[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shao-song":3,"chapter-shao-song-shao-song-chapter-148":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Shao Song",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1558314,2024,"Chapter 148: The Reason","shao-song-chapter-148",148,"\u003Cp>Du Chong, who had always maintained an excellent political image, actually showed some reluctance to fight, which inevitably surprised Yue Fei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But upon second thought, in these times, aside from Zong Ze, which civil official wasn't afraid of battle? Even Li Gang advocated stabilizing first before counterattacking, and this man had fled from Great Ming Prefecture anyway, so some timidity was understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the most important point was that after Zong Ze fell ill, Yue Pengju had been almost independently propping up a small part of the situation. He had weathered the chaos of war preparations in Dongjing, Wang Yan's willfulness, and the banditry of the Ten Commanders, yet remained composed. He had clearly steeled himself to do his utmost to stitch together the crumbling Dongjing Defender Command for the sake of resisting the Jin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Du Chong, given his status and position, as long as he didn't surrender to the Jin, Yue Fei couldn't say much... as long as he didn't cause any trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, after standing there for a while, Du Chong thought it over and could only order Yue Fei and Li Qiong to gather the troops and remaining grain, fodder, and supplies, preparing to head south to rendezvous with the Ten Commanders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his actions indeed caused no trouble, Yue Fei had nothing more to say. He quickly bowed and then went out with Li Qiong to get busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving aside for now what Yue Fei and Li Qiong were thinking, under the overall situation, Du Chong had no choice but to dispatch troops. But after sending off the two trusted generals who were fellow townsmen from Xiangzhou, he sat in the rear hall of the Kaifeng Prefectural Office, sighing deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At such a time, only his son Du Yan, who handled confidential documents in the office, was qualified to step forward and inquire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, having gone through the Jingkang Disaster, Du Yan hadn't seen his father for a long time and was also quite puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan carefully offered a cup of tea, then stood respectfully by the side and asked cautiously. \"Your Majesty appointed you as Vice Defender, clearly entrusting you with the hundred-thousand-strong army of the Dongjing Defender Command and the entire Henan situation. Why are you displeased?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Chong wasn't simply displeased; he was sorrowful and annoyed, but his son couldn't say that directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, in front of his only flesh and blood, Du Chong didn't put on airs. He swallowed a mouthful of warm tea, his expression still grim. \"What's there to be pleased about? The situation has deteriorated so badly. Your Majesty and the officials in Nanyang only know how to hide in a strong city and talk about strategy on paper, yet they want me to lead troops into battle. Isn't that putting your father on a fire to roast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... there have been discussions in the Privy Council that I've heard some of,\" Du Yan quickly replied. \"They say that if there are no troops outside to rescue, then there is no city inside that can be held... Back when they decided to defend Nanyang, Dongjing, and the ministers at Wuhe, they relied on Han Shizhong's army roaming outside. And it was precisely while rescuing Dongjing that Han Shizhong was ambushed. Now that Han Shizhong is trapped in Changshe, we must by all means scrape together an army to rescue him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You've memorized the art of war well, but it's just empty talk on paper,\" Du Chong sneered. \"You said it yourself—Han Shizhong was ambushed and defeated. So the supposedly foolproof 'rescuing army' in Nanyang's eyes was nothing special. How would my 'rescuing army' here be any use?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father is afraid we can't win?\" Du Yan suddenly realized. \"But that's eighty thousand men!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Winning would be a miracle!\" Du Chong slammed his teacup heavily onto the table before him, his face twisted. \"What eighty thousand men? A bunch of broken troops with their own hidden agendas, plus twenty thousand bandits who escaped from the Taihang Mountains. Only Yue Fei and Li Qiong's troops are somewhat usable... But over there, Talan has a full four ten-thousand-man cavalry units! What are we supposed to fight with?! How are we supposed to fight?! In the past, the main force of the Western Army and the Dongjing Imperial Guard, several hundred thousand strong, were devoured by a few tens of thousands of Jin troops at the foot of Taiyuan. How can I expect to beat them at two-to-one odds?! Nanyang is sending me to my death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan was momentarily frightened and dared not speak. Father and son were silent for a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, seeing his father's breathing gradually steady, Du Yan thought for a moment, sighed inwardly, and then forced himself to reply: \"I understand your difficulties, Father. But in times of national crisis, everyone is struggling... After all, His Majesty promoted you step by step to this position. As his subjects, we should be grateful for the imperial grace, shouldn't we?