Biography
Zhao Hong was based in Nanyang Commandery, and became leader of the local Yellow Turbans after the previous leader, Zhang Mancheng, was killed in battle with government forces led by Qin Jie (秦頡) in 184.
Zhao Hong led his rebel forces, said to number over one hundred thousand, to occupy the city of Wan. Government forces led by Zhu Jun surrounded the city but were unable to recapture it for two months. The Zizhi Tongjian mentions only Zhu Jun and Xu Qiu (徐璆), Inspector of Jing Province, as commanders; the Book of the Later Han says they joined forces with Qin Jie, and further states their combined forces numbered eighteen thousand.
In the autumn of 184, Zhu Jun led a successful assault against the Yellow Turban forces, and executed Zhao Hong.
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