Great Tang Begins with a City Full of White Hair

“We report to the emperor above and save the common people below. The Anxi Army stands here!” In 808, in the Western Regions of the Tang dynasty, outside the city of Kucha. Qin Shuo, a graduate student in history, woke to find he had become a company commander in the Anxi Army, surrounded by a massive Tibetan force. Outside the city, barbarian cavalry blotted out the sky. Inside, the battered soldiers gnawed on their belts, their hair turned white. At the brink of despair, Qin Shuo activated the [Reverse Livestream]. The “rockets” sent by modern viewers became thousands of pounds of provisions and ten thousand Tang sabers in his hands! To secure even the slimmest chance of survival, Qin Shuo raised trillions through crowdfunding and opened a gate through time and space. Huo Qubing came. Yue Fei came. Li Jing came! With Wei Qing teaching him how to command troops and Zhuge Liang helping him build fortifications, the ten thousand isolated soldiers of the Anxi Army carved a way out of certain death! A century later, Qin Shuo, his hair and beard now white, led ten thousand warriors back through time to the fourth year of the Zhenguan era. By the banks of the Wei River, Li Shimin gazed at the army, its armor shattered but its eyes resolute, and asked in a trembling voice, “My lords... have you returned from the future?” Qin Shuo knelt on one knee and presented the Tang banner, stained with windblown sand. “Your servant Qin Shuo, Protector-General of Anxi, has fulfilled his duty!”