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grateful my ass!\" Du Chong had just picked up his teacup to drink again, but upon hearing this, he sneered and hurled the cup to the ground. \"Let me ask you—you've been in this ruined capital of Dongjing for days now. Tell me yourself, what kind of a mess is the Dongjing Defender Command?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan hesitated to speak, but before his son could say anything, Du Chong answered himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dongjing Defender Command is nothing but the old Tang dynasty's Fanzhen warlords mixed with the Beggar Armies of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The only reason it isn't exactly a Fanzhen or a Beggar Army is that there's a Defender of proper background keeping things in check for the court. Now that Defender Zong has suddenly fallen ill, the court naturally needs another man of proper background to feel secure, and those military bandits and bandits also need a familiar face from Hebei who has experience here to feel at ease. So tell me, who else is there besides your father? Quan Bangyan? Quan Bangyan would do, but isn't he trapped in Huazhou?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan was momentarily dazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if Quan Bangyan weren't trapped, with his record—a Hebei man, a former prefectural defender who abandoned his city and fled to Dongjing—how is he any different from me?\" Du Chong continued indignantly. \"So tell me, with the same record, his seniority, age, and rank are all inferior to mine. Could this Dongjing Defender Command be shoved onto his head?! So imperial grace is all empty talk. Your father was always just the tinker the court arranged here, and Quan Bangyan was the backup tinker for me... The officials in court know it well! Whether His Majesty understands or not, what kind of imperial grace is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan shook his head repeatedly: \"Since you mention Vice Defender Quan (Quan Bangyan), I take the liberty to say—he is also in a very difficult position in Huazhou, yet he has never shown signs of discouragement or avoidance of battle. What I mean is, no matter what...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already told you, you don't know shit,\" Du Chong suddenly looked utterly exhausted. \"Is defending a city the same as field combat? In the former, you just sit still and wait for the outcome—no need to expend mental energy. The latter requires you to go out into the wilderness to make decisions and get yourself killed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan was completely speechless, but also anxious and desperate: \"Father... is there truly no way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is definitely no way in field combat,\" Du Chong shook his head and sighed, showing not a shred of confidence. \"In fact, if I had been given control of the situation earlier, while the autumn waters were high and the Jin troops hadn't crossed the river, I could have breached the Yellow River dikes and neutralized the advantage of the Jin cavalry. But now the main Jin force is already in Henan, and the Yellow River is freezing over. What chance is there left?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breach the dikes?\" Du Yan was dumbfounded. \"What about the floods...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about the floods?\" Du Chong sneered. \"Which of those volunteer armies doesn't brutalize the people? Yet after being granted amnesty, they become imperial troops and get promoted. As long as they can deal with the Jin, what does a few dead commoners matter? Besides, can floods compare to man-made disasters? If the Jin army can't go south, a million fewer people will die! And besides, Henan is already a wasteland.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan naturally knew nothing about hydrology—didn't know that the lower Yellow River was merely a watershed with no major river system of its own, so that breaching the dikes toward Henan could easily invade the Huai River system, causing the Yellow River to seize the Huai's course to the sea and permanently alter the downstream hydrology. So hearing his father's words, and recalling the horrors of the massacred cities he had seen on the road, he was momentarily speechless and even found it somewhat reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even from a later perspective, Du Chong's dike breach in another timeline did indeed cause the Yellow River to gradually seize the Huai's course to the sea, but he was at most two-tenths responsible. According to hydrological research, what truly caused the Yellow River to completely seize the Huai's course was the later Jin dynasty's period, when the Jin state allowed the Yellow River to flood and breached the dikes at Yangwu. That time made the Yellow River fully seize the Huai, entering the Huai's main channel, and from then on it spiraled out of control, permanently forming the concept of the Yellow River flood zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, even that breach at Yangwu under Emperor Zhangzong of Jin was at most four-tenths responsible for the entire hydrological upheaval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because another undeniable fact is that before Du Chong and Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, there had been Yellow River dike breaches, but they were always promptly repaired and cleaned up. Between Du Chong and Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, however, the Song and Jin dynasties, with the Huai River as their border and years of alternating war and peace, allowed the water conservancy works along the Yellow-Huai line to gradually fall into disrepair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also a realistic reason that cannot be ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if one really wanted to whitewash them, both Du Chong and Emperor Zhangzong of Jin could be whitewashed, because neither of them could possibly have had sufficient hydrological knowledge, nor could they have foreseen that a Yellow River dike breach would cause such a severe hydrological upheaval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using this as a defense, even in an international court, they could plead ignorance and get a few years shaved off their sentence on grounds of intermittent mental disorder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, one could condemn these two men on moral grounds—one acted deliberately, the other allowed it to happen—both disregarding the lives of the people between the Yellow and Huai Rivers... The only lamentable thing is that during this period, the so-called lives of common people were probably the cheapest thing under heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking about it this way, another eight or nine hundred years later, that one dike breach—one really couldn't say what that was about. Could one claim that that person also had no historical experience?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back to the present, after lamenting that his excellent strategy had missed the right timing and opportunity, Du Chong continued to sigh eloquently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In truth, your father is not refusing the imperial order. If I were refusing, why would I have ordered Generals Yue and Li to prepare for the expedition? I am merely indignant at His Majesty and the officials in Nanyang. Since the Jin army has already crossed the river and come south, it would be fine to just defend the cities in peace. Why do they sit comfortably inside their own cities while only pressuring me with moral principles and righteousness? Today, in front of you, your father has nothing to hide. In my view, this Great Song is beyond saving! We are just taking things one step at a time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Yan stood with his hands clasped, silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Du Chong, he wanted to continue venting, but when he turned and saw his son's demeanor, he knew that the other man, having been away for years, didn't fully trust him. He suddenly deflated and simply got up and left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Du Chong was gone, Du Yan finally relaxed, as if he had dodged something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, regardless, the deeply pessimistic Du Chong's scheme backfired. He had wanted to use the Eight-Character Army to delay the expedition, but he hadn't expected Wang Yan to arrive so quickly upon receiving the official document. Completely out of options, he could only dispatch the troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, at this time, almost everyone on both the Song and Jin sides was caught off guard by the sudden southward march of these twenty thousand Eight-Character Army troops, yet they all somewhat underestimated them. None noticed that these troops, who had been locked in continuous combat with the Jin for years, had in fact played a subtle role in the strategic balance of the Henan region.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the nineteenth day of the twelfth month, after Yue Fei arranged for Tang Huai, Zhang Xian, and Xu Qing to each lead troops, totaling ten thousand to guard Dongjing, Du Chong had no choice but to rendezvous with Wang Yan's twenty thousand Eight-Character Army troops and lead over forty thousand men south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Fei, Li Qiong, and Wang Yan's units were well-disciplined and marched extremely fast without stopping. Along the way, Yelu Ma Wu of Zhongmu came to spy but didn't dare to make a move, which rather disappointed Vice Defender Du. Thus, in just two days, the force arrived at Weishi, an important town southwest of Kaifeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weishi was a large city, only eighty li from Dongjing, a hundred li from Changshe, thirty li from Zhujiaqu Town where Han Shizhong had been defeated, fifty li from Yanling, the frontline city still under Song control, and also fifty li from the Fugou area where the Ten Commanders had gathered... Truly a reliable and perfectly safe location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Vice Defender Du dared not be negligent. On one hand, he abandoned the original plan to go south to Yanling to rendezvous with the Ten Commanders and sternly ordered them to come to Weishi instead. On the other hand, he quickly sent a dispatch to Nanyang by fast horse, stating that he planned to gather the Ten Commanders first before immediately heading south to Yanling—in reality, he intended to stop at this fine location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Vice Defender Du had expected the Ten Commanders to argue over his change of plans. But to his surprise, before the messenger had even reached Nanyang, the Ten Commanders received his urgent letter and unanimously stated that since it was Prefect Du's military order, they dared not disobey. Led by Ma Gao, they then mustered their remaining troops and voluntarily marched toward Weishi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the twenty-third day of the twelfth month, the fourth day of the expedition, Nanyang had just received Du Chong's official report, and Weishi had already successfully joined forces, gathering a solid eighty thousand men!