No Spring in the Northern Frontier

[Political Intrigue] [Nation and Family] [Ensemble Cast] [No System] [Ancient Setting] [Serious Historical Drama] [Duty to Nation and Family] [An Elegy for the People] [Political Maneuvering]

After twelve years of hard study as a poor scholar, Gu Yan enters the capital with strategies to govern the world, hoping to set the realm in order. Instead, he plunges straight into the mire of aristocratic factionalism and imperial scheming. Refusing to join in their corruption, he is stripped of his honors and banished to the bitterly cold northern frontier, where he becomes the lowliest assistant commissioner of a military farm.

When the Northern Di cavalry trample the land, the court officials surrender at the first sign of trouble and flee south in panic. Only this abandoned, disgraced official, isolated and without help, rallies the remnants of the army. He trades his scholar's robes for bloodstained armor and holds fast to Zhongdu Bridge, a vital lifeline of the realm.

"The wind and snow in the northern frontier are bitterly cold. Spring will never come in time. But while I remain, not a single barbarian horse will cross this gate of our country!" The entire army perishes, leaving only its noble spirit behind.

Theme: Duty to nation and family