Novels like The Founding Hero
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as The Founding Hero, best match first.
- 101 The Prince of Zhenbei: A Warlord Who Rose from a Pile of Corpses 镇北王之死人堆爬出来的乱世枭雄 Transmigration + no System + dynastic struggles for supremacy + Prince of the North I command a vast army, with well over a million men under my banner. At my word, tens of thousands of heads will fall. My word is proof enough: he colluded with the Northern Xiongnu, betrayed his country, and deserves death. 30Reads—Score—Shelves
- 102 The Fallen Song 阙宋 Zhao Yi, a young man from the modern era, transmigrates to the Northern Song in the third year of Yuanfu and is reborn as Emperor Qinzong, Zhao Huan. At the time, Cai Jing and Tong Guan are on the verge of seizing power at court, the Flower and Rock Tribute is wreaking havoc across Jiangnan, the court is mired in corruption, and the people are seething with resentment. Zhao Yi opens his eyes in his swaddling clothes and begins laying his plans. Drawing on the knowledge and wisdom of his previous 157Reads—Score—Shelves
- 103 Famous General System: I Became a County Magistrate Just to Start a Rebellion 名将系统：我当县令就是为了造反 [System + rivalry for supremacy + political intrigue + beauties like jade] A young man fresh out of college finds himself in another world, working as a shepherd. Just as he starts getting used to this life, he unexpectedly awakens the Legendary General System. From the start, he gets the Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty, including Xiao He. Is he supposed to change his name to “Bang” now? Faced with his stupid System, Ji Chan looks up to the heavens and sighs. Making the dead feel grateful to the 4Reads—Score—Shelves
- 104 The Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen: Saving This Ming Dynasty Is Impossible 崇祯十七年，这个大明真难救 Zhu Youzhe, a fourth-year history student, was sheltering from the rain beneath the crooked-neck tree on Longevity Hill when he was struck by lightning and transmigrated to the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, alongside the soul of the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian. From mutual dislike to working together, the two hold back Li Zicheng’s advancing army and face Dorgon in a decisive battle near the capital, reshaping the Ming dynasty into something entirely different. In this life, the on 670Reads8.6Score112Shelves
- 105 White Plus King: Has the Eighth Prince Become an Emperor for the Ages? 王上加白：八爷成千古一帝了？ A dark story. After killing his father and usurping the throne, he murders his younger brother and wipes out the empress's entire clan. Politics is a filthy game, and I am a filthy player. What? Aren't you afraid the historians will record the truth? Once I take the throne, great scholars will be ready to argue my case. A Chinese student wakes up to find he has transmigrated into the Qing dynasty, becoming the eighth prince, Aisin Gioro Yinsi. How did I end up as him? Eighth Prince was defeated 311Reads5.8Score—Shelves
- 106 The Moon Is Full Over Chang'an 长安月正圆 Jade steps support the Big Dipper, golden halls lean against the Southern Mountain. Envoys from every kingdom bow in tribute, while a thousand officials’ swords and pendants ring. Clouds part above the Vermilion Phoenix Gate; cold dew gathers on the court at Zichen Hall. Who can I ask to steer the empire? The moon over Chang’an is full tonight. Yan Qingyun slowly passes through the corridor of Cave 220 at the Mogao Caves. Gazing at the magnificent mural of the Buddha of Blazing Light, he is over 19Reads—Score—Shelves
- 107 The Foolish Emperor Gets Even Crazier 白痴皇帝更疯狂 [Also known as The Idiot Emperor Gets Even Crazier] [No System] Zhao Guanjia looked helplessly at his own body and shook his head. The previous owner had already run it into the ground! "I have to abstain for three months!!!" Zhao Guanjia resolved to change his fate and set the broken realm of the late Southern Song in order. But at this very moment, Kublai Khan is advancing south with his forces divided into three routes, intent on destroying the Southern Song! 304Reads7.4Score—Shelves
- 108 Eastern Jin: Heir to the Gongsun Line, Seizing Murong’s Liaodong 东晋：公孙遗脉，截胡慕容辽东 In 370 AD, Wang Meng led the Great Qin iron cavalry to destroy Former Yan, leaving Liaodong ripe for the taking. After transmigrating as a descendant of Gongsun Du, he finds that his ancestors’ legacy has been occupied by the Sima and Murong clans for a century. Armed with knowledge from a later age, he secretly builds up his strength and seizes Wang Meng’s victory at the height of the Qin-Yan war! Murong Chui is left fuming, Wang Meng regrets his loss, and Liaodong, wrested away so long ago, re 4.2kReads—Score269Shelves
