Ending the Five Dynasties
断五代
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 421k Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Five Dynasties Ten Kingdoms
- Updated
- 7y ago
- English
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History, single-person transmigration, wars for supremacy in troubled times, no System. For Chinese history, I mainly recommend the Warring States, the end of the Qin, the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties, the end of the Sui, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the late Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing. The military is the main focus. The protagonist generally takes charge, and most start from humble beginnings. A few entertainment novels I personally think are well written, mainly a
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If you're going to write history, then write history. Don't switch to fantasy halfway through. If you're going to write fantasy, state it clearly at the beginning or in the synopsis. Don't turn into fantasy halfway through. 😅
I'll give you another chance. Hopefully, the tone won't change drastically again. Five votes in total.
The author honestly admitted where he was from, surprisingly knowing about Nankang...
Wasn't it supposed to be a pure historical novel? All that cultivation, fantasy, and summoning stuff is just idiots writing for morons these days. Seriously, I'm not kidding!
I have a suggestion for the author: since it's ancient history, don't mix in so many modern elements. The inclusion of political commissars and military regions feels jarring. An army's combat effectiveness won't increase just because you change its name to a modern one; the key is training and systems.
The modern military hierarchy of army, division, brigade, and regiment is merely a variant imported from abroad, essentially identical to ancient military organization. I don't understand the point of such a reform. It forces lower-ranking officers and soldiers to relearn everything, like taking a bath and then going to work in the fields – a pointless waste of time.
I could tolerate the political commissar, but what's with this commander-in-chief dueling during the night raid on Fengzhou? In the chaos of battle, there's no such thing as a one-on-one fight. No matter how fierce your general is, ten elite crossbowmen will fire a volley and kill you instantly. Even Xiang Yu would be the same, unless there's a bug where the arrows don't penetrate deeply. I've subscribed to two chapters, now I'm off.
The biggest mistake was setting up a political academy. While the General Staff was somewhat acceptable, the inclusion of a political commissar was utterly awkward! It's not necessarily true that everything modern is good in ancient times! Every era has its own characteristics and products.
I didn't know what poison was until I learned about it.
1. A barrage of modern vocabulary has created an awkward atmosphere. This is intolerable. 2. Various modern military organization structures and modern concepts are simply copied and applied. Summarize: This is probably his first time writing a novel.
Author, you'd better not use regimental commanders or battalion commanders or anything like that. It was going well, but this is a major flaw.