In the third year of Jianning, the Longyou Qiang rebelled. Duan Jiong led his army to the west. The Han cavalry broke through the Qingshi Valley, but it was difficult to prevent the Qiang and Di coalition forces from attacking east and west to attack Hanyang. At the time of the bloody battles at the border, the Ling Emperor in the deep palace of Luoyang indulged in pleasure, the eunuchs monopolized the power and disrupted the government, and the disaster of the party's imprisonment became more and more serious.
There are barbarians around outside, the court is decaying inside, and the centuries-old glory of the Eastern Han Dynasty is crumbling. Amid the neighing of the cavalry, beacon smoke gradually rose, and an era of heroes vying for the throne was quietly beginning.