The Gathering Storm: Qi on the Eve of Collapse In the winter of 221 BCE, the once-mighty state of Qi […]
The Strategic Context of Qin’s Unification Wars By 225 BCE, the Qin state under King Zheng (later First Emperor) had […]
The Gathering Storm: Historical Context of the Mass Migration As the merchant caravan led by Dun Ruo approached the outskirts […]
The Gathering Storm in Xianyang In the sweltering summer of 221 BCE, two elite cavalry units thundered into the Qin […]
The Strategic Crossroads After the Fall of Chu In the dead of night when Wang Jian’s battlefield report reached Xianyang, […]
The Origins of a Southern Powerhouse Emerging from the dense forests and river valleys of the Yangtze basin, the Chu […]
The Stalemate at the Huai River Steam rose from the bronze bathing vessel in the commander’s tent as Wang Jian’s […]
The Gathering Storm: Qin’s Preparation for Total War In the waning years of China’s Warring States period, the Qin state […]
The Calm Before the Storm: Qin’s Ascendancy Before the Chu Campaign In the year 230 BCE, the state of Qin […]
The Strategic Landscape Before the Campaign In the autumn of 223 BCE, as yellowed grasses swayed across the northern plains, […]
The Origins of the Anling Standoff The small fiefdom of Anling, a mere fifty li (about 25 km) in territory, […]
The Historical Context: Qin’s Unification Campaign In 225 BCE, the Qin state stood at a pivotal moment in its campaign […]
The Forgotten End of a Once-Great Power Among the dramatic collapses of the Warring States period, the demise of Wei […]
The Curse of the Hound: A Political Assassination That Shaped Three Kingdoms The story of Wei’s downfall begins with an […]
The Rise of a Brilliant Strategist In the war-torn era of China’s Warring States period (475–221 BCE), the Qin state […]
The Glory Days of Daliang: Crossroads of the Warring States Once hailed as one of the four great metropolises of […]
The Origins of Qin’s Light Cavalry Tradition The military traditions of the Warring States period reached a dramatic turning point […]
The Turbulent Backdrop of Qin’s Expansion In the waning years of the Warring States period, the Qin state stood on […]
The Ancient Kingdom That Outlived Its Time Among the warring states of ancient China, Yan stood as a peculiar anachronism […]
The Desperate Backdrop of a Dying Kingdom The year was 226 BCE, and the once-proud state of Yan stood on […]
The Strategic Landscape of Ancient Yan The Yi River region in southern Yan was a critical crossroads between the nomadic […]
The Gathering Storm: Qin’s Unification Campaign In the waning years of the Warring States period, the Qin kingdom stood poised […]
