Where the Smoke Ends

In the third year of Yongxi reign of Dajing, the Beirong army broke through three passes and stained the border with blood. Scout captain Xiao Yu lost all his brothers in the encounter at Red Flame Valley and only escaped with his own life. Carrying deep guilt, he swore in the sea of ​​blood on the mountain of corpses: "One day, I will make Beirong's liver and gallbladder burst when he hears the Xiao flag." Gu Qingyi, the general of Polu, polished the broken blade of the frontier army into a sharp edge, and the Confucian generals gave it to each other. Little did they know that Mo Wenyuan, the Minister of War in the Central Government, had secretly formed an alliance with Chu Huaijin, the regent of Beirong. When Chu Huaijin marched 300,000 troops south, prairie princess Ashina Shalan's arrow was already aimed at Xiao Yu's heart. The survival of the empire is hidden in the sand table simulation, and the reform of the military system encounters many obstacles. Xiao Yu not only had to face the frontal charge of Tuoba Lie, the leader of the Beirong Canglang Army, but also had to beware of the cold arrows from behind by his own Xuanwu General Ning Pojun. At the end of the battlefield where corpses littered the field, the tent of the genius doctor Su Yunxiu was always dimly lit. This war sweeping the world is not only a collision of iron and blood, but also a strangulation of faith and belief. When Xiao Yu held the flag and stood at Yanhui Pass, he had to answer not only the safety of his family and country, but also why soldiers fought in troubled times.