Authored by bloodfalcon
Hi Everyone.
I believe I have not introduced myself before.
My name is Liu Mang. The styled name Hanyang was something
that I think in the spur of times because that Lu Bu is asking for my complete
identity when we are in Kaiyang. Dad named me Mang because he want me to be
strong both in mental and physical with vast understanding of knowledge from
near and far. Not a bad name, eh guys? As for Hanyang, I thought it is still
Dynasty Han, so I use Han from Dynasty Han and Yang is character from “to support”,
so the full meaning is to support Dynasty Han. Quite fitting right for the one
who is fighting in the era of the end of Dynasty Han (wink, wink).
I came from Pizhou, which is Xiapi in Three Kingdoms
timeline. Pizhou is located in the border of Xuzhou County or Xu Province in
Three Kingdoms timeline and Jiangsu or Wu territory in Three Kingdoms timeline.
Now I am studying in Nanjing University which is quite near
from my hometown Pizhou, only take 1 train for 2 hours. I am now beginning my
second year of studying medicine and last month, I just finished my military
service for 20 days. The drill sergeant was pretty nasty. My bones still
hurting from those hellish training. Oh yeah, I am also a former champion in
javelin throwing during my first year in Nanjing University. Dad want me to
enroll in medicine because he want me to become cardiologist, he said
“Cardiologists make good money, you need to think of your future, boy!!! Don’t
be a poor guy like me!!!!!” I only nod silently at his unreasonable thinking
because in my mind, I also agree with him even though I don’t like medicine but
when I see our daily livelihood compared to Chen Yi’s and Chen Yu’s who managed
a horse ranch, mine can be considered average.
My dad is an archeologist and my mom is a homemaker and I am
a single son. Curse that 1 child policy of China. I have always wanted a little
brother or sister to play with.
I am… what you called these days, “NERD” or “OTAKU” due to
my biggest interest is reading anything with pictures and letters. I am good at
math, good readers. So good it eclipses my achievement in javelin throwing.
My hobby is….. Please don’t laugh…. Is gardening. I love to
garden, especially when I got some western vegetables and fruit even I have
tried to grow my own paddy. But sadly it did not do too well, only can produce
1 month worth of meals for 3 months of growing it. Eh, at least it grows well
right? If only the air and the soil is better, that goddamned smog is covering
Pizhou and Nanjing daily
I have been fascinated by dad’s historical books since I am
able to read, which around 5 years old. Dad is a big collector’s of books. His
books varied from birth of nation like USA, countries in Europe, medicine from
old yonder, weapons of old and new age including hot and cold weapons up to the
latest one, philosophies from philosophers around the world, poems. Dad has
been teaching me to recite every last of China’s poets’ poems in front of him,
since middle school whenever he is at home.
Dad has been a very strict people in educating his boy, so I
have been burdened dad’s very high expectation on my academic scores since I am
in preschool.
Fortunately for me, I was blessed with photographic memory
and strong analytic skill that can help me become star student in my elementary,
mid and high school. But still, dad is very demanding and still call me stupid
to this days.
Out of dad’s books, I am really fascinated by 3 kingdoms
stories, I have been reading it over and over until I know all of the events in
my head and can recite them verbatim. I often make some hypothetical scenarios
using my own stratagems and thoughts in their politics.
There are 3 person that I admire the most from Three
Kingdoms period from which Luo Guanzhong based his story. Top 2 were Gongsun
Zan and Lu Bu as they both are great heroes and have great courage to defend
their land from invaders. I have always have low opinion to the invaders from
outer Great Wall. They are plunderers and history destroyers even though they
produce Emperor Kangxi in Qing Dynasty. In my opinion, their sins are as high
as those of King Jie of Xia Dynasty and King Zhou of Shang Dynasty. Back to
those heroes, I think the only setbacks those heroes have, is they did not have
long term plans to battle other warlords, lack of charm to attract talented
people to help them reach their goals and because they are generals, they are
looking for constant battle, which a very disadvantageous attitude in the lands
riddled with war.
Being a scholar’s son, I can read a lot of books. I am a voracious
reader, I read many strategies books from the one written by Jiang Jiya, Scipio
Africanus, Hannibal of Carthage to the latest strategies books written by Nils
Melzer. I often use their strategies to create a what-if scenario if Lu Bu or
Gongsun Zan had their advantages and also their guile. I calculate, they will
be unstoppable. But alas, it was not meant to be. Their fate is to be cut down
when they are still saplings.
AUTHOR NOTE: Nils Melzer, a public
figure of USA, he wrote TARGETED KILLINGS SERIES
The other heroes that I admire is Cao Cao. That man is a
true visionary character. He has planned not only to reunite China but also to
reshape it into a better place much like Oda Nobunaga of Japan. That man did not have any problems on communicating
his ideas to his followers. As a result, Cao Cao suffered the same treatment
that Nobunaga being called a fool, a traitor and a shameless man who knows no
virtues, but nevertheless his reformations were upheld by Jin Dynasty who were
founded by Sima family and by dynasties
following them.
Regarding the other lords, or to be exact, the surviving
other warlords from the battle of Hulao Gate, I don’t have quite good opinion
about them.
Liu Bei, in my opinion, is a very calculative person and also
an excellent actor. He can cry at will and referring to the train thoughts
during the past age. It is said that if a man cry, then it is truly crying for
the good of people and greater good. Why I said him a calculative person? This
is because of various events that broke his image in my eyes, but the one in
particular that readers might be familiar with is Battle of Changban. If that
Liu Bei is truly good in his heart and not in his eyes, why he put the
civilians of Xinye city at the rear with very light security causing great
casualties to the civilians and also demonizing Cao Cao for killing civilians.
