Ming Dynasty, 1644: The Crimson Dragon Banner

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, heaven and earth collapse. Beijing falls, the Chongzhen Emperor dies for his country, and the Great Ming Dynasty seems to have reached the end of its fate.

At this darkest hour, a soul from the future awakens in a carriage fleeing south, only to discover that he has become the Crown Prince, Zhu Cilang.

Born to the imperial house, how could he let the land of China fall?

In Nanjing, he rebukes Prince Fu and the assembled ministers: "Would you follow Shi Jingtang's example and hand over the founding legacy of the Great Ming and countless lives south of the Yangtze to wolves and jackals?!"

On the Jianghuai front, he personally raises the imperial banner and leads his troops in a desperate fight. He slays the Qing commander amid a sea of soldiers, his battle robe stained with blood, and cries, "The Great Ming will never fall! China will endure forever!"

On a thousand-mile raid, he takes only dozens of Embroidered Uniform Guards and ventures deep into the enemy's lair. With the cause of the nation and a heart of utter sincerity, he incorporates the remnants of the Great Shun and Great Xi armies, numbering a million, turning enemies into allies.

On the northern expedition, to save loyal men, he personally leads eight hundred elite soldiers in breaking through enemy lines, honoring with his own life as emperor his vow to "live and die alongside the soldiers."

He is not only a military commander, but also a pioneer of new institutions.

This is a war of iron and blood, and a revolution in systems and ideas.

One man's transmigration becomes the rebirth of an entire nation.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.