Prince of Zhenbei: Fighting the Enemy on the Front Lines While Civil Officials Steal Military Pay?

“Urgent report! The front line is in dire straits. Your Excellency, when will reinforcements and military provisions arrive?”

“Why the panic? Can’t you see I’m eating?”

“The city has fallen. We should abandon it!”

“I became an official a thousand miles from home for one reason: money!”

With a foreign army at the gates, the Prince of Zhenbei led his troops in a hundred days of resistance.

Their ammunition and food ran out, but the court’s military provisions still hadn’t arrived after a hundred days. Meanwhile, the imperial envoy sat watching the soldiers go hungry while feasting on delicacies,

spouting some of the most outrageous words ever heard from a corrupt official. The transmigrator, young Prince Lin Xiu, was so furious his eyes nearly burst.

Just then, the Divine Choice System activated!

Choice One: Curry favor with the envoy, exploit the people for three days, then flee the city! Reward: A collection of corrupt officials’ famous quotes!

Choice Two: Great Song is doomed. Kill the envoy and defect to the foreign army. Reward: Ten thousand taels of gold!

Choice Three: We must stand on our own. Kill the envoy and fight the foreign invaders. Reward: One hundred thousand shi of grain and supplies, plus the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Strength!

“Do I even have to choose?”

In a fury, Lin Xiu drew his sword and slew the imperial envoy. He led the Zhenbei Army in overthrowing Great Song and defeating the foreign invaders, then declared himself king!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.