Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 741: Bonfire Reflects the Face, Riding a Horse in Chi Le Chuan

Evening, shared apartment

Tang Chun opened the door and came in carrying a few bags of cooked food and cold dishes. He put the things down, went to the toilet to flush the toilet, and then knocked on the door of one of the bedrooms.

"time to eat."

There was no movement inside, so Tang Chun knocked a few more times before he got a response. Half a minute later, his roommate Song Dong, who looked disheveled, came out of the bedroom.

"Brother Chun, don't you want to wait for Lao Qin and Daming?"

"They went to buy some wine. You clean up and I'll cook some food."

"okay."

After a while, the other two roommates, Qin Qiu and Xia Ming, came back with a box of beer each. Song Dong had already put away the cups and dishes. Several people gathered at the coffee table in the living room to eat, turning on the TV at the same time.

Tang Chun and his three companions are college students who have just graduated. They are either roommates, classmates or colleagues. In order to save money, they choose to rent together.

Because we are of similar age, have some friendship as classmates and colleagues, and our personalities and hobbies are relatively compatible, and even our names are a bit coincidental, so even though we are roommates, we get along very well.

Especially not long ago, Tang Chun was drawn into the drama "Chi Le Chuan" by Qin Qiu, his roommate in college.

So, every day after work, the two of them would buy some wine and food, and watch TV series while eating and drinking.

I don’t have a girlfriend to go out with, and I’m bored alone, so I go out with my brothers and friends to drink and watch TV shows at night. It helps me relieve stress, fatigue and boredom by having someone to talk to.

Because their life was so comfortable, within two days, Song Dong, a college classmate who worked as a substitute player at home, also joined them. A day later, the last roommate, Xia Ming, also fell in love with them.

Because today is the finale of "Chi Le Chuan", even the quality of the food and drinks has been improved.

The release time of "Chi Le Chuan" has not arrived yet, so the few people are not in a hurry. While eating and drinking, they complain about the stupid boss, clients and financiers they met today.

One person said that the others helped to curse, which was also a daily stress-relieving program. It was more fun to play crickets with several people than alone.

As he was cursing, it was almost time, so Song Dong refreshed the screen and found that, as rumored online, the last four episodes of "Chi Le Chuan" were released in one go, and there was no advance on-demand broadcast as many people had guessed.

"It has to be Boss Wei, he's so particular."

Qin Qiu beside him also nodded and agreed: "That thing is the most disgusting. I have already paid for membership, but I still have to pay to watch it in advance. It's so ugly."

"It was all started by iQiyi. No wonder PPTV took a crooked path if it continued to operate."

"All capital in the world is one family, so don't think too highly of Wei Yang."

Tang Chun adjusted his glasses. He works in the Internet industry and even has cooperation with these video websites, so he can see it more clearly.

"The revenue from advanced on-demand streaming is still considerable. Penguin has already followed suit, and I think it will be a matter of time before PPTV follows suit."

Xia Ming on the side agreed, "I think so too. Public opinion is quite strong right now, and PPTV values ​​word of mouth more. In addition, its own revenue is good, so it can hold its ground. Let's see iQiyi take the risk. If everyone can accept and get used to the advanced on-demand service in the future, PPTV will definitely do it."

Boss Wei is slightly better than the average capitalist, but not much better.

There is a bottom line, but not much!
It is difficult to expect him to set such a bad example, and he may not follow the lead or add fuel to the flames. But if industry rules are formed and are beneficial to the platform, don't expect him to stand up and denounce the chaos with righteousness. In all likelihood, he will follow suit and go along with the chaos.

So when dealing with Boss Wei, don't think of him as an unforgivable evil, or make all kinds of unscrupulous conspiracy theories about him.

But don't use any particularly noble and righteous filter and think that he will stand with the working people.

The four people present all have more or less a favorable impression of Boss Wei, otherwise they would not follow his dramas.

But Tang and Xia are more objective and are friendly passers-by, while Qin and Song are more like fans.

Qin is a fan of the drama and prefers Boss Wei's works. He was also the first among the four to follow the drama and lead everyone into it.

Song is considered a fan, and thinks that Boss Wei is a winner in life. He admires his legendary experience and has a deep filter for him. He even thinks that even if Boss Wei farts, it smells good.

So he disagreed with what Tang Hexia said, and should have refuted it, but the TV series had started and he was busy watching it and was not in the mood.

The plot at this point has reached Gao Huan's final battle - the Battle of Yubi.

In the previous battle of Mangshan, Gao Huan won a great victory and wiped out the elite forces under Yuwen Tai in one fell swoop, causing serious damage to the vitality of the Western Wei. If Gao Huan had not been steady, he might have been able to directly push down the tower in one wave.

Three years later, Gao Huan, who was over 50 years old, once again gathered an army of 100,000 to attack Guanzhong, but was blocked at the gate of Yubi City.

This small city is not big, but it is a military fortress specially built to resist Gao Huan. It was built extremely steeply and the general Wei Xiaokuan was sent to lead thousands of elite soldiers to guard the city.

