『迭相進退, 左旋右抽, 各臻其妙。』
"Then (they) arrayed in intervals (and) advanced and retreated by turn, spun left and drawn right, each had its own ingeniousness."
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2022-05-25 08:12:06 +0000 UTC View Post
And now for something completely different.
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2022-05-14 03:34:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Siege of Ulsan
I finally completed all the maps for my Siege of Ulsan article, then I realised I might have to redo them all over again because OCD is ...
2022-04-23 05:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
I suppose it is the reverse Turtle Ship.
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2022-03-19 02:55:38 +0000 UTC View Post
While Siege of Ulsan already ended, hostilities between both sides did not simply stop. As a prelude to the coming 2022-02-25 04:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Not as cool as Kingsmen umbralla, but it's the closest thing you can get IRL.
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2022-02-09 07:57:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Who would've thought that steering wheel was invented in the 1600s (not really).
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2022-01-05 02:30:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally a new blog post! This article is about a rarely heard Ming auxiliary troops that, surprise surprise, fought barefooted.
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Justin Ma and Blake Cole from The Way of Archery are back again! This time, they are revisiting the same lamellar armour tested in Episode 1, but with updated and mo...
2021-10-04 03:14:29 +0000 UTC View Post
At long last, the Grand Cathay faction has finally been unveiled! Which means it's time for an impression post!
The developers at Games Workshop and Creative Assembly present us Grand Cathay, the "fantasy China" in the world of Wa...
2021-09-18 14:44:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Justin Ma and Blake Cole from The Way of Archery once again delivered their top-notch research and experimental archaeology! This new episode is a massive step-up from the 2021-06-29 13:20:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, this is actually old news (Chinese is one of the earliest revealed civilizations), but since E3 2021 just concluded and a new trailer dropped, I figure this will be a good time to have a look at Age of Empires IV's take on the Chinese.
As before, this article will mostly comment on th...
2021-06-22 13:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Ten months in the making and more than 10,000 words long, the blog post about Siege of Ulsan is finally complete! Read it here!
Well...only sort of. I am still not satisfied with ...
2021-04-21 13:15:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy Chinese new year!
As it turns out, Grand Cathay has been confirmed as one of the starting factions of the upcoming Total War: Warhammer III! Much joy to be had.
With that being said, while I am very stoked by the news and have high hopes for Creative Assembly, I also understand ...
2021-02-13 14:43:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I came across this information by chance. Although not directly related to Chinese military history, I thought this is interesting enough to share. A stern word of caution though: these were the names of petty criminals, not some kind of mysterious forerunner of ninja practising ...
2021-01-21 14:31:42 +0000 UTC View Post
It''s been...four months, I guess? I've been sidetracked way too many times over these few months, digging into topics that have nothing to do with siege defence, but finally I manage to get my sh*t together to finish this bloated mess of an article.
You can read it 2020-12-11 14:58:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Updated the blog post on Huo Dan (火彈) and added in an improved, rapid firing roman candle variant of the weapon.
2020-11-06 02:47:54 +0000 UTC
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Same tactic, but medieval.
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2020-10-28 04:46:08 +0000 UTC View Post
I especially LOVE that the game atmosphere has a strong Seikro: Shadow Die Twice vibe to it, in the sense that it's a darker and edgier, but still highly faithful reimagining of myths and legends.
The game title ("Black Myth" seems to be a spin of "Black History", a phrase originated ...
2020-08-22 17:26:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Originally I planned to complete my previous blog post before I begin this one, but nah, Siege of Ulsan is too interesting so I start early. As of now, it is still WIP.
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I used to sincerely believe that whirlwind trebuchet is a unique weapon that utilises some kind of centrifugal force to hurl its projectile, like a lethal version of carnival swing ride. I feel so sil...
2020-06-06 18:51:46 +0000 UTC View Post
Chinese warriors had their own version of surcoat/tabard/jupon/jinbaori.
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(To be honest, I am somewhat surprised that I have so little good things to say about...
2020-04-01 15:40:38 +0000 UTC View Post
『順治十五年,有族兄旅寓鎮江，適海寇(明鄭)入犯鎮江，城中官軍悉出城拒賊。族兄與居民並派出登城守埤，因得縱觀戰事云。官軍出城，陣于江口，江中海寇巨艦抵岸，遙聞掌號聲。寇蟻附而上，集於沙洲， 約數千人，通...
2020-03-05 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIn addition to the large groups of Chinese polearms detailed in my blog post, there exists a special sub-group of Chinese pole weapons that was very com...
2020-01-17 06:40:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Pictured above is the Chinese anti-ninja device (joke).
This is a blog post to supplement my Chinese 2019-12-10 08:39:29 +0000 UTC View Post
*Images in this article are screenshots taken from videos of Fireflyworlds YouTube channel.
Recently (recently as in four months ago during E3 2019. I know, I am...
2019-10-25 08:40:36 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a Totally Accurate™ weapon!
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Part 1.5 of my book critique translation that primarily deals with the negotiations that happened between the first and second invasion.
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My mental images when I was writing this article.
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