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Huangfu Song
Huangfu Song (died c. April 195), courtesy name Yizhen, was a military general who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is known for the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province rebellion.
He was one of three imperial commanders when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, along with Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi. He was known to be a modest and generous person. Lu Zhi was removed from command after the eunuch Zuo Feng made false accusations against him; Lu Zhi had refused to bribe Zuo Feng. Huangfu Song, who took over command of the imperial troops from Lu Zhi, continued to use Lu as a strategist and reported his contributions to the imperial court. Thus, in the same year, Lu Zhi regained his post as Master of Writing (尚书).
Huangfu Song was a nephew of Huangfu Gui (皇甫規; 104-174), a military general, and Lady Huangfu. His father Huangfu Jie (Huangfu Gui's elder brother) was the Administrator of Yanmen Commandery. His grandfather Huangfu Qi (皇甫旗) and great-grandfather Huangfu Ling (皇甫棱; one of his known positions was General who Crosses the Liao (River)) were also military officials serving the Eastern Han.
Since young, he was well versed with the Classic of History and the Poetry and also known as his masteries in archery and horsemanship. Nominated into the title of Filial and Incorrupt, he serves as a magistrate in Jingzhao and Hedong, but resigned after his father died. Later, Huangfu Song was eventually nominated by his province's Office as a xiaolian and maocai. However, Huangfu Song also refused those offers to join the office of the Grand Tutor Chen Fan and the General-in-Chief Dou Wu. Only after Emperor Ling of Han personally sent an invitation and sent a special carriage, that Huangfu Song accepted to become Administrator of Beidi in 180.
During the Yellow Turban rebellion, Huangfu was initially sent to defeat the Yellow Turban rebels in Yingchuan Commandery, along with Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun first engaged the Yellow Turban rebels under Bo Cai but was defeated. Huangfu Song was forced to retreat to Changsha, where Bo Cai led his troops to besiege the city. The city was short of soldiers and the disparity in numbers terrified the troops. Huangfu Song consoled his men. Later, a strong wind arose that night. Huangfu Song ordered his men to assemble torches and climb the city walls. He first sent elite troops outside the encirclement, setting fires and shouting loudly. Then, torches were lit on the city walls to echo the shouts. Huangfu Song, taking advantage of this momentum, beat drums and charged out. The Yellow Turbans, inexperienced in combat, panicked and scattered, forcing them to retreat. At this time, Cao Cao , the cavalry commander, also arrived on orders. Huangfu Song, Cao Cao, and Zhu Jun joined forces to fight again, defeating the Yellow Turban Army and killed tens of thousands of them. For this achievement, Huangfu Song was granted the title of Marquis of Duxiang.
Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun then took advantage of the victory to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Runan and Chen Commanderies, pursued Bo Cai, and attacked Peng Tuo. The Yellow Turban Rebellion either surrendered or dispersed, and the three counties were completely pacified.
In August, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban Bu Yi's army at Cangting, captured Bu Yi, and beheaded over 7,000. At this time, Zhang Jue occupied Guangzong and controlled the heartland of Hebei. Lu Zhi had previously been falsely accused by eunuchs of going on an expedition and was recalled, with his death sentence commuted. His successor, Dong Zhuo, was also recalled due to his failure in suppressing the Yellow Turbans, and his death sentence was commuted. The court then issued an edict ordering Huangfu Song to lead his troops to attack. Soon, Huangfu Song forces defeated the forces of Zhang Liang, brother of Zhang Jue, in seven consecutive clashes. By the last attack during dusk at Guangzong County (廣宗縣; southeast of present-day Guangzong County, Hebei), Huangfu Song managed to kill Liang, and killed 30,000 Yellow Turban rebels. Another 50,000 rebels dies after this battle after they jumped into the river. Huangfu Song also captured large number of the rebels, along with their wives and children.
In November, Huangfu Song and Julu prefect Guo Dian captured Xiaquyang (now northwest of Jinxian County , Hebei Province), killed Zhang Jue's other brother Zhang Bao, and captured and killed more than 100,000 rebels. Huangfu Song built a Jingguan (a memorial hall) with the remains of 100,000 people in the south of the city. The court appointed Huangfu Song as the General of the Left Cavalry and the Governor of Jizhou and promoted him to the Marquis of Huaili, with the tax revenue from Huaili and Meiyang counties, and a fief of 8,000 household. (Another chapter in the Book of Han says that Huangfu Song served as the General of the Cavalry after the great defeat of Zhang Liang
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Huangfu Song
Huangfu Song (died c. April 195), courtesy name Yizhen, was a military general who lived during the Eastern Han dynasty of China. He is known for the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Liang Province rebellion.
