At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial power fell away, the eunuchs took over the power, and the foreign relatives were in chaos. Coupled with the Yellow Turban Uprising, the Central Plains was already riddled with holes and the people were in dire straits. Countless common people are struggling in the flames of war and famine, longing for a glimmer of hope of survival, while the feudal princes who have separated themselves from one side are competing in troubled times, performing scenes of intrigues and fights.
Chen Yue, a college student in the Department of Modern History, accidentally traveled to this precarious era and became a refugee on the edge of hunger and death. He is familiar with the trend of this period of history, knows the rise and fall of Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan and others, and also understands the cruelty of human lives in troubled times.
But he did not become depressed or try to attach himself to a certain prince. With modern knowledge and awe of history, Chen Yue is determined to find his own path. Starting from the bottom, he relied on insights beyond the times to gather people's hearts among the refugees and solve the problem of food and clothing; he used simple scientific principles to create practical tools to improve survival ability; he drew on the military ideas of later generations to train a team with strict discipline and strong combat power.
In the process, he got to know all kinds of people: some were loyal generals who followed him through life and death, some were resourceful counselors who made suggestions for him, and there were also opponents who were tit-for-tat with him and each had his own master. He has experienced countless life and death tests, narrowly escaped the pursuit of the Yellow Turban remnants, struggled to survive in the cracks of the princes, and dealt with the intrigues in the court.