- 109 Pingyang Prefecture in the Sunlight 阳光下的平阳府 During the Jiajing era of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jinfu, a soldier from the South City Guard in Pingyang Prefecture, Shanxi (now Linfen and Yuncheng in Shanxi Province), left the military and became a constable in Pingyang Prefecture. Over the next twenty years, he shared both hardship and fortune with Zhao Jian, a chief officer in the Criminal Investigation Bureau, and Mo Yaozu, a merchant, as their fates rose and fell. Nearly a hundred characters reveal the lives, inner worlds, and faces of off 2.6kReads9.2Score407Shelves
- 110 The Perfect Imperial Son-in-Law 极品驸马 Fate has me surrounded by romance; one smile as I pluck a flower, and the world is full of beauty! Murderous intent fills my heart; one furious stamp of my halberd, and a million corpses will fall! I am Xue Shao, the Tang princess’s consort. In the age that belongs to Wu Zetian, I will carve out a vast empire of my own! 59Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 111 The Brocade-Clad Spring and Autumn 锦衣春秋 Steadfast as the earth, deep and unfathomable as a hidden treasury! The Ksitigarbha Scroll appears in the world, and the Golden Phoenix returns to the mortal realm. North and south vie for supremacy beneath layers of dark clouds. Treachery fills the imperial palace, while blood runs across the battlefield. With heaven and earth as the board and all living beings as pieces, heroes and beauties alike take part in an unprecedented game of strategy! 46Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 112 A Chaotic Sui-Tang Era 乱隋唐 After transmigrating to the Sui and Tang era, Qin Meng rose from an ordinary foot soldier to a general whose name struck fear across the northern frontier, thanks to the support of his adoptive father, the Prince of Backer Mountain. He went on to serve at court, becoming a minister concerned with the distant troubles of the jianghu. Through Qin Meng’s exploits on the battlefield and his skill at governing, we witness the story of the Sui, brilliant as a shooting star, and the Tang, prosperous at 1kReads8.6Score100Shelves
- 113 Blazing Flames Over the Prosperous Tang 烽火盛唐 Shen Feng, a Chinese sergeant in the Foreign Legion, transmigrates by chance to the prosperous Tang dynasty, only to become a condemned prisoner. He kills a Turkic prince in battle, presents a brilliant plan to defend a city, and holds off fifty thousand Turkic troops with just a thousand soldiers. His outstanding service earns him a reprieve from death. He drinks and duels with Li Bai, travels the frontier with Cen Shen, helps Jianzhen sail east to Fusang, and fights alongside Guo Ziyi... Beaut 737Reads8.3Score103Shelves
- 114 1772: My Father Is the Grand Commander of Lanfang 1772：我爹是兰芳大统领 Luo Zhenjun had just returned home after leaving the army when he transmigrated to Borneo in 1772, during the reign of the Qing Emperor Qianlong. He didn’t return to his homeland, though. Instead, he traveled there with his people. What? My dad is the future president of the Lanfang Republic? Damn it! In that case, I’ll have to take down Qianlong! [Anti-Qing, Not Pro-Ming] [Power Fantasy] [Farming] [Slow Burn] [No System, Slow-Burn Story] 1Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 115 The Convict Official 罪吏 Lu Heng transmigrates. When he wakes up, he is merely an inconspicuous accounts clerk in the county office of Qingshan County, Great Qian. In seven days, the inspection team will arrive. He soon discovers that more than ten thousand shi of government grain are missing from the county's Ever-Normal Granary, and most of the fake account books used to cover up the loss were written by "him." The county magistrate wants him to confess, the deputy magistrate wants him to keep quiet, and everyone thin 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 116 Building on Two Lifetimes of Glory, I Cling to Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to Become Emperor of the Han Heavens 奋两世余烈！抱紧卫霍成汉天大帝 [No System + Transmigration Between Two Lives + High-Tech Nation-Building + Political Scheming and Counterattacks + Global Conquest] Why are we called the Han people? Everyone knows of the mighty Han and Tang dynasties, as well as the Great Qin Empire established by our First Emperor, the Ancestral Dragon. So why isn't the largest ethnic group in China called the Qin or Tang people? And why, after more than two thousand years and countless dynastic changes, do so many people still identify as 66Reads—Score—Shelves
