I Seized a City in the Southern Song Dynasty

In the final years of the Southern Song dynasty, the realm was beset by internal strife and outside threats: the Mongols invaded from the south while the Song court tore itself apart. Zheng Huchen, magistrate of Kuaiji, bore the burden of his family’s and country’s vendettas. In a burst of fury at the Mumi’an Temple, he executed a treacherous official, then withdrew into the mountains for his family’s sake. Bayan of the Mongol Empire brought his army to the city gates, his aggression reaching a fever pitch. Wen Tianxiang, the top scholar turned chancellor, was entrusted with the nation’s fate in its hour of peril, determined to turn the tide. But with the empire on the brink of collapse, what could one man do? Moved by this, Zheng Huchen resolutely returned to the fray, only to be lured into a trap by Chancellor Chen Yizhong...