Transmigrate as the King of Bandits with Twenty Lives to Turn the Great Shun Dynasty Around

What if Li Zicheng hadn't been defeated at Shanhai Pass? What if Wu Sangui hadn't let the Qing army into the pass? What if the Great Shun dynasty hadn't fallen after just forty-two days? How would history have changed? Li Zicheng transmigrates into the body of Li Zicheng and discovers that he's headed for certain death. Qihua Gate, Shanhai Pass, Mount Jiugong: every road leads to death. Each time he dies, he goes back one day. Hacked by swords, pierced by arrows, drowned, poisoned: after dying twenty-one times, he finally returns to April 9. This time, he stops confiscating wealth to fund the army, releases the officials under arrest, returns the gentry's property, personally restrains Liu Zongmin, and returns Chen Yuanyuan unharmed to Wu Sangui. He wins over Li Yan and Song Xiance, appoints Zhao Yingyuan to reform military discipline, and marches east toward Shanhai Pass ahead of schedule. At Yipian Stone, the Great Shun army is ready. Its new-style matchlocks repel the Eight Banners' vanguard, forcing Dorgon to retreat. He returns to the capital, ascends the throne, names his reign Tianshun, establishes an Office of Science, opens the civil service examinations, and reduces taxes. From an unstoppable tide of steel to every nation paying homage, he will rewrite every regret in history. Thirty lives in exchange for an empire. This time, the Chuang King is more than a rebel king: he is the new emperor of Great Shun! This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Please do not imitate.