- 117 Great Qin: Starting as a Fearless Frontier Soldier! 大秦：从边疆一猛卒开始！ [No System + Military Merit and Nobility + Farming in the Later Stages + World Conquest] The Great Qin sweeps across the land, and the Six Kingdoms bow before it! The First Emperor ascends the throne, bringing peace to the realm and founding an unprecedented dynasty. Qin Chi, a soldier guarding the frontier, is reborn as the son of a deserter and has his land and home confiscated! Starting in a bitterly cold wasteland, Qin Chi vows to rise through military merit. He sweeps away the Xiongnu, conq 23Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 118 I'm Already the Top Scholar, and the Poor Scholar's Comeback System Shows Up Now? 我都状元了，寒门逆袭系统才来？ [Court Intrigue]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Empress] After transmigrating to the Great Zhou dynasty, Shen An spent twelve years with no golden finger and no powerful family to rely on. He had to depend on himself, studying hard from the basics of reading and writing all the way to the imperial examinations. Step by step, he made it to the palace exam, where the Empress personally named him the top scholar. Just when he thought he had reached the peak of his life, his late-arriving golden finger finally s 50Reads—Score—Shelves
- 119 The Strongest Rescue in History: Handing Over the Time-Space Token to the Nation from the Start 史上最强拯救开局时空令上交国家 [Saving the World + A Break in Human Civilization + A Nation’s Rise + Trisolarans + Cthulhu Monsters + Future Technology + Feng Shui Arts + Detective Mysteries + Rule-Based Horror + A Great Showdown Between Cultivators of Ninth-Level Civilizations] Zhou Yuan has only two goals: First, save the world in 72 hours and ensure Chinese civilization survives until the final battle of the future. Second, stay alive and turn himself from a 90-year-old man back into a handsome 22-year-old, then marry and 12Reads—Score—Shelves
- 120 Overturning the Warring States: The State of Wei 颠覆战国之魏国 Shen Wei, a lifelong city-dwelling homebody, wakes up to discover that he has become Prince Shen, the crown prince of Wei during the Warring States period. He's already on his way to the Battle of Maling, and his first priority is figuring out how to stay alive. Before long, he finds himself facing a succession of ambitious and talented rulers, including Duke Xiao of Qin, King Huiwen of Qin, King Wei of Chu, and King Wei of Qi, not to mention the top talents serving under them. With his limited 2.2kReads8.6Score158Shelves
- 121 Carving a Path Through Blood, from the Kaihuang Era to Zhenguan 杀出血路，从开皇到贞观 No transmigration. No alternate history. No fictionalized retelling. No golden finger. In the eighth year of the Kaihuang era, 510,000 Sui troops launched a massive invasion of Chen from eight different routes, advancing south from Bashu in the west to the Canghai in the east. At the Battle of Baitugang, the Sui cavalry trampled the Chen army. Five hundred elite horsemen stormed Jiankang and captured Chen Shubao alive. Thus Jiangnan was pacified, and the realm was unified. Yang Guang vied for th 170Reads—Score—Shelves
- 122 The Libertine Emperor: His Empire and His Beauties 风流皇帝之江山美人 [Transmigration + Emperor + Multiple Heroines + Conquest] A modern special forces soldier transmigrates into the body of a disgraced prince confined to the Cold Palace, only to discover a strange Imperial Heart Sutra hidden within him. It came from another transmigrator 400 years ago, and its previous owner is waiting to seize his body. Using special forces tactics, he sweeps away the schemes of the court. With the knowledge of a transmigrator, he outwits treacherous officials across the ages. H 25Reads—Score—Shelves
- 123 Devouring the Frontier 吞疆 [Jianghu + political intrigue + battlefield] A country boy from a small town, living in a turbulent age, does whatever it takes to survive and gradually rises to the throne of a great warlord! From then on, he dominates the Nine Provinces and devours vast territories! 36Reads—Score—Shelves
- 124 When the Wind Rises, the Song Never Ends 风起尽长歌 An alternate history setting. No transmigration, no System, no golden finger, no one-man army. Military affairs take center stage as heroes vie for supremacy. This is a cruel age. From the windblown deserts beyond the frontier to the picturesque, rain-soaked lands south of the Yangtze, people praise the splendor of this great land. Yet it lies barren for thousands of miles, and its people struggle to survive. Everyone is swept up in the tide, rolling inexorably forward. Young men should ride swi 206Reads7.3Score—Shelves
