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The Scenario Yellow Turban Rebellion
[Echigoya P]
Hello everyone!
From this week, I will talk about the scenarios covered in this game.
The first scenario I’ll talk about is the Yellow Turban Rebellion. This is a large-scale rebellion caused by the followers of the Way of Peace lead by its founder Zhang Jiao. It was a direct catalyst in the destruction of the long lasting Han Dynasty.
At this time, He Jin, the Empress's older brother, was appointed to grand general of the Han dynasty. For the sake of simplicity, he is treated as a Ruler in the game. Since he was appointed because of his blood ties, it is doubtful if he had the ability to control this situation, but under his command he had talented officers such as Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun who fought well and suppressed the rebellion in a short time compared to its scale. The rebellion uprising began in February and was suppressed in October, so it lasted about six months.
Zhu Jun is described as a competent officer in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms novel, but he is often portrayed as incompetent in RTK works in Japan, including the novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. I also had carried this impression of Zhu Jun based on his portrayal in the RTK mangas by Mitsuteru Yokoyama, and considered Zhu Jun incompetent until I joined this company... Here are the officer images of the founder Zhang Jiao, and Zhu Jun, with my apologies (?) for the misunderstanding.
The decline of the Han Dynasty became apparent with this rebellion. Regional powerful individuals such as Dong Zhuo take advantage of this situation and form independent forces. The Peach Garden Oath, where Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei swore their brotherhood, take place around this time and is the beginning of the story of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This event is shown at the start of this scenario.
Looking at the layout diagram, it may seem that forces appears to be clustered to the north. The central unifying force, called “Zhongyuan”, was overwhelming, and the area around Wu and Shu was still buried in the shadow of the times. The regional powerful individuals also shared the goal to conquer Zhongyuan.
I’ll continue to introduce stories related to each scenario in this way.
Until next time!