Fortress Besieged Qian Zhongshu's Fortress Besieged is a novel written by Qian Zhongshu. The story is mainly about the group of intellectuals in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Fortress Besieged is a satirical novel with unique style in the history of modern literature in China. Known as the "New Scholars". Then there is nothing difficult to understand, and it is more convenient to translate.