The Ming-Wa Tide Rises: I Proclaim Myself King of Kyushu

In 1554, the thirty-third year of the Jiajing reign, Japanese pirates surged across the coast. Zhejiang, Fujian, and several coastal areas of South Zhili were under threat. The houses in coastal villages lay burned to the ground. There was no barking of dogs, no crowing of roosters, and no sound of human voices... The once-busy official roads were now deserted. The country lanes were full of panicked people fleeing for their lives... Huang Kun was only a poor man forced by his cousin to take his place in the army. He never imagined he would one day rise to such heights... Wu Peng was a military academy student who had enlisted in the army, born into a family of doctors and studying public health management at a renowned medical university in China. He died saving a teammate during a mission, then woke up inside this body... See how a military academy student from a modern family of doctors, carrying memories and equipment from another era, helps Huang Kun live a completely different life... When Huang Kun died, two thunderclaps appeared in the sky. What did they signify... In the mid-sixteenth century, Kyushu was the source and rear base of the entire Japanese pirate network. Its silver mines, sulfur, timber, and iron sand could supply the front lines without end... When Huang Kun takes Hakata Port, the court is shaken... Governor Zhang Jing seems to have a daughter. Does Huang Kun know her? The Yan faction: “We caused his father-in-law Zhang Jing’s death. What are we supposed to do now?” Hu Zongxian reports in a memorial: “This man’s methods are completely impossible to fathom...” Wu Peng’s death from an explosion on a modern battlefield and Han Xin’s fatal predicament at Weiyang Palace both happened at the hour of the Rooster. Could it be more than coincidence?