In the autumn of the fourteenth year of the Zhengtong era, a schoolteacher unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of Zhu Qiyu, Prince of Cheng of the Great Ming. The Tumu Crisis has just erupted: his imperial elder brother has been captured, 200,000 elite troops have been wiped out, and the Oirat cavalry is closing in. Entrusted with governing the realm in a moment of crisis, he faces chaos at court, calls to move the capital south, treacherous insiders, and dire shortages of provisions and weapons. Together with Yu Qian and others, he holds the Great Ming together through the storm, defends the capital, and devises a plan to defeat the enemy.
