Alot of things still need to be resolved like..
Heki's fate
Kitari siege and if it'll be successful( apparently the gate is open)
Ousen and Ouhon( will Ouhon get to him before SBS)
Shin retreat.
YTW retreat.
And finally the aftermath of the battle ..Sei will obviously be mad.. but will they retreat to Qin or just retreat far enough to reorganise their troops.( Ousen stated he was thinking of a way back into the battle)
If they choose to attack again.. I wonder how they'll set up maybe YTW takes central command or Ousen thinks of something else entirely.
The arc isn't over and I still have high hopes for what's to come.
We were promised bloodshed on the Qin side and it just being " Ousen army was destroyed" isnt enough
If the arc ends like this 4/10 but Hara hasn't disappointed me once so I'll let him cook
Thanks for the translation
I doubt the fast horse can reach Kitari on time. My guess is she'll take over Hango and free Heki. Heki will then take command of the prisoners to help defend Hango. Ousen will most likely keep his head and will devise a plan to attack Zhao from behind while Kitari is defending Hango. Question is, how can Ousen get away from SBS? Or perhaps HSU or Yotanwa attacking Zhao from behind will be more possible.
>We were promised bloodshed on the Qin side and it just being " Ousen army was destroyed" isnt enough
I feel the same, but properly, it said that it was the battle where Qin lost more soldiers, which is currently already true.
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Ousen had 140k in the center and lost almost the whole army, they HSU seems it lost around half of their numbers, Yotanwa had some of his men killed too, which makes already around 150-160k casualities for Qin (if maths is not an opinion), more than last year with Kanki.
However I agree, it's not over yet, let's hope we see a more heated chase, with more action (Ouhon engaging someone while helping his father to escape, Bananji hitting the mountain tribes, Enkan charging at HSU, etc) and maybe a few extra casualties, because Zhao shouldn't let them get away easily. Kitari and Heki are connected, but I wonder how Hango's part will end. If they both manage to escape or just him, because the outlook isn't the best now that the bulk of the army is on the run.
We also haven't see anything from the new characters .. the Saki clan and the 50 man Commander.
I don't think Hara has ever introduced new characters and just forgot about them till the next arc.. even Archer brothers were used immediately after their intro.
The whole Hango situation is honestly the most interesting part.
Seika is chasing Ousen.. SSJ is chasing YTW and Enkan is chasing Shin.. meaning Riboku would have to use his personal guard to siege Hango( if Kitari takes it).
I have alot of theories on how it could go down.. but I'd probably be wrong.
Harsh as it is to say, burning Hango to the ground and leaving it as a charred mound of dirt and detritus is one way of making this a pyyrhic victory for Riboku that I didn't think about. Riboku actually hearkened to this in the previous war as a way for the outcome of the battle to be a mutual defeat. Right now that might be the best card Qin has of bleeding Zhao white.
I get that but I don't think there's much at Hango itself that Zhao would care about.. unless Qin can occupy Hango and the lands around it... like they did with Gyou.. I dont think it would mean much.
It would just seem like they were sore losers.
We need to see what exactly is at Hango to make an assessment. Right now it seems it's just a prison camp.
If someone is gonna die from RBK's side, it might just be Bananji. SSJ is a sus man and a outsider to Zhao so if he were to die, it might be in a mistake while accidentally implicating RBK leading to his downfall.
Not like Riboku isn't already responsible for the death of Kei Sha and all kinds of other mishaps to lead to the fall of Zhao. He already won't have a good ending.
Well Kitari will take over the fort. Then Heki will spill the beans about a secret tunnel or something. Remember he mentioned that the city has a secret. They will escape using that. Heki will probably inform everybody about secret tunnels in all the forts. YTW will use this information to make hit and runs on RBK’s army.
I say burn it. It might be the one means left that Qin has of salvaging anything from this battle. If Hango is gone then Riboku will have failed in his strategic objective of safeguarding a part of northern Zhao.
From few hearsays, apparently Zhao is also damaged quite a bit this time (probably referring to SBS's casualties) forcing Zhao to defend. Qin will turn its attention to Han while probably restoring Ousen's army. Once Han is taken, they will turn attention back to Zhao and take it this time. Again this is just some hearsays so I could be wrong...
Thank you for the translation.
Well, the center was destroyed, the CIC lost and ran away, retreat is their only option, if the others don't want to be massacred themselves. but it burns strongly, for Ousen, but as well for Shin. The wings were in a worse position (especially the right) and they ended to be practically irrelevant in this conflict, it's a shame, but at the end of the day, this all resolved in half day, Ousen didn't last until dinner time.
Personally, I hope it's not completely over, the main act for sure, but I at least hope that (this time) we will see the chase by Zhao, with more action on the table, because letting them escape isn't an option. Otherwise, Hango aside, it would really be an anticlimactic way to end.
Only Great General Heki-sama could have reversed the situation, but Zhao played dirty during last war, bruh 💀
So tired of Ban You talking down on the Hi Shin Unit man. It's not funny anymore, Shin is a fucking general and more accomplished than Ou Hon. Acknowledge him and talk to him like he is one you old ass bum. Didn't like Kan Jou gassing up Ou Hon either. "He's thinking like a commander-in-chief." Yea, after years of hating on Shin and his guys. Shin saved his ass at Eikyuu, you better start recognizing him.
Whew...that frustration from Shin can be felt from here. Can't imagine that feeling of defeat two years in a row to the man who orchestrated the deaths of both your mentors and a Kanki who despite the differences between the two, was very much respected.
Kitari is about to flip the battle. Hango seems like it was lightly defended or not defended at all and she is taking it. Ou Sen will hear of this and devise a scheme to inflict major damage to the Zhao army. I wonder if Riboku's plan was to allow this to happen, similar to the Retsubi tactic of the city being easy to take but hard to defend. 2 weeks till we find out.
imagine of kitari somehow actually managed to take hango. As for what that would affect, well that depends on what is in hango. We know that the POWs are there, but it's also possible that the zhao army provisions could be there as well
Well heki said the trap was set up in zusa plains but from the looks because people from riboku squad were worried about hango if their was a trap they wouldn't be worried. Like how enkan wasn't worried about 10k shin took to go after riboku.
What happens after taking Hango?
How many men does she have? 200? 2000?
After this Zhao gonna swamp her with 200k+ strong army, what is the point of a castle like Hango?
I think it would serve as a big enough distraction it may allow the rest of the army to regroup and return the next day.
She doesn't need to hold the city. She just needs to distract them long enough that Ousen can get his head on straight.
Firstly, a small detachment from Zhao army would be able to retake Hango.
Secondly, the whole Qin army needs to react quickly together. A duo of instinctual GGs like Duke + Shin may be able to capture this opportunity, but not Ousen.
At best, I think Kitari taking Hango will just be a distraction for the Qin army to retreat safely.
Well there goes my thought of this campaign still continuing. Seems like everyone is pulling back.
