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Post by ajk on Jan 23, 2008 21:03:08 GMT -5
Gotta hand it to them; I really enjoyed #126. This was one of those set-up episodes where they set the stage for subsequent episodes, and they set up some real interesting stuff. Not only the upcoming battle with the three mountain paths and the three separate confrontations (and all of those booby traps waiting to be sprung), but a couple of good longer-term nuggets: Hongpei's illness, and whether that will spread through the Tang army; and DJY strategizing a mid-winter attack without knowing that Xue Rengui is bringing winter supplies. I'm looking forward to the next episodes, more than I have in a long time.
It was a little disappointing that we didn't see any of the ambush, only because it would have been interesting to see just how they carried it out. But I guess they can't show every confrontation. And the episode also had one of the funniest lines of the series, when the Tang minister observed that DJY isn't an easy opponent and Wu Zetian said, "Did you just figure that out?" Gotta love a sarcastic emperor.
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