Su Hanshan

## Appearance

The person had an extremely cold face, and the aura he emanated was equally frigid. Even when standing amidst a crowd, his presence would make him exceedingly conspicuous. He seemed to have a natural disposition in inducing fear and creating distance against others.

## Past Life

Even among the future great generals in Kunwu Training Camp, this person was ranked amongst the top tier. He was one of the few from the Three Great Training Camps who was publicly acknowledged to be a talented general capable of standing his own ground on the battlefield!

But right until the very end, he was only considered to be a potential great general. He didn’t manage to become a grade-1 general like Wang Chongsi, Go Seonji, and Zhang Shougui.

There was minimal news on Su Hanshan out in public, and all that was known about him was that he had come from Kunwu Training Camp.

In the future, the army that he personally trained and led would possess the greatest offensive ability in a frontal fight across the entire Great Tang. No matter how many layers of defense the other party put up, the army that Su Hanshan led would be able to tear apart their formation as though a sharp blade, stabbing right into the core of the opposing army and tearing it apart from within.

In a frontal clash on the battlefield, Su Hanshan’s army was a subject of fear for hostile nations and foreign tribes.

The troops that he trained fought right down to their very last breath. No matter how powerful the enemies were, no matter how disadvantageous the situation was, his army was able to stand upright without the slightest fluster.

And Su Hanshan had always braved through death with his subordinates as well, thereby becoming their spiritual leader as well! In terms of belief, there wasn’t a single army who was as resolute and tightly-knitted as Su Hanshan’s army.

But it was a pity that there was no such thing as a perfect being. Su Hanshan possessed an aloof personality, and this resulted in his eventual defeat.

In the military, there wasn’t anyone who was close to Su Hanshan. Even those who graduated from Kunwu Training Camp also didn’t have much of a relationship with him.

And on the battlefield, Su Hanshan never needed or expected reinforcement either.

His proud personality made him unwilling to accept the help of others.

However, there wasn’t a single person who could rule the battlefield by himself.

Wang Chong had failed back then, Su Hanshan was the same as well!

His personality had already carved out his eventual fate.

He disappeared along with his feared army on the battlefield of the great catastrophe!

The elders in Wang Chong's previous life had extremely high evaluations of Su Hanshan, and his demise had upset many of them.

That man possessed capability, wits, and decisiveness.

Even those who didn't like him had to admit that Su Hanshan possessed the charisma of a leader. No matter how fearsome the enemy might be, the army he led would still charge forth without any hesitation.

As long as Su Hanshan remained standing, fear would remain an emotion none of his soldiers would feel!

In that era of catastrophe, Su Hanshan's back felt extremely reassuring to his men. He would always charge forth and retreat with his soldiers.

And eventually, Su Hanshan also fulfilled the promise he made to his men.

Instead of fleeing alone, he chose to die together with his army on the battlefield!

This was a man worthy of respect, a true military man, a great general of the empire!

## Family History

Even though the Duke of Liu Residence and Su Hanshan's clan were mortal enemies now, the two were actually the best of friends back then.
Su Hanshan wasn't a foreigner, either. He was a bona fide citizen of the capital.
Emperor Gaozong was a rare emperor who possessed average capabilities.
His martial arts couldn't be said to be poor, but he was nowhere near the top, either. He could hardly compare with the current Sage Emperor.
Given someone of Emperor Gaozong's qualifications, it was natural that he would face grave danger before his ascension.
There was once when Gaozong met with danger, and in the midst of escaping, he fainted. It was Su Hanshan's ancestor, Su Feng, who found him at a timely moment and brought him out of danger.
Su Feng didn't tell anyone about this matter, except for his best friend, who was the ancestor of the Duke of Liu's lineage.
Gaozong was a rare sentimental type among the generations of emperor, so he decided to express his gratitude to his savior by conferring him with the position of a duke.
However, as Gaozong was unconscious then, he unintentionally mistook Su Feng's friend to be the one who saved him.
On top of that, Su Feng's friend was blinded momentarily by greed. Despite knowing that Emperor Gaozong had made a mistake, he still accepted the conferment.
On the other hand, Su Hanshan's ancestor, Su Feng, was kept in the dark throughout the entire matter.
When Su Feng finally found out about it, everything was already over. Fearful that Su Feng would expose the matter, Su Feng's friend actually ordered Su Feng to be incarcerated.
On the other hand, Su Feng had always regarded the other party as his closest buddy, so he viewed this matter as a huge humiliation.
Even though Su Feng's friend couldn't get past his conscience and eventually let Su Feng go, Su Feng still eventually died of anger and indignance.
This was also where the grudge between Su Hanshan's lineage and the Duke of Liu Residence first originated from. “The son avenges the father”: given the humiliation that Su Feng was put through and the overwhelming indignation he felt even at death's bed, how could his son possibly allow the Duke of Liu to get away scot-free?
Su Feng's son filed a case, and the matter eventually got to the royal court, but as the emperor's decree couldn't be retracted, they could only go along with the mistake.
Su Feng's son was given some rewards in compensation, but how could he possibly let this matter slip just like that?
Thus, a dead knot was formed!
Coming to this point, there was no longer any ground for reconciliation between the two clans.
After failing in his deed, Su Feng's son fled from the capital, and he passed down his will to his son, Su Hanshan.
And thus, this feud was passed on down to the third generation.
While the Su Clan was passing down their grudge generation to generation, dreaming of the day that they could finally exact vengeance, the Duke of Liu's lineage wasn't waiting idly for death, either. They also passed this matter down so that the later generations could prepare themselves for vengeance from the Su Clan.