Know About The Three Kingdoms (Part1)

It was during the final days of the year 200 AD and the once infalliable Han Dynasty crumbled due to corruption of the eunuchs they decieved the emperor and banished good officials. Thus, the goverment became more and more corrupted, leading to widespread deterioration of the empire. Zhang Jiao, a practioner of Taoist Wizardy was seeking people to revolt againest the decaying Han Empire. In this time of chaos, He Jin, Emperor Ling's brother-in-law and Supreme Commader of the armies in The Imperial Court, sent out a call to the warriors of the land to help quell this fight known as The Yellow Turban Rebellion. The rebellion was quelled and Zhang Jiao was defeated, but later Dong Zhou, a prefect of Liang Province rebelled againest the Han rule and wanted to size the throne for himself but was defeated eventually by the allied forces led by Yuan Shao. In the meantime, the empire was already disintegrating into civil war. Sun Jian found the Imperial Seal in a well after defeating Dong Zhou in Luoyang but he kept the Imperial Seal for his own interests, further weaking the Han Empire. Without a strong central goverment, warlords begin to fight againest each other for land and power. In the north, Yuan Shao was fighting with Gongsun Zan, and at the south, Sun Jian and Liu Biao were at war. Many others such as Liu Bei and Cao Cao were building up power. Meanwhile, in the south, Sun Jian has been utterly crushed by Liu Biao's forces because of an ambush, Leaving his son Sun Ce to carry on his legacy. Sun Ce then delivered the Imperial Seal his father had found to Yuan Shu, in exchange for 3,000 troops. With his base secured at Jiang Dong he continue to expand his power. Sun Ce eventually died in while having a hunting trip when Cao Cao assisinated him. Sun Ce eventually named his brother Sun Quan as his successor as his sons were too young to take over the Wu Empire. Part 2 coming up.