Posted 20 October 2011 - 11:27 PM
After the death of Wei Yan, the Yan armies suffered one devastating loss after another. Over the winter of 235 AD they retreated from Dong Jun to Peng Cheng, and in the spring again to Shou Chun. Meanwhile, Gongsun Zan's horde had been recruiting more northerners and bringing them south to swell their numbers. Leaving enough forces constantly around Luo Yang and Xu Chang, his remaining forces spread far and wide raiding towns and pursuing enemy forces. In Shou Chun, Huang Zhong saw his escape routes cut off while finally learning that the armies and supplies left behind in Yan had been routed by Wei Xu. Surrounded and running low on both men and supplies, Huang Zhong brought in his best remaining counsellors and generals for discussion. A privileged attendant petitioned: "We have neither the men nor the commanders to resist. The remaining soldiers must distract the enemy while we flee to the seven southern districts. There we can borrow troops of the Man nations and try to recover the northern part of our kingdom.
The Director of Bureaucracy said, "That will never work. The southern Man are inveterate rebels who have never shown us kindness. If we seek refuge with them, it will end in disaster." The officials then petitioned: "Liu Yao is still an ally. Our situation is critical. We can take refuge there." But another official retorted "There is no historical precedent for a Son of Heaven seeking sanction in another kingdom. Sheltering ourselves with Liu Yao would be only the first disgrace. If his forces then fall to the Xia or White Riders, will Your Majesty suffer disgrace a second time by declaring allegiance to them? Why not submit directly to the northerners, which will endow Your Majesty with some fief land to maintain your ancestral temple and provide for your people? I bet your Majesty, consider this carefully." The Emperor withdrew to consider the matter and did not sleep all night.
The next day the White Riders arrived in force. The Emperor led his heir apparent together with the other princes and a court retinue of more than sixty officials a distance of ten li outside the north gate of Shou Chun. Facing the victor, his hands bound behind his back, the Emperor walked beside a carriage bearing a coffin. Gongsun Zan rose to support the Emperor and personally untied his bonds, then he burned the coffin and rode back into Shou Chun with the Emperor beside him.
With incense and flowers the people of Shou Chun came forth and welcomed the northerners. Gongsun Zan honoured the Emperor with the generalship of the Flying Cavalry; other civil and military officials were granted rank in the White Rider hierarchy in keeping with their status. A proclamation was issued to calm the populace. Huang Zhong ordered Master of Ceremony Zhang Jun to travel south with the Emperor's seal, where possession of the granaries, arsenals, and treasuries of Yan would be transferred to the conquerors. And so the Yan ceased to exist.
Tennes (The Dude) is lynched. He was Huang Zhong, Emperor of the Yan Dynasty.
The Yan Dynasty has been eradicated.
Only someone with this much power could make this many frittatas without breaking any eggs.