Reason for Not Fighting is the 398th chapter of the Kingdom manga.
Summary
Both the Hi Shin Unit and the Gai Mou Army notice the Ryuu Koku Army reinforcements and Jun Sou is impressed that they managed to get here without him noticing it.
Ten tells that they are lucky and after what happened last night. Ten went to Ryuu Koku's HQ in order to ask for a favor. She asks them to send reinforcements, however there are a few conditions. First Ryuu Koku mentions that coming this far the Qin army can't allow any failures. Ka Ryo Ten states that everything is for the sake of taking Choyou. Ryuu Koku claims that it is shameful to ask others for help on warfare as she then says that she knows. Ryuu Koku end up agreeing to this favour as Gai Mou is one of his lord Ou Ki's loose ends. Ryuu Koku asks two of his men, Ben and Tei to fan out to the left and right flank. Their target is the raging bull Gai Mou.
The latter asks Shin what the meaning of this is and asks him if he purposely set himself as bait to trick him. Shin states that it is not just you but the entire Wei Army.
Some soldiers of Gai Mou Army ask him to retreat, because of the reinforcements. Gai Mou instead asks him if he too is denying a proper conclusion to a duel as Ou Ki and others did. Shin states if he is willing to stay here and keep fighting, he will gladly play along. There is however something bugging Shin as he then says that he heard of his strategist Jun Sou that Ou Ki, Ren Pa and others avoided your duels.
But the truth is that they weren't avoiding you, so much as they didn't consider you to be a worthy opponent.
Gai Mou then remembers his duel with Ou Ki as he stated roughly the same. Ou Ki stated if he became worthy, he would duel him and send him to the next world. Gai Mou washes this off as them being weak and tells Shin that he is being poisoned by them. He states that there is no such thing as lustre in warfare. Significance of battles or dreams, these are nothing but honeyed words to lure in those ignorant people who don't know any better. War simply is a slaughterhouse for the strong to butcher the weak however they please, nothing more, nothing less.
Shin simply states that he is wrong. Gai Mou gives Shin time to until their next meeting to prepare a satisfactory answer. Gai Mou then slashes in alone and Shin slashes in respond. Shin unit however, even with reinforcements are still having a hard time dealing with Gai Mou army as then Hai Rou tells them to hang in there a bit longer. Shin then orders everyone to come with him as they will break through the right. He states that they will be headed to the Go Hou Mei HQ too. Everyone however is shocked to hear that as they are getting tired by fighting such a strong army.
At Go Hou Mei HQ, they receive a report that enemy forces out of the north are headed towards them as they bypassed Earl Shi. He also reports that Earl Shi was killed. Everyone in that HQ is shocked to hear that Earl Shi off was killed and they ask the messenger of how many are incoming.
He responds that there are 3,000 incomings. Go Hou Mei claims that this is not a problem and orders to send in a garrison from their HQ. However, another messenger comes to report that another army is closing in on them from the west. This being the Roku O Mi Army and their numbers are 8,000.
Kyou Kai, her unit, and Ga Ro close in on the enemy HQ. They see that the Wei's reserve units have finally begun to react as their actions have been delayed. They figure that the other groups must have arrived first. Kyou Kai states that this is why they chose to come slightly late as they will be the ones to take Go Hou Mei's head.
Characters
Qin
- Tou Army
- Tou (flashback)
- Unnamed members (flashback)
- Hi Shin Unit
- Ryuu Koku Army
- Ryuu Koku (flashback and main story)
- Ben (mentioned)
- Tei (mentioned)
- Unnamed officers (flashback and main story)
- Unnamed members (flashback and main story)
- Roku O Mi Army
- Roku O Mi
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed members
- Gyoku Hou Unit
- Ou Hon
- Ban You
- Unnamed others
- Roku O Mi
Wei
- Go Hou Mei Army
- Go Hou Mei
- Unnamed officers
- Unnamed messengers
- Gai Mou Army
- Earl Shi Army
- Earl Shi (mentioned)
- Unnamed others
Zhao
- Three Great Heavens
- Ren Pa (mentioned)
Chapter notes
- A flashback of Ka Ryo Ten talking to Ryuu Koku is shown.
- Ryuu Koku is the most quick witted commander amongst Tou inner circle.
- Ka Ryo Ten asks Ryuu Koku for reinforcements.
- Ryuu Koku agrees to send reinforcements.
- Gai Mou is one of Ou Ki loose ends.
- Gai Mou is known as the raging bull.
- Ryuu Koku target is Gai Mou.
- Ou Ki, Renpa and others denied to duel Gai Mou as they consider him a unworthy opponent.
- Shin and his unit will be headed to the Go Hou Mei HQ too.
- Ou Hon and his army are almost at Go Hou Mei HQ.
- Ben and Tei are mentioned for the first time.