Because they are pretty much imbeciles as you said and they all want to be emperor. The family probably used up all their quotas of intellects on the early generations of Sima clan.
I don’t even think 1,000,000 people died in the Sengoku Jidai. Meanwhile, in China’s warring states period, you have Bai Qi, alone, burying hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers alive. This is not even counting plague, starvation, banditry, or battle deaths lol. China is also one of the earliest ancient civilizations though so it’s perhaps a bit unfair to compare.
The song is based on the poem of "The Seven Steps Verse" (七步诗) from the poet Cao Zhi in Three kingdoms period. The poem itself is written in the traditional five-character quatrain style and is an extended metaphor that describes the relationship of brothers and the ill-conceived notion of one harming the other over petty squabbling. People burn the beanstalk to boil beans, The beans in the pot cry out. We are born of the selfsame root, Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?" 煮豆燃豆萁， 豆在釜中泣。 本是同根生， 相煎何太急？
Yes, Cao Pi asked Cao Zhi to make a poem before he walks seven steps or he will kill Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi made this poem (The seven steps verse) and it touched Cao Pi deeply. He realized the brotherhood with Cao Zhi and he spared Cao Zhi because of the poem.@@septiancaesar3945
@@somedudefromholland It's much better translated in the 2010 TV series: To boil beans, the stalks are burned In the kettle, they, sobbing, yearned "We from the same root did grow - Why the rush to fry me so?"
me playing total war 3 kingdom intro - china is broken 1. choose cao cao 2. create kingdom of wei 3. recruit sima yi 4. make sima yi as heir 5. unite china under jin dynasty 6.well that a job done..... nope, CA release new trailer (big news, china broken again) china, why you keep breaking ?
me playing the 8 Princes DLC intro - China is broken again 1. choose Sima Yue 2. recruit barbarian mercenaries 3. build water sanitation infrastructures 4. relocate the capital to Nanjing 5. abandon the northern land 6. the game continues...........(another CA trailer emerges)
Lyrics is based on an ancient Chinese poem “七步詩Seven Steps Verse” , which was composed by Cao Zhi曹植 , he's one of Cao Cao’s sons. There are two versions, the lyrics of this trailer are a mix of these two versions. 七步詩Seven Steps Verse 曹植Cao Zhi (192AD - 232AD) Version 1 煮豆持作羹，漉菽以為汁。 萁在釜下燃，豆在釜中泣。 本自同根生，相煎何太急？ Translation: People burn the beanstalk to boil beans, filtering them to extract juice. The beanstalks were burnt under the cauldron, and the beans in the cauldron wailed: "We were originally grown from the same root; Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?" Version 2(This is the most famous and wild-spread version, it’s recorded in the novel, Chinese children still learn this in elementary school.) 煮豆燃豆萁， 豆在釜中泣。 本是同根生， 相煎何太急？ People burn the beanstalk to boil beans, The beans in the pot cry out. We are born of the selfsame root, Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?" This poem originally is a metaphor that describes the ill-conceived notion of brothers or siblings hurting each other, but it also becomes a Chinese idiom to describe a person with outstanding eloquence.
Sidenote: it's called "Seven Steps Verse" because the romance tells that Cao Zhi composed this poem when his brother Cao Pi ordered Cao Zhi to create a poem from scratch within seven steps of walk, or not Cao Zhi will be executed.
The Disorder of the Eight Princes was a catastrophe for the Jin Dynasty and led to the several Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang, Proto-Mongol and Turkic clans to settle and form their own Dynasties in Northern China. The woman talking in trailer and who appears in the end has to be Empress Jia Nanfeng one of the most despicable women in Imperial China and the cause of the war. Not sure who is who in trailer but I presume the older looking prince is Sima Liang and the one in red is Sima Wei due to the fact as seen in 0:24 Wei comes with a sword to kill Liang and the minister in blue(who I presume is Wei Guan the Emperor’s Grand-Uncle). Edit: My guess here (could be wrong) as who the other princes are ~ 0:07 Sima Yue 0:34 man in blue Sima Ying; Leopard skin guy Sima Jiong 0:37 Scheming looking guy Sima Lun 0:46 Green armor guy Sima Ai(Yi); Red armor guy Sima Yong
Go for Wikipedia for a quick read. As for why it wasn't featured. It's mainly because there wasn't a popular novel written out of it like in the case of Three Kingdoms.
CA please give your audio department a raise, they make every single Total War trailer have amazing music! Will this song be published? EDIT: REJOICE BRETHREN! THEY HAVE RELEASED IT TO US ON THE DASHBOARD!
This is the darkest and bloodiest period amount Chinese history and even lots Chinese are not quite familiar with that because there are only few literature and 0 video games related to this dark period, which means TWTK is the first video game who ever touched this period, GOOD JOB CA.
@@TheRealBruceLouis Due to wars and short-lived kingdoms, the historical records about this era (Jin dynasty and Northen and Southern dynasty) are very messy and contradictory. There are just too much work, if you want reconstruct this era faithfully in visual media (i.e. some of the clothes in this trailer are wrong.) But it's actually a very important topic in Chinese history study.
@@neofulcrum5013 Three kingdoms are all relatively stable regime, but this period is filled by chaos. Until 300 years later Tang dynasty reunified China.
After the conflict amongst the eight princes, the northern steppe tribes for the first time in Chinese history had the upper hand. The even worse was that the steppe tribes united to invade and attemped to wipe out the Chinese ethnics. Less than one out of ten survived in this "uprising of five barbarians''.
Peasant: Oh thank Heaven, the 3 Kingdom war is over. We can finally live in peace. The 8 Sima Princes: Allow us to introduce ourselves. P.S. And our 5 friends from the north!
Ending of Eight Princes: Prince of Runan ,Sima Liang(the old man):Assassinated by Sima Wei,AD 291 Prince of Chu,Sima Wei(man in red with blade):Beheaded by Jia Nanfeng,AD291（age 20) Empress Dowager, Jia Nanfeng(the old woman):Poisoned by Sima Lun,AD300(age 43) Prince of Zhao, Sima Lun(man with cavalry):Defeated by Sima Jiong and Sima Ying,then poisoned by Sima Jiong ,AD 301 Prince of Qi,Sima Jiong(man in blue):Beheaded by Sima Yi,AD 302 Prince of Chengdu,Sima Ying(man in Leopard）：Hanged by Sima Xiao(Prince of Fanyang,not show in Trailer),AD 306(age 28) Prince of Changsha,Sima Yi(man in green):Betrayed by Sima Yue,then burned by Sima Yong,AD 304(age 28) Prince of Hejian,Sima Yong(man with red helmet）：Hanged by Sima Yue,AD 306 Prince of Donghai,Sima Yue(man in purple）：Winner of this bloody game.5 years later he lose his power and died of sadness,AD 311. War of Eight Princes destroyed most Jin's army and throw whole empire into chaos.Barbarian invited by these princes as mercenary.Their rebellion at AD 304.Xiongnu capture empire's captial Luoyang at AD311,Jin dynasty collapsed.
@@bosbanon3452 The oldest guy is Sima Liang due to his age. The guy in red talking to him is Sima Wei as he was going to kill him. The man leaning against the pillar is Sima Lun as he seems to be portrayed as a baddie and because he fights against the other two princes (leopard and blue) later in the trailer. The guy with the green plume is Sima Ai . All the fire around him is showing how he will eventually die - by being burned to death. The guy attacking him is Sima Yong as that's how it was in history. Yiong, Ying and Yong helped each other defeat Lun. As Yong isn't fighting agaisnt Lun in the trailer the other two (leopard and blue) are Ying and Yiong. Blue is Ying as Ying is a strategist and therefore leopard is Yiong. Sima Yue is the last of them and is clearly the man in purple. He will eventually be victorious but not for too long.
I love all the trailers that incorporate ancient poems. Putting those poems to song makes it even more beautiful. This one by a Cao of that era is fittingly haunting for the circumstances of brothers fighting each other. Also glad they included the villainous Lady Jia, wife of the developmentally slow Wei Emperor Hui here. At least that's who I am assuming that is. She was so instrumental in all this chaos.
