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Arming China 武布中华
Li Zicheng: “The Zhu clan has lost the people’s hearts. The realm ought to belong to me, Li!” Zhang Xianzhong: “The throne changes hands in turn. Tomorrow, it will be my family’s turn!” Dorgon: “The Mandate of Heaven belongs to the Great Qing. We shall enter China and rule the realm!” The Chongzhen Emperor of the Ming dynasty hanged himself, while the Hongguang Emperor of the Southern Ming trembled in fear. In Dengfeng, Henan, the Demon King Gao Huan was born. He rose like a force from nowhere,
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- 2 Save the Ming 扶明 Synopsis: A revolution at the end of the Ming, with adventures across the seas. I transmigrated into the Hongguang era, just as Nanjing was about to fall, and became the son of Ma Shiying. Zhao Ming saves Jiangyin and fights across Jiangnan. He treats Zheng Chenggong as a brother and sees the Prince of Tang as a worthy ruler he can serve. But in the end, brother turns against brother, and ruler against subject. He helps the Ming resist the Qing, then steals the Ming and brings down the Qing... R 2Votes87.2kRecs43.2kFans
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Autumn of the Seventeenth Year of Chongzhen 崇祯十七年秋
In the Jiashen upheaval, the emperor died for his country, and Wu Sangui led Qing troops through the pass. As the realm descended into chaos and the barbarians sought to seize the imperial throne, could the land of Huaxia truly have no loyal subjects? Beneath the walls of Qingzhou, enemy troops laid siege to the city. He Tuo urged Wang Shiheng to surrender: “Wang Shiheng, give in! You’ve fought your hardest, and there’s nothing more you can do!” In the isolated city of Yangzhou, Dodo shot a surr
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Late Ming 晚明
In the final years of the Ming dynasty, the northern frontier is shrouded in the smoke of war, with mountains of corpses, while the south of the Yangtze enjoys tranquil streams, stone bridges, song, and dance. Amid the internal strife and external threats of a dynasty on the brink of collapse, a calculating office director rises to power and sounds the last call for China. A true hero can change fate. Brutal, bloody ancient wars and authentic scenes of everyday life in the Ming, where ordinary p
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A Lowly Soldier on the Ming Frontier 明末边军一小兵
In the third month of the seventh year of Chongzhen, a severe drought struck Shanxi and Shaanxi. A thousand miles of land lay barren, and the people were starving. In the fourth month, Li Zicheng entered Henan and joined forces with Zhang Xianzhong to seize Chengcheng. In the seventh month, the Later Jin army laid siege to Xuanfu and raided Datong, taking many border forts. The Ming faced internal strife and external threats, teetering on the brink! That July, Wang Dou unexpectedly arrived in th
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