Y’all have to consider the storytelling considerations that come with eliminating characters.
A Kou may die, but he is also Ou Sen’s #1 general, the right hand to a 6GG - if he went, he would need replacing in the story going forward, and I don’t see that replacement being either of the remaining generals, or rather arriving soon after (I had hoped Mou Ten would start this arc in Ou Sen’s retinue having replaced A Kou as First General but that was wishful thinking). If A Kou dies, there’s work involved for Hara, so the death better be worth it.
Similarly, one of Kan Saro and Ji Aga may die, but to what end? How does it serve the story to debut SBS and have him lose his best vassal and/or strongest warrior? Gaku Shou has had the most panel time of the lot and least mystique, I think he’s outta here without any work needing to be done to replace him.
SSJ has an unexplored past of otherness and vengeance. Of all of Ri Boku’s vassals, I consider him safest. Ba Nan Ji on the other hand - what’s keeping him in the story going forward, this deep into the Zhao wars? Ri Boku needed him once, but no longer. BNJ is the one vassal I am most confident will not survive this battle (I hope YTW gets the kill).
Where there is love, there is tragedy. No romance goes unpunished. We have Ri Boku and Kain, Shin and Kyou Kai, Sou’Ou and Shi Ryou, Heki and Kitari, Kou and Kyou Rei and even Bi Hei and Tou Bi.
One of these couples is marked for tragedy. I think the most obvious candidates marked are Sou’Ou and Shi Ryou - we could lose both. We could also lose Kitari just as she reaches Heki. Kou and Bi Hei have been with HSU from the start, either could be killed in action.
I stand by these predictions
A) Zhao will lose more officers
B) Yo Tan Wa Army will lose the most on the Qin side