[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-shao-song":3,"chapter-shao-song-shao-song-chapter-218":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},1558384,2024,"Chapter 218: Famous General","shao-song-chapter-218",218,"\u003Cp>On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival, the spring rain came just in time for the Guanshan region, but no one expected that this place was already thick with the clang of arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the dilapidated ruins of Tongguan, roughly built upon the old pass, a watchtower bearing clear traces of fire stood surrounded by armored soldiers in neat rows, with tents arranged in order. Outside, troops in armor carrying weapons patrolled constantly, unaffected by the fine spring rain... Clearly, this was a key military location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And sure enough, at the topmost level of the watchtower, a Jin general in lamellar armor sat frowning behind a low table, watching his soldiers hastily take down his command flag and set up a simple rain shelter above and around him. His brand-new gourd-shaped silk-lined iron helmet with a red tassel lay on the table, its red tassel already soaked by the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, behind him, the majestic Yellow River remained clearly visible through the thin curtain of rain... This was the very place described in the line, \"The mountains and rivers within and without mark the road to Tongguan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, this Jin general was about fifty years old, with a thin, sallow face but an extremely large frame, and eyes like lightning... If Zhao Jiu were here, he would surely think this man bore a three-tenths resemblance to Han Shizhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, no matter how down-and-out or difficult Han Shizhong's circumstances, or how prosperous or triumphant he was, he could never hide his street-rogue demeanor. But this Jin general clearly possessed something opposite to that rogue air—a kind of grit born of deep suffering and bitterness, tinged with a hint of cruelty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This temperament could be seen in many high-ranking Jin generals, likely originating from the era of fishing and hunting among the White Mountains and Black Waters, a unique quality brought by the identity of hunters who would stop at nothing to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right, this man was none other than Wanyan Loushi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone knew, the Jin state rose suddenly, bursting onto the scene, and in just twenty years achieved hegemony over East Asia as a military power, truly worthy of the phrase \"swallowing up a thousand miles like a tiger.\" And although anyone could offer so-called rational explanations for this country's rise from political, economic, military, cultural, and geopolitical perspectives, in the end, no one could deny that at that time, Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda was surrounded by a gathering of Jurchen heroes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, why didn't the Great Song destroy the Great Liao instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among these heroes, counting them carefully, not to mention Wanyan Aguda himself, there were his brothers Wanyan Wuqimai, Wanyan Shemu, Wanyan Wosai, Wanyan Xieye; his sons, the eldest prince Wanyan Woben, the second prince Wanyan Wolibu, the third prince Wanyan Eriduo; his distant relatives and supporters Wanyan Zhanhan, Wanyan Xiyin (Wanyan Gushen), Wanyan Yinshuke, Wanyan Bendu, Wanyan Moulianghu, Wanyan Ganlu... All sorts of figures, most experienced in military affairs, a few skilled in both civil and military arts, but every single one worthy of extensive record.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the abilities of these heroes were uneven, and it was possible to rank them or assign tiers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, after the destruction of Liao, within the Jin state, the public consensus was that the foremost contributor was none other than Wanyan Zhanhan, whom the Song people had always called the \"State Chancellor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Zhanhan was certainly remarkable; no one could deny this man's talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his status as the foremost contributor was, after all, at the level of a political leader, a supreme commander, propped up by the entire hundred-thousand-strong Western Route Army and the entire coalition of distant Wanyan clan branches. It did not mean that this man was simultaneously a divine military commander, peerless in martial prowess, astonishing in strategy, and competent in civil administration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, not to mention anything else, everyone knew that when it came to specific military achievements, eighty percent of Wanyan Zhanhan's military merits were earned for him by his subordinates Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Yinshuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And among these two, Wanyan Loushi was universally acknowledged to be a cut above Wanyan Yinshuke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to elaborate on this man's battle records; just one thing: this fifty-year-old general frowning in the spring rain was the first person under the Jin army's Meng'an and Mouke system to obtain a hereditary Meng'an status through military merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was the Jin army's number one general!