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The collapse of the Coalition against Dong Zhuo marked not the end of chaos, but its intensification. With the tyrant retreated to Chang’an, the regional warlords turned on each other, driven by ambition, vengeance, and the pursuit of territory.
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Scholar Huo and Scholar Yan of Wendeng County, Shandong Province, were playmates in their childhood and often teased each other even after they grew up, trying hard to get the upper hand in those exchanges.