You’re right, 3k was originally a new DLC about the Northern and Southern Dynasties
Don’t doubt it, they originally planned to make game content about the Northern and Southern Dynasties, but hastily adjusted it at the last minute. This is almost 100%. Everything looks very much like the result of a fierce ‘office war’.
I am almost 100% certain that this 3K was renamed from the Northern and Southern Dynasties. For example, the existence of Xianbei cavalry. And the image of the tiger and leopard cavalry is closer to the description of the “tiger patterned cavalry” during the Northern Wei period (although there is a detailed description of this type of cavalry in the Annals of Emperor Wu of Song, it may have been painted with tiger patterns on the armor in history, rather than wearing tiger skin or other animal skins); The magnificent architecture of the State of Wei is entirely based on the Songyue Temple Pagoda, which was first built during the Northern Wei period (520-525 AD). In addition, the Northern Wei Dynasty was established by the Xianbei people, and the Western Xia royal family had a certain blood relationship with the Xianbei people, which can effectively introduce the historical part of Western Xia.
This makes perfect sense, they deleted all traces of the Xianbei tribe, even including the indirectly connected Western Xia. And the Northern and Southern Dynasties fully fit the definition of the Middle Ages.
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More people must know that what they are buying is not the Three Kingdoms story they have been waiting for. They were deceived!!**
