Drafting Soldiers Before the Kingdom Falls: A Master of Medicine and Poison Runs Wild on the Battlefield

Jiang Chuan was a renowned heir to the Ghost Physician tradition in the twenty-first century. While going out to buy takeout, he saved a child, only to be struck and killed by an out-of-control truck. He transmigrated to ancient times, into the Great Qian Empire.

He thought a quiet life in a small village would be just fine. But then the Xiongnu army massed at the border, and the Four Princes of the Great Qian Dynasty began stirring with ambition. Beset by threats within and without, the court started conscripting men to stave off the empire’s destruction.

Everyone of eligible age had to guard the border and fight the Xiongnu to protect the realm.

Jiang Chuan led the villagers through countless hardships to reach the frontier. He thought all he had to do was serve as an army doctor, but circumstances forced him to fight back. After witnessing the Xiongnu’s cruelty on the battlefield, he went completely berserk.

The Xiongnu have 200,000 troops, while the Great Qian Chu family’s army has fewer than 100,000. What can they do if they can’t win? No need to panic. Sneak into the enemy camp and unleash a barrage of hallucinogenic poisonous mushrooms and datura.

The imperial treasury is empty, so there’s no money for military pay. No problem. Refine snow salt and sell it to other countries to rake in the wealth needed to pay the troops.

They can’t beat the Xiongnu in close combat. No problem. Build Qin crossbows for long-range attacks and bring black powder to the battlefield.

Every nation was betting on when the Great Qian would fall. Instead, the longer it fought, the richer and stronger it became, producing all kinds of strange, powerful weapons. Not only were the other countries dumbfounded, but the ministers waiting for the Xiongnu to behead them after the empire’s fall were left speechless too.