao's vision is unique, and he almost accurately predicts the direction of history. Later, Cao Cao destroyed Wuhuan, and the Wuhu chaos that began in the Western Jin Dynasty was dominated by the Xianbei people.
Ying Shao's position has not been high in front of Taishan Taishou, and due to different political views, he has offended many big figures in the DPRK. Dong Zhuobiao should be Shao Tai Tai Shou, and Ying Shao should be somewhat grateful. Ying Shao did not agree with the way of the Yanzhou princes to raise troops against Dong, and he did not participate in the lack of major generals.
Zheng Sui, as the minister of Ren Chengguo, may also want to participate in the discussion of Dong, but Ren Chengguo only has three cities, with a population of less than 200,000, and self-protection is especially insufficient.
The East Road Dong Army, also known as the Yanzhou Army, mainly includes:
Yanzhou Thorn History (Official Position Sanpin) Liu Dai, Dong Zhuo's table;
Yanzhou Shanyang Taishou (official position three products) Yuan Yi (Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's cousin);
Yanzhou Jiyin Taishou Yuan Xu, (Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu's brother);
Yanzhou Chen Liutaishou (official position three products) Zhang Miao, Dong Zhuo;
Xuzhou Guangling Taishou (official position three products) Zhang Chao, Zhang Miao's younger brother;
Yanzhou East County Taishou (official position three products) bridge Mao, Dong Zhuo's table;
Yanzhou Jibei Xiang (official position three products) Bao Xin, Dong Zhuo's table;
Cao Cao, a lieutenant of the cavalry (fourth rank of military rank), recruited troops in Yanzhou.
The Yanzhou Army, also known as the Eastern Route Army, participated in six of the eight counties of Yanzhou, plus the soldiers and horses of Guangling County of Xuzhou and Cao Cao, with more than 100,000 troops, and the overall strength was slightly stronger than Yanzhou itself. Yanzhou soldiers and horses formed an alliance in the sour jujube of Chenliu County, Yanzhou, to defeat Dong Zhuo, which is known as the "Sour Jujube Alliance" in history.
The jujube is located at the angle of the Yellow River and Jishui, which is convenient for the princes of Yanzhou to gather along the big river, and it is more convenient for the transportation of grain and grass. Yuanwu, not far to the west of the sour jujube, belongs to Henan Yin, and further west is the grain and grass hoarding town Aocang.