[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-overthrowing-han":3,"chapter-overthrowing-han-overthrowing-han-chapter-261":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Overthrowing Han",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1223020,1620,"Chapter 261: Autumn Wind Rises, White Clouds Fly","overthrowing-han-chapter-261",261,"\u003Cp>In merciless war, time itself is the most merciless of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The year was 184 AD, the autumn of the seventh year of the Han Guanghe era.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the twenty-fourth day of the eighth month, internal strife erupted among the Yellow Turban forces within Xiacquyang City. Certain minor commanders of local strongman origin launched a rebellion, attempting to seize the Earth General Zhang Bao and surrender him to the Han army outside the city, which triggered armed conflict within the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yellow Turbans loyal to Zhang Bao and those whose resolve had wavered engaged in a massive, bloody internecine struggle. The result was the Han army entering the city in force. In despair, the loyalist Yellow Turban leaders, together with the Earth General who was dead drunk, immolated themselves upon a high platform within the city, choosing death over surrender.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the forces of Zhang Bao, which had once mustered over a hundred thousand men, swept across northern Hebei, and ravaged six commanderies, were utterly annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, perhaps because the truly decisive battle had already concluded earlier by the banks of the Hutuo River, this engagement felt utterly insipid. In particular, the suicides of Zhang Bao and a considerable number of his leaders meant there were few proper military merits to be had. To expect, like Zhang He at Hejian, to be formally appointed as an Independent Division Major based on a single battle would be sheer delusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the silver lining was that the city treasury of Xiacquyang had not been too badly affected. The wealth and goods gathered from six commanderies were easily taken by the Han army. Then, the General of the Household of All Purposes, as generous as ever, with a grand wave of his hand, aside from setting aside a portion of coin and grain for Guo Dian, the Grand Administrator of Julu, distributed almost all the remaining wealth as a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the morale of the troops inside and outside the city boiled over with fervor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the twenty-sixth day of the eighth month, before Gongsun Xun's victory report could even reach the central government, Dong Zhuo at Guangzong in the south formally handed over command to Huangfu Song, who had hurried over from Runan. Dong Zhuo then obediently seated himself in a prisoner's cart and set off for Luoyang... This was unavoidable; the moment Dong Zhongying made a strategic misjudgment that caused the entire siege effort to come to naught, this outcome was essentially sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What awaited him was, without a doubt, the same fate as Teacher Lu Zhi — a one-grade reduction of his death sentence, leaving him to wait patiently for a general amnesty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When news of this arrived, Gongsun Xun could do nothing but, as a matter of routine, submit another memorial, requesting that his own merits be used to secure lenient treatment for the former Governor Dong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the fourth day of the ninth month, an envoy from the imperial court arrived. He made no mention of any rewards or judgments of merit or fault, but instead ordered Gongsun Xun to swiftly lead his troops south and join forces with Huangfu Song to encircle Zhang Jiao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was clear that the court's patience had truly worn thin... After all, as long as Zhang Jiao lived a single day, the central government could not know a day's peace. And now, the closer it came to the end, the more restless and anxious the Son of Heaven and the central government became, and the less they could wait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the seventh day of the ninth month, after bidding farewell to Feng Xin, the Chancellor of Changshan, and entrusting him with various public and private matters, including those concerning the Zhen clan, Gongsun Xun, together with Guo Dian, the Grand Administrator of Julu, and Captains Cheng Pu and Zong Yuan, led a handpicked elite force of thirty thousand straight to Guangzong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, to everyone's surprise and speechless bemusement, on the very next day after Gongsun Xun had set out — the eighth day of the ninth month — the overall situation at Guangzong suddenly showed signs of reaching a final resolution!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Song, for the life of him, had never expected that just a few days after he arrived beneath the walls of Guangzong, Zhang Jiao would die!