Recaps

Luo Zhang secured a wartime covenant among the lords while the Luo family members pursued marriages, political roles, and Luo Xuan’s mission to fight the plague. As Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao maneuvered to take Youzhou, Liu Yu died resisting Gongsun Zan, who was ultimately captured and forced to submit to Yan State.

• Luo Zhang gathered the feudal lords in Zhao City, where they agreed to the Zhao City Convention against killing captives and massacring cities, then offered the covenant to Heaven.
• Luo Xuan left Zhao City with Zhang Zhongjing to form a Medical Association and treat the sick, while Luo Yan married Zhen Mi and Luo Chu married Xiao Qiao.
• Luo Yan advised Yuan Shao to exploit the rift between Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, and Yuan Shao invaded Youzhou while claiming loyalty to the Han Dynasty.
• Cao Cao’s forces defeated Yuan Shu after Runan’s laborers and auxiliary soldiers rebelled, and a woman whose family Yuan Shu had destroyed killed him with a poisoned dagger.
• Luo Xuan developed medicine that treated the plague but died from the illness, and Luo Xing carried his coffin back toward Zhao City as Cao Cao honored the Medical Association.
• Yuan Shao maneuvered against Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, then persuaded Liu Shen to seek revenge after Gongsun Zan defeated Liu Yu’s army and Liu Yu died rather than surrender.
• Yuan Shao gained the support of Youzhou’s scholars and gentry, and Gongsun Zan’s seizure of their supplies sparked a rebellion that weakened his army.
• Luo Yan and Qu Yi ambushed Gongsun Zan as he fled, but Yan State’s army arrived and Gongsun Zan submitted to the Emperor of Great Yan.

Yuan Shao’s bid to establish Zhao State drew the Central Plains into a wider war, ending in his death and the defeat of his heirs. Luo Yan surrendered to Cao Cao and sought to protect the Yuan descendants and Hebei families by uniting Hebei’s gentry under Wei rule.

• Yan Lin proclaimed Great Yan independent, while Yuan Shao established Zhao State and joined him in opposing the Han court.
• Liu Bei and Cao Cao fought Yuan Shao’s forces, but the coalition fractured as Lü Bu, Yan State, and the western lords entered the war, and Yuan Shao escaped after Yan Liang and Wen Chou died covering his retreat.
• Luo Yan reached Yuan Shao’s camp as the ruler died, then helped Yuan Tan assume leadership while fighting continued against Cao Cao and Liu Bei.
• Luo Yan negotiated the Zhang River Agreement with Cao Cao, ending the Second All-Xia War as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Ma Chao, Han Sui, and Lü Bu claimed kingships.
• Wu State absorbed Jingzhou, while Zhang Yan surrendered Qingzhou to Liu Bei and Luo Chuan died after entrusting Luo Qi with his title and defenders.
• Cao Cao besieged Ye City, and Luo Yan rushed to its defense, after traitors opened the gates, Shen Pei and Ju Shou refused to betray Zhao State and died.
• The Queen Mother’s coup ended with Yuan Tan killing Yuan Shang and ordering Zhao State to surrender, and Luo Yan and Xun Chen accepted the decree to preserve their forces and protect Hebei’s families.
• Luo Yan persuaded Xun Chen to stay in Hebei and help unite its former ministers and clans under Cao Cao’s rule.

Luo Qi helped Liu Bei build an alliance against Cao Cao, but the campaign ended with Luo Qi’s death and the founding of Wei and Han. As the states continued to fight, Ji Zhao disappeared into the Heavenly Pillar and the Luo Clan prepared for the Hu and Xia mandates.

• Liu Bei retreated from Cao Cao and followed Luo Qi’s advice to keep pressure on Wei through Yan State, while Luo Chu held Wu State back from attacking Shu.
• Liu Yan died during the campaign against the Southwestern Yi as Ma Chao defeated Han Sui’s coalition, then fought the King of the Western Regions and surrendered to Cao Cao after Cao Pi was killed.
• Fa Zheng joined Liu Bei and proposed a campaign to drive Wei from Jizhou, with Lü Bu striking Cao Cao’s rear, so Luo Qi secured Lü Bu’s alliance and warned Zhuge Liang to prepare Chu for later conflict with Wu.
• Liu Bei, Yan State, Lü Bu, and Luo Qi attacked Cao Cao’s forces, and Luo Qi died after using fire to force Cao Cao’s retreat.
• Liu Bei captured much of Jizhou and proclaimed himself emperor of Han, while Cao Cao founded Wei and made Liu Xie the Duke of Longxi Commandery.
• Ji Zhao resisted and killed the reincarnators who attacked him, while Fusu’s attempt to strengthen Qin faltered and the Luo Clan’s descendants pursued their own lives and work.
• Cao Cao and Liu Bei died as Wei, Han, Wu, and Yan continued fighting, while the Hu tribes united as Xia and Wu captured Pengcheng from Han.
• Ji Zhao merged with the Heavenly Pillar and vanished from the Luo Clan’s reach, so Luo Jin ordered descendants to return to Zhao City and announced that the city would be partially sealed.

The Luo Clan migrated from Zhao City to Winter City, then joined Yan in a campaign against the Hu and sacrificed Luo You and other clansmen to weaken their fortune. The arc ended with Sima Yi’s coup against Cao Shuang halted by Ji Lingjun’s divine judgment.

• Luo Jin ordered the Luo Clan to migrate to Liaodong, and floods swallowed Zhao City as its people departed.
• Luo Chen led the first migrants through years of hardship to the Black Water, while Luo You later brought the rest of the clan to Winter City.
• Luo Gu rallied the Western Regions against Yan Hui’s Xianbei invasion, and Luo You’s Thousand-Li Daoist Sword Talisman killed Yan Hui as Unshuang City fell.
• Luo You led the Luo Clan and Yan State against the Hu, and the warriors killed Shi Min before Luo You died from his wounds.
• Luo Chengzhi withdrew with Murong Chengguang, who proclaimed himself emperor of Yan, while Tianjin fell and Sima Yi moved against Cao Shuang.
• Sima Yi secured Cao Shuang’s surrender with an oath of safety, then secretly arranged his execution and condemnation.
• Ji Lingjun descended through the Luo Clan High Priest and killed Sima Yi and his allies with lightning, sparing Cao Shuang.