When the Wind Rises in the Late Ming

[Historical · War · Military]

Hair grows like chives, cut and it grows back; heads are like chickens, cut and they crow again!

Officials are not necessarily to be feared; common people have never been light to dismiss!

In turbulent times, people are like ants, and lives are like blades of grass.

The torrent of the era sweeps along the fate of individuals.

Fate that is swept along by the times can only rise and fall with the times.

The world situation has already headed toward collapse. The once-powerful Ming Empire is now in its twilight years.

Border army soldier Chen Wang looks up at the fragmented land of China and grips the swallow-leaf saber at his waist.

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In the eighth year of Chongzhen.

The south of the capital brings disaster, the Zhongdu of Fengyang falls, the imperial tombs are destroyed, and the whole realm is shaken.

An order is issued: pacify the rebels within six months. Hong Chengchou leaves Tong Pass and leads the armies of four provinces to attack, while the marauders retreat westward and again enter Shaanxi.

The Mongols of the southern Gobi are defeated and destroyed, and the son of Khagan Lin Dan, Ejei, offers up the imperial jade seal and surrenders, submitting to the Later Jin.