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@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks KNG and CA to let me work on a project about my number one favorite strategy game series, from the days of Shogun! Thanks for the inspiring scipt Ilkin Gambar amd Matt Hollis 👍 Thanks for this opportunity Nurlan Karimov. Enjoying the game hope you guys also enjoy the video 👋

@hadtrio6629

4 жыл бұрын

why the patreons never asks for the battle of 3 kings

@SeanHiruki

4 жыл бұрын

Kings and Generals another great video. I hope you go back and cover the other legendary battles of te three kingdoms.

@nuraizayoi3319

4 жыл бұрын

What about the other princes?? and how Sima Yue eventually win the war of the 8 princes

@kingkuroneko7253

4 жыл бұрын

Over simplify this is reminding me of

"her reputation as scheming, petty, and ruthless is probably propaganda." *Spends the next 6 minutes describing in detail how she schemed, pettied, and ruthlessly consolidated power for herself.*

@panda5996

4 жыл бұрын

this is a propaganda video! do not watch! HAHA

@ethanramos4441

4 жыл бұрын

condorX2 Liu Bei only cared about the people and this isn’t history alternative channel dumbass

@htoodoh5770

4 жыл бұрын

Reputation? But to be fair this is true for all ruler. So she isn't alone.

@kevinzhu6417

4 жыл бұрын

@lolcano234 people like that just come with using the internet lol. Its pretty weird but its not strange to see people online spamming their political opinions regardless of belief nowadays

@alexliu5806

4 жыл бұрын

China being largely Confucian often did not like it when women were in positions of great power. If you look at any powerful woman in Chinese history, they are likely associated with those same negative traits. Keep in mind that most of this history is not written by the subjects themselves and by biased third parties.

Roman Empire: *Screams at Crisis of the Third Century* China: First time?

@yuenhai

4 жыл бұрын

China: "There, there. Want to know my story?"

@yuenhai

4 жыл бұрын

@WithAStick AngryWhiteMan Well, with such a huge population, I think it's safe to say they cover the whole gamut of the loyalty spectrum The first son of Emperor Qin Shi Huang, for example, famously remained loyal to the memory of his father as the Emperor, and committed suicide as instructed, in spite of his supporters urging him to rise up in rebellion, correctly deducing that his father was already dead and the order to commit suicide came from those who were impersonating his dead father's authority

@yuenhai

4 жыл бұрын

@@condorX2 There's a theory that Liu Bei wasn't even remotely remorseful over Guan Yu's death The theory is that Liu Bei had always had aspiration to become the emperor However, Guan Yu was loyal to the Han dynasty - the only reason why he followed Liu Bei was because LB presented himself as a Han loyalist trying to revive the Han However, by the time near Guan Yu's death it was apparent to him that LB was merely putting up an act, and LB's ambitions became apparent to Guan Yu, and a rift started developing between them It sort of checks out It's why Guan Yu never participated in the subjugation of Shu - because to him that was LB seizing land from Liu Zhang, who was the rightful lord of Shu, previously appointed by the Han court It's also why Guan Yu embarked on his campaign with almost little to no support from the rest of Shu - Guan Yu was literally going at it alone At that point, his mindset was, "Fine if LB doesn't care about saving the Han emperor, I'll just have to do it myself" It's also why when GY requested for help, Meng Da and Liu Feng denied to help Think about it GY is supposedly the brother of the new lord of Shu LB, would any Shu subject dare to deny his request for help? Especially Liu Feng, considering he is LB's adopted son The theory is that, Liu Feng must have received instructions to leave GY be, and were later scapegoated for it To LB, GY at that point has become an obstacle for him to be emperor, yet there is no way he can remove GY, so letting GY die a heroic death in battle is the perfect solution for him And if GY's death gives him a pretext to invade Wu, that's like killing two birds with one stone, to him The theory also goes on to say that LB's other close followers, like ZGL and Zhao Yun, were aware of these tensions, to some degree It's why they vehemently opposed LB's Wu campaign, and chose to sit it out

@zpastor7777

3 жыл бұрын

I think you are also too much this is just historical video and he was just talking about the history I think you sound more like a propagandist than him or her

@gordonl_8422

3 жыл бұрын

In fact they faced with a big trouble at nearly the same time XD When Romulus was deposited in 476AD, China was also suffering a dark age.