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very least, the deceased Wanyan Aguda had thought so back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such a great general, ever since setting out south on this campaign, had been constantly frowning and rarely seen smiling... Once the shelter was set up, Wanyan Loushi still sat behind the ornate tortoiseshell low table, staring at the ceiling without a word. Apart from the occasional flash of his somewhat fearsome gaze, he was like a wooden puppet. None of the officers and attendants around him dared to speak, until horses neighed and men shouted below the watchtower, and someone arrived in haste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The newcomer, about thirty years old, was Wanyan Huonü, Wanyan Loushi's eldest son, who had just breached Huazhou to the west. He came up the tower, saw his father's expression, and couldn't help but step forward, leaning close to the tortoiseshell table to ask in a low voice. \"Is it the old injuries acting up in this rainy weather?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can it be easy to bear?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi finally gave a wry smile, and the surrounding officers and guards also relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Wanyan Huonü forced a smile in return... He naturally knew what his father was suffering in this rainy weather, but he was ultimately powerless to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the word from Fushui Town?\" After laughing, Wanyan Loushi remained motionless but asked about military matters. \"In my orders to you, I said to deal with that place before you came back, didn't I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting to Father, it has been done as you instructed—all slaughtered.\" Wanyan Huonü replied solemnly. \"But the two Meng'an who carried it out also said that quite a few people escaped into the area between Mount Taihua and Mount Shaohua to the south... And according to them, the rain was heavier to the west, so although the fire was lit, it probably didn't burn clean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A rough slaughter will do.\" Wanyan Loushi nodded slightly, unconcerned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Huonü nodded, paused briefly, but still took the initiative to ask: \"Father... Fushui Town is opposite the Shawan Pasture, between Chang'an and Tongguan. We've passed through here seven or eight times over the years. By now, even the richest villages have no valuables left. Moreover, the place has no fortifications, no troops, and certainly no talk of holding out in defiance. Why did it have to be slaughtered?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Military law cannot be abandoned.\" Wanyan Loushi replied calmly. \"Actually, it was my mistake at first. The back pain was worst before the rain, so I got the grain figures wrong for what Fushui was supposed to send here... If someone from the town had come to clarify back then, I would naturally have corrected it. But they just fobbed us off with old grain and water-soaked horse fodder, so they couldn't be forgiven.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Huonü first nodded in understanding, but then let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi laughed at the sound: \"You are a Wanhu and a Dutong, and I am also a Wanhu and a Dutong. If one Dutong is dissatisfied with another, you can speak up. Why sigh and put on airs there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right... Wanyan Loushi and his son Wanyan Huonü actually held the same official rank and the same military post—both were Wanhu and both were Dutong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't because Huonü had been promoted too quickly, but because Wanyan Loushi had no room for promotion... The hereditary system went up to Meng'an, the standard command post was Wanhu, the temporary identity for leading military missions was various Dutong positions in recruitment and military affairs departments, and above that, military posts were the few Marshal positions in the Marshal's Office, while political posts were the Boginlie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even considering the functional changes in the Marshal's Office, the Dutong, who had previously held actual marshal authority, now generally had somewhat diminished power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was probably a flaw in the chaotic Jin system, but it might also be related to Wanyan Loushi's background.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because according to rumor, Wanyan Loushi's \"Wanyan\" was not the Wanyan of the imperial clan, but a surname granted after the Wanyan tribe defeated the Seven Waters tribe. So, as the chieftain of the Seven Waters tribe, Wanyan Loushi's true status was something like a position between household slave and imperial clan member.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But regardless, perhaps because of this background, although Loushi had outstanding military achievements and enjoyed the trust of superiors and subordinates alike, and in fact had long held command authority over the Western Route Army, he had never been able to obtain a Marshal title, remaining always the Dutong of the Shanxi Unified Command.