My best friend's birthday is soon and she loves this show, so I thought I could make a video edit of the series as a gift. The problem is I have not seen any episode (except the first one) so I have no idea what scenes to use
I was hoping someone could be really nice and help me out? She ships the two protagonists (the guy that dresses in white with the guy that dresses in black). You don't have to send me a link (tho it is appreciated), I just need to know which scenes I should use for the edit
I remember reading that during Guanqiu Jian’s and Wen Qin’s revolt, Wang Ji disobeyed a order from Sima Shi and moved to take over a fort with a good amount of supply’s that he corrected expected Guanqiu Jian to try and take, getting there just before a force arrived to attack it. That correct?
Yeah that’s correct. Wang Ji tended to ignore his orders and do what he thought was best - but what he thought was best was pretty much always right so he could get away with it.
Wang Ji’s SGZ describes the incident at length; I’ve included the portion from Fang’s ZZTJ translation below. I haven’t bothered to clean up the copy/paste because I’m tired.
Sima Shi appointed the cishi of Jingzhou, Wang Ji, to be acting jianjun, with the Tally, to command the Xuchang troops. Wang Ji said to Sima Shi, “The rebellion of Huainan has not broken out because the lower officials and the people are bent on making disturbances. Guanqiu Jian and the others tricked and coerced them. It is because they are afraid they will be put to death on the spot that they are massed together. When our main forces come near they will crumble and disperse, and the severed heads of Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin will be brought to your headquarters before the morning has passed.”
Sima Shi followed this advice and appointed Wang Ji to the vanguard. But he soon recalled his order and made Wang Ji stay behind at Xuchang. Wang Ji opined, “Guanqiu Jian and the others, in spite of the fact that they can afford to make a deeper incursion with their troops, have not advanced for a long time. This means that their deception and falsity have been exposed, and that the multitude is suspicious and refractory. For us not to display our arms at this moment and thus meet the wishes of the people, but instead to halt the army and heighten the ramparts, would look as if we are timorous and faint-hearted. This is not the way to conduct a campaign.
If Guanqiu Jian and Wen Qin seize the population to increase their forces, and the military households of the areas in the rebels’ hands become more and more disloyal—those under the coercion of Guanqiu Jian and his group, knowing how great their crimes are, will not dare to return to us—we will only be putting our army on useless terrain and facilitating the spread of treachery and wickedness. If the Wu should make use of them, Huainan will be ours no more. Qiao, Pei, Ru and Yu [10] will be in danger, and we shall have made a great mistake. The army should advance rapidly and take possession of Nandun. In Nandun, there is the big storehouse, containing provisions for the army for forty days. We would be making our defense in a strong city and taking advantage of the grain stored at hand. ‘To be beforehand with others takes the heart out of them.’ This is the essential point for conquering the rebels.”
Wang Ji repeatedly petitioned and was finally heeded. The army advanced and occupied the bank of the Yinshui.
Wang Ji further said to Sima Shi, “In war, one hears of clumsy speed, but clever duration has never been seen. At this time, there is a powerful enemy without and rebellious subjects within. If the affair is not settled speedily, the future course is unpredictable. Many of your advisers say the General must be prudent. To be sure, it is right that the General should be prudent, but to halt your army and not advance is wrong. To be prudent does not mean you should not proceed; it only means advancing while still inviolable by the enemy. Now, you would occupy strong walled cities and make your defense behind ramparts, letting the enemy utilize our military stores while you transport provisions for the army from long distances. This is very mistaken strategy.”Sima Shi still did not accede. Wang Ji said, “When a general is with his army, he does not accept all his sovereign’s commands. That which will be advantageous to the enemy if they take it, and to us as well if we take it, is called Terrain of Contention. [8] Such is Nandun.”In the end, he advanced and occupied Nandun. Guanqiu Jian and the others, who were then at Xiang, had also meant to go forward and contend for it. They had gone more than ten li when they heard that Wang Ji had already reached the place, whereupon they went back to defend Xiang.
