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- 101 The Rise of a Nobody in 1910 1910小人物的崛起 Deng Xian, an ordinary man, transmigrates into 1910 and embarks on a path to greatness. He defeats the foreign powers and drives out the Japanese invaders. He develops industry and strengthens the military. He expands the economy and ushers in great progress. Deng Xian hopes to change the society of his time through his own efforts. 29Reads6.6Score514d adds
- 102 The Late Qing: An Upheaval Unseen in Three Thousand Years 晚清，三千年未有之变局 We can hardly bear to turn the pages of late Qing history. Its sorrow and bloodshed make it too painful to read. A few random shots from the Western barbarians’ cannons were enough to shatter five thousand years of splendor, while the ancient dragon of the East still lay in opium smoke, dreaming of ascending to immortality. Late Qing, you are the heaviest crease in the history books, the most glaring ink stain on the long scroll of civilization. What strokes could possibly mend the scars coverin 202Reads6.5Score10014d adds
- 103 Tiger of Beiyang: Dad, Let's Not Become Emperor 北洋之虎：爹！咱不当皇帝了 A new story is here! You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 164Reads5.7Score13814d adds
- 104 A Warlord Rises: Laying Low Until I Become a Great Power 军阀崛起：慢慢苟成列强 [Strategy and tactics + weapons and equipment + weak golden finger + multiple women + Cao thief + slow burn] This is a true military novel, focused on sound logic rather than cheap thrills. The protagonist's strategies and tactics are based on the actual capabilities of his weapons and equipment. There's no mindless steamrolling, and army organization is adjusted flexibly to suit the equipment and the conditions of each battlefield. Most people don't understand the relationship between army orga 21Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 105 I Became a Super Warlord 我成了超级军阀 [Not a wish-fulfillment novel] Hu Ping and Xia Baimeng transmigrated to Daxia, a feudal monarchy that never existed in history! At home, there are no wise ministers to advise the ruler; abroad, hostile nations threaten their borders. The people are starving, the land is strewn with corpses, and foreign powers watch hungrily from every direction. A legend in an alternate world is about to begin. These are years of passion and fervor. An age of war and heroes. And a collection of heartwarming yet 7Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 106 The Black Soil Kingpin 黑土枭雄 In the chaotic final years of the Qing dynasty, foreign powers circle hungrily as gunfire and smoke engulf the Black Soil region. A young man from the modern era accidentally transmigrates into a time when his own ancestor is still a bandit. He plans to keep his head down and survive, only to discover that this ancestor is a bandit chief who soon gets recruited into the government as a security corps captain. In this troubled age, a band of outlaws becomes the starting point of his rise to power 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 107 Back to the Republic of China as a General 回到民国做将军 A delivery guy is in a traffic accident while making a delivery and transmigrates from the modern world to the chaotic Republic of China era, a time of raging wars, warring warlords, and bandits everywhere. From then on, he begins a life with cheat-like advantages! 49Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Founder of the Beiyang Government 北洋创始人 Xu Fei transmigrates to the waning years of the Qing dynasty, just as the Taiping Rebellion is underway. To take advantage of the good times when local officials are granted the right to recruit troops, Xu Fei lies low for three years. After Emperor Xianfeng announces that local authorities may recruit militia to fight the Taiping forces, Xu Fei uses his golden finger to enlist local volunteers and train soldiers. He leaps from being a low-ranking ninth-grade official to the top man in the regio 250Reads6.9Score32614d adds
- 109 The Chaotic Era: I Become a Great Warlord 混乱年代：我成为大军阀 [War + System + Passionate Action + Decisive and Ruthless] Ye Tianming, an unlucky guy who graduated from college only to find himself unemployed, accidentally transmigrates to another world, the nation of Jiuzhou, and gains a Reputation System. He gradually rises to become a powerful warlord! It is the worst of times, and the best of times! 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 110 I Betrayed Cixi and Became the Big Shot of the Beiyang Army 背刺慈禧，我成了北洋扛把子 [No System + Late Qing Dynasty + Plot + Political Intrigue + Epic-Length] Transmigrated into the body of a low-ranking military officer in the late Qing, Pei Liang stares at the queue at the back of his head and falls into deep thought. His superior is the unpredictable Empress Dowager Cixi. His colleagues are princes and powerful officials with their own schemes. And the history assignment is the looming national catastrophe of 1900. 261Reads5.2Score10314d adds