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, to put it another way, the fact that father and son were both Dutong and Wanhu also proved the Loushi family's prominent position in the Jin army. And no matter what, no one could shake Wanyan Loushi's authority in the Jin Western Route Army... Even the Wanhu of Wanyan Loushi could not be appointed or dismissed by a Marshal, because the full title of Wanyan Loushi's Wanhu was the Huanglongfu Wanhu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the Huanglongfu of \"straight to Huanglong,\" a reflection of Wanyan Loushi's special status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough of this digression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing his father's jest, Wanyan Huonü still appeared somewhat serious: \"Father... I still remember that day when we, father and son, defeated the Song army of two hundred thousand right here. Back then, you ordered me to rescue the Song soldiers who had fallen into the water, forbade the entire army from arbitrarily slaughtering or looting the people, and appointed a large number of Song people as local officials. Logically, this should be what the Song people call 'both might and virtue applied,' right? But why, over and over again, are the Song people on both sides of this great river still unwilling to become obedient subjects of the Great Jin?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably because their Song emperor has returned?\" Wanyan Loushi sat there, gazing at the rain threads before him, lost in thought. \"When they can be their own people, why would they want to be obedient subjects of others?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then what about Xijing (the Jin Western Capital, referring to Datong)?\" Wanyan Huonü immediately retorted. \"Xijing was originally Liao territory, and the Khitans were long gone. But as soon as the Mongols rebelled, they also rose up, wasting the entire winter suppressing the rebellion in the north, squandering the opportunity to move south...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi thought for a moment and also shook his head: \"Then it means our Great Jin's strategy does indeed have flaws.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, in my opinion, we should also learn from the Hebei side—distribute all the land and population to the Meng'an and Mouke, kill people like Zhe Keqiu and be done with it...\" Wanyan Huonü finally couldn't hold back and said what he wanted to say. \"Stop using Song people to rule Song people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wanyan Loushi finally narrowed his eyes to carefully examine his son. He wanted to ask his son, was the Hebei side really any better?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hundreds of thousands of so-called rebels in the Taihang Mountains—couldn't be killed off, couldn't be defeated—were they really better than the Khitan nobles rebelling in Datong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the Khitan nobles rebelled, he, Wanyan Loushi, led his troops there, easily defeated them, and killed them all. But the Taihang Mountains—had there been a single day of peace in years?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after a moment, this famous Jin general suppressed his inner impulse, because he understood that it was normal for young people to have similar thoughts... He had thought the same way when he was young, but after experiencing more, his views gradually changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the most critical issue was that he himself didn't know what was right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should Hebei learn from Shanxi here and use Song people to rule Song people, or should Shanxi learn from Hebei and enfeoff Meng'an and Mouke to the localities? Or were both approaches wrong?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, at present, neither strategy had achieved its goal; neither Shanxi nor Hebei was at peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, the Jin general frowned again: \"These matters are for the ruler, the Marshal-in-Chief, and the Boginlie to discuss. You and I should not speak further... Go down and rest for a while. Wait until your younger brother returns, and then we'll discuss military affairs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Huonü immediately fell silent... Although he had already entered middle age and his official rank was theoretically equal, in front of his own father, aside from the bond of father and son, he was just an ordinary general. Seeing that his father was actually somewhat displeased, how could he dare to say more?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, with his father's old injuries acting up in the rainy weather, how could he simply go down and enjoy himself? So he simply stood there like an ordinary guard, hand on his sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, father and son, one sitting and one standing, remained silent on the dilapidated watchtower of Tongguan, letting the spring rain grow denser and the view grow hazy, each lost in their own thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this silence did not last long. In less than two quarters of an hour, the sound of rumbling horses came from the main road east of Tongguan, and then several riders galloped into the pass, turning toward this watchtower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the leading man came up the tower, it was the Meng'an Wanyan Mouyan, who had earlier followed Wanyan Balisu eastward. He was also Loushi's second son, only about twenty years old this year, and Huonü's younger brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father! Eldest brother!\" Wanyan Moushen, big and burly, having inherited his father's frame, arrived sweating profusely and immediately greeted his father and elder brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second brother's arrival is timely.