Looking for Books Set During the Three Kingdoms Era 求三国时候的书
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Three Kingdoms: A Brilliant Strategist, I Choose to Serve Cao Cao 三国：神算鬼谋，我选择辅佐曹操
[Three Kingdoms] [No System] [No female lead] [Strategist-focused] Better to be a dog in peaceful times than a person in times of chaos. Scheme for yourself, scheme against others, scheme for your country, scheme for the world. In a time of turmoil, how can anyone look after everyone else? Life in this world is hard, and simply staying alive is no easy task. All Chen Yu ever wanted was to survive, plain and simple. On a snowy night, at a mountain god temple, he chanced upon Zhang Jiao. In Nanyan
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I Take the Goddess with Me into the Late Han Dynasty 带着女神闯汉末
A romantic confession leaves Li Jun, a good-for-nothing playboy and shameless simp of the new era, and his goddess both dead in a sea of flames. In the blink of an eye, they awaken to find they have both transmigrated to the late Han dynasty, in Liaodong Commandery, Youzhou. Just as the Wuhuan are raiding for supplies, and the goddess is about to be assaulted, Li Jun awakens a System and begins a very different life.
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Three Kingdoms: Insulted After Joining the Coalition, I Claim My Ancestral Lineage in Return 三国：入联军被辱，反手认祖归宗
Dong Yao transmigrated to the end of the Han dynasty and spent eighteen years studying under Li Yan, sworn brother of Tong Yuan. Dong Zhuo entered the capital and wreaked havoc at court. Li Yan revealed Dong Yao’s identity: he was Dong Zhuo’s eldest grandson. Following his master’s orders, Dong Yao joined Zhao Yun in the Eighteen-Rout Army’s campaign against Dong Zhuo, temporarily serving under Han Fu. “What? This boy is Dong Zhuo’s eldest grandson? Throw him out!” “Dong Zhuo is a traitor, so hi
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Cao Cao's Rogue Strategist 曹操的痞军师
In the twelfth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's chief strategist, Guo Fengxiao, died of illness at the age of thirty-seven. People in later generations mourned his untimely death and couldn't help wondering what plans this extraordinary genius had left behind for Cao Cao. Our story begins here...
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Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao's Fierce Son-in-Law 三国凶神：曹贼的贴身女婿
[Unrivaled General]+ [Passionate]+ [Lighthearted Comedy]+ [Alternate History] My name is Chen Cong. Later, plenty of people would call me Chen the Invincible. I transmigrated to the end of the Han dynasty because I couldn't hold my liquor. I had no status, no connections, no System, and no money. I couldn't even read seal script or clerical script, so I was practically illiterate. But I had courage! The heavens may not have given every transmigrator a System, but they did give me a body of peerl
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Three Kingdoms: I Urge Cao Cao to Seize the Palace 三国：鼓动曹操去抢宫殿
Xu Ran traveled through three kingdoms before Old Man Cao rescued him. At the time, Yuan Shao was delighted as he plotted to incite the Ten Attendants to revolt. In the end, Xu Ran also egged Cao Cao on to seize the palace under the pretext of rescuing the emperor, then pin the blame on the two Yuans. Late at night, Empress He tossed and turned, ashamed and furious. “Yuan Benchu, you shameless scoundrel!” How dare he steal my jade eggplant! Wang Situ lost both his wife and his troops, yet di
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Three Kingdoms: Liu Biao’s Conquest of the World 三国刘表之鲸吞天下
The late Eastern Han dynasty split into three kingdoms. See how Liu Biao, the renowned and learned governor of Jingzhou, turns the tide and revives the Han dynasty three times! The story features such heroes as the ambitious Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, who is steadfast in his resolve to conquer the west for the Han, and Sun Jian, the fierce tiger of Jiangdong. Enjoy!