The reward for civilians? His tears and show by throwing Liu Shan to the ground
in order to provide show that he more valued his generals and by extend his
citizens than his family. That for me, is not a healthy attitude for a
soon-to-be ruler.
Also when I read his story from the book of Shu in
Comprehensive History of Three Kingdoms (Sanguozhi), I found out that Liu Bei
doesn’t have a clear vision and have no planning on his own after he unify the
country also his psyche is very unstable. All that he did after throned as the
first Emperor of Shu-Han is fighting Wu to avenge the death of Guan Yu and
Zhang Fei while he should be running his country, fortifying defenses, raise
your army into becoming strong and after that take your revenge. He literally
drove his kingdom, the one that he started, prematurely to the grave. WTF, Liu
Bei? You are destroying your lifework with petty revenge? How stupid you are?
It is much and much different when Xiahou Yuan was beheaded
by Huang Zhong at Mt. Dingjun, although Cao Cao grieved him but he maintain his
composure and kept his calm and kept building his forces. Finally he got his
revenge by allying with Wu and invading Mai Castle and Sun Quan slayed Guan Yu.
Killing with borrowed knife at its finest.
Regarding Sun Quan. My opinion is better than Liu Bei. He is
a capable leader, but in my opinion, he is suited as a ministry of defense at
best not as a leader of a country. His vision is not broad enough. With Sun
Quan’s leadership after Chi Bi. None of those Wei and Shu-Han able to invade Wu
and absorb his territory. He reinforced his natural defense strong, his people
well-fed and his resources managed correctly.
He also instructs his general to stay on defense from any
attack and convinced them that the best policy to live in these turmoil times
is to be on defense and let the turmoil times passes. That is why during Sun
Quan’s lifetime, he lived peacefully and died peacefully. His Wu kingdom
started to collapse when his descendants fucking it up, acting like Liu Shan
and eventually Wu kingdom also fall to Jin Dynasty overwhelming power.
Now, regarding the CD that I use. It is not actually a CD.
It is an Out-of-place-artifacts (OOPARTS) with similar styling as Phaistos Disc
but in gold colored with digital number, notification and switch on one side
and mirror like side on its back. Dad found it during his expedition to Aztec’s
ruins in Amazon. Due to charactereistics like that we called it CD. Dad and
Chen Yi’s father used this CD in order to go back in time and study ancient
civilization. Due to it is not used to change past but rather study it, dad and
Chen Yi’s father did not suffer consequences like me. Even though like that,
Chen Yi’s father sometimes pocketed gold dusts, gold ingots and even potteries
from every age they visited. The best thing is, they are still intact, so they
are sold in extremely high price in auction market. That kind of stunt helped his
company back to its feet, turning Chen family into a rich family right now but
it cost my dad’s friendship due to him violating their unspoken rule.
Dad's and Chen Yi's father unspoken rule is to never take anything from the past. You only need to take some notes not things. Three times Chen Yi's father broke that rule and dad cutoff his friendship with Chen Yi's father.
Dad's and Chen Yi's father unspoken rule is to never take anything from the past. You only need to take some notes not things. Three times Chen Yi's father broke that rule and dad cutoff his friendship with Chen Yi's father.
TL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaistos_Disc . If
you not remember Chen Yi, go read chapter 1 of this novel
Meh, it is OK, I am still friends with Chen Yi. Chen Yi is a childhood friend of mine, she is even more otaku than any girls that I ever known. She even
invited me into her anime and manga club as I am free, maybe out of pity as I am known as anti-social nerd. I actually wanted to join the
librarian’s club, but Chen Yi kept forcing me, threatening to break any
friendship with me. Heh, women. I gave up and join their club. My activities
there, mainly just shut my mouth and reading my own books while sometime
providing comments to any manga or anime they put out to discussion.
How did I get that Aztec CD so I can go back time? It is because that Chen Yi asked me to bring it with her. She lacked material to make Libra gold cloth for its shields and have no time to go to metalworks to build another one. So, even though the proportion is really different, she opted to use the CD for substitute. But when she chased me, she and me forgot all about the CD and when I was hit severely by the mass, suddenly it activated by itself and throw me into Xiapi. Talk about terrible luck, from shit to hell.
How did I get that Aztec CD so I can go back time? It is because that Chen Yi asked me to bring it with her. She lacked material to make Libra gold cloth for its shields and have no time to go to metalworks to build another one. So, even though the proportion is really different, she opted to use the CD for substitute. But when she chased me, she and me forgot all about the CD and when I was hit severely by the mass, suddenly it activated by itself and throw me into Xiapi. Talk about terrible luck, from shit to hell.
For Japanese manga, my fascination are Saint Seiya and Fist
of North Star, one full of cool armors and a lot of transvestites and the other
one is full manly manga. For Chinese one, I guess the Condor Heroes series, any
of Tony Wong’s manhwa, will do.
I guess that is it about me and my own opinion. Hope you
enjoy the rest of my story. Ciao
Neat backstory
ReplyDeleteReally? Thanks though. It is my first time writing it
Deletealthough some parts needs to be questioned, for example how did liu mang even got that aztec disc? also what rule? not to take anything from the past? and in here are you implying that chen yi might have some interest to liu mang? also how is he a nerd if he knows how to be a javeline thrower which requires quite some strength??
ReplyDeletealso wanna know some spoilers but did he really change history? or is it in an alternate timeline?
He is always considered a nerd, due to he prefer to be in book companion rather than doing sport (JOCK)
DeleteThe first time when he go back, I presumed it is still original timeline.
DeleteSecond time with horses and javelins, timeline started to shift and penalty was imposed on him
Third time with medicine and etc, timeline shifted again
Actually I am unable to explain that, as it is NOT explained by author
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