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, to make a good impression on Du Chong, their future Defender, the commanders of the Dongjing Defender Command discussed among themselves and then had Lady Ma, the \"One-Green\" woman, personally escort the grain, fodder, and wealth gathered at Fugou to Weishi as a gesture of obedience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Du Chong absolutely hadn't expected to have such prestige... The troops had arrived, grain and money had been replenished, and the dispatch to Nanyang had just been sent... With no other choice, Du Chong set out again the next day with the army, heading toward Yanling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, the remaining troops of the Dongjing Defender Command, along with Yue Fei and Wang Yan's forces, all crossed the frozen Wei River and gathered at Yanling. The army camped with their backs to the icy Wei River, their encampment stretching over twenty li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yanling and Xuchang were forty li apart, but with no river obstacle between the two cities, and with the natural extension of both sides' camps, the actual distance was far less than forty li. Scout cavalry sent out at dawn along the old road between the two cities could reach the enemy camp and return by noon—this was the last safe distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the entire Henan battlefield was shaken, and almost everyone turned their eyes to this place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jin army naturally had already been deploying troops and gathering forces as much as possible. But after seeing the scale of the Song camp with his own eyes, Wanyan Talan changed his strategy and proactively sent a request for reinforcements to Wanyan Wushu, asking him to support with one ten-thousand-man unit—clearly treating it as a major threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, with the assembly and advance of such a massive army, morale among the Song troops began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no one expected that Vice Defender Du Chong had already made up his mind—he absolutely would not move, because he had no intention of dying in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, correspondingly, he still sent a dispatch to Nanyang, saying that although the army had many units on paper, morale was low, very few wore armor, their combat effectiveness was inherently insufficient, and they also had to split forces to block the enemy from Nanjing behind them to prevent a pincer attack — it was truly difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the twenty-seventh of the twelfth month, Nanyang had just received the message and had not yet had time to respond, when the troops previously sent westward under Zhang Jun's command voluntarily split into two. Tian Shizhong held Bozhou to deal with the enemy from Nanjing, while Liu Bao led seven or eight thousand hastily assembled troops to reach Fugou, then immediately sent letters to Yancheng and Nanyang, claiming the task of isolating the Nanjing enemy forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon receiving the document, Du Chong's head ached, and he could only submit a second memorial, saying the enemy situation was unclear and he was contacting the scattered troops from Ruzhou behind enemy lines to seek a foolproof plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But on the twenty-ninth of the twelfth month, a force of four to five thousand suddenly arrived from the west. It turned out to be Li Bao, the \"Sick Guan Suo\" Controller from the Eastern Capital Rear Guard Command who had previously fled from Wuyang, along with a local Ruzhou commander named Niu Gao. They had noticed unusual movements by the Jin army on the western front, and after careful reconnaissance, learned that on the eastern front, the Emperor had sent a certain Du Dayin as Marshal, raising the full forces of the Eastern Capital Rear Guard Command to rescue Grand Commandant Han.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After repeatedly confirming the military intelligence was correct, Li Bao and Niu Gao, who were in Ruzhou and originally preparing to jointly support Lü Qing at Xiangcheng, discussed and agreed that saving Lü Qing might not necessarily save Han Shizhong, but saving Han Shizhong would surely shake the overall situation, and Lü Qing would also turn safe. So they simply took advantage of the Jin army's troop movements, plus the weather warming in recent days and the river ice gradually thinning, which allowed them to avoid cavalry on certain river sections, and together risked crossing through the enemy's gaps to reach Yancheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition to joining the battle, these two generals also presented the Jin army's deployments and approximate troop numbers they had observed along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four generals who routinely managed the army camp — Yue Fei, Wang Yan, Ma Gao, and Li Qiong — listened to the reports and all felt that Li Bao and Niu Gao were trustworthy, the military situation was clear, and a battle was feasible. At the very least, they could advance and pressure the enemy, or attack some weak points to partially break the siege.