Beneath the Tartar Dust

In the fourth century AD, the curtain fell on the Central Plains dynasties amid the Rebellion of the Eight Princes. Beneath the weight of history, the Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, and Qiang, once lingering at the empire's borders, swept in with the roar of iron and fire, trampling the rich lands of the Central Plains. Luoyang fell, Chang'an wept blood, and the empire's glory was ground into dust across the northern lands. The spark of civilization flickered in a sea of blood. Amid this age of chaos, a young man declared, “Those who are not of our own people can never share our hearts. Only iron and blood can reshape the world.”