FULL History of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Part 4: Warlords!

Can one maintain their ideals on their journey to greatness?

We pick up were we left off and examine the landscape that unfolds before the heroes in a post Battle of Red-cliffs China.
A vacuum of power is created with the slow disintegration of the massive Han realm which is slowly being dominated by various factions of elite generals, strategists and rulers. Each seek to connive and outsmart each other to achieve the ultimate goal of hegemony and win the race to re-unify China. These are there stories.

The story of the Romance of the The Kingdoms is a deep dive into Chinese philosophy, psychology, politics, history and religion. From this you will get a very deep perspective on a period of history that ultimately has shaped the face of China up until the modern era and into the future.

As Cao Cao was on a winning streak to ultimate hegemony by occupying up to almost half of northern China amongst the disunited, disorganised Warlords, Liu Bei, a landless "adventurer", a penniless scion of the royal house teams up with Sun Quan, a talented leader of the "Southlands", descended from a line of great warrior generals to defeat their common rival, Cao Cao.
Both believe Cao Cao to be the nemesis of the time and to forever be known in history as a 'traitor' of the Han. Despite this bold claim, when the duo are successful, they discover that perhaps it is not Cao Cao they should be worried, but perhaps each other...