Reborn in the Three Kingdoms: No More Pretending

What if the Han dynasty had lasted for several more centuries? Would dynasties still rise and fall in cycles? Could the Upheaval of the Five Barbarians have been avoided? It’s a familiar transmigration premise, but this is a different kind of story: no System, no brainless antics, and no pointless whining. A modern man’s consciousness is sent by some mysterious force into the body of a dying refugee boy in Guanzhong at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty. In a fit of righteous anger, he ambushes bandits. To secure a legitimate identity, he disguises himself as a messenger and goes to Yizhou to seek reinforcements. He joins the Battle of Changping Temple, recruits surrendered soldiers, and earns his first fortune. He begins building a venture alongside still-unknown figures such as Zhang Ren, Pang De, and Fa Zheng, and makes Ma Chao his brother-in-law. He expands his base by taking Hanzhong and Yizhou to the south, wipes out warlord thugs such as Li Jue and Guo Si in the north, and escorts Emperor Xian of Han eastward, gaining political legitimacy as he steadily grows in power. In the end, he contends with the warlords of Guandong for the Central Plains and vies for dominion over the realm. Along the way, he also finds himself surrounded by a host of romantic entanglements, including with the peerless beauties Zhen Mi and Wu Mi, leading to all sorts of intimate encounters.