Sui Turmoil I: Song Beneath the Frontier

In 612 AD, Emperor Yang of Sui, the Sui Dynasty’s second emperor, began his campaign against Goguryeo. The Sui court conscripted men across the empire, and heroes rose up everywhere as one expedition followed another. Li Xu, a naive young man from a small border commandery, had to flee to escape Emperor Yang’s draft. He set off for the frontier with Xu Maogong. He first joined Li Yuan and his sons, then pledged himself to Zhang Xutuo. During his many campaigns, he met heroes such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, and Luo Shixin. Before long, he joined the Wagang forces with the others, and he and Hong Fu Nu gradually fell in love... Thus began one of the most legendary lives in Chinese history...