I disagree. I think the Ouki/Tou army's commanders have never been outstanding considering the competition it has not only inside Qin but also other states. For the record I'm a big fan of the Tou army and Tou in general.
- Rokuoumi the strongest commander who is decently strong and can stall enemies of the likes of Rinbunkun or Sento'Un.
- Ryuukoku. Mainly a strategist who hasn't shown any exceptional skills. He's decent but not special. Definitely inferior to someone like Denrimi imo.
- Kanou no slouch either but far from being anything special.
Ouki and Tou two Top Top tier generals are always what made the Ouki army so terrifying
Rinbou and Doukin were one shot each which really didn't make them look too hot tbh.
I don't think they'll be receiving any new commanders. Their army is already very fleshed out and in future arcs the independent units will just join them.
I get where you are coming from. But I don't believe you're looking at it the right way, and essentially comparing apples to oranges by comparing Tou army you saw from fire dragons arc to Ouki army at bayou.
Ouki Army:
The Bayou arc Ouki army is not peak Ouki army. It's not even the army that he climbed up to Qin 6 level with and waged epic grandscale wars with. This is evident based on the experience gap between Ouki & his generals at Bayou. Ouki stood at near the border of S-SS experience rank, contrast to his 5 army commanders who stood at B-rank. For comparison, Shin's commanders outside of Kyoukai are at Rank B, while Shin is at Rank A (he just got there). Same with Mouten - Riku sen & Ai sen, and Ouhon - his commanders.
Furthermore, Tou is not as renowned as the Heavenly Kings. The CiC of Zhao at Bayou had no idea about Tou's capabilities. Rather Tou is portrayed as Ouki's "hidden beast". Something that would not be the case if he was the 4 Heavenly Kings equivalent for Ouki.
Furthermore, when we look at the Kyou flashback and the Ouki army, none of these dudes are anywhere to be found, rather a completely different group of intimidating people is highlighted, this is when Ouki already was a Qin 6 member already. Tou either was a rising member at this time or had joined later on after Kyou left. I'd reckon he was a rising member, which goes inline with the statement Tou being with the Ouki army before the army commanders.
Now we get the Rinshoujou flashback with Ouki. The Flashback likely happened close to Ouki's retirement after he had gotten a new set of commanders in the ones he had at Bayou.
But yea Tou-Ouki aren't what made the Ouki army scary. In fact we have 0 idea about the Ouki army at his peak and what capabilities it had when he was reigning terror as the monsterous bird of Qin. Tou at that time was just rising member in the army, hence a top general of Zhao with all the collected info on Ouki had no clue about Tou, while these 5 army commanders weren't even in it at that time most likely.
Tou Army:
Going by what you're saying, Tou army isn't even as strong as the non-peak Ouki army from Bayou. This generation is going to be surpassing the Ouki generation. Tou is gonna be surpassing Ouki as a general (dude had S-rank experience since post-Coalition, which is only gaining more and more). The likelihood his army is not even as strong as a non-peak Ouki army is just not realistic.
It's been 6 years since we saw the Tou army, which was about a year after the coalition war. You don't think he filled the spots of the 2 dead commanders in that time? You don't believe he recruited stronger underlings or raised em? Keeping in mind Moubu army had dudes like Ai-sen... You don't believe Tou will have such individuals, despite being the one to focus the most on the raising Qin's military prowess out of all the generals as he was aiming for Unification since Ouki's death? Keep in mind the full-military dedication mandate from the Qin government also happened after the wei fire dragon arc.
That's why I said we have no idea about the strength of Tou army. Especially knowing Tou's character, there is no way he didn't recruit more commanders and strong combatants into his army. Which he'd need to if he's gonna be matching Bayou arc Ouki Army... let alone the army when Ouki reigned as the Monsterous Bird of Qin.
