"The Late Spring" vividly depicts, with great enthusiasm and animation, one blood-soaked, heroic and tragic scene of war after another, making me feel as if I were there, hearing the sounds and smelling the scents. Whether it's the battle at the gap in the northeast corner of the city, the fight for荐 Fu Temple, or the struggle for food in Huangyan Village, all are written with color and tension, gripping the heart. And those scenes of strategizing and intellectual combat are equally intense, filled with latent danger, truly extraordinary. The many characters in the book, from generals to soldiers, from drunkards to vendors, from scholars to young ladies, from rich merchants to beggars, are all caught up in the flames of war, becoming characters in this grand historical drama. Zhang Ye has his own methods for character portrayal, generally following the classical novel's technique of reverse description, while occasionally also employing the psychological descriptions of Western novels. Although the psychological depictions of some characters, such as Bi Wenzhong, the eldest son of Fengyu Granary, may seem somewhat simple, they basically still give each person a distinct appearance and voice, making them believable as people from that time and place.
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