Wancheng

  • The art of seizing Wancheng [Three Kingdoms]

    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…

  • The surrender debate in the siege of Wancheng [Three Kingdoms]

    In the second chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhu Jun led troops to besiege Wancheng from all sides, cutting off the city’s food supply. Han Zhong, the leader of the Yellow Scarves army, offered to surrender. But Zhu Jun refused his offer. Liu Bei tried to persuade Zhu Jun into accepting the…