Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• After the southwestern clan leaders surrender their private troops, Zichuan Canxing refuses to let them leave. He suspects that one or more of them has been leaking military plans to the enemy.
• Ma Wenyuan angrily demands that the traitor identify themselves, but no one comes forward. Zichuan orders all the clan heads confined at the Chief Executive’s Residence until the final assault, threatening to destroy any clan that helps the enemy.
• Luo Minghai is assigned to supervise the prisoners, while Lindi and the Imperial Guard escort them away. Once the clan leaders are contained, Zichuan begins planning the campaign with Ma Wenyuan and Luo.
• At Binyang, Sterling learns from a secret report that Zichuan intends to concentrate his forces and encircle Sterling’s 100,000-man Central Army. Sterling refuses to retreat and decides he can turn the threat to his advantage. He sends two letters to Ge Yingxing.

Character developments and interactions

• Zichuan Canxing uses force to secure the clan leaders’ troops and contain the political risk within his ranks. He recognizes that his coercive actions have deepened the rift with the clans, but prioritizes his final military gamble.
• Ma Wenyuan is furious at the suspected betrayal, which he sees as an insult to his clan’s standing as leader of the southwestern clans. Zichuan tempers his threats and redirects the situation toward containment.
• Luo Minghai supports Zichuan’s suspicions and accepts responsibility for guarding the clan leaders.
• The clan heads resent their treatment and fear the consequences of being held, but submit rather than risk a confrontation.
• Sterling faces overwhelming odds but remains confident in his experience and seeks a tactical response instead of withdrawing. His letters to Ge Yingxing suggest he is preparing a countermeasure.

Significant themes

• Trust and betrayal: Suspicion of a spy corrodes unity among the clans and threatens the military alliance.
• Power and coercion: Zichuan secures cooperation through intimidation, sacrificing goodwill for control.
• Loyalty and self-preservation: The clan heads’ reluctance to resist reflects their concern for their own survival.
• Strategic resolve: Sterling’s refusal to retreat contrasts with Zichuan’s attempt to gain advantage through concentrated force.

Plot points and events

• At Lancang Canal headquarters, Ge Yingxing reads Sterling’s report about the crisis in the southwest. He approves Sterling’s daring plan, seeing the danger as an opportunity to resolve the situation quickly, and sends the Emperor an account of events requesting cooperation.
• At Cloud Mountain Pass, Lin Junyu welcomes Flowing Wind Shuang with an affectionate embrace and escorts her to a lavish feast prepared in her honor.
• Flowing Wind Shuang’s officers are reassured by her closeness to Lin Junyu: they take it as a sign that they and their army will be accepted into the New Empire.
• Lin Junyu invites Shuang’s officers to eat. They arrive hungry after days of travel, but the scene ends before the feast officially begins.

Character developments and interactions

• Ge Yingxing remains composed under pressure, relying on his experience as a general. He backs Sterling’s boldness while recognizing that success depends on the Emperor’s support.
• Lin Junyu and Flowing Wind Shuang show increasing intimacy. His hug, hand-holding, and attentive care fluster Shuang, who struggles to conceal her sensitivity despite her normally frosty demeanor.
• Flowing Wind Shuang’s officers shift from anxiety about their place in the new regime to confidence, interpreting her relationship with the Emperor as assurance of acceptance.
• Di Lin contrasts with the hungry, road-worn officers: he keeps his distance to protect his newly made outfit.

Significant themes

• Crisis as opportunity: Ge Yingxing treats a dangerous military situation as a chance to settle the southwest conflict.
• Political legitimacy through personal bonds: Shuang’s visible closeness with Lin Junyu helps reassure her former officers about their future.
• Hospitality and morale: The lavish feast recognizes the newcomers and offers comfort after a difficult journey.
• Public composure versus private vulnerability: Shuang’s commanding image contrasts with her embarrassed, tender response to Lin Junyu’s affection.

Lin Junyu welcomed the Flowing Wind officers into the Empire with a lavish banquet, winning their loyalty. In the Demon God Palace, Kadan confronted her brother Kadun over his alliance with the Meng Tribe, and he revealed his resentment over being denied the throne.