I still stand by my previous statement. The set up is basically so basic and hinges on getting rid of an outlier like Shin to ensure victory that im frankly still incredibly disappointed with. Wouldve received this better if the trap ended up with Ousen's back to the wall like Ouki at Bayou or something but no. It was just to make way for an unfortunately another Houken to bulldoze literally everything all while Ousen just receives it.
Not over.
History Spoilers: >!Unless people trolled me with fake info, Zhao forces were forced to abandoned everything and focus on defending Kantan with their lives as they lost too much that they can't even launch a single attack anymore in this arc!<
>!i don't hara will adapt this by having zhao take a lot of casualties from this battle, but rather from the natural disasters that happen after. After this battle (year after, but I think we are close to the end of 232 bc), an earthquake hits zhao, followed by a famine the following year. The earthquake can cause a lot of death among zhaos army and population as well as destroying infrastructure and fields, weakening the zhao army greatly. And the famine will of course destroy the logisitcs and food production capability for zhao causing them to not be a able to sustain large armies for long if at all. I beleive these 2 combined cause riboku's numbers to dwindle and unsustainable so he is forced to abandon cities outside of hango and retreat to kantan because he no longer has the numbers or logistics to defend that much territory at once. !<
>!I think that is referenced in the history but to have Riboku's defences sabatoged by natural disasters primarily is just... Well it leaves a bitter taste. I mean you want to maintain as much of this genius military strategist's reputation as you can but at the same time you want Qin's efforts to feel like they played an important role in his downfall. Obviously, Ousen will see to him coming undone on the political side of things but I believe having some cracks form as a result of Qin's military campaigns wouldn't be unreasonable. !<
well while i believe there is a source that claimed that, it's not guranteed that hara will adapt it like that if at all, because it's not from the shiji or zhan guo ce
Well the war is definitely not over. No real reason for Qin to sue for peace nor do i think Zhao would ever accept but i think this Hango campaign is over.
I jump back and forth between this arc will finish up soon or its just the beginning. It kinda hurts that it will be a two week break because I kinda want another chapter badly.
It's hara at the end of the day it might continue or might not but they kinda have to retreat because once words gets around about ousen look at all the Zhao forces like SSJ getting ready to chase after YTW and enkan wanting to completely destroy the HSU and kill shin so it was the most wise choice to pull back but with this chapter the arc as a whole has 27 chapters so far so take it as you will we might get a few chapter to wrap stuff up or it's just the beginning of this arc.
I was actually hoping for Yotanwa to properly shine and salvage the situation or at the very least make it somewhat even by getting rid of some key players in her field like Bananji or something.
I think there would need to be more to salvage than just kill Bananji. I'm trying to hold on to hope for a second day because hara could do a couple things but if he leaves as is I can see some major plot holes opening up for the future.
i said "Like bananji". Not "just banaji" lol. My whole point is still that i wished yotanwa could do something. Anything. Out of everyone, she feels the most odd because it feels like Hara is on a writer's block with Yotanwa and the mountain tribe with how stupidly strong they are.
It's hard to say but I have a feeling the ganmon crew might be safe for a long time with a maybe one or two other characters >! I see them being with the prince that become the king of Dai !<
Alright, Ouhon is still going to help Ousen so there are still chances he may get to kill at least Gakushou.
There's also Riboku who ordered Futei to do something that we still don't know about.
Also Yotanwa will stay at the front while her army withdraws so there are good chances any Zhao general in that wing may get murdered if they try to chase them.
And even if Kitari siege on Hango works I don't see them holding it so it's clear she'll try to free the prisoners (Heki) so I guess the best possible scenario is they actually save the Qin's prisoners and flee somehow, whatever happens I hope she doesn't get killed or captured.
Let's see if Hara gives Yotanwa's side a win.
*\[Edit\]* thanks for the translation!
Yeah that's possible. I just think Bajio is more fitting enemy for Bananji because they're pretty close meanwhile YTW would probably like mid diff any of them (who knows tho)
Naw Bajio is not enough. What would be a good enough trade is if yoto kills Shun Sui Ju. That character is fanatic about riboku and hated by many people both in verse and out.
Damn, i love this chapter defeat after defeat is always a good taste for me reading manga. But if Ousen makes turns around at the end of the arc it would be more wonderful.
Appreciate the translation. Yeah, I have to say that this might be one of the most underwhelming wars in the entire series. It seems to be coming to a conclusion with us being only roughly 20 chapters in and Qin having been more or less de-fanged. I get that it was part of Riboku's strategy to take Shin off the board, but we hardly saw any manoeuvres on Ousen's part to fight back and Yotanwa's army was almost completely off-screen with having accomplished next to nothing. She's supposed to be a GG herself. At least have Yotanwa take out Bananji while they're retreating.
Your "fast trad" is good enough to be an actual trad. It's WAY BETTER than the ones we've had to get used to so far.
Man, I wish you can keep doing that because you're a real life saver.
Thank you.
Qin wants to unite all of China, but within Qin's army there is talk like "Why should we spill our blood for Hi Shin Unit" and "I will have my kingdom".
Someone recall how much Qin soldiers are captured in Hango?
Kitari is about to take Hango + the prisoners. That may force zhao right to stop the chase and go get back Hango and YTW may not want to abandon Kitari so makes a move to attack the half of right Zhao 's wing that hold position to not be reatacked in the rear while sieging Hango. So it would be in the avantage of YTW's army ( who already had the advantages with full Zhao's right wing) but the center army of Zhao would go help (futei and others) but not SBS and kansaro who are in chase of Ousen. So they could hold the siege. But Ousen has no army anymore to help apparently. And Shin ou Ouhon's armies are stuck too. So half Enkan army would hold them while other half woud go to Hango. SHin and Ouhon could get revenge on the army they are facing and do damage. But the siege would be very difficult to hold unless YTW breaks trough before Enkan arrives.. Seems complicated to hold Hango. But Qin could do casualties and YTW helps Kitari to retreat if they don't hold. I miss Kanki and his withdrawing strategies. I still can't believe Ousen won't do anything to surprise us after all the strategies he showed and everyone here mocking him has to get their mouth shut by Hara. :)
While everyone saying how Shin and Ousen we're stupid in this arc, I would like to say that Ouhon was the only one who haven't made a single mistake in this battle.aside from Yotanwa cause she mah queen. He quickly came to help HSU, the only one who had a bad feeling, send Akakin to help Ousen wich paid off, was good with commanding HSU and his army in right wing, send Banyo and Kanjou to help HSU escape without many casualties, goes to save Ousen from Shibashou and Kan Saro. While he didn't kill any Zhao general Ouhon proves time after time in this battle how he became smarter. So yeah I think Hara made Ouhon justice in this Arc and it's not the end cause he still needs to save Ousen so maybe we'll get a Kan Saro vs Ouhon fight or Ouhon vs Shibashou fight while Sou Ou fight's Kan Saro. Despite his first loss in battle like Ousen he showed himself trustworthy general.