This is the most terrible dogfight in china history. Sima family is the most capable officer in Wei, and they steal the throne. Nobody dare to serve Sima family with their full strength - they afraid the Sima family will eliminate them. Sima family claimed the throne by stepping moral and integrity. Sima family not dare to ask for moral and integrity from their officer. The empire was united, but it did not reborn. This new empire does not have a new spirit. Sima family further enhance the recommendation system which has been the root cause of the downfall of Han Empire in order to gain support of noble. Noble will born as noble. Peasant will born as peasant. Their world no longer cross. Government administration was take over by noble who not dare to serve their emperor. They drink wine and take drug everyday. They start the trend to debate about god, ghost, life - because they do not dare to talk about politic and reality. When a incapable man became the emperor, his brothers, are not satisfy with the outcome. The princes from Sima family, who eventually become Kings, had lost their bottom line in their dogfight for political strength. They kill and kill and kill. The kings try to be crueler than their brothers. They gathered more peasants to fight on battle field. When there are no peasant left, they lower the restriction on immigration policy and capture more barbarian from foreign land. They teach barbarian how to fight, how to rally troops on battlefield. They want to secure the victory in this dogfight. There are simply no room for coexistence between the Kings. When barbarian raise the flag of rebellion, the darkest age of Han people finally arrived - The Uprising of the Five Barbarians.
sima family is loyal courtier of the han empire, you can say that a karma bcoz cao family depose the han emperor so the sima family depose the wei emperor
@@septiancaesar3945 Talking about karma,the Sima were slaugtered one hundred years later by Liu yu of Song dynasty who was decendent of the Han dynasty.
I'm a Chinese who loves history. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a well-known epic story in China. Almost everyone read it from childhood and many of us feel greatly relieved at the end of the book, seeing the country was re-unified and believing peasants would no longer need to live in chaos. The truth is, however, as represented by this DLC, soon chaos returned. After a very, very short period of peace under the governing of Western Jin Dynasty, there came the Wars of Eight Princes and then, "Uprising of the Five Barbarians", killing more than half of the people living in dat era. All peasants - no matter Han, Huns, or members other small tribes- all were thrown back into the chaos, suffering for another 300 years. It always reminds me the speech of Winston Churchill in 1942. “This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.” Thank god for allowing me to live in a peaceful time and play those video games.
A very long period, China was only united 280 years later under the Sui dynasty. However, the Sui dynasty quickly gone the way of Qin and Jin dynasties. China fell into chaos again until Tang dynasty again united it.
Those times will be back this is just a moment of rest, humanity loves war we wouldnt practice it so much if we didnt like it. lol you're right let us enjoy having a full belly warm bed and good company. Dark times are coming.
@@fall-neckthetallneck2977 Not necessarily true. I destroy sun jian in my mid liu biao campaign. But yeah, sun family become one of the three kingdom in the most case.
So, if I'm correct: Older bloke in green- Sima Liang, the first regent. Deposed by Empress Jia. Swole dude in red- Sima Wei, second regent. Defeated by Empress Jia. Arrogant dude in yellow leaning against the pillar- Sima Lun, usurps the throne after killing Empress Jia, is brought down by the other princes. Leopard Print badass- Sima Jiong, fourth regent. Is killed by Sima Ai. Green Plumed Helmet Hero- Sima Ai, fifth regent. Later kidnapped by burned to death by agents of Sima Yue. Blue strategist sword man- Sima Ying. Declared himself heir to the throne. Was later assassinated. Helmeted Angry Catapult man- Sima Yong. Killed in an ambush by followers of Sima Yue when en route to the Emperor's funeral. Tall hat purple leather collar guy- Sima Yue, victorious in the end...to get to watch all of the five barbarians the princes invited into the Empire tear it apart. Is later hunted down and killed by Emperor Huai to take back power. I'm not an expert on this period, but basing it off what I do know, and the banners that show up, I think that's who each of the characters are. If anyone knows better and can correct me, please do!
@@aoishiro6622 nah he just playing with his brother it call 'I am going to mocking you untill you feel annoying' every noble family all nation playing this game result in one of theme dead
@@黄帝-e7k And Cao Cao stole the country from the descendants of Liu Bang and the Han. Quite fitting that his family met the same fate as the last Han emperor.
I love this trailer so much. Jia Nanfeng being the narrator of it sent chills down my spine. I can't wait for this. It's exciting to get something so surprising and different, and to experience a period that I've never seen any other game cover before. Many of the princes have non-Chinese units like Xiongnu, Xianbei or Qiang cavalry, and the scenario seems to be introducing many new mechanics. I really think this could be an amazing campaign.
The second half of the song is based on a poem written by Cao Cao's third son Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms, famous for comparing his brothers' fight over the succession to the throne, which is known as a seven-step poem, which allowed him to escape the death penalty.
I really can't stop rewatching this! It took me several times to finally notice that there's alliances and rivalries between the eight princes, and that the combat in the middle of the trailer actually reflects their behavior in the courtyard while they're waiting for the Empress. That amount of foreshadowing and choreography is simply incredible.
@@hangzhao8060 where did you hear about this? I've not seen it in any of the FAQ's and CA has a strict "no dlc for dlc" policy, and this is a dlc campaign
@@AmadeyAzalin tbh same but I imagine she'll be more of a campaign advisor sort of deal. Most of the set events need her to influence the princes, and that wouldn't work if she was a playable leader.
I think they will probably make the barbarian era a different DLC. Set it under the reign of Daowu of Northern Wei as he fights to unite northern China.
If you want to know the whole history of the Chaos of the Eight Princes, you can actually look up SeriousTrivia's Let's Talk About Lore Series. He had covered the whole story quite comprehensively.
i have a theory that the empress might be a playable warlord after you win the throne with either of the princes just like dong zhuo is in the base game. but like then if she died who will be the heir lol
Japan good about Shounen, Robot and detective. U.S good about super heroes, science fiction and zombie. China good about kungfu, politic and war's strategy.
@Patrick B Check out the Radious Mod. They always drop like 30 new units with their mod. I imagine this Three Kingdoms version will continue that trend. Their mod always has the dreadful effect of making Total War games more fun.
character selection for this dlc in a nutshell YOU GET A SIMA YOU GET A SIMA EVERYONE GETS A SIMA In all seriousness.... one of the best trailers I have ever seen in my life well done CA !!!!
wasnt it the poem that made cao pi cry because he wanted to execute his bro Cao Zhi (the poet who made it )and it totally made him change his mind and forgive him ? i am not chinese history expert saw this part only in 3kingdoms 2010 series .
The incident you told was somewhat close but poem was about brother where Cao zhi wasn't allowed to mention the word and has to complete within 4 steps of walking I suppose... As per 2010 3 kingdoms..
Yes, this is the one. Cao Zhi had to make a poem that convinces Cao Pi of his innocence within 7 steps. Cao Zhi did it in 6. Which is the 6 line version of the poem used as the lyrics for this beautiful yet tragic song.
I honestly can't wait to play this. I have to go brush up more on history because I barely remember the war of the 8 princes. I wonder what would come after this in the future? There is so much material that can be covered.
Trailer is great but the song is the true gem and if they dont relese the song of the trailer i think many will be sad and little mad too but can say for sure that i can't wait for it. The music department did fantastic job.
The part I love this trailer is how CA shows that they know the history of this peroid. Their facial expressions just show what they had done in the history, including betraying brothers, hating specific someone and fighting against another brother with an ally. And the final winner in the history is the one who barely participate in the fight, the one just sitting there and watch dogs biting each other. If you watch the trailer carefully you might find out whom I mean.
Sima Yue just sits there, like 'Why are all of my brothers either evil or straight up incompetent? And why is the emperor someone who thinks the frogs croak on the order of the emperor?! Why did I end up with these SIBLINGS?!?'🤦♂️
Seriously, the music for these trailers has been consistently top notch. If a soundtrack does get released in the near future, I’d love to see them get extended versions.
煮豆燃豆萁 ~People burn the beanstalk to boil beans, 豆在釜中泣 ~The beans in the pot cry out. 本是同根生 ~We are born of the selfsame root, 相煎何太急? ~Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?"
The poem has several versions. The one you represented is not the same as the one in the trailer. The exact version follows: 煮豆燃豆萁 People burn the beanstalk to boil beans 漉菽以為汁 filtering them to extract juice 萁在釜下燃 The beanstalks were burnt under the cauldron 豆在釜中泣 and the beans in the cauldron wailed 本是同根生 We were originally grown from the same root 相煎何太急 Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience
hafid lho it’s the seven steps poem, and it talks about using bean stalks to cook beans, as a metaphor for brothers mirroring each other. Cao Zhi, Cao Cao’s son composed this under threat of death from his elder brother Cao Pi. It’s a deeply appropriate poem for the largest family squabble in centuries in China.
After seeing this trailer I went back to my alredy finished save with Ma Chao and banished Sima Yi. To the desert, I imagine. No shenanigans in my court.
