“就这样死去吗?……不,不,不能。我一定要把近来的经历告诸后人。”我生活在明朝末年,乃土生土长的扬州人氏。此时,后金人正在肆虐明朝故土,就连南明的疆界也正在一点点的被蚕食。南明的政权已摇摇欲坠。于是,我应征入伍,成了一名军人,我的职责是城上巡逻。快一个月了,我每天站在城楼上,目眺远方, “Is it dead like this?...No, no, no. I must put the recent experience to future generations.” "I lived in the late Ming Dynasty and was born and raised in Yangzhou. At this time, the Houjin people are ravaging the homeland of the Ming dynasty, and even the boundary of Nanming is being eroded little by little. Nanming’s regime has been faltering. So I was drafted into the army and became a soldier. My duty was to patrol the city. For almost a month, I stood on the tower every day and witnessed the distance.