My name is Liu Bang, and lately I’ve been panicking.
I always thought that I, Liu Ji, was the chosen protagonist. From the start, I had nothing but a bowl, yet each of my three top aides was an SSR. I was about to steamroll my way to the top and reach the peak of my life.
But something was wrong with Xiang Yu, my opponent.
At the start, there was the Feast at Hong Gate. I’d practically washed my neck clean, waiting for him to give the order so I could join my ancestor, who had three hundred schemes up his sleeve. But he didn’t kill me! He just walked up, patted my face like I was an idiot, and sent me back to Hanzhong.
From that day on, my life changed from an inspirational drama into a horror movie.
My Zhang Liang was known for “planning strategy from the command tent,” but the moment he came up with a scheme, Xiang Yu’s countermeasures were plastered all over the city walls. Zifang clutched his head and muttered, “Impossible! How could he have known?”
My Xiao He firmly believed that “an army marches on its stomach,” but Xiang Yu’s side had issued a “land reclamation order.” They had so much grain, they were using it to make wine! Xiao He looked at our starving soldiers, their ribs showing, and wept.
My Han Xin… don’t get me started. I made him a general, but Xiang Yu promised him the conquest of the stars and the seas and gave him the title of “Minister of Defense.” Now Han Xin looks at me like I’m a stumbling block.
I was completely bewildered.
Then one of my scouts risked his life to bring me a portrait of Yu Ji. In one corner was a line of small writing, supposedly a slogan she’d taught the Chu army: “Learn math and science well, and you’ll never fear going anywhere.”
At that moment, I, Liu Bang, understood.
Pointing at Xiang Yu’s territory on the map, my hands trembling and tears streaming down my face, I cried out to my ministers:
“He’s not human! Neither is his wife!”
“Xiang Yu on the other side is cheating!”
The idea is great, but even dimensionality reduction attacks can be defeated 🤮. Your time traveler has cannons but no cement? No steel pipe?