Chaos, Chaos, Chaos

The Central Plains had collapsed beneath the heavens.

The Divine Land was in utter chaos.

Truly, the Son of Heaven was whoever commanded strong soldiers and sturdy horses. Since the Tang had fallen, Liang, Tang, and Jin had taken the stage in painted masks, only to withdraw from it one after another.

Emperor Shi Chonggui of Jin refused to submit to Khitan and ordered a great army north on a Northern Expedition, seeking to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun that his father had ceded.

But Khitan's soldiers were strong and their horses sturdy. Later Jin was no match for them at all.

He personally led the expedition and fought a great battle against Khitan in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, only to be captured.

From then on, the Central Plains descended into chaos once more!

Later Jin perished.

In Taiyuan, Liu Zhiyuan, the Hedong military governor, proclaimed himself emperor and founded Great Han!

In troubled times, anyone with a bit of ability wanted to become emperor. That was understandable, but...

Great Han?

These days, anyone could call themselves Great Han!

Liu Zhiyuan merely had the surname Liu.

He was not even Han People, merely a Sinicized Shatuo People. Yet he dared call himself Han. The other vassal lords throughout the realm laughed uproariously and mocked him one after another.

Verdant Green Maiden, however, did not care much about such things. To her, whether the emperor was Han People was unimportant; whether he upheld Han Culture was what mattered!

Today's Shatuo People, other than still being called Shatuo People, what difference was there between them and Han People?

None!

Then were they not Han People?

After Liu Zhiyuan proclaimed himself emperor, he entered Bianjing smoothly under the banner of avenging Later Jin.

The Guo father and son had rendered the