郑浑 / Zheng Hun

Overview

郑浑 / Zheng Hun is the Zuopingyi administrator who responds to 梁兴’s predation with a combined defense, incentive, exchange, persuasion, and reception program rather than abandoning the exposed administrative center.

Current Profile

Hanji 1128 places Zheng Hun after the 渭南之战, when Liang Xing’s remaining force is raiding the Zuopingyi area and county officials propose moving to safer terrain. Zheng Hun rejects withdrawal because Liang Xing’s followers are described as largely coerced; visible official retreat could convert a temporary attachment into durable opposition.

He pairs city repair with a designed exit path. Civilians organize into small forces, recover property and abducted women, and retain most spoils. Men seeking their wives must first release women seized from other groups. Respected officials and local people enter Liang Xing’s following to encourage surrender, while counties are instructed to receive those who leave. Liang Xing is progressively isolated before 夏侯渊 assists the final suppression.

Key Characteristics

• Local administrator who treats official presence as a political signal as well as a security position.
• Distinguishes coerced followers from an armed group’s leadership.
• Combines fortification with rewards rather than relying on either defense or inducement alone.
• Uses reciprocal captive release to align private family incentives with public restoration.
• Builds credible surrender reception through respected intermediaries and county administration.

Evidence

• Refusal to withdraw: Hanji 1128 says Zheng Hun fears that official retreat will strengthen Liang Xing’s hold over coerced followers.
• Defense and civilian incentives: Hanji 1128 describes repaired defenses, small-group attacks, recovered captives, and rewards from captured goods.
• Exit and settlement: Hanji 1128 describes exchange conditions, persuasion by reputable intermediaries, county reception, and the erosion of Liang Xing’s force.

Qualifications

The account is a compressed popular-history summary. Exact jurisdiction, sequence, legality of prize distribution, captive agency, number of surrenderers, settlement durability, and Zheng Hun’s private reasoning remain source-scoped. The result also depends on later military force, so persuasion alone did not end the conflict.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 1128’s Zuopingyi pacification branch.

Relationships

• 梁兴 - armed leader whose following Zheng Hun seeks to detach.
• 夏侯渊 - reinforcement commander in the final suppression.
• 曹操 - regime authority behind the western settlement.
• 受胁群体退出设计 - combined mechanism expressed by Zheng Hun’s policy.