“Father, the Qing dynasty is rotten to the core. I want to go to the Northeast and start a rebellion.”
“Rebellion gets your head chopped off. Aren’t you afraid?”
“To achieve great things, one must be ready to sacrifice. I dare to make the sun and moon shine in a new sky!”
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In 1906, Duan Hongye, the young marshal of the Beiyang Army, crossed the pass alone.
That year, Russia and Japan carved up the Northeast between them, while the Qing court was weak and ineffectual, leaving the people at the mercy of others.
Then one day, the gates of Fengtian City swung open.
Duan Hongye trampled the Japanese ronin beneath his horse, seized the Fushun coal mines by force, and executed the Russian envoy by firing squad!
Standing behind him were future warlord heavyweights like Marshal Zhang and Marshal Wu.
“Childe, just say the word. Who do we hit next?”
Starting with bringing the bandits into the fold, he took on the outlaws, beat the Japanese, and outwitted the Russians!
Others trained troops to climb the ranks and make a fortune. Duan Hongye trained his troops for one reason: to get justice for the common folk of this land!
He crossed the pass for only one thing: fairness, fairness, and damn it, fairness!
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