A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier
明末边军一小兵
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- 3.5M Words
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- Historical
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- Song-Yuan-Ming Dynasties
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I read "Little Soldier" in junior high school and loved it, but because I didn't have any income back then, I read pirated copies. Today, I finally paid off my debt to Lao Bai Niu 😁.
I skimmed through it, chapter by chapter, and it infuriated me. The protagonist is a saint, refusing to become emperor. Everyone who steps down from power is a saint, and no one advises him to become emperor. Emperor Chongzhen kills indiscriminately, the crown prince has rendered no service to the country, and upright officials are all killed.
The detailed descriptions of the war are truly excellent! The scenes are grand and magnificent.
The protagonist is a complete sycophant of the Zhu family. He didn't get any help from them, just licked the boots of officials, eunuchs, and the emperor. He built his empire on his own, and in the end, he supported a terrified prince of the Zhu family to ascend the throne. Then he led his men to Southeast Asia to live like savages, right? After he dies, he can expect to be wiped out and his entire family will be punished!
I was disgusted. The protagonist is like Zeng Guofan of the Qing Dynasty. He wrote about all the problems that plagued the Ming Dynasty, but he didn't solve any of them. Besides letting the Ming Dynasty suffer another 100 years of bad influence before its demise, I don't know what the point of this story is.
Why do so many "Ming Dynasty fanfiction" novels end with the male protagonist becoming "Zhu family dogs," only to have the Zhu family become emperors again after he himself built the empire? Wouldn't it be better for the protagonist to seize power and change the dynasty? The Ming Dynasty was already rotten to the core.
I can't stand it anymore! This cowardly protagonist is a coward to the core. He's fighting on the front lines, while a bunch of people are sabotaging him from behind. And this protagonist, like an idiot, even gave that official Chen over six hundred military merits and ran away.
After the protagonist's death, his family was purged. His daughter and granddaughter were forced into prostitution, his son and grandson were torn apart by horses, and the protagonist, buried less than a day prior, had his body hung on the city gate. The Zhu Emperor laughed heartily, "This is the fate of those who rebel!" Hahaha…
I only came across "The Little Soldier" 16 years ago, and from the moment I started reading, I was completely engrossed and couldn't tear myself away. I love it so much! I've read it four times since then! This book is wonderful, truly wonderful! Thank you to the author, "Old White Ox," and I wish "Old White Ox" a speedy recovery!
A young man, sword in hand, followed his master to defend Youzhou. The lands of Yan and Zhao, once home to countless soldiers, are now only ancient mounds. Climbing the Great Wall, he gazes northward, seeing only the desolate barbarians of autumn. By the time the Manchu Qing dynasty was annihilated, the soldiers' hair had turned white.