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Three Kingdoms: Snatch Liu Bei's Opportunities and Turn the Tables on Cao Cao 三国：截胡刘备，反推曹操
After transmigrating into the nephew of Liu Biao, Liu Heng found himself with Liu Qi's helplessness, Liu Cong's weakness, and the future of Jing and Xiang's nine commanderies resting on his shoulders. But... He had three senior brothers who were invincible on the battlefield, three classmates who could plan for every eventuality, and... Cao Cao: "Pi'er, hold him off. I'm heading to Wuhuan. Don't worry about me!" Liu Bei: "Nephew, I've gone to the southernmost part of Jiaozhou to farm. Don't worr
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Late Han Dynasty: Lu Bu Is Reborn and Hunts Down Cao Cao from the Start 汉末：吕布重生，开局追杀曹操
[No harem] + [Not a power fantasy] + [No collecting women] + [A struggle for supremacy] + [The supporting characters rise to take charge] The legendary God of War Lu Bu died at White Gate Tower, only for it to turn out to have been a dream? Cao Cao tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo, claiming he was there to present a sword. But he never expected Lu Bu to lead him a scrawny old horse. Can Cao Cao still escape Luoyang on that nag? And how will Lu Bu begin his new life… Among men, Lu Bu; among horses
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Three Kingdoms: Jia Xu and I Make Trouble for Cao Cao 三国：我和贾诩祸害曹操
[Three Kingdoms] [Lighthearted] [Funny] [Keeping a low profile] [Schemer] [Not historically accurate] [No fantasy, no mythology] Standing before you is Zhao Ping: Cao Cao’s most devious strategist, a dropout from character education, the instigator of heroes beating their servants, a ten-dan master of sounding the retreat, and the Han dynasty’s infamous hypocrite who bullies his own people. Cao Cao: Anyone have a good plan? Jia Xu: I have a thousand! Cao Cao: It mustn’t harm the people of the re
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He Jin: I Transmigrated Here to Fight Only Winnable Battles 何进：穿越而来，只打富裕之仗
A web novelist from the future transmigrates into the Three Kingdoms era and becomes He Jin, the Butcher General who squandered a winning hand. From the start, he is already on his way into the palace. Waiting ahead are the assassins planted by the Ten Attendants. One wrong move, and the familiar events will unfold: Yuan Shao and Cao Cao slaughter the eunuchs, then the “Demon King” Dong Zhuo seizes the opportunity to enter Luoyang. At this critical moment, what choice will this young man from th
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The Han Empire’s Final Days: A Hero Rises in Guanzhong 汉末雄风起关陇！
He transmigrates to the final years of the Han Dynasty and becomes Dong Huang, Dong Zhuo’s nephew. Afraid his entire family will be executed, he works desperately to improve himself, offering advice and strategies, opening up farmland and training troops. He only wants to survive in this chaotic age, but ends up commanding the Xiliang Army and competing with the warlords for control of the realm. Dong Zhuo: “Yuanbo is truly a fine steed of the Dong clan! With Yuanbo here, I have nothing to fear!
