Shen Yan, a modern special forces soldier and academic master, accidentally traveled through time and became Xiao Che, the great general who was the most accomplished leader of an imaginary dynasty and was being plotted against his death. From the moment he wakes up, murderous intentions are everywhere: the Huns are pressing the territory outside, the enemies are waiting inside, and the emperor's suspicious imperial edict is already on its way.
Relying on military strategies and historical insights that transcended the times, Shen Yan reorganized the military camp with thunderbolt means, defeated the enemy with cunning strategies, and established his authority in one battle. However, his military training methods and ideas of equality that transcended the times were regarded as "witchcraft" and made all forces even more wary. On the way to Beijing, he rescued Su Yunzhao, a medical girl with a mysterious life experience and superb medical skills. The two became close friends, and secretly fell in love while testing and supporting each other.
After entering Beijing, he was deeply involved in the whirlpool of imperial power, powerful ministers and ambitious princes. The seventh prince Zhao Heng saw his "extraordinary" and tried his best to win over him; when the prime minister regarded him as a thorn in his side, a series of vicious schemes followed. Shen Yan used modern game thinking to break the situation, but when investigating the truth behind his original assassination, he discovered that there was a shocking conspiracy to overthrow the dynasty...
Faced with the imprisonment of his beloved, the betrayal of his brothers, and the danger of his family and country, Shen Yan could no longer hold back. He wants to use the world as a chess game and modern wisdom as an edge to break this decadent deadlock! Is it to retire after success and live happily ever after with my lover? Or revolutionize the world and create a new era with your own hands? Everything is handled by him alone!
