Tales of the Five Dynasties

After the Tang Dynasty fell, the Central Plains plunged into a long nightmare.

Fifty-three years, five dynasties, and thirteen emperors: war engulfed both banks of the Yellow River.

Zhu Wen usurped the Tang. Li Keyong died with regrets, while Li Cunxu set out on the path of revenge with three arrows left behind by his father.

Liu Shouguang imprisoned his father and declared himself emperor, an absurd act; with a single iron spear, Wang Yanzhang upheld the last backbone of Later Liang.

Betrayal was the norm, loyalty an aberration, victory a matter of luck, and destruction the rule.

Heroes, warlords, madmen, and cowards all took the stage.

Without piling on dry historical details, this story lays bare every great battle, every coup, and every collapse of human nature in the chaotic Five Dynasties era.