Three Kingdoms

- Season 1

(2023)

Counselors gather at the home of Minister of the Interior Wang Yun to celebrate his 60th birthday. The Minister of Military Standards Cao Cao decides to crash the party. But it isn't really Wang Yun's birthday. He's brought the counselors together to discuss that state of the Han Dynasty which has fallen into chaos. The Prime Minister Dong Zhuo is a tyrant & despised by all. Cao Cao is thrown out, but Wang Yun secretly meets with him afterwards. Cao Cao is close to Zhuo and offers to assassinate him if he can borrow the Seven Star Sword from Wang Yun as it will be ...

After the failed assassination attempt on Dong Zhuo by Cao Cao, Dong returns to the court and orders Cao's arrest. He suspects Wang Yun is a co-conspirator of Cao Cao because of the Seven Star Sword used in the failed assassination attempt. Wang Yun returns home & contemplates suicide but is stopped by his adopted daughter Diao Chan. Zhuo 's top general Lü Bu arrives at Yun's home to search for Cao Cao. During the search Bu meets Diao Chan and is immediately attracted to her. Lü Bu notices a sword which is actually a fake Seven Star Sword and concludes that if the ...

After slaughtering Lü Boshe's servants & family over a misunderstanding, Chen Gong & Cao Cao flee, but find Lü Boshe as they are running. Lü Boshe greets Cao Cao, but Cao runs him through a sword. When Chen Gong asks why Cao killed him, he explains that once Lü Boshe finds his family murdered, he would send authorities after them, and that he "would rather betray the world, then the world betray me". Yuan Shao forms a coalition of 18 regional warlords and officials to remove Dong Zhuo from power. The "Three Brothers", Liu Bei, Guan Yu & Zhang Fei arrive & request to ...

Hua Xiong, having lead Dong Zhuo's army to the coalition camp to arrest Cao Cao, has already slain Yu She in one round. Pan Feng challenges him next but lasts less then a round. Yuan Shao asks who will battle Hua Xiong, but all is quiet till Guan Yu volunteers. He offers that if he cannot defeat Hua Xiong that he should be killed instead. Liu Bei also offers his own life as well as his "brother" Zhang Fei if Guan Yu fails. Cao Cao offer Guan warm wine before he goes, but Guan refuses saying he will back shortly. A few minutes later Guan Yu returns with Hua Xiong's ...

Yuan Shao is berating his brother Yuan Shu about withholding much needed supplies from the armies of Liu Bei & especially Sun Jian. Reports arrive that Sun Jian has suffered major loses in battle & that Dong Zhuo has left the capital & is now leading his army himself. Cao Cao arrives and suggests that Yuan Shao lies about Sun Jian's defeat & instead say that he has scored a major victory so that the army does not lose morale. Dong Zhuo leads his army to Hulao Pass with his top general Lü Bu, Lü Bu approaches the gate challenging the army by himself and especially Cao ...

Cao Cao's army is chasing Dong Zhuo's army towards the new capital city Chang'an, while Sun Jian and his army are heading to the former capital Luoyang. Sun Jian arrives to find the city in ruins and mostly burned to the ground. While searching the Imperial Palace, he discovers the Imperial Seal. The alliance of the 18 governors crumbles due to non support and infighting as Cao Cao, Liu Bei & Sun Jian all withdraw their respective armies. Liu Biao receives at letter from Yuan Shao asking him to ambush Sun Jian on his way back to his home city. Yuan Shu sends a ...

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Wang Yun & Lü Bu are having food & wine at Wang Yun's residence & Diao Chan offers to dance as a thank to Lü Bu's gifts he brought for Diao Chan's birthday. Afterwards, Lü Bu and Diao Chan are alone & Diao Chan reveals how she came to be Wang Yun's adopted daughter. Lü Bu has been steadily falling for Diao Chan and now proposes marriage. Diao Chan agrees but says that they must inform her father first. Wang Yun accepts and suggests that Lü Bu do not tell his godfather Dong Zhuo about it just yet. Wang Yun reveals the 2nd part of the "Chain-Linked Strategy" to Diao ...

Diao Chan is being escorted to Dong Zhuo's residence even though she is supposed to be going to the palace to be the emperor's Imperial Concubine. She shuns Dong Zhuo's advances towards her reminding him that she's supposed to be with the emperor, not him. Lü Bu is sitting on the steps of the palace and Wang Yun approaches asking why he is at he palace so early & Lü Bu says he wants to be closer to Diao Chan. Wang Yun informs him that Diao Chan is not in the palace & instead at the Prime Minister's residence with Dong Zhuo & Yun is concerned that Diao Chan may be ...

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In Cao Cao's base camp, Cao Ren arrives & reads a letter from Liu Bei asking to declare a truce with Tao Qian. Xun Yu then arrives & reports that as he had feared, Lü Bu has attacked Cao Cao's city of Yan Zhou. Cao Cao orders the army to withdraw to Yan Zhou and drafts a letter to Liu Bei that he withdraw his troops from Xu Zhou. Tao Qian celebrates Cao Cao's withdrawal & again asks Lei Bei to take over as governor of Xu Zhou. Lei Bei again refuses, but does accept a post at nearby Xiao Pei. Soon after, Lei Bei is summoned Tao Qian's bedchamber and Tao is very ill. ...