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was sheer black humor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For months, he had raised armies of three to four hundred thousand, spreading war from south to north and east to west across seven or eight provinces and nearly thirty commanderies. The leader of the Way of Great Peace, the Great Virtuous Teacher who was said to have healed hundreds of thousands with charmed water, had simply died of illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few months ago, hundreds of thousands still firmly believed this man could overthrow the Great Han and establish a foundation of Yellow Heaven. Just days ago, the court was still gnashing its teeth, repeatedly changing commanders and urging a combined assault to kill him... But now, he had become a cold, stiff corpse within Guangzong City, never to rise again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside and outside the city, all was white mourning garb, and the sound of wailing shook the heavens. Such a display could never be feigned. Seeing Zhang Liang abandon his outer camps and rush into the city, Huangfu Song, a seasoned veteran of a hundred battles, immediately realized that the moment of opportunity had arrived. To not swallow this massive, heaven-sent pie would be a sinful waste of divine bounty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must understand, the Han forces beneath the city at this time included the forty-thousand-strong army Lu Zhi had originally brought; then Cao Cao had arrived with ten thousand men; Dong Zhuo had brought another ten thousand Xiliang troops; and now Huangfu Song had come from Runan with over twenty thousand soldiers... Even accounting for losses and attrition over the past half-year, their combined forces still numbered nearly seventy thousand. Their strength was never lacking to begin with! Moreover, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang troops and even the Qiang auxiliaries held particular respect for Huangfu Song, a scion of a prominent Xiliang family, so there were no issues of command coordination either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, in the early hours of that very night, Huangfu Song launched his entire army in a direct assault on the Yellow Turban encampments situated between the Qing River outside the city and Guangzong City itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As previously mentioned, of the hundred thousand Yellow Turbans, half were inside the city with Zhang Jiao, and half were outside with Zhang Liang, each relying on the other. But now, firstly, Zhang Jiao had just died, leaving the Yellow Turbans outside the city in despair too great to bear; secondly, their commander Zhang Liang had just entered the city, leaving no true Regional Commander outside; and thirdly, the balance of power between the two armies had indeed reached a tipping point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was a night raid to boot!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consequently, the Yellow Turbans collapsed in a single battle. Of the over fifty thousand men outside the city, no fewer than twenty thousand died in the fighting, and no fewer than ten thousand fled. The remainder... chose to turn and throw themselves into the boundary river between Qinghe State and Julu Commandery — the very Qing River from which the state derived its name — and perished there. It echoed the fate of Bu Ji's forces, who had died in the Zhuo River, a mutual resonance that drew sighs of sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this battle, although Zhang Liang still held Guangzong with tens of thousands of men, the Yellow Turban Rebellion had, in fact, been pacified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, this had nothing to do with military matters. It was simply that Zhang Jiao's death had stripped the vast majority of the Yellow Turbans of their reason to survive and fight. Without him, the rebellion was destined to rapidly dissipate like smoke under the Han army's blows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was under these circumstances, in the middle of the ninth month, that Gongsun Xun led his troops to the base of Guangzong City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The banners of the thirty-thousand-strong army arriving from the north fluttered in the wind. Warhorses, supply wagons, and soldiers stretched in an unbroken line for over ten li. Under the complex gazes of the hundred-thousand-plus Yellow Turban and government troops inside and outside Guangzong, they reached their destination with an almost casual ease and immediately began setting up camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Regional Commander, Gongsun Xun, he did not tarry to exchange pleasantries with his many acquaintances in the Han camp. He immediately joined up with Huangfu Song, and the two Generals of the Household — both bearing imperial tallies and having once cooperated in a somewhat awkward manner — set off without delay, riding directly to an earthen hill beneath the city walls to ascend and observe the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wenqi, take a look.\" The two generals, draped in cloaks and mounted on tall, powerful horses, led their respective trusted subordinates, personal guards, honor guards, and banners up the earthen hill — a truly majestic sight. Huangfu Song, ever direct, began by introducing the enemy situation, his speech as gentle as ever. \"Guangzong City, after being besieged by your esteemed teacher, Lord Lu, and the General of the Household of the East, Lord Dong, is already on the verge of collapse... We were just waiting for you. We can take it in one concerted push.