Beigong Boyu 北宮伯玉

Beigong Boyu 北宮伯玉 was a member of the Auxiliary of Loyal Barbarians from Huangzhong and elected as first leader of the Liang Province Rebels together with Li Wenhou 李文侯. In the winter of 184, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion was nearing its end, Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou kept the Han away from peace by creating havoc in Liang province.

Biography
Beigong Boyu is said to be a non-Chinese Yuezhi or Qiang. He is first mentioned in the winter of 184, when two groups of Qiang people caused disturbances in the northwestern commanderies of Beidi and Anding, and the counties of Fuhan and Heguan. The Auxiliary of Loyal Barbarians from Huangzhong commandery, a force consisting of Lesser Yuezhi and Qiang recruits, was sent to deal with the rebels.

Leading these Auxiliary of Loyal Barbarians were Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou. In the 9th lunar month of 184, instead of resolving the disturbances, they were actually escalated when Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou mutinied against their Han superiors in the military camp of Lianju 令居 and killing the Protector of the Qiang Ling Zheng 冷徵 in the process.

The various Qiang groups had now become one and Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou, presumably for their background and well-knowing of the Han, were elected as leading generals of the coalition.