Cao Cao, Cao Ren & Xun Yu are discussing the news that Li Jue & Guo Ci were holding Emperor Xian hostage in Chang'an, but Dong Cheng has helped the emperor & is moving east to Luoyang. Cao Cao plans to intercept them & get Emperor Xian under his control so he can control the other governors in the emperor's name. meanwhile in Yuan Shao's city of Ji Zhou, Yuan is considering rescuing the emperor himself. Xu You was for it and Tian Feng was against. Yuan Shao decides against helping the emperor. Emperor Xian & his ministers arrive at the burned out former capital ...

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Chen Gong is upset with Lü Bu for lounging around listening to Diao Chan play music & sing while Yuan Shu's general Ji Ling is heading to attack Liu Bei's Xia Pi. Lü Bu invites Liu Bei & Ji Ling to his camp for wine & food. He proposes that if he can use a bow & arrow to shoot off the tassel of his halberd which was planted in the ground over 120 steps away that they must stop the fighting & retreat. He is able to do so to the shock of all present. Ji Ling returns to Yuan Shu and Shu is upset & immediately wants to attack Lü Bu but an advisor recommends against it. ...

Cao Cao is laughing at the report that Yuan Shu has crowned himself emperor. Cao's advisers Guo Jia & Xun Yu him to send letters to the governors on behalf of Emperor Xian urging them to eliminate Yuan Shu, since Cao Cao did not have the means to do it by himself. As Cao Cao leads his army to fight Yuan Shu, Xun Yu tries to ease some of Cao Cao's worries about the battle & leaving his home city mostly empty. As they are traveling along a road, a bird scares some of the horses leading the carriage Cao Cao is riding in & they bolt. The driver manages to stop but Cao Cao...

Guo Jia informs Cao Cao that Chen Gui & his son Chen Deng are willing to help Cao Cao get control of Lü Bu's city of Xu Zhou from the inside. Meanwhile at Xu Zhou, Chen Gui & Chen Deng are praising Lü Bu for his deeds. Chen Gong arrives & wants to speak to Lü Bu alone. He warns Lü Bu that Chen Gui & Chen Deng are untrustworthy but Lü Bu will hear none of it. In his own home later, Chen Gong considers leaving Lü Bu and offering his services elsewhere. A secret letter is intercepted that Liu Bei will help Cao Cao invade Lü Bu's Xu Zhou city. So Lü Bu sets out to attack ...

Cao Cao arrives at Lü Bu's city of Xiapi to discuss peace & try to recruit Lü Bu into his army by flattering him heavily, but Chen Gong hears this and fires an arrow at Cao Cao and forces him to leave. Back at Cao Cao's base camp Guo Jia has a plot to take the city using the weather. Chen Gong suggests to Lü Bu that he take a portion of the army outside the city & Chen Gong remains behind with the rest of the army to defend Xiapi. If Cao Cao attacks either place they can attack Cao Cao from front & back. Lü Bu agrees with this but Diaochan has fallen ill & Lü Bu will ...

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Liu Bei arrives to Emperor Xian's home as requested & is asked by Consort Dong to see the emperor in the bathroom. Seems odd, but Liu Bei complies. The emperor informs Liu Bei that the bathroom is the only place that Cao Caos' men will not be listening. After Liu Bei leaves, Emperor Xian's writes a secret edict in his own blood to assassinate Cao Cao that he gets Consort Dong to sew into a jade belt. The emperor gives the belt to Dong Cheng (Consort Dong's father) during a ceremony honoring the ancestors when only Emperor Xian & Dong Cheng are present. Dong Cheng ...

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Having learned that Liu Bei is alive & staying with Yuan Shao, Guan Yu plans to leave Cao Cao & return to Liu Bei. He goes to Cao Cao's residence but is refused entry & told the prime minister is busy & is not to be disturbed. Next he tries to visit his friend Zhang Liao, but is told that he is sick & cannot accept visitors. So Guan returns to his home prepares a letter to leave for Cao Cao & orders Sun Qian to help Liu Bei's 2 wives to prepare for the journey to reunite with Liu Bei, and to leave all the gold, silver, jade & other valuables that were gifts from Cao ...

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Yuan Shao is preparing his army to march against Cao Cao. Tian Feng, who was imprisoned for demoralizing the army with his repeated stance against attack hears the drums & horns & quickly pens a letter to Yuan Shao. Yuan Tan suggests that his father execute Tian Feng as an morale booster to the army, but Xu You suggests otherwise. At Cao Cao's camp, he is meeting with his advisers & generals with he should fight or try for peace. All the advisers want peace except Xun Yu who suggests to fight as do all the generals. Cao Cao accepts the suggestion to fight, even though...

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Xu You has left Yuan Shao & joins Cao Cao. Cao Cao is delighted to have his old friend join him. Xu You asks Cao Cao how much food he has left for his army. At first Cao lies to Xu You but Xu You sees right through it, and tells Cao Cao that he knows he has barely any food left. Xu suggests that Cao's army attack Yuan Shao supply depot at Wuchao and steal their supplies & burn the rest as it is weakly guarded. When Yuan Shao receives word that Cao Cao has attacked Wuchao, he decides to attack Cao Cao's main camp since he thinks it will be mostly empty. But Cao Cao has...

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