 In the eighth lunar month of 185, the high minister Zhang Wen was given the military post of General of Chariots and Cavalry () to assume Huangfu Song's responsibilities.Assigned under him were Dong Zhuo, the new General Who Routs the Caitiffs (); and Zhou Shen (), the General Who Terrifies Criminals (), among others.Zhang's army, more than a hundred thousand in men and horses, traveled to Meiyang (美陽; west of present-day Wugong) and set camp there.