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, the four generals, for the first time, jointly submitted a memorial to Du Chong, requesting permission to engage the enemy as they saw fit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This request was naturally rejected by Du Chong. Not only that, after this meeting, Du Chong felt that everyone in the world was opposing him. He stopped even going through the motions and simply hid inside Yancheng city. Using the New Year as an excuse, he spent his days drinking and tea, no longer meeting with military officers inside or outside the city. The only time he appeared was on the first day of the new year, when he personally received the envoy from Wanyan Talan, accepted their gifts, and gave return gifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to be honest, even up to this point, everyone up and down could still understand. After all, it was the New Year, he was a civil official, and it was the ancestral tradition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, during the Jingkang era, there were many civil officials who went further than Du Chong. For example, the second Jin siege that directly led to the Jingkang Incident. According to regulations, each of the four city walls was to be assigned a civil official as \"Supervisor.\" Li Zhuo, a close minister of Emperor Yuan and a Secretariat Drafter, was in charge of the southern wall. He spent his days drinking and holding poetry gatherings on the wall, and actually sat idly by while the Jin army filled in a li-long stretch of the moat outside Xuanhua Gate. It was only when Emperor Yuan (Song Qinzong) himself went up on the wall that he discovered this fact, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to those people, Du Chong's current behavior was nothing. In fact, his act of handing over daily camp affairs to Yue Fei, Wang Yan, and Ma Gao, and the military affairs of Yancheng city to Li Qiong, actually made him seem quite reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Again, not everyone could be Zong Ze, and no one expected everyone to be Zong Ze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But — and this is the \"but\" —\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the New Year, for three consecutive days, this Vice Commissioner Du did not change at all. He still kept his door closed, strictly ordering everyone not to engage in battle. Only then did the entire army begin to panic. And at this moment, the whole army suddenly woke up. They all knew Vice Commissioner Du was somewhat afraid of battle, but none of them expected this man to be both afraid of battle and stubborn to this degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the fifth day of the first month of the third year of the Jianyan era, Yue Fei, together with Wang Yan, Ma Gao, and Li Qiong, with the help of Du Yan, forced their way into the Yancheng prefectural residence where Du Chong was staying. They all knelt down, weeping and pleading, requesting permission to fight, but to no avail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the seventh day of the first month, Nanyang, which had clearly been unable to hold back for some time, also sent a fast horse with an imperial decree, specifically asking Du Chong for an explanation. Vice Commissioner Du promptly wrote a dispatch in reply, saying that the three generals under his command — Yue Fei, Wang Yan, and Ma Gao — had grudges against each other, to the point that their three armies were at odds. The three generals shifted blame onto one another, and the three armies constantly attacked and brawled with each other, almost treating friendly forces as enemies. Forced into a corner, he could only hide inside Yancheng city to prevent an internal conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he emphasized that at this moment, it was not impossible to force a battle. But if they acted rashly and lost, the last batch of usable Imperial Army in the realm would repeat the story of Taiyuan and be completely destroyed. He asked Nanyang to be cautious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ninth day of the first month of the third year of the Jianyan era, the news was relayed by fast horse to Nanyang. The entire court was shaken. Because, except for one person, almost everyone in Nanyang unconditionally chose to believe Du Chong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they didn't believe Du Chong, who would they believe?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn't possibly believe those three military men, could they? Besides, everyone in the realm knew Wang Yan and Yue Fei had a grudge. Could they expect these military men to endure for the sake of the country and put the overall situation first?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even the Zhao Emperor, who had some doubts about Du Chong, was somewhat flustered at this point. Because even if he was willing to believe Yue Fei, or even firmly believed Yue Fei would put the overall situation first and absolutely not cause trouble at this time, no one could guarantee that Wang Yan and Ma Gao would endure for the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if these two couldn't restrain themselves and attacked Yue Fei, provoking a counterattack?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were hundreds of li apart. Who knew what the situation was like over there?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Continuing to promote a book as a sacrifice, \"The Abnormal Way to Open an Apartment,\" a Love Apartment fanfic. Those interested can take a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this chapter, there should still be about 34k of tasks this month. Going to sleep early today... Good night.\u003C\u002Fp>",4227,"2026-06-06T07:45:46.639Z",1,"Novelzhen Translator","742fa1cfedbc76ec8e1fe9e56a282d6ff35d09c4aa8956a183026d124af712cc","shao-song-chapter-149","shao-song-chapter-147",489,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshao-song-cover.jpg"]