Sui Halberd Conquers the Land

In the spring of the eighth year of Daye, Chu Xiao, a graduate student in history, unexpectedly transmigrated into the chaos at the end of the Sui dynasty and awakened the power of Xiang Yu, the Hegemon-King of Western Chu. Just as a poor young man was selling himself to bury his mother, he was taken in by Yang Lin, the Prince of the Mountain. With a city-breaking halberd, Chu Xiao challenged the heroes of Wagang; beneath Mount Siming, he defeated Li Yuanba, and before Hulao Pass, he alone held off the eighteen rebel kings.

To repay the kindness of the man who had recognized his worth, he propped up the tottering Sui dynasty. To avenge the humiliation of the eastern campaign, he crossed the Liao River three times and crushed Goguryeo. When the flames of war finally died down, this legendary general, hailed as the “Hegemon-King Reborn,” vanished amid the cheers of the victorious troops.

The historical records state: King Chu Xiao, courtesy name Polu, stood nine feet tall and possessed the strength to lift a massive bronze cauldron. During the Daye era, he protected the emperor seven times with a single halberd. During the Jiangdu upheaval, he alone escorted Empress Xiao back to Tang. In the third year of Zhenguan, someone saw him dressed in white mourning robes, standing on an old battlefield in Liaodong and pouring out wine in libation...