To Catch Off Guard is the 124th chapter of the Kingdom manga, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara.
Summary
Heki, severely wounded with his aid barley being able to protect him, orders the remaining survivors of his unit to cease their retreat. The only hope for getting out of here alive is to move forward.
Suddenly Kan Ou and his unit is arriving as they are headed for the enemy's base camp. Heki orders his unit to follow his lead as then the Zhao army is chocked to see some units moving forward. Fuu Ki however is not concern as they only consist of 1,500. He then orders a unit of 3,000 sweepers to annihilate the remnants of the Qin left army. The Zhao General's mind is locust solely on how to deal with the Qin remnants efficiently and therefore doesn't sense the presence of Shin and his unit.
En, the lieutenant of the Hi Shin Unit tells everyone to not let anyone get separated and tells them not to give ups as they already are halfway through. Some of Shin Unit notices that this is going too smoothly as this is a well-trained army. Ro En explains that the well trained an army is, the greater the soldiers adhere to its command structure. In exchange however, the army will also not be able to utilize its true strength without orders from above. The orders from above however will not come rapidly as their general is currently focused on the Qin left army.
At the same time however, the report of a hundred man attacking the Zhao HQ is going up in the chain of commands. After quite some time Fuu Ki then hears about a small unit attacking his men. He then deduces that Ou Ki must be aiming for his head and tells that can try. En then reminds Ou Ki training in the stateless area as the only weapon they had is to catch the enemy off guard. The Hi Shin Unit manages to break through the Zhao HQ but are now surrounded by enemies. Shin however doesn't let himself get intimidated and charges in. Kyou Kai then defeats some of the Zhao soldiers as well and then En orders the unit to follow their officer's lead.
Characters
Qin
- Ou Ki Army
- Ou Ki
- 4th Army
- Hi Shin Unit
Zhao
- Hou Ken Army
- Fuu Ki Army
- Fuu Ki
- Unnamed officers
- Cavalry commander
- Unnamed messenger
- Fuu Ki's Bodyguard Unit
- Unnamed members
- Unnamed others
- Fuu Ki Army
Stateless Area
- Nanba Tribe
- Unnamed members (flashback)
- Unidentified Tribe
- Unnamed members (flashback)
High Points
- 1500 Qin soldiers are trying to attack the Fuu Ki's HQ.
- The Hi Shin Unit is halfway through the HQ of Zhao.
- Fuu Ki hears about a small unit attacking his soldiers.
- A flashback of Shin and En's training in the stateless region with the Nanba Tribe is shown.
- The Hi Shin Unit manages to break through the Zhao HQ.
Trivia
- Kei is identified by his name for the first time.