"The Art of War" has been shining through the ages, but the life of its creator, Sun Wu, has been hidden in the smoke of history. This novel uses majestic writing to reveal the mystery of the Soldier Saint.
Sun Wu, who was born in a military family of Qi State, determined to write a perfect military book that could "conquer the enemy without fighting". However, there was civil strife in his motherland, his family was massacred, and his childhood sweetheart Duanmu Qing also "died" in the catastrophe. Carrying unfinished ideals and a broken heart, he fled into exile in the Kingdom of Wu, and stepped onto the historical stage with a cold attitude of "teaching war in the Wu Palace and beheading Jiji to establish power", helping King Helu of Wu achieve hegemony.
The gears of fate are reversed at the peak moment. Duanmuqing, who had become a Vietnamese spy, "resurrected" and appeared in front of him with a mission and shackles. At the same time, his close friend Wu Zixu was swallowed up by hatred and dug up graves and whipped corpses in the conquered Chu capital. Sun Wu's military ideal of "stopping the war" collapsed before the flames of revenge. On one side is the love that cannot help but on the other side is the best friend who is drifting away and the king who is increasingly suspicious. When the last assassination order from the Yue Kingdom came, Sun Wu faced the ultimate test: Should he follow the "treacherous way" of the art of war and sacrifice his loved ones for loyalty, or should he use his lifelong wisdom to play a risky game that transcends victory or defeat, and may even risk everything? From the sage of a military strategist who calculated all his strategies to a wise man in the mountains who retired to the countryside, Sun Wu spent his life explaining that the highest state of the art of war is not to win every war, but to maintain the "non-contest" in the blood and fire strategy, which is more precious than victory. This is an epic about war and peace, machinations and true love, killing and redemption. It explores a real, painful and great soul behind that strange book that has influenced the world for thousands of years!