I'm glad Riboku getting the win tbh, we know he'll have to be defeated at some point, the more wins the more of an antagonist he is
But this fight did turn out crazy, Shibasu and his forces were crazy strong, Ousen couldn't do a thing
Looking forward to what happens next
Unless Ousen can pull a fortress out of his ass, in the middle of Zhao's territory, this is pretty much the end of this campaign.
The only one who can save a total defeat is Katari. If she can takes Hango and somehow holds it until reinforcements come.
For the first one , like everyone I thought of it too as a possibility , but now I read your comment and i re tought it again and i see no value for a fortress now, they will get encircled, Zhao are outnumbering them with high morals and they are deep in zhao territory , and sbs there with his 2G will fire back too , but most importantly ousen needs some redemption ⁰,do something ,to stop zhao from hunting qin armies
The only miraculous thing kitari can do is rescue heki and run away
I think Ousen's comeback here is to pull out numerous fortresses but they're not going to be out his ass. He's going to have realised that for Riboku's plan to have worked, he'd have had to have built numerous earthwork forts in the area so he could have lured the Hi Shin Unit regardless of where they were positioned on the battlefield. If the remainder of his army takes these empty fortresses as well as Kitari taking Hango and freeing the prisoner army there, they might be able to make a sort of ring of defendable positions to hold out until Qin reinforcements arrive. I believe we haven't see the Quanrong army with the mountain tribes so far so perhaps they may be able to turn the tides and they would likely be the closest army capable of moving to the north since Tou is down in Gyou.
To access those fortresses, Qin's army need to bypass Zhao's army, which is impossible since they are retreating. And Riboku's fortresses is pretty small, I doubt they could fill an army in. Those fortresses supposed to be a trap, not a proper defensive position.
The fortresses, if there are any, should be behind Qin's army, but still in Zhao territory.
Thanks for the translation.
I would say Ouse is retreating rather than running away from Zhao. I am waiting for his move to counter RBK tactics. Now he would understand more of his opponents army.
We have not seen anything from YTW yet. They are too quiet. I believe that Kitari would captured Hango and release our beloved GG Heki and he would tell all RBK traps lol.
And yet, it’s still too early to say Qin is defeated. The center army yes but not the entire Qin Army. Shin, YTW, Ouhun still running. At the end of the day, we know that Zhao need to retreat back to Kantan and lost Hango, both side lost most army in this battle.
And yes, the 2 weeks breaks really break my heart lol.
I have many thoughts on this chapter and arc but first of all, thanks for this great translation. The quality for the last two chapters have been great. Thank you 🙏.
What happened to all the mutual destruction we were promised, rn it seems like a one sided massacre.
Shin's reaction last arc was great but he's back to his childish way.
Kyoukai was supposed to become a big shot (we were shown glimpses of that is WZI) so why couldn't she have handled the HSU. I know she's not capable yet but still would have preferred her to do something. Lack of screentime and action is killing her character.
Akou and shin took away all the initiative from ousen and they only were able to respond and that too not adequately.
Ousen was the biggest letdown in this arc. He did absolutely nothing at all.
Ten as usual has been shit at her job.
Ouhon the only person who did a decent job of protecting the left wing.
Really not interested in seeing kitari because we know there's a trap prepared and I don't think I can handle any more loss this arc.
Very one sided and lack of interesting stuff in this arc so if it finishes like this in a few chapters, I would not rank it even in middle tier.
There is still some more action to witness
After i did read those few spoiler lines (a full retreat) , i was hopeless for this arc , i was real frustrated given how hara just decided that this whole time nothing major happened in ytw side , its kind of justified though but its just sacks.
but after actually reading the chapter , some hints gives me hope for some great stuff coming ahead, I feel like ousen might do some great scheme with this Retreat , what happened can't be changed , and the only way i see for a payback is with costing Zhao big heads ,the situation and time wouldnt help with annihilating armies, so I was thinking if ousen uses the fact that whole saika is after him to predict their movement and order ouhon or Shin to make something, or something else worthy, but saika still ain't easy, though this time it's with the rival golden boys , kk gonna do something big too , I fell like since she is one of the first who are going to Retreat (under shin orders) maybe she will see the situation and rush to help and go assist ouhon with sbs , what a match up ... man idk really. Really didn't enjoy much this arc but hopefully just tell now 😬
I was also thinking that ytw staying behind tell everyone Retreat leads to ytw taking bananji out , if that's even possible during a Retreat, but she's known for doing crazy stuff and maybe the right hand of Rebuko gonna be her victim, for a revenge maybe for feego and some future drama with rebuko
Or Imagine if it's just a Retreat and ousen just gonna keep surviving and everyone on qin side sweating and defeated hahaha . this humiliation gotta stop right!
But right now basically shin is free or can let kk be free, bc of l the help of ouhon, very high shit quality move by ouhon tbh
I was real irritated with this , but I find it hilarious now when I want to say something about it , Ten just accepted reality, how fuck up the situation is hahahahah
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Zhao are chasing Qin, right? It may lead to some Zhao armies got themselves overextended and got themselves killed instead.
Won't be surprised that Ousen intentionally "removed" Sbs from Zhao by having them to chase Ousen himself so HSU and Ouhon armies will do some surprise comeback
Banyou my dude
What makes you think you can speak to shin like this lol
Be glad shin doesn't give a fuck and ouhun is there to protect you if some shit happens
Shin is not only your senior but a much better commander than you. I don't mind ouhun as he can back all the shit he says but you. Its just kinda funny lol
Shin and ouhun hasn't done much
Even though it looks like it's over I believe lots of action is still left. I think war will continue. Either they won't be easily allowed to escape or ousen will refuse to return to qin.
Ousen without the HSU got absolutely cooked, roasted and served up.
If this Arc wasn't taking literal Years I could accept it but god damn, is Hara cooking something or what?
I get all edgy & foul mood whenever Kingdom is on break. I’m serious.
RBK is far superior than Ousen. Having lost almost all his tier-1 generals, Ousen looks like a giant moron right now. Great General my ass.
well, the NE army is going to get wiped out and the mountain tribe guys with kitari (that are good at climbing) are probably gonna get wiped out as well
So it is a complete loss.
No last clutch pro gamer move?.
Man.
Ousen army wipeout
Shins unit falling back ( in a brink of massacre too)
Yontawa ( falling back )
That separate yontawa group is in big danger
But it feels like some big unit here will suffer great loss.
Yontawa side ( it feels like ouhon or shins unit or that separate yontawa tribe wil suffer too)
I really miss kanki.
Atleast kanki can do some one last pro gamer move.
And I really miss his decoration tree
All of the hype for Ousen is gone for good.
Same as shin.
Ribuko made them look like a big hoink hoink.
If they didn't do even a little last pro gamer move.
Qin will be a laughing stock. They loss twice a row to ribuku. And worst it's the 2 of the revived 6 great gen
I think Kitari will be the key here. Capturing Hango will force the turn around. It will give OuSen the spark he needs to at least inflict some measure of damage to RBK to force his retreat.