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This Great Wei Could Just as Well Be Ruled by the Xiahou Clan 这大魏，亦可姓夏侯
In the late Three Kingdoms period, the realm is divided among three powers. The Wei imperial clan is dwindling, while the great families watch hungrily from the sidelines. Xiahou Xian is reborn as Cao Cao's grandson. As a third-generation official of Wei, he will never let the Sima clan seize the imperial throne in this life. Sima Yi: Even if I wanted to seize power, where are my trusted followers? And where are my sons? Sima Shi: Father, when will I be able to enter government service? Sima
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I Transmigrated to the End of the Han Dynasty and Hired Dian Wei as My Bodyguard from the Start 穿越汉末，开局收保镖典韦
A modern soul transmigrates to the Three Kingdoms era as Tao Ying, Tao Qian's second son. History begins to change from that moment onward. Xuzhou is no longer an easy target in the eyes of other warlords, but a formidable power no one dares provoke. As he vies for supremacy in this chaotic age, he recruits famous generals and strategists. How could he possibly pass up Dian Wei and Guo Jia? He will rule the realm and claim the world's most beautiful women. Cai Yan and Mi Zhen are must-haves, of
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Three Kingdoms: I Choose the Sky-Piercer Halberd from the Start 三国：开局我选方天画戟
[System] [Superb generals] [Seeking the survival, continuity, and development of the clan] [This is not a story about competing for hegemony] [Individual and clan support one another] [No mindless decisions] [Draws inspiration from the Three Kingdoms and history] [Farming content] [Makes friends with famous people outside the official ranks]
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Three Kingdoms: My Grandpa Is Cao Cao! 三国：我爷爷是曹操！
I am the rightful heir of Cao Wei, named Cao Xiu. As the direct eldest grandson of Cao Cao, a generation's great warlord, and the biological son of Cao Ang, I hold the most exalted position as heir to the Cao Wei dynasty. In this turbulent age, when heroes vie for supremacy, a man should burn with ambition and forge ahead with courage. In this life, I swear to become the emperor of Great Wei, end the Three Kingdoms' division, and never allow the northern tribes to run rampant and invade the Cent
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The Peerless Three Kingdoms, Starting as a Foot Soldier 从小兵开局的无双三国
[The protagonist doesn't become emperor. Cao Wei faction. Plot-focused] I woke up to find that, by an unexpected twist, my soul had traveled to the year 184, and I had become a low-ranking soldier under Cao Cao, then a Cavalry Commandant. On the Yingchuan battlefield, faced with the ferocious Yellow Turbans and the Zhang brothers, who could actually use magic, Chen Rui was still trying to figure out how to survive when he unexpectedly awakened the Peerless System. Name: Chen Rui Courtesy name: Z
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The Cao Clan's Wolves of Wei 大魏之曹氏虎狼
A kindhearted young man from the 21st century transmigrates into the chaos of the Three Kingdoms and becomes the Cao family's third son: a frail scholar who can't even lift a chicken. Watch Cao Yu grow step by step into a fearsome warrior of Wei, drive out foreign tribes, pacify the realm, and make his mark in a world at war.
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The Sage of the Late Han Dynasty 汉末圣人
In the final years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the court is in turmoil, people have lost their old ways, but morality has yet to disappear. At this time, Cao Cao is still the impassioned young man who has endured a decade of hardship without letting his ardor fade. Yuan Shao is still living in seclusion, waiting for the world to change. Dong Zhuo is still leading the charge and defending the Han Empire. Liu Bei is still a boy studying under Lu Zhi, fond of dogs, horses, and music… An age of chao
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Late Han: Starting as a Village Headman, I Cook Up a Feast 汉末：从亭长开始烹小鲜
(Political intrigue, upright scholars taking on powerful clans, outlaws, historical research, farming, hegemony, cold-weapon battles, a weak System) The story begins in 181, when the protagonist is a low-ranking village head in Beihai, Qingzhou, three years before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He rises step by step, survives into the chaotic age, and eventually fights to conquer the realm. What makes this book stand out: the officialdom and Confucian scholarship of the late Han, meticulous hist
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Three Kingdoms: Dong Zhuo's Son, Born with a Winning Hand 三国：我，董公之子，开局天胡
[Alternate History]+ [Steady Updates]+ [Just Kidding, Spare Me] This is a semi-fictionalized historical novel, so please don't get too hung up on the history, experts. If you want to learn about the real history of the Three Kingdoms, go transmigrate there yourself. Dong Ning: “Old man, you don't want your great ambitions ruined over one woman, do you?” Dong Zhuo: “I, Dong Zhuo, had a son in middle age. I never imagined he would be such a prodigy of the Dong family!” Lu Bu: “Jingyu and I are bro
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Three Kingdoms: From Godfather Killer to Comeback Godfather 三国：从义父杀手到逆袭教父
[Political intrigue] + [Passionate action] + [No System] After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era, he finds himself in the body of none other than Lu Bu? Wait, this is Xiapi in Xu Province? And it’s the third year of Jian’an? If nothing unexpected happens, doesn’t that mean he’ll be meeting his end at White Gate Tower in just a few days? In this life, watch me train elite troops, battle the warlords, claim the realm, and bring peace for generations to come! (PS: The story follows the histo
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Three Kingdoms: I, Dong Zhuo, Am a Loyal Servant of the Han 三国：朕乃大汉忠良董太师
(Villain protagonist + domination + success story + ruthless decisiveness + no holier-than-thou heroics + uplifting) After transmigrating as Dong Zhuo, he wakes up in the emperor's harem, surrounded by concubines in disheveled clothes. He knows he's as good as dead. Just as he's about to give up and indulge in pleasure, he's lucky enough to awaken the Great Han Loyalist System. Eliminate rival factions? Kill loyal officials? "The court is in disarray, eunuchs wield power, taxes are forcibly impo
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Three Kingdoms: From the Start, I Gain Peerless Martial Might 三国：开局获得绝世武力
(System + transmigration of the whole body + multiple heroines + no summoning) Yang Ling stared blankly at the chipped bowl in front of him! There were three copper coins inside! Yang Ling was completely bewildered! What was going on? All he had done was spend three yuan at a street stall on this chipped bowl that was supposedly an antique. How had he ended up here?
