Hmm...I will try to write out those events that I know about
during that period.
Please correct me if it's wrong. Thanks. (My English is not very
good so forgive my grammar and spelling errors)
During the late Eastern Han Dynasty, there are alot of corruption
within the central government (Chao Ting) and so, peasants suffered
alot during the those years.
Because of the sufferings, Zhang Jiao who hold the 'The Way of
Peace' easily convert peasants into his sect (another reason is
that the central government has positive views on 'The Way of
Peace' and allow it to spread and did not stop him) So, with enough
support he started the Yellow Turban Rebellion. But the rebellion
ended when Zhang Jiao died.
Although the rebellion ended, the chaos brought by the rebellion,
together with the natural disasters that strike China during that
time, had already weaken the dynasty.
Moreover, because of the rebellion, the local government have
gained more military power as the local government need the troops
to end the rebellion too.
Soon, the emperor (Ling) passed away (leaving his 2 young sons,
aged 14 and 9, and his wife) and the central government broke into
2 major factions. One consist of eunuchs and the other consist of
court officials.
During that time, chief general was He Jin and he sided with the
court officials. He ordered Dong Zhuo to enter Luoyang(Capital) but
before Dong Zhuo arrive, he was assassinated by eunuchs.
His ally, Yuan Shao, led troops into Luoyang and try to kill all
the eunuchs. In the chaos, the remaining eunuchs fled the capital
together with the 2 sons but along the way they met Dong Zhuo and
Dong Zhuo bring the 2 sons back to the palace.
But when Dong Zhuo enter the capital, he turn it into a living hell
as he massacre court officials and peasants. He also replace the
current emperor with the younger one which make Yuan Shao fled as
he diagree with Dong Zhuo's decision.
The doings that Dong Zhuo did led to a coaltion force formed by the
different lords with Yuan Shao as the leader. Dong Zhuo, who know
of the coalition, move everyone in the capital to Chang An and
razed the capital. His troops and him remain in Luoyang to stop the
coalition forces
Although alot of people are in the coalition force, none of them
are willing to attack. Only Cao Cao attacked but he lost. In the
end it was Sun Jian who defeated Dong Zhuo and Dong Zhuo fled.
Eventually Dong Zhuo died under his own fellow subordinates, namely
Li Su and Lu Bu.
As for Sun Jian, while he was on his way to remove Dong Zhuo, he
already killed Hua Xiong but he was stopped by Yuan Shu as Yuan Shu
stopped his food supplies. Eventually, Yuan Shu continue the food
supply due to very good reasons that Sun Jian has given.
I will continue the story next time. Hope what I wrote is
true...