He was one of three imperial commanders when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, along with Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi. He was known to be a modest and generous person. Lu Zhi was removed from command after the eunuch Zuo Feng made false accusations against him; Lu Zhi had refused to bribe Zuo Feng. Huangfu Song, who took over command of the imperial troops from Lu Zhi, continued to use Lu as a strategist and reported his contributions to the imperial court. Thus, in the same year, Lu Zhi regained his post as Master of Writing (尚书).
Huangfu Song was a nephew of Huangfu Gui (皇甫規; 104-174), a military general, and Lady Huangfu. His father Huangfu Jie (Huangfu Gui's elder brother) was the Administrator of Yanmen Commandery. His grandfather Huangfu Qi (皇甫旗) and great-grandfather Huangfu Ling (皇甫棱; one of his known positions was General who Crosses the Liao (River)) were also military officials serving the Eastern Han.
Since young, he was well versed with the Classic of History and the Poetry and also known as his masteries in archery and horsemanship. Nominated into the title of Filial and Incorrupt, he serves as a magistrate in Jingzhao and Hedong, but resigned after his father died. Later, Huangfu Song was eventually nominated by his province's Office as a xiaolian and maocai. However, Huangfu Song also refused those offers to join the office of the Grand Tutor Chen Fan and the General-in-Chief Dou Wu. Only after Emperor Ling of Han personally sent an invitation and sent a special carriage, that Huangfu Song accepted to become Administrator of Beidi in 180.
During the Yellow Turban rebellion, Huangfu was initially sent to defeat the Yellow Turban rebels in Yingchuan Commandery, along with Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun first engaged the Yellow Turban rebels under Bo Cai but was defeated. Huangfu Song was forced to retreat to Changsha, where Bo Cai led his troops to besiege the city. The city was short of soldiers and the disparity in numbers terrified the troops. Huangfu Song consoled his men. Later, a strong wind arose that night. Huangfu Song ordered his men to assemble torches and climb the city walls. He first sent elite troops outside the encirclement, setting fires and shouting loudly. Then, torches were lit on the city walls to echo the shouts. Huangfu Song, taking advantage of this momentum, beat drums and charged out. The Yellow Turbans, inexperienced in combat, panicked and scattered, forcing them to retreat. At this time, Cao Cao , the cavalry commander, also arrived on orders. Huangfu Song, Cao Cao, and Zhu Jun joined forces to fight again, defeating the Yellow Turban Army and killed tens of thousands of them. For this achievement, Huangfu Song was granted the title of Marquis of Duxiang.
Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun then took advantage of the victory to suppress the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Runan and Chen Commanderies, pursued Bo Cai, and attacked Peng Tuo. The Yellow Turban Rebellion either surrendered or dispersed, and the three counties were completely pacified.
In August, Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban Bu Yi's army at Cangting, captured Bu Yi, and beheaded over 7,000. At this time, Zhang Jue occupied Guangzong and controlled the heartland of Hebei. Lu Zhi had previously been falsely accused by eunuchs of going on an expedition and was recalled, with his death sentence commuted. His successor, Dong Zhuo, was also recalled due to his failure in suppressing the Yellow Turbans, and his death sentence was commuted. The court then issued an edict ordering Huangfu Song to lead his troops to attack. Soon, Huangfu Song forces defeated the forces of Zhang Liang, brother of Zhang Jue, in seven consecutive clashes. By the last attack during dusk at Guangzong County (廣宗縣; southeast of present-day Guangzong County, Hebei), Huangfu Song managed to kill Liang, and killed 30,000 Yellow Turban rebels. Another 50,000 rebels dies after this battle after they jumped into the river. Huangfu Song also captured large number of the rebels, along with their wives and children.
In November, Huangfu Song and Julu prefect Guo Dian captured Xiaquyang (now northwest of Jinxian County , Hebei Province), killed Zhang Jue's other brother Zhang Bao, and captured and killed more than 100,000 rebels. Huangfu Song built a Jingguan (a memorial hall) with the remains of 100,000 people in the south of the city. The court appointed Huangfu Song as the General of the Left Cavalry and the Governor of Jizhou and promoted him to the Marquis of Huaili, with the tax revenue from Huaili and Meiyang counties, and a fief of 8,000 household. (Another chapter in the Book of Han says that Huangfu Song served as the General of the Cavalry after the great defeat of Zhang Liang