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongsun Xun reined in his horse and observed carefully, then immediately nodded repeatedly in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Huangfu Song was speaking the plain truth... Some things were visible to the naked eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Utilizing the siegeworks and fortifications built during Lu Zhi's tenure, Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song had renewed the siege. This had left the once-impregnable defenses of Guangzong City in a state of ruin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking out, the entire city presented a scene of utter desolation. The simple defensive works atop the city walls were almost completely gone, and there were severe gaps in the defensive sectors, with large stretches of wall lacking defenders in many places... Gongsun Xun, having already utilized an earthen hill once at Xiacquyang, understood this situation perfectly. This was clearly the result of the Han army's suppressive arcing fire from their own earthen siege mounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, Gongsun Xun even spotted a section of the city wall that seemed, in its entirety, to be on the verge of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's from a tunnel,\" Huangfu Song said, pointing at that section of wall. \"Under the cover of the earthen hill, we dug a tunnel, then piled firewood inside and set it ablaze. The foundation of that wall section has been burned brittle. A few strikes with a battering ram, and I fear the whole section could be pushed over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Huangfu has practically achieved total victory already,\" Gongsun Xun said upon hearing this, unable to suppress a laugh. \"My coming to aid seems like adding legs to a drawing of a snake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Song also shook his head and laughed, but did not deny it, for there was indeed no need: \"It is merely a stroke of fortune granted by Heaven. Who could have imagined Zhang Jiao would suddenly die of illness? With his death, all matters came to an end. It is clear that the Mandate of Heaven rests with Han, not with those people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, for some unknown reason, a rare wave of bleak melancholy washed over Gongsun Xun. And so, as the autumn wind soughed, the two generals stood side-by-side in silence for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long moment, Gongsun Xun finally spoke again: \"Since that's the case, what ideas and arrangements does Lord Huangfu have? Since Luoyang learned of Zhang Jiao's death, envoys have come daily, urging me to arrive here as quickly as possible to join with you and swiftly conclude this campaign... We need to give Luoyang an answer soon, don't we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, I am also constantly urged by envoys here... But I do have an idea.\" Huangfu Song nodded slowly. \"Wenqi, previously, Lord Lu ordered the entire army to surround this city because Xiacquyang to the north served as a mutual support, and he feared the enemy would flee directly to join Zhang Bao and wreak havoc in You and Bing provinces. But now, Zhang Bao is dead, Xiacquyang is secured, and with the large cavalry force you've brought as a safeguard, such concerns are irrelevant. I intend to lift the siege on three sides of Guangzong, concentrate the army's elite for a fierce assault on this section of the wall, and force the fifty-thousand-strong Yellow Turban force under Zhang Liang inside the city to flee towards the Zhang River and Julu Marsh. Then, I'll hand the pursuit and slaughter over to your cavalry... What do you think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongsun Xun pondered for a moment and immediately understood his meaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, at this stage of the campaign, any method of attack would work. Even the post-campaign merits for commanders-in-chief of their level, like Gongsun Xun and Huangfu Song, were no longer in question... From the central government's perspective, it was simple: Gongsun Xun had slain Zhang Bao, and Huangfu Song had driven Zhang Jiao to his death. The remaining merits would not greatly affect these two generals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What truly needed consideration was the morale of the soldiers under their command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For Huangfu Song, the twenty thousand men who had transferred from Yingchuan to Runan and then here were one thing, and Cao Cao's newly recruited troops were also of no concern. But the forty thousand Han soldiers who had been bogged down beneath the city walls, and the ten thousand Xiliang troops, had gained nothing — no rewards, no merits, only months and years of grueling siege duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, this great city, which held the wealth and goods of Wei Commandery, Julu Commandery, Anping State, Qinghe State, and other places, and which supplied the logistics for a hundred thousand Yellow Turbans, needed to be yielded to these soldiers to enrich themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To speak of it sounds somewhat barbaric, but it was an unavoidable reality. And Huangfu Song's arrangement, taking into account both the division of spoils and the rational allocation of military tasks, could indeed be called comprehensive and considerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Gongsun Xun, whose own subordinate troops had already eaten their fill, seemed to have no reason or grounds to object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard there are some Qiang people in the Guangzong army?\" Just as Gongsun Xun, having understood the situation, was about to agree, he suddenly recalled the letters Xu Rong, Cao Cao, and others had sent him describing Lu Bu's display of divine might. A thought stirred in his mind, and he furrowed his brow to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Huangfu Song replied, puzzled. \"They were brought by Dong Zhongying after he recruited troops from Xiliang... Not many, mixed into units with the Xiliang cavalry. Two or three thousand, I'd say!