- 125 Springtime in the Great Ming 大明春色 In the turbulent early years of the Ming Dynasty, a king destined to lose his reputation and be burned alive must embark on a path of defying Heaven. How will old grudges, love and hatred, merits and failures all play out this time? 86Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 126 The Yinglong Dragon Reborn 应龙再世 The Warring States era was the best of times and the worst of times. It was an age of light and an age of darkness! War, love, family, and friendship intertwine to compose a stirring song of the Warring States era! Horns blare and war drums thunder. Blood and brains fly as flashes of blades mingle with gleaming swords. Grand, spectacular battle scenes unfold alongside vivid and fascinating historical figures. The foremost young noble of the Warring States, Wei Wuji; the handsome Longyang Jun; an 6Reads—Score—Shelves
- 127 Ying Zheng: Help Me Beat Up Li Shimin 嬴政：和我一起群殴李世民 This is not a wish-fulfillment novel. There is no female lead and no melodrama. The historical developments are treated seriously and carefully. If that's not your thing, don't read it. If the Qin, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties all existed at the same time, with Ying Zheng, Liu Che, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Kublai Khan, Zhu Yuanzhang, and Aisin-Gioro Xuanye each ruling their own territory, who could unify the realm? 530Reads8.4Score120Shelves
- 128 Reviving Song: I Rewrite the Jingkang Catastrophe 兴宋：朕重写靖康 [No Romance] [No System] [Transmigration] [Emperor] [Comeback] [Avenge the Jingkang Humiliation, the Most Miserable Emperor from the Start] [Originally titled The Imprisoned Dragon of Great Song: I Return from Hell, also known as Reviving Song: I Rewrite Jingkang] Modern-day superstar Zhao Huan has just landed the lead role in a major historical drama about the Song dynasty. The next second, he transmigrates into the body of the most miserable emperor in history: Emperor Qinzong of Song, Zhao Hu 83Reads—Score—Shelves
- 129 Save Yue Fei and Build a Strong Song Dynasty 救岳飞建强宋 Su Shi, a civil official. Yue Fei, a military general. What use is a System to me? Can it make civil officials stop being greedy and military officers stop fearing death? Can it give the people of the realm peaceful, prosperous lives? To hell with the System. My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven’s. 605Reads7.6Score—Shelves
- 130 Water Margin: It All Begins on My Wedding Night 水浒：从入洞房开始 This is the late Northern Song dynasty. The court is weak and cowardly, foreign tribes lurk beyond the borders, and bandits fester within like a thorn in the side! This is the world of Water Margin, where peerless martial arts and deeply moving bonds await... Watch as the heroes rise once more, reshape the spirit of true men, and fight for themselves, their families, and their country, forging a different ending... 76Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 131 Where the Heart Finds Peace, There Is Home 此心安处是予乡 [Reborn in the Womb + Mutual Firsts + History (All Based on Official Records, Some Speculation) + No System + Heartwarming Daily Life + Ensemble Cast] When she died, Meng Po took pity on her and let her be reborn with her memories. Who could have guessed she would be born in the time of Emperor Wu of Han? On the twenty-first day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Jianyuan, rain poured down as egrets circled overhead. A daughter was born to the Shi family, and they named her Yu Lu. The nex 68Reads—Score—Shelves
- 132 If You Want Me to Hang Myself Like the Chongzhen Emperor, Then I'll Keep You Hanging 要我当崇祯上吊，那就吊着你们玩 [Political intrigue] + [Conquest] + [No System] + [High-Stakes Action] + [Ruthless Combat] I’ll use extreme micro-management to win a high-level game! On my second day after transmigrating, they’re already forcing me to hang myself? Bandit rebels besiege the city, the Jurchen are at the gates, and the generals in command refuse to come to the emperor’s aid! Lin Gufan, now Zhu Youjian, issues ten commands in a row! Can Chongzhen escape the capital alive with his entire family in tow? The Ming Dyn 2.3kReads8.9Score156Shelves
- 133 The Famous Young Lady of the Southern Dynasty Is Actually Me in Disguise! 传闻中的南朝女公子，我反串的！ The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties: a time both absurd and beautiful. Men were steamed, women were fried. The old and young were made into barbecue. Xiao Ming, a film star, never imagined he would one day transmigrate to the Liu Song period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. It was an era of cannibalism. From the start, he nearly became a dish made from a famine victim. To stay alive, he had to disguise himself as a woman, beginning with his impersonation of Wang Huiyin, a no 77Reads8.3Score—Shelves
