Three Hundred Years of Tang Dynasty: Rise and Fall, Book 1: From Warring Warlords to the Xuanwu Gate Incident

This book is the first volume of a series centered on Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang dynasty. As the Sui dynasty neared its end, heroes rose up across the land. The Wagang forces under Li Mi, the Hebei faction led by Dou Jiande, and other groups of heroes waged war until Li Yuan seized the realm amid the chaos. As the main commander of the Tang army, Prince of Qin Li Shimin successively defeated the warlords Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liu Heita, and others. During these campaigns, he recruited extraordinary warriors such as Yuchi Gong and Cheng Yaojin, and established a literary academy to attract scholars. Li Yuan took a series of measures to keep him in check, including eliminating Li Shimin’s chief strategist, Liu Wenjing. Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince of Qi Li Yuanji repeatedly conspired to frame Li Shimin. With his life hanging in the balance, Li Shimin launched the Xuanwu Gate Incident…