Okay, time for my list.
-The top 5 is made up by Riboku, Renpa, RSJ, Chousa and Shibashou.
-Next, Keisha. Riboku previously considered him as the most terrifying instinctual general, he beat Riboku a fair few times in war games, was Great Heaven talk and had impressive feats in the story. Keisha is weaker than the first five names but stronger than the other members of this list.
-Then I put Kochou and Genpo. Kochou was a Zhao's GG while Genpo one of Heavenly Kings. Kochou was the commander of Zhao's military for a section of the story and though we didn't see much from him, he clearly demonstrated a very good military mind. Genpo taught Renpa strategy, his knowledge of warfare was so great that he was said to be a strategist of such impressive level that he was capable of serving as the head of military affairs for Zhao's entire military. And we got a few demonstrations of his ability in the Sanyou arc.
Both Kochou and Genpo were ended by Kanki's unorthodox methods but they were very strong commanders.
-Gaku Jou. He was, apparently, considered the second best general in Zhao after Renpa. He got destroyed by Renpa whilst being 50k vs 8k but, there are some things to say here. First, I'll start by saying that yes, Renpa is
obviously in a different league from him as a commander and he said it too. Despite how bad that loss might look at first, we also have to consider that :
- Renpa likely had all his Heavenly Kings too in the battle. At the very least, he had Rinko. The HKs are monsters themselves and, with Renpa, this is a perfect receipit for distruction.
- Renpa himself praised Gaku Jou's warfare as "quite good", added that "many a time, it would give even me the chills". He finished with "compared with those Qin bastards, it satisifies me 60%".
I think that GG Gaku Jou is being underrated and slept on in this thread. Putting him in this spot, before certain other people, isn't unreasonable imo.
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That leaves one spot. I'm going to give it to either Kyouen or Gyou’Un. These guys are all very strong subordinates of Great Heavens.
- Kyou En, one of the Ten Bows, was described as Renpa's even match in the past, fought Renpa and burnt his hands numerous times, fought four of the Qin Six, including Hakuki, who he found the most troublesome to face, and Kyou, where the heavily offense tactics of both caused a lot of deaths. This guy's portrayal is big lol.
- Gyou'un. A dangerous instinctual commander who was kicking the butt of Ten and who was a big problem for strategists, who yet had knowledge of strategies thanks to RSJ, who used lethal techniques such as the Raikogu and also a very strong warrior. He had some excellent feats at Shukai.