The History of Infighting is the 390th chapter of the Kingdom manga, written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara.
Summary
Earl Shi is still in combat with Ou Hon, with the latter on the losing end. At the same time, at the Wei HQ, Rei Ou explains the events that led to the conflict between the Seven Fire Dragons of Wei. It all started when Tai Ro Ji, a member of the Fire Dragons, killed Earl Shi's younger sister, Shi Kika. With her death, her older brother sought revenge, and so the Wei dragons were divided into two opposing factions; Tai Ro Ji, Shou Sen and Ba Tou fought in one faction, and Gai Mou, Rei Ou and Earl Shi in the other. To everyone's surprise, Rei Ou continued to reveal that the opposing fire dragons were killed solely by Earl Shi.
Back on the field, the Gyoku Hou Unit are getting massacred by the Earl's men and, seeing that, Ban You asks Ou Hon to consider retreating. Ou Hon realizes that he has to follow his advice, as there is no way for him to confront such a powerful opponent at present. Thus, he orders his unit to secure a safe passage to retreat, while Ou Hon himself would stay back to guard the rear and have another chance to study Earl Shi's spear technique, so that he would have a bigger chance of defeating him the following day.
Characters
Qin
Wei
- Royal Palace
- King An Ri (flashback)
- Unnamed officials
- Go Hou Mei Army
- Go Hou Mei
- Unnamed officers
- Earl Shi Army
- Earl Shi (flashback and main story)
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Rei Ou Army
- Rei Ou
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Gai Mou Army
- Gai Mou (shown)
- Earl Shi Army
- Shi Tai Army
- Shi Tai (flashback)
- Unnamed officers (flashback)
- Unnamed members (flashback)
High Points
- Earl Shi had killed over 500 men at the age of 15 with his spear and was already called a prodigy by the Wei Military.
- Earl Shi is revealed to be the one who initiated the infighting between the Fire Dragons of Wei.
- Earl Shi had a lover named Shi Kika and she was the source of Earl Shi's strength. However, she was cruelly killed by Tai Ro Ji, a Fire Dragon.
- Earl Shi went berserk after Shi Kika was killed.
- The Fire Dragons of Wei were divided into two factions.
- Earl Shi killed Tai Ro Ji, Shou Sen and Ba Tou on his own.
- The Gyoku Hou Unit is forced to retreat.
- Ou Hon is protecting the rear of his unit, not only to protect his unit, but to observe Earl Shi's spear techniques.
- First appearance of Chou Jin, Chou Koku, Shi Kika and previous Earl Shi, Shi Tai.
- Three remaining members of Seven Fire Dragons are named.