You Told Me to Be Cannon Fodder, So How Did I Conquer Mount Langju?

Xu Qingshan wakes up to find himself a lowly foot soldier on the frontier of the Great Qian dynasty.

Short on food, money, and powerful connections.

His superiors treat him as cannon fodder, veteran soldiers want to steal his room, and the barbarian tribes could sweep south and massacre the city at any moment.

To make matters worse, the military camp forces eight women convicted of crimes on him.

Everyone laughs at his bad luck.

"A frontier soldier who can't even support himself thinks he can support eight women?"

But no one knows that Xu Qingshan has awakened the Family and Nation Military Merit System.

Supporting his family earns food, training soldiers earns weapons, and killing enemies earns military merit.

The eight burdens in everyone else's eyes become eight paths to greatness in his hands.

An official's daughter manages his grain, a female general's orphaned daughter trains his troops, the convicted wives of merchants help him amass wealth, a physician's daughter saves lives, an artisan's daughter makes crossbows, and a barbarian girl shows him the way...

Starting from a drafty, dilapidated courtyard, Xu Qingshan slays barbarians, stockpiles provisions, trains elite troops, builds a military stronghold, and rises to become a marquis of the highest rank!

Years later, his iron cavalry storms the royal court, and the civil and military officials of the capital kneel to welcome the frontier army.

Xu Qingshan looks back at the eight women behind him and smiles faintly.

"Back then, they said I'd picked up eight burdens."

"Now it seems I picked up eight kingdoms."