Snow of the Jingkang Era

Unlike dynasties like the Song and Xia, which lasted for centuries, the Jin dynasty rose to power in just over a decade, emerging with overwhelming force. It swallowed up the Liao and Song dynasties, both centuries-old, growing into a massive power in one fell swoop. But the biggest problem with such a newly rich dynasty was its weak foundation.

After reading the author's works on the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Wanli Emperor, and the Jiajing Emperor, I was filled with admiration and continued to look for other works by the author, which led me to this book. Honestly, I feel like the protagonist is too stubborn and verbose. He uses more of this schizophrenic-like inner conflict than in his later works, so I really can't keep watching.

Pellet. The production of pellet gunpowder was akin to reinventing gunpowder itself, significantly increasing artillery range but also greatly increasing the risk of barrel explosion. However, compared to its destructive power as the main charge, this small risk was negligible. There are two methods for producing pellet gunpowder: Chinese and Western.

The Polish Winged Hussars are considered the pinnacle of classical cavalry. "We saw them... The Winged Hussars came galloping in. God, it was breathtaking! They rode through the smoke and fire, their hooves thundering like the hammers of a thousand blacksmiths. We saw them... Jesus and Mary!" The lances of the elite troops snapped like straw, as if swept away by a storm, for glory!

In fact, the author is far too concerned with portraying so-called 'ordinary people'! From the moment he traveled back in time, his every word and action was anything but ordinary, because it represented the essence of our 21st-century education.

I was already annoyed that you killed off Qin Qiong in "The Zhenguan Strategy," but I could tolerate it. But in "Jingkang Snow," you killed off Cuicui! You're determined to follow the path of tragic fiction! If you had Lu Shu's system, you'd be invincible, you know?! I'd like to see who else you kill off in "Wanli 1592."

Given the outstanding historical record of Yue Fei's army, the Beiwei Army played a significant role. Although it was an elite cavalry force of less than a thousand men, it still instilled fear in the Jurchens. Facing the early Jurchen invasion, which involved a massive army of 100,000 that destroyed the Song dynasty, with over 70,000 Han Chinese auxiliary troops and only tens of thousands of…

There was no such person as Lin Chong, the instructor of the Imperial Guards, in history.

To deal with the Jurchens, one should act like Shi Dayong: simple and brutal. Massacre the entire city if necessary, bury them alive if necessary, and boil them alive if necessary.

To put it bluntly, the protagonist's suffering in the earlier chapters was largely due to his own actions. So when I saw the deaths of his master, Cui Cui, and the hardships in Yue Family Village, I didn't feel any sympathy or pity. These things were bound to happen. I felt it was wrong that Cui Cui wasn't defiled; she should have suffered even more. This level of suffering couldn't possibly ignite the protagonist's fighting spirit. Moreover, it really is a bit cliché.