The Paranoid Warlord Killed by His Own Bodyguard

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]The most paranoid warlord in Chinese [music] history was killed by the one man he trusted completely. It's 184 Han Dynasty China. Yellow Turban rebels burn villages across the empire and a frontier general named Dong Zhuo crushes them with brutal efficiency. His victories earn [music] him command of the strongest army in China. He marches on the capital Luoyang deposing the emperor and installing a 10-year-old puppet on the throne. Dong Zhuo burns entire cities, moves the capital, and executes anyone who [music] questions him. He trusts no one except his adopted son, the legendary warrior Lu Bu, who becomes his personal bodyguard. For 3 years, he rules through terror and paranoia, but rival warlords secretly approach Lu Bu with an offer he cannot refuse. Gold, treasure, and the most beautiful woman in China, a concubine named Diaochan. Lu Bu enters the throne room where his father sits defenseless.

[00:00:51]Steel flashes in the dim light and the tyrant falls. The warlord who controlled everyone except the one man who could kill him was Dong Zhuo.