- 111 From Police Chief to Warlord: I Snatch the Russian Princess from the Start 从警长到军阀，开局截胡沙俄公主 [Republican era + industrial empire + warlords + massive troop production] A police superintendent is reborn in a small Far Eastern town in a parallel world. Every time he beats someone to the prize, he grows stronger! Snatch a Russian grand duchess, and he’s rewarded with Beiyang soldiers arriving at a rate of one per second! Intercept a bank’s armored cash truck, and he’s rewarded with eighteen 75 mm field guns! Seize an oil field, and he’s rewarded with an industrial empire! … Seize the thron 63Reads—Score—14d adds
- 112 A Bismarck Battleship from the Start: The Great Ming Empire's Sun Never Sets 开局俾斯麦战列舰，大明永不落日 1644, the fall of the Ming dynasty. Zhu Cilang, the eldest son of the Chongzhen Emperor, is taken away by a palace eunuch and travels west by ship. Who could have guessed that someone aboard would discover his identity midway through the voyage and try to take him back to the Qing court to claim a reward? Just as Zhu Cilang thinks he's about to bite the dust, he suddenly awakens the [Take What You Want System]. Every day, he can randomly obtain technology, armies, people, food, and other things. 7Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 113 Warlords in a Time of Chaos: The Empire's Creator 乱世军阀：帝国创造者 [Farming] + [Conquest] + [Land Reform] + [Industrialization] + [Warlords] For some reason, Li Yixian arrives in another world that resembles the late Qing and early Republican eras of his previous life. He swears to achieve greatness as an ordinary man! This world is in the midst of chaos. In the eastern land of Jinzhou, the feudal Great Shun Empire is corrupt and declining. The former emperor is dead, the Empress Dowager rules from behind the curtain, court factions are locked in fierce power s —Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 114 The Southern Ming Empire, 1980 南明帝国1980 My new work is here! Come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 115 Warlord: I Have a Daily Card-Drawing System 军阀，我有每日抽卡系统 Chen Kang transmigrates to another world and gets a daily card-draw System. In this world, torn apart by warlords and engulfed in artillery fire, how will Chen Kang survive? 1.8kReads7.1Score—14d adds
- 116 From Bandit to Nation-Builder in Southeast Asia 从土匪到东南亚建国 [Build a Nation Overseas] + [Master of Grand Promises] + [Ruthless] + [Farming] + [Industry] + [No System] Wang Meng: Brothers, let’s kidnap Young Master Wu. He’s got money and guns. We’ll head up the mountain and become kings! Wang Wen: I’m with Brother Meng. We’ll eat well and drink our fill! Wang Meng: Take down the Frenchmen, and we’ll divide up the land, houses, and women! Wang Wen: Follow the commander, and we’ll get land, houses, and wives! 30.2kReads7.2Score2.3k14d adds
- 117 War of Resistance: My Father Is Old Zhang 抗战：家父老张 After transmigrating into this tumultuous era, crawling with ambitious warlords, Zhang Xueming admits he’s terrified. One wrong move and he could die without a proper burial. Fortunately, he has an impressive identity, and with the System backing him, he gradually rises to the top. Decades later, when he looks back, all his rivals are gone. 279Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 118 A South Asian Warlord 南亚小军阀 Yang Yun is unexpectedly reborn into the body of the son of a bandit on the Huaguo Yunnan and Beiyue, Laos border. Forced into the maelstrom of World War II, he eventually becomes a power to be reckoned with. 9Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 119 War of Resistance: From Old-Time Warlord to Marshal Who Defends the Nation! 抗战：从旧军阀到护国元帅！ My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 1Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 120 Su Jie’s Second Book 素節的第2本书 [An invincible hero, with every word delivering a rush! Fast-paced, ruthless, and bold enough to pull off the things you wouldn’t dare imagine!] In this age of utter chaos, you need a streak of fearlessness and sheer grit. Trying to reason with the devil and talk about how the world ought to be simply won’t work. Why waste words when you can blast him with one punch? With an undying body, immense strength, untold wealth, and an army of a million, you can become king! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 121 The Fox of the Far East 远东之狐 In 1884, amid the upheavals of the Sino-French War, Han Zikun is born in the Han family’s courtyard in Shanxia County, Jinghai Prefecture. A transmigrator, he brings modern marketing skills, mechanical engineering knowledge, and fluency in several languages, but has no System or golden finger. He can rely only on his ingenuity and determination to face the chaos of the late Qing. The family has had only one son for three generations. His grandfather, Han Shoushu, puts aside his scholar’s gown to 2Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 122 Beiyang in a Martial World: From the Start, I’m a Refugee Who Crushes the Great Powers 高武北洋：开局流民，我横推列强 War fires rage across a chaotic age. Warlords vie for control of the Central Plains, while foreign powers circle like vultures, carving up a nation on the brink. In the high-martial Beiyang era, the martial arts flourish and magic runs rampant. Supernatural force, barrier defenses, and weapons that break spells coexist with firearms and modern artillery in this turbulent age. A martial artist from a respectable family, Cao Zhenghao is swept into the army with the refugees, rising from the depth 1.1kReads—Score13514d adds
