Struggle in the Dying Days

In 1641 AD, Nan Shifang, a refugee from Henan, fled to Datong. He met Jiang Yu, the new general of Datong. In 1644 AD, the seventeenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself in Meishan. In 1649 AD, Jiang Yu was in Datong. This article is a story that takes place between "The Blue Blood Sword" and "The Deer and the Cauldron". However, except for the overlap of some characters in this story with the characters in the above two books, there are not many similarities in this story. This was an era of chaos, with the Ming Dynasty collapsing and the Qing Dynasty beginning to dominate the Central Plains. This is an era when various forces are emerging. In the land of China, there are the Ming Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Hongguang, Yongli, and Longwu of the Southern Ming Dynasty, the peasant army Dashun, and Daxi. There are also Erut Mongolia, Khalkha Mongolia and Horqin Mongolia that rarely appear in people's eyes, as well as the giant Russia in the north. Overseas, the Spanish empire that never sets is coveting the Ming Dynasty; the Edo shogunate has ended the chaos in the archipelago and is preparing to recuperate; the English have already landed in India; and the Dutch, the sea coachmen, are preparing to invade Taiwan. This was an era of vigorous development of great navigation. This was the last time that the Chinese dominated overseas. Zheng Zhilong and his maritime empire were the real masters of the South China Sea. This was a tragic era that had an important impact on the entire world. The Thirty Years' War broke out in Europe, brewing the religious reform and the Magna Carta movement in England. In China, after the Ming and Qing iterations, a new dynasty was established. The next such tragic era will be traced back to World War II. What is gratifying is that China has survived, and Shanxi has played an important role both times. China's history places its focus on Datong. This small city shoulders the important task of China's rise. Faced with the impossible task, what choice will this small city and its people make in the torrent of history? Let me lead you into this strange era, where there are no robbers in the Southern Ming Dynasty, and Hong Chengchou is no longer the main story character. This is a series of choices made by small people. In the trajectory of history, they reversed the gears of historical progress and brought about profound changes in the entire history of China and the world. "Struggle in the Remaining Brightness" is a historical story you have never seen before.