\" Wanyan Huonü, seeing his younger brother arrive, also greeted him casually. The age gap between the brothers was large, and the eldest brother was like a father, which instead made them seem very close. \"Father was just waiting for second brother's reconnaissance report!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi knew that his two sons had always prided themselves on being Jurchen, yet now they were so fluently using Song-style brotherly titles. He was momentarily dazed, but with military intelligence pressing, he couldn't be bothered to think too much about it and simply nodded towards his second son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Father, Shanzhou cannot be attacked!\" Wanyan Moushen spoke directly. \"I followed your orders and went with Bolisu to Shanzhou city. Bolisu led the main force behind, while I and Wulibu took two thousand elite troops to block the Song army on the narrow eastern path. But unexpectedly, the main Song force had already emerged from the narrow defile and occupied key points to set up stockades, seemingly to coordinate with Shanzhou city... Wulibu and I charged together at a stockade that wasn't yet fully built, killing two or three hundred men, but the Song troops kept increasing, their crossbows grew denser, and we simply couldn't hold on. Plus, Father had previously ordered me to return today, so I came straight back. On the way, I met Bolisu, reported to him, and he told me to bring word back—that Shanzhou cannot be attacked.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Wanyan Loushi remained silent, but Wanyan Huonü asked solemnly, \"Second brother, did you see clearly how many Song reinforcements there were?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There were over ten thousand during the battle, but more kept coming from behind. I estimate at least twenty thousand.\" Wanyan Moushen was merely a charging general and didn't want to think too much, simply answering his father and brother bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huonü sighed deeply upon hearing this, then looked back at his father: \"Father... Shanzhou's terrain is already narrow, unfavorable for siege warfare and cavalry field battles. Now with twenty thousand reinforcements occupying the narrow defile behind, Shanzhou city will be able to receive continuous support. Add to that Li Yanxian, who has won the hearts of the people in Shanzhou and is skilled in military affairs—charging head-on at Shanzhou again would indeed seem foolish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi nodded slightly: \"Then what do you think? Should we attack Chang'an?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's exactly what we should do.\" Wanyan Huonü steadied his sword and adjusted his armor, immediately nodding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi did not answer, only shook his head slightly, then looked back at his second son: \"Moushen, were the banners of Han Shizhong among the Shanzhou reinforcements?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Moushen immediately shook his head: \"I know Han Shizhong well enough—definitely not! Judging by the banners, they should be from the Song Imperial Guard Central Army units, but I didn't see the Wang banner, which was strange.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi nodded, then fell silent again, looking at his eldest son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Huonü was momentarily puzzled, but after a moment's thought, he suddenly realized: \"Father means that Han Shizhong is currently taking the detour through Wuguan to support Chang'an?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct.\" Wanyan Loushi finally nodded. \"Han Shizhong's Huaixi Army has always been positioned behind the front lines, not connected to any forward positions. So once a battle erupts, his Huaixi Army is the first capable force to reinforce elsewhere. Now that the Song have launched a large-scale relief effort, if they mobilized troops from other places, they absolutely could not have left out Han Shizhong... And since Han Shizhong isn't at Shanzhou, he can only be heading to Chang'an from the rear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then are we attacking Chang'an or Shanzhou?\" Huonü was finally confused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Moushen seemed to remember something and spoke again to his father: \"Father... Bolisu has been cursing you at Hucheng to the east for the past seven or eight days, saying you must be senile, sitting idle at Tongguan for days without moving, not allowing him to advance, and letting the opportunity slip away for nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does Bolisu want to die?\" Huonü flew into a rage upon hearing this. \"If he dared say that in front of me, he'd be a dead man by now! He's just bullying you because you're only a marching Meng'an, not even a hereditary Mouke!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moushen immediately fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After venting his anger, Huonü couldn't help but explain for his silent father: \"Father clearly wanted to secure the retreat route first, ensuring the path of withdrawal before launching the attack... That is the prudent course of action.