Talk:Wang Tong/@comment-34254290-20180301100434/@comment-34254290-20190502223456

Alex Hsiao Jui Wu Sorry I didn't notice your comment for many months. Yes, I do feel the same. Since i was a kid I simply see Vương Thông as the rest of foreign invaders, general of the enemy, the obvious bad guy. Playing this campaign, I didn't take the narrator seriously until he revealed to be the general himself. Although the campaign was depicted through his view, he still told honestly and exalted the Lam Son uprising as righterous. People aren't moved by this plot twist, but I, a Vietnamese, who normally assume that a Chinese general like him would be arrogant and treacherous, was completely mind blown. It's surprising, but also makes so much senses that Vương Thông would respect Le Loi and accept the reality that Vietnam deserve independence. Normally, Vietnam is very merciful toward enemies after wars, even help them travelling home, as seen several times before with Han, Tang, Song, Mongols and then the Ming. Ofcourse Vương Thông would be moved by that, witnessed Vietnamese talents during war and their mercy toward his troops afterward, he would totally have no regret seeing Vietnam left Ming Dynasty, the country he fought for all of his life, seeing that it is totally fair. He even feel sad for Vietnam after Le Loi, when many passionate heroes of Lam Son Uprising died tragic deaths from treachery within Vietnam politics. This campaign changed the way I see Vương Thông. He was not simply a mindless war machine fighting whatever the Ming emperors told him, he was a person, who also had thought and compassion. Even when the Ming was unfair to Vương Thông after failure in Vietnam, he still fight for his country many years untill old age stopped him, knowing that his country need him, perhap, because he was inspired by the Vietnamese passionate strife for their country.