Shiki Bu Mikado Ki 5 (Haru Ki Bunkoki 3-20 Jidai Shosetsu Bunko)

[Machine Translation] China in the Former Han Dynasty. The Han Chinese army, which had lost its general, Wei Qing, who had achieved great results in the war, allowed the Xiongnu, under the leadership of the new Duan Yu, to launch a counteroffensive. The 30,000 troops of Li Guangli, the Han's main force, were crushed by the successes of Tou Slaughter, who had now become a key figure in the Hsiung-Nu army. On the other hand, Li Ling, with only 5,000 infantrymen, went to the land where the Xiongnu's elite forces were waiting for him and fought a good battle. Su Wu was taken prisoner in the land of the Xiongnu and lived alone in the northern frontier. And Shiba Qian, in his cool-headed brushstroke, continues to write about the fate of the people who are about to be swept away by the times, transcending their grief and resentment. This is the fifth volume of the Northern version of Lamentations.

前漢の中国。大きな戦果をあげてきた大将軍・衛青を喪った漢軍は、新たな単于の下で勢いに乗る匈奴に反攻を許す。今や匈奴軍の要となった頭屠の活躍により、漢の主力部隊である李広利軍三万はあえなく潰走した。一方、わずか五千の歩兵を率いて匈奴の精鋭部隊が待つ地に向かい、善戦する李陵。匈奴の地で囚われの身となり、独り北辺の地に生きる蘇武。そして司馬遷は、悲憤を越え、時代に流されようとする運命を冷徹な筆でつづり続ける―。北方版『史記』、慟哭の第五巻。