This period does feel a bit like the Roman empire's period of Germanic migration into Rome's borders due to Hunnic expansion.

@peymanmostafaei6963

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. Especially the sack of their capital is very similar to the sack of Rome in 410 and 455 by Germanic tribes and in some extent to the state of Roman empire where the West died due to nomadic incursions while the East remained for another thousand years.

@darrynmurphy4764

4 жыл бұрын

They were roughly contemporary, which has led some historians to speculate that a climate shift caused both

@stephenl6546

4 жыл бұрын

You are definitely right.

@chottomatekudasai-kun3887

4 жыл бұрын

i remember reading somewhere that huns and the dudes that invaded china in this period are related and basically from the same origin, but cant remember where do i read that xD

@grimgoreironhide9985

4 жыл бұрын

@Arexon The real cause of the downfall for the Roman Empire was Currency devaluation. The Roman Military was too expensive to maintain in "peacetime" or when there wasn't any large campaigns to conduct. Tax collection was not enough to fund the army and the only sure way to payoff soldiers was by plundering other civilisations. The Administration was also inflated and the civil servants and administrators all needed to be paid well. What the government did was simply devalue the gold coins with silver to have more coins available and this caused damage to the economy. Economics, expensive military and the greed of the ruling class is what really destroyed the Empire. The foreign Barbarians only managed to destroy an already weakened Empire.

Dude, there's so much double dealing and back stabbing I have to watch three times to remember who's betraying who at what time. I love it!!!

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

😁 thanks for watching!

@wmhld

4 жыл бұрын

and so far only 3 out of the 8 princes are involved

@sntm87

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr. Plus the one/two syllable names makes it that much harder.

@MrRenegadeshinobi

4 жыл бұрын

Chinese Game of Thrones

@Harthorn

4 жыл бұрын

This is Chinese politics, it is still the same now.

How many times you can go into a civil war China : Yes

@user-gx3kb4wi4t

4 жыл бұрын

Civil war？China is as big as europe，todays China ≠ancient China

@user-fi2fk2ei7o

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-gx3kb4wi4t you are right , china is very big and diverse it's like saying seven years war an european civil war if someone think china is united nation back then

@almalayuwiyyah2512

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-gx3kb4wi4t yes, china not united back then but they fight like a civil war. the theatre of wars always in meddetrienean seas. crusade,ww1,ww2,napoleonic war,fall of constantinople,, the holy league, caliphate even until today the biggest conflict always around meditteranean seas. china history is like they live in their own world. china has huge population compare to the rest of the world. when there is civil war in china. it is like a world war. taiping rebellion itself is greater than ww2. the death toll of Taiping rebellion is freaking 100 million people surpassing ww2 of 85 million dead. I will blunt, the chinese is like an alien. they kinda scary too. it give me the impression that they will release the horde of chinese to destroy the world.

@yinongxu9355

4 жыл бұрын

@@almalayuwiyyah2512 Sure, then if we are able to destroy the world, maybe consider stop pushing us to really destroy the world and maybe try to make friends?

@yinongxu9355

4 жыл бұрын

@@shanexm3062 There are no special wars, all wars are equally cruel. Civil wars are the worst. The reason that you felt in that particular way about our wars might simply be because you don't like us like you liked the other "Glorious wars" that fought by other "noble people". Just imagine if it wasn't some Chinese but the people you like died in that number, would you say the same words? You don't like the potential of we can conquer the world, but at the same time you are saying we definitely cannot conquer the world, then what are you afraid? And where does the hate come from?

Cao Cao knew that Sima Yi would be a threat in the future and would one day usurp the Cao dynasty. There is a story that after one particular meeting with Cao Cao and while Sima Yi was about to leave, Cao Cao shouted Sima Yi's name behind his back and Sima Yi made the gesture of turning only his head at Cao and not his body. This was known as 'the wolf's gaze' and Cao Cao knew that only a man with great ambition and cunning could make such a gesture. Another story is that Cao Cao once had a dream of three horses (The 'ma' in the name Sima means horse) eating straws in a manger (The word 'cao' means manger). In retrospect, in indicates that Sima Yi and his two sons (the three horses) would one day consume the Cao family (manger). From then on, Cao Cao became very wary of Sima Yi's power and influence and warned his son that Sima Yi was not content in being under his authority and would certainly interfere in his affairs. Nevertheless, Cao needed Sima Yi to aid his son in fighting against Zhuge Liang and therefore could not afford to get rid of him. Hence Cao Cao was partly responsible for his own dynasty's downfall.

