The Great Song Empire, Part One

From an obscure nobody, Zhao Kuangyin was tempered by battles great and small, including the Battle of Gaoping and the Battle of Qingliu Pass. He rose to become the Palace Front Commander of the Later Zhou, taking command of the Palace Front Army. Chai Rong, the most wise and mighty ruler of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, tragically died in his prime at the age of thirty-nine. With the emperor young and the realm uncertain, Zhao Kuangyin launched the Chenqiao Mutiny, was draped in the yellow robe, and founded the Great Song.