Novels like An Empire Forged by Warlords
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- 1 An Empire's Warlord: From the Start, I'm Ordered to Rob a Bank? 帝国大军阀，开局就让我抢银行？ “What? You want me to rob a bank?” “No way! I’m a law-abiding citizen!” “What, I’ll get hundreds of guns as a reward?” “Damn it, I’m in!” “What? You want me to kidnap women?” “No way! In my previous life, I was a model young man. Don’t ruin my reputation!” “What, I’ll get a Type 3 tank as a reward?” “Hell, I’ve already been branded a rebel. What the hell do I need a reputation for?” “System, so I get a tank for every wife I kidnap, right?” In another world, during the final years of the Great Pr 4Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 2 Great Ming: From Emperor to Ruler of Earth 大明：从皇帝到地球霸主 Modern-day Zhu Mingxiu obtains a two-way portal. When a transmigrator from the modern world can travel to the Queue Dynasty, can the Queue Dynasty still maintain its rule? Will a figure bearing the name Zhu Ming establish the Zhu Ming Dynasty anew?! The God’s Whip, which once made Europe tremble, has appeared again. A Zhu Mingxiu who combines the qualities of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di has emerged on this ancient land. The Han dynasty will rise to the top of the world! The path of a Ming emperor t —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 The Empire's Last Days: I Lead the Beiyang Fleet in Rebellion 帝国终末：我率领北洋舰队造反 [History + War + System + Power Fantasy] The navy's youngest admiral, Qin Mu, accidentally transmigrates just moments before a naval battle and also obtains the “Strongest Empire System.” After a fierce battle, Qin Mu turns the tide and defeats the enemy fleet, but he still can't escape his fate. Qin Mu: “Brothers! The pressure from foreign enemies grows ever worse, and the situation on the peninsula is even more dire. We defeated the enemy at sea, yet now we're forced to cower in port and let t 33Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 4 Civilization VI: 1901 文明六：1901 Synopsis [Reborn + History + Republic of China + Struggle for Supremacy + Warlords] Albert Einstein said, “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Qin Shihuang, meanwhile, said, “For me, life is a miraculous journey with Civilization VI as my only companion.” Then he returns to that tumultuous new era. The late Qing Revolution has just begun, and the world is suddenly in upheaval. Qin Shihuang finds himsel 15Reads5.6Score—Shelves
- 5 From the Start, I Drew an Italian Cannon While Suppressing Bandits 开局剿匪我抽到意大利炮 This book is also known as: World War II: I Draw Wei Heshang from the Start; The Great Warlord: I Can Draw Prizes; World War II: Ten Draws from the Start; The Black Mountain Empire; The War Years: I Can Draw Weapons and Equipment. An alternate history. All place names, people, and events are fictional. Zhou Wenqiang transmigrates to the Dakan Empire, surrounded by great powers on every side. Naturally, he has a golden finger: he can sign in and draw prizes every day, winning all kinds of weapons 3.4kReads8.0Score209Shelves
- 6 The Empire, Shanghai, and My Mutated Phone! 帝国，上海滩，我的手机变异了！ Alternate history + warlord warfare + Republican-era setting + golden finger After a shipwreck, Zhang Jin accidentally transmigrates to the dying days of the Daxing Empire in another world, where his phone suddenly mutates... “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully redeemed 5,000 Hail rocket launchers!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully redeemed 25 Yamato-class battleships!” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have summoned 100,000 elite sergeants!” I’m not ver 5.6kReads8.7Score266Shelves
- 7 Warlords of Another World 异世军阀争霸 [Otherworld + Powerful System + Pure Power Fantasy + Ruthless Protagonist + Warlord Rivalries + Industrial Development + Overpowering the Great Powers] The protagonist, Yuan Long, arrives in the dangerous otherworld of the Yanlong Kingdom during the era of warlord rule. His soul transmigrates into the body of Yuan Dingguo’s only son. Yuan Dingguo is the military governor of four provinces, and Yuan Long unexpectedly obtains the “Rise of the Empire” System. From the start, his beginner’s gift is 1.4kReads6.9Score107Shelves