@LagunaShirogane

Жыл бұрын

I favored Kingdom of Wei in Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Dynasty Warriors games. Even I disliked Sima Yi from the start and favored Guo Jia over him. Who's to say that Sima Yi poisoned Guo Jia to prevent him from interfering in his plans to overtake the Wei Dynasty? Guo Jia died of a mysterious illness at the age of 38 just before the Battle of Chi Bi. Guo Jia was so good and intelligent that every prediction that man ever made came true. This is why Cao Cao trusted him so highly with everything. Guo Jia's death devastated Cao Cao deeply and inadvertently set the stage up for Sima Yi's rise in Cao Cao's court. Imagine what would have happened had Guo Jia survived? Could he have prevented Sima Yi's plot to overthrow Cao Cao's family? I suspect this highly. It does seem odd that Guo Jia died at such a young age when Cao Cao needed him most.

@breezywarhead8489

Жыл бұрын

@@LagunaShirogane dont forget sun jian top general also missing since yellow turbans. Guo jia is most likely kill by sima clan because sima clan dream usurping the throne from han dynasty and use poison drinks to make him sick and die because he is a threat to sima yi ambition to overthrow cao cao.

@LagunaShirogane

Жыл бұрын

@@breezywarhead8489 This makes the most sense. Guo Jia's son also had a bad reputation among the Wei Dynasty as well. What I read of Guo Yi, who was Guo Jia's son, was disturbing. Guo Yi was welcomed by Cao Cao into his family, after Guo Jia's death, like he was another one of his children. What was disturbing about Guo Yi is how he treated some officers in the Wei army when he was older in a horrible well such poor attitude problems. As well as reports that suggest he was gay due to how he acted oddly around some men. Im not sure if this was propaganda by the Sima Family to keep Guo Yi down or if this was true as its said that history is written by the victors regardless if its factual or truth. This is very true with Cao Cao as history has never been too kind to the Hero of Chaos. History and stories has often portrayed Cao Cao in poor light by making him out to be an evil tyrant not much better than Dong Zhuo...if not worse. When in reality, Cao Cao did what he had to for the sake of the country. Even if it meant being portrayed as a villian to his enemies and to do things that others wouldnt dare cross. He reminds me of Nobunaga Oda a bit in this sense. Doing what is necessary to achive the best course of action. Which is unifying the country by any means necessary. Liu Bei was seen as an adversary, for example, not an enemy. Sun Quan was no different to him. Unlike his son Cao Pi, Cao Cao refused to force the Emperor to abdicate the throne to him and stayed in his good graces and supported him and protected him.

@breezywarhead8489

Жыл бұрын

@@LagunaShirogane although jin dynasty before the war of eight princes portray wei highly than shu and wu. Then ming dynasty portray wei badly. Kinda ironic

@LagunaShirogane

Жыл бұрын

@@breezywarhead8489 Yeah it does. Perhaps the Ming were descendants of the Wei Dynasty's enemies? That would make the most sense if that be the case. It was said that China's own borders shrunk by nearly half its size after the War of the 8 Princes that followed a century later after the Three Kingdoms era which eventually would lead to the Mongol Invasion by Genghis Khan and his ancestors in the following centuries.

When you have imbecile trait but your wife is 30+ intrigue monster

@zeflute4586

4 жыл бұрын

And all major vassals with opinions of over -50 ...

@zeflute4586

4 жыл бұрын

@@winjiro106 nonono, we were talking about the game of Murdering Your Wife.

@winjiro106

4 жыл бұрын

But your husband's cousin (Sima Lun) have 31 intrigue + Schemer's trait

@heavenwatcher100

4 жыл бұрын

I must be chilling if I sense this fact in CK2.