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Three Kingdoms: After Refusing to Help an Old Man, I Hit the Jackpot 三国：拒绝帮助老头之后，赢麻了
After transmigrating to the Three Kingdoms era, he awakened an Enchantment System. From the start, he impersonated a descendant of the Prince of Zhongshan, stole Guan Yu and Zhang Fei from Liu Bei, and took Liu Bei’s path for himself, leaving Liu Bei to weep alone, with no one to share a bed with. After Guan Yu was enchanted with humility and caution: “The enemy general is formidable. My abilities are limited, so I can only give it a try.” After Zhang Fei was enchanted with treating his soldiers
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The Three Kingdoms’ Struggle for Supremacy: I’m an Outsider 三国争霸之我是外来户
This is an age of heroes, and an age where the strong prey on the weak! As someone who has transmigrated here, I refuse to obey the course of history. I will rewrite it. I hope to prevent the tragedy of the Five Barbarians ravaging China. I hope the people of the Han can stand tall and never become the barbarians’ slaves. I will pacify the lands beyond the northern deserts and subdue the Xiongnu; defeat Cao Cao and water my horses in the Yangtze; seize Shu and pacify the southern tribes; defeat
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From the Start: With Diao Chan in My Arms, What Should I Do? 开局：我貂蝉在怀，怎么办？
Transmigrate as Lü Bu, only to start off burdened with the infamous label of "servant of three masters"? A top modern history student wakes up to find himself as Lü Bu, who has just killed Ding Yuan and joined Dong Zhuo. Hmph! The Romance of the Three Kingdoms slanders me like this, turning a loyal subject of the Great Han into a servant of three masters remembered for a thousand years. Is this fair? Killed Ding Yuan? He conspired with Yuan Shao, so I killed him to protect myself! Joined Dong Zh
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Three Kingdoms! The Great Han 40K 三国！大汉40K
[Keywords: Three Kingdoms, Warhammer 40K, historical what-if, Shu Han, Liu Bei, space opera] In the 39th millennium of the Han Empire, Zhang Jiao, Grand Master of the Imperial Cult, leads at least half of the Empire’s living forces across the stars in a rebellion that shakes the entire galaxy. After barely surviving the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Empire, already teetering on the brink, falls under the control of Dong Zhuo, the Everchosen. The Han court withers, and the Han cosmos enters a dark
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Three Kingdoms: So What If I’m a Han Imperial Relative with a Million Troops? 三国：我汉室宗亲拥兵百万怎么啦
Liu Kun, a burned-out office drone working 996, transmigrates into the late Han dynasty. With no System or golden finger, he relies solely on his understanding of people and his strategic skill, from sparking a civil war among the Southern Xiongnu to establishing himself in the Hetao region and rising to power. He forces Dong Zhuo to his death in Chang’an and rebuilds the Han court. Just as he leads his elite troops in sweeping aside the warlords with the speed of a thunderbolt, he discovers tha
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Reviving the Later Han by Turning the Tide at Yiling 从逆转夷陵开始中兴季汉
From the start, I’m in the Battle of Yiling. I’m a nobody, so no one listens to what I have to say. Fortunately, I have the Chairman’s commentary on this battle. Through the protagonist’s eyes, readers are drawn into the tumultuous middle period of the Three Kingdoms. This isn’t a conventional power fantasy. I do my best to stay true to the historical figures’ personalities and interpret their relationships and political struggles through the lenses of personal interest, politics, and human natu
