A Spear, a Broken Saber, and a Donkey-Meat Shop

Zhang Jian was a veteran who had fought in countless battles. After retiring, he expected nothing more than a peaceful life with his wife and children. But he discovered that he and his family were all pawns set in place by powerful aristocratic clans. To escape that fate, Zhang Jian had no choice but to rise up and fight back. Then, amid a change of emperors and the chaos that engulfed the realm, he seized his opportunity and rose to power, until he was left with no choice but to set out on the path to conquer the world…