- 8 The Great Powers: I Am the Empire, and the Empire Is Me 列强：帝国即我，我即帝国 Just as the young emperor, who had inherited the throne before his time, is at a loss and completely bewildered, ding Here it comes, here it comes! Big Bro System has arrived. See how Emperor Zhou Shengming of Qianwu saves an empire and makes it... stand tall among the worlds of another realm. (A reminder: this is a completely different world!!!! The blurb does it no justice, so head to the story itself.) 148Reads9.2Score—Shelves
- 9 1650: Restarting the Great Ming, Dragons Rise in the Americas 1650重启大明：龙腾美洲 [No System]+ [Transmigration]+ [Farming]+ [War]+ [Revenge]+ [Economics] After an accident puts his flight in danger, Zhu Junluo becomes a descendant of Zhu Yunwen, the Jianwen Emperor, who fled to the Americas, and begins a whole new chapter. Drive back the European colonizers and rescue the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Return to China with cannons and ironclad ships, wipe out the Qing, and restore the Ming. Develop industry, commerce, and trade; advance military technology; and command r 3.8kReads8.1Score260Shelves
- 10 Lake Changjin: Yan Shuangying’s Nephew Joins the Seventh Assault Company 长津湖：燕双鹰侄子，第七穿插连 Yan Bin, from the twenty-first century, transmigrated one day and woke to discover that he had become Yan Shuangying's nephew. Under the guidance of Yan Shuangying and a mysterious stranger, he mastered an array of skills. He also awakened the War God System! With his skills and natural talents, he joined the army and arrived at the corps. He never expected to run into the Seventh Company, becoming its six hundred and seventy-eighth soldier! Thus began his days of sharing hardships and fighting 1.3kReads9.2Score100Shelves
- 11 Rising to Power, Starting in 1900 崛起，从1900开始 In 1900, at the dawn of the twentieth century, the Industrial Revolution, the Self-Strengthening Movement, the Hundred Days’ Reform, and the farcical Boxer uprising… Beset by internal strife and foreign threats, a vast ancient nation in the East teeters on the brink of collapse, its fate hanging by a thread. That year, a strange young man from Jiangnan, carrying modern knowledge and skills, plunges headlong into the whirlpool of a world in turmoil. 6.5kReads7.7Score275Shelves
- 12 War of Resistance: Rising to Power as the Young Marshal of Fengtian! 抗战：从奉天少帅开始崛起！ Jiang Bai suddenly found himself inside the senior command headquarters of the Fengtian Army. To his astonishment, he had become Marshal Zhang's adopted son. Just as he was celebrating, a crisp System notification sounded. “Ding! The Host's current historical moment has been detected. Please select the optimal course of action!” “Option One: Escape Fengtian, settle overseas, and build a business empire!” “Option Two: Escape Fengtian, join Chiang Kai-shek, and rise to the top of the Huaxia govern 25Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 13 Republican Era: From the Son of a 1911 Revolution Warlord to a Peerless Statesman 民国：从辛亥督军之子到国士无双 [Republican era + war + warlords + industrial development + nation-building] Lei Mingyuan wakes up one day to find that he has transmigrated to 1911 and become the son of Lei Zhenchun, a general in the Beiyang New Army. In the turmoil of the late Qing and early Republic, he knows he must control an army to ensure his own safety. Starting by training a new army, he gradually gains control of the troops, then uses his informational advantage to lead his men from a small town and rise into a major 1.1kReads8.0Score101Shelves
- 14 The Iron-Blooded Marshal: I Command Ten Million Troops 铁血大帅：我有千万大军 Li Manjiang, a modern man, transmigrates to the Great Kang Empire, a world resembling the early twentieth century. The entire globe is under threat from six great powers. The Great Kang Empire is riddled with foreign concessions and foreigners, but then Police Captain Li Manjiang awakens the Weapon Exchange System. He raises an army of ten million and eyes the nations hungrily. You call the Type 38 rifle a good gun? Take a look, brother: my men are all equipped with M1 Garand semi-automatic rifl 4.1kReads8.3Score235Shelves