• Lin Junyu toasted the former Flowing Wind officers and promised to treat them as equal citizens of the Empire.
• Flowing Wind Shuang and the officers pledged loyalty to Lin Junyu before feasting on the banquet’s dishes.
• Di Lin savored the food and thought of Xiujia and his son, while Lin Hu recalled Leng Yuan and the Crimson Phoenix Battle Group.
• Kadan questioned the kneeling Kadun about betraying the Senea Royal Family and joining the Meng Tribe.
• Kadun blamed Kadan for receiving their father’s throne and explained that the Tatta Tribe, Geang Clan, Yakun Tribe, Thunder Clan, and Gang Tribe had refused to join his plot.

Meng Han’s Meng Tribe agreed to support Kadun’s coup, but Meng Han intended to use Kadun as a pawn and had little faith in his promises. Kadun seized on the Human Legion’s departure from Divine Fortress as his chance to claim the throne and asked Meng Han to help block the forces that would defend it.

• The Meng Tribe accepted Kadun’s invitation, hoping to weaken the Senea Clan while keeping its own forces out of danger if his plan failed.
• Kadun relied on his 150,000-strong Demon God Fortress Garrison but feared the elite legions and the Human Legion stationed in Divine Fortress.
• Kadun learned that Empress Kadan had allowed the Human Legion to march east, and he took its departure as an opportunity to launch his coup.
• Kadun asked Meng Han to block the armies coming to defend the throne and offered him high office, rewards, and half the Senea Clan’s resources.
• Meng Han burned Kadun’s letter, doubted he would honor its offers, and expected Kadun to turn against him if he gained the throne.

Meng Han sent Kadun a flattering letter and a fabricated military plan to encourage his coup while keeping the Meng Tribe out of the fighting. Kadun’s rebellion was swiftly crushed by forces loyal to Kadan, and he was brought before her for judgment.

• Meng Han praised Kadun’s claim to the throne and sent him a convincing plan, though he had no intention of committing Meng Tribe troops.
• Kadun took Meng Han’s encouragement as a sign of support and launched his coup, unaware Kadan controlled the Demon God Fortress Garrison commanders.
• Leo and Yun Qianxue confronted Kadun’s forces at the Demon God Palace, and the Feather Forest Army killed his followers and captured him.
• Kadan began Kadun’s trial and reflected on his betrayal and the dangers facing the Senea Clan, drawing lessons from the vanished Blood-Eyed Clan.

Kadan punished Kadun for his failed coup by stripping him of his rank and making him a commoner, sparing his life but warning him not to harm the Senea Clan again. After Kalan mocked him, Kadun attacked, and Yun Qianxue ordered the guards to restrain him.

• Kadan told Kadun that the Meng Tribe had never sent troops and had used him as a pawn in his rebellion.
• Kadan stripped Kadun of his princely title and imperial status, expelled him from the Senea Royal Family, and reduced him to a commoner.
• Kadan warned Kadun that another offense would bring his death, then left the palace hall.
• Kalan entered and mocked Kadun for trusting the Meng Tribe and losing his status.
• Kadun lunged at Kalan, but Yun Qianxue arrived and ordered the Imperial Guards to seize him.

Key plot points and events

• After Kadun is stripped of his imperial status, Yun Qianxue orders him exiled among commoners. Kalan visits to watch his longtime rival’s downfall and taunts him; Kadun leaves cursing Kalan and predicting he will suffer the same fate.
• Yun Qianxue worries that Kalan may still want the throne and asks what he intends to do. Kalan tests his friend by asking whether he would support him in another bid for power.
• Yun Qianxue cannot choose between loyalty to Kalan and loyalty to the kingdom and Kadan. He points out that Kadan is a capable ruler with powerful support, making Kalan’s chances of succeeding almost nonexistent.
• Kalan reassures him that he has truly abandoned the struggle for the throne. He accepts that Kadan is better suited to rule and says he would rather enjoy life as an idle prince. The two friends leave together to celebrate.
• Hidden guards report their conversation to Kadan. Relieved that Kalan will not challenge her, she turns her attention to the political threats posed by other clans. She shares tea with her father, Kater, who encourages her to set aside formalities between them.

Character developments and interactions

• Kalan shows that beneath his joking manner, he values his friendship with Yun Qianxue and does not want to force him into a painful choice. He appears to have genuinely let go of his ambition.
• Yun Qianxue is torn between his sworn loyalty to Kalan and his love and duty toward Kadan and the kingdom. His cautious response reflects both his affection for Kalan and his confidence in Kadan’s rule.
• Kadan feels relieved by Kalan’s decision, but remains focused on governing and managing rival clans. Her warm, respectful exchange with Kater shows their close family bond.
• Kadun responds to defeat with bitterness and madness, contrasting sharply with Kalan’s acceptance of political reality.

