The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions

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The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions

by karlmaks — [Alternate-history] [genius-type] [power-struggle] [decisive] [ruthless] [battle-driven] [hot-blooded] In the name of Yan and Huang, he unleashes a massacre. Borrowing the might of the Heavens, Li Xiao, a youth from the Western Regions, begins with nothing but his clan. He smelts steel on a massive scale, casts cannons, garrisons troops, raises horses, and launches campaigns of conquest in all directions.
1. Chapter 1: Western Liao, The Cold Wind Approaches
  
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2. Chapter 2: One Dragon, Two Tigers, Two Leopards
  
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3. Chapter 3: Hexi Fortress
  
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Chapter 99: News of Victory, Vice Military Governor, Shock and Awe

by karlmaks — Located at the west end of Hexi Fortress, there was a newly built cluster of thatched cottages. This was the temporary residence for the herdsmen of Hou Village; they had built these houses during this period. Although each household only had one or two rooms, they were much better at sheltering from wind and rain than tents. Huang Xiuer's house was a bit further in. She lived alone in a single room, but besides that, there was a large courtyard raising one hundred and fifty sheep, over twenty…
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Chapter 98: News of Victory Reaches Hexi

by karlmaks — Accompanied by the sounds of dogs barking and hoofbeats echoing through Hexi Fortress, people from every household came out to check the situation. The Old Master, having quickly put on his straw raincoat, was just about to go out when he found someone had stopped in front of his house. "Who is it?" The Old Master shouted in a low voice. Immediately after, a voice that surprised him came from outside the door. "Grandpa, it's me. Open the door quickly." Hearing this extremely familiar…
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Chapter 97: The Li Family’s Daughter-in-law

by karlmaks — Twenty-first year of the Tianxi reign of Great Liao, August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival. Heavy rain fell from the sky, and dark clouds obscured the moon. For the Han people of Hexi Fortress and indeed the entire Jin Prefecture, this Mid-Autumn Festival was destined to be dull and flavorless. It should have been a festival for family reunions and moon gazing, but because of the war, numerous families had experienced separation and death. Countless Han people gazed at the pouring rain outside their…
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Chapter 96: Temujin

by karlmaks — Just as Li Xiao finally got to eat the fragrant glutinous rice, on the grasslands a thousand li to the east, it was a completely different scene. The Selenge River still flowed surgingly, but at this moment, it was dyed red with blood. Broken weapons, severed limbs, and some corpses of steppe people floated on the river surface, emitting a nauseating smell of blood. The grass by the river was trampled into chaos. Wisps of green smoke rose from the charred ruins of tents, and the air was filled…
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Chapter 95: Sky as a Quilt, Earth as a Bed, Bandit Han Pairs with Barbarian Maid

by karlmaks — On the vast grassland, a beautiful woman stood atop a mountain peak. She wore a long red dress, the hem dancing wildly in the wind like red flames surging on the grassland. Her waist-length hair was like black satin, flying in the wind, with a few strands mischievously brushing across her fair cheeks. Her eyes were like a clear spring on the grassland, limpid and bright, overlooking this vast and boundless land with deep affection. Suddenly, a faint sound of hoofbeats broke the tranquility of…
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Chapter 94: Vice Military Governor Li, Left Thousand-Man Commander

by karlmaks — In this battle, the Liao army had captured quite a lot from the Naimans, which was barely enough to reward the soldiers. However, for Xiao Sima, the greatest gain was dealing a thorough blow to the strength of the Naimans and resolving the worries of the Northern Frontier. At the same time, over ten thousand Naiman soldiers were captured. These people would be taken to the Eastern Capital as slaves. Once they were tamed, they could continue to fight for Xiao Sima. They might have reservations…
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Chapter 93: Merits and Heavy Rewards

by karlmaks — Tayang Khan retreated, and the Liao army took advantage of the momentum to pursue. They chased all the way to the location of the Naiman Khan's Court, capturing a large amount of cattle, sheep, and supplies. However, before the war broke out, Tayang Khan had already considered a retreat route. He had let his Queen Consort, Gurbesu, take most of the cattle and sheep and migrate north. What was left in the Khan's Court was only a small portion of supplies that hadn't been transferred in time, which…
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Chapter 92: Great Victory

by karlmaks — "Brothers, charge in! Leave no one alive!" "Capture Buyruq Khan, and you'll be promoted three ranks!" Li Xiao, covered in blood and gripping his horse lance, shouted sternly. He took the lead, slaughtering madly within the Naiman formation, with the soldiers behind him following closely. The Northern Frontier cavalry surged forward like a tide, fighting more bravely as the battle went on, and soon scattered the Northern Naiman cavalry. "Great Khan, the Liao army's offensive is too fierce; we…
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Chapter 91: Little Man, Quite Domineering

by karlmaks — TN: Northern Border -> Northern Frontier "Ahhh! Argh!" When the Divine Arm Crossbows fired, screams of misery immediately rang out from the Northern Naiman cavalry four hundred meters away. The Naimans clad in iron armor were a minority after all; the vast majority wore only leather armor or even no armor at all. Therefore, more than twenty Northern Naiman soldiers charging at the very front were shot directly off their horses. "What?" "How can the Liao people's arrows shoot so…
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