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 mistreatment and scraping by in humiliation.

The drunken commandant abuses his authority and abducts a respectable young woman, but when her husband suddenly catches them in the act, he forces Lin Ye to take the blame and die in his place.

At the edge of death, with human nature impossible to fathom, Lin Ye thinks he's as good as dead.

No one expects the woman to take him into her household and appoint him as her personal guard.

Even more astonishing, the seemingly delicate maid whom Gao Gui abducted is actually a peerless noblewoman, hidden away at the frontier and wielding real power.

She even invites him to join her in fighting against the corruption and chaos at the border!

After the Gao family is brought down, the woman appreciates his integrity and courage and promotes him beyond the usual limits.

From then on, an ordinary frontier soldier rises step by step.

From foot soldier to centurion, then commander, commandant, and general... he sweeps across the northern frontier and defeats countless enemies.

With countless remarkable women and powerful nobles supporting him along the way, he makes his mark on the battlefields of a chaotic age. In the end, he takes control of the empire's military and makes his name famous across the land!