The Frontier Soldier's Road to Nobility

A night raid on Qingshi Fort—cook Zhou Li hid beneath the dead and endured until dawn. After returning to camp, a deserter's name had been added to the roster. He couldn't read, didn't know how to fight, and only wanted to go home alive, to earn six mu of merit farmland for his mother and sister. To avoid execution, he joined the most dangerous scouting unit. From learning to recognize his own name, to leading five men out of camp, to commanding a thousand troops, he gradually discovered: grain sacks go missing, merit gets credited under other names, and even when a battle is won, the brothers-in-arms may not receive their pensions. This road to nobility, he will walk step by step. And for those who never came back, he will keep the accounts on their behalf. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Frontier Soldier's Road to Nobility — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