Significant themes

• Friendship and loyalty: Kalan and Yun Qianxue care for one another enough to avoid making their bond a weapon or a source of betrayal.
• Ambition versus contentment: Kalan chooses a peaceful life over an unwinnable pursuit of power.
• Duty and wise rule: Yun Qianxue recognizes Kadan’s competence and the importance of supporting a ruler capable of stabilizing the kingdom.
• Contrasting responses to defeat: Kadun collapses into resentment, while Kalan finds a way to move on.

• Kadan confirms Kadun’s punishment with Kater. Though Kadun is her brother and Kater’s son, Kater agrees that he deserved punishment for being manipulated by the Meng Tribe. He approves Kadan’s decision to spare Kadun’s life while stripping him of privilege and making him live among ordinary people, where he can learn how hardship affects the kingdom’s people. Kadan is relieved and promises to keep Kadun secretly watched over, protected, and guided.
• Kadan chooses restraint toward the Meng Tribe. She judges that the evidence is too weak to justify an invasion: attacking could alienate the other tribes and destabilize the kingdom. Instead, she orders the Black River Legion to advance toward Meng territory as a show of pressure, trusting its commander, Gusta, to make the tribe pay without provoking a wider conflict. Kater endorses her plan and feels his choice of Kadan as Divine Emperor has been vindicated.
• Lin Junyu and Di Lin respond to Zichuan Canxing’s military plan. A secret report reveals that Zichuan intends to send 400,000 troops into Binyang to crush Sterling’s 100,000-man army, then turn west and threaten Ganan and Roshni Provinces. Di Lin is surprised by Zichuan’s newfound decisiveness and warns that Sterling’s Central Army could suffer badly.
• Lin Junyu counters with a broader strategy. He will personally lead 100,000 naval troops to cut off Zichuan’s force in Binyang. He assigns Di Lin and Shuang’er to continue the Northwest offensive, orders River Hill to attack Mondo Pass, and directs Di Lin to reach Danya City and capture Zichuan alive. Lin believes Zichuan’s divided forces give them the chance to finish the Southwest campaign quickly.
  Character developments and themes: Kadan shows herself to be a compassionate but responsible ruler, balancing family loyalty with justice and the welfare of her subjects. Kater supports her while acknowledging both his love for Kadun and Kadun’s wrongdoing. The chapter emphasizes the burdens of leadership, the contrast between privilege and hardship, political restraint, and the importance of strategic flexibility. In the military plot, Lin Junyu’s confidence contrasts with Di Lin’s caution, while Zichuan’s unexpected boldness reshapes the conflict.

Key events

• Di Lin reports the situation to Lin Junyu: Zichuan Canxing is badly outmatched, and a mole has exposed his plans. Lin Junyu has also brought the Lin Clan’s power into the conflict, making Canxing’s defeat—and likely death—seem inevitable.
• Before leaving for Binyang, Lin Junyu entrusts Flowing Wind Shuang with the campaign against Canxing. He expects her and Di Lin to overcome Canxing’s 400,000 defenders and capture him at Danya.
• Shuang thinks through how to end the war, while Lin Junyu tries to leave. She insists he stay with her, and they relax together on the commander’s couch.
• Shuang falls asleep in Lin Junyu’s arms. Her movements during the night leave him comically uncomfortable, but he stays put and eventually falls asleep too.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Junyu shows confidence in Shuang’s military ability and affection for her, while also revealing his tendency to delegate and his playful, indulgent side. He quietly worries about Lin Fengxi, whom he has not visited recently.
• Flowing Wind Shuang takes responsibility for planning the campaign and is comfortable teasing and directing Lin Junyu. Her ability to relax into sleep in his arms suggests how safe and secure she feels with him.
• Their affectionate banter and physical closeness provide a domestic, intimate contrast to the looming military campaign.
• Di Lin appears briefly as the bearer of the grim assessment of Canxing’s prospects; the chapter’s main focus then shifts to Lin Junyu and Shuang.

