Dragon Rising Across the Four Seas: The Heavenly Khan's Campaign

In the days of the Tang dynasty, its dazzling imperial might and glorious military achievements awed the lands in every direction. The novel "Dragon Soaring Across the Four Seas: The Heavenly Khan’s Road to Conquest" will carry you across a thousand years of dust, back to an age of iron steeds, clashing weapons, and flames of war that lit the skies. Witness Li Shimin’s imposing bearing as he sweeps away the clouds with his sword and accomplishes deeds without equal, making the Tang name renowned far and wide and its power feared across the four seas.

In the book, you will see Tang armies campaign east across the Liaohai, attack Tubo in the west, drive the Turks north, and pacify Nanzhao in the south, sweeping aside all opposition. As Wang Zhihuan wrote, “Climbing the Stork Tower, gazing out to where the road ends at the edge of the sky.” The Tang army’s lofty ambitions were like the summit of a high tower, taking in all the splendor of the world. The Turkic cavalry once roamed the desert unchecked, but in the end, before the Tang army, they turned to dust. Wang Changling’s “The moon of The Legend of Qin, the passes of the Han; those who marched ten thousand miles have yet to return” captures the unyielding spirit of the Tang soldiers.

This book is a work about military contests, a study of strategic wisdom, and a chronicle of how the Tang, surrounded by rival powers, upheld its national prestige and expanded its borders. Every story celebrates the Tang dynasty’s military strength, and every campaign tests the courage and wisdom of its soldiers.

Welcome to the Tang dynasty, an empire whose military might shook the lands in every direction, a legend that left an immortal mark on the long river of history. Here, you will witness the birth of a great age and feel its commanding power and heroic passion, while also experiencing its vicissitudes and hardships. This is "Dragon Soaring Across the Four Seas: The Heavenly Khan’s Road to Conquest", an epic chapter that belongs to you. Let us follow in the heroes’ footsteps, seek out the moments history has preserved, and experience an age that belonged to the strong.