Cracks in the Empire: Scribe in the Battle of Sarhu

In the forty-seventh year of Wanli, the cold wind in Liaodong was sharper than a knife. The Ming Empire sent 100,000 elites to attack Hetuala, the Jurchen lair in Jianzhou, in four directions, intending to wipe out the "slave chief" Nurhaci in one fell swoop. However, this expedition, which was the last hope of the empire, was filled with an ominous atmosphere from the beginning. This is not a grand narrative above the temple, but a slice of war that goes deep into the bone marrow. Following Chen Yuan, the young aide of Yang Gao, who was in charge of Liaodong, you will experience firsthand the depressing chaos in Shenyang: the tragedy of the fall of Fushun, the despair of the refugee flow, the strife among the generals, the lack of food, grass and weapons, and the strict decrees of the imperial court. When Shanhaiguan Commander-in-Chief "Madman Du" Du Song blatantly disobeyed orders and took the lead into the bloody waves of the Hun River, the noose of fate had tightened. The lens penetrates the snowy sky and information fog: Witness the tragic destruction of Jun Song's West Route Army: the Sarhu Camp was turned into powder under the iron hoof, and the lone wolf's final charge on the Jilin Cliff. Feel the struggle and collapse of Marin on the North Road: Shang Jianya's carefully constructed triangular defense collapsed under Nurhaci's precise tactical blade, his beloved son died, and his lieutenant was bleeding. Staring at the apocalyptic collapse of Shenyang City: how the bad news brought back by the defeated troops completely crushed the backbone of Yang Hao, the manager, and turned the Shang Fang Sword, which symbolized royal power, into a cold irony. This is an imperial tragedy written from a microscopic perspective.