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  1. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    Chen Gong's final trump card is to attack Cao Cao's main camp while all of Cao Cao's forces are focused on killing Lu Bu, but with the water level too high, they couldn't bring their horses, making them considerably weaker. But Chen Gong's plans are foreseen by Jia Xu, and he ambushes Gao Shun...
  2. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    The Zhang Liao's army coming from the east is trapped by the Guo Jia's pitfalls Zhang Liao realises that it's impossible to move his cavalry across such terrible terrain, so he moves most of his army to south to help the Mount Tai forces take the Xiao Pass, leaving the rest to help the victims...
  3. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    Let's get on with it, finally! Sorry for the absence, I don't have much time to write the summaries because of work and studies, so yeah... But I will continue this thread whenever I find time to spend a day rereading the arcs and doing my research on them. Before anything, let's explain the...
  4. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    Hey guys, finally back, got a new laptop, so now I can continue this thread. Next part I'm going to talk about is Pang Tong's introduction, one of the eight geniuses who had a pretty awesome introduction, almost exploring the full potential of the character there, Pang Tong is probably the...
  5. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    So the next thing we're going to talk about is SUN CE, specifically his rise in the Yang Province as the leader of the Sun Clan. But first, we need to explain the context and the characters, so it'll be very easy to understand what's happening in this arc. Back when Dong Zhou burned down all...
  6. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    So the Battle of Puyang continues... Xun Yu, one of the Eight Geniuses, another who served Cao Cao, arrived at the Xicheng Walls, and knowing Chen Gong's plans, he ordered half of Cao Cao's army to rescue Cao Cao who was trapped in Puyanag City, and the other half to attack Chenliu, another huge...
  7. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    Let's start with the Yan Province arc, which is a pretty good one, but I have a few notes first: The light blue area is the Yan's area, which is where this arc will mainly take place, but there's a very important city here that they call "West City", but no one knows where that city is, so I'm...
  8. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    No. Ravages of Time came out like... 10 years or so before Kingdom. They are both very different, Kingdom is made for the younger people, so it has a lot of action packed arcs, some very childish silly concepts like instinctual type vs. strategic type stuff. This one is a bit more "boring", not...
  9. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    Sima Yi knew that Cao Cao's attack on Xuzhou was just a decoy to lure Lu Bu out of hiding to attack Cao Cao's main city, considering that Cao Cao would intentionally leave it very vulnerable to later ambush Lu Bu there and kill him. Sima Yi couldn't let Cao Cao destroy Xuzhou, especially Tan...
  10. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    So, the next one I am going to talk about is Cao Cao's campaign against Xuzhou, which is probably one of the most brutal wars in Chinese history, because of the huge amount of innocent people that were killed during this war. It will be divided into two parts, the first will be an introduction...
  11. Hako Sama

    Manga Discussion The Ravages of Time - Explanation of the Military tactics and Wars

    JIA XU VS LU BU First, we have the current scenario: After Dong Zhuo burned down the entire city of Luoyang, he moved to Chang'An, where he and his assistant Li Ru were murdered by his adopted son, Lu Bu. After Lu Bu took power, he accused Li Ru of killing Dong Zhuo, some generals remained on...
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