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I would need to reread but probably, probably not. I think it’s supposed to be ambiguous. Yes Keisha critted Duke Hyou immediately but so did Gokei and we saw how that turned out. Duke Hyou is a huge upset general so I’m not really convinced he still would’ve lost to Keisha but the fact that it’s ambiguous shows Keisha’s level.
Duke Hyou held off a 100K Wei army with just 10K for at least 4 days. No sweat.
At Kankoku Pass, he knew Kei Sha had laid a trap for him and elected to spring it to see what would happen. We know what did: Shin's innate talents awakened. Had that not happened, would Duke Hyou have been in an irreversible, unsavable position? I personally doubt it. Casualties would run high, but I would trust in the Duke's abilities to get himself out a sticky situation.
The numerical disadvantage doesn't help, but the Duke is the kind of menace that can descend upon the enemy HQ before they realise what's happening.
Duke Hyou is just an unreasonably tough out. Even for the likes of Ri Boku.
At Kankoku Pass, he knew Kei Sha had laid a trap for him and elected to spring it to see what would happen. We know what did: Shin's innate talents awakened. Had that not happened, would Duke Hyou have been in an irreversible, unsavable position? I personally doubt it. Casualties would run high, but I would trust in the Duke's abilities to get himself out a sticky situation.
The numerical disadvantage doesn't help, but the Duke is the kind of menace that can descend upon the enemy HQ before they realise what's happening.
Duke Hyou is just an unreasonably tough out. Even for the likes of Ri Boku.
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In that first day, the Duke did fall for Keisha's "spider" tactic. Without Shin awakening his own insticts and personally making his move, the rear had been put in a very bad spot and Duke Hyou's army would have lost 20k men like Ten said. Given that it initially was 40k vs Zhao's 120k, this would have been a fatal blow.
"At this rate, the Duke Hyou army will be defeated right after the battle of Kankoku pass begins.".
But Duke Hyou is nonetheless a superior instictual to Keisha, like Riboku admitted. The difference between them was clearly evidenced when the Duke was able to read Riboku's origin tactic, which Keisha had outright failed to accomplish. Riboku, who previously considered Keisha to be the most terrifying instinctual commander, had to come back on his words and crowned Duke's feat as something unthinkable. He didn't even believe a strategic type would have been able to read that shit, let alone somebody with insticts.
The Duke reading that tactic has easily got to be one of the feats that most impressed Riboku in his entire career. Ousen cooking up a succesful plan in a literal few hours to deal with the untakeable Gyou, something Riboku said "to have never heard of", is another.
"At this rate, the Duke Hyou army will be defeated right after the battle of Kankoku pass begins.".
But Duke Hyou is nonetheless a superior instictual to Keisha, like Riboku admitted. The difference between them was clearly evidenced when the Duke was able to read Riboku's origin tactic, which Keisha had outright failed to accomplish. Riboku, who previously considered Keisha to be the most terrifying instinctual commander, had to come back on his words and crowned Duke's feat as something unthinkable. He didn't even believe a strategic type would have been able to read that shit, let alone somebody with insticts.
The Duke reading that tactic has easily got to be one of the feats that most impressed Riboku in his entire career. Ousen cooking up a succesful plan in a literal few hours to deal with the untakeable Gyou, something Riboku said "to have never heard of", is another.
It seems they were stalemated considering nothing of note happened after the initial engagement between their two armies when both sides lost 10,000 troops and Zhao lost Mangoku. Keisha started off with an army 3x the Duke's one so he definitely had the better odds in his favour for a battle of attrition but as I recall, Duke held off Gohoumei's Army of 100,000 with a 10x numbers disadvantage for an period of time.
I think if the Duke could have pulled something off to kill Keisha, he would have already done it during the battle.
I think if the Duke could have pulled something off to kill Keisha, he would have already done it during the battle.
Speaking of the Duke...
It's past time for Duke Ri Shin to be born.
The man is already a general. He is still years of experience removed from becoming a Great General, but there should still be cause for rewards leading up to that. I imagine we will see his command grow to 50K quicker than the last command increment took (about 3 years).
Shin should already be a fairly high ranking noble by now.
I think he becomes a Duke next.
It's past time for Duke Ri Shin to be born.
The man is already a general. He is still years of experience removed from becoming a Great General, but there should still be cause for rewards leading up to that. I imagine we will see his command grow to 50K quicker than the last command increment took (about 3 years).
Shin should already be a fairly high ranking noble by now.
I think he becomes a Duke next.
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