In 907 AD, the Tang Dynasty, which had ruled the Central Plains for 289 years, was officially overthrown. History ushered in an unprecedented era of chaos. Because the Huangchao Uprising completely shook the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule, vassal towns all over the country used the name of counterinsurgency to expand their strength. Zhu Wen established the Later Liang Dynasty, but failed to unify the country. China fell into a divided situation in which "the Five Dynasties (Later Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, and Later Zhou) were changed, and ten kingdoms (First Shu, Wu, Fujian, etc.) Stood side by side." When the troops came, villages were reduced to scorched earth, children hung from trees, and women and children filled ditches. When there is great hunger at the end of the year, people eat each other, they dissect their bodies to cook food, they change their children to eat...
