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)hrough the air. A dense throng of Bian soldiers blocked their path. Under the illumination of lanterns and torches, a general emerged from the rain. Riding a sorry horse, he held aloft a silver spear—...