In the autumn of the twelfth year of Yongping, a rebel army of 100,000 surrounded the city.
Guangling had run out of food and reinforcements. Officials fled, civilians scattered, and the imperial court considered it a lost cause.
The transmigrator Gu Linyuan arrived with nothing but an empty appointment document, sent to take up the post of governor and die.
A hellish start? He was determined to turn the tables against all odds!
He executed corrupt officials, burned down infected districts, borrowed grain from the local powerful families, and trained refugees into soldiers...
As the flames of war reached the city walls, he pointed his sword north. “I will defend this city!”