- 15 Red Alert: Starting a Rebellion in Empresses in the Palace 红警从甄嬛传造反开始 What would you do if you brought a Red Alert System to the Qing dynasty? Look at the assault rifle in your hands, then at the Qing soldiers in armor before you. Zhang Fan: “Do I have any choice besides rebelling?” “Take a kitchen knife to the power line, sparks and lightning all the way!” “What do you mean, the Jurchens are invincible as long as they number less than ten thousand? You little punk! Look at the Apocalypse Tank behind me. I'll give you one chance to rethink what you just said!” A s 95Reads7.7Score—Shelves
- 16 The Rise of an Empire Amid Warlord Warfare 军阀混战之帝国崛起 Synopsis: transmigration + historical what-if + System + warlords [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You’ve successfully drawn a Tiger tank.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You’ve successfully drawn a B-29 bomber.] Li Xingchen, a modern man from Blue Star, transmigrates to another world in the final days of a dynasty and activates the Super Spin System. Watch him build a great empire amid the chaos of war!!! 7.6kReads8.6Score301Shelves
- 17 The Empire Rises: Sweeping Away the Warlords 帝国崛起：横扫大军阀 Huang Yuntian transmigrates to another world and gets a Great Warlord System. In a chaotic world divided among warlords, he is the young marshal of a minor warlord, and every day he receives all kinds of supplies from the System’s sign-in rewards. As his territory expands, his daily sign-in rewards grow more numerous and advanced. Massive barracks, Tiger tanks, solar power plants, modern radar, steel bunkers, destroyers, Harrier fighter jets, battleships, aircraft carriers... As his daily sign-i 94Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 18 Bright Sword: Building a Military Base and Leaving Li Yunlong Stunned 亮剑：建立军事基地，吓懵李云龙 (Drawing Sword + special forces + warlords + building his own power + worlds merging) Chen Lie transmigrates into Drawing Sword and obtains a god-tier sign-in System. Killing Japanese soldiers grants him experience and supplies, while signing in can even reward him with military production lines! During the Battle of Yunling, he signs in and receives god-tier sniping skills. He takes out Sakata on the spot and earns a Garand rifle production line! Li Yunlong: You saved my life. I’ll give you a s 1kReads8.9Score106Shelves
- 19 My Father Is a Warlord 我的父亲是军阀 It is a chaotic age. Resources are scarce, and the land is consumed by war… A young man with a “deadly sixth sense” carves out a bright future in this era of blood and fire. This is the rise of a new empire: a young man kindles a spark amid the turmoil, bringing a golden age to all the people. 2.6kReads8.6Score107Shelves
- 20 The Turmoil of the Qing Dynasty 乱清 “Starting from scratch? Then we'll build a steel industry! Enemies too strong? Then we'll upgrade our guns and cannons! The Revolt of the Three Feudatories is right around the corner, so let the three sides fight it out and see who comes out on top. The colonial feast is past the halfway point, so we'll strike hard and leave the great powers nowhere to turn. No matter how treacherous the road ahead or how powerful the enemy, these proud transmigrators will write a different history through one s 1.2kReads8.3Score140Shelves
- 21 Reborn in the Late Qing: Looking Down on the Great Powers 重生清末之傲视列强 Battleships and Big Guns + Industrial Technology + The Rise of the Far East After transmigrating to a parallel world, I was always one step ahead technologically, with one advanced weapon after another! See how Chu Chen turns the tide in the most desperate of times! 8.8kReads8.3Score442Shelves
- 22 Building an Invincible Fleet, Starting with a Battleship 从一艘战列舰开始打造无敌舰队 (Naval Warfare) + (Conquest) + (The System Only Provides Equipment and Technology, No Missions) + (Shipbuilding) + (No Female Lead) Chu Qing is reborn on a planet where oceans cover ninety percent of the surface, becoming the son of the garrison commander of the Taixi Islands in the Qian Cang Empire. He is ready to make his mark, but then the Eastern Sakura Empire suddenly launches a war... Driven from his home from the start, Chu Qing finally awakens his AI on the run! With a “found” battleship 3.6kReads9.0Score192Shelves
