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::" As the novel focuses on Han, it could have ended with the fall of Han.

But Wei usurped Han.

To end the tale before Han's enemy had itself met its fate would be to leave the reader unsatisfied.

The novel could have ended with the fall of Wei, but Han's ally was Wu.

To end the tale before Han's ally had fallen would be to leave the reader with an incomplete picture.

So the tale had to end with the fall of Wu.