The Ming Dynasty: Starting with bandits, it swept across the land.

In the seventh year of the Tianqi reign (1627), a severe drought struck northern Shaanxi, riverbeds cracked, and vegetation turned to ash. Landlords exploited the people like tigers, while officials relentlessly levied taxes. The world truly lived up to the saying: "Behind the red gates, meat and wine go to waste; on the roads, frozen corpses lie." The common people couldn't even find grass seeds, leading to cannibalism. Li Chengye, wanting to live but unwilling to eat people, had no choice but to draw his sword. He would carve a path to survival in this crumbling world! From the arid plateaus of northern Shaanxi to the deep mountains of Taihang, from the ranks of starving people to the ironclad ranks of cavalry, he slew evil gentry, defeated government troops, and slaughtered Tartars—unstoppable! Looking back, before the song was finished, dawn had already broken.