No Three Kingdoms After the Han

When Liu Xia opens his eyes, he finds himself at the end of the Eastern Han dynasty.

No system, no cheat, only modern memories and a dream mocked by later generations:

reviving the Han court.

At that time, the realm is in chaos. Dong Zhuo is dead, and the warlords are rising.

Cao Cao sharpens his blade in Yanzhou, Yuan Shao dominates Hebei, Liu Bei is still weaving mats and selling straw sandals, and Sun Ce of Jiangdong has not yet made a name for himself.

No one knows this youth hiding in the small county of Mianyang.

He is plotted against by Yang Song of Hanzhong and avenges his deceased wife.

After that, he takes Yizhou, saves the Han emperor, secures Guanzhong, strikes the Xiongnu in the north, pacifies the Qiang and Hu in the west, slays Lü Bu in Xuzhou, and beheads Yan Liang in Hebei —

he forcefully rises from nobody to the name most feared by the lords of the realm.

The Wei-General Liu Xia.

But his greatest trump card was never martial skill or strategy.

It was the line that made all the great noble families hate him to the bone:

"The people are the masters of the Great Han. The emperor is only the helmsman."

He distributes land to the common people, opens paths for humble families, and gives surrendered generals a dignified way to live.

Zhuge Liang was visited by him, and he beat Liu Bei to the punch.

Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, Jia Xu, Lu Su, and Xu Shu all came to his side; Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Xu Chu, Ma Chao, and Zhang Liao were successively brought under his command.

Cao Cao sharpens his blade at Guandu, Liu Bei quietly lays out his plans in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shao sits uneasily in Ye City.

No one in this game board can ignore Liu Xia anymore.

But just as he was about to overturn the entire board —

he is assassinated in Hebei, Huang Zhong dies in battle, and he falls gravely wounded, his life and death uncertain.

The Wei-Han army, left leaderless, is distrusted by the court, devoured by the warlords, and taken advantage of by Liu Bei.

Everyone thinks that this rising new star has already fallen.

Until he is rescued from the snowfields...