- 23 The Great Empire of 1910: Rebellion from the Start 1910大帝国：开局就造反 An invincible naval fleet, beginning at the South Sea Garrison in 1910. This is another world whose technology is roughly comparable to that of the nineteenth century. The protagonist, Gan Xuanzhu, transmigrates there and starts out on an overseas island of the Great Cang Dynasty. With the System at his disposal, he builds an initial fleet in the tiny territory of the South Sea. After defeating the Great Cang Dynasty's eastern island nation of Chongying in two naval battles, the garrison gradu 3.7kReads7.7Score148Shelves
- 24 Nanyang, 1933 南洋1933 Transmigrates to the Republican era, develops agriculture and industry overseas, and builds settlements for immigrants. There are also military strategies, and the timeline is historically accurate. He does not return to develop the Central Plains. In 2012, 24-year-old Zi Baozhong transmigrated. He brought the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook, the Militia Training Manual, and the Farmland Irrigation and Water Conservancy Handbook with him to northern Myanmar in 1932. In this turbulent era, Zi Baozhong 6.6kReads8.8Score221Shelves
- 25 The Middle Kingdom 中央之国 (If you’re looking for a brainless power fantasy where signing in gives you troops, this isn’t it! There are cheats, but they’re national bonus cheats. Those who get it know how powerful they are; those who don’t will think they’re useless.) Zhou Xiangyu transmigrates into an alternate parallel world of the late nineteenth century, reshaped by transmigrators from an earlier era, and becomes the newly enthroned Emperor Dekang, Zhou Yongqi... “Holy crap, I’m an emperor, and the dynasty is in its f 158Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 26 Starting as a Regiment Commander: From Then On, the Road to Hegemony 开局当团长：从此踏上争霸路 Warlord + Ambition + War + Resistance Against the Great Powers + Foreign Campaigns Wang Quan transmigrates to another world. After unlocking the standard cheat every transmigrator gets, he can already tell that life is going to be exciting. “Congratulations, Host. You’ve received your starter reward: 3,000 rifles, 165 light and heavy machine guns, 50 field artillery pieces...” “Congratulations, Host. Your industrial equipment purchase is complete. You’ve also received the corresponding technical 15.6kReads8.0Score853Shelves
- 27 Conquest: The Strongest Warlord Sweeps Aside the Great Powers 争霸：最强军阀横扫列强 Ding! Congratulations, Host! You have successfully activated the Super-Rich Warlord System. This System is at your service and will help you become a qualified super-rich warlord as soon as possible. Without a decent army, how can you call yourself a great warlord? Without your own arms factory, steel mill, and shipyard, how can you call yourself “rich”? Without cannons, tanks, and armored vehicles, how can you claim to have a System? When Chen Jianshen woke up, he found himself in the Great Hen 11.1kReads8.0Score437Shelves
- 28 The Empire’s Number One Playboy 帝国第一纨绔 In the final years of the Great Qian dynasty, just after the Industrial Revolution, the realm was in chaos. Gao Shaoyi, the empire's most notorious playboy, the emperor's nephew, and a third-rank marquis, suddenly awakened memories of Earth. He had thought he could keep living the life of a playboy, surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines. But the Great Qian Empire was now battered by storms, beset by powerful enemies abroad and a foolish emperor at home. Even staying alive was a challenge. 463Reads8.6Score159Shelves
- 29 Great Ming, So You're the Qing? 大明，就你叫满清啊？ In 1690, the twenty-ninth year of the Kangxi reign, the Ming dynasty was already history. A soul from the future possessed Zhu Hechang, a Ming imperial grandson in exile in Luzon. At first, faced with this unfamiliar world, Zhu Hechang was confused and discouraged. Then... “Empire Rising System is now online...” “Congratulations, Host, the System has been fully upgraded!” “Congratulations, Host, you have received 500 soldiers from the Ming Divine Machine Battalion, all equipped with Minié rifles 3.1kReads8.7Score221Shelves