Significant themes

• The imbalance of power and betrayal: Canxing faces overwhelming force, with his plans compromised from within.
• Trust and delegation: Lin Junyu relies on Shuang to lead the campaign rather than controlling every detail himself.
• Intimacy amid conflict: The quiet, humorous scene between the couple offers warmth and respite before the war resumes.

Key plot points and events

• At Cloud Mountain Pass, Lin Junyu notices Flowing Wind Shuang behaving oddly: she wears a new outfit, blushes under his scrutiny, and hurries away from him after a military meeting.
• The officers establish a northwest-front command structure: Flowing Wind Shuang as commander, Di Lin as deputy commander, and Lin Hu as military supervisor. They are authorized to make decisions without seeking Lin Junyu’s approval.
• Lin Junyu tells Shuang he will remain aboard his flagship for two days if she needs him. She insists she has urgent business and leaves awkwardly. He guesses her behavior is due to menstruation.
• Lin Junyu heads to the flagship to check on Lin Fengxi, who has remained aboard for several days.
• In her cabin, Fengxi quietly celebrates a newly conceived child, preparing baby clothes and tenderly addressing the baby. She is transformed from her formerly cold, unsettling self into a calm, affectionate, hopeful woman.
• When Lin Junyu arrives, Fengxi greets him with delight. He is stunned by her dramatic change in demeanor and wonders what has happened.

Character developments

• Lin Junyu delegates military authority confidently, though he remains curious and protective toward the women close to him. He misreads Shuang’s behavior and is surprised by Fengxi’s transformation.
• Flowing Wind Shuang appears flustered and evasive, suggesting something private has happened, but she does not explain it.
• Lin Fengxi has shifted from volatile and intimidating to gentle and maternal, finding happiness in the prospect of raising a child with Lin Junyu.

Significant themes

• New life and family: Fengxi’s pregnancy gives her a renewed sense of peace and fulfillment.
• Personal change: Her inner transformation is reflected in her softened manner.
• Trust and privacy: Lin Junyu chooses not to press Shuang when she refuses to explain herself.
• Leadership and responsibility: The new command structure gives the front’s officers greater independence.

Character interactions

• Lin Junyu and Shuang exchange awkward, teasingly tense words; he offers help, while she pushes him away and leaves.
• Fengxi lovingly prepares for the baby and imagines Lin Junyu’s happiness.
• When they reunite, Fengxi is openly joyful, while Lin Junyu reacts with astonishment at the unfamiliar warmth she now radiates.

Lin Fengxi told Lin Junyu that she was pregnant, and he celebrated with her and chose names for their child. He decided to send her to the Imperial Capital to stay with Zichuan Mingyue while he finished the campaign against Zichuan Canxing, promising to return before Mingyue gave birth.

• Lin Fengxi revealed that she was pregnant, and Lin Junyu confirmed the faint life growing within her.
• Lin Junyu and Lin Fengxi discussed names for their baby and admired the clothes she had prepared.
• Lin Fengxi explained that she had discovered the pregnancy five days earlier, after the night Flowing Wind Shuang arrived with her army.
• Lin Junyu told Lin Fengxi he would send her to the Imperial Capital to rest with Zichuan Mingyue, and she agreed despite not wanting to leave him.
• Lin Junyu promised to defeat Zichuan Canxing quickly and return before Zichuan Mingyue went into labor.

Lin Junyu departed by fleet for the war after sending Lin Fengxi to the Imperial Capital, while Flowing Wind Shuang watched him leave and prepared to lead the ground forces into Danya Province. Zichuan Canxing completed his military deployments, setting the stage for a decisive battle.

• Lin Junyu sent ten thousand Phoenix Corps guards to escort Lin Fengxi to the Imperial Capital and saw her off before teasing Flowing Wind Shuang, who grew embarrassed and angry over their earlier intimacy.
• Lin Junyu boarded his fleet and ordered it to sail east into Binyang Province, while Flowing Wind Shuang watched the ships leave from Cloud Mountain Pass.
• Di Lin returned to camp and made plans to capture Zichuan Canxing alive and return to the Imperial Capital before New Year's Eve.
• Flowing Wind Shuang led three hundred thousand Flowing Wind Army soldiers and one hundred thousand White Tiger Legion troops out of Cloud Mountain Pass toward Danya Province.
• Zichuan Canxing sent Luo Minghai's two-hundred-thousand-strong army north to join Ma Wei's defenders at Binyang City and placed Ma Wenyuan in charge of the northwestern defenses with roughly four hundred thousand troops.

