
Strange Tales of Northern Qi
北齐怪谈
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- Completed
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- 2.4M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Jin-Sui-Tang Dynasties
- Updated
- 4mo ago
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Old Wolf, you know him, right?
When you update once, minor flaws will be magnified, and your writing style will be criticized. When you're up two hours in a row, a little patience is born, and the plot's progress becomes more important. When you're up past midnight, small praises begin to emerge, and the number of dead harvests begins to decline.
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Northern Qi Dynasty: True Historical Tales
Many readers have questions about Lao Lang's book: Is it a historical or supernatural story? The answer is undoubtedly yes, it is still a historical novel, and it does not contain any supernatural forces. As for why it's called "Tales of the Northern Qi Dynasty," it's actually closely related to the Northern Qi era.
I've only read two chapters... So I'll nitpick a few things. First, in ancient Eastern times, Mongolian horses were the primary mode of transport. They were small and lacked load-bearing capacity, so horses capable of carrying fully armored riders and warriors were scarce. Only the best of the best were chosen, resulting in a very limited number.
Gaining popularity might require several books, while ruining it only takes a few chapters.
The Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties were clearly an era dominated by powerful clans and military aristocrats. The author's knowledge in this area is clearly insufficient, demonstrating naive political wisdom. He lacks both the foresight of a time traveler and the shrewdness of seasoned political maneuvering; his approach is simply killing, even at the cost of one's own father's…
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Nowadays, the book review section is corrupt and full of wicked people. This is precisely because of insufficient updates. If authors diligently update 10,000 words every day, then the wicked people will be afraid and retreat, and virtuous gentlemen will be overjoyed. This is an achievement worthy of praise even from the legendary emperors Yao and Shun!
Let's discuss the translation of Xianbei language.
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The battle descriptions are terrible.
The writing is good and the plot is excellent, but the battlefield combat descriptions are terrible and illogical, only making the enemy generals seem less intelligent. General Yang Zhong, with over three thousand men, defended a fortified city, which even the protagonist couldn't withstand for three days.
A bizarre, eerie, and terrifying era
Although I have always looked down on the weak Song Dynasty, to be fair, the bizarre, strange, and terrifying eras like the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were truly despairing. If I were to travel back to that era and become a commoner, I would definitely rebel. Since I'm going to die sooner or later anyway, it's not a loss if I can take someone down with me.