They just need to get back to their roots like DW3, DW4, DW5. Games where acutally enemies are enemies and allies are allies. New DW are just too easy and your allies do not matter.
Sima Yong, The Shrewd Defender Sima Jiong, The Imperious Regent Sima Yue, The Imperial Overseer Sima Ai, The Principled Administrator Sima Ying, The Beloved Governor Sima Lun, The Usurper Prince Sima Liang, The Rightful Regent Sima Wei, The Tempestuous General
Best CA in-engine trailer I've ever seen. Miles ahead of the bretonnia one. The music definitely carried it home, along with all the princes standing up and awaiting the empress, each of their different stances at the end are subtle details about each of their personalities
Oh wow, one of the less known periods of Chinese history. 🤪 It's awesome that you guys just dove right into it. 💖 Will be publishing an article on this one soon.
Please do. I read the Wikipedia page of the time period and it was just plain hectic with all different Simas from somewhere trying to assume control by doinf something and on and on it goes... I gave up..
@@jiado6893 It's this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Eight_Princes It's actually more of "8 Kings", rather than "8 princes". Those 8 people are royalty member with title and power, they are called "Wang", or King, in Chinese, under the Emperor. They are not the sons of the emperor, but rather the royalty family member, 1 of them is the brother, for example.
本是同根生 相煎何太急 This poem can be directed at all countries and peoples in the world. We are originally a group of people, but we are divided into many factions, selfish and self-centered. We hate each other for the sake of gaining benefits, and use various reasons to justify war. Humanity cannot escape the fate of this poem.
Just a fun fact: The reason why the eight princes could wage the civil war was the incompetent emperor on the throne. The power was usurped by his empress (the woman showed her back in the end of the trailer). That gave the excuses for other royal family members to fight for power. The record said once the emperor received the news of great famine broke out, and asked his officials :" why cant they eat stew meat instead?". Yup, just like what Marie Antoinette said. However that tale could be a rumor, just like the one of the French queen.
Story synopsis: The emperor founded a new dynasty after overthrowing the old one where he was a lord, but died soon after. The realm was ruled by his son who had mentality issues and his ambitious (yet not so smart) queen mother. A prestigious lord left his land for the capital to take over power from the queen mother. The other lords rebelled starting a civil war across the entire country, and he was soon killed. While lords allied with and betrayed one another scrambling for power, a self-proclaimed heir to the old dynasty rose to power with an army of nomadic barbarians and former slaves. Welcome to the Game of Dragon Thrones and a Clash of the Eight Kings. (REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS)
I guess the angy trebuchet guy is a vanguard. The leopard skirt guy is a sentinel, the guy who's about to get rekt by the trebuchet is a champion, the old dude is also a champion, that red dude who's about to kill the old one is also a vanguard, the dude next to leopard guy is a strategist and the final one in the end walking is also a strategist
CA has balls to make an ambitious move to connect the history of China and Rome, and as this DLC designed by Attila group it is consolidating my anticipation. In history, after the Chaos of Eight Princes, Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu warlord who defeated the command of the princes, make a riot against the dynasty and left China a 300-year chaotic period（ 316-581C.E.）. Legends and rumors before 20th century said that the Huns, especially Attila, came from Xiongnu after they've been forced to leave China in 4th century.
Looking at the causes of death for all eight princes will illustrate just how self-destructive their war was: Sima Ai: Burned Alive Sima Wei: Executed Sima Liang: Executed Sima Yong: Assassinated in an ambush Sima Lun: Forced Suicide Sima Ying: Forced Suicide Sima Jiong: Executed Sima Yue (ostensibly the winner): Died of stress Thanks to these eight, the decades of work that so many great men did to unify China was undone in only 15 years.
@@ihzamahendra926 Jin got rid of all the policies that made Wei and reinstated many of the policies from the Han back so I’m not sure if Cao Cao would roll.
Gean C judging from history? A nightmarish dogfight where a mentally disabled emperor sits on the throne while barbarians knock at the gates. These princes don’t care, however, and stoop to new lows in trying to murder each other. It’s great.
Think Game of Thrones but within a single family. Eight Princes and the Empress Regent duking it out whilst hiring foreign barbarians to fight (think Western Rome). The Dynasty predictably goes down in flames.
@@cursedkei66 literally nothing like game of thrones all but 2 of the 8 kingdoms in game of thrones have no family ties to each other this is like if game of thrones had 8 houses each headed by a baratheon and hiring their own golden companies
Great trailer no doubt, I'm glad that CA has bring us a less well-know history period of China instead of those that are used over and over again. Just 1 question, how is CA going to deal with the names? I mean... They are all Sima you see...
so much about this trailer is beautiful. The music has always been top notch for three kingdoms but this is just something else, the cinematography has gotten breathtaking and just... Total war trailers have been getting better for a while, and if this isn't the peak then I can't wait to see what's next.
So a little story behind the song; I am so hyped when I heard they used a poem that we learnt in elementary school in China into the background music. This song is written by Cao Zhi, second son of Cao Cao; the context was when Cao Cao's first son: Cao Pi became the first emperor of Wei and trying to get rid of Cao Zhi, who Pi thought was a major threat. Zhi was known for being an excellent poet, so Pi forced him to make a poem within seven steps or he will be beheaded. The following is the English Translation of the Poem: "Beanstalks were put to boil the beans (煮豆燃豆萁), inside the pot the beans screamed. (豆在釜中泣）。 'the same root we all came from,'(本是同根生), 'why the swift burning you forced upon?' "(相煎何太急) This song is later known as "Seven-step Poem", not only due to how quickly Zhi made it but also the fact that Pi pardoned him afterward with tears in his eyes. What is interesting that they used the poem here was Jin(晋), founded by Sima Zhao, technically usurped the crown from Wei, the very royal family who Zhi was from; and during the war for the eight princes, the ruthless methods that each member of the Sima family used against each other for the throne almost paints the same picture as the feud between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. Nevertheless, what is ironic is that none of the Sima family regretted or pardoned their blood relatives like Pi did but instead caused a massive turmoil in the north; and that would later lead to one of the biggest invasion from numerous nomadic tribes in the North, resulting years of turmoil.
Cao Cao valued talent over all else so considering the Cao rulers after Cao Rui were weak I don’t think he would’ve been upset at the coup against Cao Shuang. Hell, he might have even approved of it.
"There is 20 liters of talent in this world, Cao Zhi alone has 16 liters, I have 2 liters, others share the last 2 liters" -- Xie Lingyun(385-443AD) landscape poet. FYI Cao Zhi wrote the lyrics.
The song is based on a poem that Cao Zhi composed to his brother Cao Pi, after he had inherited the title "Prince of Wei" & took control of the dynasty!
What happened at the end of three kingdom? 1. A minister(Sima Yan) do withthrown the old Dynasty(Wei), and ending the civil war. But he dies early, leaves a heir with mental problem(Sima Zhong) and a ambitious queen with poor ability(Jia Nanfeng). 2. A Lord with great reputation (Sima Liang) leaves his fief and arrived the capital for the position of "the hand of the king" , but murdered by the Queen shortly. 3. Seven other lords gave assembled their armies, fighting each others and constantly betraying their allies. 4. Meanwhile, a guy (Liu Yuan) claims he is the successor of the old Dynasty (Han), and got a army with Nomadic tribe.. 5. Many escaped slaves joins his army, and a slave leader (Shi Le) becomes Liu Yuan's important commander... Seems familiar??
@@queenkongbanks7592 just play dynasty warrior or read novel romance of three kingdom so you can understand about that(remember both of them is fiction(
I just checked the "War of Eight Prince" in Wikipedia, and it's far more messed up than Three Kingdom period, for example there's a general named Zhang Fang who capture 10.000 slave women and then sliced them into mince meat only to feed his soldier
The ultimate winner of the Eight Prince War Sima Yue,Less than five years after he won, he died of depression on his way back to the territory(He believes that the imperial capital is no longer safe.). This is actually no big deal, because after his death, the pursuers throwt all his wives into the crowd and g a n g r a p e. Then, the surviving women are sold as slaves. The other 36 Prince and their families who left the capital with Sima Yue and went to his territory were all massacred on the spot. The darkest point of this is that it is not the Han people who defeat them, but the barbarians who have been suppressed by the Han people for the past two thousand years. This is the first time in Chinese history that civilized people have been defeated by barbarians.
In fact, 80% of Han Chinese(the majority of Chinese) died during this period, after that, north nomadic tribes invaded Jin dynasty and built their regime, China broke again.