- 123 Republican Era: Building a New World from 1900 民国：从1900打造新世界 Chen Wanchuan woke up to find himself in a parallel world in the year 1900. Looking at the hellscape of starving corpses and foreign powers running rampant, he laughed. The imperial court? The great powers? All worthless! This rotten dynasty must be overthrown! This chaotic, broken age must be smashed! He would shatter this old world that devoured its people and build a new one where everyone had food to eat, clothes to wear, and dignity. 28Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 124 My Father Is the Northeast King, and I Revive the Begonia 家父东北王，我兴秋海棠 An ace Air Force pilot returns safely from an air show mission. He wants to surprise his fiancée, but the surprise turns to horror when the woman he loves assassinates him, and he dies with bitter resentment... He is reborn and transmigrates to more than a century in the past. At home, the nation is weak, the people are destitute, and warlords battle for power. Abroad, the great powers look on hungrily, swallowing up the country bit by bit. If nothing changes, China may soon fall... In this life 338Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 My Name Is Yan of Sanjin, and the Great Powers Are Finished 我姓三晋阎，列强全玩完 Warlords and a locust invasion: Yan Wang gains the Gear-Up System and an elite template. He leads his troops straight into battle against an elite division, earns a massive haul of land and air gear, then uses his super equipment to sweep through the enemy with blitzkrieg tactics. 23Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 126 The Great Warlord of Republican China 民国大军阀 A life-or-death showdown as heroes from humble beginnings scheme for, seize, and wield power. A war between mighty outsiders and local strongmen. In a time of chaos, heroes battle for power in the world of the jianghu. In those days, some people had no shame as they climbed the ladder of power. Back then, thugs could fight for the realm with swords, while impoverished scholars could talk their way into office. The strong could rule a region, while the incapable were left destitute in the country 2.1kReads9.5Score9114d adds
- 127 The War of Resistance Begins in Hebei in the Year of Rising Up 抗战从河北崛起年开始 6kReads7.3Score33514d adds
- 128 1926: The Northern Expedition! 1926，北伐！ What if someone had seized those so-called golden ten years? Could they have made this country stronger? Could they have made that tragedy of the modern era a little less devastating? Yu Qiuhua unexpectedly finds himself in such a world. Nanchang. Wuhan. Nanjing. Xuzhou. Jinan. He will leave his mark in every one of these cities!! He asks for no credit, only to have no regrets. 554Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 War of Resistance: The Northeast’s Most Ruthless Man! 抗战：东北第一狠人！ A young man from the new era transmigrates to another world at a time when Fengtian is in crisis. Feng Yong awakens the King's System and leads the Fengtian Army to sweep across the land. Every inch of land is soaked in blood, and a hundred thousand young men take up arms! Men, the time has come to ride forth with blades drawn and trample Fusang underfoot. Follow me and wipe out the invaders! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 Rise! Starting in the Northeast 崛起！从东北开始 In Northeast China during the Republican era, warlords carved up the land while foreign powers circled like vultures. The protagonist, Feng Yong, has no System and no supernatural abilities. He can only rely on his wits to change his fate. It's so hard! How on earth can he break this deadlock… 36Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 131 The Twilight of the Empire and the Dawn of the Republic 帝国的黄昏与民国的序幕 In the endgame that was late Qing China, some wanted to become emperor themselves, some wanted to overthrow the emperor, some wanted to restore the monarchy, and others secretly colluded with the foreign powers. Meanwhile, along the railway lines in the north, imperialist armies had already planted explosives. When the man at the helm fell, it was not only jackals that came rushing in, but also poisonous snakes lurking in the shadows. 66Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 132 Warlords: Winds Rise Along the Shu Road 军阀：风起蜀道 In the final years of the Qing dynasty, the natural order was turned upside down. The people lived in misery, bandits plundered at will, and warfare raged across the land. In a car accident, the soul of an ordinary modern college graduate who had just started his first job was carried into the mind of a baby about to be born. Favored by Heaven, he somehow missed the Meng Po Soup and began a new life with his memories intact. Born into the impoverished household of a failed scholar in the mounta 37Reads5.8Score—14d adds
