In the 14th year of Orthodoxy, Tumu Fort.
Two hundred thousand Ming troops were trapped in a waterless land, surrounded by Ora cavalry. The eunuch Wang Zhen is still encouraging the emperor to change his ways, the 75-year-old veteran Zhang Fu has already determined to die, and the young emperor Zhu Qizhen is being nailed to the pillar of shame of a "foolish emperor" by history books - one more day, he will be captured, and the Ming Dynasty will suffer the most humiliating defeat since the founding of the country.
But this night, a soul from the 21st century opened his eyes.
He is a history student and a senior military fan. He knew what would happen tomorrow, knew how Wang Zhen would die, knew how Ye Xian would humiliate the emperor of tomorrow, and knew how these four words "Tumu Fort Incident" would become a stain that Zhu Qizhen could never wash away. He knew even more that from this moment on, he had only two choices -
Either repeat that nightmare, or rewrite history with your own hands.
Starting from the frightening night under the moonlight in Langshan, he fought against all opinions and broke out of the camp overnight, tearing a bloody road before the siege of Oala. After returning to the capital, he purged Wang Zhenyu's party, reorganized the capital camp, fought against the civil servants, suppressed the harem, and withdrew the military power. When Ye led his cavalry to knock on the pass, what was waiting in front of him was not a weak and bullied prisoner, but a reborn new army, an impregnable capital, and a decisive emperor.
But this is just the beginning.
What he wants to do is not to survive, but to avenge his shame. It's not about maintaining the status quo, it's about pioneering. Reforming the tax system, rectifying the civil service, restarting maritime trade, exploring the Southeast Asia, pacifying the Jurchens, and opening up the Western Regions - he wanted to make the Ming Dynasty no longer an empire chased by the Mongols, but a co-owner of the world with guests from all over the world and all nations coming to court.
And what he will ultimately defeat is the man who was