@@francit.7636 not interesting at all，you will see what a country become when it has no stable regime，that is why chinese peoole prefer strong central govt over western democracy
@@johanqian1858 why not? Doesn't matter what there's now, even the most complicated civil war is worth of attention(maybe it's even more interesting then a stable government) Excuse me for my english😉
Wow, that did hit like a truck. Didn't see that coming. One wee small questions though: What about barbarian hordes? We gamers do need our hordes.... Give us the hooooooordes!!!!!
Sima Yi: Why are all of my Children and Grandchildren fighting each other? Are they all Imbeciles!??!
Because they are pretty much imbeciles as you said and they all want to be emperor. The family probably used up all their quotas of intellects on the early generations of Sima clan.
Cao Cao cuckles and runs away!!
@@vivekvelumani2519 you know when cao cao laughs you about too meet death right😂
@@vivekvelumani2519 Three Kingdoms 2010 reference? Nice 😎
That’s why sima clan fall
Sima Yi's descendants: Mom said it's my turn on the nation
A disgrace for Cao Cao's Lineage.
Tho I can't say it wasn't deserved
Japan : Sengoku Jidai is bloodiest most chaotic time in Asia
China : Laughing in Ancient Chinese
Mongol: * insert "not yet, Ferb" meme*
Zhan guo = 战国 = Sengoku, same meaning but Chinese Zhan Guo was early than japan’s
*crying in ancient chinese.
@@lanwentuzi5357 and more casualties, then it more bloodiest
I don’t even think 1,000,000 people died in the Sengoku Jidai. Meanwhile, in China’s warring states period, you have Bai Qi, alone, burying hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers alive. This is not even counting plague, starvation, banditry, or battle deaths lol.
China is also one of the earliest ancient civilizations though so it’s perhaps a bit unfair to compare.
The song is based on the poem of "The Seven Steps Verse" (七步诗) from the poet Cao Zhi in Three kingdoms period. The poem itself is written in the traditional five-character quatrain style and is an extended metaphor that describes the relationship of brothers and the ill-conceived notion of one harming the other over petty squabbling.
People burn the beanstalk to boil beans,
The beans in the pot cry out.
We are born of the selfsame root,
Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?"
煮豆燃豆萁，
豆在釜中泣。
本是同根生，
相煎何太急？
isnt this the poem where cao zhi life basicaly in the hand of cao pi? but empress bian interfere it
Yes, Cao Pi asked Cao Zhi to make a poem before he walks seven steps or he will kill Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi made this poem (The seven steps verse) and it touched Cao Pi deeply. He realized the brotherhood with Cao Zhi and he spared Cao Zhi because of the poem.@@septiancaesar3945
You see this verse performed too in the three kingdoms 2010 series
If I'm not mistaken in 2017 advisor alliance too
@@somedudefromholland It's much better translated in the 2010 TV series:
To boil beans, the stalks are burned
In the kettle, they, sobbing, yearned
"We from the same root did grow -
Why the rush to fry me so?"
me playing total war 3 kingdom
intro - china is broken
1. choose cao cao
2. create kingdom of wei
3. recruit sima yi
4. make sima yi as heir
5. unite china under jin dynasty
6.well that a job done..... nope, CA release new trailer (big news, china broken again)
china, why you keep breaking ?
to sell more dlc, duh
me playing the 8 Princes DLC
intro - China is broken again
1. choose Sima Yue
2. recruit barbarian mercenaries
3. build water sanitation infrastructures
4. relocate the capital to Nanjing
5. abandon the northern land
6. the game continues...........(another CA trailer emerges)
So we can have epic battles?
after Jin Dynasty there will be a whole almost 500 year breaking.......
@@李重远-f4d including Uprising of the Five Barbarians, the diversity last from 316 to 589, less than 300 yrs
Lyrics is based on an ancient Chinese poem “七步詩Seven Steps Verse” , which was composed by Cao Zhi曹植 , he's one of Cao Cao’s sons. There are two versions, the lyrics of this trailer are a mix of these two versions.
七步詩Seven Steps Verse
曹植Cao Zhi (192AD - 232AD)
Version 1
煮豆持作羹，漉菽以為汁。
萁在釜下燃，豆在釜中泣。
本自同根生，相煎何太急？
Translation:
People burn the beanstalk to boil beans,
filtering them to extract juice.
The beanstalks were burnt under the cauldron,
and the beans in the cauldron wailed:
"We were originally grown from the same root;
Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?"
Version 2(This is the most famous and wild-spread version, it’s recorded in the novel, Chinese children still learn this in elementary school.)
煮豆燃豆萁，
豆在釜中泣。
本是同根生，
相煎何太急？
People burn the beanstalk to boil beans,
The beans in the pot cry out.
We are born of the selfsame root,
Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?"
This poem originally is a metaphor that describes the ill-conceived notion of brothers or siblings hurting each other, but it also becomes a Chinese idiom to describe a person with outstanding eloquence.
Your last paragraph... It clearly shows that you have godlike english language wriiten skills.
Sidenote: it's called "Seven Steps Verse" because the romance tells that Cao Zhi composed this poem when his brother Cao Pi ordered Cao Zhi to create a poem from scratch within seven steps of walk, or not Cao Zhi will be executed.
Nicely done.
@@wildgfey7444 So why isn't Cao Zhi in the game
@@zephyr3965 Cao Zhi was born in 192
The Disorder of the Eight Princes was a catastrophe for the Jin Dynasty and led to the several Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang, Proto-Mongol and Turkic clans to settle and form their own Dynasties in Northern China. The woman talking in trailer and who appears in the end has to be Empress Jia Nanfeng one of the most despicable women in Imperial China and the cause of the war. Not sure who is who in trailer but I presume the older looking prince is Sima Liang and the one in red is Sima Wei due to the fact as seen in 0:24 Wei comes with a sword to kill Liang and the minister in blue(who I presume is Wei Guan the Emperor’s Grand-Uncle).
Edit: My guess here (could be wrong) as who the other princes are ~
0:07 Sima Yue
0:34 man in blue Sima Ying; Leopard skin guy Sima Jiong
0:37 Scheming looking guy Sima Lun
0:46 Green armor guy Sima Ai(Yi); Red armor guy Sima Yong
i wonder why that era almost never gets reps in movies, tvs & games in asia
Man I need to read a history of China. Does anybody know a good one in English language?
So is this will be a whole new campaign? With just these 8 factions?
Go for Wikipedia for a quick read. As for why it wasn't featured. It's mainly because there wasn't a popular novel written out of it like in the case of Three Kingdoms.
@@ThatTallGuyCory yes
CA please give your audio department a raise, they make every single Total War trailer have amazing music! Will this song be published?
EDIT: REJOICE BRETHREN! THEY HAVE RELEASED IT TO US ON THE DASHBOARD!
Yeah，agree with you.
Im 200th thumb up~
atilla and his throat singing huns should have made them to the best paid department
too bad CA doesnt put thier trailer music ingame
Just wait for Peaches Lamb to do his thing.
Well, if we are going by wizard rules (impressiveness of hat = power), all of those chaps definitely deserve to rule.
You’re a wizard Sensko
The other wizard rule is magnificence of Beard, which they also have!
Don't be silly now, wizard rules aren't just about hats - you've completely forgotten about beards.
Come to think of it, the guy with the tallest hat at the end (Sima Yue) is the one who ends up winning among them
What about saruman?
Three Kingdom - 100 IQ
War of the Eight Princes - 800 IQ
War of the Sixteen Kingdoms - Brain explodes
If 3 Kingdoms have 100IQ, 8 Princes would have 266IQ though.
don't forget the 18 kingdoms - brain transcends
2 + 2 is 4
minus 1 that’s 3
quick maths
@@noradrenalin8062 Nah, one of Sima Yan's Son was a moron which caused this mess.
qawsed9260 not exactly a moron, but uneducated and coward and was the emperor, so...
This is the darkest and bloodiest period amount Chinese history and even lots Chinese are not quite familiar with that because there are only few literature and 0 video games related to this dark period, which means TWTK is the first video game who ever touched this period, GOOD JOB CA.
chinese ppl in general never touch this era in any of their media, whether its tv shows, movies, music & even vidya gamez
@@TheRealBruceLouis Due to wars and short-lived kingdoms, the historical records about this era (Jin dynasty and Northen and Southern dynasty) are very messy and contradictory. There are just too much work, if you want reconstruct this era faithfully in visual media (i.e. some of the clothes in this trailer are wrong.) But it's actually a very important topic in Chinese history study.
