Prince.Skeletor
Don’t Be Like He-Man
Some historical background information to this game: the game is set around the time of the Guiyi Army (or literally translated as "Return to Righteousness" Army against the backdrop of Dunhuang in the Hexi Corridor.
The area was extremely arid and was also a very narrow and strategically vital corridor between China proper and the western regions (Tarim Basin and Ferghana during early Tang.) The Tang and the Tibetan empire aggressively fought over the region for centuries but after the calamitous An Lushan rebellion the Tang lost most of its former western regions to the Tibetan empire.
The situation would remain for nearly 50 years until in 842 the Tibetan empire suddenly imploded due to the assassination of its last unpopular emperor by a stealthy monk and its imperial heartland descent into high warlordom.
As such distance outlying regions such as the Hexi Corridor became isolated and it was during this time that several cities under Tang loyalists revolted an although the region had lost contact with its former home for some 50 years, the Guiyi Army "Return to Righteousness" Army again raised the banner of Tang. Interestingly enough even though the Tang court was touched by this unexpected resurrection in the west, the Guiyi Army was largely permitted to be governed much like an independent and highly autonomous kingdom (Guiyi Circuit.) And it survived well after Tang dynasty fell, surviving for centuries more until it was conquered by the Tangut kingdom of Western Xia. The fact that the game look like Ghost of Tsushima mixed with a bit of high adventure it looks like it would cover the leadup to the consecration of this loyalist kingdom.
The area was extremely arid and was also a very narrow and strategically vital corridor between China proper and the western regions (Tarim Basin and Ferghana during early Tang.) The Tang and the Tibetan empire aggressively fought over the region for centuries but after the calamitous An Lushan rebellion the Tang lost most of its former western regions to the Tibetan empire.
The situation would remain for nearly 50 years until in 842 the Tibetan empire suddenly imploded due to the assassination of its last unpopular emperor by a stealthy monk and its imperial heartland descent into high warlordom.
As such distance outlying regions such as the Hexi Corridor became isolated and it was during this time that several cities under Tang loyalists revolted an although the region had lost contact with its former home for some 50 years, the Guiyi Army "Return to Righteousness" Army again raised the banner of Tang. Interestingly enough even though the Tang court was touched by this unexpected resurrection in the west, the Guiyi Army was largely permitted to be governed much like an independent and highly autonomous kingdom (Guiyi Circuit.) And it survived well after Tang dynasty fell, surviving for centuries more until it was conquered by the Tangut kingdom of Western Xia. The fact that the game look like Ghost of Tsushima mixed with a bit of high adventure it looks like it would cover the leadup to the consecration of this loyalist kingdom.
China ain’t fukking around. Hit after hit after hit
