Five Dynasties & Ten Kingdoms
HD9 (907~979)
Transition and regional military commands
Conquest of Later Liang by Later Tang
HE76 (923)The military peak of the Shatuo group during the turbulent Five Dynasties.
Cession of the Sixteen Prefectures
HE77 (936)The catastrophic cession that lost the northern natural barrier for nearly four centuries.
Reforms of Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou
HE78 (954 ~ 959)The grand reforms that paved the path for Song's unified governance.
Conquest of Later Shu by Song
HE79 (965)A major military milestone in Song's campaign to reunify Southern regional regimes.
Transition and Military Commands Era
HE75 (907 ~ 979)The final decay and reorganization of the medieval regional militarist systems.