The Bloodied Song Dynasty: From Frontier Soldier to Warlord

In the final years of the Southern Song, Mongol cavalry advances south. The land lies in ruins, and the dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse.

Chen Xiao, a modern man, unexpectedly transmigrates into Zhang Polu, an ordinary border soldier on the Xiangyang front. From the lowest ranks of the army, he witnesses firsthand the harsh reality of neglected defenses, corrupt officials, and human lives treated as worthless.

Unwilling to become cannon fodder in a chaotic age, and unable to bear seeing China fall, Chen Xiao rises up from the depths of despair, armed with knowledge and resolve beyond his time.

He forges an invincible army, navigates between loyal ministers and treacherous officials, and joins forces with righteous men and brings powerful clans to heel. Through blood and fire, he builds his own power step by step.

From frontier city to imperial court, from the martial world to the battlefield, he must face not only the ferocious Mongol Yuan armies, but also corrupt bureaucrats, gentry with their own agendas, and warlords who turn against one another despite being Han Chinese themselves.

This is a thorn-strewn road to becoming a warlord. Should he remain loyal to the tottering Zhao Song, or strike out on his own and rebuild China? Chen Xiao will make his choice.

Watch as one ordinary soldier stirs up the winds of change amid the flames of war at the end of an age and forges an enduring legend!