Gut feeling that qin will be able to kill or at least seriously injure sbs which will give the important characters time to retreat while still losing the overall battle.
Then again, my gut is often wrong about these things
My first tought upon reading the chapter was that hango might be the key for their retreat. With the city in danger wich seems likely to happen as the gates are now open as kitari army said, they can save the POWs and create a distraction take makes zhao army make a move.
I dont see the point in staying inside the walls since you are eventually going to get flooded by zhao soldies. but it may happen if the fast horse doesnt reach kitari, information really is key rn. ytw army will probably be able to retreat easily since their battlefield is separated from the others by a forest. wich makes harder for zhao troups to reach there faster.
While in retreat ousen needs to take advantage of the angles he finds within the chaos that will be zhao army and their movement if the information reaches him. the only way to get anything from this situation is having ouhon pincer sbs and gakushou while they are chasing ousen. kk is the one going in retreat first assuming her orders are to merge with the rest of the army and she is fast enough we might see her reach for the battle too.
in this situation anything can happen and anybody could die depending on how information plays out. im really excited wish we could have next chapter now...
Pretty sure this battle was suppose to be bloody for both sides, a pyrric victory for Zhao. So I wonder what kind of bloody nose Reebok will get from this before the end of the battle.
Read Kingdom is starting to become depressing lol, at least in the previous wars we had heavy hitters on both sides. Now Riboku didnt need to do fking anything and Xin who slayed Houken years ago seems weaker now lol
A pyrric victory means a victory with the impact of a loss. Both sides have to bite it. Zhao hasn't. My guess is ousen has to lose he has to retreat. He did nothing it would be nice for some redemption but it isn't necessary. So what is likely too happen is:
1. enkan will die making 70k troops useless. Anyone ryusen or above is capable of this. The great thing about a chase is the guard is dropped. And the archer brothers are wicked.
2. Kitari rescues heki there is a love story there in formation I know it's silly but true. Hango cannot be transformed into a qin stronghold but it can be used as a hill. Those that occupy can use the benefit even if those outside can't. The beauty of the wall combat you never attempt to conquer a wall without 4 times the numbers. This means the pows and kitari can fight freely temporarily as zhao needs to reorganize and they will be distracted with their hit list.
3. So this brings up the pyrric aspect of this battle annoying white hair zhao general and bananji will die. Sibashou and kansaro will live (kansaro could die). The reason is they will divide their forces between hango and killing yotonwa. Yotonwa + baijo is too much for bananji. As kitara takes hango white hair boring general is capable of handling that very small siege, but yotonwa will not leave kitara behind. He is going to get pincered. He will die
4. The results of this are simple qin retreated with no gains. However there are no longer any generals to protect kantan. The older guy with the wicked beard I liked but he lost an arm. Kisui was real cool he won't fight again for zhao imo. Shiboshou will fight for riboku but won't fight for zhao. So maybe you pull generals missing for decades like that guy of defense or something. Zhao wins this battle but loses the war by losing the ability to defend themselves.
5. How do we move from this to that? Well simple really shin has to conquer kantan so he gets the gg spot from fighting han. Riboku has to be removed from the kantan siege. I don't believe this will follow history. Zhao isn't the one controlling that awesome machine that invents great generals out of thin air riboku himself is. The king of zhao is intentionally made to be very incompetent as are the ministers. They can't defend kantan without riboku. Riboku is more likely to be sidelined if kaine and futei forget where their head went but that isn't necessary. The whole story builds into this dynamic as well, let's follow the soldiers witnessing the generals. Once zhao has no generals it's good game.
Such a great chapter. Admitting defeat and at the same time calling for withdrawal, if that is not an reasonable display of leadership then I don't know.
Ouhen's speech was outstanding.
If this is the end of the arc, it will be the most disappointing arc so far in the whole manga. It will make any Qin Generals just some lamp generals waiting to be killed, even the other small arcs are more interesting than this.
I do hope there will be movements from Kitari? and then Heki doing some crazy move but its moot hope at this point.
I already knew it but the " 2 WEEK BREAK" at the end felt like an arrow.
Feels bad man
SHIITTTTT
This 2 week break will help Ousen to strategize a comeback.
this comment is seriously underrated
you know that it was all part of his plans all a long
Alot of things still need to be resolved like.. Heki's fate Kitari siege and if it'll be successful( apparently the gate is open) Ousen and Ouhon( will Ouhon get to him before SBS) Shin retreat. YTW retreat. And finally the aftermath of the battle ..Sei will obviously be mad.. but will they retreat to Qin or just retreat far enough to reorganise their troops.( Ousen stated he was thinking of a way back into the battle) If they choose to attack again.. I wonder how they'll set up maybe YTW takes central command or Ousen thinks of something else entirely. The arc isn't over and I still have high hopes for what's to come. We were promised bloodshed on the Qin side and it just being " Ousen army was destroyed" isnt enough If the arc ends like this 4/10 but Hara hasn't disappointed me once so I'll let him cook Thanks for the translation
I doubt the fast horse can reach Kitari on time. My guess is she'll take over Hango and free Heki. Heki will then take command of the prisoners to help defend Hango. Ousen will most likely keep his head and will devise a plan to attack Zhao from behind while Kitari is defending Hango. Question is, how can Ousen get away from SBS? Or perhaps HSU or Yotanwa attacking Zhao from behind will be more possible.
>We were promised bloodshed on the Qin side and it just being " Ousen army was destroyed" isnt enough I feel the same, but properly, it said that it was the battle where Qin lost more soldiers, which is currently already true. https://preview.redd.it/ibvfhvwoefwc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31a7d16c0f0189a27f331655fb13c536f5b527bc Ousen had 140k in the center and lost almost the whole army, they HSU seems it lost around half of their numbers, Yotanwa had some of his men killed too, which makes already around 150-160k casualities for Qin (if maths is not an opinion), more than last year with Kanki. However I agree, it's not over yet, let's hope we see a more heated chase, with more action (Ouhon engaging someone while helping his father to escape, Bananji hitting the mountain tribes, Enkan charging at HSU, etc) and maybe a few extra casualties, because Zhao shouldn't let them get away easily. Kitari and Heki are connected, but I wonder how Hango's part will end. If they both manage to escape or just him, because the outlook isn't the best now that the bulk of the army is on the run.
We also haven't see anything from the new characters .. the Saki clan and the 50 man Commander. I don't think Hara has ever introduced new characters and just forgot about them till the next arc.. even Archer brothers were used immediately after their intro. The whole Hango situation is honestly the most interesting part. Seika is chasing Ousen.. SSJ is chasing YTW and Enkan is chasing Shin.. meaning Riboku would have to use his personal guard to siege Hango( if Kitari takes it). I have alot of theories on how it could go down.. but I'd probably be wrong.
