Every Man Has a Duty

The government troops would only refer to Liu the traitor and Zhu the traitor, not Han traitors, and Yao Huang would never call you a Han soldier. The term "Han" was a shared identifier among officials and traitors; it wasn't something that would automatically earn others' recognition simply because you used it.

The country has been ruined by the gentry, and you tell me that every commoner is responsible? I'll first wipe out your entire clan of vermin, fatten myself up, and then sweep across the world!

This plot is incredibly jarring and is a classic example of forced stupidity. Currently, the protagonist controls most of Sichuan and Shaanxi, Hubei and Hunan, and Guangdong and Guangxi, with his territory spanning Southwest, Central South and South China.

It's pretty much the same as the previous book, just a different version of the same thing. It judges elite troops by their armor, constantly calculating how many suits of armor the craftsmen can forge, and how many elite troops are produced. Although there is a direct correlation, aren't soldiers who have trained for months without armor considered elite troops?

This part about the pursuers is ridiculous. Did the protagonist dig up Zhu Yuanzhang's ashes? If these Ming soldiers were really that dedicated, they would have conquered the universe.

Is the book's rating a bit too inflated? I got sleepy after reading about 150 chapters; it was too bland. Also, the Ming army's quality seems too high. If they truly had that kind of strength, Huang Taiji could never have successfully marched south. Both the attacking and defending sides were incredibly incompetent. Shouldn't 1000 defenders have been able to hold off 5000 attackers?

This is so well written! It captures the grandeur of my Great Ming Dynasty. Even when my Great Ming Dynasty was beset by natural disasters and man-made calamities, a financial crisis, border troops going without pay for years or even decades, and fierce factional infighting, and even when Emperor Chongzhen was a notoriously incompetent ruler, it still managed to easily handle the double attack…

The protagonist's development was too fast in the early stages, and the balance of power began to become unbalanced. Then they started designing illogical plots to artificially elevate the opponent and suppress the protagonist. So the situation is that, despite the protagonist's side having the advantage of favorable timing, location, and popular support, with good military treatment, clear…

This book immediately increases the difficulty for the protagonist. In the seventh year of the Chongzhen Emperor's reign, border troops becoming bandits was already commonplace, with several major bandits already roaming the area. The protagonist's group of about a hundred men is being relentlessly pursued by government troops.

When the Qing Dynasty entered the Central Plains, surrenders were everywhere. The protagonist, on the other hand, launched an attack, vowing to serve the Ming Dynasty to the death. In the book, every low-ranking Ming soldier was portrayed as someone who had received triple pay and was well-fed every day. With soldiers and generals like these, even ten Qing dynasties couldn't have conquered the Ming.