Northern Ming Refuses to Move South

On the third day of the third month in the seventeenth year of the Chongzhen reign, Zhu Ci’s soul transmigrated into the body of Crown Prince Zhu Cilang. As Li Zicheng and the Jianzhou Jurchens continued their assaults, Zhu Ci roared, “Come on, let’s hurt each other! Whoever backs down is a coward!”