Great Ming: Executing Hong Chengchou from the Start

In 1644, the upheaval of the Jia-Shen Year saw the Qing cavalry trample the Central Plains. The following year, the Qing began sweeping across Jiangnan.

Keep your hair, lose your head. Keep your head, lose your hair!

Chen Xu arrives on the eve of the eighty-one-day defense of Jiangyin.

How can he save this nation on the brink of collapse? How can he stand at the center of this maelstrom and seize the turning tides of history?

Jiangnan needs a hero. The Great Ming needs a hero. The Han people need a hero.

A hero who can preserve the nation's legacy, save its people, and carry on its traditions.

And I, Chen Xu, am that hero.

Duoze is slaughtering his way across Jiangnan, while Hong Chengchou is the governor tasked with persuading Jiangnan to submit to the Qing.

And from the start, I will execute Hong Chengchou!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.