第1章 不归路

Road of No Return

Hair like chives, cut it and it grows back; head like a chicken, cut it and it crows again!

Officials should not be feared, but the common people should never be underestimated!

In chaotic times, people are like ants, and their lives are as insignificant as grass.

Does the tide of the times sweep over individual destinies?

A fate swept along by the times can only rise and fall with the times.

The situation in the country has deteriorated to the point of collapse, and the once powerful Ming Empire is now in its twilight years.

Border soldier Chen Wang looked up at the shattered land of China and gripped the goose-feather saber at his waist.

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The eighth year of the Chongzhen reign.

The Southern Zhili region suffered calamity, the central capital Fengyang fell, the imperial tombs were destroyed, and the whole country was shaken.

The emperor ordered that the bandits be quelled by June. Hong Chengchou led troops from four provinces out of Tongguan to suppress the rebellion. The bandits fled west and re-entered Shaanxi.

With the defeat and fall of the Southern Mongols, Ejei, son of Ligdan Khan, surrendered with the Imperial Seal of the State and submitted to the Later Jin.

发如韭，剪复生，头如鸡，割复鸣！
吏不必可畏，小民从来不可轻！
乱世之中，人如蝼蚁，命如草芥。
时代的洪流裹挟着个人的命运?。
被时代裹挟的命运只能随着时代沉浮。
天下局势已经走向崩坏，曾经强盛的大明帝国，如今已是正日暮西山。
边军陈望抬头凝望着支离破碎的神州，握紧了腰间的雁翎刀。
……
崇祯八年。
南直召祸，中都凤阳沦陷，皇陵被毁，天下震动。
上令，限期六月平贼，洪承畴出潼关，会四省兵马进剿，流寇西逃再度入陕。
漠南蒙古败亡，林丹汗之子额哲奉传国玉玺出降，臣服后金。