The Mighty Lords of Bingzhou at the End of the Han Dynasty

On the eve of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, foreign tribes occupied the five frontier commanderies of Bingzhou. The Han Dynasty was beset by troubles at home and abroad, leaving it no time to care for the people of Bingzhou!

Zhang Yang, who became friends with Lü Bu, was renowned throughout Bingzhou for his courage and benevolence. After he was accidentally injured and fell unconscious, he gained fragments of memories that revealed information about the era he lived in.

These memories made Zhang Yang sharper and quicker-witted, while also giving him a more domineering and ruthless streak. They even greatly increased his martial prowess!

After recovering, Zhang Yang did not accompany Lü Bu to Jinyang to enlist. Nor did he persist in fighting alone, a path that could never lead to success. Instead, as the young lord of the Zhang family’s fortified manor, and with the reputation he had built for himself, he rallied the people and formed a local militia.

With his sharper mind, extraordinary courage, and domineering, ruthless methods, Zhang Yang led the militia in an unrelenting struggle amid the foreign tribes, rescuing more and more Han people while steadily building up his own strength!

With this formidable army and the help of civil and military officials, Zhang Yang struck such terror into the foreign tribes that they fled in every direction. Gradually, he brought all of Bingzhou under his control.

As his territory grew, so did Zhang Yang’s ambitions. Once Bingzhou was secure, he used the pretext of putting down a rebellion to extend his influence into the surrounding provinces and commanderies...