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after saying this, Huonü himself found it absurd... Since when did his own father always think about retreating when fighting a battle? That battle where a few thousand men routed thirty thousand Western Xia cavalry—he had divided his forces again and again, relying solely on small elite units conducting long-range raids to cripple the Western Xia army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even earlier, when he fought the decisive battle here against Fan Zhixu's two hundred thousand troops, his father, who only had ten thousand cavalry, had never been \"prudent\" then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even earlier still, when the Jin army first crossed the Yellow River southward without boats, facing hundreds of thousands of Song Imperial Guard troops, it was this same father who ordered his own son Huonü to go upstream, leading three hundred horsemen to swim across at Mengjin, startling the ten thousand Song troops on the opposite bank into scattering in a single day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When had Wanyan Loushi ever been prudent back then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, this entire campaign had been fraught with suspicion from the start. It was only after Wanyan Loushi had specifically coordinated with the Grand Marshal's Office that it was approved... Yet after the army marched south, he had been \"prudent\" at Tongguan for over ten days. Even Wanyan Huonü had been filled with doubt at the time, wondering what medicine his own father was selling in that gourd of his.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifteen days...\" In the awkward atmosphere, Wanyan Loushi finally spoke, and finally pushed himself up from the low table to stand. \"We launched our surprise attack on New Year's Day. Assuming the military intelligence took three or four days to reach Dongjing, wouldn't the Song have had to dispatch large reinforcements from around Dongjing without a moment's pause for them to arrive this quickly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That should be the case.\" Wanyan Huonü did a quick calculation and reached the conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then assuming Han Shizhong received his orders a day later, he should still be able to reach Chang'an in four or five days, right?\" Loushi, supporting himself on the hawksbill-inlaid table, turned around and walked straight forward into the rain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Probably... but it's hard to say. The Wuguan route has a great reputation, but we've never traveled it, so we don't know what it's like.\" Huonü quickly followed. \"But either way, Chang'an will be hard to take.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed.\" Loushi gazed at the Yellow River, now only a silhouette, and sighed with emotion. \"Han Shizhong is, after all, Han Shizhong. This man is the backbone of the Zhao Song Emperor and holds considerable prestige in the Western Army. Once he reaches Chang'an, it won't just be a matter of a few tens of thousands of reinforcements. Because once he arrives, he can calmly coordinate the gathering of reinforcements from the Jingyuan Circuit, the Yanfu Circuit, and even Sichuan and Shu to assemble in Guanxi...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we truly cannot fight.\" Huonü gritted his teeth from behind. \"But there is still an opportunity now... Father, Yuwen Xuzhong is merely a civil official, I'm afraid he won't be effective. Let me go now, take twenty thousand cavalry, bypass the intermediate towns, and charge straight to the walls of Chang'an to see if we can break through in one strike.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Loushi shook his head repeatedly: \"Wait four or five days. After Han Shizhong actually arrives, it won't be too late for you to take a stroll under the walls of Chang'an.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huonü was dumbfounded, momentarily feeling he hadn't heard his father correctly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, as Wanyan Loushi, the war god of the Jin state, turned back and spoke again to his second son, Huonü confirmed he was not dreaming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moushen.\" Wanyan Loushi looked at his second son. \"Tell Bolisu to wait as well. Wait until the Song reinforcements have completely passed through the narrow defile and their numbers are confirmed, then go and test Shanzhou city again... Tell him, if he dares to disobey my military orders, I will behead him. After all, Yinshu Ke has gone to Yanjing, so no one will protect him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, not only Huonü, who had served as a Commander for many years and had extensive command experience, but even the twenty-something Wanyan Moushen felt his mouth go dry, almost believing that his invincible father had lost his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet both of them understood perfectly well that this man was their own father, the foremost famous general of the Great Jin, Wanyan Loushi... If others couldn't recognize him, how could they?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, after hesitating, as if possessed by some ghost, Wanyan Huonü stepped forward and asked in a low voice: \"Father, did the Song Emperor promise you something? Could it be that he's going to give Shanxi to our family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wanyan Loushi, who had been tormented unbearably by his injuries for several consecutive days, was amused by his son for the second time today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Thanks to the 77th patron, Comrade Yu Yunwen\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I... I don't have chapter comments to copy anymore. How do I write? Urgent, waiting online.\u003C\u002Fp>",3917,"2026-06-06T07:46:04.529Z",1,"Novelzhen Translator","58a6a40aaa01a966104dedc24c53653f0d152a4ff62c1e2e881c83d7821ba397","shao-song-chapter-219","shao-song-chapter-217",489,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fshao-song-cover.jpg"]