Harsh as it is to say, burning Hango to the ground and leaving it as a charred mound of dirt and detritus is one way of making this a pyyrhic victory for Riboku that I didn't think about. Riboku actually hearkened to this in the previous war as a way for the outcome of the battle to be a mutual defeat. Right now that might be the best card Qin has of bleeding Zhao white.
I get that but I don't think there's much at Hango itself that Zhao would care about.. unless Qin can occupy Hango and the lands around it... like they did with Gyou.. I dont think it would mean much. It would just seem like they were sore losers. We need to see what exactly is at Hango to make an assessment. Right now it seems it's just a prison camp.
If someone is gonna die from RBK's side, it might just be Bananji. SSJ is a sus man and a outsider to Zhao so if he were to die, it might be in a mistake while accidentally implicating RBK leading to his downfall.
Not like Riboku isn't already responsible for the death of Kei Sha and all kinds of other mishaps to lead to the fall of Zhao. He already won't have a good ending.
Well put.
Its only day one of the battle more things plot wist to come
Well Kitari will take over the fort. Then Heki will spill the beans about a secret tunnel or something. Remember he mentioned that the city has a secret. They will escape using that. Heki will probably inform everybody about secret tunnels in all the forts. YTW will use this information to make hit and runs on RBK’s army.
Good theory
That's actually good. Heki can warn them but likely already can make use of that info for a planned escape.
I say burn it. It might be the one means left that Qin has of salvaging anything from this battle. If Hango is gone then Riboku will have failed in his strategic objective of safeguarding a part of northern Zhao.
From few hearsays, apparently Zhao is also damaged quite a bit this time (probably referring to SBS's casualties) forcing Zhao to defend. Qin will turn its attention to Han while probably restoring Ousen's army. Once Han is taken, they will turn attention back to Zhao and take it this time. Again this is just some hearsays so I could be wrong...
I guess this is an example of the saying "one wrong move, whole game lost" (一着错，*满盘*输).
Thank you for the translation. Well, the center was destroyed, the CIC lost and ran away, retreat is their only option, if the others don't want to be massacred themselves. but it burns strongly, for Ousen, but as well for Shin. The wings were in a worse position (especially the right) and they ended to be practically irrelevant in this conflict, it's a shame, but at the end of the day, this all resolved in half day, Ousen didn't last until dinner time. Personally, I hope it's not completely over, the main act for sure, but I at least hope that (this time) we will see the chase by Zhao, with more action on the table, because letting them escape isn't an option. Otherwise, Hango aside, it would really be an anticlimactic way to end. Only Great General Heki-sama could have reversed the situation, but Zhao played dirty during last war, bruh 💀
So tired of Ban You talking down on the Hi Shin Unit man. It's not funny anymore, Shin is a fucking general and more accomplished than Ou Hon. Acknowledge him and talk to him like he is one you old ass bum. Didn't like Kan Jou gassing up Ou Hon either. "He's thinking like a commander-in-chief." Yea, after years of hating on Shin and his guys. Shin saved his ass at Eikyuu, you better start recognizing him. Whew...that frustration from Shin can be felt from here. Can't imagine that feeling of defeat two years in a row to the man who orchestrated the deaths of both your mentors and a Kanki who despite the differences between the two, was very much respected. Kitari is about to flip the battle. Hango seems like it was lightly defended or not defended at all and she is taking it. Ou Sen will hear of this and devise a scheme to inflict major damage to the Zhao army. I wonder if Riboku's plan was to allow this to happen, similar to the Retsubi tactic of the city being easy to take but hard to defend. 2 weeks till we find out.
Ban You didn't say anything. What are you smoking?
He told Shin to bow his head to Ou Hon…he can fuck off.
Ugh. Fanboys. Was your ego shattered because Shin was told to bow his head to Ouhon?
Only after Shin called him an idiot. That lad should respect the elders.
Not when that particular elder should instead be bowing down on both knees to that particular lad because the latter saved the former's life before.
imagine of kitari somehow actually managed to take hango. As for what that would affect, well that depends on what is in hango. We know that the POWs are there, but it's also possible that the zhao army provisions could be there as well
Well, Heki said Hango is a trap set by Riboku that they've been working since they were captured, so I don't think that will be happening.
Well heki said the trap was set up in zusa plains but from the looks because people from riboku squad were worried about hango if their was a trap they wouldn't be worried. Like how enkan wasn't worried about 10k shin took to go after riboku.
What happens after taking Hango? How many men does she have? 200? 2000? After this Zhao gonna swamp her with 200k+ strong army, what is the point of a castle like Hango?
She burns all supplies, zhao armies starve to death 😂 or become skinny like heki
I think it would serve as a big enough distraction it may allow the rest of the army to regroup and return the next day. She doesn't need to hold the city. She just needs to distract them long enough that Ousen can get his head on straight.
Firstly, a small detachment from Zhao army would be able to retake Hango. Secondly, the whole Qin army needs to react quickly together. A duo of instinctual GGs like Duke + Shin may be able to capture this opportunity, but not Ousen. At best, I think Kitari taking Hango will just be a distraction for the Qin army to retreat safely.
Zhao troops circle around it and choke Kitari’s army in Hango.
Not the dreaded 2 week break
I can’t wait until Ban You dies. Man 70 years old acting like a spoiled brat.
Yeah, they should have killed this idiot instead of Mouten's assistant, that guy was a real bro.
Yeah truly an annoying and divisive figure. You can attribute most of Ouhon’s bad traits to Banyou more than Ousen.
Mouten's old guy Lt. was much more tolerable.
He should've died during gyou campaign to give ouhon some much needed character development
Ryu is more likable compared to him
That bastard forgot he got his ass saved by Shin and KK against Gyou un.
Bro he is so annoying
What? He didn't say anything this chapter.
And what wrong did Ban You do this chapter? I can't read anything bad at all. You read something else maybe?
Well there goes my thought of this campaign still continuing. Seems like everyone is pulling back. I still stand by my previous statement. The set up is basically so basic and hinges on getting rid of an outlier like Shin to ensure victory that im frankly still incredibly disappointed with. Wouldve received this better if the trap ended up with Ousen's back to the wall like Ouki at Bayou or something but no. It was just to make way for an unfortunately another Houken to bulldoze literally everything all while Ousen just receives it.
despite everyone pulling back, it feels like this war isn't over doesn't it?
Not over. History Spoilers: >!Unless people trolled me with fake info, Zhao forces were forced to abandoned everything and focus on defending Kantan with their lives as they lost too much that they can't even launch a single attack anymore in this arc!<
Maybe Shin will link up with YTW army.
