Worstgen

SakazOuki

Atsuyo was a disturbance to SHK plan, Ousen and Kanki will still aim for the same goal while disregarding the details.
I think the plan from the beginning was for Kanki to continue disrupting the north while Ousen strikes Kantan, rendering Riboku with a dilemma of what to choose. If he goes after Ousen Kanki can always strike his rear, and if he follows Kanki further into the northern region he cannot catch

SakazOuki

Ousen in time. This is the plan that makes sense so far. That’s why Ousen was very hesitant from the start about sending reinforcements as he’d want to conserve his troops for the sack of Kantan, and even Kanki knows he’s not coming for his aid.
Kanki is sure he’s going to win, where does that confidence come from? That he knows Riboku will have to call off the chase eventually, otherwise it makes 0 sense

Shanks

SHK's plan was to make both Ousen and Kanki move towards north and take everything there under Qin's banner so that Zhao's royalty can't escape there as southwards, there's great wall which is blocking there exit.

At Atsuyou, due to damages, Ousen stayed and only Kanki moved forward.

Shanks

Now Ousen still planning to move northwards but not towards Gian or aiding Kanki but he's targeting RouMou from where they can cross state of Dai and Ganmon which both Sei and SHK considered as probable Zhao's last resort. (Things beyond Roumou is just assumption about auctions of Ousen but SHK did discussed in this sequence)

SakazOuki

Pretty much, tho with the current version there’s a real possibility that Kanki might die if Riboku decides to press him indefinitely.
Either way both Riboku & Zhao are fucked at this point, Shibashou better be worth his hype at this point lol

SakazOuki

Roumou/Taigan were just fleeting thoughts in case Ousen decided to help Kanki, which will not be the case according to Kanki and they should be receiving reports soon of Kanki marching north. So Ousen has nothing to gain from the north right now, he either follows Kanki or stress Riboku by striking Kantan.
Going to Kanki’s aid won’t do much so I can’t see why Kantan shouldn’t be his next target

Shanks

I believe Riboku's dialogue about returning to Ganmon after this war is just as big death flag similar to how Kanki is receiving every week. Lol

Kanki is definitely going to take exit but Ousen and Kanki are going finish north for sure.

Shanks

For the 2nd msg. Finishing off royalties escape route is bigger gain than taking Kantan with escaped Royalties.

North is quite big region so Ousen can't leave it in Kanki's hand alone even if we disregard all the losses Kanki had there. At some point Ousen to move his lazy ass and strike wherever he deems fit.

SakazOuki

My problem with Ousen marching north is that will give Riboku more motivation to press Kanki, and from a writing perspective it’s more hype for Ousen to suddenly ignore all that lol There’s still the Tanwa army too, and I’m expecting some reinforcements at this point. But yeah securing the royalty is the main goal, there are multiple options for how Hara can proceed with it.