Reborn in Water Margin as Fang La

A great man once commented: "The good thing about the book *Water Margin* is that it portrays surrender. It serves as a negative example, making people aware of the surrender faction."

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Let me put it this way: apart from Zhu Yuanzhang, which ancient emperor truly valued the hearts and minds of the people? The problem is, author, can your writing style adequately portray an emperor like Zhu Chongba? For an emperor, the most important thing is the army, not the hearts and minds of the people.

Only novels would depict it this way, using one's own troops to protect civilians from another country. Let alone the fact that they were all Han Chinese, the author clearly knew nothing about regional conflicts.

To truly emulate Fang La, one must dare to challenge Song Jiang and the Song dynasty; otherwise, the story would be meaningless. Of the 108 heroes in the Water Margin, only a handful are truly virtuous.

The author places too much emphasis on popular sentiment in ancient times. The Qing Dynasty didn't rise to power based on popular support. The protagonist is already quite capable; any more and it's just sycophancy.

The most remarkable aspect of Liangshan Book is not its storytelling, but its ability to convey a sense of helpless destiny reminiscent of Shi Nai'an's style. Before the grand assembly, the Liangshan gang were all villains: Wang Ying, Yan Shun killed and disemboweled people, Hu Sanniang was heartless and did not care about family feuds, Song Jiang used his brothers, and there were also Baozi from…

The author has some shortcomings. In ancient battlefields, a force of 100,000 didn't necessarily mean they were invincible. The author seems to make a casualty of losing 10,000 or 20,000 in a 100,000-strong army. However, the loss of 20,000 vanguard troops would essentially mean defeat. The chapter on musket tactics doesn't specify whether it's a matchlock or a arquebus. Could you explain?

Song Dynasty literati were so powerful that they didn't even have the custom of "leading the sheep" (a traditional Chinese custom of offering sacrifices to those who are skilled in martial arts). Fantastic! I've been wanting to read more of those exciting stories, and this is a real treat for us. Awesome!

When attacking Zhenjiang, it was said that Zhenjiang was extremely important, but after the battle, it became useless? Then why did you rush to attack it? Many war novels have this problem. Before the battle, they make it sound very good, and after the battle, everything is secure. But after the battle, things become uncertain, and others can take a detour to raid your base. If it's so easy to bypass, what's the point of this important town? If you can't take it, you just bypass it?