Chapter 1: ＂The east and west cane bamboos have sp（1 / 2）

In the ninth year of Han Yuanping， the snowstorm in Chang'an came earlier than usual.

In the wilderness at the junction of Youzhou and Bingzhou， the once prosperous town has long been reduced to ruins. The air smelled of scorched earth and rusty iron. The two exhausted armies faced off at the 38th parallel north across a horizontal line randomly drawn on the map by the generals of the two armies. However， the emperors of both sides did not recognize this line， but were forced by the generals of both sides to recognize this dividing line， so the emperors had to acquiesce.

1. The North of Iron and Blood: Western Han Dynasty In Chang'an， the former heart of the empire， there is no longer the sound of silk and bamboo.

General Wei Qingyun stood on the thick city wall of Chang'an， looking at the rolling mountains to the north. The soldiers behind him were wiping their spears in silence. This is the ＂Western Han Dynasty＂， but among the people of the Eastern Han Dynasty， people are more accustomed to calling it the ＂Northern Han Dynasty＂.

＂General， the envoy from the south has arrived.＂ The deputy general reported in a low voice.

Wei Qingyun snorted coldly， and the armor made a clanging sound as he moved. In the north， farming is for war and survival is for revenge. The geographical environment of being close to the Xiongnu and Xianbei made everyone here， whether noble or peasant， become a cog in the war machine. Here， weakness and shrinkage equal death.

Poetry and Silk in the South: Eastern Han Dynasty Thousands of miles away in Luoyang， it was a different scene. Although the shadow of the civil war has not completely