Rebellion · Coup
Rebellion of the Five Counties of Dongye 東冶五縣之亂
About this event
The Rebellion of the Five Counties of Dongye was a rebellion raised by the bandits Lü He, Qin Lang and others in the five counties of Dongye in Kuaiji Commandery; Sun Quan sent the Colonel Supervising the Army Lü Dai, General Jiang Qin and others, who captured Lü He and Qin Lang and pacified the five counties. Chen Shou's text does not give the year of this rebellion. Records, Wu 15 §32Records, Wu 10 §21
Chen Shou recorded this briefly in the section on Lü Dai in the Biographies of He, Quan, Lü, Zhou and Zhongli in Records of Wu 15 and in the section on Jiang Qin in the Biographies of Cheng, Huang, Han, Jiang, Zhou, Chen, Dong, Gan, Ling, Xu, Pan and Ding in Records of Wu 10. This rebellion does not appear in the Romance. Records, Wu 15 §32Records, Wu 10 §21
Course of events in the Records
According to the biography of Lü Dai, after Sun Quan took charge of affairs, Lü Dai served as acting Assistant of Wu County, then as Recorder, and became Chief of Yuyao County, where he gathered more than a thousand elite, hardy men. At that time, when the bandits Lü He, Qin Lang and others rose in rebellion in the five counties of Dongye in Kuaiji, Sun Quan made Lü Dai Colonel Supervising the Army and had him lead troops against them together with General Jiang Qin and others. Lü Dai captured Lü He and Qin Lang, pacified the five counties, and was appointed General of the Household Who Displays Trust. Records, Wu 15 §32
The biography of Jiang Qin records this rebellion as having been raised by the bandits Lü He, Qin Lang and others of Ye County in Kuaiji, and says that Jiang Qin led troops against them, captured Lü He and Qin Lang and pacified the five counties, and that for this merit he was transferred to General of the Household Who Punishes the Yue and received Jingju and Zhaoyang as his fief. Records, Wu 10 §21
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Belligerents
| Item | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| Factions | Wu | |
| Commanders | Lü Dai, Jiang Qin |
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