Great General of the Heavens is the 170th chapter of the Kingdom manga, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara.
Summary
A few minutes in the past, before General Ou Ki is shot by Gi Ka's arrow and being pierced by Hou Ken. Shin goes after Gi Ka in order to try and stop him from launching an arrow. As Shin gets into striking distance, he is interrupted by one of Gi Ka soldiers at the last moment. He fires the arrow as Shin can only watch it fly. In the present now, Gi Ka knows that Hou Ken will take the glory of taking Ou Ki's life, but it is his arrow that made it possible, and he can live with that idea.
Shin, enraged with tears in his eyes, kills Gi Ka as he viciously bisects the Zhao bowman in a blinding rage. The Ou Ki soldiers are stunned at the sight of their lord and Commander-in-Chief pierced and in blood, Hou Ken realizes that someone interfered but says that Ou Ki can't have excuses as this is his area and that this is his loss. The Zhao soldiers are laughing as the Qin soldiers are dropping their weapons and are planning to kill every last one of them. Ou Ki then speaks, shocking everyone. He asks what the meaning is of them dropping their weapons before the enemy. He says to never give up until you die as he pulls Hou Ken's glaive out of him. Shin is stunned by the great General's words.
The Zhao soldiers mock Ou Ki that is unsightly as by this point all of your deaths are already a given. Ou Ki starts smiling as he tells everyone that most of his life he spends on the battlefield. Due to that he can understand that this is not the end of the line yet. Ou Ki knows they don't believe him and aims his weapon to Hou Ken as he claims he will kill him. Ou Ki slowly put his glaive towards Hou Ken as he then catches it. Hou Ken is then surprised that without speed the force put into that weapon is immense. Ou Ki then tells everyone about being a general. A General, the same as a hundred or thousand-man commander is nothing more than a position, a rank.
However, only a few are able to achieve it. Only those who overcome the numerous brushes with death and accomplish numerous deeds are able to arrive at that destination. As a result, a general obtains the responsibility of overseeing thousands and tens of thousands of lives, and the greatest of honors. Hence a general existence carries so much weight.
Hou Ken is unable to push back Ou Ki even when he is one foot in the grave. Hou Ken asks just what Ou Ki is as the General then smiles with the response of being the Great General of the Heavens. Hou Ken is about to launch a counterattack as then Tou intervenes. Ou ki is about to fall as Shin jumps on Ou Ki horse. Ou Ki's soldiers aren't happy about this as then Shin states he is the lightest of them all. Tou orders his unit to charge the enemy base as a distraction and orders the Hi Shin Unit to escort Ou Ki. Mou Bu enraged as well tries to make an opening for Ou Ki and the others to escape.
Characters
Qin
Zhao
- Hou Ken Army
- Hou Ken
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed soldiers
- Ri Boku Army
- Gi Ka (death)
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed soldiers
High Points
- Gi Ka shoots Ou Ki in the back with an arrow.
- Shin kills Gi Ka by cutting him in half.
- The Zhao want to kill all the Qin soldiers.
- Ou Ki talks about being a general and a soldier.
- Tou comes to Ou Ki's aid.
- Shin escapes with Ou Ki on his horse.