In 1932, the Gobi Desert in the northwest was engulfed in the flames of war.
The orphan Shen Lie started out as a cook in the army, fighting his way through mountains of corpses and seas of blood amid the warlord conflicts. The Northwestern King’s iron cavalry, the Zhili warlords’ infiltration, exploitation by local gentry, and Japanese spies lurking in the shadows had left this land scarred beyond recognition.
Watching his brothers die and the people suffer, Shen Lie gripped his rifle. “The northwest is our home. No one gets to lay a hand on it!”
He built up his forces and seized territory, using strategy to break sieges, crushing traitors with an iron fist, and laying a deadly trap to bury the Japanese spies’ conspiracy. From a lowly soldier who was bullied to a warlord ruling the northwest, his gun was trained on the jackals, while behind him stood the hopes of countless ordinary people. In this chaotic age, he would fight his way to a brighter world!
