Yuan Wei, a graduate student in the Department of History, travels back to Yuan Xi before the Battle of Guandu. He has modern knowledge but is in a deadlock. Cao Cao is about to launch a surprise attack on Wuchao. Yuan Shaogang is suspicious, and his brother Yuan Tan is eyeing him. When the flames destined by history books were about to engulf Yuan's hegemony, he made a desperate move: he faked a map to lure Xu You into rebelling against Cao Ying, refined kerosene, ambushed elite soldiers, fought a bloody battle with Wu Chao, rescued grain and grass, beheaded Zhang Liao, and traded injuries for a three-point chance of victory.
However, on the day of success, what awaited him was not a reward but suspicion - he was promoted to the governor of Youzhou, and the supervisory army was secretly sent to seize power. Modern military reform hides Qi Jiguang's battle formation, the economic layout controls the lifeblood of Hebei, and the female family members' tea party weaves a cobweb of intelligence. In this chess game with Kyushu as the scale, he has to defeat Cao Jun's cavalry and guard against his brothers' cold arrows. He also needs to find a way out for the one he loves in the cracks in the history books.
When Tian Feng used his death as a warning, Yuan Shao was shocked to see the blood prophecy of "the Prime Minister of the Great Ancestor", and the real secret war for power had just begun...
