Total War: Overthrowing the Qing

Why would anyone oppose the Qing Dynasty and want to restore the Ming Dynasty? Restoring the Ming Dynasty is a joke. The real way is to establish a republic with a united government belonging to the aristocratic families. Follow the aristocratic family path, then slowly kick out the aristocratic families and eliminate aristocratic politics.

If I had a system, I'd travel back to the late Qing Dynasty! Wouldn't it be even more satisfying to gang up on the Japanese invaders during that era?

General of Yangwu Town of the Ming Dynasty

The Manchu cavalry is portrayed as far superior than it actually is. At this time, the Manchu army was severely corrupt. Their fighting strength was inferior to the Manchu and Mongol cavalry from beyond the Great Wall at Baliqiao. At least the cavalry from beyond the Great Wall could fight to the death, charging through hail of bullets and artillery fire.

I suggest the author play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. Focus more on the system-based farming aspect and less on the details of military and political life. Based on the current chapters, the author's depiction of military and political affairs is subpar and unengaging.

I suggest those idiots in the comments section who ask why there's a system should think about this: at this point in time, the Eight Banners hadn't yet become corrupt. Think about your own character; whether you could survive in a chaotic ancient world is questionable, let alone challenge the Eight Banners army at its peak. That's like a toad yawning with huge mouth.

This is utterly useless! They're always trying to win over and appoint old-school Confucian scholars, but they haven't even firmly decided to eliminate the gentry! You could train them for three years using a set of elementary and middle school textbooks and they'd be able to crush the whole world! Even if you collected a bunch of brothel girls and trained them with elementary school textbooks for three months, you could still stabilize your base and develop properly!

In Total War, even cannon fodder is stronger than in reality. Before being subjected to numerous debuffs, even a militia unit can fight elite troops to the point where they suffer more than half their casualties before finally collapsing.

Is this another Ming Dynasty enthusiast campaign? "Overthrow the Qing and restore the Ming"? If so, then this isn't for me.

If you don't like it, please just unsubscribe. I think the author's writing is alright, but there are too few total war stories of this type. If you guys keep criticizing it, I'm afraid he'll abandon the story. It's not like there aren't any stories without a system; there are plenty of anti-Qing and pro-Ming narratives. Looking at this title, why are people criticizing why it has a system?