- 134 The Greatest Warlord of the Late Tang 晚唐第一大军阀 If a person cannot leave their name behind in the vast river of history, it is as if they had never come into this world. After transmigrating to the late Tang, an age of upheaval, Qi Shen felt incredibly fortunate. Here, he could behead Huang Chao, wipe out bandits, reclaim Chang'an, and hold the emperor hostage to his heart's content. Here, he could defeat Qin Zongquan, pacify Yang Xingmi, punch Li Keyong and kick Zhu Quanzhong, calmly bringing the warlords to heel. Here, he could repel the Kh 1.9kReads7.7Score104Shelves
- 135 The Tale of Prince Liang 凉王传 In the seventh year of Yuangeng, Zhao Beihuan, ruler of the Beichen dynasty that had unified the Central Plains, died of illness. The new emperor was young and had no firm foundation. He was surrounded by treacherous officials, while Prince Wuling, Li Lan, held the court in his grip. The officials lined their pockets, indifferent to whether the common people lived or died. Resentment spread through the land, and life was unbearably hard. The former forces of the Ten States of Qingxiang rose up i 8.6kReads8.5Score826Shelves
- 136 Uncle, Please Wait 皇叔且慢 After transmigrating as Zhao Kuangyin's eldest son, Zhao Dezhao, he must change his fate of dying in eight years. He battles powerful ministers, seizes military command, and earns merit on the battlefield. The Northern Han refuses to submit? Attack! The Khitans raid the passes? Kill them! The Southern Tang refuses to surrender? Take it! With the realm unified and peace restored, the Song dynasty will no longer be poor and weak. I, Zhao Dezhao, will surely go down in history and be remembered for 1.1kReads7.5Score103Shelves
- 137 Rising to Power in Troubled Times 乱世登龙 History is a book, and I, too, can be the one to write it: through treachery and intrigue, through clashing blades and charging steeds. I will bring this chaotic age to an end, and usher in a golden age of my own! Where the smoke of war rises, an emperor is born! 18Reads—Score—Shelves
- 138 The Heavenly Master's Fate-Changing Water Margin: A Side Story 天师改命水浒别传 With a casual divination, he foresaw the Jingkang Disaster, the Southern Song retreating to the south, and even the hundred thousand soldiers and civilians at Yashan leaping into the sea to die for their country. He saw the fate of the Great Song a hundred years later in its entirety. So he gave up being an immortal and transmigrated into the body of the wastrel Yan Qing, taking matters into his own hands to change the course of history. He saves Pang Wanchun at the martial arts arena, becomes 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 139 When Lilacs Bloom: Adventures in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms 丁香花开之五代十国历险记 On the day his dissertation defense failed, Hao Xinren, a history PhD student at Yanjiang University, was also dumped by his girlfriend. With a lilac flower in hand, he transmigrated to Later Liang during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and stumbled right into Zhu Yougui murdering his father. When Zhu Yougui spotted him, Hao Xinren was thrown into the imperial prison to await execution. Fortunately, Guo Xiangyu helped him escape. Hao Xinren won Guo Xiangyu's heart and earned the favo 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 140 I Took the Pinduoduo Mall and Swept Across the 17th Century 我带着拼夕夕商城，横扫17世纪 [Pinduoduo System + Satisfying Farming Story + Decisive and Ruthless!] After transmigrating to the end of the Ming dynasty, the scholar Qin discovers that he has a System. Apart from modern weapons and some oddities, it has just about everything! “What, the Qing have a hundred thousand cavalry? Sorry, I have an invincible army of a hundred thousand off-road motorcycles!” “What, you have plenty of siege weapons? Sorry, I have a siege army made up of giant road rollers, bulldozers, and excavators! 304Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 141 I Vie with Jiajing for the Throne 我与嘉靖争皇位 He gets into a car accident on his way to the graduate school entrance exam interview and transmigrates back to the Ming Dynasty, only to find himself in the body of a seven-year-old cowherd from a remote village, the son of a landlord. He's all alone, with no one to rely on. He thinks this is how his life will be, until he discovers that his previous self was the illegitimate son of the Zhengde Emperor! After Zhengde dies, Zhang Yong, one of the “Eight Tigers,” comes to take him back to inherit 2.9kReads8.4Score169Shelves
- 142 My Father Is Liu Bingyi 家父刘病已 Reborn in the Western Han, my father is Liu Bingyi, Emperor Xuan of Han. He rose from prison, grew up among the common people, and bided his time until he held Huo Guang in check. Governing through both Confucian and Legalist principles, he brought integrity to the bureaucracy, secured the Western Regions, and subdued the Xiongnu. He built the Western Han’s golden age with his own hands, and is rightly hailed as one of history’s greatest virtuous emperors. And I am Liu Shi, son of Xu Pingjun, t 14.5kReads8.4Score1.4kShelves
