At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was in chaos, Li Jue and Guo Si brought trouble to the capital, Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie was reduced to a puppet, the remaining candles in Weiyang Palace reflected the shadow of swords, and the life of the Han Dynasty hung on a thread. When the blood under the palace wall dyed the royal robe red, the young emperor, who was regarded as the "King of the Subjugated Country", no longer tolerated the humiliation and lived an ignoble life. He took advantage of the chaos and fled to Chang'an at night with his loyal servants, pretending to be running to Hanzhong, but in fact he detoured to Longxi and found refuge with the Qianghu tribe.
He established his trust with half a jade tablet of the late emperor, relied on the strategy of "dividing the grassland into seasons" to pacify the Qiang tribe, and used the Han Dynasty military system to train Hu Han's elite soldiers. From two hundred dead soldiers to a strong army of thirty thousand, from the small town of Fuhan to the overlord of Longyou, he worked step by step to tear away the shackles of troubled times. Burning grain roads destroyed Chencang, borrowing internal forces to restore Chang'an, beheading Li Jue at the north gate, re-establishing the Han banner in Weiyang; rejecting Xianbei Kebi Neng from the north at Yinshan, burning Wuchao to defeat Yuan Shao in Hebei, capturing Cao Cao at Guandu, surrendering Liu Zhang at Chengdu, defeating Zhou Yu at Chibi, and finally, in twenty-five years of campaigning, he wiped out the heroes and unified the nine states.
Thirty years after he ascended the throne, he abolished harsh laws, promoted agriculture and mulberry trees, established imperial schools, and opened up the Western Regions. He allowed the refugees to return to their fields and allowed Han and Chinese to coexist, bringing the population back to 50 million and recreating the prosperity of the Zhongxing Dynasty where "people do not pick up things on the road and do not close their homes at night." This is not the tragic puppet of "Zen Cao Pi" in the history books, but the "Zhongxing Emperor" who ruled the world with his wisdom and brought peace to the people with his benevolent government - a counterattack epic from a prisoner to a sage, and a generous song about loyalty, strategy and the rejuvenation of his family and country.