@panda5996

4 жыл бұрын

Don't you know? In Asia, the only things more dangerous than men...are women. There are significantly less clashes between a wife's father and her husband. There are a crap ton of clashes between a husband's mother and his wife. So messy to a point, even a big country like China can get bogged down.

Nomadic people in all Chinese history "So you want some sol-" China : *YES.* but you will not betray us right? Nomads : Well yes but actually yes.

@CodytheHun123

4 жыл бұрын

Please make this into meme format 😂

@R3GARnator

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the late roman empire and migrating tribes.

@elivevile

4 жыл бұрын

nomadic people in ancient times …. immigrants from countries with ideologies hostile to the host country in modern times.

@kyokyodisaster4842

3 жыл бұрын

@@elivevile Now, that isn't true...and makes a harsh difference between refugees from today and nomadic peoples from then. Again, there is massive differences politically and economically that makes that so.

@alexandrebirk1948

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyokyodisaster4842 and I will add late that some tribes were okay to integrate the roman empire but the roman said nope and exterminate them

When I spent 2 hours looking at the wikipaedia article and the family tree trying to figure this messy war over a year ago I thought there would be no payoff. I was wrong

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Knowledge is never in vain

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

I knew some friend will comment this! Enjoyed creating that family tree thanks for watching!

@ilikedota5

4 жыл бұрын

only 2?

@GKS225

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-dq7to1jc7p Same here

@Harthorn

4 жыл бұрын

China political games are very savage, even now, it's the same.

People alive during the Three Kingdoms be like: "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war."

@emperorx5

3 жыл бұрын

Northern Nomads: WAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH

@fromfareast3070

3 жыл бұрын

yeah, with Sixteen Kingdoms as follows.. that's pretty true.

@richardwang7659

3 жыл бұрын

Warhammer : the Dragon of Chaos

@marloyorkrodriguez9975

2 жыл бұрын

The Empire, the Last bastion of hope…

@afdalridwan3813

Жыл бұрын

@@marloyorkrodriguez9975 Last time peoples can chill was When dong Zhuo still alive, after that all jealous and selfish warlords declare for own authority

War of the Roses was the most confusing political civil war. Sima Clan: Hold my beer.

@zeflute4586

4 жыл бұрын

Well, the play ground was so much LARGER than England

@martinzaksauskas4739

4 жыл бұрын

Sevey Lee I disagree I legit cant figure out the war of the roses

@makcjiw7704

4 жыл бұрын

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms：Hold my Baijiu

@someorclad9738

4 жыл бұрын

More like; All Chinese Dynasties at one point: Hold my Mandate of Heaven.

@megamen7353

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, War of the Roses compare to chinese history is kinda "history for slow kids". If it wasnt about British, nobody prob would knew about it anyway. Brits like to exaggerate their own history.

The Diadochi wars and the Three kingdons period: real epics who make game of thrones blush in shame

@alantan9863

4 жыл бұрын

Not really. Got has no spoiler, but ROTK and others had.

@quintus6081

4 жыл бұрын

War of the Roses: "Am I a joke to you?"

@Mitchmeow

4 жыл бұрын

You hit the nail on the head for why I think history is more interesting than any fiction. Real life produces events and drama crazier than anything an author could ever think of. As somebody once said, "Why shouldn't the truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, is expected to make sense."

@TheRealBruceLouis

4 жыл бұрын

@@Mitchmeow not just that, it actually happened. with fiction u rig it however u see fit no matter how ridiculous or wtf it is. with history, it actually happened.

@Mitchmeow

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheRealBruceLouisExactly. You're dealing with the real actions of real people, and all of the nuance and random bullshit that comes with it. Endlessly fascinating.

Game of thrones: W'ere gunna- China: Hold my bowl of rice Game of thrones: But we haven't- China: Just hold it

When told that the peasants are dying and couldn’t afford rice in their bowls, the young emperor Hui infamously asked: “why didn’t they eat meat then?”

@masayukitachibana2756

4 жыл бұрын

that could be misinterpreted badly

@harveyliu89

4 жыл бұрын

​@@alvinlin8140 Looking at historical documents, crazy he's not, "slow" very much so

@robertnguyen2025

4 жыл бұрын

Well that is epic..meat? They finally ate the meat and here we are in a c19 pandemic ..a century in the making

@unglaublichcharlatan3600

3 жыл бұрын

Robert Nguyen troll ?