THIS is darker than the warlords fighting each other and the three kingdoms? I wish to learn more now.
@@neofulcrum5013 Three kingdoms are all relatively stable regime, but this period is filled by chaos. Until 300 years later Tang dynasty reunified China.
梅蛤蛤 like the Mongolians?
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.
Exactly
Mongols destroyed them.
Dismas Did they? More like the other way around when the later generations of Mongol rulers began adopting chinese culture
After the conflict amongst the eight princes, the northern steppe tribes for the first time in Chinese history had the upper hand. The even worse was that the steppe tribes united to invade and attemped to wipe out the Chinese ethnics. Less than one out of ten survived in this "uprising of five barbarians''.
JustinWarhammer that’s racist
Peasant: Oh thank Heaven, the 3 Kingdom war is over. We can finally live in peace.
The 8 Sima Princes: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
P.S. And our 5 friends from the north!
Dont forget southern Aboriginal Nanman Want to join the party too
China: Sike! You don't get peace for another 300 years!.
"CAN I GET UHHHH UNITED CHINA?"
"JIN MACHINE BROKE"
"UNDERSTANDABLE HAVE A GOOD DAY"
Ending of Eight Princes:
Prince of Runan ,Sima Liang(the old man):Assassinated by Sima Wei,AD 291
Prince of Chu,Sima Wei(man in red with blade):Beheaded by Jia Nanfeng,AD291（age 20)
Empress Dowager, Jia Nanfeng(the old woman):Poisoned by Sima Lun,AD300(age 43)
Prince of Zhao, Sima Lun(man with cavalry):Defeated by Sima Jiong and Sima Ying,then poisoned by Sima Jiong ,AD 301
Prince of Qi,Sima Jiong(man in blue):Beheaded by Sima Yi,AD 302
Prince of Chengdu,Sima Ying(man in Leopard）：Hanged by Sima Xiao(Prince of Fanyang,not show in Trailer),AD 306(age 28)
Prince of Changsha,Sima Yi(man in green):Betrayed by Sima Yue,then burned by Sima Yong,AD 304(age 28)
Prince of Hejian,Sima Yong(man with red helmet）：Hanged by Sima Yue,AD 306
Prince of Donghai,Sima Yue(man in purple）：Winner of this bloody game.5 years later he lose his power and died of sadness,AD 311.
War of Eight Princes destroyed most Jin's army and throw whole empire into chaos.Barbarian invited by these princes as mercenary.Their rebellion at AD 304.Xiongnu capture empire's captial Luoyang at AD311,Jin dynasty collapsed.
Sime Ying is the man in blue. Sima Jiong is the leopard man. Sima Yi is called Sima Ai in this game.
@@bosbanon3452 The oldest guy is Sima Liang due to his age. The guy in red talking to him is Sima Wei as he was going to kill him.
The man leaning against the pillar is Sima Lun as he seems to be portrayed as a baddie and because he fights against the other two princes (leopard and blue) later in the trailer.
The guy with the green plume is Sima Ai . All the fire around him is showing how he will eventually die - by being burned to death. The guy attacking him is Sima Yong as that's how it was in history.
Yiong, Ying and Yong helped each other defeat Lun. As Yong isn't fighting agaisnt Lun in the trailer the other two (leopard and blue) are Ying and Yiong. Blue is Ying as Ying is a strategist and therefore leopard is Yiong.
Sima Yue is the last of them and is clearly the man in purple. He will eventually be victorious but not for too long.
But did their title translate as princes? They were kings (王).
@@Someone111ify 王 here = 亲王 = the king's son = prince
@@handsomejack4590 Are you Chinese?
I love all the trailers that incorporate ancient poems. Putting those poems to song makes it even more beautiful. This one by a Cao of that era is fittingly haunting for the circumstances of brothers fighting each other.
Also glad they included the villainous Lady Jia, wife of the developmentally slow Wei Emperor Hui here. At least that's who I am assuming that is. She was so instrumental in all this chaos.
This is the most terrible dogfight in china history.
Sima family is the most capable officer in Wei, and they steal the throne.
Nobody dare to serve Sima family with their full strength - they afraid the Sima family will eliminate them.
Sima family claimed the throne by stepping moral and integrity.
Sima family not dare to ask for moral and integrity from their officer.
The empire was united, but it did not reborn. This new empire does not have a new spirit.
Sima family further enhance the recommendation system which has been the root cause of the downfall of Han Empire in order to gain support of noble.
Noble will born as noble. Peasant will born as peasant. Their world no longer cross.
Government administration was take over by noble who not dare to serve their emperor. They drink wine and take drug everyday.
They start the trend to debate about god, ghost, life - because they do not dare to talk about politic and reality.
When a incapable man became the emperor, his brothers, are not satisfy with the outcome.
The princes from Sima family, who eventually become Kings, had lost their bottom line in their dogfight for political strength.
They kill and kill and kill. The kings try to be crueler than their brothers. They gathered more peasants to fight on battle field.
When there are no peasant left, they lower the restriction on immigration policy and capture more barbarian from foreign land.
They teach barbarian how to fight, how to rally troops on battlefield. They want to secure the victory in this dogfight.
There are simply no room for coexistence between the Kings.
When barbarian raise the flag of rebellion, the darkest age of Han people finally arrived - The Uprising of the Five Barbarians.
The uprising of 5 barbarians? seems like new DLC to come🤣
Not to discuss politic and reality in public, Much like the present day China, allegedly
sima family is loyal courtier of the han empire, you can say that a karma bcoz cao family depose the han emperor so the sima family depose the wei emperor
@@septiancaesar3945 Talking about karma,the Sima were slaugtered one hundred years later by Liu yu of Song dynasty who was decendent of the Han dynasty.
@@anomal3355 you have already seen the hun warrior in this trailer.
8 princes releasing on 8th of August. 8.8.8 lucky number.
Nice catch!
Yes, we love 8, even the opening ceremony of Beijing Olympic Games began on August 8, 2008, 8:08PM.
Should be price at 8 dollars/pound/euro/ringgit etc to make it 8.8.8.8
So everyone know our Chinese love no.8
@@Adam0Yahya you mean 88.88
I'm a Chinese who loves history.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a well-known epic story in China. Almost everyone read it from childhood and many of us feel greatly relieved at the end of the book, seeing the country was re-unified and believing peasants would no longer need to live in chaos.
The truth is, however, as represented by this DLC, soon chaos returned. After a very, very short period of peace under the governing of Western Jin Dynasty, there came the Wars of Eight Princes and then, "Uprising of the Five Barbarians", killing more than half of the people living in dat era. All peasants - no matter Han, Huns, or members other small tribes- all were thrown back into the chaos, suffering for another 300 years.
It always reminds me the speech of Winston Churchill in 1942.
“This is not the end, this is not even the beginning of the end, this is just perhaps the end of the beginning.”
Thank god for allowing me to live in a peaceful time and play those video games.
Not for long.
A very long period, China was only united 280 years later under the Sui dynasty. However, the Sui dynasty quickly gone the way of Qin and Jin dynasties. China fell into chaos again until Tang dynasty again united it.
It's a shame they killed the he, I would have loved to see the 16 kingdoms
Those times will be back this is just a moment of rest, humanity loves war we wouldnt practice it so much if we didnt like it. lol you're right let us enjoy having a full belly warm bed and good company. Dark times are coming.
80 years of peace. The world had not bleed for too long
Hopefully the south of the map becomes useful now. Keep it up CA.
This is the biggest thing I'm waiting on. I've never conquered south of Sun Jian's starting area because there's never a need!
Yeah, and if you don't play as Sun Jian, then we already know that he's going to be one of the Three Kingdoms.
awaiting the Nanman campaign DLC
@@fall-neckthetallneck2977 Not necessarily true. I destroy sun jian in my mid liu biao campaign. But yeah, sun family become one of the three kingdom in the most case.
i think desolated south will be filled with warlords pack, same with abandoned horse pastures in northwest (quiet possibly southern xiongnu pack)
Woah, the more you know... who said playing games wasting time, this one teach me history...
but you did waste time.. you spent hours to unite China, only to see these guys break it again..
So, if I'm correct:
Older bloke in green- Sima Liang, the first regent. Deposed by Empress Jia.
Swole dude in red- Sima Wei, second regent. Defeated by Empress Jia.
Arrogant dude in yellow leaning against the pillar- Sima Lun, usurps the throne after killing Empress Jia, is brought down by the other princes.
