In the second year of Tianfu, the year after Shi Jingtang ceded Yanyun, the Khitan cavalry rampaged across Heshuo, and all life in the Central Plains was devastated.
A sixteen-year-old boy crawled out of the pile of corpses by the Hutuo River, holding in his arms a secret letter that was paid for with dozens of lives.
He didn't know that behind this letter was a huge intelligence network spread under the ground in Heshuo. It was a world-wide chess game jointly woven by the old Hedong Army, the powerful Heshuo forces, and the Han forces in Khitan.
He didn't even know that he would be the one holding the chess game.
His name was Guo Rong - later Chai Rong, later Zhou Shizong, the most dazzling emperor of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
According to historical records, he conquered three passes in the Northern Expedition to Yanyun, but fell ill when he was about to succeed, leaving behind eternal regrets.
In this life, he will not let regret happen again.
Starting from a letter, starting from the hidden thread in Yedu, starting from the cracks in troubled times
He wants to train troops, make plans, and rebuild order in this fragmented world.
Then, he sent his troops northward to recapture Yanyun.
