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Chapter Title: In Order To Win
Kanjou and the Gyoku Hou are fighting for their lives to break free from Seika’s army. The soldiers begin to cheer and feel relieved when they finally break out, but Kanjou reminds them that the rear of their army is still trapped. He orders half of the Gyoku Hou to stay and break the others out while the rest go with him to secure an escape route. At that same time, Ouhon has cut through the woods and appears in front of Kanjou. Ouhon informs the Gyoku Hou of Ousen’s defeat and that he’s being pursued by Shibashou. Kanjou remarks that they don’t know Ousen’s condition, but if he’s being pursued, at the very least he’s still alive. Kanjou says they’ll obviously go to Ousen’s aid, but they should order a full retreat from the battlefield or else the Gyoku Hou could be wiped out. Ouhon thinks for a moment then orders Banyou and Kanjou to take command of the Gyoku Hou’s main forces while Ouhon will take just 100 cavalry and go aide Ousen. Kanjou says he understands and if they retreat now, the core unit of the Gyoku Hou will remain intact. Ouhon disagrees and reminds him that there are still Gyoku Hou soldiers on the right battlefield with the Hi Shin Unit. He orders them to assist in the retreat of those remaining Gyoku Hou and the Hi Shin Unit as the enemy will be attacking in full force now that a retreat has been ordered.
Kanjou asks Ouhon if he’s really ok with spilling the Gyoku Hou’s blood for the Hi Shin Unit. Ouhon says there’s no helping it. The Qin army has lost a lot of strength in this defeat, and moving forward, the strength of the Gyoku Hou, the Gaku Ka, and the Hi Shin Unit will be necessary. They cannot lose the Hi Shin Unit here. Kanjou remarks that Ouhon is thinking like a commander-in-chief and sets off to the right wing.
On the right wing, the Hi Shin Unit learns of Ousen’s defeat. Ten says they have to order a full retreat right now before the enemy starts to circle around them. She thinks to herself that they may still lose more than half of their soldiers just due to the size of the enemy’s army. Shin starts talking to himself and asks if there’s really nothing else the Hi Shin Unit can do right now. He starts getting upset about how they chased after Riboku but came back empty handed. And now that they’ve returned and are still able to fight, there’s nothing they can do. It’s their second consecutive defeat after Gi’an last year. He’s faced Riboku twice and done nothing but run away. Shin reflects on how this was supposed to be big moment after taking command of 30,000 soldiers and being given the responsibility of the right wing, but he’s lost without doing anything. Ten yells back that there’s nothing the Hi Shin Unit can do right now and that was Riboku’s strategy. She says they need to run away today so that they can win in the future. She says they need to order a full evacuation so as many of their soldiers can escape with their lives. She thinks it’ll be hard to escape from such a large army, but she chuckles and says they’ll be fine because they ran away last year too, so they’re used to it.
The Hi Shin Unit begins making a full retreat while Enkan orders the Zhao army to attack and take Shin’s head. Kyoukai wants to stay and keep fighting, but Rei tells her it’s an order, so they have to leave. The Zhao soldiers start to overtake them and Ten worries that they might lose well over half of their soldiers when the Gyoku Hou show up to help. They tell Shin that Ouhon personally ordered them to save the Hi Shin Unit, so he better deeply bow his head to Ouhon afterwards. Shin says there’s no way he’s doing that, but he’ll at least say thanks.
On the Zhao right wing, Shunsuiju gets word that Ousen has been defeated and has his army prepare to pursue the Qin army as they retreat. Youtanwa’s soldiers ask her if there’s any way they can win without the central army, but she says no. She says it’s hard to accept that they’ve lost so quickly, but that might actually be their saving grace since they Mountain Tribes are still intact. If Qin lost them, too, then there would be no hope for the future. She orders a full retreat with the Feego Tribe to act as rearguard. Youtanwa’s aides ask her to leave first, but she refuses saying that she’ll stay until there’s a plan in place for all units to escape. She then asks about the Mera Tribe. Her aides say that Kokushuuba who went to support her has been cut off by a surprise attack from the Zhao, so most likely Kitari is launching a siege on Hango by herself. Youtanwa sends a rider to Kitari to tell her about the retreat. Youtanwa thinks to herself that Kitari can’t take the castle by herself and trying to siege it will just result in them being surrounded by Zhao armies and dying. At Hango, Kitari’s men tell her the gates are about to open, and Kitari orders them to prepare to charge.