Shen Rui, a modern office worker, accidentally transmigrates and finds himself as Hua Xiong, the “cannon fodder” from Romance of the Three Kingdoms who is beheaded by Guan Yu after a cup of wine has warmed. The drums of war are already sounding before Sishui Pass, Sun Jian’s army is closing in, and death is just around the corner.
At this critical moment, the “Three Kingdoms Generals System” binds itself to him. He receives beginner perks such as mastery of basic halberd techniques and accelerated stamina recovery. Using his knowledge of the Three Kingdoms story and the System’s support, Shen Rui ambushes and repels Sun Jian in his first battle, shattering the stereotype that Hua Xiong is brave but brainless.
He knows the Dong Zhuo faction is doomed to fall, but also understands that only strength can secure a place in an age of chaos. So he makes a name for himself in the battle at Sishui Pass, recruiting Hu Che’er and winning Li Su over to his side. As he fends off wave after wave of attacks from the coalition of eighteen warlords, he kills Yu She and Pan Feng, cleverly turns down Cao Cao’s attempts to recruit him, raids supply routes, and launches a night attack on the coalition camps, thwarting Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu’s plans one by one. Meanwhile, he quietly builds up his strength, reorganizing surrendered troops and developing military supplies. In clashes with Liu Biao and Zhang Xiu, he even engages in a battle of wits from afar with top strategists like Jia Xu.
From passively defending a city to actively laying plans, from serving under Dong Zhuo to gradually showing the makings of a warlord, Shen Rui rewrites his fate with the halberd in his hands. He must not only escape the death trap of “Hua Xiong beheaded after a cup of warm wine,” but also carve out a power base of his own amid the chaos as the early Three Kingdoms take shape. The name “Hua Xiong” will no longer belong to a fleeting piece of cannon fodder, but to a fierce general whose fame resounds beneath the Han sky!
