In 2025, senior military historian Yan Xuewen died in an accident, but with the memories of his previous life, his soul traveled back to January 10, 1950.
At this time, there were only 13 days left before the Northern Army's encirclement. As the commander of the 170th Division of the 8th Army of the "Southern Army", he faced a desperate situation and did not choose to surrender or die in battle. Instead, he took advantage of the information gap and led more than 12,000 remnants of the division to stage a thrilling "Escape from the Golden Cicada", forcibly breaking into the dangerous Savage Mountains of Myanmar and establishing a stronghold in a foreign country.
From a defeated general who retreated to a separatist warlord, to a fierce warrior across the Indochina Peninsula, Yan Xuewen not only had to face the harsh natural environment and complex ethnic conflicts, but also had to survive in the cracks of the major powers.
