The Last General of Yanmen

Chen Ce, a general who defended the northern frontier in the late Ming, spent his life guarding the borders and never lost a battle. In the end, he died for his country amid the snow and wind at Yanmen Pass. He gave his life for the Ming and swore with his dying breath to protect the land and its people. He never expected to awaken five hundred years later, cast into the turbulent, war-torn Republic of China.

The imperial dynasties had long since fallen, and the spirit of a prosperous age was gone. China was now carved up by warlords and consumed by fighting, with foreign powers encircling the country and its territory lost. Soldiers and bandits ran rampant, oppressing the people, while hundreds of millions were driven from their homes and plunged into hardship. The chaos was far worse than the final years of the Ming.

A renowned general from the ages, well-read in military classics, deeply versed in the art of command, and seasoned by countless battles, suddenly found himself on a modern battlefield where guns and cannons clashed. Old cavalry tactics collided with modern firearms, while the strategies of ancient military masters faced the warring factions of a chaotic age. Newly arrived in this strange world, he subdued unruly soldiers with his bare hands and protected the weak. His unyielding courage stunned the arrogant rabble of the times.

The old realm was a thing of the past, and his lifelong loyalty to the emperor had come to nothing. Chen Ce finally let go of his feudal notions of sovereign and subject, and made a new vow: he would fight not for an emperor or an empire, but for the land of China and all its people.

Starting from scratch, he studied modern weapons and tactics, blending ancient military principles with new methods of warfare. He restored order to a chaotic army, recruited men of conviction, and built a battle-hardened force that loved and protected the people and upheld strict discipline.

In a dark age of shattered lands and a nation in decline, this ancient general from a thousand years past, armed with the strategies in his breast,