- 143 Farewell, Chen Sheng 再见陈胜 A Diary of Passing the Buck for Plot Holes: Ten chapters into writing about the end of the Qin Dynasty, before Wu Guang and Chen Sheng launch their rebellion, Wu Guang suddenly appears in my dream, dressed in coarse hemp clothes. “Author, I want to attack Yuyang!” I ask, “Why?” “Yuyang is my nightmare. It’s what got me branded a rebel king!” I’m furious. A character has actually awakened on his own! “Here, here, take the pen!” “I want a map of Yuyang’s defenses. We’ll attack Yuyang first!” 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 144 I Never Wanted a Marquisate in the Late Ming, but Was Forced to Become a Warlord 明末封侯非我意被逼当军阀 [No System] [Realistic] [Maximum Immersion] [Hebei Warlord] [Takes Orders, Not Proclamations] [The Imperial Robe Is Thrust Upon Him] From the start, he cuts his way through the Qing army’s encirclement at Jia Village in Julu, rising through the ranks at a breakneck pace: garrison commander, field commander, deputy brigade commander, and regional commander. By the time he comes to his senses, he is already wearing the imperial robes. “General! It’s cold. Put on another layer!” “Hey, no, no... I a 125Reads—Score109Shelves
- 145 Winds and Clouds Rise Across Ten Thousand Miles 万里风云起 First, let me make this clear: everyone is smart, both the heroes and the villains. The female characters have friends and rivals; some share their ideals, while others part ways. Readers can judge for themselves. The divine artifact has thrown the world into turmoil, and storms are gathering. The young lords are either hidden dragons waiting to rise or already beginning to show their brilliance. But whether for country or family, the throne needs a new king. This is the young people's era, a g 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 146 Rise and Fall 兴衰 When a dynasty rises, the people suffer; when a dynasty falls, the people perish. What makes a prince, and what makes the realm? Anyone with ambition is bound to struggle for power. What does it matter if he stands above all as a treacherous hero or a ruthless warlord, when he is both a usurper of the realm and a victim of its wars? 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 147 Rise at the End of the Song Dynasty 宋末崛起 Adrift in the chaos of the late Song Dynasty, I await the eastern wind. When it comes, I’ll soar to the heavens, and all will answer my call. Together with renowned generals, I’ll fight on the battlefield, seize cities and territory, and bring an end to the turmoil. In this age of chaos, I will be king. I’ll race across the vast mountains and rivers, rush to the aid of those in need, triumph against the odds, turn decay into glory, and reverse the tide, changing the fate of the Song army on the 2.7kReads8.7Score180Shelves
- 148 Five Dynasties: Iron Cavalry Unstoppable 五代：铁骑纵横 Wang Yanting, an ordinary man, transmigrated to the chaotic late Tang dynasty. He had no golden finger and no powerful patron to rely on. He could only survive through his own efforts. In this age, rites and music had crumbled, and moral principles had been cast aside. Whoever had soldiers could do as they pleased. But in this same age, the soldiers under your command could turn their weapons on you at any moment. Li Keju, military governor of Lulong, had a subordinate general, Li Quanzhong, who 1.6kReads8.5Score102Shelves
- 149 Mountains and Rivers Stained with Jin Blood 晋血山河 In the fourth year of Yongjia, the military strength of the Western Jin had been exhausted by sixteen years of brutal civil war. Taking advantage of the moment, the surrounding tribes rose up: Liu Yuan, Liu Cong, Shi Le, Wang Mi... Countless warlords of the troubled age laughed wildly as barbarian cavalry swept across the Central Plains like a whirlwind. An age of utter darkness was about to begin. The Han population in the north fell by two-thirds, and the Han people entered their first great e 3.3kReads8.9Score272Shelves
- 150 A Northern Song Dynasty Guide to Climbing the Official Ladder 北宋升官手册 The ratings just opened. They'll go up later. [Historical Transmigration] [Imperial Examinations] [Officialdom] [Political Intrigue] [Farming] [No System] What were the regrets of the Northern Song Dynasty? Was it that Liu Yong's lyrics were sung throughout the land, while he himself spent half his life in disappointment? Was it that Fan Zhongyan cared deeply for the realm, yet his Qingli Reforms were abandoned halfway through? Or was it the unfulfilled ambition to pacify the Rong, amid the nort 1.3kReads7.2Score117Shelves
