Chenliu

Chenliu (陳留), presently known as Kaifeng (開封),Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Golden Turtles (Part 1) is a city in Henan, China situated immediately east of Xingyang and Luoyang along the Yellow River.Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Golden Turtles (Part 2) It was the seat of Chenliu Commandery (陳留郡) under the Tang dynasty (618–907) and the imperial capital of the Song (960–1279) for the first half of its history prior to its by the .Kuhn, Dieter. (2009). "Transforming the Capitals". In The Age of Confucian Rule: The Song Transformation of China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, pp. 187–212.
==History==
When the An Lushan Rebellion broke out in 755,Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Beacon Fire (Part 3) Chenliu Commandery was placed under the supervision of Defence Officer (防禦使) Zhang Jieran to resist the jiedushis advance. An Lushan's army of 200,000 troopsAssassin's Creed: Dynasty – Beacon Fire (Part 8) crossed the Yellow River on 8 January 756,Assassin's Creed: Dynasty – Record of Major Events in Tianbao Year 14兩千年中西曆轉換 [Chinese–Western Two Thousand Year Calendar Converter]. Academia Sinica Center for Digital Cultures. Accessed 27 April 2023. https://sinocal.sinica.edu.tw/ Three days later, he attacked Chenliu and captured it with ease. Jieran was bound with ropes and presented to Lushan before the city gates, who killed him in a fury while grieving the execution of his favourite son An Qingzong in Chang'an. Filled with bloodlust, Lushan then proceeded to massacre the Chenliu prisoners-of-war, totalling nearly 10,000 men.
==Behind the scenes==
Chenliu features in the manhua Assassin's Creed: Dynasty (2020), where its fall to the rebel jiedushi An Lushan is depicted in Chapter 17. This event is dated in the chapter to the twelfth month of Tianbao Year 14, which is misleadingly glossed to 755 CE of the . A relative chronology of events given in the following chapter is further corroborated in the later timeline appended to Volume 4: The Last Stand of Justice. These dates correctly align with those given in the historical records the (945) and the (1084) but corresponds to January of 756 CE when converted into the Gregorian calendar.
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Dynasty
==References==
Category:Cities in China