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孫権と曹操が手を組み南北から荊州を攻めてくるとの知らせに、荊州を守る関羽は曹操軍の拠点・樊城に先制攻撃をしかける。曹操軍の南への侵攻をさまたげる関羽の作戦は順調にみえた。

紀元２世紀末、400年近く続いた漢王朝は、まさに滅びようとしていた。そんな後漢末期に、中国の広大な大地を舞台に群雄割拠の中から頭角をあらわした蜀・魏・呉の三国が覇権を争う壮大な歴史大河小説が、小学生から楽しめる物語に！

長安に都を移した董卓は、献帝を古い宮殿に閉じ込めると、悪行のかぎりを尽くし、その横暴な激しさを増していった。諸侯の反発は強まるが、董卓には中国一の猛将・呂布がついているため、誰も逆らえない。

中国大陸は今や魏・蜀・呉の三つの強国が天下を奪い合う時代に突入した。関羽・張飛が討たれ、劉備も失意のうちに亡くなった蜀。後を託された諸葛亮は、打倒・魏を胸に、まずは背後の危険をなくすため南蛮制圧に向かう。

漢王朝の皇帝・献帝を意のままにし、荊州をも吸収した曹操。江東の孫権が降伏さえすれば曹操による統一は目前に迫っているかに見えた。だが劉備たちは、曹操を倒し献帝を救い出して漢王朝を復活させることを諦めてはいない。

荊州に身を寄せた劉備は三顧の礼で臥竜と呼ばれる軍師・諸葛亮を得る。着々と南征の準備を進める曹操が、荊州と劉備に襲いかかる！

呂布を倒し、その勢力を不動のものとした曹操。しかし献帝をお飾りの皇帝として利用する曹操に、漢王朝再建を願う劉備は反旗をひるがえす。現状に不満をもつ献帝自身も、曹操を討てとの密詔を決死の覚悟で忠臣・董承に託す。

周瑜と諸葛亮、天才軍師二人の活躍により、赤壁の戦いに勝利した孫権、劉備の同盟軍。しかし曹操を撃退するや、両軍は荊州の覇権争いに突入する。かたや大敗を喫した曹操は南への侵攻を一時あきらめ、かつて献帝の忠臣とともに曹操暗殺計画に加担していた涼州の馬騰に謀略を仕掛ける。

天下三分の計を果たすため益州に攻め込む劉備の前に、馬超が猛然と立ち塞がる。曹操に涼州を奪われた馬超は、漢中の張魯に救われ、配下となっていた。馬超主従を翻弄し、荊州をまとめつつある劉備を警戒する曹操は、先に漢中を奪おうと進軍する。

亡き主君・劉備の願いであった漢王朝復興のため、魏を倒すべく北伐を決行した諸葛亮。しかし幾度となく司馬懿にはばまれ、無念のうちに五丈原の陣中で息をひきとる。天才軍師に後を託された愛弟子の姜維は、全軍をひきいて成都への無事帰還をめざす。

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