Here, Gao Huan suffered the biggest failure in his life, which was even more tragic than the previous Shayuan. Yu Bi was also nicknamed "Gao Huan Happy City".

Long before this plot, Tang Chun and his friends knew the outcome of this battle by watching the video.

But the same thing goes, knowing is one thing, but you still have to watch how the TV series is filmed.

There were only a few routines for scenes of attacking and defending cities in ancient times, but now with the upgrade of special effects, the scenes will be more spectacular, realistic and tragic.

For example, "Chi Le Chuan" highlights the rugged terrain of Yubi City, allowing the audience to intuitively feel how difficult it is to attack this city.

This is very important. In the past, many costume dramas, due to funding and technical issues, only showed a city gate tower, dozens of people carrying ladders rushed up, threw a few foam stones, fired a few cannons, and then said that the world's most fortified city was difficult to attack.

This will make the audience feel distracted and the plot effect will be greatly reduced. If the protagonist cannot defeat the opponent, he will be questioned as a waste.

The final effect of the Yubi City in "Chi Le Chuan" made Song Dong burst into laughter.

"Fuck, how do I fight this?"

Qin Qiu's scalp also tingled when he saw this place. Only after seeing this place did he understand what it meant to be easy to defend but difficult to attack. Especially in the era of cold weapons, there was almost no other good way to attack except to pay with human lives.

"With sufficient food and grass, and stable morale, we can handle 10, not to mention 20."

Tang Chun was also amazed. He had read in history books that Gao Huan's army of 100,000 men was useless as he could not take down Yubi City which was defended by a few thousand people. Considering the actual terrain, it cannot be said that Gao Huan had no hope of winning, but his defeat was indeed not unfair.

Apart from emphasizing the terrain, "Chi Le Chuan" does not have many attack scenes, which are too boring. Two simple scenes are enough to show the difficulty. After that, it is the battle of wits and courage between Gao Huan and Wei Xiaokuan.

The same was true in history. Gao Huan was not an iron-headed man. He knew that a strong attack would only result in deaths, but he still ordered his men to attack wildly.

Therefore, in the early and middle stages of the siege, in addition to normal attacks, he used many unconventional tactics, such as cutting off water supply, building earthen hills to attack from high above, digging tunnels, making weapons specifically for the project, destroying walls with wooden pillars, and even psychological tactics to recruit spies.

However, Wei Xiaokuan cracked all of their strategies one by one, which made Gao Huan very angry. Regardless of the heavy losses, he ordered several strong attacks in a desperate attempt to break the city, but to no avail.

In the drama "Chi Le Chuan", Gao Huan is known for his cunning and resourcefulness. He is known as the number one actor in the Northern Wei Dynasty and has extremely high psychological qualities.

In this drama, the only time Gao Huan was truly defeated was when Peng Le let Yuwen Tai go. He was so angry that he knocked Peng Le's head on the ground and almost killed him.

Others such as Dou Tai and Gao Aocao died in battle, which made Gao Huan more sad and upset.

Other scenes, such as the moments of defense breakdown, even when the character is cuckolded by his son, are mostly acted out and have their own purpose.

But this time, Wei Xiaokuan made him really angry!
Some viewers didn't understand at first. It was just a siege. If they lost, they could just try again. They lost the Battle of Shayuan so badly, but there was no need to be so anxious.

However, the play quickly gave the answer through character dialogues. Gao Huan was unable to break through the defense because he had been attacking for a long time, but more importantly, he realized that his body was failing.

The drama sets that Gao Huan went to the battlefield with an illness, and the unfavorable situation of the war aggravated his condition. Gao Huan had realized at this time that if he returned without success, he would not live to see the day of unifying the north.

Therefore, rather than saying that Gao Huan's defense was broken by Wei Xiaokuan, it would be more accurate to say that it was Gao Huan's despair and venting of his shattered vision of unification.

"Alas, King Gao."

Looking at the gray-haired Gao Huan, who was sitting in the tent with a stubborn and cold face on the screen, Tang Chun and others sighed.

Die before leaving the teacher, it will make the hero burst into tears!
Although Zhuge Liang and Gao Huan are two different people, both had unfulfilled ambitions and wishes, and the emotions that make people feel pity and regret are similar.

"Damn Peng Le, it was just a little bit short, both times it was his fault."

Song Dong couldn't help cursing, and others followed suit, expressing their pity.

"That's right. If they had supported Prince Gao in setting the fire, or if they hadn't let Yuwen Tai go, the Western Wei would have been gone."

"And there's Wei Xiaokuan. If the empty city plan is not concealed, there will be no chance for him to act."

"The Gao family is not destined to succeed."

"That doesn't belong to the Yuwen family. They deserved to be usurped by Yang Jian and have their entire family slaughtered."

"..."

Gao Huan was so popular that he had a lot of black fans for the Yuwen family, and even Yang Jian was somewhat whitewashed.

No matter how regretful and indignant the audience is, the plot will not be affected by this.

Gao Huan's reckless attack failed to capture the jade disk, but instead resulted in heavy casualties and weakened military morale.

