The third volume mentioned that after the Yellow Turban chaos broke out, the newly appointed general Huangfu Song of the Left Army of the imperial court and Zhu Jun of the right Army of the Justice Army of Zhu Jun each led an army, leading the Sanhe Knights and the newly recruited elite soldiers and warriors, totaling more than 60,000, and divided into two groups to attack the Yellow Turban Army of Yingchuan. (eng.com_) Zhu Jun also submitted a letter to recruit Sun Jian, the county magistrate of Xia Pi, as the assistant army, and ordered him to lead the young men from his fellow villagers and the recruited Huai River, and more than 10,000 elite soldiers of Sishui set out from Xia Pi to join forces with the imperial army.

After Sun Jian received the order, he realized that this was an opportunity for the Sun family to rise, so he immediately recruited the village, prepared people, and waited for Zhu Jun's recruitment order.

Sun Jian, whose courtesy name is Wentai, was from Fuchun, Wujun (now Fuyang, Hangzhou, Zhejiang). Historical books say that he "has extraordinary appearance, broad-mindedness, and curiousness", and was a descendant of Sun Wu, a great military strategist. The Sun family has been an official in Wu for generations. It is recorded that before Sun Jian was born, there were many strange ancestral tombs in Sun's family, with five colors of clouds connected to the sky and spreading for several miles. People watching nearby said, "The Sun family is going to become strong."

When Sun Jian was young, he was a county official in Fuchun. He was very generous and curious. When he was seventeen years old, he took a boat to Qiantang with his father. He saw pirate Hu Yu and others looting merchants’ property and dirt on the shore. When the merchant travelers saw this scene, they were frightened and stopped moving forward. The passing ships did not dare to drive forward. However, Sun Jian said to his father: "This thief can be attacked, please challenge him." His father hurriedly stopped and said: "It's not what you are trying to do."

Sun Jian refused to listen to the advice, and strode towards the shore with an ancient ingot knife. While walking, he was commanding with his hands east and west. It seemed that he was dispatching people to encircle the pirates. The pirates saw this situation from afar and thought that it was the officers and soldiers who came to arrest them. In panic, they quickly threw away their wealth and fled in all directions. Sun Jian refused to give up and chased a pirate before returning, which surprised his father. Sun Jian became famous in Fuchun because of this, so the county government summoned him to act as a lieutenant.

In the first year of Xiping of Emperor Ling of Han, Xu Chang, a native of Kuaiji County, raised troops in Juzhang and called himself Emperor Yangming. He and his son Xu Shao incited various counties everywhere and gathered tens of thousands of accomplices. Sun Jian recruited thousands of elite and brave heroes as the county Sima, and worked with the officers and soldiers of prefectures and counties to fight and defeat the force. Governor Zang Min reported Sun Jian's contribution to the court, so Sun Jian was appointed as the Yandu County Magistrate. A few years later, he was successively renamed the Xuyi County Magistrate and Xiapi County Magistrate.

At that time, the prefect Zang Min reported to the court to quell the rebellion of Xuchang, and was seen by Zhu Jun, who was an official in the court. Zhu Jun had a good impression of the brave Sun Jian. After the Yellow Turbans broke out, he recruited Sun Jian, who was the county magistrate in Xia Pi at that time, and appointed Sun Jian as the Sima of the Assistant Army.

Sun Jian was indeed extraordinary. He served as the county magistrate of three counties. He was very prestigious wherever he went, and the officials and the people were close and obedient. Many scholars and military men came to join him one after another. Sun Jian was very enthusiastic and polite to those who came to join him, just like his own brothers, relatives and friends.

There was a fellow villager named Zu Mao (named Darong), who used a double sword. Since Sun Jian was appointed as the county lieutenant, he has followed him and is loyal.

There was Cheng Pu (named Demou), a native of Tuyin, Youbeiping (now Fengrundong, Hebei). He was good at using the iron-bridge snake spear. Because he admired Sun Jian's reputation, he came to visit thousands of miles and was treated as a guest of honor by Sun Jian.

There was Han Dang (named Yigong), a native of the Lingzhi of the Western Liao Dynasty (now Qian'an, Hebei). He was good at bowing and archery and riding skills. He had extraordinary strength and came to join Sun Jian with Cheng Pu. Sun Jian was very appreciative and became the vanguard under the tent. Han Dang followed Sun Jian to fight everywhere. Every time he fought, he charged forward and led the army. He took risks and difficulties several times, captured the enemy, captured prisoners, and made many military achievements.

There were also Wu Jing, a native of Qiantang, Wujun (now Hangzhou, Zhejiang), and Zhu Zhi, a native of Danyang Guzhen (now Anji, Zhejiang), who came to join him one after another when Sun Jian recruited a village hero, and was appointed as the lieutenant of the tent by Sun Jian.

