Commander of the Zhao Army is the 273rd chapter of the Kingdom manga, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara.
Summary
Duke Hyou vs. Zhao's Battlefield
While the Hi Shin Unit fights its way through the Zhao vanguard. Ten watches the battlefield and sees how the Duke Hyou Army is advancing at a great speed. And states how her former teacher Shou Hei Kun has mentioned that they are not normal soldiers, since they have spent most of their lives on the battlefield. But she is also worried, because the Zhao do not take any tactical actions. Even though the vanguard general is Ri Haku, who showed various maneuvers against Mou Bu during the Bayou War.
Zhao HQ's vanguard
Ri Haku himself is being perused by his deputies to take actions, but he refuses and says he has his orders. When he is asked if the orders are from Ri Boku he denies.
Coalition HQ
Shun Shin Kun asks Ri Boku if it is alright for him not to be with the Zhao army. Because even if it is 120'000 against 40'000, Duke Hyou can still be a troublesome enemy. He Says that he has absolute faith in his deputy, Zhao general Kei Sha. Shun Shin Kun asks if Kei Sha is able to read the movements of the duke. When Ri Boku agrees, he says, that Kei Sha has to be a special fellow, since he is able to read the movements of a wild beast such as duke Hyou. And that already a lot of strategical generals have failed against the duke. Ri Boku agrees again and states, that even height have difficulties to read the Duke. But Kei Sha should be able to comprehend him, since he is also an Instinctual Type of general.
Zhao's main HQ
Kei Sha is informed, that the Ri Haku Army is struggling, he answers that not even the duke himself thinks, he can push through the vanguard. He explains, how the attack of the duke is not random, but that he searches a place to ignite a "fire". And further, that they have to be very careful with the response, not to give the duke a "place to latch his claws onto". While the duke stops and exchanges his front ranks worth the ones in the back. Kei Sha lets his right wing (the Kou Son Ryuu Army) make a small move. The duke smells a trap and charges right at it. As soon as this happens, the left Zhao wing (the Man Goku Army) charges through the Zhao vanguard and ambushes the exhausted duke Hyou soldiers from the fist charge.
Characters
Qin
- Duke Hyou Army
- Duke Hyou
- Gaku Ga
- Kai Tou
- Kai Bou
- Unnamed members
- Hi Shin Unit
- Mou Bu Army
- Mou Bu (Mentioned)
- Strategist Academy
- Shou Hei Kun (Mentioned)
Zhao
- Ri Boku Army
- Ri Boku
- Kei Sha Army
- Kei Sha
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Ri Haku Army
- Ri Haku
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Man Goku Army
- Man Goku
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Kou Son Ryuu Army
- Kou Son Ryuu (Mentioned)
Chu
- Royal Palace
- Kan Mei Army
- Kan Mei (Mentioned)
High Points
- Ri Boku lets Kei Sha fight Duke Hyou. He should be able to read through his movements, since he is also an Instinctual Type of general.
- The duke falls for the trap by Kei Sha, and his rear army is being ambushed by the Man Goku Army.
Trivia
- First appearance of Kai Tou and Kai Bou.