Border Troops in a Troubled Age: From Foot Soldier to Guardian General

[Passionate + decisive and ruthless + farming and raising an army + no System, hardcore alternate history] In chaotic times, life was cheap as grass. Special forces soldier Chen Yuan transmigrated into this world to find his family destitute from the start, his little sister on the brink of starvation, a cruel landlord demanding repayment, and bandits sweeping through the area. To stay alive, he led his family on the run from famine, plunging straight into a borderland soaked in blood and piled with corpses. Others enlisted for their pay. He enlisted to earn titles by taking heads! With a spear in hand, he rose from raw recruit to centurion, then from garrison commander to regional commander. While the civil officials at court were still calculating how much land to cede and how much compensation to pay, Chen Yuan had already led his heavily armed border cavalry across the grasslands and conquered the Western Regions! “Your Majesty, this realm was won by Chen Yuan, one spear thrust at a time!” “What? You want to make me a prince of a different surname? Sorry, but I’d like to sit on the throne too.”