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Episode 125, The War for Supremacy.

We ended off last time with an absolute bloodbath within later Leong's imperial household.

Seeing the newborn dynasty's founding emperor, crowned prince, and second emperor,

brutally murdered all within the span of a year in a scene that I'm sure

would make Quentin Tarantino proud. At the end of it all it would be Tizu's third

son, the assassin of both his adopted brother and blood brother,

Ju Jojun, who stood alone amidst the carnage to claim the throne of later

Leung in 915.

He would be referred to in traditional histories as Emperor Mooh, which is a bit of a spoiler on his period of rule, as it simply translates to last emperor.

Such an ominous title was presaged even before he took the throne by the collapse of the so-called

Great Yen territory, and its dismemberment by the territories of Hedong, controlled by Prince Lee Sun Shoe, and the far northern territories claimed by Abbauji Cayenne in the name of the soon to be Liao dynasty.

Now, once again, we're going to leave the Kitan largely on the periphery today. But next episode, we're going to leave the Kitan largely on the periphery today. But next episode we're going to

struggle back around and focus directly on them since there'll be a pretty big deal

for the next couple of centuries.

Anyways, for now, back in the Yellow River Valley, the loss of Great Yen and its capital at Yu City

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