Late Ming: I Become a Warlord in the Southern Ming

The first year of the Hongguang era.

The Qing army marched south, the Shun forces crumbled, and the Southern Ming teetered on the brink.

Yang Yunzhu's soul traveled from the apocalypse into the past, where he entered the service of Gao Jie, a powerful warlord among the Four Garrisons of Jiangbei, notorious for his arrogance and defiance of the court. Thus began his quest to save the realm amid the chaos.

Outside Xuzhou, the Eight Banners' cavalry blotted out the sky. After months of siege, the city finally got a chance to catch its breath.

Across Shandong, flames and smoke swept over Jiaodong. After bitter fighting, they finally secured a foothold.

They took Taiyuan, entered Hebei, and at last the royal army was welcomed on both sides of the Taihang Mountains. The banners atop the capital's walls changed hands, and a new ruler finally took the throne.

Beneath Shanhai Pass, the wind whipped the great banners. When the last of the Jianzhou Jurchen fell before the ranks, Yang Yunzhu wiped the dried blood from his face and looked back at the countless soldiers kneeling behind him. He slowly climbed the tower that had once belonged to emperors. His voice was hoarse, yet it carried across the land:

“From this day forward, there will be no more Tartars in this realm, only the lands of the Han.”