Embers of Spring

When Shi Kefa opened his eyes in the hospital bed, what greeted him was the cold rain of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, and the bloody fate that had been destined in the history books. This city would become a hell on earth. But this time, with modern memories, he refuses to accept the established tragedy. When Dodo's army came to the city again, they encountered a steel defense line. The Qing army returned in defeat, and Yangzhou held its own for the first time in the late Ming Dynasty. Before the smoke of war had dissipated, he immediately marched eastward, seizing fate by the throat on the eve of the massacre in Jiading. With this as a starting point, Zheng Sen's ships, Li Dingguo's cavalry, and Zhang Huangyan's navy formed the Spark Alliance under his connection. The war of the Northern Expedition was different from now on - new firearms blasted open the Yellow River defense line, mobile tactics penetrated the Central Plains, and finally drove the Eight Banners cavalry back outside the pass. The history books were rewritten in the flames: this time, there was no Yangzhou Ten Days, no Jiading Three Massacres, and no Shenzhou Luchen. The fire of civilization was rekindled in his hands, illuminating an era that should have sunk. History, finally, did not repeat itself.