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Every Man's Duty

匹夫有责 · 北城二千

by Beicheng Erqian

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⏱ ≈ 261h read 👥 6.6M

1634: the Ming dynasty is doomed, and a hungry frontier soldier just got voted to be the scapegoat for a mutiny.

The last years of Chongzhen: famine, plague, rebellion, and Jurchen cannon at the gate. In the Lingtao garrison, unpaid soldiers choose a doomed man to lead their revolt — and find Liu Jun, who believes a dynasty may fall but civilization must not. Serious late-Ming alternate history with real commanders on every side of the table.

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