Leopard Print badass- Sima Jiong, fourth regent. Is killed by Sima Ai.
Green Plumed Helmet Hero- Sima Ai, fifth regent. Later kidnapped by burned to death by agents of Sima Yue.
Blue strategist sword man- Sima Ying. Declared himself heir to the throne. Was later assassinated.
Helmeted Angry Catapult man- Sima Yong. Killed in an ambush by followers of Sima Yue when en route to the Emperor's funeral.
Tall hat purple leather collar guy- Sima Yue, victorious in the end...to get to watch all of the five barbarians the princes invited into the Empire tear it apart. Is later hunted down and killed by Emperor Huai to take back power.
I'm not an expert on this period, but basing it off what I do know, and the banners that show up, I think that's who each of the characters are. If anyone knows better and can correct me, please do!
Cao Cao well done! correct on all eight :)
Green Plumed Helmet Hero- Sima Ai, this guy with Sima Yong look great but I thought he was a nice guy yet he seems kind of evil at 0:46
@@aoishiro6622 nah he just playing with his brother it call 'I am going to mocking you untill you feel annoying' every noble family all nation playing this game result in one of theme dead
You were watching them from Hell
@@aoishiro6622Historically, Sima Yong burnt Sima Ai to death ;)
The Jin Dynasty rises... well... kind of
Sima Yi has stolen the country from the descendants of Cao Cao
@@黄帝-e7k But his child also not have a good ending.I think it is fate.
@@黄帝-e7k And Cao Cao stole the country from the descendants of Liu Bang and the Han. Quite fitting that his family met the same fate as the last Han emperor.
@@黄帝-e7k That's cause Cao Pi died early lol.
@@jonsmith5626 Everybody stole China from the descendants of the previous Dynasty, that's how China works.
I love this trailer so much. Jia Nanfeng being the narrator of it sent chills down my spine. I can't wait for this. It's exciting to get something so surprising and different, and to experience a period that I've never seen any other game cover before. Many of the princes have non-Chinese units like Xiongnu, Xianbei or Qiang cavalry, and the scenario seems to be introducing many new mechanics. I really think this could be an amazing campaign.
I love the music of this trailer
The trailers for TK all look amazing
Pero mi que RUclipsr tenemos aquí compañero, tengo el honor de darte la bienvenida!!
que raro jamas creiria que me topara con este comentario XD
Hola Hugo
The music too
Hola hugo
Tanto tiempo :)
0:46 I, too, get angry when someone leans on my shoulder. But I don't rain fire on their cities, jesus christ.
He's just making sure that he won't lean on his shoulder ever again.
The second half of the song is based on a poem written by Cao Cao's third son Cao Zhi in the Three Kingdoms, famous for comparing his brothers' fight over the succession to the throne, which is known as a seven-step poem, which allowed him to escape the death penalty.
omg korean learn this poem in schools too?
@@梅蛤蛤 Maybe there is a place to learn literature, but I did not learn it. Many Koreans probably know this poem when they see the Three Kingdoms.
@@梅蛤蛤 no we dont learn that in school
I really can't stop rewatching this! It took me several times to finally notice that there's alliances and rivalries between the eight princes, and that the combat in the middle of the trailer actually reflects their behavior in the courtyard while they're waiting for the Empress. That amount of foreshadowing and choreography is simply incredible.
Hope we'll be able to play as barbarians in this one as well considering their prominence in and right after the war of the Eight Princes.
There will be barbs named Di, but its a 9 dollar dlc, I don’t think there will be a lot factions, maybe just 8+ 1
@@hangzhao8060 where did you hear about this? I've not seen it in any of the FAQ's and CA has a strict "no dlc for dlc" policy, and this is a dlc campaign
I would actually prefer to play as Jia Nanfeng
@@AmadeyAzalin tbh same but I imagine she'll be more of a campaign advisor sort of deal. Most of the set events need her to influence the princes, and that wouldn't work if she was a playable leader.
I think they will probably make the barbarian era a different DLC. Set it under the reign of Daowu of Northern Wei as he fights to unite northern China.
Watches trailer...proceeds to Google and steam page to learn about what this all means :) No Chinese historical knowledge. I am a noob.
Dont worry mate
This is about after three kingdoms during the jin dynasty, grandsons of sima yi, this kids are really jealous for power to become emperor.
If you want to know the whole history of the Chaos of the Eight Princes, you can actually look up SeriousTrivia's Let's Talk About Lore Series. He had covered the whole story quite comprehensively.
2:08 I was like "This is cool" and then when she was like "and so shall I." I was like... Oh fiddlesticks the narrator's getting involved.
i have a theory that the empress might be a playable warlord after you win the throne with either of the princes just like dong zhuo is in the base game. but like then if she died who will be the heir lol
@@count_dcinamon I would think so as well.
Great song! I wonder whats the title of the song?
Pls tell me if you find out a name. I will search too
The Quatrain of Seven Steps
，a poem of brothers killing each other.
The Quatrain of Seven Steps
，a poem of brothers killing each other.
@@linushasler6380
Its lyrics are derived from a famous poem, check it at here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatrain_of_Seven_Steps
This poem is from Cao Cao’s son wrote
china back stabbings politics, convoluted plots and power shifts make Game of Thrones look like a children book
Japan good about Shounen, Robot and detective.
U.S good about super heroes, science fiction and zombie.
China good about kungfu, politic and war's strategy.
@@yevonsama and eating dogs
it is children book
David Nolan so？dog is meat
As a unit modder, I am so excited for new unit models!
Patrick B probably gonna be part of thre FLC
@Patrick B Check out the Radious Mod. They always drop like 30 new units with their mod. I imagine this Three Kingdoms version will continue that trend. Their mod always has the dreadful effect of making Total War games more fun.
Sima Yi, Shi and Zhao would groan in disappointment when they hear of this.
character selection for this dlc in a nutshell
YOU GET A SIMA
YOU GET A SIMA
EVERYONE GETS A SIMA
In all seriousness.... one of the best trailers I have ever seen in my life well done CA !!!!
There's Sima-any of them!
Sima is my favorite drink in Finland
sunxiaochun is sima face.
@@rushdo6230 sun xiao chuan （correct）
@@rushdo6230 na shi zhen de niu pi
Sima clan got what they deserved for betraying Cao Wei that's just heaven's justice ... Oh Cao Cao is trolling Sima Yi
*Cackling* *Cao* *Cao*
Back off, game of thrones! We have EIGHT kingdoms now!
...and sixteen up and coming :)
8왕의난과 5호16국ㅋㅋㅋㅋ 대환장파티다
wasnt it the poem that made cao pi cry because he wanted to execute his bro Cao Zhi (the poet who made it )and it totally made him change his mind and forgive him ?
i am not chinese history expert saw this part only in 3kingdoms 2010 series .
The incident you told was somewhat close but poem was about brother where Cao zhi wasn't allowed to mention the word and has to complete within 4 steps of walking I suppose... As per 2010 3 kingdoms..
Yes, this is the one. Cao Zhi had to make a poem that convinces Cao Pi of his innocence within 7 steps. Cao Zhi did it in 6. Which is the 6 line version of the poem used as the lyrics for this beautiful yet tragic song.
After reading up on the history, it seems like Sima Ai is definitely due some revenge
I honestly can't wait to play this. I have to go brush up more on history because I barely remember the war of the 8 princes. I wonder what would come after this in the future? There is so much material that can be covered.
War of 16 kingdoms? High chance for it in my opinion
Trailer is great but the song is the true gem and if they dont relese the song of the trailer i think many will be sad and little mad too but can say for sure that i can't wait for it. The music department did fantastic job.
Sima Yi: Yuan Shao and Cao Cao 's fool children killing each other so i can take them all at the end.
Sima Yi's children: What did you say ??
The part I love this trailer is how CA shows that they know the history of this peroid. Their facial expressions just show what they had done in the history, including betraying brothers, hating specific someone and fighting against another brother with an ally.
And the final winner in the history is the one who barely participate in the fight, the one just sitting there and watch dogs biting each other. If you watch the trailer carefully you might find out whom I mean.
The guy in the purple am I correct?
@@minsan122 yeh, you got it. He should be Sima Yue, and here's the wiki link to him. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sima_Yue
Sima Yue just sits there, like 'Why are all of my brothers either evil or straight up incompetent? And why is the emperor someone who thinks the frogs croak on the order of the emperor?! Why did I end up with these SIBLINGS?!?'🤦♂️
Seriously, the music for these trailers has been consistently top notch. If a soundtrack does get released in the near future, I’d love to see them get extended versions.