- 133 Warlord: Reborn, I’ll Start by Rolling for a Lottery System 军阀：再重生，我先爆个抽奖系统 Warlords, transmigration, rebirth, System In my first life, I transmigrated and was reborn on Yuanwu Star. I lived freely for decades, until my enemies rose to power and destroyed my family. Only then did I finally wake up to reality. I never expected to be reborn again. The first thing I did was crush my enemy, but somehow, that even triggered a System. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 134 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—14d adds
- 135 The Iron-Blooded Deputy Marshal: I, Yang Yuting, Rebuild the Nation 铁血辅帅：我，杨宇霆，再造山河 A 21st-century young man with a patriotic heart transmigrates into the body of Yang Yuting, chief of staff of the Fengtian Army. See how he helps the young marshal build a new Northeast, caught between the Japanese and Soviet empires and the Nanjing government! 1.8kReads6.3Score10914d adds
- 136 White Mountains and Black Waters: I Am the Twelfth Boss 白山黑水：我乃十二当家 A map of the current situation, showing wolves, jackals, tigers, leopards, and bears. I don't care what happens elsewhere. Whether Heishui is in chaos is for Chen Shan to decide. The moment Chen Shan climbs the mountain, he knows the dawn is coming. No men? Recruit some. There may not be many, but they're loyal. No guns? Make the enemy build them for me. No money? The shops come with bonuses. The blurb won't do it justice. Head to the main story. 196Reads9.0Score—14d adds
- 137 Rise of a Tyrant: I Build an Empire in Republican China 枭雄崛起：我在民国建帝国 A new work is out! You can read my novel on Tomato Novel. I hope you’ll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to keep writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 551Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 138 Transmigrating to 1900, I Turn the World Upside Down by Selling Arms 穿越1900我靠卖军火掀翻世界 Chen Feng builds an arms base in Hainan and forges alliances. He grows into the greatest arms dealer in the world. His motto is: “If others dare to sell it, I’ll sell it! If they don’t dare to sell it, I’ll sell that too! Leave saving the world to you lot. I’m only interested in that vile thing called money!” Wilhelm II: “My dear Chen, I want several Elizabeth-class battleships!” George: “I’m richer than the Germans! Sell them to me!” Sakura: “Esteemed Mr. Chen Feng, the Empire accepts Kyushu’s 40Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 139 The Rise of a Warlord in Republican China 民国之枭雄崛起 Three years after graduation, good-for-nothing Chen Dong accidentally steps on a land mine and transmigrates to the early Republican era. After months of wandering from place to place, he decides to gather some brothers and become a bandit. He takes over a town, marches into the county seat, and raises a banner to crown himself king. Then he discovers the wonders of having God's-eye perspective and sets off a movement across the Republican era by starting a newspaper and opening a bathhouse. He 3Reads5.3Score—14d adds
- 140 Late Qing: Rebuilding China 晚清之再造华夏 The modern history of China since the late Qing Dynasty is a history of blood and tears for the Chinese people. The protagonist, Wang Dingbian, transmigrates to a time before the First Sino-Japanese War. Watch him make his way forward step by step: joining the bandits, accepting an offer of amnesty, and fighting the Japanese... 593Reads7.1Score17114d adds
- 141 A Tycoon? I Want to Be a Warlord 首富？我要当军阀 Li Haoran was reborn in a parallel world as the son of Huaxia’s richest man. But this was an era of warlords and foreign powers running rampant. Without enough ability, even great wealth would make him no more than someone else’s wallet, and he would be nothing but a lamb waiting to be slaughtered. Li Haoran became the one holding the knife. 344Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 142 The Beiyang Tycoon: Gambling and Drugs Are My Mortal Enemies 北洋神豪：我与赌毒不共戴天 Being made a marquis was never my aim; all I wish is for the seas to be calm. My name is Zhang Pinghai! Now that I’ve come to this world, I have only one thing to do: fight drugs, fight drugs, and fight the damn drugs!! I have no interest in money. Besides, none of them are richer than me! What, you say I should kill the Japanese too? If it can walk, that doesn’t make it a drug? That’s even more poisonous, okay! (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ The author’s new book. Things move a little slowly at first, but it get 3kReads7.2Score13814d adds
