Yuan Shao
Yuan Shao (? - June 28, 202AD),born in Ruyang (today’s Zhoukou of Henan), was a powerful warlord during the late Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. He was appointed as the Great General and grand commandant. He was the chief of Jizhou, and governor of Youzhou, Qingzhou, Bingzhou and Jizhou. He was given the title of “Marquis Ye.” As the top commandant of the Xiyuan Eight Commandants of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the leader of the coalition of warlords against the tyrannical Dong Zhuo, he was the most powerful warlord of the Three Kingdoms era.