煮豆燃豆萁
~People burn the beanstalk to boil beans,
豆在釜中泣
~The beans in the pot cry out.
本是同根生
~We are born of the selfsame root,
相煎何太急?
~Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?"
The poem has several versions. The one you represented is not the same as the one in the trailer.
The exact version follows:
煮豆燃豆萁 People burn the beanstalk to boil beans
漉菽以為汁 filtering them to extract juice
萁在釜下燃 The beanstalks were burnt under the cauldron
豆在釜中泣 and the beans in the cauldron wailed
本是同根生 We were originally grown from the same root
相煎何太急 Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience
@@zhenhuanli8599 Hmmm, you are quite right it is longer. Nice
That’s the poem from Cao Zhi, Cao Cao’s son when he ask his brother, Cao pi to spare him
@@JC-Kiro and does he spare him?
@@pututunik8748 yes, Cao Pi spared Cao Zhi from death at last. They had same mom and father.
the song kinda reminded me of "we are all one" from medieval 2
hafid lho it’s the seven steps poem, and it talks about using bean stalks to cook beans, as a metaphor for brothers mirroring each other. Cao Zhi, Cao Cao’s son composed this under threat of death from his elder brother Cao Pi.
It’s a deeply appropriate poem for the largest family squabble in centuries in China.
I was expecting Warring States but this will do...
Yeahh i really hope they do the warring states dlc
its totally different ,more like the Rome's conquer war
Shogun Total War exists.
It will probably be one of their projects in the future
The background song is literally about beans
After seeing this trailer I went back to my alredy finished save with Ma Chao and banished Sima Yi. To the desert, I imagine. No shenanigans in my court.
You have to banish Sima Yi descendants too, they're all back stabbing bastard
Banishing Sima Yi to the Desert? He'll come back with an army of Desert Tribal barbarians, I am sure...
Wowwwww I always only played up to the end of the three kingdoms because of dynasty warriors, never after. So excited to get this and learn the story!
It’s the most chaotic era
is a terrible period of time, only chaos
Five barbarians following by this event, it's most desperate era for Han chinese, Han ethic nearly wiped out from history, Han womens served as food
it was a history chinese people do not want to hear and learn
Koei should really considered making a Dynasty Warriors set in the War of the 8 Prince.
They just need to get back to their roots like DW3, DW4, DW5. Games where acutally enemies are enemies and allies are allies. New DW are just too easy and your allies do not matter.
Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima V.S Sima
You know what this is?
A SIMA Battle Royale!
technically, you are correct, however, none of them wins after all, and China then enters a more chaotic era which lasts 300 yrs.
@@5177baihw fking imbeciles
Ending: Still another Sima ascends as Emperor, but of a depleted land as barbarians took Northern China.
not exactly，the eight simas are actually no body in china history，the things following that are a kind of time similar to walking dead
and the fact said...
"None of em won the war!"
Sima Yong, The Shrewd Defender
Sima Jiong, The Imperious Regent
Sima Yue, The Imperial Overseer
Sima Ai, The Principled Administrator
Sima Ying, The Beloved Governor
Sima Lun, The Usurper Prince
Sima Liang, The Rightful Regent
Sima Wei, The Tempestuous General
Where did you get these descriptions of the princes from?
Well Elon Musk cue the poem used in this trailer.
u will immediately know what kind of person the narrator(the woman appears at the end) is when u hear this name: Cersei Lannister
Lol
The House of Sima, words?
Destroy from within
A common saying but not their words, again
Best CA in-engine trailer I've ever seen. Miles ahead of the bretonnia one. The music definitely carried it home, along with all the princes standing up and awaiting the empress, each of their different stances at the end are subtle details about each of their personalities
Skarsnik, Warlord of Eight Princ- wait, dat da wrong one.
I'd follows ya boss, oh yus oh yus
'Oh No! Skarsnik has escaped Warhammer and has invaded 3 Kingdoms Total War!'
@@ShadowWolfRising I'd play it, Wushu Vs WAAAAAGH
@@nunyabusiness3903 You think Skarsnik would try to levy Chinese Troops?
@@ShadowWolfRising Maybe levy them as squig food.
Great Idea from CA to cover one of the less exposed period of Ancient China! Hopefully Spring Autumn period will be eventually covered
These trailers are getting better and better. Love the audio that goes along with the cinematics.
Oh wow, one of the less known periods of Chinese history. 🤪
It's awesome that you guys just dove right into it. 💖
Will be publishing an article on this one soon.
Keep up the good work Dragon about time the Disorder of Eight Princes get shown
Please do. I read the Wikipedia page of the time period and it was just plain hectic with all different Simas from somewhere trying to assume control by doinf something and on and on it goes... I gave up..
I don't even know what this period is. The Disorder of the Eight Princes?
@@jiado6893 It's this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Eight_Princes
It's actually more of "8 Kings", rather than "8 princes". Those 8 people are royalty member with title and power, they are called "Wang", or King, in Chinese, under the Emperor. They are not the sons of the emperor, but rather the royalty family member, 1 of them is the brother, for example.
Is your youtube channel dead.
本是同根生 相煎何太急
This poem can be directed at all countries and peoples in the world.
We are originally a group of people, but we are divided into many factions, selfish and self-centered. We hate each other for the sake of gaining benefits, and use various reasons to justify war. Humanity cannot escape the fate of this poem.
1:31 In first Rome that moment ended my general's career. Also, the missile was fired by MY soldiers.
spoiler alert
and he did died in fire by his soldiers, ah oh,
@@Sher1949000 wait, that irony tho
Anyone remember when games were complete and campaigns had multiple start dates at initial launch?
Every Chinese dynasty background can be maked strategy game!
Just a fun fact: The reason why the eight princes could wage the civil war was the incompetent emperor on the throne. The power was usurped by his empress (the woman showed her back in the end of the trailer). That gave the excuses for other royal family members to fight for power. The record said once the emperor received the news of great famine broke out, and asked his officials :" why cant they eat stew meat instead?".
Yup, just like what Marie Antoinette said.
However that tale could be a rumor, just like the one of the French queen.
Story synopsis:
The emperor founded a new dynasty after overthrowing the old one where he was a lord, but died soon after.
The realm was ruled by his son who had mentality issues and his ambitious (yet not so smart) queen mother.
A prestigious lord left his land for the capital to take over power from the queen mother.
The other lords rebelled starting a civil war across the entire country, and he was soon killed.
While lords allied with and betrayed one another scrambling for power, a self-proclaimed heir to the old dynasty rose to power with an army of nomadic barbarians and former slaves.
Welcome to the Game of Dragon Thrones and a Clash of the Eight Kings. (REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS)
I love being able to tell all their classes just by looking at them.
I guess the angy trebuchet guy is a vanguard. The leopard skirt guy is a sentinel, the guy who's about to get rekt by the trebuchet is a champion, the old dude is also a champion, that red dude who's about to kill the old one is also a vanguard, the dude next to leopard guy is a strategist and the final one in the end walking is also a strategist
Ohh and the dude leaning against the pillar is maybe a commander?
CA has balls to make an ambitious move to connect the history of China and Rome, and as this DLC designed by Attila group it is consolidating my anticipation. In history, after the Chaos of Eight Princes, Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu warlord who defeated the command of the princes, make a riot against the dynasty and left China a 300-year chaotic period（ 316-581C.E.）. Legends and rumors before 20th century said that the Huns, especially Attila, came from Xiongnu after they've been forced to leave China in 4th century.
Looking at the causes of death for all eight princes will illustrate just how self-destructive their war was:
Sima Ai: Burned Alive
Sima Wei: Executed
Sima Liang: Executed
Sima Yong: Assassinated in an ambush
Sima Lun: Forced Suicide
Sima Ying: Forced Suicide
Sima Jiong: Executed
Sima Yue (ostensibly the winner): Died of stress
Thanks to these eight, the decades of work that so many great men did to unify China was undone in only 15 years.
Somewhere on the heavens, Sima Yi rolled in disappointment by this and Cao Cao rolled even faster.
@@ihzamahendra926 Jin got rid of all the policies that made Wei and reinstated many of the policies from the Han back so I’m not sure if Cao Cao would roll.
Neat steam page says Sima Yong has 2 Xianbei cavalry units, Sima ying has 3 qiang cavalry units and sima lun has 2 xiongnu cavalry units.
I don't know what the hell this is gonna be like, but the song sold me on it.