- 143 Zhang Zongchang, Warlord of the Republican Era 民国枭雄张宗昌 General Zhang Zongchang, “The Fortune of a Lifetime Begins with Beiyang” That snowy night, I swung my fists alongside the Russian bastards, and blood splattered across the Vladivostok docks. They called me a mad dog. I just laughed. They didn’t understand: in this dog-eat-dog world, only the cruelest survive. With a hundred Mauser rifles in my arms, I led a band of desperados aboard a battered ship bound for home. The Shanghai military governor wanted to recruit me? A Zhili clique general wanted 2.5kReads7.3Score16414d adds
- 144 Warlord: Slaying Enemies in Bright Sword, I Am the Marshal of Fengtian 军阀：亮剑杀敌，我是奉天大帅 [Republican-era warlords + building a power base alone + Snow Leopard's Zhou Weiguo + characters from Bright Sword + Artillery God Yang Zhihua] Xu Tianlong transmigrated to the warlord-ridden Republic of China, becoming the marshal of Fengtian's son and Zhang Xiaoliu's sworn brother. Who would have thought these spoiled heirs would adopt a policy of nonresistance, letting enemy troops run rampant across the Northeast? Furious, Xu Tianlong set out on his own, leading his troops to kill the enemy 402Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 145 Transmigrating to the Late Qing: From Bandit to King of the Northeast 穿越清末从土匪到东北王 [Industry]+ [Technology]+ [Military]+ [Political Intrigue] The protagonist, Zhang Jing’an, unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a minor Boxer Rebellion leader in Northeast China in 1900. While being hunted down by Qing troops, he unexpectedly awakens the Hearts of Iron System. After driving off the Qing troops, the group has nowhere to go and is forced to become bandits. Their very first heist is the kidnapping of a county magistrate, but the magistrate accidentally drowns while trying to 109Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 Xianfeng's Reign Begins: After Helping the Qing Crush a Rebellion, I Turn Around and Destroy It 咸丰开局：帮清平叛后我反手灭清 From a fallen tribal chieftain to the governor-general of a province, he fought his way up and took command of a hundred thousand troops. The Qing court saw him as a lackey, the rebel forces saw him as a formidable foe, and no one in the land knew what he was plotting. Once the fighting in western Yunnan was quelled, the court issued an edict demanding the five-hundred-year-old tribal seal, intent on stripping him of his foundations and seizing his troops. He had endured all he could. There was 54Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 I Don't Want to Become a Great Warlord 我不想成为大军阀 Liu Zhenyu accidentally enters a passage through time and space and arrives in an unknown world. Its last feudal dynasty, the Great Han Dynasty, has been overthrown, and the land has plunged into an era of warlords. The people still call themselves subjects of the Great Han, and their language is identical to the Chinese Liu Zhenyu speaks. Warlords clash within the country while foreign powers circle beyond its borders. Through concessions, occupation, and outright aggression, the foreign powers 59Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 148 Dual Crossing Through Time: I Become a Warlord in Republican-Era China 双穿时空：我在民国当军阀 A car accident gives Li Cao the ability to travel freely between 2024 and 1925. From then on, an invincible warlord who can command everything emerges. He trades gold bars and antiques for technological blueprints, and uses drones to strike fear into vast armies. With his own hands, he establishes the “Dragon Soul Army,” saves the Young Marshal, changes China's fate, and aims his cannons at the world powers! Young Marshal Zhang regards him as his one true confidant: “Brother, you and I will rule 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 149 I’m a Marshal of Three Armies, and You Call Me a War Criminal? 我都成三军元帅了，你叫我战犯？ Li Yunxiao transmigrates into the War of Resistance and becomes a police station captain in Jinshanwei! What? The Japanese have overwhelming firepower? Watch me teach them a lesson with modern tactics! What? Their tactics are brilliant? Sorry, I already predicted that you'd predict my move! From Jinshanwei to Jinling, then across the entire Chinese battlefield, Li Yunxiao leads his troops to victory after victory, driving the Japanese into retreat! He thinks he'll retire after completing his 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 The World's Strongest Nation 世界最强国 After returning to the Republican era, the protagonist activates a System left behind by a high-level civilization, complete with all kinds of technology and blueprints. Watch as he rises to the top step by step and stirs up a storm on the international stage. 3Reads6.8Score—14d adds
