The Late Ming: Contesting for Supremacy

The tenth year of Chongzhen! The Great Ming is already teetering on the brink! Outside, the Manchu invaders lie in wait; within, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong lead peasant uprisings! “The Manchus may destroy the Zhu Ming, but they must not destroy the realm!” Li Zhang raises an army of 800,000 in the south, with 3,000 great ships and 10,000 cannons! One cannon blast blows the Manchu leader Shunzhi to pieces. Another blasts open Japan’s gates. A third makes the Western nations kneel and beg for mercy...