The Beacon Soldier

Modern combat engineer Han Ce opens his eyes to find himself a starving garrison soldier at a beacon tower on the northern frontier of Dayin. His superiors skim his rations and steal his battle merits; the grassland cavalry rides south year after year, treating border folk like cattle and sheep. The court remembers only to collect taxes, never that anyone still lives out here. He knows fortification, map-reading, and troop command—but he has no horse, no blade, no patron. A pawn that crosses the river can only advance, never retreat—starting from one beacon tower and five brothers, he must carve a bloody road to the halls of power through battle merits, account ledgers, and blade edges. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Beacon Soldier — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