Sun Jian received guidance from his colleagues and learned that Zhang Zhao (Zibu), a native of Pengcheng, had a talented man, went to Pengcheng to invite him. The Zhang Zhao tribes suffered a lot of disaster for the Yellow Turbans and begged Sun Jian to escort his tribes south. Sun Jian agreed with mercy, and Zhang Zhao then surrendered to Sun Jian's tent.

In October of the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turbans were gradually weakening. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun then led a large army out of Hulao Pass to encircle and suppress the Yellow Turban Army Bo Cai's troops that directly threatened Luoyang. At this time, Bo Cai had already attacked most of Yingchuan County and was leading heavy troops to besiege Xuchang. The 50,000 people led by Qu Commander Peng Tuo also attacked Yucheng, Suoping of Runan County. He heard that the two armies of the imperial court were going to copy the back roads of Bo Cai, so he went north to support Bo Cai. The leader Zhang Mancheng of the Dafang led 30,000 people to attack Wancheng of Nanyang County. After a long attack, he was also successful. After a short rest, he was also ready to return to the Bo Cai's troops.

According to Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's original plan, the troops split into two groups will definitely be wiped out by the Bo Cai troops who besieged Xuchang in one fell swoop. However, the battlefield situation changed rapidly. After the Han army arrived in Xuchang, they were surprised to find that Xuchang City had been occupied by the Yellow Turban Army. If they want to annihilate Bo Cai, they could only bite the bullet and fight a tough battle. What is even more shocking is that the court's 60,000 troops had just surrounded Bo Cai, and the back-footed Bo Cai's allies Peng Tuo and Zhang Mancheng led their troops to surround the court's army and horses. The situation suddenly turned to the Yellow Turban Army, while the court's army and horses were facing an unfavorable situation of being surrounded and annihilated by more than 100,000 troops of the Yellow Turban Army.

Zhu Jun quickly sent his subordinates who were fearless and died to break through the blockades of the Yellow Turban Army. Xiang Sun Jian, who led more than 10,000 troops to advance to Yingchuan day and night, reported to him. After receiving the news from the court, Sun Jian gathered his staff and generals to discuss military information. Zhang Zhao, a military advisor, made suggestions that more than 10,000 reinforcements were just a drop in the bucket. It was better to adopt the strategy of "surrounding Wei and saving Zhao" and turn to Runan to search Peng Tuo's nest.

Sun Jian felt it was feasible, so he led his army to go up the Huai River and headed straight to Ruyin City along the Huai River. Sun Jian personally led his troops to attack Ruyin City. He stood alone, took the lead in taking arrows and stones, and took the lead in climbing the city wall. Sun Jian's subordinates were inspired and followed closely, and the army captured Ruyin City in one day.

After a little rest, Sun Jian immediately led his army to attack Gushi City, which was less than a hundred miles east of Pingyu City, Runan County. In this battle, Han Dang under Sun Jian fought bravely, and was injured by multiple arrows and resolutely fought to the death. Cheng Pu, Zu Mao and others also fought bravely to kill the enemy. Thousands of Yellow Turbans who remained in Gushi City were completely defeated after three days of persistence, and only hundreds of people fled to Pingyu to report the news.

After the Yellow Turban Guards in Pingyu City received the news that Sun Jian came to attack, they hurriedly asked Qu Commander Peng Tuo for help. Peng Tuo reported the news and withdrew from the battle group to help Pingyu despite the instability of the war under Xuchang City. Because of Peng Tuo's accidental withdrawal, a big gap was immediately revealed in the encirclement of the Yellow Turban Army. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun quickly withdrew to Luoyang with the court's troops. Zhu Jun submitted Sun Jian's military achievements to the court, and the court immediately appointed Sun Jian as the General of Pinglu, encouraging him to continue to fight bravely to serve the court.

After Sun Jian received the reward from the court, he became more and more dedicated to "suppressing bandits". In a few days, he captured the Yuyang County Town less than 70 miles from Pingyu City. At this time, the rescuing troops led by Peng Tuo had arrived in Nandun, not far from Pingyu. After Sun Jian learned about this, he rode alone to the front line to reconnaise the situation of the Yellow Turban enemy. He did not expect to meet the small vanguard of Peng's vanishing the road. He was injured and fell from the horse and lay in the grass.

The vanguard of the Yellow Turban Army was not aware that this person was Sun Jian, and he stopped chasing him when he saw that he had escaped far away. At that time, Sun Jian had fallen into a coma not far away. Fortunately, the horse he was riding on ran back to the barracks. After roaring and neighing, Han Dang and Cheng Pu quickly followed the horse to search for it. Then they found Sun Jian in the grass and rescued him back to the camp. Sun Jian returned to nourish for more than ten days, but his injuries improved slightly. He actually rushed to the battlefield again, preparing to defend Yuyang to death.
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