居然出了使节团覆没 这么大的事 那莳城守备
“that such a major incident had occurred— the annihilation of an entire envoy mission. The Shicheng garrison commander”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
爷不来莳城都不知道
“If I hadn't come to Shicheng, I wouldn't have known”
居然 出了使节团覆没 这么大的事 那莳城守备
“that such a major incident had occurred— the annihilation of an entire envoy mission. The Shicheng garrison commander”
“is on bereavement leave at a time like this, and the court actually approved it.”
“Something this catastrophic cannot be a coincidence; the local defense commander is hiding something huge.”
In imperial China, local garrison commanders (守备) were directly accountable for security failures, and foul play was frequently suspected whenever officials attempted to shirk wartime duties.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
such a major disaster/incident happened
A frequent conversational pattern to highlight the extraordinary scale or severity of a trouble.
completely annihilated
Used idiomatically (here '使节团覆没') to indicate that an entire group was totally wiped out.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Indeed. The envoy delegation has disappeared. It involves diplomatic relations. Can you afford the delay?”
“The envoy delegation is fake. No wonder!”
“Such a large diplomatic mission disappeared without a trace.”
“the Nanzhao delegation has no intention to trouble you.”
“There might very well be people inside the city plotting to harm the new gate commander”
“changing his name and disguising himself to infiltrate the envoy delegation?”