The Great Warlord of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Late Qing Dynasty

This novel is not based on real history. Please read it with that in mind.

In 1900, the Gengzi upheaval shook the nation. The Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled west with the Guangxu Emperor. The governors of the southern provinces signed the Southeast Protection Agreement with the foreign powers, leaving the Qing court's authority a hollow shell. Guangxi, on the southwestern frontier, was overrun by remnants of the Heaven and Earth Society, bands of outlaws rose everywhere, and the government was corrupt and inept. French influence spread deep into Yunnan and Guangxi, eyeing Guangdong and Guangxi. As the old order gave way to the new, it was a time for heroes to rise and seize the moment.