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I Am Zhang Liang, Descendant of the Marquis of Liu 在下张梁，乃留侯之后
“Yellow Turbans at the End of the Han,” “Collecting Famous Generals,” “Reborn and Transmigrate,” “Weak System,” “From North to South” Zhang Liang transmigrates to the late Eastern Han Dynasty, recruits Zhao Yun, saves Guan Yu, and establishes himself at Xiaquyang, building a strong base in Jizhou. The Yellow Turban Army takes to the sea, subdues Goguryeo in the north, recruits the Fuyu, attacks the Xianbei, and wipes out the Wuhuan. It then heads south to Rinan Commandery, occupies Jiaozhou, col
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I'm Eight Years Old, and I've Come to the Alliance at Suanzao 我今年八岁，前来酸枣会盟
A modern person transmigrates into Liu Hua, son of Liu Yu, the Inspector of Youzhou during the Three Kingdoms period. With no System or cheats, history says that in two years, Gongsun Zan will wipe out his entire family. To change his fate, Liu Hua secretly carves all kinds of seals bearing his father Liu Yu's name, then goes around handing out forged appointment letters. He tricks Taishi Ci and Xu Chu into accompanying him to the Alliance of the Lords at Suanzao, where he becomes the nineteenth
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Three-Way Division? Have You Asked My 100,000 Iron Cavalry? 三分天下？问过我身后十万铁骑吗
[Political intrigue] + [System] + [Conquest] + [Slaying the Xiongnu] + [Overpowered protagonist] Ding Hao transmigrates to the late Eastern Han dynasty and becomes the son of Ding Yuan, the Inspector of Bingzhou! Before he can even show what he can do, his father, Ding Yuan, is betrayed and killed by Lü Bu! At this moment, Zhang Yang of Shangdang is watching like a hawk, the Xiongnu are marching in to attack, and the Black Mountain Army is lurking in the shadows! Just as Ding Hao is about to des
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Three Kingdoms: I, Tao Ying, the Wandering God of War 三国：我，陶应，浪子战神
No System + political intrigue + war for supremacy + civil officials + military generals. The protagonist transmigrates into the body of Tao Ying, a wastrel from Xuzhou. Just as his father Tao Qian passes away, Tao Ying finds himself at the mercy of the aggressively ambitious Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, as well as Mi Zhu, Cao Bao, and Chen Deng, who have thrown in their lot with Liu Bei. His life or death rests in the hands of others. With others holding the knife and him laid out like meat
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Starting with Growing Sweet Potatoes 从种红薯开始
Can you transmigrate just by riding a high-speed train through a tunnel? From then on, he grows sweet potatoes, produces grain, and stores provisions; gathers refugees and trains elite troops; breaks the Three Strategists, recruits the Five Dragons, and subdues the Ten Tigers. Thus begins the struggle to unite the Three Kingdoms…
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Divining the Three Kingdoms: The Record of the Mysterious Mirror's Beauties 算鼎三国：玄镜红颜录
No transmigration, no System! At the end of the Eastern Han dynasty, in an age of turmoil as the Three Kingdoms era approaches, Lu Zhao, a young man from a poor family, solves a murder case in Yingchuan with Cai Yan's help, exposes Dong Zhuo's plot to move the capital in Luoyang, cracks a secret case there with Diao Chan, intercepts Yuan Shao's secret envoy at the Battle of Guandu, offers a stratagem within a stratagem at the Red Cliffs battlefield, saves Sun Shangxiang from a raging current, an
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