Han Jing: Expansion to the West

While all Three Kingdoms stories focus on the Northern Expedition and the struggle for hegemony among the nine states, a completely different path is taken here. In 223 AD, Liu Bei, who experienced the defeat of Yiling, made a surprising decision: to turn his troops around and open up frontiers to the west. The Shu Han Dynasty gathered its elite troops, led by Zhao Yun and Ma Chao, to march westward. They broke through dangerous passes and fought powerful battles. They gradually took over the four counties in Hexi and entered the hinterland of the Western Regions. The flames of war swept through the Gobi wilderness, the Han family's prestige shocked the countries in the Western Regions, and the silent Silk Road once again became prosperous with business travel. There is no endless internal strife in the court, no difficult tug-of-war with the weak fighting the strong. The Shu Han Dynasty broke through the situation by pioneering and consolidated its foundation with thousands of miles of territory. From Chengdu to Yumen, the banner was invincible, and a western expedition that rewrote the fate of the Three Kingdoms began.