@robertnguyen2025

3 жыл бұрын

Unglaublich Charlatan troll?

Masterfully done documentary, as usual.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Imagine being on guard duty when the Wu Hu show up Guard 1"Wu Hu!" Guard 2 "What are you so happy about? We're being attacked by barbarians!"

@zeflute4586

4 жыл бұрын

Good one~

@x_nasheed_x9622

4 жыл бұрын

I just spit my drink.

@spangopola

4 жыл бұрын

Wu Hu is in a fact a collective term for the various barbarian tribes of the north, instead of a specific clan or people. It literally meant "Five (Northern) Barbarians", which implies the five major invaders of Jin borders: Xiongnu, Jie, Di, Xianbei, and the Qiang. There are in fact numerous other tribes which invaded Jin, but these five are the big boys in the fiasco.

@pypy1986820

4 жыл бұрын

@@spangopola Wu Hu can be literally translate to the five Hunnic people. You can see the disrespect the then Han China had for them--they can't even be bothered to distinguish them properly even as they carve out their own kingdoms in China and sacked their capitals.

@rickr9435

4 жыл бұрын

@@pypy1986820 first, wu hu, and two of those were sino-tibetan people. do you really know what "Hunnic " means? second, these five were the major groups, other groups were just under these five. so what do you even mean by "can't even be bothered to distinguish them properly"? already told you that the big five were Xiongnu, Jie, Di, Xianbei & Qiang. justFYI, Han chinese were from Qiang. Qiang and Di were related. Most Xianbei and some of Southern Xiongnu merged into Han later.

12:05 Sima Lun was the 9th (and youngest) son of Sima Yi. He’s actually Sima Yan’s uncle. The family tree you showed had him as Sima Yan’s son.

@Kay2kGer

4 жыл бұрын

need to go up

My goodness. Betrayal everywhere. Who betrayed who? Needed to watch it multiple times to know who is who. But heck, this is Game of Thrones Chinese version

Sima Liang was the real hero. Loved by the people and they refused to kill him.

Really digging the artwork in this one. Absolutely gorgeous

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watchingmy friend!

I really hope Total War Trhee kingdoms keep promoting your channel, because I am a big fan of chinese history

@yumiryin8197

4 жыл бұрын

china history is very cruel

All this Ancient China content came at the perfect time when I was finding ancient Rome stuff stale. Thanks.

@KhanMann66

4 жыл бұрын

More Asian wars please. European wars getting stale.

@R3GARnator

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah i found his series on Inca and Aztecs extremely refreshing.

Sima Yi and Sima Lun are literally Littlefinger of Chinese history Chaos is a ladder

There is a drama called "Advisors' Alliance" which depicts the rise of Sima clan. Anyone who is interested in this part of history can watch it which is a really well made historical drama and completely different from other typical cheap chinese costume dramas made for women and children with self invented storylines, characters and weird people flying in sky like supermen.

@abedmarachli7345

2 жыл бұрын

As a Chinese, do you have information about what happened to the boy? Was he killed or was he still alive? But from the common people, because the clip depicts only that the empire was captured trying to kill the boy.

@lilianhaggland2031

Жыл бұрын

Thank you,I love Chinese History

The "Wu Hu" (五胡) means "the five Babarians", including the huns (those who remained in China after Han-Huns Warfare).

@wilhelmreinhardt4643

4 жыл бұрын

The southern Huns (Xiongnu), whom by this point is already very sinicized, their leader even had the old Han imperial surname of Liu.

@USERZ123XD

4 жыл бұрын

@@wilhelmreinhardt4643 everybody is gangsta until the huns invaded.

@rickr9435

4 жыл бұрын

@@wilhelmreinhardt4643 yeah, and Liu Yuan even named his new kingdom Han

@rickr9435

4 жыл бұрын

actually I think the translation is not accurate. 胡 is more like "foreign". the word 蛮 is closer to barbarian

@user-od9hs2yl2o

4 жыл бұрын

@@rickr9435 蛮 only refers to barbarians to the south

I can't thank you and the channel enough for your content. I remember growing up when the history and military channels actually covered history and had incredible documentaries. With that being long gone, having these channels (which are better quality than the old history channel imo) is incredible. I literally smiled as I saw the notification saying you posted a new video. Considering joining for the $4.99/month.

