Nurhaci led a force of over a hundred men to strike at Nikan Wailan's garrison at Turen in the eleventh year of Wanli, May 1583, under the guise of avenging his father and grandfather. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTPWLKJM #QingDynasty

Li Manzhu rode out personally with over six hundred men, laying in ambush in the valley the raiders had to cross, and recovered sixty-four captives, escorting them to the Korean border to prevent a… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTPWLKJM #QingDynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang dispatched a campaign into Liaodong in the sixth month of 1395, with General Zhou Xing leading the Ming force to the Nen River, where they struck at the Jurchens leaning toward the fallen Yuan. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTPWLKJM #QingDynasty

Li Manzhu surveyed the ravaged camp, his grandmother's lifeless body a stark reminder of the devastation. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTPWLKJM #QingDynasty

Chu moved decisively into the Ming orbit, breaking with old practices and throwing his weight behind Ming efforts to bring Wild Jurchen chieftains into the fold, securing the Jianzhou Guard's primacy in the… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTPWLKJM #QingDynasty

Chu Aha-chu married his daughter into the household of Zhu Di, the Prince of Yan, in the nineteenth year of Hongwu (1386), a shrewd gamble that tied his fate to a rising star, the future Yongle Emperor. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTPWLKJM #QingDynasty