In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Guan Yu suffered a crushing defeat at Maicheng, and Jingzhou was lost in its entirety.
In his previous life, Liu Feng arrived half a day too late and failed to save Guan Ping. He could only watch helplessly as Guan Yu fell, then was sentenced to death in Chengdu by imperial decree. He remembered the white silk and poisoned wine for an entire lifetime.
When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the days before Maicheng.
This time, he sent troops early and carried the badly wounded Guan Yu out through the ranks of the enemy army. This time, he secured Shangyong, killed Meng Da, rooted out the traitors, and turned his blade against Cao Wei's supply lines. This time, when someone at court tried to seize his second uncle's military authority, he slammed his token of authority onto the table in front of everyone.
"From this day on, anyone who dares lay a hand on my second uncle will have to answer to the blades of Shangyong first."
But a blade can fend off an open attack, not a hidden arrow.
Chengdu's suspicions, Eastern Wu's black ships, Cao Wei's iron cavalry, and the Guan family's daughter, who wears her dead brother's bloodstained armor and refuses to forgive anyone for bypassing Zigui.
The price of defying fate must be settled, one debt at a time.
He will win Jingzhou back, protect his second uncle, and stay by the side of that girl who refuses to cry until the very end.
Very nice book