The Campaign against Dong Zhuo was a punitive expedition initiated Process_start by a coalition of regional officials and warlords against the warlord Dong Zhuo in 190 in the late Eastern Han dynasty .

Surrounded Surrounding by enemies and with diminishing support Supporting due to the constant warfare Hostile_encounter , Ivaylo fled Escaping to the court of the Mongol warlord Nogai Khan to seek aid Assistance , but was eventually murdered Killing .

The hostage-takers were the Riyad-us Saliheen , sent Sending by the Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev , who demanded Request recognition Supporting of the independence Change_of_leadership of Chechnya , and Russian withdrawal Escaping from Chechnya .

But despite major gains , the rebels failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to topple the government during the eight days of fighting and small scale clashes Hostile_encounter continued until 22 May , when the government launched Attack a major offensive to retake Control the city , as Islamist forces had mostly withdrawn Escaping into the Central Region and the government was now backed by powerful warlord Indho Ade .

It was fought Hostile_encounter in the winter of AD 208/9 between the allied forces of the southern warlords Sun Quan and Liu Bei and the numerically superior forces of the northern warlord Cao Cao .

Furthermore , Luding City itself was occupied Control by a regiment of troops from warlord Liu Wenhui 's 38th Brigade , 4th brigade , under the 5th division of the 24th Corps .

This was a common business for many of the local warlord commanders .