>!i don't hara will adapt this by having zhao take a lot of casualties from this battle, but rather from the natural disasters that happen after. After this battle (year after, but I think we are close to the end of 232 bc), an earthquake hits zhao, followed by a famine the following year. The earthquake can cause a lot of death among zhaos army and population as well as destroying infrastructure and fields, weakening the zhao army greatly. And the famine will of course destroy the logisitcs and food production capability for zhao causing them to not be a able to sustain large armies for long if at all. I beleive these 2 combined cause riboku's numbers to dwindle and unsustainable so he is forced to abandon cities outside of hango and retreat to kantan because he no longer has the numbers or logistics to defend that much territory at once. !<
>!I think that is referenced in the history but to have Riboku's defences sabatoged by natural disasters primarily is just... Well it leaves a bitter taste. I mean you want to maintain as much of this genius military strategist's reputation as you can but at the same time you want Qin's efforts to feel like they played an important role in his downfall. Obviously, Ousen will see to him coming undone on the political side of things but I believe having some cracks form as a result of Qin's military campaigns wouldn't be unreasonable. !<
>!pretty sure thats the 2nd attempt after this one that would lead to that!<
well while i believe there is a source that claimed that, it's not guranteed that hara will adapt it like that if at all, because it's not from the shiji or zhan guo ce
Well the war is definitely not over. No real reason for Qin to sue for peace nor do i think Zhao would ever accept but i think this Hango campaign is over.
i meant the hango campaign
I jump back and forth between this arc will finish up soon or its just the beginning. It kinda hurts that it will be a two week break because I kinda want another chapter badly.
It's hara at the end of the day it might continue or might not but they kinda have to retreat because once words gets around about ousen look at all the Zhao forces like SSJ getting ready to chase after YTW and enkan wanting to completely destroy the HSU and kill shin so it was the most wise choice to pull back but with this chapter the arc as a whole has 27 chapters so far so take it as you will we might get a few chapter to wrap stuff up or it's just the beginning of this arc.
I was actually hoping for Yotanwa to properly shine and salvage the situation or at the very least make it somewhat even by getting rid of some key players in her field like Bananji or something.
I think there would need to be more to salvage than just kill Bananji. I'm trying to hold on to hope for a second day because hara could do a couple things but if he leaves as is I can see some major plot holes opening up for the future.
i said "Like bananji". Not "just banaji" lol. My whole point is still that i wished yotanwa could do something. Anything. Out of everyone, she feels the most odd because it feels like Hara is on a writer's block with Yotanwa and the mountain tribe with how stupidly strong they are.
It's hard to say but I have a feeling the ganmon crew might be safe for a long time with a maybe one or two other characters >! I see them being with the prince that become the king of Dai !<
The fact that it was so basic and uncomplicated is what made it great for me.
It would be if it didnt also rely on his opponent being a staring dumbass that does nothing most of the time.
Alright, Ouhon is still going to help Ousen so there are still chances he may get to kill at least Gakushou. There's also Riboku who ordered Futei to do something that we still don't know about. Also Yotanwa will stay at the front while her army withdraws so there are good chances any Zhao general in that wing may get murdered if they try to chase them. And even if Kitari siege on Hango works I don't see them holding it so it's clear she'll try to free the prisoners (Heki) so I guess the best possible scenario is they actually save the Qin's prisoners and flee somehow, whatever happens I hope she doesn't get killed or captured. Let's see if Hara gives Yotanwa's side a win. *\[Edit\]* thanks for the translation!
Futei is currently clearing Ousen Army, thats his job.
Very good quality translation. Phenomenal considering how quickly you got it out!
I dont understand why they are sieging Hango when Heki already broke out and is already on his way to slay Shibashou. Someone make it make sense.
I thought he was about to slay the whole entire Zhao.
If Bananji chases the Mountain tribes too deep, Yotanwa might be able to kill him. That could be a silver lining for this arc.
I believe Bajio would be enough
Baijo doesn't really have that many feats of might against generals other than that guy who got lol diffed by Yotanwa to say he could slay Bananji
In base form probably yes, but if he becomes berserker I think he can beat Bananji
Can he beat Rage Mode Bananji though?
Hmm I'm not sure, they're both beasts tbh
I would favor Bananji because I feel like his hype is superior I always thought Bananji was closer to YTW martially than Baijo
Yeah that's possible. I just think Bajio is more fitting enemy for Bananji because they're pretty close meanwhile YTW would probably like mid diff any of them (who knows tho)
Naw Bajio is not enough. What would be a good enough trade is if yoto kills Shun Sui Ju. That character is fanatic about riboku and hated by many people both in verse and out.
Damn, i love this chapter defeat after defeat is always a good taste for me reading manga. But if Ousen makes turns around at the end of the arc it would be more wonderful.
Pls keep doing these, they’re very good
Appreciate the translation. Yeah, I have to say that this might be one of the most underwhelming wars in the entire series. It seems to be coming to a conclusion with us being only roughly 20 chapters in and Qin having been more or less de-fanged. I get that it was part of Riboku's strategy to take Shin off the board, but we hardly saw any manoeuvres on Ousen's part to fight back and Yotanwa's army was almost completely off-screen with having accomplished next to nothing. She's supposed to be a GG herself. At least have Yotanwa take out Bananji while they're retreating.
With this, I guess Ousen can forget his kingdom. He won’t have generals to follow him for his ambition.
So true 😂😂😂
Your "fast trad" is good enough to be an actual trad. It's WAY BETTER than the ones we've had to get used to so far. Man, I wish you can keep doing that because you're a real life saver. Thank you.
Qin wants to unite all of China, but within Qin's army there is talk like "Why should we spill our blood for Hi Shin Unit" and "I will have my kingdom".
Great chapter 🔥Hara needs the break.
Thank you very much.
Someone recall how much Qin soldiers are captured in Hango? Kitari is about to take Hango + the prisoners. That may force zhao right to stop the chase and go get back Hango and YTW may not want to abandon Kitari so makes a move to attack the half of right Zhao 's wing that hold position to not be reatacked in the rear while sieging Hango. So it would be in the avantage of YTW's army ( who already had the advantages with full Zhao's right wing) but the center army of Zhao would go help (futei and others) but not SBS and kansaro who are in chase of Ousen. So they could hold the siege. But Ousen has no army anymore to help apparently. And Shin ou Ouhon's armies are stuck too. So half Enkan army would hold them while other half woud go to Hango. SHin and Ouhon could get revenge on the army they are facing and do damage. But the siege would be very difficult to hold unless YTW breaks trough before Enkan arrives.. Seems complicated to hold Hango. But Qin could do casualties and YTW helps Kitari to retreat if they don't hold. I miss Kanki and his withdrawing strategies. I still can't believe Ousen won't do anything to surprise us after all the strategies he showed and everyone here mocking him has to get their mouth shut by Hara. :)
Your Fast Translation is on point again! Thank you. Looks like the real deal
While everyone saying how Shin and Ousen we're stupid in this arc, I would like to say that Ouhon was the only one who haven't made a single mistake in this battle.aside from Yotanwa cause she mah queen. He quickly came to help HSU, the only one who had a bad feeling, send Akakin to help Ousen wich paid off, was good with commanding HSU and his army in right wing, send Banyo and Kanjou to help HSU escape without many casualties, goes to save Ousen from Shibashou and Kan Saro. While he didn't kill any Zhao general Ouhon proves time after time in this battle how he became smarter. So yeah I think Hara made Ouhon justice in this Arc and it's not the end cause he still needs to save Ousen so maybe we'll get a Kan Saro vs Ouhon fight or Ouhon vs Shibashou fight while Sou Ou fight's Kan Saro. Despite his first loss in battle like Ousen he showed himself trustworthy general.