To make matters worse, the cold weather and lack of preparation led to an epidemic, and the military camps were filled with deaths. The losses were much greater than those in a siege.

This battle can no longer be fought!

In the end, Gao Huan chose to withdraw his troops with infinite grief and regret. There were piles of corpses under Yubi City, burying nearly 70,000 soldiers who died in battle, disease, or freezing.

The Eastern Wei suffered great losses in its manpower and was unable to attack the Western Wei in a short period of time.

After this battle, Gao Huan fell ill after returning to the base camp.

Yuwen Tai and his party tried to gather information and spread rumors that Gao Huan had been hit by a stray arrow and died in the Battle of Yubi.

After a major defeat, if Gao Huan died, even if the Western Wei and Southern Liang did not attack, the various internal forces would probably cause trouble. In order to stabilize the situation, Gao Huan forced himself to make a public appearance despite his illness, invited nobles and generals to a banquet, and appeased the people.

On the screen, Gao Huan, wearing a cloak and with a slightly pale face, was supported by his wife Lou Zhaojun and his son, sitting in the main hall and drinking with the guests.

During this time, he thought of the Battle of Yubi and felt depressed. He also saw several old brothers present, all of whom had white hair and beards, and even his beautiful wife had wrinkles. His body was no longer as strong as it was when he was young, and he became more and more depressed.

This kind of banquet usually has singing and dancing to liven up the atmosphere, but Gao Huan showed little response.

There was a minister who was good at reading people's expressions and asked King Gao about his preferences before arranging singing and dancing. Gao Huan shook his head and looked at his eldest brother Hulujin.

"Brother A Liudun, please sing the "Chi Le Song" for me again."

Hulu Jin was a little flattered. It had been a long time since Gao Huan called him that since he became the prime minister.

Gao Huan personally appointed the general. He did not refuse. He stood up, cleared his throat, and began to sing the familiar "Chi Le Song".

"Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain
The sky is like a dome, covering the surrounding areas

The sky is wild

The wind blows through the grass and you see cattle and sheep

......"

The old Hulu Jin's voice was not as passionate and heroic as when he was young. He called the names of the generals in a hurry without any preparation, and the tune was not quite right at the beginning. In addition, he was concerned about Gao Huan's identity, so he sang rather restrainedly.

But Gao Huan didn't care. Instead, he listened very carefully. He even put two fingers on the table to keep the rhythm and sang along softly.

Hulu Jin's voice fell, and the BGM of the theme song of the same name "Chi Le Chuan" sounded.

"My heart follows the heaven and earth, my mind is led by the cattle and sheep
The lonely smoke in the desert embraces the setting sun

Drink with the moon at the end of the sky
The bonfire reflected my face as I rode my horse across the Chi Le River
......"

Amid the sad music, Gao Huan looked over with a distant and deep gaze, as if he was staring at the singing Hulu Jin, and as if he was looking through the barriers of time.

That year, he stood guard at the city gate, listening leisurely to the herdsmen singing.

That year, he married a beautiful bride and had a foundation for his life.

That year, he met a group of brothers, sang to his heart's content, and vowed to make a name for himself.

That year, he was penniless and almost destitute.

That year, he was appreciated by a talent scout, and his luck turned and he rose rapidly.

That year, he was at the highest position in the country and at the peak of his life. He looked at Hulu Jin and others roaring at Chi Le Chuan with satisfaction.

In the following years, he had been defeated and won, was chased and fled alone, and also commanded tens of thousands of troops to charge.

Everything returned to the Yubi City where blood and bones were scattered all over the ground. 70,000 heroes died in a foreign land and the great cause of unification no longer existed.

Gao Huan could no longer control his emotions. He had played the role of a hero all his life, but finally, in front of everyone, his true feelings were revealed and tears flowed, demonstrating the hero's old age.

"King Gao, lead the brothers to charge again."

Peng Le, who was called a pig teammate by countless netizens, couldn't help but burst into tears when he saw Gao Huan's miserable state. Other generals also asked to fight in tears.

Gao Huan did not express his opinion. After calming down, he said a few words of encouragement and dragged his sick body out of the hall.

Looking at his thin and hunched figure, Peng Le and other old subordinates stood up, chased him for two steps, prostrated themselves on the ground, and shouted in tears.

"Take care, King Gao."

Gao Huan paused slightly, then waved his hand and left accompanied by Li Lou Zhaojun.

It can be said that this shot is somewhat inspired by or pays tribute to the old Three Kingdoms movie "Star Falls at Wuzhangyuan", in which Zhuge Liang died.

Although this was not Gao Huan's exit scene and was less shocking, the sadness and sorrow of the impending end also filled the hearts of the audience.

This scene made Tang Chun and others feel their scalps tingling. The most emotional Song Dong and Qin Qiu cried, Xia Ming's eyes were red, and Tang Chun performed the best, but he also felt sad.

The brothers were silent for about two minutes, not knowing what to say, and finally they raised their glasses together.

Just consider it as a memorial to King Gao...

(End of this chapter)