The second horse is a puppet. I saw it in the BTS footage. You know when they only show the person on the horse…
And it's also because actors can probably barely ride, so in order to allow them to focus on acting rather than hanging on in crucial shots, they conveniently insert fake horse with slick shots and fancy editing to make it look as real as possible. 😅
I was just re-reading the chapters we are on and XZ fought with the vanguard, killing the other Shi guy. Will…
It would be nice if we saw a flashback, but I can't imagine he'd go there before running to (do what he believed was a) rescue for CY... so he probably didn't play any role in the battle in the drama.
I've watched that last scene too many times. That I noticed ZLH has two different horses in that scene btw lol.…
The second horse is a puppet. I saw it in the BTS footage. You know when they only show the person on the horse (but don't show the horse or just the mane?) and the movement of the horse looks unnatural? That's when they are riding a fake horse. They do it in sageuks, too. Probably because the stunts are too difficult (or impossible) for actors on real horses.
It’s interesting to me when I hear people blaming XZ for FCY’s choice because they’re giving XZ the credit…
But I think we can say the battle would have gone better objectively if XZ had been there. As it is, they were fighting without their commanding officer and Changyu managed to step temporarily into a void the Marquis would have certainly filled if he had been present. She did well under the circumstances, but I'm sure the army suffered overall due to the Marquis' absence (of course, she couldn't have known that). (I'm not griping with Changyu fighting and whether she can be praised for the results, but addressing your point about Shi Hu not being defeated if she hadn't fought, which I don't think is likely).
I laughed so much when the guy pretending to be the Marquis asked Yan Zheng "what do you think?" regarding…
He has some very loyal officers. 😅 They always make the ML's officer sidekick/manservant so endearing in costume Cdramas. The most loyal humans one can find in Cdramas. 😉 They need more love from fans!
I do hope we get some scenes of XZ redeeming himself (as a general/in battle). I still think his fight against the assassins when protecting Ning while he was injured were the parts that made him look the coolest in that respect so far.
So, there were multiple battles going on? Gongsun was at one location (opposite the General Shi Yue), and XZ's 2nd in command (where Changyu joined and fought Shi Hu?) was the other location?
Once the one-on-one battle started between Changyu and Shi Hu the fight looked really cool, but the actual battle (and the way those giving orders went about things) seemed pretty haphazard and disorganized if I'm being honest.
Why does the preview show Mandi wounded? Does he faint later on from a wound?
Changyu was indeed upset at the discovery to the extent that she need to be spirited away by her husband (who is now appropriately going to be in the doghouse...). 😅
People suspect that the squad leader (idr his name) is going to sacrifice himself for the FL because they hinted…
It also looks like the young one in the squad whose sister is crippled gets badly wounded in the next episode (or 27?). He could be the one that dies, but it's probably Jin Yuanbao, unfortunately.
Changyu's been distracting him, I guess. 😅
Once the one-on-one battle started between Changyu and Shi Hu the fight looked really cool, but the actual battle (and the way those giving orders went about things) seemed pretty haphazard and disorganized if I'm being honest.
Why does the preview show Mandi wounded? Does he faint later on from a wound?
Changyu was indeed upset at the discovery to the extent that she need to be spirited away by her husband (who is now appropriately going to be in the doghouse...). 😅