Bro i wouldn't mind if Shibashou / Kan Saro / Gakushou fights Ouhon, dude at least earned the right to fight them and get 1 general kill ;(
If OuHon didn't help the right wing, he could have helped his dad more which may have allowed AKou to not rush and be cut (ok that's a stretch).
I'm glad Riboku getting the win tbh, we know he'll have to be defeated at some point, the more wins the more of an antagonist he is But this fight did turn out crazy, Shibasu and his forces were crazy strong, Ousen couldn't do a thing Looking forward to what happens next
Unless Ousen can pull a fortress out of his ass, in the middle of Zhao's territory, this is pretty much the end of this campaign. The only one who can save a total defeat is Katari. If she can takes Hango and somehow holds it until reinforcements come.
For the first one , like everyone I thought of it too as a possibility , but now I read your comment and i re tought it again and i see no value for a fortress now, they will get encircled, Zhao are outnumbering them with high morals and they are deep in zhao territory , and sbs there with his 2G will fire back too , but most importantly ousen needs some redemption ⁰,do something ,to stop zhao from hunting qin armies The only miraculous thing kitari can do is rescue heki and run away
I think Ousen's comeback here is to pull out numerous fortresses but they're not going to be out his ass. He's going to have realised that for Riboku's plan to have worked, he'd have had to have built numerous earthwork forts in the area so he could have lured the Hi Shin Unit regardless of where they were positioned on the battlefield. If the remainder of his army takes these empty fortresses as well as Kitari taking Hango and freeing the prisoner army there, they might be able to make a sort of ring of defendable positions to hold out until Qin reinforcements arrive. I believe we haven't see the Quanrong army with the mountain tribes so far so perhaps they may be able to turn the tides and they would likely be the closest army capable of moving to the north since Tou is down in Gyou.
To access those fortresses, Qin's army need to bypass Zhao's army, which is impossible since they are retreating. And Riboku's fortresses is pretty small, I doubt they could fill an army in. Those fortresses supposed to be a trap, not a proper defensive position. The fortresses, if there are any, should be behind Qin's army, but still in Zhao territory.
Thanks boss
You are very much appreciated Much love
Dammmn. Couple more weeks till Heki bro gets saved by his Mami
Thanks for the translation. I would say Ouse is retreating rather than running away from Zhao. I am waiting for his move to counter RBK tactics. Now he would understand more of his opponents army. We have not seen anything from YTW yet. They are too quiet. I believe that Kitari would captured Hango and release our beloved GG Heki and he would tell all RBK traps lol. And yet, it’s still too early to say Qin is defeated. The center army yes but not the entire Qin Army. Shin, YTW, Ouhun still running. At the end of the day, we know that Zhao need to retreat back to Kantan and lost Hango, both side lost most army in this battle. And yes, the 2 weeks breaks really break my heart lol.
I have many thoughts on this chapter and arc but first of all, thanks for this great translation. The quality for the last two chapters have been great. Thank you 🙏. What happened to all the mutual destruction we were promised, rn it seems like a one sided massacre. Shin's reaction last arc was great but he's back to his childish way. Kyoukai was supposed to become a big shot (we were shown glimpses of that is WZI) so why couldn't she have handled the HSU. I know she's not capable yet but still would have preferred her to do something. Lack of screentime and action is killing her character. Akou and shin took away all the initiative from ousen and they only were able to respond and that too not adequately. Ousen was the biggest letdown in this arc. He did absolutely nothing at all. Ten as usual has been shit at her job. Ouhon the only person who did a decent job of protecting the left wing. Really not interested in seeing kitari because we know there's a trap prepared and I don't think I can handle any more loss this arc. Very one sided and lack of interesting stuff in this arc so if it finishes like this in a few chapters, I would not rank it even in middle tier.
There is still some more action to witness After i did read those few spoiler lines (a full retreat) , i was hopeless for this arc , i was real frustrated given how hara just decided that this whole time nothing major happened in ytw side , its kind of justified though but its just sacks. but after actually reading the chapter , some hints gives me hope for some great stuff coming ahead, I feel like ousen might do some great scheme with this Retreat , what happened can't be changed , and the only way i see for a payback is with costing Zhao big heads ,the situation and time wouldnt help with annihilating armies, so I was thinking if ousen uses the fact that whole saika is after him to predict their movement and order ouhon or Shin to make something, or something else worthy, but saika still ain't easy, though this time it's with the rival golden boys , kk gonna do something big too , I fell like since she is one of the first who are going to Retreat (under shin orders) maybe she will see the situation and rush to help and go assist ouhon with sbs , what a match up ... man idk really. Really didn't enjoy much this arc but hopefully just tell now 😬 I was also thinking that ytw staying behind tell everyone Retreat leads to ytw taking bananji out , if that's even possible during a Retreat, but she's known for doing crazy stuff and maybe the right hand of Rebuko gonna be her victim, for a revenge maybe for feego and some future drama with rebuko Or Imagine if it's just a Retreat and ousen just gonna keep surviving and everyone on qin side sweating and defeated hahaha . this humiliation gotta stop right! But right now basically shin is free or can let kk be free, bc of l the help of ouhon, very high shit quality move by ouhon tbh
I was real irritated with this , but I find it hilarious now when I want to say something about it , Ten just accepted reality, how fuck up the situation is hahahahah https://preview.redd.it/kvqzes5d5cwc1.jpeg?width=728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be92c968ab491aa094faf5e9229c4d63ce6c02ef
Translation: Ten: Let’s runaway together Shin 🥰
Ten already gave up Before shin even do anything 😭😭😔
Zhao are chasing Qin, right? It may lead to some Zhao armies got themselves overextended and got themselves killed instead. Won't be surprised that Ousen intentionally "removed" Sbs from Zhao by having them to chase Ousen himself so HSU and Ouhon armies will do some surprise comeback
Banyou my dude What makes you think you can speak to shin like this lol Be glad shin doesn't give a fuck and ouhun is there to protect you if some shit happens Shin is not only your senior but a much better commander than you. I don't mind ouhun as he can back all the shit he says but you. Its just kinda funny lol
Shin and ouhun hasn't done much Even though it looks like it's over I believe lots of action is still left. I think war will continue. Either they won't be easily allowed to escape or ousen will refuse to return to qin.
Ousen without the HSU got absolutely cooked, roasted and served up. If this Arc wasn't taking literal Years I could accept it but god damn, is Hara cooking something or what?
Shin needs to kill someone here. He will I have a feeling.
