[Not a power fantasy, not a comedy, alternate history, no System, conquest]
Question: In a brainless transmigration romance novel, what is the standard fate of a mighty general with a powerful army?
Answer: Tormented by love, dying for love, and serving as a stepping stone for the hero and heroine's great romance!
Another question: What if that general had a modern soul instead?
Answer: Thanks for asking. I'm at the border, having just accepted the emperor's decree. Since His Majesty is "forcing me to rebel," I suppose I have no choice but to take the throne as well. As for planting red flags across the globe and making the whole world learn Chinese? That's a story for later!
Xiao Chen: "Three hundred thousand troops await my command, and I can supply their food and weapons myself. Your Majesty, what do you think I'm after?"
Huh? Something doesn't seem right!
The capital has five hundred thousand troops, and every border post has another three hundred thousand, except in the north. If I force a fight, won't I get my brains beaten out?
Could this emperor's "incompetence" all be an act?
Did he sentence me to death to force me to "purge the traitors around the throne"?
And then he could, with perfect legitimacy...
Damn, this is a huge game of chess!
Damn, why is this emperor a woman?
Question for anyone online: What's it like to fight an empress for the throne?
Some are good and some are bad!