Otherworld Hegemony: Starting by Holding the Lonely City

Border war rages, an enemy nation's great army presses in, and the main force originally tasked with guarding Qingya City has still not returned. Fewer than three hundred defenders remain in the city, and the food will not last long. Some advocate surrender, some prepare to flee with their families, and even several of the city's stewards have already begun looking for a way out for themselves. Gu Chang'an was originally just an ordinary weapons repairman in the city, usually helping his father run the shop and occasionally repairing weapons for the defenders; all he wanted was for his family to live a stable life. But now the enemy is outside the city gates, and inside the gates there are still people who want to secretly hand over the city. If the enemy really breaks in, let alone the family shop, it would be hard to say whether even his parents could survive. Since there is no escape, then find a way to hold this city. Only Gu Chang'an never expected that what began as simply wanting to protect his family and a small border city would later lead him step by step onto the road of recruiting talent, training an army, managing territory, and contending with the various powers of the world for land. And this world was far broader than he had first imagined. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Otherworld Hegemony: Starting by Holding the Lonely City — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