- 30 Republican Era: Who Needs Concubines? Spend Money to Make Your Warlord Stronger 民国：要啥姨太，军阀氪金就变强 [Republican Era] [Warlords] [Tycoon] [Pay to Win] [System] [No Female Lead] [War of Resistance] Cao Qiqiang transmigrates into a chaotic age and awakens the “Warlord Pay-to-Win and Grow Stronger System.” He rises amid war and strife, dominating the world with swagger! [Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have bound the Warlord Tycoon System! Get a ten-thousand-fold rebate on your savings! Exchange them for Threshold Coins and enjoy a surprise!] [The System Shop is now open for a limited time.] [War 1Reads5.3Score—Shelves
- 31 Republican-Era Tycoon: Buying Twin Maids from the Start 民国神豪：开局买下双胞胎侍女 [Film and TV Crossover + Historical Figures + Billionaire Lifestyle + Pure Indulgence + Food and Fun + Nuanced Heroine + Rise to the Top] What? The standard home for a billionaire is a penthouse at Tomson Riviera? Sorry! I live in a massive 15-mu traditional courtyard mansion! What? You have to eat at Michelin three-star restaurants? Sorry! I have imperial chefs cook for me at home! The Eight Great Restaurants, Tianqiao... There's no end to the food and fun! I open factories, wage business wars, 441Reads9.5Score—Shelves
- 32 My Empire 我的帝国 War is a form of human interaction. Su Yu accidentally transmigrated to another world, becoming the son of a provincial governor, and gained “War and Peace,” which let him exchange reputation points for any weapons and equipment he wanted. Watch as he builds a vast empire amid the chaos of the times. “Su Yu: The most meaningful thing I’ve done in my life was turn the world into one.” 16.8kReads8.8Score802Shelves
- 33 Reborn as a Tyrant in the Great Ming 重生大明当暴君 You think you can secretly collude with the Jian Nu and I won't know? You think you can conceal your commercial taxes and I won't know? The southeast is prosperous, while Shaanxi lies barren for a thousand miles, littered with the starving dead. The court's ministers care nothing for the people's lives or the fate of the realm. They suck the blood of the Great Ming and strip the flesh from its people! Even an ordinary man in a fit of rage can spill blood three feet high. But do you know what hap 17.2kReads9.0Score1.4kShelves
- 34 That’s Right, I’m Fighting the Great Powers 没错，我打的就是列强 The book has just been released, and its rating is still fluctuating. Please add it to your library and follow along. Liu Tianqing, a special forces soldier assigned to an escort mission, unexpectedly transmigrates back to 1900. Armed with his equipment and the escort case, he fights decisively through the chaos, struggling with all his might against the foreign powers. 15.6kReads6.9Score892Shelves
- 35 The New Empire: I Am the Great Warlord 新帝国：我是大军阀 Chen Chuhe accidentally transmigrates to another world, the Great Xin Kingdom, where he becomes one of the Qin faction's warlords and gains a System that drops loot when he kills enemies! “Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! You have killed an enemy soldier and received one Mauser Kar98k rifle and 100 rounds of 7.92 mm ammunition!” “Ding-dong! Congratulations, Host! You have killed an enemy soldier and received one Maxim heavy machine gun and 10,000 rounds of 7.92 mm ammunition!” “Ding-dong! Congr 181Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 36 Great Ming: I'm a Prince, Can't I Enjoy Myself? 大明：皇子的我还不能享受享受？ I'm no good at writing introductions. This is a new book by a new author. He transmigrates to the Zhizheng era, and the System blows up. What! I'm actually the Prince Qin Min, who did every evil thing imaginable? The second legitimate son of the Hongwu Emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang! He died young. After his death, Zhu Yuanzhang personally wrote a memorial condemning him: "Since you were sent to your fief, you have earned no good reputation. You kept company with petty men, indulged in wine and women, a 36.8kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