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We would love to get your support :-)

A better story than Game of Thrones.

@pachomiussinanicus1728

4 жыл бұрын

true story already crueler than fictional one

wow, thanks to this video I managed to get the promotional pre-order 18 minutes before the dlc released

This must be one of the best videos K&G ever made. I love it Thank you!!

Zhuge Liang North Expedition please Kings and Generals

@alantan9863

4 жыл бұрын

Too painful to watch. Just because of '1 horse'(Ma Su), everything fell apart.

@ermawanbanyubiru1924

4 жыл бұрын

@@alantan9863 if not because of Ma Su arrogance and Liu Bei Vengeance he already unite china

@ZhouGongJin

4 жыл бұрын

@@alantan9863 I doubt that's in the historical records instead of the novel

@ZhouGongJin

4 жыл бұрын

@@ermawanbanyubiru1924 if you wanna use "if only" then I can use if only Zhou Yu are healthy n didn't die young then wu will get yi provinces, then it would've been a different story. After all, chi bi is of Zhou Yu's brilliance not zhuge. Calling south eastern wind, borrowing 10000 bows are just novels fabrication to make zhuge liang looks good. Zhou Yu was actually magnanimous n wasn't wary about zhuge at all.

@zeflute4586

4 жыл бұрын

@@ZhouGongJin The fault of Ma Su were well documented in the official history books. So that was true instead of romance.

Thank you for clearing up all the family intrigue. Another great video.

Just when I thought I couldn't be more excited for the Eight Princes DLC, you release this incredible video and shatter my hype meter! xD My first campaign will be as Sima Wei. Going to see what might've happened if Sima Wei had heeded Qi Sheng's advice and attacked Empress Jia before she turned on him.

@Liquidsback

4 жыл бұрын

Just keep an eye on that Ptolemy Keraunos.

@yevonsama

4 жыл бұрын

Sima Ai ( Sima Wei's brother) is only good guys among them. He be betrayed, and burn alive. You even can see it in the trailer.

@OCinneide

4 жыл бұрын

@@trollpolice Three Kingdoms

This page is absolute quality. Best videos to smoke a joint to.

@GClermont

4 жыл бұрын

Its amazing watch these videos high

If anyone want to know more of this period, Serious Trivia have a really good 8 part video covering the reason until the end of the 8 princes era. His video was very educating and interesting

@lxjilyfe

4 жыл бұрын

absolutely agree, his content is even more detailed and educating. link below kzread.info/dash/bejne/e4GK2rucnsjOcrg.html

Fantastic documentary. Look forward to more of this. Thank you for producing them.

Incredible documentary. Art and presentation is brilliant, kudos to the narrator too: the effort to get the pronunciation right is very evident. Looking forward to more on Chinese history! Some South-East Asian history too please!

The map on this looks fantastic. Great documentary as always

The art in your chinese history videos has been absolutely fantastic. Great job, art team!

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching! art team happy :D

I COULD go look all this up on my own, but your presentation is worth the wait.

Best channel ever. I am so glad you guys exist. KZread would a boring and void place without kings and Generals

The makers of this video are literally kings. Great work guys, as always. You make youtube useful and magnificent.

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Love this channel! Keep the vids coming ASAP

This was by far my most favourite art style in this channel. Keep it up :)

I remember the ending of the Jin campaign in dynasty warriors 7 they briefly explained some of this and what happened after Sima Zhao defeated Shu. Great video!

1:36 That horseman YEETING the enemy troops tho

Love the style, love your voice. Your voice is just surprisingly pleasant to hear, articulate, eloquent, and as a Br Eng accent, not pretentious at all.

best war documentary channel ever, recommended everyone who loves historical and war videos :-)

Spent all night last night watching your videos, couldn’t think of a better way to spend my night 😁

Total War is such a based franchise for sponsoring all these videos on Ancient China. So badass. Also, this video has such a cool artstyle. Props to the designer/animator

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks alot!

