这几日却莫名没了消息
“But now, there's no news of him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
放言要御驾亲征
“the King of Nanzhao said that he wanted to join the battle personally.”
这几日却莫名没了消息
“But now, there's no news of him.”
若非有诈
“If it's not a scheme,”
“They are plotting something in the shadows; be on high alert.”
In Chinese military thought, an abrupt halt in aggressive posturing often signals an imminent stratagem rather than a retreat.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
these past few days
A slightly formal, traditional phrasing equivalent to 最近几天 in modern spoken Chinese.
to lose contact; to have all updates cease
Idiomatic expression describing a sudden cessation of news, correspondence, or signs from someone.