In the fifteenth year of the Chongzhen reign, the Ming army is routed at the Songjin battlefield.
Zhao Yan, an arms researcher, transmigrates into the body of a Ming dynasty company commander at the end of the dynasty. With a Qing arrow lodged in his chest, he opens his eyes to a living hell.
In his left hand is the blood-soaked vendetta of the Yangzhou Massacre; in his right, the seeds of a century of humiliation in the modern era.
"You want the Han people to suffer forced haircuts and clothing changes again? You want the lands of China turned into a chopping block for the great powers?"
"To hell with the Mandate of Heaven!"
He pulls out the arrow, loads the powder, and squeezes the trigger. The first flintlock roars in his hands, turning three hundred Qing cavalrymen into bloody pulp.
From the remnants at Songjin to a million-strong army, it takes him just three steps:
1. Build guns, cast cannons, and train a new army, making the red-barreled cannon an obsolete toy;
2. Set sail, cross oceans, and expand thousands of miles, turning Southeast Asia into his own backyard;
3. Wherever the Dragon Banner points, there lies Han territory. Crush the Eight Banners, thrash the Japanese pirates, and smash the European fleets, until the name "Ming" is engraved across the map of the world!
This time, there will be no clinging to survival, only a reversal forged in iron and fire;
This time, the sun of the Han dynasty will never set!
(A peak from the start, steamrolling all the way, crushing every doubter, and delivering explosive thrills!)
Personally I think it looks pretty