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Transfer them all to me to serve as pursuit troops!\" Gongsun Xun said nonchalantly. \"After all, there are still fifty thousand Yellow Turbans in the city. Once they scatter and flee, it will still be difficult to achieve total victory...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They have, after all, toiled hard in the siege...\" Huangfu Song was slightly taken aback, then gave a wry smile. \"Wenqi, why must you do this? If you lack cavalry, I can give you all the cavalry guards I brought from Runan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only want the Qiang troops!\" Gongsun Xun did not yield an inch. \"General, do not pretend ignorance. Do you truly not know my intent? The Western Regions are in turmoil, hearts and minds are estranged. If we let these foreigners develop a taste for plunder and foster an unruly, arrogant spirit, what if they rebel the moment they return? Those not of our kind must have different hearts — this is what I learned from childhood in Liaoxi! Lord Huangfu, if you feel they have endured hardship, you can reward them with some wealth in advance, or I can do the rewarding. But we absolutely must not indulge them in the heartland of the Han!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was Huangfu Song's turn to fall silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a moment, he finally nodded with some effort: \"Wenqi, you speak so bluntly, I have no words to retort. But I have one thing to say first. I am from Liang Province, you are from You Province. Though both are border provinces, they are fundamentally different! Some things are not as you imagine... For us people of Liang Province, Qiang and Han have long lived intermingled among the common folk. You cannot treat them as less than human. Moreover, this time they ultimately served the state, and the distinction between friend and foe was clear and unmistakable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am not so unreasonable,\" Gongsun Xun sighed. \"Lord Huangfu need not worry that I will slaughter them all halfway... They are, after all, soldiers of the state who have served the country. I would not go that far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Song gave an embarrassed smile... and said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this not merely covering one's ears while stealing a bell, General of the Household of All Purposes?\" Just as the two tally-bearing commanders had settled their strategy and were about to turn and return to their respective camps, a scholar standing nearby suddenly could restrain himself no longer. \"Do we people of Liang Province not understand the affairs of our own land? Must you, General, come and instruct us? Do you not know that since the time of the 'Three Ming of Liang Province,' the majority of participants in the so-called repeated Qiang rebellions in Liang Province have been Han people? If you suspect us Xiliang men of lacking loyalty and prudence, then do not fixate solely on those two or three thousand Qiang cavalry. I fear you would have to take the entire ten thousand Xiliang troops, along with my lord and myself, a frail scholar, with you to be thorough! And as for the decline of the Han and the turmoil in the heartland of the Central Plains and Hebei, is that not common knowledge to all? Are there no ambitious men in the other twelve provinces who, seeing such a scene, harbor disloyal thoughts towards the Han?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speaker was the familiar Yan Zhong. His words were exceedingly blunt, even, one could say, filled with an excess of resentment — directed at Gongsun Xun, and also, faintly, at the Han and the central government. It was, to the extreme, an act of utter disrespect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The attendants who had followed, such as Lu Fan and Lou Gui, were fine — they merely sized the man up with amused interest — but warriors like Han Dang could not help glaring at him with fury. The man, however, stood utterly unafraid, and quite a few of Huangfu Song's personal Xiliang guards surged forward to shield him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the most intriguing thing was the attitude of Huangfu Song and Gongsun Xun themselves. These two had clearly already reached an agreement, yet now they allowed their subordinate warriors to clash like this... Evidently, when it came to the reputation of one's home region, even someone as mild-mannered as Huangfu Yizhen was by no means as amiable as he appeared on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Gongsun Xun, it was unclear what backing he had to rely on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a standoff, it was indeed the newcomer Gongsun Xun who first broke into a smile and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Huangfu, I hear that in Nanyang, Lord Zhu has toiled hard and is about to claim full victory. It seems the Yellow Turban rebellion will be quelled within days. Yet even if the Yellow Turbans are settled, this year's autumn harvest is meager, and signs of turmoil across the realm are already unmistakably clear... You and I, commanding great armies in the field, must give an accounting to the people of the world... May you take good care of yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Gongsun Xun let the matter drop, turned his horse, and rode away, leaving the other man standing atop the earthen mound with a grim expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short while later, Huangfu Song, likely finding it all pointless as well, led his troops back to camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after entering his tent, Yan Zhong, who had been so fiercely indignant moments before, suddenly dismissed all the soldiers from the tent and had men carefully guard the perimeter. Then, facing the somewhat weary Huangfu Song, he spoke words that could shake heaven and earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord!