Championship battles + overwhelming superiority + transmigrating into another body to rewrite history's regrets
The ministers panicked: The Tumu Crisis had left the emperor captive in the north, and the capital's 500,000 elite troops had been wiped out in a single day. The Oirat cavalry could arrive at any moment. It looked as though the disaster of Jingkang was about to happen all over again.
Li Shimin was overjoyed: Father had passed away, my elder brother was in enemy hands, and the throne stood vacant. I had the moral high ground and the support of the court in the palm of my hand.
With ten times the population of the Zhenguan era and the wealth of the prosperous Jiangnan region, the garrison system was still intact, and our firearms were far superior.
Could there be an easier opening than this?
In the Three Kingdoms scenario, after transmigrating into Liu Shan, Li Shimin said, “Prime Minister, leave the Northern Expedition to me. I'm heading off to take Chang'an first!”
In the An Lushan Rebellion scenario, after transmigrating into Emperor Suzong, Li Heng, Li Shimin said, “Li Longji, you bastard! You've turned my Great Tang into a complete mess!”
Shimin is very busy,