SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

siege tactics

  • Yuan Shu’s Struggle for Yanzhou and Yangzhou [Three Kingdoms]

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    The years between 192 and 195 AD marked a critical period in the disintegration of Eastern Han authority and the rise of regional warlords vying for control of the central and southern territories. Amidst shifting alliances, imperial appointments, and military campaigns, the struggle for control of Yan Province (Yanzhou) and Yang Province (Yangzhou) became…

  • The art of seizing Wancheng [Three Kingdoms]

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    Juan

    In a previous article, we discussed how Zhu Jun and Liu Bei achieved successive victories in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The Yellow Turban leader Han Zhong was forced to retreat to Wancheng. Han Zhong intended to surrender, and Liu Bei advocated peacefully accepting the enemy’s surrender, but Zhu Jun disagreed. Today, we continue…