Ma Wenyuan divided his limited forces among three cities on the northwestern defense line, confident they could hold until the Binyang front changed the war. At Mondo Pass, Lin Dayong revealed the Lin Clan’s loyalty to the Emperor and told Xiao Yuanshan he needed his help to give Xiao’s clan a chance to survive.

• Ma Wenyuan assigned 200,000 troops to Dalaran City, 150,000 to Danxi City, and 50,000 to Dalian City, relying on 30,000 more troops at Mondo Pass.
• Lin Dayong had soldiers bring the bound Xiao Yuanshan to a mountain peak overlooking Mondo Pass, then ordered them to untie him.
• Xiao Yuanshan accused the Lin Clan of hiding its allegiance to the Emperor, and Lin Dayong explained that the clan had long supported restoring the Empire.
• Lin Dayong recounted how the Emperor had subdued the Demons, taken eastern Zichuan, brought Flowing Wind under his control, and reclaimed the Northwest.
• Lin Dayong told Xiao Yuanshan he had arranged for the General Staff to hand him over and asked for his help in preserving a chance for Xiao’s clan to survive.

Lin Dayong received orders for the First and Second Defense Armies to launch an all-out attack on Mondo Pass and break into Danya Province. Xiao Yuanshan agreed to cooperate in exchange for the Xiao Clan’s survival, and Lin Yunfei began explaining a plan that could bring Lin Dayong’s division major military glory.

• Lin Yunfei delivered urgent orders from Major General Lin Xin directing the armies to attack Mondo Pass and advance into Danya Province.
• Lin Dayong and Lin Yunfei discussed recruiting Xiao Yuanshan to help them break through the pass before the other forces.
• Xiao Yuanshan agreed to cooperate on the condition that the Lin Clan preserve a chance of survival for his family.
• Lin Yunfei accepted Xiao Yuanshan’s condition and began outlining his plan to him.
• Lin Dayong was impressed by Lin Yunfei’s strategy and imagined the military honors their division could gain.

Xiao Yuanshan and Lin Dayong’s forces took Mondo Pass without bloodshed by catching its complacent defenders off guard. After Lin Ming celebrated the victory and ordered the other divisions forward, Liu Yunfeng learned that headquarters had sent someone who seemed intent on demanding an explanation.

• The sentries at Mondo Pass spotted Xiao Yuanshan’s army, sounded the alarm, and then learned that the force was not an enemy attack.
• Xiao Yuanshan rebuked Yang Fan and arranged for Lin Dayong’s troops to take over the pass ahead of the Lin Clan army’s arrival.
• Lin Dahai’s Field Division assumed control of Mondo Pass, while the Zichuan Soldiers willingly returned to their camps.
• Lin Ming celebrated the bloodless capture and ordered copies of the report sent to the other armies, then commanded the Second and Third Field Divisions to move out.
• Liu Yunfeng prepared to attend what he assumed was a planning meeting, but Wang Bo warned that the headquarters messenger appeared to have come to demand an accounting.

The Lin Clan's field armies rushed to Mondo Pass after the First Field Division captured it, bringing two hundred thousand troops together at the pass. As the commanders gathered to plan their next attack, Lin Ming introduced Lin Yunfei as the key figure behind the bloodless capture.

• Lu Yuntian told Liu Yunfeng that the First Field Division had taken Mondo Pass and ordered the Second Field Division to hurry there; Liu ordered a forced march.
• Wang Fei and the commanders of the other defense armies also sent their troops toward Mondo Pass after hearing of Lin Dayong's rapid success.
• Lin Dayong's First Field Division stayed alert while the Mondo Pass garrison drank and played cards, and Lin questioned Xiao Yuanshan about the undisciplined troops.
• Liu Yunfeng arrived with the Second Field Division, and Lin Dayong greeted him with teasing that turned into an argument between the two commanders.
• Within two days, the other field forces assembled at Mondo Pass, bringing the total to two hundred thousand; Yang Fan kept the garrison's suspicions to himself.
• At a commanders' meeting, Lin Ming credited Lin Yunfei with taking the pass without bloodshed and described his military training and staff experience.