Gean C judging from history? A nightmarish dogfight where a mentally disabled emperor sits on the throne while barbarians knock at the gates. These princes don’t care, however, and stoop to new lows in trying to murder each other.
It’s great.
the imbecile one actualy sima lun the son of sima yi himself
Think Game of Thrones but within a single family. Eight Princes and the Empress Regent duking it out whilst hiring foreign barbarians to fight (think Western Rome). The Dynasty predictably goes down in flames.
@@cursedkei66 literally nothing like game of thrones
all but 2 of the 8 kingdoms in game of thrones have no family ties to each other
this is like if game of thrones had 8 houses each headed by a baratheon and hiring their own golden companies
@@Aspiringamoeba1997 While Barbarians are in the gates since those princes invited them in you mean?
i'm still waiting the Liu Bei's trailer soundtrack
Great trailer no doubt, I'm glad that CA has bring us a less well-know history period of China instead of those that are used over and over again.
Just 1 question, how is CA going to deal with the names? I mean... They are all Sima you see...
use their titles. like prince of Changsha or prince of hejian
Probably just name them all Sima and make them legendary characters with their titles serving as their description (ie Sun Jian the Tiger of Jiandong)
You could call them Jiong, Liang, Yue, Yong, Ai(Yi), Ying, Wei, and Lun I guess.
Whoever composed the background music, wow! Got chills all over me
Agreed. The song is so compelling
doesn't sound chinese though.
definitely Chinese. The lyric is the quatrain of Seven Steps, a famous Chinese poem
@@Wvk5zc Then you haven't heard enough Chinese
so much about this trailer is beautiful. The music has always been top notch for three kingdoms but this is just something else, the cinematography has gotten breathtaking and just... Total war trailers have been getting better for a while, and if this isn't the peak then I can't wait to see what's next.
1:32 "I can fight that..." Instantly bought it, thank you.
We get Prequel Eras like Warring States n Maybe Sequel as far as Mongol Invasion
The Mongols appeared in the 12th century. The Huns and Xianbei may have blood relations with the Mongols, but they are culturally different.
Please CA make new “Uprising of the five Barbarians” dlc.
So a little story behind the song; I am so hyped when I heard they used a poem that we learnt in elementary school in China into the background music. This song is written by Cao Zhi, second son of Cao Cao; the context was when Cao Cao's first son: Cao Pi became the first emperor of Wei and trying to get rid of Cao Zhi, who Pi thought was a major threat. Zhi was known for being an excellent poet, so Pi forced him to make a poem within seven steps or he will be beheaded. The following is the English Translation of the Poem:
"Beanstalks were put to boil the beans (煮豆燃豆萁),
inside the pot the beans screamed. (豆在釜中泣）。
'the same root we all came from,'(本是同根生),
'why the swift burning you forced upon?' "(相煎何太急)
This song is later known as "Seven-step Poem", not only due to how quickly Zhi made it but also the fact that Pi pardoned him afterward with tears in his eyes.
What is interesting that they used the poem here was Jin(晋), founded by Sima Zhao, technically usurped the crown from Wei, the very royal family who Zhi was from; and during the war for the eight princes, the ruthless methods that each member of the Sima family used against each other for the throne almost paints the same picture as the feud between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. Nevertheless, what is ironic is that none of the Sima family regretted or pardoned their blood relatives like Pi did but instead caused a massive turmoil in the north; and that would later lead to one of the biggest invasion from numerous nomadic tribes in the North, resulting years of turmoil.
This is (or at least will be) the best Total War game EVER!
Will definitely make videoes on this when it releases!
Cao Cao must be laughing on the afterlife when he saw this massacre about Jin and the eight princes.
Cao Cao valued talent over all else so considering the Cao rulers after Cao Rui were weak I don’t think he would’ve been upset at the coup against Cao Shuang. Hell, he might have even approved of it.
This is marketing done right. Give your trailer/marketing team a raise!
Sima Yi is both spinning in his grave and screeching from the heavens at the same time.
"There is 20 liters of talent in this world, Cao Zhi alone has 16
liters, I have 2 liters, others share the last 2 liters" -- Xie
Lingyun(385-443AD) landscape poet. FYI Cao Zhi wrote the lyrics.
The song is based on a poem that Cao Zhi composed to his brother Cao Pi, after he had inherited the title "Prince of Wei" & took control of the dynasty!
What happened at the end of three kingdom?
1. A minister(Sima Yan) do withthrown the old Dynasty(Wei), and ending the civil war. But he dies early, leaves a heir with mental problem(Sima Zhong) and a ambitious queen with poor ability(Jia Nanfeng).
2. A Lord with great reputation (Sima Liang) leaves his fief and arrived the capital for the position of "the hand of the king" , but murdered by the Queen shortly.
3. Seven other lords gave assembled their armies, fighting each others and constantly betraying their allies.
4. Meanwhile, a guy (Liu Yuan) claims he is the successor of the old Dynasty (Han), and got a army with Nomadic tribe..
5. Many escaped slaves joins his army, and a slave leader (Shi Le) becomes Liu Yuan's important commander...
Seems familiar??
History repeat itself
I dont know much bout 3k can u tell me whats familar?
@@queenkongbanks7592 just play dynasty warrior or read novel romance of three kingdom so you can understand about that(remember both of them is fiction(
@@queenkongbanks7592 I'm going to guess that he's referring to how there are some striking similarities to Game of Thrones
韦索南 yep, but jia nanfeng is nowhere near cersei in term of beauty, in fact if she a commoner, she may be never got a husband
I just checked the "War of Eight Prince" in Wikipedia, and it's far more messed up than Three Kingdom period, for example there's a general named Zhang Fang who capture 10.000 slave women and then sliced them into mince meat only to feed his soldier
The ultimate winner of the Eight Prince War Sima Yue,Less than five years after he won, he died of depression on his way back to the territory(He believes that the imperial capital is no longer safe.). This is actually no big deal, because after his death, the pursuers throwt all his wives into the crowd and g a n g r a p e. Then, the surviving women are sold as slaves. The other 36 Prince and their families who left the capital with Sima Yue and went to his territory were all massacred on the spot. The darkest point of this is that it is not the Han people who defeat them, but the barbarians who have been suppressed by the Han people for the past two thousand years. This is the first time in Chinese history that civilized people have been defeated by barbarians.
This trailer is beautiful. I have no words to describe how magnificent it is. And the period seems to be interesting too.
In fact, 80% of Han Chinese(the majority of Chinese) died during this period, after that, north nomadic tribes invaded Jin dynasty and built their regime, China broke again.
I know nothing about China history... thank you guys!!
@@francit.7636 not interesting at all，you will see what a country become when it has no stable regime，that is why chinese peoole prefer strong central govt over western democracy
@@johanqian1858 why not? Doesn't matter what there's now, even the most complicated civil war is worth of attention(maybe it's even more interesting then a stable government)
Excuse me for my english😉
@@chenguangshi3473 wait foreal ? 80% of han chinese die in this period ?
Leopard print guy is totally swagged out
He has to be Sima Jiong
@@Muramasa1794 how can you sure about that?
Juragan Traktor because he’s fighting with Sima Ying against Sima Lun in the trailer.
Wow, that did hit like a truck. Didn't see that coming.
One wee small questions though: What about barbarian hordes? We gamers do need our hordes.... Give us the hooooooordes!!!!!
Our wish might be granted this time around.
Mongols or we'll storm CA HQ, they can't stop us all
@@ninjahell1 Not Mongols, the huns
@@yinranzhang1908 and Gokturks if they extend it to Sui-Tang-Gokturk mexican standoff
@@yinranzhang1908 There were proto-Mongols during this time.
Sima Ai: Trying to put out the fires all over the country
History: I'mma end this man's whole career
Usually how it works lol
I already Imagine Cao Cao trolling Sima Yi about his doomed descendant
遊戲史上前幾好的宣傳片
One of the best video game trailer ever
Eight Princes is a very complicated story, just like game of thrones but in reality. Respect to CA.What courage!
I always get excited for a new Three Kingdoms trailer they're always so well made especially with the Chinese poems in the background.
When Total War is meant to earn based off peoples knowledge and interest of 3 Kingdoms but instead teaches people about 3 Kingdoms.
Thats the way good Game do bro... Total war introduce me alot of historical kingdom and story...
I hope Liu Yuan will be part of this. It’s time for Xiongnu to restore the honor of Han.
Liu Yuan ended Western Jin, while Liu Yu ended Eastern Jin. Vindication for the Han. lol