Late Han Dynasty: Born in Bingzhou, Expected to Be a Hero

While novels of the late Han Dynasty were trapped in the temples of Luoyang and the heroes of the Central Plains, this book sharply draws the perspective to the real lifeblood of the empire - the frontier. In 177 AD, the Yellow Turban had not yet risen and the world was not in chaos, but the wind and snow in Bingzhou had already pierced the backbone of the Han Dynasty. A young border man born in Shuofang County only had a vague understanding of history, but it was enough for him to understand: in a land where Hu and Han were mixed, survival never depended on destiny, but on the law of blood and fire, which was more ferocious than the barbarians and more deceitful than the merchants. This is not a story about a time traveler's dimensionality reduction attack, but the process of a frontier hero "growing up" in real troubled times. The Xianbei border was his starting point, and the Yellow Turban Troubled Times was his soil. When he reestablished order with the logic of the border people, he discovered that the entire Han Dynasty had become a "bigger merged state" waiting for him to formulate rules. From creating land for fellow tribesmen to survive, to establishing rules and regulations for foreign tribes to seek peace, and then to reforging iron fists on the ruins of the empire - those born on the border may not necessarily be unable to aspire to the Central Plains. The core of this book is that it thoroughly describes the most primitive aesthetics of violence in troubled times: rules are always enforced.

While novels of the late Han Dynasty were trapped in the temples of Luoyang and the heroes of the Central Plains, this book sharply draws the perspective to the real lifeblood of the empire - the frontier. In 177 AD, the Yellow Turban had not yet risen and the world was not in chaos, but the wind and snow in Bingzhou had already pierced the backbone of the Han Dynasty. A young border man born in Shuofang County only had a vague understanding of history, but it was enough for him to understand: in a land where Hu and Han were mixed, survival never depended on destiny, but on the law of blood and fire, which was more ferocious than the barbarians and more deceitful than the merchants. This is not a story about a time traveler's dimensionality reduction attack, but the process of a frontier hero "growing up" in real troubled times. The Xianbei border was his starting point, and the Yellow Turban Troubled Times was his soil. When he reestablished order with the logic of the border people, he discovered that the entire Han Dynasty had become a "bigger merged state" waiting for him to formulate rules. From creating land for fellow tribesmen to survive, to establishing rules and regulations for foreign tribes to seek peace, and then to reforging iron fists on the ruins of the empire - those born on the border may not necessarily be unable to aspire to the Central Plains. The core of this book is that it thoroughly describes the most primitive aesthetics of violence in troubled times: rules are always enforced.

It is a book above the standard that people of all tastes can try. It has no shortcomings. If you insist on finding a shortcoming, it is that the number of words is a bit short.

The characters are lively, and the profile descriptions vividly reveal their personalities, especially the supporting characters, who are occasionally playful. The more I read this book, the more I like it.