Alternative Title: 将·長安陣
Author: 淵瞬
Status: Completed
Added: 2025-10-31
Updated: 2025-10-31
The smoke of war has not yet cleared across the land, so who is to say what is righteous and what is evil?
This is the story of a female general who travels through a chaotic era, ultimately finding the true meaning of being a general.
A silver hairpin streaks across the sky, and beacons of war suddenly ignite across the land. A new empress reigns, warlords carve up territories, and treacherous officials force an old minister to compel his son, seizing half of the empire.
However, little do they know that in the temporarily peaceful south, a young general is holding a silver spear, glaring aggressively at Chang'an, thousands of miles away.
Orphaned in childhood and forced to live under others due to the schemes of treacherous officials, Yang Xiao is now determined to go to Chang'an to seek justice. But who would have thought that on the day of the regicide, the old minister held captive by the treacherous official was none other than her father, General Chixiao?
Having been safe away from the capital, she thus became the only bargaining chip for the Chixiao Mansion. If this piece is played correctly, overthrowing Chang'an is not impossible.
Have you not heard, that times create heroes, and heroes also suit the times?
She gritted her teeth and decided to travel north by boat, seek an enlightened ruler, meet friends, find confidantes, and vow to ride her horse and wield her spear all the way to Chang'an, seize the new empress by the neck, and take back this shattered empire.
Yet, the passionate young general, fresh out of the gate, was noticed and remembered during her very first battle.
Every step she takes feels as if an invisible hand is controlling the entire chess game. Things are far more complicated than they appear on the surface; the Chang'an Formation is slowly revealing itself through countless clashes of arms.
And the question of "what it means to be a general" has become an obsession, lingering in Yang Xiao's heart. She stops...