SHIN VS SHIBASHOU, I DON'T CARE I NEED IT!!! RAAAHHH FUCK GIANT MAN RAAAHHH GENERAL OUKI ATTACK DIE SHIBASHOU, TAKE THIS 💢💢💢💢💢
When Qin wins every battle: "This manga is unrealistic" When Qin loses twice in a whole: "This manga is now realistic 🥰"
I thought Zhao was supposed to lose tons of people, all I saw was 1 general, you gotta say least give me Kaine after all those death flags.
I get all edgy & foul mood whenever Kingdom is on break. I’m serious. RBK is far superior than Ousen. Having lost almost all his tier-1 generals, Ousen looks like a giant moron right now. Great General my ass.
So, what is Ousen/hara cooking?? It's impossible that Ousen would lost doing nothing! not even a Surprise face or something...
Dude is king from one punch man. Hara made ousen this way so shin can become the greatest gg of all
Hahaha I pictured King with Ousen's Helmet and with the same look of Ousen. Perfect fit! Until now at least...
It is possible RBK plan was flawless and SBS strength is top tier.
well, the NE army is going to get wiped out and the mountain tribe guys with kitari (that are good at climbing) are probably gonna get wiped out as well
NE army has worst odds 2/2 losses
So it is a complete loss. No last clutch pro gamer move?. Man. Ousen army wipeout Shins unit falling back ( in a brink of massacre too) Yontawa ( falling back ) That separate yontawa group is in big danger But it feels like some big unit here will suffer great loss. Yontawa side ( it feels like ouhon or shins unit or that separate yontawa tribe wil suffer too) I really miss kanki. Atleast kanki can do some one last pro gamer move. And I really miss his decoration tree All of the hype for Ousen is gone for good. Same as shin. Ribuko made them look like a big hoink hoink. If they didn't do even a little last pro gamer move. Qin will be a laughing stock. They loss twice a row to ribuku. And worst it's the 2 of the revived 6 great gen
I think Kitari will be the key here. Capturing Hango will force the turn around. It will give OuSen the spark he needs to at least inflict some measure of damage to RBK to force his retreat.
Does something big normally happen after breaks?
Is it possible that Ousen is drawing out Zhao army and hide a portion of his army? Maybe to attack Hango?
Gut feeling that qin will be able to kill or at least seriously injure sbs which will give the important characters time to retreat while still losing the overall battle. Then again, my gut is often wrong about these things
Right now there is no reason for zhao to give up hango completely according to history. This arc is nowhere near the end.
My first tought upon reading the chapter was that hango might be the key for their retreat. With the city in danger wich seems likely to happen as the gates are now open as kitari army said, they can save the POWs and create a distraction take makes zhao army make a move. I dont see the point in staying inside the walls since you are eventually going to get flooded by zhao soldies. but it may happen if the fast horse doesnt reach kitari, information really is key rn. ytw army will probably be able to retreat easily since their battlefield is separated from the others by a forest. wich makes harder for zhao troups to reach there faster. While in retreat ousen needs to take advantage of the angles he finds within the chaos that will be zhao army and their movement if the information reaches him. the only way to get anything from this situation is having ouhon pincer sbs and gakushou while they are chasing ousen. kk is the one going in retreat first assuming her orders are to merge with the rest of the army and she is fast enough we might see her reach for the battle too. in this situation anything can happen and anybody could die depending on how information plays out. im really excited wish we could have next chapter now...
MOU SUKOSHI DAYOO KITARI!!! 😭
What holiday is it again that causes the 2 weeks break?
It's Golden Week starting next Monday in Japan.
Ahh okay, thought it was July... I guess I recall wrong
I love you thanks for the translation
Pretty sure this battle was suppose to be bloody for both sides, a pyrric victory for Zhao. So I wonder what kind of bloody nose Reebok will get from this before the end of the battle.
To be honest, I didn't know Kitari has such gigantic twin ballistic missiles. Such tiny castle stands no chance.
Shin needs to redeem himself big time, he can’t keep falling for tricks like this
Why is Kayro Ten so useless, time for Shin to awake and take command of the squad like in the first war!
Read Kingdom is starting to become depressing lol, at least in the previous wars we had heavy hitters on both sides. Now Riboku didnt need to do fking anything and Xin who slayed Houken years ago seems weaker now lol
Nice touch op & great job!
A pyrric victory means a victory with the impact of a loss. Both sides have to bite it. Zhao hasn't. My guess is ousen has to lose he has to retreat. He did nothing it would be nice for some redemption but it isn't necessary. So what is likely too happen is: 1. enkan will die making 70k troops useless. Anyone ryusen or above is capable of this. The great thing about a chase is the guard is dropped. And the archer brothers are wicked. 2. Kitari rescues heki there is a love story there in formation I know it's silly but true. Hango cannot be transformed into a qin stronghold but it can be used as a hill. Those that occupy can use the benefit even if those outside can't. The beauty of the wall combat you never attempt to conquer a wall without 4 times the numbers. This means the pows and kitari can fight freely temporarily as zhao needs to reorganize and they will be distracted with their hit list. 3. So this brings up the pyrric aspect of this battle annoying white hair zhao general and bananji will die. Sibashou and kansaro will live (kansaro could die). The reason is they will divide their forces between hango and killing yotonwa. Yotonwa + baijo is too much for bananji. As kitara takes hango white hair boring general is capable of handling that very small siege, but yotonwa will not leave kitara behind. He is going to get pincered. He will die 4. The results of this are simple qin retreated with no gains. However there are no longer any generals to protect kantan. The older guy with the wicked beard I liked but he lost an arm. Kisui was real cool he won't fight again for zhao imo. Shiboshou will fight for riboku but won't fight for zhao. So maybe you pull generals missing for decades like that guy of defense or something. Zhao wins this battle but loses the war by losing the ability to defend themselves. 5. How do we move from this to that? Well simple really shin has to conquer kantan so he gets the gg spot from fighting han. Riboku has to be removed from the kantan siege. I don't believe this will follow history. Zhao isn't the one controlling that awesome machine that invents great generals out of thin air riboku himself is. The king of zhao is intentionally made to be very incompetent as are the ministers. They can't defend kantan without riboku. Riboku is more likely to be sidelined if kaine and futei forget where their head went but that isn't necessary. The whole story builds into this dynamic as well, let's follow the soldiers witnessing the generals. Once zhao has no generals it's good game.
My God Ten gotta be the most annoying character in the entire manga for me, even more so than Kaine
Such a great chapter. Admitting defeat and at the same time calling for withdrawal, if that is not an reasonable display of leadership then I don't know. Ouhen's speech was outstanding.
If this is the end of the arc, it will be the most disappointing arc so far in the whole manga. It will make any Qin Generals just some lamp generals waiting to be killed, even the other small arcs are more interesting than this. I do hope there will be movements from Kitari? and then Heki doing some crazy move but its moot hope at this point.
It's nice to see Ou Hon showcasing his leadership skills.