Prince Yan's Northern Campaign

In the final years of the Hongwu reign, the imperial grandson takes the throne and an order to curtail the fiefs is issued, leaving the princes in a state of alarm. Zhu Di, Prince of Yan, is a man of great ambition and talent. Unwilling to remain beneath another's thumb, he raises an army in the name of "cleansing the court" and launches a campaign to quell the rebellion.

From his uprising in Beiping to the bloody battle at Baihe, from the great victory at Lingbi to crossing the river and capturing the capital, he sweeps through the north and south with an iron hand. Fierce generals such as Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng follow him to the death, while Yao Guangxiao's ingenious schemes decide the fate of the realm. The Jianwen Emperor is soft-hearted and indecisive, and Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng bring ruin to the state. A million-strong army is driven back step by step.

This earth-shaking clash between uncle and nephew, in which the empire changes hands, is filled with political schemes, bloody battles, and the struggle of human nature. Open this book and see how the Prince of Yan rises to the top and writes one of the most turbulent legends of conquest in the early Ming dynasty!