Hegemon of Shu

Zhuang Buzhou

Rating 4.6

Word count: 3.3M words
Chapters: 2

Summary

Hegemon of Shu is a historical web novel set in the post-Three Kingdoms era, written by Zhuang Buzhou. It was serialized on Qidian from April 2013 and completed in August 2021, totaling about 3.28 million Chinese characters in 1,061 chapters. The protagonist is an ordinary modern person from 1,800 years in the future who wakes up as Wei Ba, second son of Wei Yan, General Who Guards the North and Administrator of Hanzhong under Shu Han. The original body was a sickly invalid who had long been out of favor with his father, and the protagonist, well versed in history, knows the Wei family's fate: Wei Yan was barely given important command during Zhuge Liang's northern expeditions, and after Wuzhang Plains he contended for power with Yang Yi, was beheaded by Ma Dai, and went down in history as the man with "a rebellious bone in the back of his head." To keep fate from repeating itself, Wei Ba starts by building up his physique and, through methods such as bookkeeping and printing, gradually accumulates reputation and resources while maneuvering among Shu Han's internal factions and partisan strife. The story opens with "A Surprise Force Out of Ziwu" and begins in the fifth year of Jianxing, when Zhuge Liang moves his headquarters to Hanzhong and launches the northern expeditions; the main plot then unfolds as a series of campaigns—"Three Battles to Take Jingzhou, a Single Rider to Pacify Jiangnan, a Thousand Horsemen to Sweep Hebei"—ultimately forming the hegemonic configuration of "suppressing Wu, destroying Wei, and dominating Shu." The book devotes considerable space to Shu Han's numerous internal factions, court intrigue, and the alliances and counter-alliances among the Three Kingdoms, with Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Sun Quan, and others each having their own positions and calculations; it is one of the more distinctive works in the post-Three Kingdoms genre.

Editor's review

三国题材网文大多从黄巾之乱或赤壁前后的黄金年代起笔，而《霸蜀》把镜头对准了星光渐暗的后三国：名将凋零、丞相垂老，蜀汉内部益州派、东州派与荆州派彼此牵制。主角落在魏延的儿子身上，这个选择本身就带着冒险性，因为魏延在后世的形象早已被“脑后反骨”四个字定死。作者庄不周的长处正在于把这种尴尬写活了：主角明知父亲的历史结局，却不能直接说破，只能靠先知般的判断、账本上的数字和一次次风险极大的赌博往前挪一步。书中对蜀汉派系斗争、冷门人物如廖立等的描摹，常被读者评为同类作品里最细致的一档；谋略与政争的推演也远比打斗更占篇幅。需要提醒的是，本书对诸葛亮的塑造偏向权谋化，采用大量“阴谋说”视角，与《三国演义》里那个鞠躬尽瘁的形象差别很大，读来可能让传统三国迷不太舒服。另外全书体量庞大、枝节不少，中段节奏偏慢，适合有耐心的读者一口气读到北伐真正展开的部分。

Who it's for

A good fit for

喜欢后三国、蜀汉内部政治与派系题材的历史小说读者
偏爱权谋算计、政争博弈而非单纯武力爽感的人
对魏延、廖立等相对冷门三国人物感兴趣的读者
能接受长篇连载节奏、愿意慢慢铺垫的网文老读者

Not a good fit for

无法接受把诸葛亮写成心机权臣、对他有强烈正面情结的读者
只想要短平快打脸爽感、不愿读政争推演的人
对历史细节准确性要求严格、反感穿越改写史实的读者

Reading tips

开篇建兴五年诸葛亮移驻汉中，正是全书格局的起点，建议顺着第一卷读完再判断口味
可以对照《三国志》中魏延、杨仪、廖立等人的传记来读，能看出作者在哪些地方动过手脚
中段枝节较多，若感到拖沓可略读日常经营情节，重点跟住子午谷与荆州两条主线

Volume 1: A Surprise Force Out of Ziwu
Volume 2: Three Battles to Take Jingzhou (volume divisions per the Qidian table of contents)

FAQ

《霸蜀》是实体书还是网络小说？

它是起点中文网首发的网络小说，作者庄不周，2013年4月起连载，2021年8月11日完结，全书约327.95万字、1061章，分类为“历史·秦汉三国”。目前未见正式出版实体书的信息。

主角是谁，穿越到了什么身份？

主角原本是现代的普通大学生，一觉醒来成为蜀汉镇北将军魏延的次子魏霸。原身自幼体弱、不得父亲喜爱，他则凭对历史的了解试图改写魏家“脑后反骨”的结局。

书里的诸葛亮是正面形象吗？

不是传统演义式的形象。本书大量采用权谋视角，把诸葛亮写成精于算计、与主角在路线与权力上互相博弈的人物，这也是本书争议最大、读者评价最两极的一点。

全书字数多少，要读多久？

据起点书页，全书约327.95万字，共1061章。按每天阅读十万字估算，约需一个月左右；若只读子午谷与荆州两条主线，可以适当跳读日常经营段落。

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About the author

Zhuang Buzhou Author

Zhuang Buzhou is a Chinese web novelist known mainly for historical fiction; public information about him is limited, and details such as his dates of birth and death and nationality are not clearly recorded. Twenty-five of his works are included in the collection, with representative titles such as Han Dynasty Arrow God, Conquering Shu, Cao Chong, The Way of Han Rule, The Great Wei Movie Emperor, Plotting Through the Three Kingdoms, and The Great Scholar Who Protects the Flowers. His writing centers on alternate-history and historical novels and is often grouped under premium fiction, quality web fiction, and male-oriented fiction. His subjects frequently revolve around the turbulent eras of the late Han and Three Kingdoms and the transition between the Western and Eastern Han, either drawing on real historical figures and events or rewriting the course of history in an alternate setting. His style tends to drive narrative through plot and character development, giving him a recognizable presence among readers of historical web fiction; owing to limited sources, his specific life and writing career cannot be described in detail.