In the twelfth month of the eleventh year of the Chongzhen reign, at Jia Village in Julu.
Heavy snow. No food. Five thousand battered soldiers were surrounded by tens of thousands of Eight Banners cavalry, three ranks deep.
Fifty li away, the eunuch Gao Qiqian, the supervising officer, commanded tens of thousands of troops and watched without lifting a finger. At court, the peace faction waited for him to die on the battlefield so they could negotiate with the Qing army.
On this day in history, Lu Xiangsheng died here.
But before the Tianxiong Army could shed its last drop of blood, the Warband Overlord System awakened with a thunderous roar!
Elite infantry and cavalry emerged through the snow: shield-bearing infantry formed an unshakable wall, armored cavalry charged like a spearhead, and longbows and heavy axes swept away entire armies. He could also recruit every veteran of the Ming army into his ranks and upgrade their equipment and rank!
They broke out of Jia Village, raided the supply depot at night, set fire to the enemy camps, and annihilated the enemy's main force in a head-on battle on the plains of Julu!
After the bloody battle, Lu Xiangsheng personally led six thousand armored cavalry straight to the Jize camp, cleaved the imperial envoy's ceremonial canopy in two, seized a hundred thousand taels in military pay, and presented both the victory report and Gao Qiqian's slanderous accusations to the imperial court!
The treacherous ministers at court cried out in protest: "Lu Xiangsheng commands troops for his own ends. He does not seek to pacify Liaodong, but to rebel!"
After sweeping the northern invaders from the land, Lu Xiangsheng marched into the capital with hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened troops.
In the Golden Throne Hall, the Chongzhen Emperor slammed the table and demanded, "Lu Xiangsheng, are you rebelling?!"
The commander stood silent, one hand on his sword, as the generals behind him roared in unison:
"When we were fighting for our lives in a sea of blood, where was the court?!"
"Your Majesty, why would we rebel?!"
