Sui-Tang: Awakened Zhao Yun's Template, I Swept Away Thirteen Kings

(The timeline has been reset, and Li Yuan has already declared himself emperor. Please don't hold that against the story!)

A modern young man transmigrates to the end of the Sui dynasty and becomes Qin Yun, the adopted son of Luo Yi, governor of Youzhou. The empire is in chaos, warlords are rising everywhere, and the Turks are moving south. Youzhou is on the brink of disaster.

After awakening the Promotion Reward System, he receives Zhao Yun's combat template as his first reward. He charges alone into enemy ranks, cuts down a commander to make his name, and earns a promotion to colonel in a single battle.

Starting out as a junior officer on the frontier, he rises through the ranks on military merit, unlocking the arts of war, command, and strategy. With both courage and wisdom, he sweeps aside the rival lords.

He suppresses separatists at home and fights off the northern tribes abroad, reorganizes private armies, and recruits men of talent. His power steadily grows.

Facing Luo Yi's suspicion, Li Yuan's schemes, and the division of the realm among thirteen kings, he acts decisively and advances step by step.

From his base in Youzhou to his bid for the throne, he wages a bloody contest for supremacy and ultimately founds an empire!