The Eight Banners cavalry are unbeatable with bows and arrows? Let them try a square of troops armed with flintlock muskets and bayonets!
The Jurchen heavy infantry are fearsome? Bring up two more regiments of artillery!
The Ming economy is collapsing? Go take the Dutch maritime carriers’ business!
The Japanese are isolationist? The Europeans are protectionist? Then the Pacific Fleet can make a few more trips. It’s not as if we Ming really want to resort to gunboat diplomacy.
See how Su Chengyu, stranded in the Southern Ming in the most unfortunate circumstances, turns the tide and expands the Ming’s borders across the world!
