They Told You to Be a Mere Soldier, So How Did You End Up Holding Power over the World?

Lin Ye, a low-ranking gate guard stationed on the northern frontier, lives at the very bottom of the border garrison, enduring humiliation and scraping by as best he can.

A drunken officer throws his weight around and abducts a respectable young woman, only to be caught in the act by her husband. He then forces Lin Ye to take the blame and die in his place.

Trapped in a desperate dead end, with human hearts impossible to fathom, Lin Ye is certain he is doomed.

No one expects the officer's wife to take him into her household as her personal guard.

Even more shocking, the seemingly frail maid abducted by Gao Gui is actually an extraordinary noblewoman, hidden on the frontier and wielding real power.

She even invites Lin Ye to join her in fighting the corruption and chaos plaguing the border garrison!

After the Gao family is brought down, the woman is impressed by his honesty and courage, and promotes him beyond all convention.

From then on, a mere frontier soldier rises to the heavens one step at a time.

From foot soldier to centurion, battalion commander, officer, and general... he sweeps across the northern frontier and crushes countless enemies.

With the powerful support of countless remarkable women, he makes his mark on the battlefields of a chaotic age. In the end, he commands the armies of the realm and makes his name resound across the Nine Provinces!