Such a awesome history lesson. Can not wait what happens next.

These documentaries are the BEST. I mean, I watch a lot on TV, streaming platforms, and KZread, but this is unbeatable.

Thanks for sharing this episode this is amazing!

Sima Liang is not a son of Sima Yan. Instead he is the fourth son of Sima Yi - creator of Jin dynasty, and great uncle of Sima Yan. And you can mention Sima Rui, an adopted son of Sima Yan who will become the savior of Jin.

@minuteman3317

4 жыл бұрын

that is pretty sad

The animations and the overall presentations are evolving over time! This is my favorite channel..

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for doing this and the other Chinese history videos. It's a subject that has always fascinated me and your channel covers historical battles exceptionally well. I hope to one day see the Mahdi and Anglo Zulu wars here.

The way you bring life to these conflicts that textbooks can't is Historic...To truly appreciate history, you have see it with your own eyes......Keep up the Amazing work!!

Chinese History always fascinated me. Very dynamic and when Wars were fought, they didn't field thousands of troops. No, they fielded 10s of thousands of poor souls.

@mxn1948

4 жыл бұрын

heck in some wars/battles, entire male population of 14-45 in entire regions was drafted.

@zhenhuaxue9468

3 жыл бұрын

After the eight princes, it’s even more terrifying. You can imagine that in the Game of Thrones, The white walkers invasion was successful, and different races began to slaughter each other for 200 years

Amazing video quality, you guys are always improving the channel, congrats

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

You got the voice meant for this. Love your videos.

thank you for this great work

This channel keeps getting better with each video!!!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-)

Once again, Kings and Generals do not disappoint. I would happily buy a collection of all your videos in a DVD box set. :)

Wow. Keeps getting better. Keep it up

My one of the favorite dynasty

I love the Three Kingdoms period, and I had never heard so many details of the Jin period thereafter! Thanks so much! There are some errors in the subtitles but it's probably easy to fix. :)

@manuelcheung2917

Жыл бұрын

Try watching Legend of the Condor Heroes.

Fantastic episode as usual .keep the videos on chinese history,it's so interesting

Love the artwork in this video.

Was sitting here wondering when the next video was due 😎

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

The wizard is never late, nor is he early and stuff. :-)

World history books skipped after the three kingdoms. Next thing I know there's a Sui dynasty. Oh before I forget. "China is whole again. Then it broke again."

Perfect! As always 😃

superb documentary! Keep it up!

Another dope video you guys deserve more subs

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

No argument here :-)

Fascinating! More please. Great animation style too!

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-)

Good job, this is another good educational and entertaining video.

So entertaining and fascinating, these videos

For me, Chinese history is complex with many coups , treasure and others. I like this video because it simplified perfectly how things worked there.

I have to say, the Han Chinese should thank their lucky stars that the Sun family was around to build up the infrastructure of the Southlands when they ruled the kingdom of Wu. Because had they not then the surviving Jin wouldn't of had a strong powerbase in the south to retreat to when the Five Barbarians overran the northern territories and could have flooded past the Yangtze and really brought China into a dark age while reshaping its culture.

@pypy1986820

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Liu Bei (Shu Han)'s effort in developing the South West of China which was previously almost all under-developed near stone age mountain tribes with minimal governance and near non-existent infrastructure. The South West refuge strategy worked for China even in 20th century: as soon as Chiang and Chinese Nationalist forces retreated to the tropical mountains of South West China (Shu Han region), even the Imperial Japan can't dislodge them due to all the alleys to hide from aerial attacks and all the mountains that made mechanized advance all but impossible. In fact, I believe, without the near unassailable tropical mountains of South China (It's kinda like the Vale of Game of Thrones but with tropical climate which means plenty food so it's actually more impregnable), Chinese civilization would have been extinct like Rome instead of reincarnate again and again in real history...

@unglaublichcharlatan3600

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty accurate. Otherwise China might not be China as it is today

@mechannel7046

3 жыл бұрын

@@unglaublichcharlatan3600 There is no pure "Chinese" people. The Chinese (and the Han Chinese in particular) is nothing but a mixture of numerous racial and ethnic groups.

