The story begins in 169 and ends in 280,telling the battles and complicated connections among the Three Kingdoms--Wei,Shu and Wu.Ts'ao Ts'ao stands for the north power.He holds the Han's emperor under duress and founds the Wei Kingdom.In the south,Liu Pei, who once seld fans and shoes,founds the Shu Kingdom because of his Imperial Uncle title and reputation;while Sun Ch'uan,head of Wu Kingdom seating in the southeast.There are also many politicians and knights helping the three persons.In order to consolidate China,Ts'ao Ts'ao makes several battles.On the other hand,the other two men want to enlarge their force and power to be king of the unified China.Through many battles,such as the Battle of Red Cliff,lastly the Xi Jin Kindom defeats the Three Kingdoms and completes this period.
The Battle of Red Cliff
This is a very famous fight in the Han period.It established the fundation of the Three Kingdoms.After unifying the north,Ts'ao Ts'ao leads his force down to the south where there are already two leuds Liu Pei and Sun Ch'uan,both of whom are weak because of their new-established lands.But as Ts'ao Ts'ao is pride of his strong army,he ignores his disadvantage--his soldiers are all north local native,so they usedn't to the battle on water.Liu and Sun ally together and take advantage of ways of wind.Then they use fire to defeat Ts'ao Ts'ao completely.