Many years later, when Emperor Gaozu of Yan, Han Su, looks back on her life, she can always recall that afternoon when she was appointed commander-in-chief of the Youzhou campaign.
[War and Political Intrigue] [Ensemble Historical Cast] [Woman Disguised as a Man] [Power Struggles in a Chaotic Age]
Fake political intrigue: laying careful plans and plotting every step.
Real political intrigue: inviting people over, holding meetings, and flipping the table.
[A career-focused story, with no transmigration, System, or rebirth. A realistic historical atmosphere, a rich ensemble cast, and a serious focus on political intrigue and war.]
In the waning years of the Great Qi dynasty, a century of integration between the Hu and Han peoples has left the court in disarray. Within the realm, the empress dowager wields power; beyond its borders, Hu cavalry menace the passes. Refugees fill the Central Plains, and the curtain rises on a chaotic age.
Han Su, daughter of a military family in Taiyuan Commandery, disguises herself as a man under her deceased brother's name and takes her father's place in the army.
From a lowly squad leader in the frontier forces of Bingzhou to the governor of Youzhou, commanding a region and wielding a mighty army, Han Su fights her way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. She battles across the plains and survives the machinations of the court, ending the wars in the Central Plains and defeating the mighty armies of the Southern Dynasty. In an age of rival warlords, she carves out a path through bloodshed.
Everyone says she is ruthless and ravenous for power, a warlord feared above all others in this chaotic age.
No one knows that beneath her iron armor lies a woman, bearing the turmoil of the age with a mortal body and bringing order to the realm with an iron will.
When the imperial crown rests upon her head and the realm is united, she removes her armor and ascends the throne as a woman, founding the first female-ruled dynasty in history.
Everyone envies the glory of an emperor, but no one knows that the road to becoming an empress is lined with thorns, and every step is fraught with hardship.
If the realm is not yet at peace and the people are not yet secure, then offer your loyalty to Han Su of Youzhou.