@user-cs2cc4do6g

3 жыл бұрын

i dont care.if barbarian conquered China,then they will bacome Chinese.

@shzarmai

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-cs2cc4do6g Yep they would just get sinicized* lol

More of Three Kingdoms documentaries please. 10/10 :D

Some amazing artwork in this video, big ups to whoever did it.

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

Me and happy you liked my friend! thanks for watching!

I asked for this!!!! Thank you for responding!!!

@KingsandGenerals

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

There is a little mistake at 12:11 in the tree, Sima Lun was the (youngest) son of Sima Yi, not Sima Yan. No evocation of the conquest of Wu in 280AD, too bad. This fact changed also the nature of the reign of Wu Di Jin who became less concern by ruling. But very good video as usual.

I clicked on this fully knowing that it would involve a Total War: Three Kingdoms sponsorship and stayed knowing that K&G makes fantastic content either way.

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

well thanks for watching sir!

I was wondering when you guys were going to make a vid. Was not disappointed

Jin Dynasty (Sima family's branch) = Post-Three Kingdoms

@zeflute4586

4 жыл бұрын

And eventually 16 kingdoms

Cao Mao and Cao Huan were child emperors, you made it look like they were 40 year old puppet emperors lol.

@fabiolaiiludwigvonhoffenhe2264

4 жыл бұрын

Cao Mao was a teenager puppet, he led his lifeguard to attack Sima Zhao. Cao Fang and Cao Huan are the child puppets.

@feelsgoodman9751

4 жыл бұрын

@@fabiolaiiludwigvonhoffenhe2264 Cao Mao was enthroned aged 13-14 and died at 19, that's still a child emperor, besides when he got to the throne, the Sima clan was already in control

@delhanpan6962

3 жыл бұрын

Additionally, King of Runan Sima Liang and King of Zhao Sima Lun were both the uncle of Sima Yan, and were old men, more than 50. King of Chu Sima Wei is only 20 when he died. Among eight princes, only three of them are the Sons of Sima Yan, other are all his cousins, uncles and a nephew.

@nobblkpraetorian5623

3 жыл бұрын

@@feelsgoodman9751 Gotta give credit to him for trying to do something about his situation when he was still a teenager, maybe he would've succeeded if he waited until he became an adult.

I absolutely love the art style for this video.

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Great video! So sad that my computer can't handle this part of Total War. Btw, it's easier to follow when you get into details.

Actually, it is just the first half of the story. Later, more princes raised to "save" Emperor Hui and completed the status of being regent. Prince Ying of Chengdu released Liu Yuan, who was the son of a leading Xiongnu tribe, and caused the uprising of Xiongnu. However, the princes were still fighting for the power until Prince Yue of Donghai won. At the same year of the end of the War of the Eight Princes, Liu Yuan crowned himself "Emperor of Han" which started the age of Sixteen Kingdoms.

Can you make a video about Matilda of Tuscany and one about ancient Ligurians? there are two stories very interesting that few know. Thank you very much for yourk work, every your video is amazing!

Great video I've ever seen about eight princes chaos as a Chinese. Thanks and please carry on.

Great video. Keep it up

I absolutely love Chinese history and this is one of your best ones yet.

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

"Ah that crap about her being a schemer all baloney. She did murder someone though"

@EndOfSmallSanctuary97

4 жыл бұрын

"lol these people just hating cause she's a WOMAN" "well, okay, yeah, she did murder someone, but still...." lmao

@Inerrant1

4 жыл бұрын

Well, she gets a bad rep because she did the same thing that literally everyone at the time period... but had the gall to do it with a pair of ovaries.

@ehvaandal

4 жыл бұрын

It's because the Chinese have a habit of treating competent queens like witches.

@judgegrinch1139

4 жыл бұрын

I was only trying to point out how humorous it was the way he phrased the whole statement

@theoderic_l

4 жыл бұрын

@@ehvaandal Wu Zetian is pretty widely praised in China.

The art for the vid is amazing

I just love the graphics... Illustrative and Educative.

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

16 kingdoms period right after this seems good setting for another DLC actually...

Chinese history is almost unknown to me. Thanks for this brief look!

Love your content man

@otgunz

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Nice move, i loved both total war and kings & generals