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At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, political corruption and people's livelihood were in dire straits. Zhang Jiao launched the Yellow Turban Uprising with the slogan "The sky is dead, the yellow sky is here to stand, and the world will be prosperous at the age of Jiazi". Although the uprising was eventually suppressed, it dealt a heavy blow to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Powerful powers from all over the country came together, ushering in an era of separatist rule among the heroes. Dong Zhuo went to Beijing, deposed the Young Emperor and established the Xian Emperor, taking over all the power. His perverse behavior aroused public outrage, and all the princes in the world united to attack him. After Dong Zhuo's death, Cao Cao took the emperor to order the princes, defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, and basically unified the north. At the same time, the Jiangdong Sun family has been managed by Sun Jian, Sun Ce and Sun Quan for three generations and has a solid foundation. Liu Bei, with the assistance of Zhuge Liang, captured Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Hanzhong, and established the Shu Han regime. After that, the Battle of Chibi broke out, and the coalition forces of Sun and Liu defeated Cao's army, laying the foundation for the Three Kingdoms. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei, Shu, and Wu attacked each other, and each had its own victory or defeat. In order to revive the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang made several northern expeditions to Cao Wei, but his ambition was not fulfilled and he died of illness in Wuzhangyuan. Jiang Wei inherited his legacy and continued the Northern Expedition. However, the Shu Han's national power gradually declined and was eventually destroyed by Cao Wei. The Cao Wei regime was later controlled by the Sima family. Sima Yan usurped Wei and established the Jin Dynasty, which was known as the Western Jin Dynasty in history. The Western Jin Dynasty sent troops to destroy Dongwu. At this point, the Three Kingdoms returned to the Jin Dynasty, and the world was reunited. The nearly hundred years of troubled times came to an end, and a new era was about to begin.

This novel tells the story of the Anshi Rebellion, which was a war started from the end of Xuanzong to the beginning of Daizong in the Tang Dynasty (December 16, 755 to February 17, 763) by the Tang generals An Lushan and Shi Siming after they betrayed the Tang Dynasty. It was a civil war with the Tang Dynasty to compete for dominance, and was a turning point for the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline. This civil war caused the Tang Dynasty to lose a large number of people and its national power was sharply reduced. Because the commanders who initiated the rebellion against the Tang Dynasty were An Lushan and Shi Siming, the incident was named after An Shi. And because it broke out during the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, it was also called the Tianbao Rebellion.