- 37 Siheyuan: Back to 1954, Luckily I Have a System 四合院：回到54年，还好带系统 [Siheyuan] [Founding a Nation Overseas] [Spatial Interface] [One Female Lead] Transmigrate to a Siheyuan in 1954? Luckily, I've got a skill-upgrade cheat, an boundless space, and a space for growing crops. What? There's also a family lineage stretching back thousands of years behind me, and I'm the clan head? These people from the Siheyuan think they can compete with me? Of course I'll lead my family to become the greatest clan and build the world's number-one village. The fun starts when I buil 12.5kReads8.4Score621Shelves
- 38 Is It Really So Strange to Build an Aircraft Carrier in a Feudal Dynasty? 我在封建王朝造航母很合理吧？ [Otherworld + farming + naval warfare + no System + no harem] Li Yi was flung a hundred years into the past by the power of time and space from the East (author), becoming a disgraced prince exiled overseas. Luckily, he had the knowledge from his previous life and knew weapons development inside out, so he went straight into a shipbuilding frenzy. Battleships sailed in formation across the seas, carrier-based aircraft unleashed overwhelming firepower, radar and missiles struck hard, and deep-sea 267Reads9.0Score—Shelves
- 39 The Rise of an Empire: I Extend the Ming Dynasty by Seven Hundred Years! 帝国崛起：我为大明续命七百年！ [System + alternate-history Ming Dynasty + decisive and ruthless + iron-blooded emperor + farming] The Ming Empire is growing weaker by the day. Shen Yu, whose soul has transmigrated into this world, becomes the ninth prince. Let’s see how he makes the Ming realm shine brighter than ever. 29.5kReads8.8Score2.3kShelves
- 40 Great Ming: The Strongest Crown Prince in History 大明：史上最强太子 [Great Ming] + [System] + [Invincible] + [Feel-Good Story] He transmigrated as Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son, Zhu Biao, the crown prince with the most secure position in history! He awakened the Fortune Golden Egg System! Once a year, he could smash open a golden egg. The stronger his fortune, the more amazing the prize! A flawless body, peerless swordsmanship, a divine command... With the System's support, he became the greatest crown prince in history! Under Zhu Biao's leadership, the Great Ming 41.9kReads9.0Score3.9kShelves
- 41 The Founder of the Great Zhou 大周缔造者 Synopsis: Great Warlord + Crushing the Foreign Powers + System + Raising an Army + Conquering the World [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully drawn the fully organized German Fourth Panzer Army.] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully drawn an Iowa-class battleship!] [Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have successfully drawn a Super Arsenal, capable of producing Cold War equipment.] Ma Jin was a modern man who happened to transmigrate to another world: the Great 22.3kReads9.0Score1.7kShelves
- 42 The Empire’s Great Bandit 帝国大反贼 (This is a traditional alternate-history novel.) That year, more than a dozen prefectures suffered a severe drought, and the harvest failed completely. That year, five powerful military governors carved up the land, and their princes rebelled. That year, Zhang Yunchuan became an outlaw and one of the great bandits of Jiufeng Mountain. 48.9kReads8.7Score4.2kShelves
- 43 The Sino-Japanese War of 1894: The Rise of the Far East 甲午风云之远东崛起 Yue Tian, a PhD in military machinery, transmigrates to the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895 and becomes a vanguard soldier protecting the nation. Using his knowledge from the future, he takes control of the lands beyond the Shanhai Pass, establishes a republic, unifies the country, and helps the nation rise as a great power in the Far East. 10.6kReads7.7Score479Shelves
- 44 Back to the Song Dynasty to Be a Tyrant 回到宋朝当暴君 In the halls of government, rotten wood holds office. Between the palace steps, beasts feast on their salaries. Men with hearts like wolves and the ways of dogs crowd the halls of power. Toadies and bootlickers fill the ranks of government, bringing the state to ruin and the people to misery! You dare demand to know whether the sword in my hand is sharp? 169kReads9.4Score19.6kShelves
