Here lies the most prosperous city of its time, the most advanced technology, and the most brilliant culture. Yet, the vast and magnificent land of the Central Plains is about to submit to the iron hooves of foreign invaders in utter humiliation.

If preparations had been made in advance, then—securing Yan and Yun in the north, advancing west to Shazhou, heading south to Dali, and east to Ryukyu—would all these no longer be mere dreams?