Huangfu Song 皇甫嵩

In Chapter 1 of the Romance, when the common people who have wrapped their heads in yellow turbans and followed Zhang Jue number four to five hundred thousand and the government troops collapse at the mere rumor of them, He Jin petitions the emperor to issue an edict and has Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, Generals of the Household, each lead elite troops and attack along three separate routes. Lu Zhi, facing Zhang Jue at Guangzong, sends Liu Bei to Yingchuan, saying that Zhang Jue's younger brothers Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao are facing Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun there. Romance, Ch. 1 §12 · 34

When the rebels, faring badly in the fighting at Yingchuan, withdraw to Changshe and pitch camp against the grassland, Huangfu Song plans with Zhu Jun to attack them with fire. He has each soldier bind a bundle of grass and lie in hiding, and that night, when a great wind rises, after the second watch they set fire all at once and the two generals each lead their troops to attack the rebel camp. Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, fleeing in defeat, are cut off by Cao Cao, Commandant of Cavalry, who takes more than ten thousand heads, and after meeting Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, Cao Cao sets off in pursuit of them. Romance, Ch. 1 §35–36 · 40–41

When Liu Bei arrives after the battle is over and conveys Lu Zhi's intentions, Huangfu Song tells him that Zhang Liang and Zhang Bao, their strength exhausted, are bound to go to Guangzong to rely on Zhang Jue, and that he should hurry there through the night to help. Romance, Ch. 1 §42

In Chapter 2, Cao Cao follows Huangfu Song and fights a great battle with Zhang Liang at Quyang. A scout sent by Zhu Jun reports that, as Dong Zhuo had been defeated repeatedly, the court had Huangfu Song replace him; that by the time Huangfu Song arrived Zhang Jue was already dead; and that Huangfu Song won seven battles in a row and beheaded Zhang Liang at Quyang, and dug up Zhang Jue's coffin, cut the head from the corpse and sent it to the capital. The rest of the rebels all surrendered, the court promoted Huangfu Song to General of Chariots and Cavalry and gave him the post of Governor of Ji Province, and, Huangfu Song having submitted a memorial that Lu Zhi had merit and no guilt, the court restored Lu Zhi to his former office, the scout reports. Romance, Ch. 2 §3 · 8–9

In the same chapter, Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang of the Ten Regular Attendants send men to demand gold and silk from the generals who crushed the Yellow Turbans, and have those who refuse removed from office by memorial. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun both refuse to pay, and on the memorials of Zhao Zhong and the others both lose their posts. Romance, Ch. 2 §29

In Chapter 9, after Lü Bu has killed Dong Zhuo, Wang Yun has Lü Bu go to Meiwu with Huangfu Song and Li Su at the head of 50,000 troops to confiscate Dong Zhuo's property and household. Huangfu Song has all the sons and daughters of good families held in Meiwu set free, while Dong Zhuo's relatives, old and young alike, are all put to death. The several hundred thousand in gold, several million in silver, and countless silks, treasures and provisions seized at Meiwu are reported to Wang Yun. Romance, Ch. 9 §25 · 28–30