Armored Cavalry in a World Full of Mods

Shennong is here To sum it up, while it's not the typical mindless, formulaic story found on Cat Station, if you're looking for Lords or Mount & Blade-like works, go to another site. I personally don't recommend reading this book. I've read about a hundred chapters, and the more I read, the more uncomfortable I feel. It's like picking something up high and putting it down lightly, all I've got is getting beaten up. The beginning sees the protagonist's thousand-strong heavy cavalry betrayed, barely escaping with their lives, fighting and fleeing. They capture a city, only to be besieged by a large army and forced to hold it for ten days. Even after holding it, they immediately have to return to the capital to demand justice, only to be subjected to both overt and covert harassment on the way back. Finally, the results screen showed a fair 1v1 fight where the opponent was defeated, and that was it. Yeah, that's it. Maybe there will be more later, but I really can't keep going. After the one-on-one battle, there's immediately a few chapters about the assassination in the imperial city, and when I flipped through the later chapters, it seemed like they just briefly mentioned expanding the army. Maybe in Western history, these kinds of things always end this simply. If so, I can only say I'm just not cut out for this kind of subject matter. I really don't understand why the plot was arranged like this. After being beaten up for a hundred chapters, someone dies in the final scene. The family behind them doesn't suffer any major losses, just like Shen Hui. It was obvious to everyone that Arios's four legions were corrupt, but they didn't do anything about it. The Senate to which they belonged continued to eat and drink as usual without paying any political price. Expanding the army was hardly a price to pay. A thousand heavy cavalrymen were decimated, losing more than half their men, yet still managed to capture an enemy fortress. Such illustrious achievements were only achieved through troop expansion – it was clearly a targeted attack. It would have been better to just start a civil war. Furthermore, I have absolutely no idea who this Aristotle is. If he were some powerful figure who could bring order to the country by killing him, then it wouldn't be so bad. But the author deliberately portrays him as a clown, and his death evokes no emotion whatsoever. Who promoted Aristotle? Who will explain the fate of the nearly one thousand heavy cavalrymen who died, and who will pay to cover the losses? What should have been a great victory is treated like a crushing defeat. The overall rhythm of the hundred or so chapters is a series of ups and downs.

Overall, it's a decent read, but the text excessively praises the empire's wealth, strength, and military might. Many subplots later revolve around the empire's rigorous laws, efficient administration, and excellent security. This kind of content is excessive, creating repetition and elevating the empire's administrative and economic power to an almost unrealistic level. As a reader, I don't want to nitpick about whether these settings match reality (after all, many novels aren't as rigorous as this one), but these descriptions completely counterproductive to creating a sense of "realism," a classic example of overdoing it. I hope the author will write fewer of these overly elaborate imperial subplots.

The author's description of the empire is just like the Byzantine Empire in CK3, which starts in 1187. It has to fight the Sultan of Rum in the east, Saladin in the south, and the Crusaders in the west. In just 20 years, I suffered three holy wars! #(So sad)

Endless Shennong, come forth!

It's really well-written, especially the descriptions of the battle scenes; the writing quality improves noticeably as it progresses. It's just that your update speed is the problem, keeping the book lukewarm at best.

The author could try Qidian; the current CWM is a mess, and reader tastes are hard to judge. If you repost it, please let me know.

Is it even watchable?

It ends with a happy ending, right?

The author is saying we're in the later stages now? Huh? I feel like it's just getting started, there's still a lot to write, right?

A helpful expert reminded me that I can't see it.