Overthrowing the Ming

In the first year of the Chongzhen reign, chaos engulfed Shaanxi. The commander-in-chief of the Three Border Garrisons led the frontier troops to crush the rebel army, then issued a warrant for Wang Yue, who had been determined to join them. With no other choice, Wang Yue took charge of the failing rebel forces and scraped by with just five hundred defeated soldiers. He seized Shaanxi, pacified Shanxi, and restored the Qin Dynasty, becoming the dominant power in the northwest. He routed the Ming army and the Jurchen so thoroughly that the Jurchen were forced to ally with the Ming to resist Wang Yue’s rise!