\" Yan Zhong had now turned from anger to delight. \"Did you see? Even someone like Gongsun Xun believes the House of Han is in danger of collapse. That man appears exceptionally loyal and prudent, but by speaking such words, he reveals that he too is dissatisfied with the situation, so much so that his heart wavers and he feels unease... This is a heaven-sent opportunity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Song slowly raised his head, glanced expressionlessly at this famed scholar from his home district, and then asked in a calm, measured tone: \"What opportunity is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My lord!\" Yan Zhong's expression twisted with ferocity, his words cutting straight to the bone. \"In the realm today, those skilled in warfare are none other than you, my lord, and the General of the Household of All Purposes. Moreover, the realm's finest troops — you, General, now hold over seventy thousand crack soldiers in your hand, and the only force in Hebei that could match you, thirty thousand strong, is right beside us and not beyond winning over... Since that is so, why not first crush Zhang Jiao, win the esteem of the realm, and then face south and proclaim yourself sovereign, granting the White Horse General the lands of Youzhou? With the two of you allied, if you succeed, you can seize the realm; if you retreat, you can carve out Hebei. You must understand, that mediocre ruler in Luoyang is a thorn in one's side. Even the General of the Household of All Purposes feels unease — how much more so a general of greater virtue and accomplishment like yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Song looked at this man from his home district and suddenly laughed in spite of himself: \"I, Huangfu Song, labor day and night in public service, never daring to forget the two words 'loyalty and prudence' in my heart. That being so, why would I feel unease?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Zhong likewise turned from anger to a bitter laugh: \"My lord, the General of the Household of All Purposes may have been somewhat blunt in his words today, but he has thoroughly seen into men's hearts... Do you know that my elder brother wrote from our home district, stating plainly that Liangzhou is seething and will surely revolt this winter? After autumn comes winter, does it not? Do you truly believe this realm can know peace?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huangfu Song's expression changed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the northern army encampment where the stockade was still being erected, Lou Zibo could no longer contain himself and finally praised Gongsun Xun in front of everyone: \"My lord, that was a masterfully exposed opening you just sold them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gongsun Xun gave a derisive snort, ignoring his trusted confidant's flattery, and merely continued supervising the soldiers building the stockade before him. Yet, for some reason, amid the bleak autumn wind, facing the magnificent rivers and mountains before his eyes, his expression slowly grew solemn again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——————I am the dividing line of facing south and proclaiming sovereignty——————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After the Great Ancestor pacified Xia Quyang, he advanced to Guangzong and joined forces with Huangfu Song, combining their armies to a hundred thousand. At that time, Zhang Jiao had already perished, Nanyang was gradually being pacified, and all the realm knew the Yellow Turban affair was nearing its end. That night, Huangfu Song's confidant, the former Prefect of Xindu, Yan Zhong, sought an audience with the Great Ancestor and persuaded him, saying: 'What is hard to gain and easy to lose is timing; what arrives without a moment's pause is opportunity. Thus the sage acts in accord with the times, and the wise man seizes the moment to launch. Now, General, you hold a fortune hard to come by and tread upon a moment easily startled away. Yet if you hold this fortune and do not nurture it, face this moment and do not launch, how will you preserve your great name?' The Great Ancestor slowly asked: 'What are you saying?' Zhong replied: 'In the realm today, those skilled in war are only you, General, and Lord Huangfu. The realm's finest troops are also with you two lords. If you two first destroy the Yellow Turbans and win the moral esteem of the realm, then that mediocre ruler will surely be troubled — how can the General's heart be at ease?' The Great Ancestor laughed and said: 'Day and night in public service, my heart never forgets loyalty — why would I be uneasy?' Zhong withdrew in shame.\" — Records of Heroes at the End of Han, by Wang Can\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Sorry, I suddenly got sleepy and dozed off around eleven o'clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, there's a reader group, 684558115 — feel free to join if interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",4200,"2026-06-04T19:42:26.060Z",1,"Novelzhen Translator","0ef024114a0e17913541aea165f90fe43724cdb9e51da66740dcd31743620708","overthrowing-han-chapter-262","overthrowing-han-chapter-260",548,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Foverthrowing-han-cover.jpg"]