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Podcast: Age of Conquest: A Kings and Generals Podcast
Episode: Fall and Rise of China: Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Description: Last time we spoke, Yang Sichang had enacted his "ten-sided net" plan and won a multitude of victories over rebels. However this plan proved to be a disaster overall and cost the Ming Dynasty more than it did any good. Now Li Zicheng had established himself as the de facto largest rebel leader amongst others who now held entire armies at their command. The Ming dynasty was rotting from within and its actions to prevent the rot simply delayed or sometimes even made it worse. With the allocation of so many resources to the northwest and center of China...