Lin Yunfei’s plan to seize Danya won the support of all six army commanders, and the army marched out with the Zichuan garrison in tow. In Binyang, Ma Wei faced Luo Minghai’s betrayal, while the chapter revealed how Luo had secured the mission and prepared to turn against Zichuan Canxing.

• Lin Yunfei presented his plan to the six commanders, who agreed to try it and named the operation Deceive the Stars and Cross the Sea.
• The commanders ordered Lin Ming to leave a division behind at Mondo Pass and take the thirty thousand Zichuan troops along; Lin Ming reluctantly accepted.
• The army marched out the next day, with Yang Fan and his thirty thousand soldiers forced to accompany Xiao Yuanshan’s forces.
• Zichuan Canxing, alarmed by the lack of news from Binyang and reports that Dalaran City was under siege, ordered the Imperial Guards to gather detailed intelligence.
• Luo Minghai confronted the wounded Ma Wei in Binyang, accusing Zichuan Canxing of murdering his family and revealing his grievance against the Chief Executive.
• The chapter recounted how Luo Minghai gained the chance to lead troops to Binyang by exploiting Zichuan Canxing’s doubts about Lindi.

Luo Minghai manipulated Zichuan Canxing into trusting him with the campaign to reinforce Binyang, then used Ma Wei’s desire for battle to send him into an ambush. Ma Wei’s troops were surrounded at the Yellow Maple Forest Plains, and he realized Luo Minghai had betrayed him.

• Luo Minghai planted suspicions about Lindi’s contacts with the aristocratic clans, and Zichuan Canxing summoned Lindi for a private conversation.
• Zichuan Canxing ordered Luo Minghai to lead troops north to Binyang and handed him command after Luo presented forged evidence accusing several clans of treason.
• Luo Minghai encouraged Ma Wei to take two hundred thousand troops out to fight Sterling and secretly gave Sterling Ma Wei’s plans and routes.
• Ma Wei’s troops initially pressed Sterling’s Central Army but became entangled with it as Sterling’s forces held their formation.
• A concealed army attacked Ma Wei from behind, surrounding his troops and turning the battle into a rout.
• Ma Wei ordered a retreat and cursed Luo Minghai for setting him up.

Luo Minghai revealed his allegiance to the Emperor, defeated Ma Wei’s exhausted army outside Binyang, and killed Ma Wei. After Ge Yingxing and Sterling arrived, Lin Junyu learned that Luo Minghai’s betrayal had helped break Zichuan Canxing’s encirclement plan.

• Ma Wei returned to Binyang with sixty thousand troops and found Luo Minghai inside the city, but the gates stayed shut and imperial flags flew from the walls.
• Luo Minghai admitted that he had abandoned Ma Wei and declared his loyalty to the Emperor rather than Zichuan Canxing.
• Luo Minghai ordered the gates opened, and his two hundred thousand troops overwhelmed Ma Wei’s exhausted forces as many soldiers surrendered.
• Luo Minghai killed Ma Wei, whose final vision of ruling the Ma Clan’s domains shattered before he died.
• Ge Yingxing and Sterling arrived after the battle, and Ge Yingxing praised Luo Minghai’s service and promised to report it to the Emperor.
• Lin Junyu received reports from Ge Yingxing, Sterling, and Luo Minghai, and recognized Luo Minghai as the decisive contributor to the campaign against Zichuan Canxing.

After the Binyang battle, Lin Junyu ordered his forces to return to the Imperial Capital or advance against Zichuan Canxing, while Lin Dayong protested that his First Division had been ordered to guard the pass. Lin Ming arrived as Lin Dayong pleaded for another division to take the assignment.

• Lin Junyu ordered Sterling, Ge Yingxing, and Luo Minghai to replenish and move their forces, then sent the Lin Clan Navy north toward the Imperial Capital.
• Lin Dahai envied his brother for fighting in the Southwest, while Lin Yang welcomed the chance to enjoy leave in the Imperial Capital.
• Lin Yunfei told Lin Dayong that the Army Commander had ordered the First Division to guard the pass, and Lin Dayong angrily accused him of failing to challenge the order.
• When Lin Ming entered the tent, Lin Dayong dropped to his knees and pleaded that another division be assigned to guard the pass.
• Lin Ming roared Lin Dayong's name, and Lin Dayong scrambled to his feet and stood at attention.