North Gate Iron Ridge

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, the battle of Hanzhong came to an end. When everyone thought that Zhang Fei had to shoulder the important task of guarding Northern Xinjiang, Liu Bei defied all opinions and handed the Hanzhong prefect Yinshou into the hands of Wei Yan. This is not a simple appointment, but the beginning of a turning point in fate. From the moment he took over the seal ribbon, Wei Yan knew that he was embarking on a unique path. There were undercurrents surging above the court, and powerful enemies outside the northern border were lurking around. And he, a general with a strong personality and a military background, must use a city and a line of defense to prove that he was worthy of this heavy trust. Hanzhong is not the end, but the starting point. In the coming years, he will use Hanzhong as the basis to personally build an unprecedented Qinling defense system. He wants to train his troops amidst controversy, build a city amidst suspicion, and look for possibility amidst impossibility. When the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition is finally launched, he will no longer be the tragic general in history whose "Ziwu Valley Plan" was rejected. Instead, he will lead an iron army to fight out of the Qinling Mountains and become Ji Han's sharpest sword. But the real test has just arrived. When his military frontline points directly at Chang'an, and when his exploits shock the government and the public, Wei Yan has to face not only enemies on the battlefield, but also suspicions deep in human nature, conspiracy plots, and the terrible fate of "rebellion." This time, what he wanted to break was not only Cao Wei's defense line, but also the few lines of judgment in the history books that were doomed to tragedy.