Volume One: Ruins of the Tang Dynasty, Chapter 1: The Whole

In May of 884 AD, on the official road fifty li southwest of Bianzhou (modern-day Kaifeng)In May of 884 AD, on the official road fifty li southwest of Bianzhou (modern-day Kaifeng)nd had no choice but to retreat. His soldiers helped him put out the fire, but he shamefacedly bowed to Li Kuang-yu:"General Si Kong, it is this last general's incompetence that has failed to open a p...