[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter":3,"chapter-great-ming-i-remonstrate-daily-becoming-the-eter-great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-65":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Great Ming: I Die Daily Remonstrating, Becoming the Eternal Prime Minister?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2038720,3117,"Chapter 65","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-65",65,"\u003Cp>Amid the thunderous cries of \"Long live Your Majesty,\" Huang Taiji fixed his gaze intently on the Eight Banners warriors before him and roared aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My sons, most of you already know: the Han have returned to kill us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, I can tell you clearly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Hong Hong Chengchou, the Viceroy of Jiliao, has already informed the refugees of Liaodong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the day Shengjing falls, he will exact revenge for the Han people of Liaodong!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They intend to reenact the events of the Chenghua era here in Jianzhou today!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the faces of the Qing soldiers throughout the entire camp instantly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this, it had been nothing more than rumor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Taiji's words today were tantamount to confirming that all those rumors were true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fear suddenly surfaced on the faces of all the Eight Banners warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after that brief moment of terror, the expressions on their faces turned to rage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill them, kill them! These Han should all obediently serve us masters as bondsmen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since death awaits us either way, let us fight to the end!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the curses of these Eight Banners warriors beneath the tent,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a smile, subtle enough to escape notice, appeared on Huang Taiji's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately drew the saber from his hand and cried out loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My sons, don your armor, take up your sabers, and fight the Han to the death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we win this battle, the riches and honors of the Central Plains will be endless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we lose this battle, I shall die before any of you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Break camp and engage the enemy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kill! Kill! Kill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had Huang Taiji finished speaking than cries of \"Kill!\" erupted everywhere within the camp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the blaring of horns, the Eight Banners cavalry broke camp one after another and headed straight for the Dalinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mounted on his warhorse, Huang Taiji gazed toward the distant Dalinghe, his eyes already bloodshot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the forests on the eastern bank of the Dalinghe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Ming troops, who had long since crossed the river, naturally saw the sky to the east filled with dust and smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just when they were less than twenty li from the Dalinghe,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a series of deafening explosions, all too familiar to them, suddenly rang out from the distant mountains and woods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Ming army's Red Barbarian Cannons!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tremendous blasts instantly sent the Eight Banners iron cavalry tumbling, men and horses alike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet not a single one of these Eight Banners warriors bothered to attend to their fallen comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, everyone's eyes, sharp as falcons', scanned the distance for the Ming forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this scene, the Ming soldiers were visibly stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The troops under Bai Bai Guangen immediately arranged all the war wagons they had brought across the Dalinghe in formation across the battlefield,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>intending to blunt the Qing army's offensive edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, contrary to Bai Bai Guangen's expectations,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before these war wagons could even take their positions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the wagon troops who first engaged the Qing forces, after offering only slight resistance, immediately showed signs of collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Bianjiao, stationed to the north of Bai Bai Guangen, sensed that something was wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately led his own men charging out from the forest, barely managing to halt the Ming army's rout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And all of this was merely the opening move of this century-defining gamble...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>67, Urgent report from Liaoxi! Urgent report from Songshan! Urgent report from Guanning!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clad in armor, Cao Cao Bianjiao led the charge, cutting down three Ming soldiers assigned to supervise the battle before he could barely reverse the dire situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the war wagons barely took their positions,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Ming troops who had been lying in ambush everywhere also rushed out to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when these Ming soldiers, clad in brand-new armor and wielding fine firearms, charged forth,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the result was exactly opposite to Hong Hong Chengchou's expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bloody battle at Hunhe had destroyed the Ming army's most elite units: the Qi Family Army and the White Pole Soldiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Battle of Liaoyang, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry either surrendered or were annihilated, with the survivors incorporated into the Guanning Iron Cavalry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kong Kong Youde's defection took with him the Deng-Lai New Army, a firearm unit trained by Frankish mercenaries hired at great expense by Chongzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in the fourth year of Chongzhen, with Zu Zu Dashou's surrender, the Guanning Iron Cavalry—the last force outside the pass built with the entire nation's strength—was completely wiped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since then, only the so-called \"Guanning Army,\" formed from the thirty thousand ragged survivors desperately brought back by Wu Xiang and his son Wu Wu Sangui, could barely be considered elite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the spirit and morale of the Ming army had already been shattered through defeat after defeat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not something that could be restored merely by spending money or issuing new armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When these Eight Banners soldiers steeled themselves to fight fiercely, the Ming troops, who were already seasoned but cynical veterans, still collapsed at the first touch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most laughably and tragically, these troops were still the most capable border army in the entire Great Ming Empire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Cao Cao Bianjiao's unit plunged into the chaotic melee, he heard with his own ears the terrified cries of countless soldiers:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Jurchens number less than ten thousand, they can be resisted; if they reach ten thousand, they are invincible...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So many Tartars; how can we possibly fight them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The court's ferries will only take the officials; what is to become of us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Bianjiao's expression grew grave, and he immediately shouted sternly amidst the chaotic ranks:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoever shakes the army's morale shall be beheaded!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Cao Cao Bianjiao drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and immediately shot dead several Ming soldiers who were leading the rout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the distance, the Eight Banners troops clad in white and blue armor launched an even fiercer assault once the Ming army showed signs of cowardice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even large forces from the Plain Yellow Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner appeared at the rear!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Tartar Chieftain has arrived!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the Plain Yellow Banner and the Bordered Yellow Banner appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Bianjiao knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This battle was likely lost!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Cao Cao Bianjiao remained unmoved, grabbing a scout and asking through gritted teeth in a low voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you swim?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General, this humble one is from Liangshan; I can swim.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Bianjiao immediately ordered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send someone back at once to inform Marshal Hong to deploy decoy troops beneath Daling City and prepare the entire army to retreat to Songshan; we can barely hold out here at Dalinghe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tell him that I, Cao Cao Bianjiao, will do my utmost to buy the Marshal a few days; this is the court's last reserve and cannot all be thrown away in Liaodong!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After releasing the scout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cao Cao Bianjiao stared fixedly at the Eight Banners army in the distance, a cold sneer curling his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Plain Yellow Banner? I was just hoping to meet the Tartar Chieftain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Send a signal arrow to the Red Barbarian Cannon positions at the rear; open fire toward the northeast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a signal arrow soared into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Red Barbarian Cannon positions deployed within the woods shifted their aim within a quarter-hour, firing in unison directly at Hong Taiji's central command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that same moment, the Qing army also spotted the Ming army's Red Barbarian Cannon positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deng-Lai New Army, which had earlier defected with Kong Kong Youde, had now transformed into the Qing army's firearms unit; they shifted their cannons and immediately began pouring shot onto the Ming troops along the banks of Dalinghe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the artillery fire from the Deng-Lai New Army actually suppressed the Ming army's guns!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very instant the Ming artillery fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>",1311,"2026-06-15T23:33:58.699Z","2026-06-16T00:02:23.775Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","dee303aa8384fe14b0b8a56c00138c8afe5ff9f4361cbc165677084407bd3c0c","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-66","great-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-chapter-64",125,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fgreat-ming-i-die-daily-remonstrating-becoming-th-cover.jpg"]